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Sandstorm (disambiguation)

2023-03-08T20:37:49Z

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'''Sandstorm''' is often a 'bot who has seen some serious action.

{{bigquote|When the smoke clears, I've cleared out.|Generation 1 Sandstorm bio quote}}

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==Major Sandstorms==
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File:SandstormAutobot1.jpg|[[Sandstorm (G1)|"Generation 1" Sandstorm]]
</gallery></center>

==Full list of Sandstorms==
{{disamb|y=[[1986]]|[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], the [[Autobot]] [[Triple Changer]] buggy/helicopter from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[1992]]|[[Sandstorm (OC)|Sandstorm]], the [[Decepticon]] [[Battle Gaia]] tank from the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (franchise)|Operation Combination]]'' portion of Generation 1.}}
{{disamb|y=199?/[[2020]]|[[Sandstorm (G2)|Sandstorm]], the [[Decepticon]] [[Seeker (body-type)|jet]] from ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[1999]]|[[Sandstorm (BW)|Sandstorm]], the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] scorpion from ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'', whose real identity is [[Covenant (group)|Covenant]] member '''Scorpius'''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2002]]|Sandstorm, the Japanese name for ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] (in his first body).}}
{{disamb|y=[[2009]]|[[Sandstorm (SG)|Sandstorm]], the evil Autobot from ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2010]]|[[Sandstorm (TF 2010)|Sandstorm]], the Autobot buggy from the [[live-action film series]] franchise.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2011]]|[[Sandstorm (Prime)|Sandstorm]], the [[Star Seeker]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2013]]|[[Sandstorm (MW)|Sandstorm]], the Autobot clone from the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2013|[[Sandstorm drone]]s, the clone troops from the ''Wings Universe''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2015]]*|[[Sandstorm (G.I. Joe)|Sandstorm]], the [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] animal from the Generation 1 continuity family.}}
{{disamb|y=2017|[[Sandstorm (Prime)|Sandstorm]], the Autobot from the [[Aligned continuity family]].}}

*''First appearance in ''Transformers'' fiction''

==Not to be confused with==
*[[Sunstorm (disambiguation)|Sunstorm]]

File:TFUniverseJagex-ConduitVehicle.png

2023-03-05T23:05:03Z

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[[Conduit (Prime)|Conduit]] in vehicle mode.

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Mismatch

2023-03-05T20:50:23Z

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:''Mismatch is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers Universe]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:TFUniverseJagex-Mismatch.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Last of the #8 Interceptors.]]
'''Mismatch''' takes a few cues from [[Lockdown (Animated)|certain]] other Decepticons, taking parts from the dead for himself to enhance his slapped together superstructure. A raging brute without any respect for funeral customs, he likes hurting people, even if it means he gets hurt in the process.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141222061737/https://www.transformersuniverse.com/warriors/mismatch Character bio] at the official ''Transformers Universe'' website.</ref>

{{bigquote|If there was ever a Decepticon greater than the sum of it's parts...|[[Switchblade (Prime)|Switchblade]]}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Universe''===
Mismatch was part of the crew of the ''[[Leviathan (starship)|Leviathan]]'' when it shot down the Autobot ship ''[[Arclight (ship)|Arclight]]'' over [[Central City (Earth)|Central City]]. He and the other Decepticons on board went on to engage in a number of battles against the surviving Autobots in a number of places around the world. {{storylink|Transformers Universe}}
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==Notes==
*His in-game weapons are the [[Fragmentation Rocket Launcher]], [[Turbine Minigun]], and [[Rotaron Saw]]s. Possessing an armored interceptor [[alternate mode]], Mismatch can use a mid-ranged gatling gun when transformed.
*His in-game abilities are:
**'''Repair Transducer''' — Becomes immune to any weapon dealing [omni] damage. If an enemy does hit him with [omni] damage he gains some repairs.
**'''Hull Polarizer''' — Becomes more resistant to damage and any ally nearby becomes immune to damage as the damage the ally receives is redirected to Mismatch.
**'''Circuit Switcher''' — For every ally near Mismatch, Mismatch gains additional damage.
*His active subsystem is "Spark Multiplicity", allowing this scrapmetal Frankenstein to take less damage to his spark when he's near his teammates.
*No, he's not [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]].

==References==
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[[Category:Transformers Universe game Decepticons]]
[[Category:Video game-only characters]]

Speed Metal

2023-02-16T21:15:08Z

Grey: Removing an incorrect trivia plot point. Knock Out also uses his vehicle blaster when he captures June and Fowler in a later episode.

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|prev=Deus ex Machina
|next=Predatory
|image=SpeedMetal-startyourengines.jpg
|caption=Temptation, thy name is woman!
|title="Speed Metal"
|season=1
|season ep=11
|airdate=[[April 9]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Dean Stefan]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Knock Out and Jack are both drawn into the world of street racing.'''

==Synopsis==
Cruising along a road at night, [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] listens to a news report about illegal street racing. Switching it off, he pulls up alongside three other cars waiting to race. The [[Fast Willy|driver of one]] decides to put a long scratch in Knock Out's paintwork, rousing the [[Decepticon]]'s ire. After the race starts, Knock Out runs the other driver off the mountain road, informing the stunned human, "You scratch my paint, I scratch yours," before racing off.

[[File:SpeedMetal-whispering.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|There are so many captions for this, all of them dirty.]]

Outside the [[Memorial High School|high school]], [[Jack Darby|Jack]] encounters school bully [[Vince]], who mocks [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]'s vehicle mode. Jack and Arcee leave, but while stopped at a traffic light, Jack's called out to by [[Sierra]], who's keen on a ride. Before Jack can answer, Vince pulls up and challenges him to a race. Jack's still thinking about it when the light changes and Arcee takes off, reminding Jack of the rules about abusing their power. Vince catches up with them at the next light and insults Arcee's motorcycle mode, goading her to suspend the rules, just this once. The pair let Vince know they're ready for the race, and Sierra and [[Sierra's friend|her friend]] turn out at an old dirt road to spectate. Arcee's driving abilities far outstrip Vince's, and they win easily, but Arcee turns down Jack's suggestion that they should offer Sierra a lift.

On the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] is buffing the comatose [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]. [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] wanders in to check on the patient and wonders aloud where Knock Out's got to. The 'Con himself walks in a few moments later, complaining about the scratch some "skinjob" put in his finish. Starscream is most disapproving that Knock Out's been street racing again, though what ''really'' annoys him is Knock Out's failure—and glib refusal—to refer to Starscream as "Lord".

Back at [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]], Arcee reminds Jack not to tell anyone about the race, but it turns out [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] already know, having heard about it at school. Jack swears them to secrecy.

At school, Sierra tells Jack she was impressed with the outcome of the race, but Vince challenges Jack to race again, this time at the circuit. Jack's compelled to agree, but Arcee flatly refuses to race.

Knock Out is out cruising a road somewhere near [[Jasper]], when a speeding street racer car gets his attention, and he heads toward the town.

Jack asks Raf if he can borrow [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] so he can go street racing. Raf isn't so sure (much to Bumblebee's dismay), but Miko and Jack talk him into it. Jack and Bumblebee haul up at the race track, as does Knock Out. As the race begins and Bumblebee and Vince jostle for lead position, Knock Out recognizes Bumblebee and begins chasing the Autobot while firing. Jack finds he has problems overcoming the communications barrier with 'Bee.

Back at base, Miko and Raf are playing a [[Generic racing game|video game]] when Arcee asks them if they've seen Jack. They attempt to cover for their friend, but Arcee immediately works out what's up, and a short time later, Bumblebee's distress call comes though.

Bumblebee dumps some [[oil]] to slow Knock Out down, then ducks under a bridge. At first, it seems they've lost the Decepticon, but Vince hauls in to confront Jack and demand he finish the race. Jack tries to warn Vince of the danger, but Vince's headlights have attracted Knock Out, who grabs the boy, renders him unconscious, drives off. Knock Out contacts Breakdown to announce he's captured Bumblebee's human "friend". Arcee and Bulkhead join Bumblebee, but before Arcee can start a lecture, Jack tells her about Vince, and they head off to mount a rescue.

[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] walks into the base and wonders where everyone else is. Raf and Miko give him the least convincing replies ever.

[[File:PrimeScreamer'sFingerOfDoom.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4|"Not the gumdrop buttons!"]]

The three Autobots track Knock Out to a warehouse area, and Bulkhead and Bumblebee stroll in while Arcee scales a nearby water tower. Bulkhead and Bumblebee are ambushed by Breakdown. Just as Knock Out is wondering where Arcee is, she jumps on top of him. Knock Out decides to bail, but at least has the courtesy to radio Breakdown and let him know. Unfortunately, the call distracts Breakdown long enough for Bulkhead to deck him with a street lamp. Knock Out streaks down a road with Arcee in pursuit, but is suddenly sideswiped by Optimus, who knocks him onto the embankment. With the 'Con unable to flee, Optimus rips his door off and retrieves the unconscious Vince. Knock Out is outraged at the damage done to him, but retreats when the rest of the Autobots arrive. Vince finally recovers in Bumblebee on the way back to his car, and Jack spins a story to cover the whole thing.

Starscream is ''very'' upset with Knock Out's disobedience. Knock Out assures Starscream that he's learned his lesson and been punished sufficiently, but once again addresses Starscream as 'Commander'. Angered, Starscream informs him that his punishment will be complete when ''he'' says so, and gives him more scratches to his paint job.

At school again, Sierra asks Jack for a ride, but he turns her down. Arcee, however, is feeling more accommodating—just this once—and soon Jack and Sierra are zooming through town.

==Featured characters==
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*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (14)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (15)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (16)

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*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (1)
*[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] (9)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (11)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (17)

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*[[Starter Guy]] (2)
*[[Fast Willy]] (3)
*[[Jack Darby]] (4)
*[[Vince]] (6)
*[[Sierra]] (7)
*[[Sierra's friend]] (8)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (12)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"Uh, Jack? A lady's vital stats are her own business."
:—'''Arcee''' doesn't want Jack bragging about the different aspects of her body.

"Winning isn't enough, Jack. You want to make him ''cry''."
:—'''Arcee''' explains her method of getting even.

"No worries, ''Herr Kommandant''." 
"It is 'Lord' to you." 
"Only if Megatron takes a nosedive." 
"''Hhhnnn.'' The day our master emerges from stasis, I will graciously relinquish the title. But I believe that outcome is unlikely. Something to do with the quality of medical care around here. So continue ''buffing''. We do want Megatron looking his best for the memorial." 
(''Starscream leaves the room.'') 
"Buff ''this''."
:—'''Knock Out''' and '''Starscream''' don't exactly see optic-to-optic.

'''Arcee''': Have you guys seen Jack? 
'''Miko''': ...not since we last saw him. 
'''Arcee''': They're racing, aren't they? 
'''Raf''': Just this once. 
'''Arcee''': Did you know about this? 
'''Bulkhead''': NO. Maybe. A little.
:—No one on [[Team Prime]] can lie.

"'Bee, do not engage. Your first priority is to keep Jack safe. [''murmurs''] Until I get my hands on him."
:—'''Arcee''' is a scary guardian.

[[File:SpeedMetal-OptimusEyebrow.gif|thumb|upright=1.8|"You are either lying or you're stupid."]]

'''Raf''': We should just tell Optimus the truth. 
'''Miko''': Absolutely not! We made a deal. Just act completely normal. 
'''Optimus''': Raf, Miko, do either of you know where the others have gone? 
'''Miko''': Why, no, sir. We do not know. 
'''Raf''': ''(stiffly)'' Miko is correct. We do not know. 
'''Miko''': Why would we know? 
'''Optimus''': Hmm...
:—Seriously, it's a minor miracle the kids haven't blown their cover with their parents yet.

"Do you know how hard that is to replace?!"
:—'''Knock Out''' loses a door to Optimus Prime.

"Knock Out! Was I not clear? You have defied my orders yet again!" 
"My mistake, Commander Starscream. But, I've learned my lesson... and paid the price. 
"It. Is. '''LORD'''! And you have paid when I say you have paid! ''[extends a sharpened finger]'' Do not worry, your punishment shall be merely... cosmetic." 
"No, not the finish! Anything but the finish! ''[the "cosmetic punishment" begins offscreen]'' NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
:—<s>Commander</s> '''LORD Starscream''' reminds '''Knock Out''' where he stands.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Jack claims to recognize Knock Out in vehicle mode, referencing their museum encounter in the previous episode.
* Sierra remembers Jack’s motorcycle ride offer from all the way back in the first episode.

===Real-world references===
* Knock Out calls Fast Willy a "skinjob," a derogatory slang term used to refer to the human-like {{w|Cylon (reimagining)|Cylons}} in the 2004 re-imagining of ''{{w|Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica}}'', itself an homage to ''{{w|Blade Runner}}''.
* Vince refers to Jack as "Ponch", a motorcycle-based reference to Erik Estrada's cycle-riding cop character from ''{{w|CHiPs}}''.
* Knock Out calls Starscream "Herr Kommandant", a reference to ''{{w|Hogan's Heroes}}''.
* "Drucker's Ranch" is presumably a reference to [[Steve Drucker]], longtime [[Hasbro]] creative person.

===Errors===
* During the whole scene where Knock Out crashes Fast Willy, we can see that Knock Out's rims are red and silver instead of his yellow rims, after that they are back to their usual color.
* Sierra and her friend hold their books back-to-front. This is not [[The Jasper Daily|uncommon]].
* When Jack and Arcee stop at the second traffic light, Arcee's front wheel is shown not moving at all, as if it were sliding on the asphalt instead of spinning.
* When Arcee and Jack drive along the street (while debating Jack's decision to accept Vince's second challenge), all the traffic lights are shown as if they were upside down; red lights are in the place of green lights and vice versa.
* Vince challenges Jack to a race on a "dirt road", but the road they race on is sealed and marked.
* Like in the [[Deus ex Machina|previous episode]], the clear parts of Arcee's chest are pink.
* While Knock Out drives away (after kidnapping Vince), and Jack turns to talk to Bumblebee, the former's rear-lights are white instead of red.
* Simply driving on oil, or bumping into another car, would not make any car instantly spin out, despite what decades of television and movies say.
* Despite school just getting out, when Jack, Vince, and Sierra are talking, the roads are empty.

===Trivia===
* This is the first episode to premiere on a Saturday.
* Several of the other street racing cars in this episode are simply recolored variations of Bumblebee and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]'s alternate modes (sans horns in the case of the latter). Hello, easy [[redeco]]es!
* At least two of said cars never actually leave the starting line once the race begins.
* Sierra's friend continues to remain nameless, despite having appeared in more episodes than Sierra herself at this point. This girl really needs to introduce herself!
* Bumblebee's [[license plate]] is "936 SOH". Vince's is "281 DIL".
* In point-of-fact, it may have been better for Knock Out to stay with Breakdown rather than leave, seeing as he lost a door in addition to a nasty scratch.
* Adaptations of this episode include a prose version as part of ''[[Bulkhead's Biggest Battle]]''.
* This was the final episode in which G1 veteran [[Susan Blu]] served as voice director.
* Knock Out reacts more painfully to his finish getting scratched than his door getting ripped off.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''À toute vitesse !'''" ("Full Speed!")
:*''Original airdate:''?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Nur dieses eine Mal!'''" ("Only Once This Time!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 2|2 December]] [[2011]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Gyorsulási verseny'''" ("Drag Race")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 23|23 January]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Balapan Liar'''" ("Wild Racing")
:*''Original airdate:'' 14 September [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Gare su strada'''" ("Road Races"), "'''La Gara'''" ("The Race", 2017 airing)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 30|30 October]] [[2011]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kasoku Henkei! Speed Shōbu!'''" (加速変形!スピード勝負!, "Acceleration Transformation! Speed Match!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 16|16 June]] [[2012]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Jilju Bonneung'''" (질주 본능, "Instinct for Speed")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 3|3 October]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 19|19 December]] [[2011]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''O Racha'''" ("The Street Race")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 16|16 January]] [[2012]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Velocidad metal'''" ("Speed Metal")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 5|5 November]] [[2011]]

==Home video releases==
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;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One Collection ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 3: Nur dieses eine Mal ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 3: Alien Threat (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 6 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Staffel 1 - Das Bündnis (EDEL:kids) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 1 Vol. 3: L'attaque des Decepticons ([[Universal|Universal Pictures France]]) — English, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 3: La furia dei Decepticons ([[Universal|Universal Pictures IT]]) — English, Italian, Dutch, French and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One: Decepticons Unleashed ([[Universal|Universal Pictures UK]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 1: L'intégrale (Universal Pictures France) — English, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One (Universal Pictures UK)
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Staffel 1 - Das Bündnis (EDEL:kids) — English and German audio. 

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Sideways (ROTF)

2023-02-16T13:12:32Z

Grey: Changing 'the Fallen' to 'The Fallen'.

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{{disambig3.5|the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Decepticon|the nameless Decepticon in ''Dark of the Moon'' that looks like him|Audi R8 Decepticon|Sideways}}
:''Sideways is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Sidewaysrotf.jpg|thumb|300px|Guess what? I'm not [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]! Had you all fooled, didn't I?]]

Before the war, '''Sideways''' was a simple courier, so he's not a physical powerhouse like the other Decepticons. As he's pretty smart, Sideways prefers to team up with larger Decepticons in the battle against the [[Autobot]]s. This way, his target-friendly companion takes all the heat! When he absolutely must face the enemy, he eagerly deploys the spinning saw blades on his arms.<ref>''Revenge of the Fallen'' Deluxe Class Sideways packaging bio</ref>

Many would call him a coward, but [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] and her sisters know differently. A world-class spy doesn't do anyone any good if he's compromised. He surrounds himself with dangerous traps, yet always leaves an escape route, and has thus far never been captured.<ref>Sideways Sneak Attack packaging bio</ref>

Since he's arrived on [[Earth]], Sideways has started hanging out with the mountainous [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]]. There are few larger Decepticons to lurk in the shadow of!

{{bigquote|Just 'cause I'd always ''rather'' flee than fight, don't mean I ''can't''!|Sideways|"[[Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune]]"}}

==Fiction==

===''Revenge of the Fallen'' film===
[[File:ROTF Sideways Chromia.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Sideways desperately tries to flee from a rabid fangirl.]]

Sideways was hiding out in [[Shanghai]] with [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] when [[NEST]] came to investigate a possible Decepticon insurgence. At first, the two Decepticons remained concealed, but Demolishor soon transformed and attacked. While the soldiers and their Autobot allies were busy fighting off Demolishor, Sideways took advantage of the chaos and attempted to make his getaway. He was not entirely undetected, however, as [[William Lennox|Major Lennox]] sent out [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|the]] [[Skids (ROTF)|twins]] in pursuit.

[[File:ROTF Sideways death.jpg|thumb|200px|"No! Please! I was only in the movie for 42 seconds!"]]
With Arcee and the Twins on his tail, Sideways turned a corner to an apartment complex in his way. Rather than turn and lose momentum, Sideways chucked caution to the wind and transformed, knocking Chromia aside in the process, jumping through the apartment building and out the other side. The Twins were unable to keep up with the chase, and Sideways was soon able to fight off Arcee. Sideways didn't get far, and eventually met his end when [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] engaged in pursuit, transformed, and bisected Sideways as he attempted to flee. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{note|Sideways's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'', and ''[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Junior Novel]]'', the comic mini-series ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation]]'', and the storybooks "[[I Am Optimus Prime (ROTF)|I Am Optimus Prime]]", "[[Operation Autobot]]", "[[The Last Prime]]", "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Electronic Voice Changer]]", and "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Mix & Match]]".}}

===Titan movie comics===
[[File:Titan5_Sidewayssideswipes.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Sideways HATES [[Sideways (Armada)|purple motorbikes]]!]]

Sideways made an early landing in [[Australia]], with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] pursuing him through its northern territories. With his souped-up sports car alt mode, Sideways had them outclassed on the roads and was able to both outpace the Autobots and batter them about. Eventually, Optimus decided to change the terrain by blasting the Decepticon off the road. While willing to fight, the Decepticon gave up when human reinforcements arrived.

However, it became clear (to us, anyway) that he was ''meant'' to get captured as part of a plan to frame [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]: as soon as he was taken to [[Diego Garcia]], [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] arrived to free him. Knocking Arcee aside and using debris as a weapon against humans, Sideways made good his escape. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}}

[[File:Titan_deceptitwins.jpg|thumb|250px|''There is nowhere to run THIS time...'']]

Unfortunately for Sideways, the other part of [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]'s plan was to get Skids and Mudflap into the Decepticons, and there was no escape from the twins talking ''all the time'' and dissing him as an "average, creativity-stifled grunt". When the twins were sent to bring in [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]], he protested that they were halfwits, and was relieved to find out they were just bait and he'd get to kill 'em afterwards.

Trailing the twins with [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]], he discovered to his disgust that the twins had talked to Ransack instead of fighting. That was "the sort of example that ''so'' needs nipping in the bud", so he and Grindor attacked! Unfortunately for Sideways, the twins were only pretending to defect so they could capture a Decepticon; Mudflap engaged Sideways in a game of chicken, forcing the 'con off the road and straight into a tree. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.7|Turnabout}}

===Toy bios===
Sideways and [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]] burst from their cover when they found [[Breakaway (ROTF)|Breakaway]] and [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] hunting them. While Rampage confronted Breakaway, Sideways battled Longarm through the streets. {{storylink|#StrikeMission|Autobot Strike Mission}}

Long reliant on his high speed to make his getaways, Sideways found himself in shock when the body-modifying [[Blowpipe (ROTF)|Blowpipe]] was easily able to keep up with him. {{storylink|#SuperTunerThrowdown|Super Tuner Throwdown}}

Besides his speed, Sideways enjoyed using deception to get himself out of trouble. This didn't work very well on [[Rollbar (RPM)|Rollbar]], who planned to make the lying Sideways an acquaintance of his fists. Why Sideways decided to change his paintjob for this meeting was anyone's guess. {{storylink|#RollbarVsSideways|Rollbar VS Sideways}}

After his defeat (read: bisection) by [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]], Sideways "was rebuilt and sent deep undercover to infiltrate the Autobots". During Sideways's sojourn into the Autobot camp, however, [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] and [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] became suspicious of him, and reverted to their old ice cream truck form to keep track of him. Having discovered Sideways's treachery, they planned to prove their worth by defeating him on their own! {{storylink|#SpyBattle|High-Speed Spy Battle}}

[[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] and her sisters [[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]] and [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-1]] had hunted Sideways in the past, but he always got away. After begging [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], the three of them got another shot at bringing him down. Ultimately, they tracked him down in a munitions factory in the middle of a war zone. Could they slip through his dangerous traps, or would he escape again? {{storylink|#SneakAttack|Sideways Sneak Attack}}

===IDW movie comics===
Sideways was a crew member aboard the ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'' during its mission to scour the galaxy for a [[Star Harvester]]. He was apparently wounded when the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]] warped into their ship and damaged it, as he was heard calling out for the [[Scalpel (ROTF)|ship medic]] in the aftermath. Alongside the rest of the crew, Sideways then boarded the ''[[Longshot (DOTM)|Longshot]]'' and pursued the Ark to [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 1}}

===''Unite for the Universe''===
Following Sideways's death, his body was kept at the [[N.E.S.T. N.B.E. Resource Redistribution Plant]] in [[Toronto]], [[Canada]] waiting to be melted down by [[NEST]]. Before they got a chance to do so, [[Skystalker (ROTF)|Skystalker]] attacked the plant and stole the bodies of Sideways and [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]], intending to graft parts of them onto [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] as part of [[Project Unite]]. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|Ambition Instigated}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
[[Vector Prime]] clarified the relationship between Sideways and another [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]]. There were as many Sidewayses as there were variations of [[Tyran 609.23-XP Kappa]], and one of them made their way to the [[Iocus]] [[Universal stream|universal cluster]] via [[Nexus Zero]], while another came from [[Uniend]] and visited a [[Rovio (universal cluster)|Rovio]] [[universal stream]]. The Sideways of [[Tyran 207.28 Gamma]], who was rebuilt following his bisection, originated from [[Fornax 813.0 Gamma]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

===''TransTech''===
{{main|Sideways (AVP)}}
[[File:Ask Sideways.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Don't listen to them! I'm totally "Sideways (RID)"!]]
[[Sideways (AVP)|One incarnation of Sideways]] was a dimension-hopping serial liar who took on his [[Tyran]]-cluster counterpart's appearance when he infiltrated [[Axiom Nexus]] and kidnapped [[Vector Prime]], hijacking his column with [[Axiom Nexus News]] to make fun of [[you]] for being obsessed with minor trivia; during this time, he claimed that he was rebuilt by [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]] following his bisection in Shanghai. He was eventually located by the TransTech, but managed to escape by powerlinking with [[Rook (Armada)|Rook]] and using his [[Dimensional Interfacer]] to flee. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

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==Games==
===''Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game===
{{voiceactor|[[John DiMaggio]] (English)|[[Paweł Szczesny]] (Polish), [[Christian Pelissier]] (French)}}

====Xbox 360/Sony PS3/PC====
=====Decepticon campaign=====
[[File:ROTFTheGame_Sideways.jpg|300px|thumb|Bite my colossal, metal ass!]]

Sideways operated as a high-speed reconnaissance operative with the ability to snipe at Autobot opponents from afar with his [[plasma sniper rifle]], engage them up-close with his rapid-firing slag repeater, and slow enemies to a crawl with his [[graviton mine]] when he needed to get away. He uses a pair of saws in melee combat.

Sideways was deployed to Shanghai after the Autobots and their NEST allies were detected interfering with an important operation in the area. Upon arrival, various [[Protectobot Scout|Protectobot drones]] were sent to stop him, but failed. Later, Sideways was sent to the Shanghai waterfront to retrieve [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]], who had been damaged and captured by the Autobots. The nimble Decepticon sports car used a combination of speed and guile to fight his way through the numerically superior Autobot forces, freed Grindor and escorted his bigger buddy back to the extraction point. He was sent back to the waterfront again find a cloaked Autobot probe that threatened the Decepticon operations in China. Following the probe's wake, Sideways raced through the waterfront past startled human dockworkers and the [[Protectobot Warrior|Protectobot units]] assigned to the area, destroying the probe as it revealed itself. {{Storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)}}
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=====Autobot campaign=====
The Autobots were deployed to China when NEST forces detected the presence of Decepticons in Shanghai. Sideways secreted himself within the urban jungle and sent waves of [[Stunticon Scout 2|Stunticon drones]] against [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]. After the last batch of Stunticons had been defeated, Sideways revealed himself, taking pot shots at the powerful Autobot with his [[slag repeater]], after which he would <s>cheese it</s> flee through the narrow alleyways where Ironhide had difficulty following. While the Autobot struggled to pass the cramped causeways, Sideways set himself up on the roof of the tallest residential block and fired his plasma sniper rifle. Ironhide shrugged off the blasts, clambered up the building, and with a mighty punch, sent Sideways plummeting to the ground, reducing him to scrap. {{Storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)}}

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====Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots/Decepticons====
=====Decepticons Campaign=====
Sideways was in São Paulo, Brazil when Starscream sent a new recruit to meet up with him and Grindor, but they left the newbie to take care of some Autobot reinforcements. He later defended a piazza from the Autobots in Europe, and was humiliated by Barricade in a race. He later helped to tell the story of [[The Fallen]] to the rookie before heading out on a mission to Shanghai.

He later collected some loose Energon around an airport in East Asia and a nuclear silo in the Sahara desert, and also assisted in reviving Megatron.{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots/Decepticons|Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots/Decepticons}}

For some reason or another, he did not show up in the final battle. We blame [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]].

=====Autobots Campaign=====
Sideways assigned a Decepticon protoform to prevent the Autobots from freeing the hostages at their base in Siberia while he was away on another mission. Later, he attempted to bomb Shanghai's harbor, but was foiled by the Autobot's new recruit. The recruit tracked Sideways down to a supplies ship, and after a long fight, threw a bomb at the Decepticon, blowing him to smitherines, but not before learning about the [[Matrix of Leadership]].{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots/Decepticons|Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots/Decepticons}}

====''Revenge of the Fallen Game'' (Wii/PS2)====
In Shanghai, Sideways and Demolishor ransacked a NEST truck, holding an ancient Cybertronian artifact. Sideways took the artifact and escaped. He was chased by Bumblebee through the city and eventually up on the skyline. Bumblebee cornered Sideways on a building, but the Decepticon lept off the building, thus continuing the chase. Trying to retreat, Sideways still had numerous Autobots to deal with on the Shanghai highway. Bumblebee eventually tackled Sideways, but the Decepticon jumped in the air, where he was rescued by Starscream, and mocked the small Autobot as he made his escape.

Later, Sideways and Starscream were ordered by The Fallen to raid the US Navy in order to retrieve Megatron's corpse. After Starscream crippled the Navy, Sideways was deployed to go aboard the base. After tearing through the defenses, he activated the crane to pull Megatron out of the [[Laurentian Abyss]]. Megatron was then delivered to the Fallen's lair where he was rebuilt and resurrected. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Wii/PS2)|Revenge of the Fallen (Wii/PS2)}}

===''Transformers: The Ride – 3D''===
[[File:TransformersTheRide-BumblebeeSideways.jpg|right|thumb|Find out what I look like when I don't spend all of my 3-second appearance jumping through a building.]]
Sideways, along with [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]], simultaneously infiltrated [[NEST | NEST HQ]] in an attempt to retrieve the [[AllSpark|AllSpark shard]] from the humans. While Ravage retrieved the shard, Sideways came to intercept him in the main hangar, with the Autobot warrior, [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], in hot pursuit. Bumblebee sideswiped Sideways as they swerved into the hangar, causing him to lose control and lose a tire. Sideways, temporarily incapacitated by the blow, failed to stop Bumblebee from dispatching Ravage and passing the shard to [[Evac (Ride)|Evac]], the newly recruited NEST soldier transport, who had pursued Ravage to the site. After gaining his wits, he quietly approached from behind and kicked Bumblebee, knocking him down. While the Autobot was briefly stunned, Sideways quickly tried to retrieve the shard from Evac's hand. Recovering faster than Sideways had counted on, Bumblebee got up, and swiftly knocked Sideways's left arm right out of the socket. He was finally killed when Bumblebee came upon him, snapped his neck, and threw his body across the room, granting Evac time to escape with the humans and shard. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ride – 3D}}
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==Toys==
===''Revenge of the Fallen''===
====Legends Class====
[[File:ROTF-toy_Legends_Sideways.jpg|thumb|300px|Bite my tiny metal ass!]]
*'''Sideways''' (Legends Class, [[2009]])
**''EZ Collection number'': '''EZ-12'''

:Part of the 4th wave of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Legends Class figures, Sideways transforms into an unlicensed approximation of an Audi R8. He features ball jointed hips and arms for articulation. Like the Deluxe version, the car lacks the wide black stripe from the movie.

:This mold was [[redeco]]ed to make [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'']] [[Override (TF 2010)|Override]]. It was also [[retool]]ed to make [[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]] Series 2 [[Dino|Mirage]] (hands altered to hold 3mm pegs, peg holes added to doors), then that version [[redeco]]ed into [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|''Age of Extinction'']] [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]]. The mold was also re-released as part of the 2nd Volume of the [[EZ Collection]] lineup. And despite the stock photos showing silver painted rims, the final product lacks them.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/LegSideways/sideways.htm More information on Legends Sideways at TFU.info]''
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====Deluxe Class====
[[File:ROTF Deluxe Sideways.jpg|300px|thumb|"Seriously, how could you mistake me for [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]?"]]
[[File:ROTFtoy-Dark Sideways.jpg|300px|thumb|"I mean, he's ''black'', and I'm ''dark silver''. Those are two ''completely'' different colors."]]
*'''Sideways''' (Deluxe Class, 2009)
**''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''RD-05'''
{{toydesigner|[[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Deluxes, Sideways features [[Automorph Technology|Automorph]] action during the conversion from car to robot mode. When the front bumper is pressed, his front pair of wheels automatically flip underneath the hood, and his robot abs flip down. His [[Mech Alive]] gimmickry are the internal gears moving in his fore-arms when moving his arms, as well as a turning disk on each of his elbows. On his right arm is a spinning "saw" blade.

:Unlike the other on-screen characters in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' who turn into consumer vehicles, Sideways's vehicle mode is merely an unlicensed approximation of an {{w|Audi R8}} and is not an accurate replica. Sideways is missing the black hood, roof and trunk lid seen on the real car, as well as the unique silver stripes on top of the black areas seen on the [http://www.goapr.com/media/photos/72157608711603341/3007741893/ APR-tuned Audi R8], which was the car used in the movie.

:Yet another victim of late mold changes rampant among the 2008-2009 financial crisis, Sideways appears to have had a hinged thumb on his left hand in Hasbro stock photos whereas this is a solid section molded on to the arm on the final toy. Although not indicated on any early photos nor instructions, Sideways's windshield underside has two notches that connect to Sideways's hood on small square pegs immediately behind the front wheels. This requires folding up the two small triangular pieces on top of the hood. Also it seems as if the spinning saw blade was originally powered by gears, the gearbox and shaft for the lever can still be seen on his right forearm but are molded just like his thumb onto the arm.

:Along with [[Breakaway (ROTF)|Breakaway]], Sideways was initially released in two color schemes, a light silver version and a less common very dark silver version. If you move the headlights, doors and legs of the lighter Sideways to the darker one, allowing for a dark hood and roof, and silver everywhere else, it helps to make for a slightly more movie-accurate Sideways. However, the stripes will still be missing.

:This mold was retooled into the Deluxe Class version of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Dead End (ROTF)|Dead End]] and ''Movie Advanced Series'' [[Dino]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/Sideways/sideways.htm More information on Sideways at TFU.info]''

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[[File:ROTF Wheelie Sideways 2-pack.jpg|300px|thumb|"Well, at least it ain't the crazy guy with the stabby hands..."]]
*'''Autobot Wheelie vs. Decepticon Sideways''' (Two-pack, 2009)

:An unchanged version of the dark silver variant of Sideways (now called "Decepticon Sideways" for symmetry with "Autobot Wheelie") was released in a two-pack, alongside an unchanged version of [[Wheelie (ROTF)#Deluxe2Pack|Wheelie]]. This two-pack has been confirmed to have been released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive in the United Kingdom and Germany, and as a Target exclusive in Australia.

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[[File:ROTFAutobotStrikeMission.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Autobot Strike Mission''' (Multi-pack, 2009)

:Available as a [[Sam's Club]]-[[exclusive]], this "battle damaged" version of Sideways was packed with the 2007 movie [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]], [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]] and [[Breakaway (ROTF)|Breakaway]].

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[[File:ROTFtoy-BlowpipeSideways.jpg|thumb|300px|"Just face the facts. You're not leaving this toyline without at least one of me."]]
*'''Super Tuner Throwdown''' (two-pack, 2009)

:Another release of Sideways was available with [[Blowpipe (ROTF)|Blowpipe]] as a [[Walmart]] exclusive. It is identical to the single-packed darker version of Sideways.
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====''Fast Action Battlers''====
[[File:Sideways ROTF FAB toy.jpg|300px|thumb|''"Do your arms hang low...?"'']]
*'''Magna Missile Sideways''' (Fast Action Battler, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' Missile

:''[[Fast Action Battlers]]'' Magna Missile Sideways is a simplified toy that transforms into a somewhat cutesified car mode. Its right arm features a firing missile sculpted to resemble Sideways's buzzsaw weapon. The toy's robot mode has the entire sides of the car becoming his arms, making this toy even more similar to Barricade than Sideways's movie CG and Deluxe class toy robot design. Like most of the Sideways toys and merchandise (bar the Deluxe & Legends class figures), he features screen-accurate black paint on his vehicle hood, roof and trunk.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/FABSideways/sideways.htm More information on Magna Missile Sideways at TFU.info]''
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===''Transformers'' (2010)===
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[[File:TargetHighSpeedSpyBattle.jpg|thumb|300px|Now you can recreate your favorite 10 second scene from the film.]]
*'''High-Speed Spy Battle''' (Multi-pack, [[2010]])

:This [[Target]]-exclusive multi-pack contains a redeco of Sideways that features a reversal of the red plastic parts with some of the black ones and uses clear red on the front headlights instead of the original's plain transluscent ones packaged with a ridiculously mud-caked version of the deluxe [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]/[[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] ice cream truck.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/TargetSideways/sideways.htm More information on High-Speed Spy Battle Sideways at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF2010toy sideways sneak attack.jpg|300px|thumb|Hopefully when you open this it won't split into two pieces.]]
*'''Sideways Sneak Attack''' (Multi-pack)

:This [[Target]]-exclusive multi-pack is based on Sideways's scene in ''Revenge of the Fallen'', and contains a redeco of his Deluxe-class toy in movie-accurate colors. He's even adorned with a "cut" [[paint operation]] straight across his vehicle mode, replicating the lethal wound given to him by Sideswipe. The set contains Legends-class toys of [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], [[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]], and [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-1]].
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:TF-Studio-Series-Deluxe-ROTF-Sideways.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Does not come with circular saw accessory to help you split him in two.]]
*'''Sideways''' (Deluxe Class, [[2022]])
**''Movie'': '''''Revenge of the Fallen'''''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''88'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-91'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': '''[[October]], 2022'''
**''Accessories'': Gun, "Shanghai Pursuit" backdrop
{{toydesigner|[[Sam Smith]] (Hasbro), [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>Sam Smith's [https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd9OUJIOVZa/ Instagram post] about Studio Series Sideways</ref>

:Released in ''[[Studio Series]]''' 17th wave, Sideways is a movie-accurate version of the character that transforms into an unlicensed approximation of his Audi R8 vehicle mode. Sideways, in a first for the line, comes with a gun that, while not movie-accurate (seeing as he had less than a minute of screentime), is ''game''-accurate, being from the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' game (specifically, the PS2/Wii version). The gun itself can clip into either of his hands or to the rear of his vehicle mode (and therefore his back in robot mode). Like the other ''Studio Series'' toys, the interior of the package forms a display backdrop, depicting Sideways's escape through the streets of Shanghai before being bisected by Sideswipe.

:Oddly, his head is completely coated in silver paint, omitting the black parts seen in his official CGI model and previous toys of the character. This change is even reflected in the new CGI render on the front of his box.

:Unfortunately, some copies of Sideways have very loose ankle joints, meaning he can be quite difficult to stand up. This is due to his very thin leg design, as well as most of the figure's mass being included in and around the upper half of Sideways. However, one can use Sideways's gun to help with his stability by having him holding it down to the point where it touches the surface Sideways is standing on.

:Sideways and his wavemates were revealed on [[May 10]], 2022, with preorders coming up the same day. Unusually for a modern ''Generations'' release, Sideways was revealed by [[TakaraTomy]] before [[Hasbro]], which usually unveils upcoming toys before or simultaneously with TakaraTomy.
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==Merchandise==
===RPMs - ''Robot Powered Machines''===
[[File:ROTFtoy-SidewaysRPM.jpg|300px|thumb|Sideways? More like UNDERside! OH!]]
*'''Sideways''' (R.P.M. Mini-Vehicle, 2009)
**''Series'': '''Speed Series'''
**''Number'': '''01 of 04'''
{{toydesigner|[[Alex Androski]] (deco artist)}}

:Number one in a series of four [[Robot Powered Machines]] Mini-Vehicle single packs, Sideways is an non-transformable Hot Wheels-like car, unless you count his robot mode being sculpted and painted onto his underside. The toy features through-axle construction that allows it to zip along at fast speeds on flat surfaces.

:This mold was retooled to make ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Wreckloose (ROTF)|Wreckloose]], and later straight-up redecoed to make the ''[[Speed Stars]]'' version of Wreckloose.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/RPMSideways/sideways.htm More information on Speed Series Sideways at TFU.info]''

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[[File:ROTF_RPM_Rollbar vs Sideways.jpg|thumb|300px|Hey, do I preach to you while you're lying stoned in the gutter? No, so beat it!]]
*'''Rollbar vs Sideways''' (R.P.M. Mini-Vehicle, 2009)
**''Series'': '''Battle Series'''
**''Number'': '''08'''

:The second release of Sideways comes packaged with [[Rollbar (RPM)|Rollbar]]. Sideways's new colours resemble the Deluxe class version of [[Dead End (ROTF)|Dead End]].
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===''Robot Heroes''===
[[File:Robotheroessideswipesideways.jpg|thumb|300px|My shiny metal saw will bite ''you!'']]
*'''Sideswipe & Sideways''' (Two-pack, 2009)
:Sideways is part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]] [[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' figures and is packaged versus [[Sideswipe (Movie)/toys#Robot Heroes|Sideswipe]]. He has rotational articulation at both shoulders and extremely limited neck articulation. Curiously, he holds a chainsaw-like blade in his hand, rather than it being integrated into wheel-kibble on his wrist. However, this is pretty close to how his weapon actually works in the official video game; when Sideways fights in melee, his wheel-blades spread out to form razor-edged ovals, presumably for added reach.

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[[File:Robotheroestwinswidewaysprimedemolishorsideswipe.jpg|thumb|300px|The Twins aren't the only vehicle that splits in two in this scene.]]
*'''Shanghai Shootout''' (Multi-pack, 2009)
:"Shanghai Shootout" replicates the opening action scene from ''Revenge of the Fallen'', featuring figurines of [[Skids (ROTF)#RHShanghai|Skids]] & [[Mudflap (ROTF)#RHShanghai|Mudflap]] in ice cream truck mode, Sideways in vehicle mode, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#RHShanghai|Optimus Prime]], [[Demolishor (ROTF)#Robot Heroes|Demolishor]], and [[Sideswipe (Movie)/toys#RHShanghai|Sideswipe]] in vehicle mode.
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==Notes==
[[File:Sidewaysanimated.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Talk:Sideways (Armada)|Spreads chaos like nothing else.]]]]
*''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac Volume 2]]'' reveals that [[Sideways (Animated)|a Sideways]] paid a visit to the ''Animated'' universe; while inhabiting that universe, his body form bore minor similarities to ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Sideways, and he showed an interest in visiting [[Shanghai]]. The book only asserts this intention, not that he actually traveled there, nor does it specify which universe's Shanghai he meant—there is no unambiguous proof that such a jaunt was made and that the two Sidewayses are the same character. Author [[Jim Sorenson]] characterized the book as being meant to match the ''Animated'' series' penchant for "in-jokes and Easter Eggs",<ref name="sorenson">Allspark message board post by Jim Sorenson, no longer available.</ref> suggesting that [[Authorial intent|he might not have meant it to be taken seriously]]. Sorenson as Vector Prime later classified Sideways as a non-Singularity, noting the separate status of the numerous Sideways from the movieverse.
*Due to licensing issues with Audi and the writers' strike, Sideways's role was dramatically altered and he was nearly taken out of the script entirely. Originally, Sideways was going to escape the first wave of his Autobot pursuers by using Demolishor as a distraction. After Demolishor's death, Sideways would have been cornered and engaged by Sideswipe in robot mode. At this point, it would have been Sideways, not Demolishor, who would have dropped The Fallen's name when he threatened Sideswipe during the fight. Ultimately, the scene was never finished. Audi backed out of the licensing agreement and the scene was rewritten to focus on Demolishor. Audi later decided that they did want their product featured, so a pre-visualization animation of Sideswipe bisecting a Lamborghini (included in the movie DVD's and Blu-ray Disc's bonus material) was reworked to feature an Audi R8 being sliced in half instead. Some toys reference the deleted fight; most of Sideways's toys feature a chainsaw weapon that he did not have in the film, and Human Alliance Sideswipe's box art depicts a diorama scene of Sideways attacking him in robot mode.
*According to designer [[Hisashi Yuki]], the wheels on the hands were a rushed late addition due to a design change in the movie character model.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/interviews-27/takaratomy-staff-interview-translation-hisashi-yuki-rotf-rid-prime-bt-skids-and-bwn-unicron-168426/ Hisashi Yuki interview from Takaratomy]</ref> This is why the hand tires are not integrated more properly into the toy.
*Sideways's license plate in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' reads "269 FPJT". It can be briefly seen twice; however, the only time it's seen in its entirety, just before [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] splices Sideways in half, the letters and numbers are mirrored, implying that the shot was mirrored in editing.
*[[Chris Mowry]] had planned for Barricade to appear and be turned into Sideways in ''[[Transformers: Alliance]]'', but Hasbro rejected the idea.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/members/mowry-73165-page3.html#vmessage170099 Comment on Mowry's TFW2005 profile]</ref>
*His 2011 Hasbro bio gave him a new quote (one based on what he'd said in the Titan issue quoted up top!) along with a revamped bio that factored in his sniping ability from the console version of the Revenge of the Fallen video game.<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/cybertronian-database.cfm#/unique/sideways Vector Sigma: Sideways]</ref>

===Audi licensing===
*When {{w|Audi}} was looking to win screen time for one of its cars in the summer films during 2009, Ruben Igielko-Herrlich, a marketing consultant from Propaganda Global Entertainment Marketing, helped the company to find an opportunity in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. Ruben talked the movie's staff into finding a role for the {{w|Audi R8}}. Ultimately, an Audi R8 appears in the film as Sideways. Thus, Sideways became the only car Transformer in the movie whose alternate mode is not manufactured by [[General Motors]].<ref name="audi">[http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_28/b4139068367113.htm Hollywood's Blockbuster Role for Product Placement - BusinessWeek]</ref>
*The design of Sideways's vehicle mode appears to be based off an [https://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/01/sema-2007-apr-audi-r8/ Audi R8 tuned by APR], that was on display at the Michelin booth at {{w|SEMA}} 2007.
*Sideways's toys and merchandise are not licensed by Audi, and are thus merely approximations of the R8. However, Sideways's appearance in the [[Revenge of the Fallen (video games)|''Revenge of the Fallen'' video games]] is fully licensed, so he is accurate to the car used in the film and has Audi's logos and signage.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Sideways''' (サイドウェイズ ''Saidoweizu'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Mellékút''' ("Detour")

==References==
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[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Decepticons]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]
[[Category:Sam's Club exclusives]]
[[Category:Spies]]
[[Category:Target exclusives]]
[[Category:Transformers (2010) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Wal-Mart exclusives]]

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:''Lightspeed is an [[Autobot]] [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:TechnobotLightspeed MTMTE.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I'm not the man they think I am at home. Oh no, no, I'm a Rocket man!]]
Looking in from the outside, you'd think '''Lightspeed''' (aka '''Lightstorm'''<ref name="lightstorm">"Lightstorm" was a substitute name used by Hasbro for a new toy representing the ''Generation 1'' Lightspeed character, because the name "Lightspeed" is currently not available as a [[trademark]], used only once for a ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[Micro-Changer]] released in 2014.</ref> or '''Lightsteed'''<ref name="lightsteed">"Lightsteed" is yet another substitute name for new toys representing the Lightspeed character, also used only once thus far, for a figure from the ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' line released in 2016.</ref>) had it all: He's highly intelligent, strong, fast, and considered dashingly good-looking by Transformers standards. And if any of that mattered to him at all, he'd be golden. Sadly, Lightspeed aches down to the core of his being for something more. His heart yearns to escape the bonds of gravity and fly free. Dreams of soaring between the stars and exploring the vast mysteries of space consume him, making him feel slow, trapped, and dissatisfied with what others would see as a charmed existence. Lightspeed would gladly pursue his dream of being rebuilt as an interstellar spacecraft if the Autobots' situation wasn't so grim. As it is, he knows the necessary resources are more valuable elsewhere and so puts his energy into winning the war and making his dream a possibility. His dreams tend to distract him from his current function as a data processor.

Lightspeed is allergic to [[energon]] (and most other fuels to a lesser extent) and must take a special lead sulfide additive when fueling or he experiences severe engine knocking and a bad [[rust rash]].

He can also combine with his fellow Technobots to form [[Computron (G1)|Computron]].

{{quote|Daydreaming, Strafe. Or maybe I should say stardreaming. I've been waiting for this chance to explore space, but since leaving Cybertron, the only stars I've seen are in the sky over Autobot City. The stars, the planets, the thousand moons... like jewels in an alien crown.|Lightspeed waxes poetical|"[[Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Technobots attack.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8]]
Lightspeed and his fellow Technobots were part of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]]'s crew on the ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]''. When Fortress Maximus decided to leave the war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and head to [[Nebulos]], Lightspeed and the other Technobots agreed to follow him on his quest for peace. {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}} However, the Decepticons followed the Autobots to Nebulos and brought the war with them.

In the Nebulos resort city of [[Splendora]], Lightspeed and the Technobots fought [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] as the combined [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]. Though Abominus was defeated and routed, Splendora lay in ruins. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}} ''Lightspeed and Nosecone were badly injured during a Decepticon raid. The incident helped galvanize Fortress Maximus's decision over whether or not the Autobots should leave the planet behind.'' {{storylink|The Final Conflict}} Both factions ultimately left Nebulos for [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}} Lightspeed and the rest of the crew of the ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]'' met up with the main Autobot force aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to watch [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] battle Fortress Maximus's champion [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] for overall leadership of the Autobots. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

After [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] was mutated by his short exposure to the [[Underbase]], he obliterated all of the Technobots, including Lightspeed, in [[Buenos Aires]]. {{storylink|Dark Star}}
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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[File:Rodimus technobots wreckers peace.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
In the year [[2510]], Lightspeed and the Technobots had apparently fallen into a close alliance with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. When [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] announced the last Decepticon was dead and the war was therefore over, the Technobots attended the meeting at Magnus's side. Unfortunately, so did a Decepticon deep-cover operative named [[Triton]]. When Rodimus Prime decided to step down as Autobot leader and named [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] as his intended replacement, Triton saw his chance for treachery. He jumped into the conversation, saying Ultra Magnus was a far better choice to carry the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]—he had done so in the past and was more of a statesman than a warrior like Springer, and so better suited to lead in peacetime. Lightspeed quickly responded to Triton's logic, and the room divided between Technobots and [[Wreckers]]. After [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] killed the Wrecker named [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] and [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] killed Triton in turn, war tragically broke out again on Cybertron. {{storylink|Peace}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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[[File:Lightspeed nosecone natural selection.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8]]
Lightspeed led an excavation team to find the chamber of [[Primus]]. By the time [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] joined them, a team of [[Demon]]s had found the team and were excavating their innards; it didn't look good for Lightspeed! {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Two}}
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====''Transformers '84''====
[[File:Ultra magnus perceptor nosecone lightspeed secrets and lies.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7]]
Lightspeed and [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] were members of a team led by [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], tasked with investigating a mysterious explosion during the early days of the [[Great War (G1)|war]] on Cybertron. They discovered that the "explosion" was in fact a controlled blast from a [[Project Dreadnought|massive planetary turbine]], apparently intended to alter Cybertron's course through the cosmos. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 2|Secrets & Lies #2}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Danny Mann]] (English), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japanese)|[[Bernd Simon]] (German), [[Luiz Feier Motta]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}
[[File:Money-is-everything-lightspeed-bothmodes.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|[[Neil Kaplan|Diabolico]] doesn't stand a chance.]]
Lightspeed was created along with the other Technobots by [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] when the latter gained super intelligence. Viewing [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]]'s excited mannerisms, he advised Afterburner to "mellow out". Good luck with that, Lightspeed. He then introduced himself, claiming "they call me Lightspeed". This then sparked the mystery of whoever "they" could be, since he was only created moments ago, and the present company were the only beings he had ever met in his short existence. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

Lightspeed was at Autobot City a few weeks later when an alert came in that Strafe and Scattershot were in trouble. Lightspeed cooly led Afterburner and Nosecone in a cross-fire strategy that drove off their attacker, the Terrorcon Hun-Gurr. He later accompanied Scattershot, Strafe and the free trader [[Dirk Manus]] in search of a Quintesson base on Titan, waxing poetical along the way about the chance to explore space and see the planets and moons up close.

Then Abominus blasted him out of the sky.

The trio of Technobots crashed to the surface of Titan and came under attack by Sharkticons. Lightspeed had Strafe blast down some vines to ensnare their attackers, buying time for the damaged group to flee. The timely arrival of Nosecone, Afterburner, and Marissa Fairborne finally ended the attack for good. Led by trader Manus to the Quintesson base, the group were taken captive by Manus en route. When Fairborne urged them to do something, Lightspeed indignantly replied that they ''were'': they were thinking! For all the good it did them. Manus vaporized the group with the Recreator weapon... then reformed them, having healed their injuries. The Technobots defeated the Terrorcons and drove off the Quints. Back on Earth, Lightspeed reported to Fairborne that the credits they'd confiscated from the Quintessons were gone, evidently stolen by Manus. Lightspeed and Fairborne shared a good laugh once Fairborne revealed that they were nothing more than [[mimic dust]]. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything}}

In [[2007]], Lightspeed and the Technobots arrived at [[Mark Morgan]]'s laboratory to stop the Terrorcons from stealing Morgan's [[Impervious alloy|heat-and-radiation-resistant alloy]]. Unfortunately the subsequent battle between Computron and [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] caused much damage to Morgan's lab, injuring [[Jessica Morgan|his daughter]] and leading to the [[Hate Plague]] crisis. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

Shortly after [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s return, Lightspeed was briefly involved with the battle for [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] that inadvertently led to the discovery of Nebulos. Lightspeed was hypnotized by [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] into backing over a cliff, and he shook his head dazedly after he hit the ground. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} Later on, Lightspeed was among the Autobots who celebrated the return of Cybertron's Golden Age. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
Lightspeed and his Technobot comrades were under construction at [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] when the Autobots sought the aid of Doctor [[Dalton]] in improving their abilities. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}} Dalton heavily upgraded the Technobots' weaponry, allowing the combined Computron to easily outmatch the Decepticon combiner, Abominus. As the Decepticon motto goes, however: When in doubt, cheat. [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] outfitted the Terrorcons with "[[control liquid]]", a substance that enabled them to assume control over Computron. Dalton arranged for [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] to use a special [[exosuit]] to approach Computron safely and administer an antidote. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}

=====''Generations Selects Special Comic'' (1)=====
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=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Hm1 Technobots Transform.jpg|thumb|200px]]
In [[2011]], [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] staged a major attack on Cybertron. Lightspeed and the Technobots joined the Dinobots on the front lines of defense. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} As [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] began his search for the [[Matrix of Leadership]] on Earth, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] gathered Lightspeed and the Technobots to prevent the Decepticons from hampering his quest. When Hot Rod finally located the Matrix, Galvatron confronted him with the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s and Terrorcons, but the Technobots arrived to help even the odds. Scattershot ordered them to form Computron, and the mighty giant occupied the Decepticons so that Hot Rod could make a break for the [[space bridge]]. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Later, Galvatron launched [[Metamorphose]], a metal-twisting meteorite, and the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] were its first victims. Lightspeed and the Technobots were sent out to recover their damaged comrades for repairs, but they were intercepted by the Terrorcons. The fighting escalated with new arrivals on both sides, as the Decepticons tried to keep their foes occupied until the meteorite reached [[Athenia]], destroying the Autobots completely. The [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]] eventually arrived to carry the Headmasters into space to confront the meteorite, and so Lightspeed and the Technobots formed Computron and covered their retreat. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

When [[buridanka|a giant carnivorous plant]] took root in [[San Francisco]], Ultra Magnus sent Lightspeed and the Technobots to deal with the incident. The plant proved to be extraordinarily resilient, however, and it was also guarded by the Decepticons. The Technobots were distracted by combat with the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], first as individuals and later combined as Computron and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}} After the Trainbots ran into trouble on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], Lightspeed and his team were on the way to help when [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] intervened. The Earthbound Decepticons succeeded in occupying the Technobots so that they couldn't make it to Mars. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}}

Lightspeed and the Technobots were part of a strike team that flew to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to disrupt Scorponok's gathering of Decepticons. They immediately formed Computron upon entering the battle. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Lightspeed's regiment later helped load the Trainbots with energon supplies for the destitute planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]]. They were attacked by the greedy Decepticons and fought back both as the mighty Computron and as individuals, using the Trainbots' large [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]s as a shield. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

When Fortress was choosing his team to chase after Scorponok and the Decepticons through space, Lightspeed was one of the Autobots tapped for service. {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}} During this extended mission, Lightspeed and the Technobots formed Computron to battle [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] on the planet [[Paradise]]. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

After returning to Earth, Lightspeed and the Technobots reassociated with Ultra Magnus at Autobot City on Earth. They were sent to [[Florida|Miami]] to counter a Decepticon attack, and battled Abominus as Computron. Unfortunately, the attack was a ruse to draw them away from Autobot City, and they were unable to stop [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]'s assassination of Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} The Decepticon attacks continued even after Magnus's death, as Sixshot launched five separate strikes at once around the world. Lightspeed and the Technobots were dispatched as Computron to one of the many battle sites. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} When the Decepticons seemingly abandoned Earth, Lightspeed and the Technobots assisted Spike in rebuilding the planet after the enemy's departure. On one occasion, they located Sixshot's old command base. By combining into Computron, the Technobots helped Defensor and Raiden obliterate the base, wiping out all trace of the Decepticons' presence. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

As part of Computron, Lightspeed participated in the Autobots final battle with Scorponok's Decepticons at the North Pole. He lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

=====''Unite Warriors''=====
[[File:UniteWarriorsOffshot Lightspeed.jpg|right|thumb|180px|The Lightspeed Rescue holiday special.]]
Having learned that [[Father's Day]] was a thing, the Technobots prepared a surprise party for their own "father", Grimlock. When Grimlock arrived, Lightspeed tried to give him his present only to be interrupted by Strafe spraying [[energon champagne]] everywhere. {{storylink|Surprise Father's Day Party!!}}

=====''Generations Selects Special Comic'' (2)=====
In 2050, humans and the [[Cybertron Alliance]] learned how to harness [[Angolmois Energy]] from beneath the Earth's surface. It was used for many purposes, including medical procedures such as restoring the lost memories of the Autobot, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]. Lightspeed and the Technobots were overjoyed by Wheeljack's restoration, as they considered him their "grandfather" for creating Grimlock and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 1}}

Relations soured between the Cybertron Alliance and humanity when humans created their own living robots called [[Selector]]s, who rose up and demanded their freedom. The Technobots prepared to abandon [[Earth Defense Command]] headquarters at [[Neo Scramble City]]. At [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus's]] request, they transformed into Computron to determine the humans' chances of winning. Computron initially calculated humanity's odds at approaching zero, but the probability changed drastically when Grimlock and the Dinobots declared loyalty to humanity. The Technobots refused to stand against their father, and entered the battle on the side of the Dinobots. Lightspeed and the Technobots merged with the newly combiner-compatible Grimlock, forming [[Volcaticon]]. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 2}}
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===''Transformers in 3-D''===
Lightspeed discovered evidence of a new energon source on an asteroid near Cybertron. He and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] arranged for a team of Autobots to investigate. Lightspeed uncovered an energon trail which led straight to an innocent-looking creature, apparently a native to the asteroid. He brought the creature back to Fortress Maximus for study to uncover its energon-generating abilities. Ultra Magnus cautioned Lightspeed not to get so caught up in his experiments that he forgot it was a living thing he was studying. [[Blurr (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blurr]] played with the creature while the Autobots set up a habitat for it. Lightspeed eventually discovered the creature expelled pure energon as a waste product!

Before this discovery could be explored much further, however, Lightspeed and the Autobots spotted [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] and realized the Decepticons were also on the asteroid. A chase ensued, and soon the Autobot and Decepticon forces were engaged in a brutal battle. As the fighting continued, no one noticed the creature teleport itself to safety. It seemed the creature was actually a remarkably intelligent being, who studied the Transformers in order to gather data for the [[Quintesson]]s.

Probably for the best. Lightspeed didn't look like he really ''needed'' any more energon goodies before bed. {{storylink|The Test (issue)|The Test}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Stormbringer issue 1|Transformers: Stormbringer #1]]

[[File:Stormbringer1 Lightspeed attacked.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|It sure sucks to get stabbed in the stomach by an energon sword.]]
Lightspeed suffered from a unique variation of phantom limb syndrome—he believed himself to be the lost leg of a giant combiner robot, and as a result refused to go indoors. He used to see the psychiatrist [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] about this little personal quirk. {{storylink|Bullets}}

Lightspeed, like the rest of the Technobots, was a crew man aboard the Autobot Science and Survey vessel ''[[Calabi-Yau]]''. His specialty was a little ambiguous, and though he obviously had some pride in his ability to traverse ground in rough conditions, the low-gravity of Cybertron's surface made it tough going even for him. [[Iguanus (G1)|Iguanus]] impaled him just as he was about to get off the burned-out planet. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}}

Lightspeed survived the techno-cannibalization being performed by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s cultists and helped uncover the key to defeating the revenant [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}} {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}} Afterwards, he reported not even the most basic molecular activity was present in Thunderwing. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4|Stormbringer #4}}

[[File:Afterburner and Lightspeed Numbers.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
Later, Lightspeed helped take the Monstructor Six into custody, after their fight with Omega Supreme. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}} He and the rest of the science team failed to keep their prisoners in custody when they were attacked by the Combaticons. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

Lightspeed and the Technobots reverse engineered the polydermal grafting process that Bludgeon had used on himself, and delivered the shells to Cloudburst and company. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

Lightspeed and Afterburner were later stationed on [[Kimia Facility]] just in time for it to be attacked by [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s, who slaughtered most of the Autobots there. However Lightspeed and Afterburner managed to survive and hid out with only a few blasters and some experimental weapons tech to defend himself. Realising that Kimia was being used to attack Cybertron, the two decided that there was only one way to stop it, and destroyed the facility from within. {{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers|Numbers}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
Lightspeed and the [[Technobot (G1)|Technical Solutions Team]] joined up with [[Lodestar (Titan)|Lodestar]] and [[Lightbright (G1)|Lightbright]] to search for [[Vigilem]], the rogue [[Titan (group)|Titan]] who attacked the [[Winged Moon]]. Lightspeed had always felt like he had the potential to be a [[Cityspeaker]], and on their journey he tried to impress on Lightbright how good he could've been for the job, had the [[Forge Pyramid]] continued producing Titansparks. Vigilem was eventually located at the [[Hexagon]] outpost. Base commander [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] was recalcitrant with the team as they tried to secure Vigilem without leading to violence. As [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] escorted Lightspeed and Strafe to shut down the energon conduits feeding Vigilem, Lightspeed noticed a heavily secured door that wasn't on Hexagon's schematics. His curiosity prompted an overly aggressive response for their guard, so Strafe kept Dirge busy while Lightspeed hacked his way into the security door. They discovered the criminal scientist [[Airachnid (G1)|Airachnid]] performing experiments on Thunderwing's behalf. The Technical Solutions Team reunited and then genuinely united as Scattershot fell into the [[Combination Core]], an artificial [[Enigma of Combination]] Airachnid had been working on. The resulting eruption brought the Team together as never before, creating a new Combiner known as Computron. Thunderwing ejected that section of Hexagon, leaving him/them to drift through space. The Technical Solutions Team disassembled and were recovered by Lodestar after she destroyed Vigilem. {{storylink|Light/Star}}

Lightspeed and his team returned to Cybertron aboard the badly damaged Lodestar. They met with Optimus Prime and the besieged Autobots at [[Crystal City]] as they faced [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] and the Decepticon army. Computron and Lodestar were enough to make the Decepticons give pause, but the Technobots could not retain their combiner form indefinitely. Optimus sent them on ahead to the evacuation site at [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] to recover. {{storylink|The Landscape of Fear}} The other Autobots eventually made their way towards Darkmount, preparing to leave Cybertron aboard the last ''Ark''. Computron battled the Decepticons' combiner [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] as the passengers loaded, but wasn't strong enough on his own. Lightspeed and the Technobots were forced apart, but Scattershot managed to double their strength by adding five volunteers from the [[Prime Guard]] to a new Computron. They sacrificed themselves to hold the Decepticons until the ''Ark'' took off, and the Autobots left behind were apprehended and imprisoned by Megatron. {{storylink|Transformers: Fate of Cybertron|Fate of Cybertron}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*Faced with the might of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], Lightspeed and his fellow Technobots dodged the huge Decepticons' claws and merged into Computron to fight back, but they were quickly bowled over when Scorponok hurled a mountain at them. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Computron and Scorponok|Technobots and Scorponok commercial}}
*Lightspeed, [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]], and [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] worked together to project a forcefield to halt a boulder pitched towards them by [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]. The Technobots then stood their ground to stave off an attack from the rest of the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] against [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Technobots and Terrorcons|Technobots and Terrorcons commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
The Technobots were ambushed outside [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] by the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], who feared they would combine into Computron. The Decepticon team overwhelmed them, gaining entry to the city itself. {{storylink|Circuit Breaker (Legends)|Circuit Breaker}} The Technobots came to [[Dirk Manus]]'s aid when his ship was attacked by the Terrorcons. Though they managed to repel the first attack, the Terrorcons eventually overcame them, however after the [[Quintesson]]s doublecrossed Manus, he used the [[Recreator]] to repair the Autobot team so they could defeat the Quintessons. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (Legends)|Money Is Everything}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Lightspeed.jpg|thumb|left|400px|Autobot Lightspeed, rescue ready.]]
Lightspeed participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a rare character who could be recruited by collecting 160 units of Cybermetal and 95 units of Transmetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}
[[File:G1-toy LightspeedTechno.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Space space. Going to space. Guilty! Of not being in space. Space. Wanna go to space. SPAAAAAAAACE!]]
*'''Lightspeed''' (Technobot, [[1987]])
**''Team ID number'': '''TK4'''
**''Takara ID number'': '''C-89'''
**''Accessories'': "[[Light-burst gun]]", 2 "Infra-red Missile Launchers"

: ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' Lightspeed transforms into a sleek Cybertronic car. He comes with a small handgun and a pair of missiles; the missiles can attach to his car mode rear wheel hubs. They can also stay there in robot mode if you really like, where they hang under his arms.

: Being a "[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1986 (Scramble City and 2010)|Scramble City]]"-style combiner, he can form an arm or leg to any combination of compatible toys, but his nominal placement is as the right leg of [[Computron (G1)#Toys|Computron]]. When used in his usual configuration, he faces backwards, as his feet have don't give enough clearance to attach Computron's footplate properly if facing forward. He and Nosecone are two of the very few Scramble City limbs to face backwards in their leg modes.

: Extra care needs to be taken with the decals on his "doors", as they are VERY easily scraped off by swinging his arms down in robot and limb modes thanks to the lack of space between the arms and main body.

: Later-run releases of this toy (mostly in 1988) filled in the indent, as rubsigns were phased out in 1988 (owing mostly to the deaths of most competitors in the reconfigurable robots toy arena). There is also a packaging variant for all four small Technobots, which included a random bonus Autobot [[Decoy|"Decoy" mini-figurine]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Lightspeed/lightspeed.htm More information on Lightspeed on TFU.info]''

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[[File:G1toy computron giftset.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Computron''' (Multi-pack, 1987)
**''Takara ID number'': '''C-91'''
**''Accessories'': "Light-Burst Gun", 2 "Infra-Red Missile Launchers"

:All five Technobots were also made available in a complete gift set. The gift set versions are identical to their individual rubsign-having releases.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Computron/computron.htm More information on Computron at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/autobot/1987/instr_technobots.jpg Instruction booklet for Computron at Botchthecrab.com]''
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy LightstormKreon.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb]]
*'''Computron''' (Micro-Changer Combiner, [[2014]])
**''Set number'': '''A7308'''
**''Pieces'': '''75'''
**''Accessories'': 2 scoped pistols
{{toydesigner|[[Ed Masiello]] (Hasbro)}}

: ''[[Kre-O]]'' "Lightstorm" is a [[Kreon]] included with the [[Computron (G1)#Kre-O|Computron]] [[Micro-Changer]] combiner set, and can be rebuilt from robot to car mode. His parts also are used in the set's combined Computron mode; the Kreon proper is mostly used as the left leg, while his hood-plate and windscreen make up the combiner's chestplate.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/Kre-OLightstorm/lightstorm.htm More information on Lightstorm at TFU.info]''
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===''Combiner Wars''===
[[File:TF-Generations-Combiner-Wars-Lightsteed.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hi, ho Lightsteed, away!]]
*'''Computron''' (Collection Pack, [[2016]])
**''Accessories'': Shotgun

:''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' '''Lightsteed''' (renamed for [[trademark]] reasons) is a [[redeco]] of Deluxe Class [[Streetwise (G1)#Generations|Protectobot Streetwise]] from the same toy line, transforming from an R35 Nissan GTR police car (though it's probably supposed to represent a Cybertronic car in this case) to a robot and back. As a ''Combiner Wars'' Deluxe Class figure, he can combine with any ''Combiner Wars''-style Voyager Class toys or with [[Godbomber#Legends|''Legends'' Godbomber]] and form either an arm or a leg for the gestalt form, but his official purpose is to combine with his fellow Technobots and serve as the right leg of [[Computron (G1)#Generations|Computron]].

:Lightsteed was only available as part of a Computron box set, including a poster and a collector card based on the set's packaging art. The set was one of several so-called "Collection Packs" that were "online exclusives" in the United States, available from online retailers such as [[Hasbro Toy Shop]], [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]], and [[BigBadToyStore]] as well as the online stores of "big box" retailers such as [[Toys"R"Us]], [[Walmart]], [[Target]], and [[Kmart]]. In Hasbro's Asian markets such as Singapore and Taiwan, the set was available at general retail. In Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, it was sold at Toys"R"Us stores, whereas in Spain, it was available via the Spanish subsidiaries of [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] and Carrefour, as well as the department store chain El Corte Inglés, supposedly also only available online.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Autobot/CWLightsteed/lightsteed.htm More information on ''Combiner Wars'' Lightsteed at TFU.info]''
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===''Unite Warriors''===
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[[File:UW-toy Lightspeed.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Maybe I'll get to space faster now!]]
*'''Computicon''' (giftset, [[August 27]], [[2016]])
**''ID number:'' '''UW-08'''
**''English name:'' '''Computron'''
**''Accessories'': 2 blaster rifles, double-barreled hand/foot/gun

:[[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' iteration of Lightspeed is a [[retool]] of ''Combiner Wars'' [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Wheeljack]], transforming into a car vaguely like a Lancia Stratos. He features a new robot head that is oddly rounded-off, and two new guns that are designed to combine with the other Techbots' weapons to form their combined mode's big rifle.

: He was only available as part of the complete Techbot box set along with [[Afterburner (G1)#UW08|Afterburner]], [[Nosecone (G1)#UW08|Nosecone]], [[Scattershot (G1)#Unite Warriors|Scattershot]], and [[Strafe (G1)#Unite Warriors|Strafe]], all combining into Computicon.

:As with the other Techbots, the packaging and instructions assign Lightspeed a different hand/foot/gun than the one previously used by this mold, specifically the HFG originally packed with ''Unite Warriors'' [[Blast Off (G1)/toys#Unite Warriors|Blast Off]]. In Lightspeed's case however, his mold's "original" HFG (the squared-vent one) has unique tooling left over from [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Generations|Sunstreaker]] that lets it attach differently in robot and vehicle modes.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Autobot/UWLightspeed/lightspeed.htm More information on ''Unite Warriors'' Lightspeed at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*Unlike some of the other Technobots' pre-final rear-view models, Lightspeed's back view is made up entirely, leaving him with no misplaced [[kibble]] caused by isometric angles—he ''does'' however, end up with a simplified version of his chest replicated on his back (complete with a windshield!), instead of his vehicle mode spoiler. While his back view wasn't as messed up as some of the other Technobots, he received a revised rear-view anyway, as seen in episodes animated by [[Toei Animation|Toei]].
**Unsurprisingly, the [[AKOM]]-animated episodes used the pre-final models.
**The revised set of models appears to have been lost after season 3, as Toei ended up using the pre-final versions for ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'' cartoon.
*For a guy who can (according to his [[The Transformers Universe|TFU entry]]) "accelerate from 0 to 500 mph in 8 seconds, with an average cruising speed of 300 mph", he has a shockingly low [[Tech Spec]] speed rating of "5".
*For some reason Lightspeed's ''Universe'' profile weapons are completely different to those described in his [[bio]]; in [[Alternate mode|vehicle mode]] he is armed with [[plasma blaster]]s instead of missile launchers and in [[robot mode]] he wields a [[proton rifle]] instead of a light-burst gun.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Lightspeed''' (ライトスピード ''Raitosupīdo'')
*''French:'' '''Luméclair''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Starbot'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Guāng Sù''' (China, 光速, "Light Speed")
*''Russian:'' '''Svetovik''' (Световик, "Lighter")

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Combiner Wars Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generations Selects Autobots]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Autobots]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Autobots]]
[[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Autobots]]
[[Category:Scientists]]
[[Category:Second Cybertron Alliance]]
[[Category:Technobots]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]
[[Category:Unite Warriors Autobots]]

Peptex

2023-01-22T15:00:05Z

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'''Peptex''' is a [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] settlement close to the [[Rust Sea|Rust Spot]].

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
[[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] intended to execute [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] by strapping him to a shuttle in the Rust Spot and sending it crashing and burning into the nearest settlement, though he wasn't sure if this would be Peptex or [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. {{storylink|Omega's Conundrum}} In the early days of the war, forty-three citizens of Peptex were killed by weapons manufactured from a warehouse run by [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 5: Endless Forever|Endless Forever}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
On post-war Cybertron , Peptex was largely populated by [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s. Even on the best of days, the Maximal Command Security Force was barely tolerated. After Lio Convoy kicked off the [[Grand Uprising]], riots began sparking across the planet, and Peptex was no exception. In order to avoid exacerbating proto-race tensions, MCSF officers were under strict instruction to use non-lethal force dealing with the crowds. After one such riot, MCSF officer Stiletto was forced to kill her partner Betabear when he tried to kill hapless Predacon Sea Panic in a Nucleon-fuelled rage. {{storylink|Burning Bridges}}

Unsurprisingly, it fell to the [[Resistance]] during the Grand Uprising. {{storylink|Safe Spaces}}

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

Scrapmetal (ROTF)

2023-01-21T20:37:29Z

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:''Scrapmetal is a [[Decepticon]] [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]] from the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:ROTF Constructicon concept.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|What are you? Seriously we want to know.]]
Unlike the other [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]s, '''Scrapmetal''' is overlooked and disrespected due to his status as "ze little one".<ref>TakaraTomy ''Studio Series'' Deluxe Class Constructicon Scrapmetal package bio</ref> He transforms into a Volvo excavator, and can form [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]]'s left hand if he is fortunate enough to be left ''alive'' by his teammates.

{{bigquote|Need parts. Kill ze little one!|[[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]]|''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''}}

==Fiction==
===''Revenge of the Fallen'' film===
[[Image:Zelittleoneonboat.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6|Weeeeeeeeeee!!!!]]
After the [[AllSpark|AllSpark shard]] was retrieved from [[NEST]]'s secure bunker at [[Diego Garcia]], Scrapmetal was among the Constructicons who secreted themselves aboard the ''[[Bayos]]'' freighter heading towards the North Atlantic. Once the ship passed over the [[Laurentian Abyss]], [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] flew onto the ship, hiding between Scrapmetal and [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]] while a sailor passed. Once they reached the specific site, the Decepticons jumped overboard and dove down to where [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s broken body lay.

[[File:ROTF ze little one.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|No! Wait! I don't wanna be a Decepticon any-[[Furmanism|sheeeeaggh!]]]]
Once they located his shell, [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]] was released to assess their leader's condition. After a quick examination, Scalpel declared that he would need some [[For parts|spare parts]] to replace the ones destroyed in the battle of [[Mission City]], and he ordered the death of the smallest Constructicon. Before Scrapmetal could protest, he was set upon by [[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]] and Mixmaster and beaten to death as they tore off the components needed to restore Megatron. Once these were attached, Scalpel struck Megatron with the shard, reviving the Decepticon leader. Scrapmetal's parts allowed Megatron to take the alternate mode of a Cybertronian tank with flight capabilities. He may have been honoured for all time for his sacrifice for the Decepticon cause. But probably not. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
{{note|Scrapmetal's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, was also chronicled in the comic miniseries ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation]]''.}}
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===Toy bios===
Scrapmetal was present in [[Egypt]] during [[Operation: Firestorm]]. He combined with his fellow [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]] to form the mighty [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]], forming the left hand. {{storylink|#Generations|''Studio Series'' Constructicon Scrapmetal}}

==Toys==
===''Studio Series''===
[[File:Studio-Series-MV2-41-Deluxe-Scrapmetal.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|[[Grimlock_(RID_2001)#Toys|Black Friday Grimlock]] wanted four more teammates.]]
*'''Constructicon Scrapmetal''' (Deluxe Class, [[2019]])
**''Movie'': '''''Revenge of the Fallen'''''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''41'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-32'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[April 27]], 2019
**''Accessories'': Shield, "[[Operation: Firestorm|Pyramid Desert Battle]]" backdrop (2nd version)
{{toydesigner|[[Mike Booth]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', ''[[Studio Series]]'' Constructicon Scrapmetal is a Deluxe-sized sculpt that transforms from an excavator into a robot mode based on [[:File:ROTF Constructicon concept.jpg|a piece of concept art]], presumably to differentiate it from [[Scrapper (ROTF)#Generations|Scrapper]].

:He comes with a small shield, made from a panel from the back of the excavator mode, and a cardboard backdrop display depicting [[Operation: Firestorm]].

:Scrapmetal can be combined with the rest of the ''Studio Series'' [[Constructicon (ROTF)#Generations|Constructicons]] to form [[Devastator (ROTF)#Generations|Devastator]]. Specifically, he forms the left hand and attaches to [[Hightower (ROTF)#Generations|Hightower]], who forms the left upper arm. Hasbro's [[instructions]] omit the shield/panel in this mode entirely; TakaraTomy's instructions feature an extra step... and it just has the piece attached to the same place it gets attached to in robot mode, serving no obvious purpose. Promotional images of the Devastator combined mode shows the shield piece attached to the giant's left knee. This splotch of color is oddly placed when [[Rampage_(ROTF)|Rampage]] is used as the left leg, but swapping in the screen-accurate [[Skipjack (ROTF)|Skipjack]] suggests that the shield may represent part of Skipjack's mass, integrated further up the giant's thigh.

:Like the majority of the ''Studio Series'' Constructicons, he lacks a Decepticon symbol.

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*'''Devastator''' (Gift Set, [[2020]])
**''Movie'': '''''Revenge of the Fallen'''''
**''ID number'': '''69'''

:This boxset contains 8 of the ''Studio Series'' Constructicons seen in the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' film. In order to keep Devastator accurate to his on-screen appearance, [[Skipjack (ROTF)|Skipjack]] is included in the set, completely omitting Rampage, as he was busy [[Bumblebee (Movie)|elsewhere]].

:Scrapmetal remains, mostly faithful to the original release above, save for some additional dirt paint applications on the buckets used for Devastator's fingertips.

:The gift set first saw release in Thailand without any announcement from Hasbro, with it later being officially revealed on the [[October 16]]th [[Hasbro Pulse#Fan First Friday|Fan First Friday]].
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==Who is Scrapmetal?==
===Vehicle mode===
[[File:ROTF Constructicons ship continuity.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|GREAT CONTINUITY!]]
The on-screen identity of Scrapmetal is a bit on the fraught side. In the flyover shot of the barge on which the four Constructicons sit, a red bulldozer ([[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]]), a silver/grey concrete mixer (Mixmaster), a green dump truck (Long Haul) and a yellow front-end loader are visible. The yellow front-end loader is the alternate mode of the Constructicon [[Scrapper (ROTF)|Scrapper]], ''and'' Scrapmetal's robot mode appears to be the same as Scrapper's. As such, the temptation to just consider this a Scrapper unit is great...

However, the flyover shot is followed by a closeup shot of the bulldozer, which [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] crashlands into... except that the bulldozer is suddenly [[Skipjack (ROTF)|yellow]] instead of red in this shot. Additionally, in the background, the yellow front-end loader has been replaced with a yellow Volvo excavator, which is clearly marked with a large Decepticon [[insignia]].

For the purposes of reducing headaches, we're assuming that the excavator is the "correct" vehicle mode, and that it just happens to transform into a robot mode that resembles Scrapper... even though it's not him. The ''Studio Series'' toy would subsequently give Scrapmetal an excavator alternate mode.
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===Devastator component===
[[File:Hightower-Scrapmetal-Continuity Error.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Volvo excavator briefly appears behind Hightower during the Devastator combination scene. Also, is that a person in Hightower's cab?… Probably just a hologram… ''Right''?]]
Building up on the mystery of Scrapmetal's identity, his toy depicts him taking the place of the [[Unknown Constructicon shovel|unnamed yellow bulldozer]] as Devastator's left hand. Even the Hasbro version of the toy's packaging bio mentions that Scrapmetal combines with the rest of his teammates, with him specifically forming the left hand.

Further evidence supporting the theory behind the unnamed shovel and Scrapmetal being the same character/unit comes from the "Behind-the-Design" interview with Mike B., a Hasbro employee who worked on ''Studio Series'' Devastator.<ref>[https://hasbropulse.com/blogs/unboxed/behindthedesign-transformers-devastator Behind the Design on Hasbro Pulse]</ref> He had said that during the design process and the decision on what size class to make each figure that combines to form Devastator, they went back and rewatched the combination scene from the film and "noticed that the left arm was formed by two figures: Scrapmetal and Hightower."

The above statement could potentially mean that with the same subtle [[retcon]] Hasbro made with Skipjack being the left leg of Devastator rather than Rampage (as mentioned in the aforementioned interview and indicated in the ''Studio Series'' toy bios for both figures), the same could be made for Scrapmetal. With that in mind, that could mean one of two things:
*'''1)''' The Scrapmetal unit has potentially taken on two different forms, one being the bulldozer that forms Devastator's left hand (which fits with a previous statement made by Hasbro about him being a bulldozer<ref name="scrapmetal">[http://www.tfviews.com/news/main/hasbro-q-and-a/641 Hasbro Q&A December 2009 at TFviews.com]</ref>) and the other being the Volvo excavator shown on the barge '''or;'''
*'''2)''' Hasbro/TakaraTomy has taken to making a different alternate form for the toy as they have done with [[KSI Sentry#Studio Series|many]] [[Scalpel (ROTF)#Revenge of the Fallen|other]] [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SS26|figures]] [[Hot Rod (DOTM)#Studio Series|in]] [[Dino#Movie Advanced Series|the]] [[Dispensor#Movie Advanced Series|past]].

If everything mentioned above has not already created enough of a headache, the same yellow Volvo excavator with the Decepticon insignia can be spotted in the background of Devastator's formation scene behind [[Hightower (ROTF)|Hightower]] for a brief moment. But in previous and subsequent shots, it is nowhere to be seen. The existence of the excavator in the background could easily be written off as just another continuity error due to different filming times or lack of attention to detail. Nevertheless, it certainly does not make the job of distinguishing each component of Devastator any easier.
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==Notes==
[[File:TF2010MegsRisingScrapper.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*[[Hasbro]] had no idea that "ze little one" had a nickname and a following; they found the idea funny and noted that they liked to call him Scrapmetal, and hinted at working him into a future toy release.<ref name="scrapmetal"/> Scrapmetal would eventually receive a toy in the ''Studio Series'' toyline.
**Along those lines, the canceled [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'' toyline]] figure multi-pack "Megatron Rising" features a red [[redeco]] of [[Scrapper (ROTF)|Scrapper]] that is most likely intended to have been Scrapmetal. However, the back of the packaging shown at [[San Diego Comic-Con|San Diego Comic-Con 2010]] gave the red Scrapper's name as, er, Scrapper, suggesting a breakdown in communication somewhere.
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20160324114012/http://www.stevejung.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=4&pos=10 One abandoned Constructicon concept] by artist [[Steve Jung]] was a "nurse" that would have transformed into a Volvo ''wheel loader''. It is unknown if this character later evolved into Scrapmetal.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Scrapmetal''' (スクラップメタル ''Sukurappumetaru'')
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Constructicons]]
[[Category:Studio Series Decepticons]]

Kibble

2023-01-19T14:30:27Z

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[[File:Kibblerhinox.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Rhinox photographed from behind, showcasing the several large pieces of rhinoceros hanging loosely from his body.]]
'''Kibble''' is a feature of many Transformers, both in [[Toy|their toys]] and in their animation/comic designs. In its modern usage (see below for earlier meanings) it refers to pieces which have no clear purpose in one mode but are there only because they are part of another mode. In most cases, "kibble" is used to refer to pieces of the character's [[alternate mode]] which "hang" or stick out in their [[robot mode]]. Sometimes these pieces are there as a matter of aesthetics, and sometimes it's simply because there wasn't any place better to put the stuff.

Much less frequently, the word is used to refer to "robot parts" which are badly hidden in an altmode. This is most common in figures with aircraft altmodes, where whole limbs or compressed torsos were left exposed on the underside. In this case, the term ''undercarriage junk'' is more often used. During the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] era, the term was also applied to any figure with robot mode limbs hanging from underneath the animal mode shell.

Parts of one mode which are merely ''visible'' in other modes are not necessarily kibble. For example, an altmode part which is well-integrated into the robot's form—like the front of a car or truck that becomes a character's chest—is not kibble because it is an integral part of the robot's body, rather than being "tacked on".

When "kibble" entered the Transfan lexicon, it had a different meaning, and referred to a Transformer's accessories and detachable parts which had nowhere to go when not attached/worn/held. This meaning has almost, if not completely, disappeared from use, except perhaps in the context of "combiner kibble", parts used only by combined robots, generally hands and feet.

==Examples of kibble==
[[File:Kibbleprowl.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Prowl's car door "wings" are kibble, and so are his removable missiles and launchers.]]

Although it was most prominent during the [[Beast Era]] and the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' franchise]], kibble has been a part of ''Transformers'' from the very beginning. [[Prowl (G1)/toys|The original Prowl]], for example, has car doors that stick out behind his shoulders. The doors have no purpose in robot mode. They are not part of his actual body; they are just there, serving as decoration, but otherwise pointless. Those doors are kibble.

In the robot modes of the [[Seeker (body-type)|Decepticon Jet]] toys, the jet's nosecone and tailfins are also kibble. The jet wings, despite being one of the Seekers' most prominent features, are kibble as well because they are not needed for the robot mode. In the old sense of the word, their fists can also be considered kibble since they are removed for jet mode yet do not store anywhere in said mode.

As noted, "kibble" as a term became more prominent during ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]''. Many toys had "panels" of beast mode, and sometimes whole beast limbs, just kind of pulling aside to reveal robot parts underneath, the beast bits just hanging off the robot mode. While many toys managed to make this at least semi-graceful-looking, turning panels into something akin to armor plating... some... not so much. (See below.)
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==Connotation==
[[File:Bigconvoy shell.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|It really is two toys in one.]]

Kibble is usually only brought up when it is being used derisively. Indeed, kibble often has a negative impact on a toy. It can restrict movement by getting in the way, it can make a toy unbalanced if it is too concentrated in one part of the body such as a "backpack", and it can simply make the robot look like a purely humanoid robot that has car or animal parts stuck to it, rather than being a robot ''composed of'' car or animal parts.

Some of the most infamous examples of excessive beast kibble on robot modes come from the ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' toyline. Many of the new-mold ''Neo'' toys are very kibble heavy, with "panels" of beast skin attached to the robot body by swiveling rods. Some toys, like [[Break]] and [[Big Convoy]] (pictured) have almost their ''entire'' beast mode as kibble that is not actually integrated into their robot modes ''at all''. While no line since has been as widely egregious in its use of this style of transformation, some toys did still suffer from the problem, such as [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] from ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Car Robots/Robots in Disguise]]''. {{See|Shellformer}}

However, kibble serves an important purpose in Transformer design, often giving characters distinctive or interesting silhouettes. As mentioned above, the airplane wings on the Seekers' backs, as well as the doors on Prowl, are among their most memorable features. They look "cool" even if they are not integrated into the robot body. Thus, kibble is not an intrinsically bad thing. Most Transformers have it, and it may even be seen as an integral part of some characters' designs. Actually, if all kibble was removed from most Transformers, they would pretty much look like stick figures.

Some kibble can also serve a purpose in the fiction even if it has no purpose on the toy. For example [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Animated Wreck-Gar's]] backpack. On the toy it's just most of his garbage truck mode folded up on his back. However, on the show it holds a phenomenal amount of junk that Wreck-Gar can pull out and use, often for comedic effect.

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==Origin of the term==
[[File:Kibblecombiner.jpg|thumb|upright=.75|"Combiner kibble." These pieces have nowhere to go while Superion is broken up into his smaller components.]]
Google's archive of the Transformers newsgroup [[alt.toys.transformers]] indicates that the first time the word "kibble" was applied to Transformers was in February 1996, when a poster named Lizard coined the term "combiner kibble" to refer to the the removable heads, feet, and fists of Generation 1 [[combiner]] toys (right), which had no place to store when the combiner was disassembled, and had to be set aside.<ref>"Now, if only there was a convenient place to store "Combiner Kibble" - all the hands, feet, chestplates, etc, that go into making a combiner..." - [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/ea0978924f203ee7?dmode=source&hl=en&output=gplain Quoted text in <3122E99A.19BB@texas.net>], Feb 1996</ref> The term went on to creep into use by other posters over the following year as a way of referring to non-storeable parts and accessories. Reflecting on the term years later, Lizard said: "The word comes from, of course, pet food — I guess I felt the plethora of small pieces of Transformers detritus strongly resembled the little bits of cat food batted all over the kitchen."

Posts from user Dave Ricter the following year provide the first archived examples of the modern definition of the word, which Richter used to refer to extraneous alternate mode parts on the robot modes of ''Beast Wars'' figures, first in January 1997<ref>"In [[beast mode]], he looks great from head on, but the abdomen (made out of robot legs and jointed squid kibble) doesn't look too solid if viewed from the side." - [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/e087c89d29ba5c97?dmode=source&hl=en&output=gplain <32F023AC.397A@virginia.edu>], 29 Jan 1997</ref> then again in March.<ref>"...you've got to put the animal kibble somewhere. This is standard TF fare; look at all the T-rex bitz Grimlock has hanging off his back." - [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/376dcb3652135228?dmode=source&hl=en&output=gplain <33237FCB.656E@virginia.edu>], 9 Mar 1997</ref>

ATT archives show that the two definitions were used sparingly but interchangeably over the next year. Usage became widespread in 1999, whereupon the original "detachable parts" definition was quickly forgotten; by the end of the year, the term was clearly understood by the community to mean extraneous alternate mode parts visible in robot mode.<ref>"It means pieces of the alternate mode ([[Beast mode]], [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]) being not only visible, but actually hanging off the robot body. IE the Doors hanging off of Prowl's shoulders, and the Crab Legs/Claws on Rampage's robot mode. They are not part of an anthropomorphic robot, hence they are kibble." - [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/0caa8c898d45586d?dmode=source&hl=en&output=gplain <19991109002603.08548.00002231@ng-fg1.aol.com>], 9 Nov 1999)</ref> That definition remains unchanged today, with the original "detachable parts" meaning unused and all-but-forgotten, likely because it's very unusual for modern Transformers toys to ''not'' integrate or store all their parts in all modes.
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=="Faux-parts"==
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[[File:PowermasterPrime fauxparts.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|Powermaster Optimus Prime's cab robot has a fake truck chest, while the real truck parts end up on his back.]]
There is a related phenomenon with no generally accepted name, in which a toy's robot mode has obvious elements of its alternate mode showing (usually in the chest area), which are ''not actually'' parts of the toy's alt mode, but facsimiles, while the actual alt mode parts store away somewhere else on the toy. This typically happens when the toy is based on an existing design with prominent elements of its alternate mode present in robot mode, but due to budget, size or other reasons, the [[transformation]] could not be designed to reflect the existing design accordingly.

The first and most famous toy to pull this trick was 1988's [[Powermaster]] [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#PMOP|Optimus Prime]] (right). As the first new Optimus Prime toy since the original, it had an entire fake truck-chest to make sure that the figure matched Optimus's already-classic appearance, while the real truck parts wound up on the toy's back. Many subsequent Optimus Prime toys have employed—and continue to employ to this day—similar tricks in order to ensure the character maintains his iconic windshield "pecs" and grill "abs," regardless of where the actual truck parts wind up. In recent years, ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece]]'' toyline has taken this practice to an extreme new level, painstakingly designing figures loaded with faux-parts in order to replicate the appearance of the characters in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original animated series]] as closely as possible.
[[File:TF-2007-Legends-Class-Jazz.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Please ignore the roof. Please.]]
Faux-parts were fairly rare for the franchise's first two decades of life, but beginning with the first [[Movie (franchise)|live-action movie]] and ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]'' in 2007, they have become increasingly more common, as it has become standard practice for Transformers characters to be designed for animation and film ''first'', and for toys to then be created based on those designs, rather than vice versa. The extreme complexity of the live-action movie designs often force design shortcuts, particularly on smaller, simpler figures (witness 2007 Legends-class [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], pictured at left, whose car-bumper chest winds up on his roof in vehicle mode) while the cartoonish designs of ''Animated'' and 2015's ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' often depict details and body-parts deforming in ways that are impossible for a toy to replicate.

Faux-parts may also be used to retain a consistent aesthetic. Notably, [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s Transmetal form has a fake beast head on its chest, which isn't drawn from his previous design but is clearly following in the footsteps of the many, ''many'' examples of a beast head fitting on the robot mode's chest that are present in both the toyline and show.
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==In fiction==
*In [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' [[Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|#24]], [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] refers to an [[Ammonite]]'s chest turret as "part of some secondary anatomy", a clear indication for an alt mode.
*In "[[Little Victories]]", [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] admits that he was forced to wear a false wheel by the [[Functionist Council]] to "reassure" the population as to what kind of altmode he had when his true altmode was actually an immobile and unidentifiable object.
*In the [[Functionist Universe]] of "[[The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|The Custom-Made Now]]" some transformers would add "conspicuous kibble" to their robot mode, such as a cockpit or microscope, to try to pass themselves off as members of a higher class.
*The [[Monoformer]] [[Demus]] had such a strong aversion to his alternate mode that he had his kibble surgically removed.

==Notes==
*When asked about terms like "kibble" and "faux-parts" and the concepts they refer to in the [[Hasbro Q&A|Q&A]] [[Hasbro Q&A/March 2010|session for March 2010]], [[Hasbro]] confirmed using "many of the same terms that the fans do"—effectively, the names fans came up with provide Hasbro with easy ways to refer to these concepts when they come up as "desired or undesired results" during the design process.<ref name="hasbro0310">[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=67971 Allspark.com's answers to the Hasbro Q&A session for March 2010]</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Fan terminology]]
[[Category:Toys]]
[[Category:Transformer anatomy]]

Rhinox (disambiguation)

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'''Rhinox''' is a heroic scientist who transforms into a rhinoceros.

==Major Rhinoxes==
<center><gallery widths="250px" heights="200px">
File:Rhinox render.jpg|[[Rhinox (BW)|"Beast Era" Rhinox]] <hr>[[Rhinox (BW)/toys|Toys]] • [[Rhinox (BW)/gallery|Gallery]]
</gallery></center>

==Full list of Rhinoxes==
{{disamb|y=[[1996]]|[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] the [[Maximal]] rhinoceros from ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]].''}}
{{disamb|y=[[2003]]|[[Rhinox (Armada)|Rhinox]] the [[Autobot]] mechanical rhinoceros from ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2008]]|[[Rhinox (TransTech)|Rhinox]] the [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTech]] Autobot from ''[[Transformers: TransTech|TransTech]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2016]]|[[Rhinox (BWSG)|Rhinox]], the evil Maximal from ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2017]]|[[Rhinox (SG TransTech)|Rhinox]], the morally ambiguous TransTech Autobot from ''Shattered Glass TransTech''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2023]]|[[Rhinox (ROTB)|Rhinox]], the Maximal from ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts|Rise of the Beasts]]''.}}

==Not to be confused with==
* Things named [[Rhino (disambiguation)|Rhino]]
* [[Backstop (disambiguation)|Backstop]], incarnations of which frequently have rhinoceros alt-modes.

Nightbird (disambiguation)

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'''Nightbird''': ninja robot of doom.

==Major Nightbirds==
<center><gallery widths="150px" heights="200px">
File:Nightbird g1.jpg|[[Nightbird (G1)|"Generation 1" Nightbird]]
File:Nightbird (Cyberverse).jpg|[[Nightbird (Cyberverse)|''Cyberverse'' Nightbird]]
</gallery></center>

==Full list of Nightbirds==
{{disamb|y=[[1985]]|[[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]], the often [[Decepticon]]-aligned [[human]]-built robot from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2008]]|''[[Nightbird (ship)|Nightbird]]'', the [[Autobot]] ship from the [[2005 IDW continuity]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2017]]|[[Nightbird (SG)|Nightbird]], the human-built robot from ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2019]]|Nightbird, an identity of [[Zeta (AB)|Zeta]] from ''[[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2021]]|[[Nightbird (Cyberverse)|Nightbird]], the [[Mercenary]] from ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2023]]|[[Nightbird (ROTB)|Nightbird]], the [[Terrorcon (ROTB)|Terrorcon]] from ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts|Rise of the Beasts]]''.}}

{{disambig}}

Scourge (disambiguation)

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The name '''Scourge''' evokes fear across the [[multiverse]], conjuring images of a high-ranking Decepticon who leads his own group of fighters.

==Major Scourges==
<center><gallery widths="250px" heights="200px">
File:DreamwaveMTMTE5-ScourgeFracas.jpg|[[Scourge (G1)|"Generation 1" Scourge]] <hr>''[[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cartoon]]'' • ''[[Scourge (G1)/toys|Toys]]''
File:Black Convoy.jpg|[[Scourge (RID)|''Robots in Disguise'' Scourge]]
File:Map-Scourge.jpg|[[Scourge (Cybertron)|''Cybertron'' Scourge]]
</gallery></center>

==Full list of Scourges==
{{disamb|y=[[1986]]|[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], the [[Decepticon]] Cybertronic air skiff from [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]].}}
**For this character in the [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]], see [[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity]].
**For toys of this character, see [[Scourge (G1)/toys]].
{{disamb|y=[[1999]]|[[Scourge (BW)|Scourge]], the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] locust from ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2000]]|[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]], the Decepticon tanker-truck clone of [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] from the 2001 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' franchise.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2003]]|Scourge, the Japanese ''Legends of the Microns'' name of ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2004]]|[[Grand Scourge]], the dark duplicate of [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] from ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Super Link]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2005]]|[[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]], the Decepticon dragon and leader of the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]] from ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2011]]|[[Scourge (SG)|Scourge]], the heroic Decepticon spacefighter from ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2023]]|[[Scourge (ROTB)|Scourge]], the [[Terrorcon (ROTB)|Terrorcon]] from ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts|Rise of the Beasts]]''.}}

==Media with "Scourge" in the title==
{{disamb|y=[[2005]]|"[[Scourge (episode)|Scourge]]", the ''Cybertron'' episode.}}

==Not to be confused with...==
* Characters named [[Scrounge (disambiguation)|Scrounge]].
* [[Scorch (G1)|Scorch]], the [[Autobot]] [[Turbomaster]] pickup truck from Generation 1.
* [[Scorch (Animated)|Scorch]], the Autobot from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]''.
* [[Vertebreak (Prime)|Vertebreak]], the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] from ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]'' whose preliminary name was "Scourge".

Battletrap (disambiguation)

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Decepticons named '''Battletrap''' seem to like two things: battles and traps. Perhaps they'd appear in more media if they branched out a little.

==Major Battletraps==
<center><gallery widths="250px" heights="200px">
File:Battletrapboxart.jpg|[[Battletrap (G1)|"Generation 1" Battletrap]]
</gallery></center>

==Full list of Battletraps==
{{disamb|y=[[1987]]|[[Battletrap (G1)|Battletrap]], the [[Decepticon]] [[Duocon]] from [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2020]]|[[Battletrap (Cyberverse)|Battletrap]], the Decepticon soldier from ''[[Transformers: Battlegrounds]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2023]]|[[Battletrap (ROTB)|Battletrap]], the [[Terrorcon (ROTB)|Terrorcon]] from ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts|Rise of the Beasts]]''.}}

==Not to be confused with...==
* [[Battleslash]] and [[Roadtrap (POTP)|Roadtrap]], who sometimes combine to form Battletrap.

Nightbird (disambiguation)

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==Major Nightbirds==
<center><gallery widths="150px" heights="200px">
File:Nightbird g1.jpg|[[Nightbird (G1)|"Generation 1" Nightbird]]
File:Nightbird (Cyberverse).jpg|[[Nightbird (Cyberverse)|''Cyberverse'' Nightbird]]
</gallery></center>

==Full list of Nightbirds==
{{disamb|y=[[1985]]|[[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]], the often [[Decepticon]]-aligned [[human]]-built robot from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2008]]|''[[Nightbird (ship)|Nightbird]]'', the [[Autobot]] ship from the [[2005 IDW continuity]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2017]]|[[Nightbird (SG)|Nightbird]], the human-built robot from ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2019]]|Nightbird, an identity of [[Zeta (AB)|Zeta]] from ''[[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2021]]|[[Nightbird (Cyberverse)|Nightbird]], the [[Mercenary]] from ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2022]]|[[Nightbird (ROTB)|Nightbird]], the [[Terrorcon (ROTB)|Terrorcon]] from ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts|Rise of the Beasts]]''.}}

{{disambig}}

Battletrap

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Battletrap (disambiguation)

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{{disambig}}
Decepticons named '''Battletrap''' seem to like two things: battles and traps. Perhaps they'd appear in more media if they branched out a little.

==Major Battletraps==
<center><gallery widths="250px" heights="200px">
File:Battletrapboxart.jpg|[[Battletrap (G1)|"Generation 1" Battletrap]]
</gallery></center>

==Full list of Battletraps==
{{disamb|y=[[1987]]|[[Battletrap (G1)|Battletrap]], the [[Decepticon]] [[Duocon]] from [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2020]]|[[Battletrap (Cyberverse)|Battletrap]], the Decepticon soldier from ''[[Transformers: Battlegrounds]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2022]]|[[Battletrap (ROTB)|Battletrap]], the [[Terrorcon (ROTB)|Terrorcon]] from ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts|Rise of the Beasts]]''.}}

==Not to be confused with...==
* [[Battleslash]] and [[Roadtrap (POTP)|Roadtrap]], who sometimes combine to form Battletrap.

Scourge (disambiguation)

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The name '''Scourge''' evokes fear across the [[multiverse]], conjuring images of a high-ranking Decepticon who leads his own group of fighters.

==Major Scourges==
<center><gallery widths="250px" heights="200px">
File:DreamwaveMTMTE5-ScourgeFracas.jpg|[[Scourge (G1)|"Generation 1" Scourge]] <hr>''[[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cartoon]]'' • ''[[Scourge (G1)/toys|Toys]]''
File:Black Convoy.jpg|[[Scourge (RID)|''Robots in Disguise'' Scourge]]
File:Map-Scourge.jpg|[[Scourge (Cybertron)|''Cybertron'' Scourge]]
</gallery></center>

==Full list of Scourges==
{{disamb|y=[[1986]]|[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], the [[Decepticon]] Cybertronic air skiff from [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]].}}
**For this character in the [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]], see [[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity]].
**For toys of this character, see [[Scourge (G1)/toys]].
{{disamb|y=[[1999]]|[[Scourge (BW)|Scourge]], the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] locust from ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2000]]|[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]], the Decepticon tanker-truck clone of [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] from the 2001 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' franchise.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2003]]|Scourge, the Japanese ''Legends of the Microns'' name of ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2004]]|[[Grand Scourge]], the dark duplicate of [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] from ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Super Link]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2005]]|[[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]], the Decepticon dragon and leader of the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]] from ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2011]]|[[Scourge (SG)|Scourge]], the heroic Decepticon spacefighter from ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2022]]|[[Scourge (ROTB)|Scourge]], the [[Terrorcon (ROTB)|Terrorcon]] from ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts|Rise of the Beasts]]''.}}

==Media with "Scourge" in the title==
{{disamb|y=[[2005]]|"[[Scourge (episode)|Scourge]]", the ''Cybertron'' episode.}}

==Not to be confused with...==
* Characters named [[Scrounge (disambiguation)|Scrounge]].
* [[Scorch (G1)|Scorch]], the [[Autobot]] [[Turbomaster]] pickup truck from Generation 1.
* [[Scorch (Animated)|Scorch]], the Autobot from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]''.
* [[Vertebreak (Prime)|Vertebreak]], the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] from ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]'' whose preliminary name was "Scourge".

Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus

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{{Comicstory
|series=mtmte|issueno=18
|prev=Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon
|next=Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self
|image=MTMTE18 cvrA.jpg
|title="Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus"
|caption=Don't let them take Skids, or he might do this to you.
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[June 19]], [[2013]]
|coverdate=June 2013
|story by=[[James Roberts]]
|pencils by=[[Alex Milne]]
|inks by=[[Brian Shearer]]
|colors by=[[Josh Burcham]]
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|editorial assistant=[[Toni Korde]]
|editor=[[John Barber]]
|continuity=[[2005 IDW continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[2005 IDW timeline|Current era (2013)]]
}}
'''While the Legislators lay siege to the ''Lost Light'', Rodimus's team are imprisoned on Luna 1 with a mysterious cell-mate and are confronted by the mastermind behind their plight.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:MyFirstBlaster DirectHit.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|''My First Blaster: Disintegrations are Magic''.]]
A seemingly-unending army of [[Legislator]]s has invaded the ''[[Lost Light]]'', teleporting aboard and striking at the [[Autobot]]s all throughout the ship simultaneously. Both [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] and [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], battling on separate fronts, recognize the robots from their last encounter with them, and while Swerve is able to use the impressive armament built into his [[Swerve's|bar]] by [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]]—as well as the comical but effective ''[[My First Blaster]]''™ the scientist made specially for him—to dispatch his lone attacker, Skids finds his super-learning abilities pushed to the limit by the much larger force he faces...

Down on the surface of [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]], while [[Pharma (G1)|Pharma]] takes the incapacitated [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] prisoner, the rest of [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]]'s team retreat from [[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]]'s forces, save for [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]], who disobey orders and counterattack. In fleeing, the others discover the awesome sight of a [[Titan (group)|Titan]] graveyard, and Rodimus orders them to fly inside their giant bodies in hopes of losing their pursuers. Weaving through a Titan's cavernous interior, Rodimus is able to dispatch the [[Decepticon]]s on his tail... but unfortunately, his comrades are not so lucky and are taken captive by Lockdown's men, forcing Rodimus to surrender.

Rodimus and company are escorted to a prison on the moon's surface, where they discover a silent [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] who pays them no attention, a mysterious ancient [[space bridge]], and meet face-to-face with Lockdown's true master: [[Solomus|Chief Justice Tyrest]], primary lawmaker of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], failed arbiter of peace, broker of the [[Tyrest Accord]], and creator of the [[Aequitas]] computer, who vanished from public view years ago. Tyrest charges them all with "crimes against creation" (prompting a tirade of verbal abuse from Rodimus) and confines them to a cell with another Autobot named [[Minimus Ambus|Ambus]]. After Rodimus relates their plight, [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]] inquires of their cell-mate if he is [[Dominus Ambus|''Dominus'' Ambus]], [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]]'s old partner, but the moustachoied 'bot explains that he is Dominus's [[spark]]-brother ''Minimus'' Ambus, a trader imprisoned for selling enriched [[nucleon (substance)|nucleon]]. Rodimus notes Ambus's lack of an Autobot [[Insignia|badge]], prompting [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] to offer him his, but Ambus politely refuses. [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]], meanwhile, is especially eager to find a way to escape, given his impending death by [[cybercrosis]], and hopes Brainstorm or Chromedome can use their special abilities to bust them loose, but Ambus warns that escape attempts will be seen as admissions of guilt, and Rodimus agrees, noting they need to figure out the bigger picture first.

Back aboard the ''Lost Light'', Skids tears into wave after wave of Legislators, fighting with a righteous fury sparked by the blame he assigns himself: there's no question that the Legislators are here for him, and the rest of the ship's crew, who took him in without question, are suffering as a result. Swerve races to the [[oil]] reservoir to aid his friend, arriving just as the doors open and a torrent of fuel spills out... followed presently by a battered, weakened, but victorious Skids. Just as Skids steps through the doors, however, another [[Star Saber (G1)|large red, white, and blue robot]] materializes behind him and stabs him through the torso with a gigantic sword. Swerve opens fire, but fails to land a single shot, and is promptly knocked out by the newcomer.

Elsewhere, Ratchet awakens to see Pharma leering down at him. After showing off his new hands, which can "turn into anything", the deranged doctor gestures to a large yellow box in the middle of the room, and challenges Ratchet to guess what is inside it. Intent on not humoring Pharma, Ratchet claims he does not care and refuses to play the twisted game, so Pharma simply opens it to reveal... Ratchet's body! With great horror, the medic realizes he is nothing but a decapitated head and spark hanging from a med-slab!

[[File:Rung gives up minimus.jpg|thumb|thumb|upright=1.4| I know what you did last night.]]
Back in the prison, Rung hands out [[Energon goodie|energon sticks]] to calm everyone's nerves, and tells Tailgate—who remembers Tyrest from [[Nova Prime]]'s days—about the history of their jailor. Rodimus takes over to recap Tyrest's role in the Aequitas trials, even as both Rung and Ambus try to quiet him, knowing that the trials are top secret and not to be talked about. Ambus conspicuously tries to change the subject, asking questions about Skids, and Rung offers him an energon stick, only to deliberately drop the box as he hands him one. Ambus becomes angry, quickly picking up the scattered sticks... which serves as the last piece of evidence Rung needs. Ignoring Ambus's plaintive requests to stop, Rung explains that he has observed many familiar characteristics in Ambus: a certain way of speaking, an intolerance for mess, and a fixation on the psychiatrist's Autobot badge, which he deliberately positioned at an angle when he reattached it after Ambus turned it down. Rung gives Ambus the chance to tell the others the truth for himself, and he reluctantly agrees. Minimus Ambus ''is'' his true name, he explains, but the crew of the ''Lost Light'' have always known him as... Ultra Magnus!
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==Featured characters==
(Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashback.) 
{{featuredcharacters
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{{!}}-
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*[[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] (1)
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Fortress Maximus]] (3)
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (4)
*[[Ambulon]] (5)
*[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] (6)
*[[Hound (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hound]] (7)
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (8)
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (9)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (10)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (11)
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (12)
*[[Dipstick]] (13)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]] (14)
{{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}}
*[[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (15)
*[[Pharma (G1)|Pharma]] (16)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] (17)
*[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (20)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] (23)
*[[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]] (24)
*[[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]] (25)
*[[Rung (G1)|Rung]] (26)
*[[Minimus Ambus]] (28)
*[[Perceptor (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Perceptor]] (32)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (35)
*[[Deftwing]] (37)
{{!}}}
|c2=
*[[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]] (18)
*"[[Vehicon (G1)|Vehicons]]" (19)
*[[Chop Shop (G1)|Chop Shop]] (29)
*[[Venom (G1)|Venom]] (30)
*[[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]] (31)
*[[Barrage (Insecticon)|Barrage]] (33)
*"[[Titan Hunter|Insecticon-like Titan Hunter]]" (34)
*''[[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'' (39)
*''[[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]]'' (40)
|c4=
*[[Legislator]]s (2)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] (21)
*[[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] (22)
*[[Titan (group)|Titans]] (27)
*[[Solomus|Tyrest]] (36)
*[[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] (38)
}}

==Quotes==
"Now, I didn't say it to '''Fort Max'''—and I didn't say it to '''Whirl'''—and I didn't even say it to '''Cyclonus''' when he had his '''Dead Universe flashback'''. But you, my friend—to you I say:" 
''(CH-CHUK)'' 
"'''Get the hell out of my bar.'''" 
''(Swerve blasts the Legislator.)'' 
<big>'''"♪ HOORAY! ♩ YOU SCORED A DIRECT ♫ HIT! ♪"'''</big>
:—'''Swerve'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s badass speech is a little deflated by his '''''[[My First Blaster]]''™'''

"The last time I danced this dance some piece of scum had just '''destroyed my memories'''. I woke up with a blowtorch in my hand and nothing in my head, and your friends were all over me. So you'll forgive me if I put '''two and two together'''—and make '''fist!'''" 
''(THWOK)'' 
"Okay, that didn't really work, did it, the whole 'two and two' thing. It should be 'four'—you're expecting me to say 'four,' but I said... 'cos it coincided with me '''punching you''', yeah? Forget it."
:—'''Skids'''

"Pharma, we really must sit down some time so I can explain why we all hate you. We'll start with your '''personality''' and go from there."
:—Even '''Lockdown''' hates Pharma

"If I still kept a journal of all my moves, '''that''' would be on the front cover." 
"'''Excellent, excellent''' effort. It's just a shame none of your friends are as much of a show-off as you are." 
"Yeah, well, none of my friends have flames on their chest. It's a lot to live up to."
:—'''Rodimus''' and '''Lockdown'''

"Any questions?" 
"Just one: why are you such a—" 
"And that's when I started swearing. Hm. Not my proudest moment. Maybe my '''loudest''' moment."
:—'''Tyrest''' probably shouldn't have given '''Rodimus''' an opening.

"Ah, enriched nucleon...! The magic ingredient! Two drops turns '''hand gun''' into a '''banned gun'''." 
"You should really stop and listen to yourself sometimes."
:—'''Brainstorm''' and '''Perceptor'''

"'''Brainstorm!''' How about cobbling together some kinda superweapon out of—out of the '''ceiling''' or something? You're always telling us what a genius you are..." 
"I don't respond well to pressure." 
"Well, why not open your '''magic briefcase''' and make all the naughty people in the universe disappear?" 
"Don't. Mock. The briefcase."
:—'''Tailgate''' appealing to '''Brainstorm''', to no avail

"What about you, Domey? The Legislators round the corner—could you extend the needles in your fingers far enough to reach their necks and '''brainwash''' them into letting us go?" 
"Short answer: No. Long answer: No, don't be an idiot. And don't '''ever''' call me 'Domey'." 
:—'''Tailgate''' and '''Chromedome'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*In addition to being hilarious, Swerve's need for ''My First Blaster''™ reminds us of his poor marksmanship and weapons-handling, established in past instances such as when he accidentally shot Rung in [[Interiors|issue #6]] and blew his own face off in [[Before & After|issue #12]].
*Fortress Maximus's oft-mentioned "guns on his legs" finally see some action.
*The Titans were introduced in [[Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|the ''More than Meets the Eye'' 2012 annual]] (in which Rodimus's crew also went on a voyage through the innards of one). That they should turn up in the same place as Lockdown's group is no surprise, since the Decepticon squad were established to be hunters of Titans when they debuted in ''[[The Reluctant Specialist|Spotlight: Trailcutter]]''.
[[File:RemainInLight2-ChromedomeAltMode.jpg|thumb|Two motorbikes welded together with a cockpit.]]
*After commenting last issue on the oddness of using M.A.R.B.s to get around when they have perfectly good alt modes, Chromedome joins thought to deed this issue, ditching his M.A.R.B. to transform and roll out when being chased. In doing so, he also gives readers their first ''good'' look at his alt mode, previously only seen in the distance—miscolored, no less—in the [[Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|2012 annual]].
*Chief Justice Tyrest was introduced by Roberts in [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #5]], named after the [[Tyrest Accord]] first established in ''[[Spotlight: Ultra Magnus]]'', though in-story it's the other way around.
*Chromedome takes umbrage at Tailgate calling him "Domey"; that was [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]]'s nickname for him.
*Pharma is revealed to have worked with Ratchet at the [[Deltaran Medical Facility]]; the facility was first mentioned in [[Chaos Theory Part 1|"Chaos Theory," Part 1]], and the fact that Ratchet worked there was revealed in [[Omega's Conundrum|''Spotlight: Orion Pax'']].
*Tailgate gets very sarcastic about Tyrest's aspirations as Rung relates his backstory; he did the same thing about Dominus Ambus when Chromedome told his story in issue #12.
*Tyrest's "judging machine", [[Aequitas]], was the central plot device of ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]''.
*It's fitting that Rung should recognize Ambus as Magnus through observation of traits in his speech; issue #13's "[[Signal to Noise]]" featured an exchange between the two characters in which Rung commented on the observations he'd made on Magnus's way of talking over time.
*The Titan Hunters' employer uses holomatter inhibitors to help subdue his prisoners. Clearly Pharma has learned from [[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back|last time]].
*Brainstorm shrugs off Rung's question about the [[attention deflector]], saying he wouldn't understand it. A [[Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|series and many issues later]], we find out that Rung himself is practically a [[Information creep|walking attention deflector]].
*According to Swerve, Whirl recently got hammered and flipped out when someone asked him the time. [[Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Earlier]] it was revealed that he used to be a watchmaker. Either this is a subtle hint that he is still very haunted by his [[Empurata|past]], or it's just an innocuous joke... with James Roberts, you never know.
*In his first fight with a Legislator in this issue, Skids says "The last time I danced this dance some piece of scum had just destroyed my memories", referring to his IDW debut in issue 2. In that issue, Skids notably referred to ''himself'' as scum. Indeed, this arc reveals that it was Skids himself who erased his own memories. Cheers, James.

===Transformers references===
*It might be nothing more than coincidence, but with Roberts, we'll hedge our bets—[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] appear in a single-panel scene together in the midst of the Legislators' attack, recalling their brief but memorable bromantic partnership in Marvel UK's "[[The Legacy of Unicron!]]".
*In-keeping with the Titan Hunters' established trait of having members based on characters from other continuity families (specifically ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Lugnut (TF 2010)|Lugnut]] and "Blitzving" in ''[[The Reluctant Specialist|Spotlight: Trailcutter]]''), their ranks in this issue include warriors based on ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Transformers: Prime]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (both car and jet versions) and at least one [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]].
*The Legislators are noted to be "copycats" of the [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]] droids, Autobot battle drones that originated in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel UK Generation 1 series]], who put in a brief appearance in IDW continuity in a flashback in [[Remembrance Day|issue #14]].

===Real-life references===
[[File:MyFirstBlaster.jpg|thumb|Ribbed for reasons]]
*''My First Blaster''™ sports a bright orange barrel, a trait required on real-life toy guns [[for safety reasons]], and notorious in Transformers [[fandom]] for plaguing [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron toys]] with gun [[alternate mode]]s.
*Following on from [[Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|issue #11]]'s [[Nightmare Fuel]] and [[Cybertronian Homesick Blues|issue #13]]'s [[Mood Whiplash]], this issue gives us another drink that takes its name from a [http://www.tvtropes.com TVTropes] page: the [[Berzerker Button]] (though the trope is just called "[[tvtropes:Main/BerserkButton|Berzerk Button]]", no "er").
*Tyrest's failed "two-city state solution" is a reference to the fabled "{{w|two-state solution}}" in Israel and Palestine's eternally moribund peace process.
*Brainstorm's briefcase has a built-in "attention deflector" that prevents people from noticing it, likely based on the {{w|List of Doctor Who items#Perception filter|perception filter}} from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (of which Roberts is a noted fan).
*Tyrest's base of operations is designed after the Hall of Justice from the 2012 movie, ''{{w|Dredd}}''.<ref name="milne moonbase">http://traffic.libsyn.com/moonbase2/interview_alex.mp3 Moonbase2 interviews Alex Milne</ref>
*The shot of the crew of the ''Lost Light'' dodging the [[Titan Hunter]]s in the Titan graveyard is inspired by the aesthetics of seminal sci-fi anime, ''{{w|Akira}}''.<ref name="milne moonbase" />

===Errors===
*When we see an injured Blaster being covered by Fortress Maximus, he's missing the Autobot insignia on his chest.
*Page 14, panel 2: "Identifier" is misspelled "identifer", this was corrected for the TPB.

===Crew manifest===
*[[Deftwing]]'s corpse appears, having become a victim of the Legislators off-panel.
*A [[Diagnostic Drone#2005 IDW continuity|Medi-Bot]] is crushed by an attacking Legislator.
*Rodimus gives the crew count as "three hundred, give or take", which seems on the generous side, given that it was 200-ish at outset.
*Ultra Magnus is ''who what now??''
*12 deaths, one in terminal condition, Ultra Magnus is... ''what???'' ...5 new arrivals (plus 20 or so Faders), one boxed, and one banishment since the launch.

===Soundtrack===
For all of "Remain in Light":
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjmGZfHHC80 "A Dazzling End"] from the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' {{w|Doctor Who: Series 4 (soundtrack)|Series 4 soundtrack}}, by {{w|Murray Gold}}
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPJAX7Cu-4k "The Universal"] by {{w|Blur (band)|Blur}}

For this issue alone:
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QB5gDqFau8 "Winterlight"] by {{w|Clearlake (band)|Clearlake}}
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqmEXdkU5hg "El Presidente"] by {{w|Drugstore (band)|Drugstore}}
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysJijpSPOGY "Afterglow"] by Holm

===Foreign localization===
'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hikari no Naka ni Tamarite 2: Ambus no Ichizoku'''" (光の中に溜まりて2 アンバスの一族, "Gather in Light 2: House of Ambus")

===Covers (3)===
*'''Cover A:''' Skids battles a throng of Legislators, by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Josh Perez]]
*'''Cover B:''' Gears, Hound, and Huffer defending themselves, by [[Sean Chen]] and [[Tom Chu]]. In what's probably a slightly embarrassing snafu for Hasbro, Chen has drawn Huffer and Gears based on the [[IP theft#"Third party" toys|unofficial "third party" toys]] based on the characters, "Rager" and "Cogz". Hound, meanwhile, is largely based on his ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' toy, with the shoulder launcher and the winch on the front bumper taken from his ''Generation 1'' toy.
*'''Cover RI:''' A Legislator looms over the fallen Ambulon and First Aid, by [[Nick Roche]] and Josh Perez.

<gallery>
File:MTMTE18 cvrA.jpg|[[Ten]] would be crying if he saw this.
File:MTMTE18 cvrB.jpg|Do not buy this cover!
File:MTMTE18 cvrRI.jpg|Come with First Aid if you want to live!
</gallery>

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*''The X-Files: Season 10'' #1 (back cover)

===Reprints===
*'''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 5''''' ([[November 13]], [[2013]]) ISBN 1613778023 / ISBN 978-1613778029 
:*Contains issues #17 to #22.
:*Bonus material includes art from most covers, and the prose story ''[[The Sound of Breaking Glass]]''.

*'''''Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Box Set''''' ([[December 2]], [[2015]]) ISBN 1631404741 / ISBN 978-1631404740
:*Contains ''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye'' Volumes 1 to 5.
:*Bonus content UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

* '''''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 5|The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 5]]''''' ([[February 22]], [[2017]]) ISBN 1631408445 / ISBN 978-1631408441
:* Contains the issues #17 to #22, as well as the ''[[The Transformers: Primacy|Primacy]]'' series, and ''Robots in Disguise'' issues #19 to #22.

* '''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 57: Remain In Light''''' ([[August 21]], [[2019]])
:* Hardcover collection of ''More than Meets the Eye'' #14 to #21, plus the prose stories "[[Signal to Noise]]" and "[[The Sound of Breaking Glass]]".
:* Bonus content includes a cover gallery and introduction by [[Simon Furman]].

<gallery>
File:MTMTE vol5.jpg|'''''More than Meets the Eye'' Volume 5'''; cover art by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Josh Perez]]
File:MTMTE boxset.jpg|'''''More than Meets the Eye'' Box Set'''; cover art by [[Marcelo Matere]]
File:IDWCollectionP2V5.jpg|'''''IDW Collection Phase 2 Vol. 5'''''; cover art by Marcelo Matere and [[Tom B. Long]]
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v57.jpg|'''''Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 57: Remain In Light'''''; cover art by [[Don Figueroa]] (Skids) and Alex Milne (Overlord)
</gallery>

==External links==
*[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=16950 Preview]
*[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-more-than-meets-the-eye-18-creator-commentary/27617/ Creator Commentary, with James Roberts]

==References==
{{reflist}}

Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon

2021-09-26T15:25:27Z

Grey: removing the point that Tailgate hasn't transformed for six million years, since we'll later see that he did transform for the 'alt mode party'

{{Comicstory
|series=mtmte|issueno=17
|prev=The Gloaming
|next=Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus
|caption=''Damn you for ruining our class photo!''
|image=MTMTE17 cvrA.jpg
|title="Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[May 29]], [[2013]]
|coverdate=May 2013
|story by=[[James Roberts]]
|art by=[[Alex Milne]]
|colors by=[[Josh Burcham]]
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|editorial assistants=[[Toni Korde]] and [[Mariel Romero]]
|editor=[[John Barber]]
|continuity=[[2005 IDW continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[2005 IDW timeline|Current era (2013)]]
}}
'''Everything has built to this! As Rodimus leads the ''Lost Light'' crew on a quest straight out of Cybertronian myth, old enemies reappear, old friends return, and new life waits to be born...'''

==Synopsis==
''Somewhere, in a darkened room, Rodimus relates the grim tale of recent events to an unseen listener...''

[[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] verifies the [[death clock]]'s scan of [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]], sadly confirming that the little 'bot has a fatal case of [[cybercrosis]], brought about by nothing more than old age, which will kill him in just over three days. As the medic details the stages of the disease, including blindness, paralysis, and memory loss, Tailgate flees the medibay in a panic, racing back to his quarters, where he explains his news to [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]]. Cyclonus stoically advises Tailgate to make his peace and face death boldly, but then leaves the room in silence, and stops in the hallway to observe his reflection... which he almost punches in a sudden, furious rage, only to stop and instead tear gouges in his own face with his claws.

[[File:Mtmte17-p11-lost-light-luna-one.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5]]
Examining security footage to determine what has become of the missing [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]], [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]], [[Ambulon]], and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] observe as the comatose Magnus suddenly sits bolt upright with impossible speed and appears to ''float'' to the shuttle bay. [[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]] reports that the signal from the shuttle Magnus left in has been detected, and the ''[[Lost Light]]'' sets course after it, soon finding that it leads through a colossal wormhole. Rodimus informs the crew that the ship will be going through the portal, giving anyone who wishes the option not to come, but nobody takes it. The ship enters the portal, and what lurks on the other side proves beyond imagining: the lost satellite of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]], alleged home to the answer to every question, found at last.

As Rodimus waits in his quarters, morosely examining unread messages from Ultra Magnus on his datapad, [[Perceptor (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Perceptor]] enters to report his preliminary findings: a lifesign scan, amazingly, suggests the moon is home to a billion lifeforms. Rodimus handpicks a small team to join him on the first expedition to the moon, confidentially informing them that all he really wants to do is find out what became of Ultra Magnus: [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] (to fill Magnus's role and tell him things he doesn't want to hear); [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]]; [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (in case there's any fighting to be done, though Whirl suspects it's positive discrimination); [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]] (who [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] urges to search the moon for a solution to his lost memories); Ratchet; and Cyclonus, for his familiarity with the creation myth that Luna 1 is part of. Cyclonus agrees to come only on the condition that Tailgate gets to accompany them, desiring to give his tiny friend a great experience before his death, but he cautions Tailgate to disabuse himself of the notion that the moon may hold a cure to his condition. [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] begs to come along, citing his metallurgical skills, but Rodimus refuses, accusing him of having abandoned that function to be a bartender.

[[File:Chromedome and Rodimus with a spark.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
Leaving the ''Lost Light'' under the stewardship of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Fortress Maximus]], the Autobots head down to the moon and deploy in [[Mobile Autobot Repair Bay|M.A.R.B.]]s. They soon discover Magnus's shuttle, smashed open from the outside-in, but when Rodimus hops off the M.A.R.B. to examine it, his feet touching the moon's surface for the first time, the incredible happens: the entire moon lights up, as a billion [[spark]]s suddenly flare to life all over its surface. Luna 1, it transpires, is a gigantic "[[hot spot (phenomenon)|hot spot]]", a field where sparks are born, that has been fertilized after an ages-long wait when Rodimus touched it. As Rodimus wonders if the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-half he is carrying could have been responsible, the other Transformers look in wonder on the field, the like of which Chromedome remarks had mostly ceased to be by his lifetime, since he was "constructed cold". Tailgate has heard this term thrown around a lot without understanding it, and the others explain that Chromedome was created using the energy from an extant spark, as opposed to "forged", born in a hot spot (which Whirl is eager to point out ''he'' was). Cyclonus calls the group's attention to a spark glowing green, which Brainstorm recognizes as a "superspark"—a vanishingly rare, insanely powerful [[Point One Percenter]]—and immediately begins excavating it over Perceptor's horrified protestations. Everyone discusses whether or not this is the right thing to do, but moral debates are promptly tabled by an explosive, unexpected arrival: a platoon of Decepticons led by [[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]], who descend from the sky, weapons blazing, decrying Rodimus's team as trespassers!

[[File:TheFecundMoon-Skids.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8]]
Back on the ''Lost Light'', the transmission from Rodimus's team is abruptly cut off, but Blaster and Maximus aren't sure if it's the moon or the ship that's being isolated. Down in the ship's [[oil]] reservoir, Skids is spending some time alone with this thoughts when suddenly, a familiar phrase gurgles out of the darkness: "Nineteen eighty-four". A platoon of the [[Legislator|giant golden warrior robots]] he last saw just before joining the ''Lost Light'' crew bursts out of the reservoir's black depths, chanting their familiar refrain... but that's not all. More of the robots appear all across the ship: in [[Swerve's]], which he has decided to close down; on the bridge; and everywhere in-between, these ones brandishing huge guns and declaring "Seventeen twenty-one".

''Rodimus pauses in his story, reflecting on how many impossible things happened in one day, and realizes he has not even asked the name of his mystery listener. The older bot introduces himself as "Ambus"...''

On Luna 1, as Rodimus's team flees the Decepticon attack, Ratchet's M.A.R.B. is hit and explodes, throwing the medic to the ground. A figure appears before the fallen Ratchet and offers its hand... and Ratchet looks up to see [[Pharma (G1)|Pharma]] looming over him!
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
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*[[Ambulon]] (4)
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (5)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] (7)
*[[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]] (8)
*[[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] (9)
*[[Rung (G1)|Rung]] (10)
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Fortress Maximus]] (11)
*[[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (12)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (13)
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*[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] (14)
*[[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] (15)
*[[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]] (16)
*[[Atomizer]] (17)
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (18)
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (19)
*[[Perceptor (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Perceptor]] (20)
*[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (21)
*[[Minimus Ambus|Ambus]] (28)
*[[Pharma (G1)|Pharma]] (30)
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*[[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]] (23)
*[[Venom (G1)|Venom]] (24)
*[[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]] (25)
*[[Chop Shop (G1)|Chop Shop]] (26)
*"[[Titan Hunter#Lockdown's team|Den-O]]" (27)
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*[[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] (2)
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==Quotes==
"You're visiting Luna 1 for the '''experience''', nothing else. This can't be about finding a '''cure.'''" 
"'Course not! 'Course it can't. ...'''why''' can't it?" 
"It just '''can't.'''" 
"Right. Fine. So I'm not allowed to '''hope.'''" 
"Listen to me. <big>'''Never. Hope.'''</big> Hope is a '''lie.'''"
:—'''Cyclonus''' and '''Tailgate'''

"Time to break out the '''[[Mobile Anti-Assault Battlesuit|M.A.A.B.]]s''' and play 'Hunt the Crewmember.'" 
"Wait—'''M.A.R.B.s''' or '''M.A.A.B.s'''"? 
"'M.A.A.B.s or M.A.A.B.s?' What?" 
"'''M'''obile '''A'''utobot '''R'''epair '''B'''ay, or '''M'''obile '''A'''nti-'''A'''ssault '''B'''attlesuit?" 
"The ones that turn into—the '''cool ones.''' The battlesuits." 
"Right. We don't have any of those."
:—'''Rodimus''' and '''Brainstorm'''

'''Brainstorm:''' "I was '''anti-apartheid.''' Went on the marches and everything. 'Equal rights for '''knock-offs!''''" 
'''Tailgate:''' "Eh?" 
'''Chromedome:''' "Ignore him—he thinks it's four million years ago and he's being '''progressive.'''"

"What are you—" 
"'''Harvesting''' it." 
"No, because harvesting takes '''skill'''. And '''patience.''' And '''time.''' You can't just—you can't just do '''precisely what you're doing now...!" 
:—'''Perceptor''' and '''Brainstorm'''

"Where are you going to put [the spark], Brainstorm? In your '''briefcase?'''" 
"I '''wasn't''', but if I '''did'''... oh, man. You've just '''blown my mind.'''"
:—'''Rodimus''' and '''Brainstorm

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Popular-but-unseen [[Spoke]] and [[Lockstock]], mentioned in issues [[Before & After|#12]] and [[The Gloaming|#16]], get another name-drop in this issue, where it turns out they're just as well-liked by the ship's medibot—the [[Diagnostic Drone]] seen floating around the ship in multiple past issues (perhaps most prominently [[Rules of Disengagement (issue)|issue #7]])—as they are by their crewmates.
*Rodimus likens himself, Magnus, and Drift to [[Rossum's Trinity]], the principle of Transformer biology introduced in [[Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|issue #3]].
*Following last issue's surprise ending, Tailgate's looming death is revealed to be the result of [[cybercrosis]], a rotting disease first mentioned in [[Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|the ''More than Meets the Eye'' 2012 annual]]. For a dash of added irony, Tailgate was heard to hope in issue #12 that a cure for the disease had ''not'' been found, when expressing dislike of Dominus Ambus's do-goodery.
*Ratchet notes that the cybercrosis has likely curdled Tailgate's [[innermost energon]], which is sure to be the reason it appeared a sickly green color when Tailgate was seen pouring some out in issue #12, compared to the traditional pink-purple of everyone else's in that same issue.
*Ratchet also comments on Tailgate's 'full life', as everybody except Cyclonus still believes he's extremely well-read and accomplished.
*It's not immediately clear what Rung might be referring to when he says he has a sense of ''déjà vu'' at the sight of the portal, but it's appropriate that he would be the one to feel it, as past issues have established him as a "historical constant" who has been around a ''long'' time and been present for nearly every major event in Cybertron history.
*The portal looks a heckuva lot like the one Skids and the gold robots flew out of all the way back in issue #2.
*Having lost his arm in [[Under Cold Blue Stars|issue #15]], Chromedome is seen with a skeletal replacement on page 7 like that worn by Rodimus in issue #3, after he lost his own limbs. It has been built back up to a proper arm by page 10.
*Fortress Maximus appears to be back in everyone's good graces, as he's seen with the group listening to Rodimus' opt-out speech, and is left in charge of the ''Lost Light'' when Rodimus travels to Luna 1.
*Luna 1! This famous missing satellite of Cybertron's has been regularly mentioned across both ''More than Meets the Eye'' and ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' since its legend was introduced in ''[[Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime]]''. Reference is made to the quests that Swerve and Rodimus both undertook for it, which were originally commented on in issue [[Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|#1]] and the 2012 annual, respectively (though it's not clear if they were both on the ''same'' moonquest or not).
*Callbacks are made to the deaths of [[Polaris]] and [[Shock (G1)|Shock]] (both from issue #2), [[Animus]] (issue #3) and [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]] (issue #15) .
*The origin of Luna 1's nickname, "The Seething Moon", is revealed, as it is "seething" with unborn life. We got our first hint toward the sheer scope of what we see here back in [[Remembrance Day|issue #14]], when we saw [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]]'s spark emerge from Luna 2. That story saw Overlord's spark denoted as a "Point One Percenter" by its green coloration, which is how the Autobots identify another this issue.
*We get a clear explanation for terminology we've been hearing since ''[[Chaos Theory Part 1|Chaos Theory]]'': [[Reproduction#2005 IDW continuity|"Forged"]] Transformers are those whose sparks were grown naturally from the metal of Cybertron or one of its moons, while Transformers [[Reproduction#2005 IDW continuity|"constructed cold"]] were created using energy from another's spark. This process, in turn, is revealed to be another name for spark splicing, a population-enhancement program introduced by [[Nova Prime]], mentioned in [[Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|issue #11]].
*Skids is moping around in the ship's oil reservoir, where he was also seen ruminating in [[Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|issue #8]].
*The Decepticons who attack Rodimus's team are Lockdown's "[[Titan Hunter]]s" from ''[[The Reluctant Specialist|Spotlight: Trailcutter]]''. Ransack was not seen among the group in that issue; his presence here marks the first time all four [[Insecticon (G1)|Deluxe Insecticons]] have appeared together in IDW continuity. He was last seen in ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Stick Together|issue #3]], implying that he somehow left Cybertron in the interim.
[[File:Mtmte17-point one percenter spark.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|The birth of a spoiler.]]
*From the name he provides and his moustachioed visage, Rodimus's mysterious listener is obviously supposed to remind the audience of [[Dominus Ambus]], Rewind's old (romantic) partner and master, seen in flashbacks in issue #12. His obviously-shortened name and different color scheme (green and white versus Dominus's gold) ought to give readers pause, and as next issue will reveal, he's not what he appears.
*The giant gold robots previously appeared back in issue #2. They've not been named in-story as of yet, but concept art from the first ''More than Meets the Eye'' trade paperback identified them as "Legislators", a term that has gone on to be used in IDW's catalogue solicitations for "Remain in Light".
*Bonkers Autobot doctor Pharma appeared in issues #4 and [[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back|#5]], in which he got his hands lopped off. He's replaced one of them with a chainsaw. Groovy.
*The Point One Percenter Spark the Autobots discover and which Brainstorm takes into his possession will [[Elegant Chaos Part 3: Predestination: An Expert's Guide|eventually]] end up becoming [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|hugely important]].
*Ratchet talks about death from old age, which is a phenomenon that has only recently been observed in the Transformer race. In the [[How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2|final issue]] of ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'', it is revealed that Ratchet was one of the few confirmed characters to die of old age.

===Transformers references===
*Whirl explains that the harvesting of a spark involves taking with it a portion of the surrounding metallic matter, named "[[Living metal|sentio metallico]]". Roberts created this term for his unofficial novel ''Eugenesis'', where it was the name of the liquid metal matter that erupted from other Transformers' bodies and congealed into new lifeforms as part of the "budding" reproductive process seen in the original ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]'' comic book. This seems to imply—as has been previously suggested by remarks about the irreplaceable nature of forged body parts—that forged bodies actually ''grow'' from this matter around the spark, where constructed cold bodies are simply built.
*The Legislator's declarations of "seventeen twenty-one" refer to the issues of ''More than Meets the Eye'' that the five-part "Remain in Light" story appears in, starting with this issue, #17, and running until #21.

===Real-life references===
*''{{w|Remain in Light}}'' is the title of an album by the band {{w|Talking Heads}}.
*For the language-fanciers among you, "fecund" means "fertile". The full moon is often described as "fecund" in literature, owing to its mythological connections to fertility; here, that figurative language is given a far more literal double-meaning, as the moon in this story is literally bursting with life waiting to be born.
*Brainstorm has a tiny model of {{w|RoboCop (franchise)#ED 209|ED-209}} from ''{{w|RoboCop}}'' on his desk.
*Continuing the trend started by "[[Titan Hunter#Lockdown's team|V3]]" from ''[[The Reluctant Specialist|Spotlight: Trailcutter]]'', [[Titan Hunter#Lockdown's team|another new member]] of the Titan Hunters appears to be based on one of the title characters from the Japanese tokusatsu franchise ''{{w|Kamen Rider Series|Kamen Rider}}'', in this case {{w|Kamen Rider Den-O (character)|Kamen Rider Den-O}}.

===Errors===
*The first sentence of the Story So Far page has an unnecessary comma.
*In page 7 panel 1, Rung's dialogue of "dèjá vu" is misspelled—the diacritics are inverted; the correct spelling from French is "déjà vu".
*Cover B has the panel above Rodimus's fist — the one closer to the reader — incorrectly colored yellow.

===Other trivia===
*Like the "[[Duobot|Shock and Ore]]" gag before it, the "M.A.A.B.s or M.A.R.B.s" joke is another one that works better if you imagine it spoken with James Roberts's native English accent, where the pronunciation of the words is virtually identical, versus the more obvious difference a North American accent yields.

===Crew manifest===
*Tailgate discovers he is terminally ill.
*11 deaths, 5 new arrivals (plus 20 or so Faders), one boxed, and one banishment since the launch.

===Soundtrack===
For all of "Remain in Light":
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjmGZfHHC80 "A Dazzling End"] from the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' {{w|Doctor Who: Series 4 (soundtrack)|Series 4 soundtrack}}, by {{w|Murray Gold}}
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrbxWOMpwfs "The Universal"] by {{w|Blur (band)|Blur}}

For this issue alone:
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAa7J10D8Qw "Heaven"] by the aforementioned Talking Heads
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4XHx_boqTI "A Comet Appears"] by {{w|The Shins}}

James Roberts had intended to use [https://open.spotify.com/track/1cPRSTseV7xcqWkJrld9io "Is Anybody out There?"] by The Ballet,<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/345657487187394561 James Roberts on Twitter] - "Est shot: Lost Light in space. Slow pan to the window of Tailgate and Cyclonus' hab suite."</ref> but it wasn't on YouTube.<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/345661668044443648 James Roberts on Twitter] - "I wanted to use 'Is Anybody Out There?' as the theme to #17 but the song wasn't/isn't on Youtube."</ref>

===Foreign localization===
'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hikari no Naka ni Tamarite: Hōjō no Tsuki'''" (光の中に溜まりて豊穣の月, "Gather in Light: Fecund Moon")

===Covers (5)===
*'''Cover A:''' The ''[[Lost Light]]'' crew face an onslaught of [[Legislator]]s, art by [[Alex Milne]], colours by [[Josh Perez]]
*'''Cover B:''' Rodimus flees a Legislator, art by [[Sean Chen]], colours by [[Tom Chu]].
*'''Cover RI:''' A despondent Tailgate alone beside a porthole, art by [[Nick Roche]], colours by Josh Perez.
*'''Con Edition:''' Blank white version for sketches, available exclusively at assorted conventions
*'''Comicfolio edition:''' Cover A sans trade dress, included in a die-cut hardcover portfolio with a lithograph of Cover B. Limited to 250 copies, only available through the [[IDW Limited]] store.

<gallery>
File:MTMTE17 cvrA.jpg|Light their darkest hour!
File:MTMTE17 cvrB.jpg|Run Forrest, run!
File:MTMTE17 cvrRI.jpg|Man up, Tailgate!
File:MTMTE17 conedition.jpg|The Void!
File:MTMTE17 comicfolio.jpg|It can be yours too, for only some outrageous sum.
</gallery>

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===Reprints===
*'''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 5''''' ([[November 13]], [[2013]]) ISBN 1613778023 / ISBN 978-1613778029 
:*Contains issues #17 to #22.
:*Bonus material includes art from most covers, and the prose story ''[[The Sound of Breaking Glass]]''.

*'''''Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Box Set''''' ([[December 2]], [[2015]]) ISBN 1631404741 / ISBN 978-1631404740
:*Contains ''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye'' Volumes 1 to 5.
:*Bonus content UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

* '''''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 5|The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 5]]''''' ([[February 22]], [[2017]]) ISBN 1631408445 / ISBN 978-1631408441
:* Contains the issues #17 to #22, as well as the ''[[The Transformers: Primacy|Primacy]]'' series, and ''Robots in Disguise'' issues #19 to #22.

* '''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 57: Remain In Light''''' ([[August 21]], [[2019]])
:* Hardcover collection of ''More than Meets the Eye'' #14 to #21, plus the prose stories "[[Signal to Noise]]" and "[[The Sound of Breaking Glass]]".
:* Bonus content includes a cover gallery and introduction by [[Simon Furman]].

<gallery>
File:MTMTE vol5.jpg|'''''More than Meets the Eye'' Volume 5'''; cover art by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Josh Perez]]
File:MTMTE boxset.jpg|'''''More than Meets the Eye'' Box Set'''; cover art by [[Marcelo Matere]]
File:IDWCollectionP2V5.jpg|'''''IDW Collection Phase 2 Vol. 5'''''; cover art by Marcelo Matere and [[Tom B. Long]]
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v57.jpg|'''''Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 57: Remain In Light'''''; cover art by [[Don Figueroa]] (Skids) and Alex Milne (Overlord)
</gallery>

==External links==
*[http://www.fullmetalhero.com/content/more-than-meets-eye-17-full-preview-6586/ Preview]

==References==
{{reflist}}

Vos (G1)

2021-09-19T14:09:19Z

Grey:

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{{disambig3.5|the Decepticon|the namesake city|Vos (polity)|Vos}}
:''Vos is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[2005 IDW continuity|2005 IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:AlexMilne-Vos.jpg|thumb|Meet the new Vos. You could say he's... ''[removes face]'' ...same as the old Vos. ''YEAHHHHH!!'']]

There's been at least one previous '''Vos''' in the [[Decepticon Justice Division]], the five-strong group of torturers and fanatics employed by [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] to hunt down and deal with traitors. The current one is a scientist and a so-called "linguistic purist": he speaks only the [[Ancient Cybertronian#2005 IDW continuity|Primal Vernacular]] and has failed to learn more than a few words of the modern [[Transformer]] tongue, [[Cybertronian language#2005 IDW continuity|Neocybex]]. As such, his contributions to the conversation are usually interpreted by his squad leader [[Tarn (DJD)|Tarn]].

Vos transforms into a sniper rifle to be wielded by another member of the D.J.D. or even Megatron himself on occasion. His favored method of torture is removing his face, the inside of which is lined with numerous spikes, drills, and hooks that deploy at the flick of a switch, and forcing his target to wear it. This provides perhaps a rather ''visceral'' counterpoint to the old corrupt [[Senate]]'s favored punishment of [[empurata]], ritual disfigurement.

Shockingly, he may be a [[Neoprimalism|neoprimalist]]: when near death, he started to mutter "Primus spare my spark".

{{quote|Wear my faaace.|Vos to Krok|[[Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?]]}}

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #3]]

[[File:Mtmte03-p15-flashback-megatron-vos.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.7|What would [[Clench (Armada)|Clench]] say if he saw this?]]
The Vos codename was formerly held by Agent 113, an Autobot spy in the D.J.D. ranks and the undercover alias of [[Dominus Ambus]]. {{storylink|The Not Knowing}} He was known to have hooks for hands ''and'' feet, and was noteworthy for his size. Some of [[Gripper (G1)|Gripper]]'s friends were supposedly murdered by him. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|Words Hang in the Air}} After his cover was blown, Agent 113 was subjected to the horrific "[[domestication]]" procedure, a series of lobotomies and surgical procedures that reduced him to nothing more than a feral animal known as "The Pet". {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 4: At Close of Day|At Close of Day}}

[[File:Mtmte vos wear my face.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s worst nightmare.]]
The name of Vos was subsequently passed onto the "linguistic purist" who went by the name '''Forestock'''. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|Do Not Go Gentle}} Vos was wielded as a weapon by Megatron at least once during the war, seemingly during some pivotal moment worthy of future recollection. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}}

When the Decepticon [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Black Shadow]] was caught for getting bribed to destroy a fleet of [[Warworld]]s, Vos enjoyed watching the other members slowly torture and kill him. Afterwards, Vos and the other members were then ordered by Tarn to move on to their next target, [[Fulcrum]]. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}}

On arrival at [[Clemency]], they were attacked by Fulcrum's new friends, the [[Scavenger (group)|Scavengers]], and responded in kind. During the course of battle, Vos got a chance to ram his face on [[Krok (G1)|Krok]], who unfortunately survived the treatment. Once Fulcrum ended up seemingly killing himself, the D.J.D. left the planet, ignoring the surviving Scavengers in favor of hunting down a more high-profile target: [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]. {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}}

[[File:TheRoadNotTaken-vostortureschromedome.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|''You should wear my face when I'm with you'' ''Chromedome I'll love it'' ''Chromedome I'll love it'']]
Arriving at Overlord's location, the ''[[Lost Light]]'' (in reality, one of two created by a malfunction of the ship's [[Quantum generator|quantum engines]]) near the planet [[Ofsted XVII]], the D.J.D. infiltrated the Autobot ship, severing the still-restrained Overlord's head with a chainsaw. {{storylink|slaughterhouse}} After slaughtering Overlord, the D.J.D. turned their attention to the Autobot crew. In his weapon mode, Vos was used by Tarn to kill [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] with a single head shot. He later held [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]] captive, forcing him to film the grisly proceedings, and then killed [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]] with his own [[mnemosurgery]] needles. {{storylink|slaughterhouse Part 2: The Road Not Taken|The Road Not Taken}}

[[File:BirthsDeathsAndInterventions-kaonkillstrailcutter.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
The D.J.D. later returned to the crash site to claim the Lost Light's quantum engines. Unfortunately for the D.J.D., the [[Galactic Council]] and the [[Black Block Consortia]] were already fighting over the same prize and upon their arrival, joined forces to attack the ''Peaceful Tyranny''. Vos, along with Kaon pursued a Council squadron to the planet's surface when enemy reinforcements arrived, forcing the other D.J.D. members to leave them behind. Vos was left severely wounded at an Ofsted campus, so wounded that the Autobots who found him didn't know who he was until [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]] translated his dying babble as the Division's motto. [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] instantly went from wanting to save even a Decepticon to wanting this mass-murdering bastard to die, but Trailcutter, not wanting any death on his conscience, continued to donate [[energon]]. Vos rewarded him with violence and gleefully watched as Kaon ripped him to pieces, before they both departed. {{storylink|Births, Deaths, and Interventions}} Vos later accompanied the rest of the D.J.D. when they went to rendezvous with [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] at his Warworld. {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}}

Vos and the D.J.D. arrived on the [[Necroworld]] to seek revenge on Megatron. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}}

After retreating, as part of standard D.J.D. operating procedure, Vos remained on the ''Peaceful Tyranny'' with Tarn, joining a strategy meeting. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 2: The Sun in Flight|The Sun in Flight}}

When the D.J.D. mustered for their attack on the Necrobot's compound, Vos joined them, crouching behind Tarn. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 4: At Close of Day|At Close of Day}} Subsequently, Megatron arrived on the battlefield, having renounced his recent oath of pacifism in order to put an end to the Decepticon Justice Division, whom he viewed as a perversion of the cause which he had once championed. Tarn ordered Vos to rally Tesaurus and Helex, and the united forces of the D.J.D. advanced on Megatron. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 5: Rage, Rage|Rage, Rage}}

When Deathsaurus's forces were routed, Megatron sealed himself inside a [[force field]] he had created using the forcefield generator he'd salvaged from [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]'s body. The D.J.D. presumed this was a final desperate attempt to save his hide, but as it turned out the field wasn't to keep the D.J.D. out—a fact demonstrated by their near-immediate breach of the field—but to protect the rest of the planet from Megatron's [[antimatter]]-fuelled assault. After cursing them for robbing him of his chance at redemption, Megatron subsequently attacked and killed the four surviving members of the Decepticon Justice Division. The vengeful former Decepticon singled out Vos as his first victim, and in response to Tarn's calling out his comrade's code-name he then took the liberty of stripping their code-names from them, and so Vos died as Forestock, torn to shreds by antimatter. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|Do Not Go Gentle}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Vos and the rest of the D.J.D. hunted down Black Shadow to the planet Clemency. Finding their target holed up with Decepticon scavengers, the D.J.D. destroyed the lot of them before moving on to their next assignment. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (Legends)|Rules of Disengagement}}

==Notes==
*Roberts did not [[Authorial intent|intend]] for Forestock to be Vos' original name, but rather the name Megatron knew him as before he joined the D.J.D.,<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/758394268440551426 James Roberts about Vos's name on Twitter, 27 July 2016] "Two names Megs used were not actual birth names - Vos's was one. He called them what he knew them as when they joined the DJD."</ref> making Vos the only member of the D.J.D. whose real name is unknown.
*The D.J.D. renamed themselves after the first cities the Decepticons conquered (in this case [[Vos (polity)|Vos]]). Writer [[James Roberts]] has elaborated that when a D.J.D. member dies, his replacement takes his codename.<ref>[http://boards.idwpublishing.com/3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12651&start=15 IDW Forums James Roberts Q&A]</ref>
*Roberts initially did not envision anything specific for Vos's sniper rifle alt-mode, but after [[Alex Milne]] raised the possibility of Vos being Megatron's rifle as seen in [[Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|''MtMtE'' #3]], Roberts asked Milne to make it so.<ref>[https://markerguru001.tumblr.com/post/64445270060/so-here-we-have-the-djd-they-are-probably-my Alex Milne on Tumblr, 18 October 2013] " i know with Vos that James wanted him to be a sniper rifle. i came up with a different rifle first, then i remember a conversation i had with James, and i asked him wouldn’t it be cool if the sniper rifle was the one from the flashback in MTMTE issue 3. well me and my big mouth. he liked that idea, now i had to make that work somehow :p"</ref>
*"Vos" is pronounced (in an English accent) like "loss".<ref>https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/762881115258445824 James Roberts on Twitter, 9 August 2016</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Vos''' (ヴォス ''Vosu'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Comic-only Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Rifles]]
[[Category:Scientists]]

Vos (G1)

2021-09-19T14:08:45Z

Grey: fixing the note that he's the only DJD member whose birth name is unknown

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig3.5|the Decepticon|the namesake city|Vos (polity)|Vos}}
:''Vos is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[2005 IDW continuity|2005 IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:AlexMilne-Vos.jpg|thumb|Meet the new Vos. You could say he's... ''[removes face]'' ...same as the old Vos. ''YEAHHHHH!!'']]

There's been at least one previous '''Vos''' in the [[Decepticon Justice Division]], the five-strong group of torturers and fanatics employed by [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] to hunt down and deal with traitors. The current one is a scientist and a so-called "linguistic purist": he speaks only the [[Ancient Cybertronian#2005 IDW continuity|Primal Vernacular]] and has failed to learn more than a few words of the modern [[Transformer]] tongue, [[Cybertronian language#2005 IDW continuity|Neocybex]]. As such, his contributions to the conversation are usually interpreted by his squad leader [[Tarn (DJD)|Tarn]].

Vos transforms into a sniper rifle to be wielded by another member of the D.J.D. or even Megatron himself on occasion. His favored method of torture is removing his face, the inside of which is lined with numerous spikes, drills, and hooks that deploy at the flick of a switch, and forcing his target to wear it. This provides perhaps a rather ''visceral'' counterpoint to the old corrupt [[Senate]]'s favored punishment of [[empurata]], ritual disfigurement.

Shockingly, he may be a [[Neoprimalism|neoprimalist]]: when near death, he started to mutter "Primus spare my spark".

{{quote|Wear my faaace.|Vos to Krok|[[Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?]]}}

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #3]]

[[File:Mtmte03-p15-flashback-megatron-vos.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.7|What would [[Clench (Armada)|Clench]] say if he saw this?]]
The Vos codename was formerly held by Agent 113, an Autobot spy in the D.J.D. ranks and the undercover alias of [[Dominus Ambus]]. {{storylink|The Not Knowing}} He was known to have hooks for hands ''and'' feet, and was noteworthy for his size. Some of [[Gripper (G1)|Gripper]]'s friends were supposedly murdered by him. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|Words Hang in the Air}} After his cover was blown, Agent 113 was subjected to the horrific "[[domestication]]" procedure, a series of lobotomies and surgical procedures that reduced him to nothing more than a feral animal known as "The Pet". {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 4: At Close of Day|At Close of Day}}

[[File:Mtmte vos wear my face.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s worst nightmare.]]
The name of Vos was subsequently passed onto the "linguistic purist" who went by the name '''Forestock'''. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|Do Not Go Gentle}} Vos was wielded as a weapon by Megatron at least once during the war, seemingly during some pivotal moment worthy of future recollection. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}}

When the Decepticon [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Black Shadow]] was caught for getting bribed to destroy a fleet of [[Warworld]]s, Vos enjoyed watching the other members slowly torture and kill him. Afterwards, Vos and the other members were then ordered by Tarn to move on to their next target, [[Fulcrum]]. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}}

On arrival at [[Clemency]], they were attacked by Fulcrum's new friends, the [[Scavenger (group)|Scavengers]], and responded in kind. During the course of battle, Vos got a chance to ram his face on [[Krok (G1)|Krok]], who unfortunately survived the treatment. Once Fulcrum ended up seemingly killing himself, the D.J.D. left the planet, ignoring the surviving Scavengers in favor of hunting down a more high-profile target: [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]. {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}}

[[File:TheRoadNotTaken-vostortureschromedome.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|''You should wear my face when I'm with you'' ''Chromedome I'll love it'' ''Chromedome I'll love it'']]
Arriving at Overlord's location, the ''[[Lost Light]]'' (in reality, one of two created by a malfunction of the ship's [[Quantum generator|quantum engines]]) near the planet [[Ofsted XVII]], the D.J.D. infiltrated the Autobot ship, severing the still-restrained Overlord's head with a chainsaw. {{storylink|slaughterhouse}} After slaughtering Overlord, the D.J.D. turned their attention to the Autobot crew. In his weapon mode, Vos was used by Tarn to kill [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] with a single head shot. He later held [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]] captive, forcing him to film the grisly proceedings, and then killed [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]] with his own [[mnemosurgery]] needles. {{storylink|slaughterhouse Part 2: The Road Not Taken|The Road Not Taken}}

[[File:BirthsDeathsAndInterventions-kaonkillstrailcutter.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
The D.J.D. later returned to the crash site to claim the Lost Light's quantum engines. Unfortunately for the D.J.D., the [[Galactic Council]] and the [[Black Block Consortia]] were already fighting over the same prize and upon their arrival, joined forces to attack the ''Peaceful Tyranny''. Vos, along with Kaon pursued a Council squadron to the planet's surface when enemy reinforcements arrived, forcing the other D.J.D. members to leave them behind. Vos was left severely wounded at an Ofsted campus, so wounded that the Autobots who found him didn't know who he was until [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]] translated his dying babble as the Division's motto. [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] instantly went from wanting to save even a Decepticon to wanting this mass-murdering bastard to die, but Trailcutter, not wanting any death on his conscience, continued to donate [[energon]]. Vos rewarded him with violence and gleefully watched as Kaon ripped him to pieces, before they both departed. {{storylink|Births, Deaths, and Interventions}} Vos later accompanied the rest of the D.J.D. when they went to rendezvous with [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] at his Warworld. {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}}

Vos and the D.J.D. arrived on the [[Necroworld]] to seek revenge on Megatron. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}}

After retreating, as part of standard D.J.D. operating procedure, Vos remained on the ''Peaceful Tyranny'' with Tarn, joining a strategy meeting. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 2: The Sun in Flight|The Sun in Flight}}

When the D.J.D. mustered for their attack on the Necrobot's compound, Vos joined them, crouching behind Tarn. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 4: At Close of Day|At Close of Day}} Subsequently, Megatron arrived on the battlefield, having renounced his recent oath of pacifism in order to put an end to the Decepticon Justice Division, whom he viewed as a perversion of the cause which he had once championed. Tarn ordered Vos to rally Tesaurus and Helex, and the united forces of the D.J.D. advanced on Megatron. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 5: Rage, Rage|Rage, Rage}}

When Deathsaurus's forces were routed, Megatron sealed himself inside a [[force field]] he had created using the forcefield generator he'd salvaged from [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]'s body. The D.J.D. presumed this was a final desperate attempt to save his hide, but as it turned out the field wasn't to keep the D.J.D. out—a fact demonstrated by their near-immediate breach of the field—but to protect the rest of the planet from Megatron's [[antimatter]]-fuelled assault. After cursing them for robbing him of his chance at redemption, Megatron subsequently attacked and killed the four surviving members of the Decepticon Justice Division. The vengeful former Decepticon singled out Vos as his first victim, and in response to Tarn's calling out his comrade's code-name he then took the liberty of stripping their code-names from them, and so Vos died as Forestock, torn to shreds by antimatter. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|Do Not Go Gentle}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Vos and the rest of the D.J.D. hunted down Black Shadow to the planet Clemency. Finding their target holed up with Decepticon scavengers, the D.J.D. destroyed the lot of them before moving on to their next assignment. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (Legends)|Rules of Disengagement}}

==Notes==
*Roberts did not [[Authorial intent|intend]] for Forestock to be Vos' original name, but rather the name Megatron knew him as before he joined the DJD,<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/758394268440551426 James Roberts about Vos's name on Twitter, 27 July 2016] "Two names Megs used were not actual birth names - Vos's was one. He called them what he knew them as when they joined the DJD."</ref> making Vos the only member of the DJD whose real name is unknown.
*The D.J.D. renamed themselves after the first cities the Decepticons conquered (in this case [[Vos (polity)|Vos]]). Writer [[James Roberts]] has elaborated that when a D.J.D. member dies, his replacement takes his codename.<ref>[http://boards.idwpublishing.com/3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12651&start=15 IDW Forums James Roberts Q&A]</ref>
*Roberts initially did not envision anything specific for Vos's sniper rifle alt-mode, but after [[Alex Milne]] raised the possibility of Vos being Megatron's rifle as seen in [[Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|''MtMtE'' #3]], Roberts asked Milne to make it so.<ref>[https://markerguru001.tumblr.com/post/64445270060/so-here-we-have-the-djd-they-are-probably-my Alex Milne on Tumblr, 18 October 2013] " i know with Vos that James wanted him to be a sniper rifle. i came up with a different rifle first, then i remember a conversation i had with James, and i asked him wouldn’t it be cool if the sniper rifle was the one from the flashback in MTMTE issue 3. well me and my big mouth. he liked that idea, now i had to make that work somehow :p"</ref>
*"Vos" is pronounced (in an English accent) like "loss".<ref>https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/762881115258445824 James Roberts on Twitter, 9 August 2016</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Vos''' (ヴォス ''Vosu'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Comic-only Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Rifles]]
[[Category:Scientists]]

Vos (G1)

2020-10-31T12:35:58Z

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:''Vos is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[2005 IDW continuity|2005 IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:AlexMilne-Vos.jpg|thumb|Meet the new Vos. You could say he's... ''[removes face]'' ...same as the old Vos. ''YEAHHHHH!!'']]

There's been at least one previous '''Vos''' in the [[Decepticon Justice Division]], the five-strong group of torturers and fanatics employed by [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] to hunt down and deal with traitors. The current one is a scientist and a so-called "linguistic purist": he speaks only the [[Ancient Cybertronian#2005 IDW continuity|Primal Vernacular]] and has failed to learn more than a few words of the modern [[Transformer]] tongue, [[Cybertronian language#2005 IDW continuity|Neocybex]]. As such, his contributions to the conversation are usually interpreted by his squad leader [[Tarn (DJD)|Tarn]].

Vos transforms into a sniper rifle to be wielded by another member of the D.J.D. or even Megatron himself on occasion. His favored method of torture is removing his face, the inside of which is lined with numerous spikes, drills, and hooks that deploy at the flick of a switch, and forcing his target to wear it. This provides perhaps a rather ''visceral'' counterpoint to the old corrupt [[Senate]]'s favored punishment of [[empurata]], ritual disfigurement.

Shockingly, he may be a [[Neoprimalism|neoprimalist]]: when near death, he started to mutter "Primus spare my spark".

{{quote|Wear my faaace.|Vos to Krok|[[Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?]]}}

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #3]]

[[File:Mtmte03-p15-flashback-megatron-vos.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.7|What would [[Clench (Armada)|Clench]] say if he saw this?]]
The Vos codename was formerly held by Agent 113, an Autobot spy in the D.J.D. ranks and the undercover alias of [[Dominus Ambus]]. {{storylink|The Not Knowing}} He was known to have hooks for hands ''and'' feet, and was noteworthy for his size. Some of [[Gripper (G1)|Gripper]]'s friends were supposedly murdered by him. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|Words Hang in the Air}} After his cover was blown, Agent 113 was subjected to the horrific "[[domestication]]" procedure, a series of lobotomies and surgical procedures that reduced him to nothing more than a feral animal known as "The Pet". {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 4: At Close of Day|At Close of Day}}

[[File:Mtmte vos wear my face.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s worst nightmare.]]
The name of Vos was subsequently passed onto the "linguistic purist" who went by the name '''Forestock'''. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|Do Not Go Gentle}} Vos was wielded as a weapon by Megatron at least once during the war, seemingly during some pivotal moment worthy of future recollection. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}}

When the Decepticon [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Black Shadow]] was caught for getting bribed to destroy a fleet of [[Warworld]]s, Vos enjoyed watching the other members slowly torture and kill him. Afterwards, Vos and the other members were then ordered by Tarn to move on to their next target, [[Fulcrum]]. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}}

On arrival at [[Clemency]], they were attacked by Fulcrum's new friends, the [[Scavenger (group)|Scavengers]], and responded in kind. During the course of battle, Vos got a chance to ram his face on [[Krok (G1)|Krok]], who unfortunately survived the treatment. Once Fulcrum ended up seemingly killing himself, the D.J.D. left the planet, ignoring the surviving Scavengers in favor of hunting down a more high-profile target: [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]. {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}}

[[File:TheRoadNotTaken-vostortureschromedome.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|''You should wear my face when I'm with you'' ''Chromedome I'll love it'' ''Chromedome I'll love it'']]
Arriving at Overlord's location, the ''[[Lost Light]]'' (in reality, one of two created by a malfunction of the ship's [[Quantum generator|quantum engines]]) near the planet [[Ofsted XVII]], the D.J.D. infiltrated the Autobot ship, severing the still-restrained Overlord's head with a chainsaw. {{storylink|slaughterhouse}} After slaughtering Overlord, the D.J.D. turned their attention to the Autobot crew. In his weapon mode, Vos was used by Tarn to kill [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] with a single head shot. He later held [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]] captive, forcing him to film the grisly proceedings, and then killed [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]] with his own [[mnemosurgery]] needles. {{storylink|slaughterhouse Part 2: The Road Not Taken|The Road Not Taken}}

[[File:BirthsDeathsAndInterventions-kaonkillstrailcutter.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
The D.J.D. later returned to the crash site to claim the Lost Light's quantum engines. Unfortunately for the D.J.D., the [[Galactic Council]] and the [[Black Block Consortia]] were already fighting over the same prize and upon their arrival, joined forces to attack the ''Peaceful Tyranny''. Vos, along with Kaon pursued a Council squadron to the planet's surface when enemy reinforcements arrived, forcing the other D.J.D. members to leave them behind. Vos was left severely wounded at an Ofsted campus, so wounded that the Autobots who found him didn't know who he was until [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]] translated his dying babble as the Division's motto. [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] instantly went from wanting to save even a Decepticon to wanting this mass-murdering bastard to die, but Trailcutter, not wanting any death on his conscience, continued to donate [[energon]]. Vos rewarded him with violence and gleefully watched as Kaon ripped him to pieces, before they both departed. {{storylink|Births, Deaths, and Interventions}} Vos later accompanied the rest of the D.J.D. when they went to rendezvous with [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] at his Warworld. {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}}

Vos and the D.J.D. arrived on the [[Necroworld]] to seek revenge on Megatron. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}}

After retreating, as part of standard D.J.D. operating procedure, Vos remained on the ''Peaceful Tyranny'' with Tarn, joining a strategy meeting. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 2: The Sun in Flight|The Sun in Flight}}

When the D.J.D. mustered for their attack on the Necrobot's compound, Vos joined them, crouching behind Tarn. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 4: At Close of Day|At Close of Day}} Subsequently, Megatron arrived on the battlefield, having renounced his recent oath of pacifism in order to put an end to the Decepticon Justice Division, whom he viewed as a perversion of the cause which he had once championed. Tarn ordered Vos to rally Tesaurus and Helex, and the united forces of the D.J.D. advanced on Megatron. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 5: Rage, Rage|Rage, Rage}}

When Deathsaurus's forces were routed, Megatron sealed himself inside a [[force field]] he had created using the forcefield generator he'd salvaged from [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]'s body. The D.J.D. presumed this was a final desperate attempt to save his hide, but as it turned out the field wasn't to keep the D.J.D. out—a fact demonstrated by their near-immediate breach of the field—but to protect the rest of the planet from Megatron's [[antimatter]]-fuelled assault. After cursing them for robbing him of his chance at redemption, Megatron subsequently attacked and killed the four surviving members of the Decepticon Justice Division. The vengeful former Decepticon singled out Vos as his first victim, and in response to Tarn's calling out his comrade's code-name he then took the liberty of stripping their code-names from them, and so Vos died as Forestock, torn to shreds by antimatter. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|Do Not Go Gentle}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Vos and the rest of the D.J.D. hunted down Black Shadow to the planet Clemency. Finding their target holed up with Decepticon scavengers, the D.J.D. destroyed the lot of them before moving on to their next assignment. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (Legends)|Rules of Disengagement}}

==Notes==
*The D.J.D. renamed themselves after the first cities the Decepticons conquered (in this case [[Vos (polity)|Vos]]). [[James Roberts]] has elaborated that when a D.J.D. member dies, his replacement takes his codename.<ref>[http://boards.idwpublishing.com/3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12651&start=15 IDW Forums James Roberts Q&A]</ref>
*James Roberts originally did not have anything more specific in mind for Vos's sniper rifle alt-mode, but after Alex Milne raised the possibility of Vos being Megatron's rifle as seen in [[Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|''MtMtE'' #3]], Roberts asked Milne to draw that.<ref>[https://markerguru001.tumblr.com/post/64445270060/so-here-we-have-the-djd-they-are-probably-my Alex Milne on Tumblr, 18 October 2013]</ref>
*James Roberts didn't [[Authorial intent|intend]] for Forestock to be Vos' original name, but rather the name Megatron knew him as before he joined the DJD.<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/758394268440551426 James Roberts about Vos' name on Twitter, 27 July 2016.]</ref>
** This makes Vos the only member of the DJD whose real name is unknown.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Vos''' (ヴォス ''Vosu'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Comic-only Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Rifles]]
[[Category:Scientists]]

Talk:Rise of the Decepticons: Prisoners

2020-10-27T13:17:51Z

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==Sixshot's new mode==
Is it worth mentioning that Sixshot transforms into a vehicle that he's never turned into before? [[File:Sixshotnewvehicle.JPG|thumb]] --[[User:Grey|Grey]] ([[User talk:Grey|talk]]) 09:17, 27 October 2020 (EDT)

File:Sixshotnewvehicle.JPG

2020-10-27T13:17:23Z

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Sixshot transforms into a new vehicle in [[Rise of the Decepticons: Prisoners]].

Triggerhappy (G1)

2020-10-25T09:28:33Z

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:''Triggerhappy is a [[Decepticon]] [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:G1Triggerhappy boxart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|We cool, G? Eh? Eh? Alriiiight.]]
'''Triggerhappy''' is a nutball. You get them in the Decepticons from time to time. He's generally found [[Humanization|drooling]] and/or giggling wildly. He's been that way ever since an incident at [[Decepticon boot camp]], in which he was firing while surfing on his [[hoverboard]], but fell off and hit his head. He remained firing all the while and ended up disintegrating half a dozen other Decepticons. The camp commander was impressed and graduated Triggerhappy on the spot. Nobody is sure if it's an act or if he suffered [[processor]] damage in the fall. What is known is that he pays very little attention to where he's shooting but LOVES the sound his gun makes when fired. Good idea arming him there, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]].

Triggerhappy is [[Binary bonding|binary-bonded]] with [[Blowpipe (G1)|Blowpipe]], the conniving, envious brother-in-law of [[Nebulan]] leader [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]].

{{bigquote|We probably shouldn't have shot him. I mean me. I shouldn't have shot him. Maybe. Right? Hard to say.|Triggerhappy reflects on casually shooting his ride, ''[[Rise of the Decepticons: Tremors|Tremors]]}}

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Charlie Adler]] (English), [[Ken Narita]] (Japanese)|[[Georges Atlas]] & [[Francis Lax]] (European French)}}

[[File:TheRebirth1 TriggerhappySlugslinger.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|How is he supposed to drool when he doesn't have a mouth?]]
Triggerhappy was one of several Decepticon jets serving under [[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus]] when they attacked [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] as part of a diversion while the Decepticon Clones stole the Key to the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]]. After Scourge successfully activated the chamber on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] (and inadvertently sent a shuttle full of Autobots and the key halfway across the galaxy), Triggerhappy, [[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]], and [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] were among the Decepticon unit sent to retrieve the key. Following the Autobots to [[Nebulos]], Triggerhappy attacked the Autobums, welcoming them to the scrapyard that they would become should he succeed in destroying them. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}

Though the Decepticons managed to capture several Autobots, they were soon overwhelmed by new [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster technology]] the Autobots developed with the Nebulan rebels. After making a deal with the Hive, the Decepticons underwent [[binary bonding]] as well, and Triggerhappy was given a new partner who blows hard and fast. Armed with this new skill, Triggerhappy and his [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] companions successfully helped reacquire the Chamber's key. While waiting for Zarak to complete modifications to [[Scorponok (G1)|his city]], Triggerhappy declared a possible gasket-blowing event was imminent should he be made to wait any longer. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}

Triggerhappy and the other Targetmasters returned to Cybertron just in the nick of time to save Galvatron from the remainder of the Autobot forces. Galvatron was less than impressed by their new Hive partners, however, and addressed Triggerhappy directly when he berated them for letting organics inhabit their bodies, despite the fact Triggerhappy wasn't a Headmaster. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}
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===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Michihiro Ikemizu]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:HM 30 Blowpipe bonded with Triggerhappy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Triggerhappy and his partners, Misfire and Slugslinger, were frequent opponents of the Autobot trio under [[Pointblank]]'s command. When all of them were engaged in combat over several space-faring denizens of planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], a massive explosion caught everyone off-guard. Triggerhappy and his partners and foes alike were transformed into Targetmasters, somehow fused together in pairs with each of the smaller Master Transformers by the explosion. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}} {{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}} {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}} {{storylink|Duel on the Asteroid}} {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}}}

====''The Headmasters'' manga====
[[File:HM issue 7 Decepticon Targetmasters.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Triggerhappy and the Decepticon Targetmasters attempted to disrupt the Autobots' efforts to put out a blazing fire on Earth. The Autobots' split focus left them vulnerable, until the Battleship Maximus extinguished the entire fire in one sweep. [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]] and [[Artfire]] then turned their full attention on Triggerhappy and his allies, driving them from the scene. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 7|The Headmasters #7}}
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====''Legends'' comic====
As one of the Decepticons stationed on Earth in the 1980s, Triggerhappy participated in the battle for the [[Transform Super Cog]] where his crazed firing in random directions kept his allies staying far, far away. He fled into space following Slugslinger's failed attempt at usurping [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] as [[Decepticon leader]]. {{storylink|Slugslinger's Ambition}}

In [[2021]], Triggerhappy and the Decepticon Targetmasters fought for Scorponok when he sought to create [[plasma energy]] by detonating a [[black hole]], hoping the ensuing energy wave would let them bond with the Autobots' Targetmaster partners as well. Instead, the explosion shrunk their bodies and caused their partners to vanish. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Prologue}} Like other victims, the Targetmasters converted their heads into small [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] bodies and traveled to the [[Legends World]], where they kidnapped [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] and forced him to use his [[10.2 ultra-drill|ultra-drill]] to teleport their Targetmaster partners to them. The partners were overloaded with plasma energy, however, forcing Trion to scatter them across the Legends World. {{storylink|Mutant Targetmaster Birth Chapter}}

Triggerhappy began running a shooting gallery to earn money for a [[transtector]], though his love for guns compelled him to help his customers shoot the targets, leaving him giving away the prizes. He was eventually approached by [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and asked for his help in capturing the supercharged Blowpipe, who was rampaging through [[Akihabara|Neo Akihabara City]]. Granted a transtector by the local police force, Triggerhappy subdued and regained Blowpipe, then agreed to work for the police force since the position allowed him to fire guns a lot. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 49|Bonus Edition Vol. 49}} He was charged with interrogating Misfire following the latter's arrest, but was disappointed in his comrade's aim and started teaching him how to shoot guns instead. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 52|Bonus Edition Vol. 52}} Triggerhappy later used Blowpipe's mutant ability to scale up [[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]]'s armor suit so it would fit [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 53|Bonus Edition Vol. 53}}

Triggerhappy was touched by [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Blurr (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blurr]]'s reunion at the police station, which distracted him from Blowpipe being stolen by the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]]. {{storylink|TF Legends Late Xmas Present Chapter|Late Xmas Present Chapter}} When Slugslinger got his hands on [[Caliburst (G1)|Caliburst]], he swiftly betrayed Triggerhappy and Misfire, knocking them out with [[anti-electron]]s and stealing their Targetmaster partners. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 55|Bonus Edition Vol. 55}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Decepticon targetmasters brothers in armor.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
Triggerhappy participated in a raid on an Autobot city on Cybertron, ending with its incineration. Several prisoners of war were captured by his squad, and Triggerhappy openly mocked the captives as they were marched towards their doom in the [[smelting pool]]. The procession was interrupted by an Autobot ambush led by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]]; the Decepticons were overwhelmed, and their commander, [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]], ordered a retreat so that they might live to fight another day. {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}}

The Decepticons eventually managed to storm the Autobots' base, only to find it already evacuated. Though confused at first, they learned that their foes had fled to the planet [[Nebulos]]. Triggerhappy and the others made their way to the alien world, where they met with one of the locals, [[Zarak (G1)|Lord Zarak]], who enlisted them in ridding his planet of the Autobots. {{storylink|Broken Glass!}} ''During this meeting, Triggerhappy had to exert what little self-control he had to prevent himself from reducing the fleshy Nebulans to smoldering piles of ash.'' {{storylink|Doomsday for Nebulos}} Learning that several of the Autobots were holed up in [[Koraja]], Triggerhappy participated in a full-scale assault on the city. In retaliation, Fortress Maximus and four other Autobots emerged, having underwent a [[binary bonding]] process. Thanks to the newfound power this upgrade afforded them, the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] sent the Decepticons into a panicked retreat. {{storylink|Broken Glass!}}

After the Autobots also developed [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] technology, the Decepticons managed to reverse-engineer the process, and had five of their own members binary bond their weapons to Nebulan partners. Triggerhappy was among those selected, with [[Blowpipe (G1)|Blowpipe]] becoming his pistol. He was put into action soon afterwards, as their Autobot prisoners managed to break free. Despite Triggerhappy's best efforts to shoot straight, the enemy soldiers escaped. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}} ''After capturing the Autobot Targetmasters, Triggerhappy and the other Decepticons ambushed [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]], [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] so that Scorponok could capture one of them to examine the Headmaster process more closely. However, while Scorponok busied himself studying Highbrow, the remaining Autobot Headmasters were able to free their Targetmaster comrades and turn the tables on the Decepticons.'' {{storylink|Worlds Apart!}}

[[File:Targetmasters final conflict.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
''Thanks to a bug previously planted in the Autobots' headquarters, the Decepticons learned that their enemies had manufactured a fuel convertor that would allow them travel to [[Earth]]. They put together a plan to steal it. Triggerhappy, Slugslinger, and Misfire approached Fortress Maximus under the pretense that they had a message to deliver: Scorponok wanted to challenge him to a death match, and whoever emerged victorious would be declared triumphant in the greater conflict. Maximus accepted, unaware that the duel was merely a distraction. As it raged, Slugslinger snuck into Brainstorm's lab and made off with the fuel convertor. Once this was done, the duel came to a premature end, the Decepticons made their way off-world, and the Autobots were forced to follow.'' {{storylink|The Final Conflict}}

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

Shortly afterwards the Decepticons left [[Nebulos]] and pursued the Autobots aboard the ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]'' to [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

''When Highbrow managed to decapitate Scorponok and escaped with his head, Triggerhappy was among several Decepticons who pursued, catching up to him just as he neared the Autobots' spaceship. As they forcefully retrieved their leader's head, the Decepticons witnessed several Autobots materialize from the future, leading to some infighting among the Autobots' ranks. Irritated over being left out of the battle, Scorponok's Decepticons were about to join in, only for the bulk of them to be temporarily shunted off to [[Limbo]] when [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s troops from the year [[2009]] arrived in [[1989]]. Triggerhappy was one of the few left behind. A tenuous alliance was then brokered between the Autobots and Decepticons from both eras in order to combat the more pressing threat of the super-Decepticon [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. However, when [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] accidentally shot Scorponok while he was attacking Galvatron, Triggerhappy and the other Decepticons turned on the Autobot. While Optimus Prime dealt with the mad Galvatron, Triggerhappy and the other Decepticons carried their leader to safety.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

Scorponok was repaired, and next took his troops to meet with [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s Decepticons at their Arctic base. While Scorponok and a small entourage were receiving a guided tour of said base, they learned that Ratbat was purposely withholding information about the legendary [[Underbase]] from them. Enraged by the deceit, Scorponok stormed back towards his ship, where the rest of his troops were waiting, only for his path to be barred by Ratbat's cronies. Seeing this take place, Triggerhappy and [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Grr]] decided to lead their shipmates in an assault and come to Scorponok's aid. Decepticon clashed against Decepticon until those on both sides of this civil war came to realize that [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] had engineered the whole debacle to get to the Underbase himself. {{storylink|Cold War!}}

Starscream was in time defeated, and Triggerhappy continued to serve under Scorponok as he acquired leadership over all Earth-bound Decepticons. Following a distress signal issued by the [[Air Strike Patrol]], Scorponok led his minions into battle against Optimus Prime's Autobots within the [[MacDill Air Force Base]]. Strangely, Optimus called for all his troops to return to the Ark while he remained behind. Scorponok was suspicious, but wouldn't allow himself to pass up the opportunity to vanquish his enemy. Triggerhappy 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!}} Triggerhappy was among the first to fall to the new arrival's might, gunned down as Starscream proclaimed he was carrying out [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]'s will. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}

[[File:US69EyeofStorm.JPG|upright=1.66|thumb|left|"And you, stand up straight! You're making us all look uncivilized!"]]
Later during the war on Earth, Triggerhappy got sick of Scorponok's command, especially after he let that maniac Starscream back into the Decepticons. Triggerhappy couldn't stand working with Starscream, so he and [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] left Scorponok's Decepticons, only to ironically be strong-armed by Starscream himself into joining his and [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]'s auxiliary army, which also included [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]], [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]], and [[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]]. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}} Though Mindwipe was more vocal on the subject, Triggerhappy was clearly displeased with being forced into this new group. Shockwave made it clear that, should the pair not fight at their side, they would be terminated. As such, Triggerhappy joined in on an attack on Scorponok's [[New Jersey base]]. {{storylink|Surrender!}} The base was easily collapsed on itself, though this did little to assuage Triggerhappy and Mindwipe's fears that Scorponok may yet rise up to destroy them all. Pitying their cowardice, Starscream urged the others to help him dig out whatever survivors they may find, and offer them a choice: join them or be destroyed. Unfortunately, the first to be excavated was indeed Scorponok. Shockwave ordered Triggerhappy and the others to rush Scorponok, but the latter's ultra-dense armor proved invulnerable to their laser fire. Triggerhappy was easily tackled down by his opponent, who then moved on to duelling Shockwave in the nearby river. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}}

The coup was interrupted when [[Primus]] summoned all the Transformers of Earth to Cybertron to do battle with [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Out of Time!}} Triggerhappy and the other teleported Transformers witnessed Primus, speaking through the body of [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]], tell the history of their supernatural war with the Dark God. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

====''Regeneration One''====
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When Scorponok used the [[Gene Key]] to virtually conquer Cybertron, Triggerhappy was seen hunting for the dissident [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Four}}

===''Transformers in 3-D''===
While [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] used his [[Nullification Cannon]] on Cybertron's [[energon]] suppliy, Triggerhappy was part of a team lead by [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] that carried out a diversionary attack. Triggerhappy was punched out by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
Triggerhappy was among the Decepticons who traveled to [[Nebulos]] in search of energy. When they discovered a wealth of cosmic energy at the pole, Triggerhappy reminded [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] that if used it to kill all the Autobots, they wouldn't have anyone to fight. When their energy collection attempt required them to move [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] to the pole, the Autobots melted the ice under their base, causing it to sink. {{storylink|Decepticons at the Pole}}

===Toy pack-in material===
When Optimus became stranded on Cybertron's hemisphere of darkness with his memory damaged, Triggerhappy 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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===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Stormbringer issue 4|Transformers: Stormbringer #4]]
[[File:Blot and Triggerhappy The End of the Beginning of the World.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|left]]
Triggerhappy was part of the crew of the ''[[Thanatos]]'', commanded by [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] and the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. He begrudgingly gave aid to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Wrecker]]s while battling [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] in order to preserve their home planet of Cybertron and show the Autobots how war was really done. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4|Stormbringer #4}}

Much later, Triggerhappy appeared among the Decepticons imprisoned on Cybertron after the war with [[D-Void]]. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|The Autonomy Lesson}} Triggerhappy was part of an angry Decepticon crowd who demanded answers from the Autobots for [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s death. {{storylink|Stick Together}} He joined up with [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]], who was trying to lead the Decepticons back into war, only to be killed by [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] while guarding their base. {{storylink|The End of the Beginning of the World}}
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===''United''===
[[File:FierceFightingOnPlanetNebulos-StraxusDecepticons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
A [[nano-virus]] that afflicted most Autobots save the [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]] and the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] required [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]] to lead a team to [[Nebulos]] for an anti-virus. However, the nano-virus was merely a ploy by the Decepticons to draw out the Targetmasters and Headmasters to abduct their [[Nebulan]] partners, so when the Autobots arrived on Nebulos, Triggerhappy and several other Decepticons were waiting for them! Triggerhappy and the others quickly fell into disarray, unfortunately, when their leader Straxus was singled out and defeated. {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}

===''TransTech''===
During the conflict between the [[Screaming Eagles]] and [[S.K.A.R.]] in [[Primax 806.30 Gamma]], Triggerhappy's Targetmaster partner was the human arms-dealer [[Rampage (S.K.A.R.)|Rampage]], using technology derived from the old [[I.R.O.N.|I.R.O.N. Army]]. The Decepticons and their human allies were ultimately defeated by [[Sgt. Savage]]'s Screaming Eagles and the Autobots. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2016/05/01}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
[[File:Tremors-Triggerhappy.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5]]
Once exiled from Cybertron, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] found Triggerhappy and brought him home to join [[The Rise]], a terrorist cell devoted to destabilizing society as part of the [[Decepticon|Ascenticon]] cause. Violent and unstable, Shockwave identified him as one of the true "maniacs" under his command. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Three}}

[[Rage (G1)|Rage]] was forced into the task of transporting Triggerhappy along with [[Quake (G1)|Quake]], [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] inside [[Roughstuff]]'s trailer to another remote base before a groundquake hit sent them falling into a chasm. As Rage tried to get the situation under control, Triggerhappy made a nuisance of himself by shooting Roughstuff and denying them their only way back out. When Frenzy spotted a group of geologists spying on them, Triggerhappy was the first to confront them and shot [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] when the geologist didn't say his name, as the geologist had never ''met'' Triggerhappy before. He kept hiself busy by dodging [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] until [[Firestar (G1)|Novastar]]'s new counterterrorism team arrived to stop them, then promptly flew away before [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] could catch up. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Tremors|Tremors}}

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==Commercial appearances==
*When the Transformers' war resumed its course on [[Nebulos|Nebulon]], Triggerhappy could be seen fighting alongside his fellow Decepticon [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]] against their Autobot counterparts, while [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] grappled in the distance. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Headmaster comic book|Headmaster comic book commercial}}
*Triggerhappy and [[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]] battled [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] and [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] in the middle of a mechanical city. Triggerhappy strafed Sureshot from above until the Autobot transformed into robot mode and began firing back. Triggerhappy mirrored Sureshot's actions, leading to Sureshot tackling Triggerhappy and both combatants losing grip on their guns. Triggerhappy and Sureshot continued to grapple while their guns transformed and did the same. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Targetmasters|Targetmasters commercial}}

==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{Note|Triggerhappy is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Decepticon duplicates in the Autobot campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Triggerhappy was caught up in a [[Quintesson]] plot to disrupt the [[Galactic Olympics|Galactic Games]]. {{storylink|The Galactic Games}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1-toy Triggerhappy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Got an AK-47, well, you know it makes me feel all right!]]
*'''Triggerhappy with Blowpipe''' (Targetmaster, [[1987]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-88'''
**''Accessories:'' "Blowpipe" Targetmaster gun/[[Compression cannon|Compressed Air Cannon]]
:Triggerhappy transforms into a blue Cybertronic fighter craft with large, dual off-white cannons on either side his body and four wing-mounted thrusters, making him look kinda-sorta-vaguely like an [[X-wing Fighter]] from ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]''. His Targetmaster partner, Blowpipe, can be stored in a socket on the rear of the fighter, just in front of where his head is stored. Somewhat unusually, the entire cockpit nose is mounted on a bar that swings upward so the nose meets with the rear fuselage to form his upper torso. His large fighter cannons swing up to the sides of his arms in [[robot mode]], but the hinges aren't strong enough to deal with their weight, so they have a tendency to flop down.

:Like the other Targetmasters, his Japanese release lacks a [[rubsign]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Decepticon/Triggerhappy/triggerhappy.htm More information on Triggerhappy (with Blowpipe) at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Deluxe-Triggerhappy.jpg|upright=1.75|thumb|"Mr. Triggerhappy, not every situation requires your patented approach of shoot first, shoot later, shoot some more and then when everybody's dead try to ask a question or two."]]
*'''Blowpipe & Triggerhappy''' (Deluxe Class, [[2016]])
**''Accessories:'' "Blowpipe" Titan Master, 2 blaster weapons.
:Part of the third wave of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'', Triggerhappy transforms into a Cybertronian starfighter. He has 5 mm post holes on the underside of his wings and the inside of his built-in non-firing blasters, accessible in robot mode. The holes on his shoulders can also accept 5mm posts, but are covered by his wings or blasters in both modes. Like most ''Titans Return'' figures, he has a port for a generic pose/flight stand on his backside. Triggerhappy's transformation is surprisingly complex compared to most ''Titans Return'' Deluxe figures, with most of the parts shifting by way of swivels that rotate the entire body in multiple directions.

:He includes two blasters that can combine into a larger weapon that his [[Titan Master]] partner, [[Blowpipe (G1)#Generations|Blowpipe]] can sit in. Unlike most Deluxe and larger figures, however, there does not appear to be a way to mount the combined weapon in vehicle mode, and while Blowpipe can peg in, it does not appear to have a proper seat. Amusingly, it seems to be based on Blowpipe's original Targetmaster form, with sculpted legs at one end and each blaster having similar asymmetrical double barrels. Despite coming with a pair of guns, most official pictures, such as the one on his box, only show his vehicle mode with one attached gun.

:His robot mode face is based on his appearance in fiction rather than his original toy.

:Triggerhappy can hold the ''Siege'' [[Battle Master]] [[Blowpipe (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|Blowpipe]] if one is inclined to have two Blowpipes simultaneously.

:Triggerhappy was retooled with a new head into [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)#Generations|Metalhawk]]. His legs were also used for [[Misfire (G1)#Generations|Misfire]] and [[Slugslinger (G1)#Generations|Slugslinger]], who are otherwise completely new figures from the crotch up. The elements that became Misfire were then even further modified into ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Sonic Bomber#Legends|Sonic Bomber]].
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===Legends===
[[File:LG49-Triggerhappy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Targetmaster Triggerharpy (Targetmaster Triggerhappy)''' (Deluxe Class, [[2017]]-[[October 28|10-28]])
**''ID number'': '''LG49'''
**''Accessories:'' Headmaster, [[Blowpipe (G1)#Legends|Blowpipe]] Targetmaster
:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' "Targetmaster Triggerharpy" is a [[redeco]] and slight retool of the above ''Titans Return'' mold with minor changes in paint details and a new port on his chest where his [[Decepticon]] insignia used to be that serves as a method to store the newly molded [[Blowpipe (G1)#Legends|Blowpipe]] Targetmaster. He does not include the original guns in the original Hasbro release. As a bonus, the chest port makes him capable of wearing a ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' deluxe figure's prime armor.

{{TRBlowpipeMold}}
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Trading Card Game===
[[File:W3RaiderTriggerhappy.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Raider Triggerhappy, Air Force-Gunner''' (2019)
**'''Wave 3: War for Cybertron: Siege I'''
**''Rarity: '''''UT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T39/T48'''
**''Stars: ''8

:Raider Triggerhappy, Air Force-Gunner is one of forty-eight double-sided character cards available in Wave 3 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]], War for Cybertron: Siege I.

:The card's art reuses line-art from the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile game. The artwork is recolored seemingly to match the aesthetic of the ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' toyline's packaging art.
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==Notes==
[[File:Triggerhappy heads.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|The guy on the left went on to
{{w|Shredder (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|bigger and better}} things]]
[[File:Hasbro1988CatTriggerhappy.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Blasthappy? Triggerblast?]]
*For some reason Triggerhappy's [[character model]] in the comics and cartoon differs from that of his toy and [[package art]]. He has a [[Mouthplate|faceplate]] in his fictional appearances, and normal eyes, giving him a ninja-like face. His toy features a normal face with comic-[[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]-style "shades".
*The 1987 and 1988 North American [[catalog]]s featuring Triggerhappy depict him using a non-final toy—one whose head is blatantly a hand-painted copy of [[Blaster (G1)/toys|Blaster]]'s!

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Triggerharpy''' (トリガーハーピー ''Torigāhāpī''),<ref>Triggerhappy's name in classic Japanese Generation 1 media inexplicably is not a plain adaptation of "happy" but rather "harpy". Given that Misfire and Slugslinger's names experienced no changes in localisation, "Triggerharpy" may be the result of a typo or misreading being carried forward.</ref> '''Triggerhappy''' (トリガーハッピー ''Torigāhappī'')
*''French:'' '''Déclic''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Efestus'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Bānjī''' (China, 扳机, "Trigger")

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Gunners]]
[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]
[[Category:Targetmasters]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Decepticons]]
[[Category:Titans Return Decepticons]]
[[Category:United Decepticons]]

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{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 54
|prev=Darkmount, NV
|next=Prey (episode)
|image=Scattered-JackArcee.jpg
|caption=Everything you know will be scattered.
|title="Scattered"
|airdate=[[March 15]], [[2013]] (Singapore) [[March 29]], 2013 (USA)
|written by=[[Steven Melching]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''A key Decepticon arrives on Earth while Wheeljack manages a small victory.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] are both surprised to see [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], having believed him dead. Shockwave explains that after his battle with [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] in the [[space bridge]], he found himself marooned on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. After repairing himself, he continued his experiments until an energy surge led him to [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]]'s team in the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]]. He asks Starscream pointedly why he was left for dead, and judges the response logical enough. Megatron appoints Shockwave first lieutenant in charge of science, something Starscream doesn't seem that happy with.

[[File:Scattered-Bigfoot.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Unlike [[Bigfoot]], Ratchet is actually findable.]]

[[Jack Darby|Jack]] and Arcee stop at a deserted farmhouse for a break and Jack worries that they're all that's left of Team Prime. Arcee says there are other Autobots out there who escaped in the [[Ark (WFC)|Ark]], but who knows where they are? Meanwhile [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] is surfing [[Internet|conspiracy websites]] in search of [[Autobot]] sightings. He hits dirt in the form of a photo of [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] in a junkyard outside Woodland Park. Starscream, doing likewise, finds the same picture, but before he can draw the other Decepticons' attention to it, Raf replaces the picture with a dancing monkey. To quell Megatron's displeasure, Shockwave suggests using a [[cortical psychic patch]] on [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]. Meanwhile, [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] are waiting fruitlessly at the Wrecker meeting spot.

[[File:Scattered-Ultra Magnus.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Hey, who's that?"]]

Shockwave reports that the patch didn't yield any new information. Starscream announces he'll see to Wheeljack's termination, and soon Wheeljack is standing on a platform over lava. The attendant [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s push Wheeljack towards the edge, but he grabs one of them and throws it off before jumping himself. The Vehicon transforms to flight mode, and Wheeljack lands on its back, proceeding to go on a Vehicon-trashing flight before driving off. Megatron is very upset until Starscream reveals he's planted a tracking device on Wheeljack so the Autobot can lead them to his friends.

Bumblebee and Raf reach the junkyard to find Ratchet sitting in vehicle mode and sporting the surliest mood as the Autobots have patently lost. The pair suggest that they can use the ''Harbinger''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s resources to fight back, but Ratchet has no hope they can do anything, and tells them to leave him alone.

Meanwhile, [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] has been unable to salvage anything medical from the ruins of the base. When [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] asks about the [[Forge of Solus Prime]], Smokescreen reasons it must be in the fortress somewhere, and goes to look.

[[File:Scattered-loomingshadow.jpg|left|thumb|300px|So big he's got his own zipcode.]]

Bulkhead and Miko's waiting is finally rewarded by the arrival of Wheeljack. The Decepticons, monitoring Starscream's bug, see that their plan has paid off, and Starscream sends out his Vehicon seekers. The Decepticons arrive at a river, but all they see is a log floating downstream. The log turns out to have both the tracking device and a grenade attached, the latter of which takes them all out. Watching from a nearby hill, Wheeljack reveals how he found the tracking device, and says he has some more explosives.

Raf and Bumblebee try unsuccessfully to power up the ''Harbinger'', only to be pleasantly surprised when Ratchet arrives to help. Elsewhere, Jack and Arcee's journey is interrupted by the surprise arrival of a [[Iron Will|starship]]. It lands in front of them and out steps none other than [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]].

On the ''Nemesis'', Megatron rages over Starscream's failure, but Shockwave reveals he has a wild card of his own, sitting in his lab on Cybertron. Taking a trip back to their home planet, Shockwave returns through the space bridge with the huge creature he has cloned—a [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]].

==Featured characters==
(Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.) 
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*''[[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] (5)''
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (6)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (9)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (12)
*[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] (13)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (15)
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (16)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (17)
*[[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] (18)
|c2=
*[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] (1)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (2)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (3)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (4)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (7)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s (14)
*[[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] (19)

|c3=
*[[Jack Darby]] (8)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (10)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (11)

}}

==Quotes==
"I find your reply to be... logical."
:—'''Shockwave''''s response to Starscream's explanation.

"Careful, Starscream. You may dislocate a landing gear patting yourself on the back."
:—'''Knock Out''' snarks at Starscream's billionth "I killed Cliffjumper" gloat.

"Do your worst, Doc. I'm a Wrecker. I can take it." 
"Trust me. You, in fact, cannot.
:—'''Shockwave''' is unimpressed by '''Wheeljack's''' defiance in the face of a cortical psychic patch.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Shockwave's battle with Arcee and Cliffjumper took place in "[[Out of the Past]]".
* Starscream brings up the fact that he offlined Cliffjumper, yet ''again''.
* The photo Raf uses to replace Ratchet's is the same one he used in "[[New Recruit]]".
* Jack mentions the [[Key to Vector Sigma]], which Optimus gave him in "[[One Shall Rise, Part 2]]" and was returned in "[[Orion Pax, Part 3]]".
* Wheeljack counts Miko among the Wreckers when he reunites with her and Bulkhead, having unofficially inducted her into the group after she offlined [[Hardshell]] in "[[Hurt]]".

===Transformers references===
* Much like its Generation 1 equivalent, Darkmount has a [[smelting pool]].
* As of this episode, the silver Jet Vehicon Generals are identified as "[[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]" by both Starscream and the end credits.
* Starscream's tracking device looks like a smaller version of [[Dreadwing's bombs]].
* Like in other continuities, Shockwave has been stuck on Cybertron as he reveals in this episode as his past.

===Real-world references===
* Shockwave notes that "Reports of my demise were greatly premature," a paraphrase of a famous quote from [[Mark Twain]].
* The photo of Ratchet homages {{w|File:Smalfut.jpg|a particularly iconic image of Bigfoot}}.

===Animation and technical errors===
* As in the previous episode, Wheeljack is perfectly clean despite being pulled from the wreckage of his ship relatively disheveled and somewhat damaged. He does retain the scars on his chest, but these don't carry over to his vehicle mode.
* As Arcee chats with Jack about other Autobots who left Cybertron, the wings on her back are missing in one shot (see the main image). Later on, Bumblebee is missing one of his wings when he and Raf try to talk to Ratchet.
* When Starscream says he'll see to Wheeljack's immediate termination, his right arm seems to move out of place.

===Trivia===
* The worldwide premiere screening of the first three episodes was held at the Globe Theater in Universal Studios Hollywood on [[March 14]].
* The worldwide television premiere of "Scattered" was a day later on okto, a Singaporean channel, where it aired back-to-back with "[[Darkmount, NV]]" and "[[Prey (episode)|Prey]]".
* Raf is an ''amazing'' hacker. He not only replaced the image file of Ratchet where it was found on the internet, he ''also'' somehow managed to change the already downloaded image on Starscream's open browser window.
* It takes Ratchet mere seconds to deduce that Starscream was using the ''Harbinger'' as a base of operations back when he was an independent agent. Surely this would have been useful when [[Triangulation|he stole the Apex Armor]], the [[New Recruit|red energon]], or the [[Inside Job|Omega Keys]]. Ah, hindsight.
* By the same token, it seems odd that Starscream simply abandoned the ''Harbinger'', rather than have the Decepticons occupy it upon his return. He is aware that the Autobots know of its location, and it's the only available source of Cybertronian technology on the planet for them to make use of now that their base has been destroyed. This would later be addressed in "[[Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion]]".
* Knock Out is now the [[Ratchet (WFC)|third]] [[Starscream (WFC)|Cybertronian]] to be amused by human humor.
* Cybertronians apparently need to stretch.
* Starscream seems to be ''terrified'' of Shockwave.
* The sound Bulkhead's charging cannon makes when he's aiming at what turns out to be Wheeljack is one [[Ernie Hudson]] would probably recognize: that of a ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' [[proton pack]] being switched on.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le Secret de Shockwave'''" ("Shockwave's Secret")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Verstreut'''" ("Scattered")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 1|1 October]] [[2013]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Szétszórva'''" ("Scattered")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 3|3 September]] [[2013]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Espalhados aos Ventos'''" (Scattered to the Winds)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 11|11 October]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Sparpagliati'''" ("Scattered")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 6|6 September]] [[2013]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Esparcidos'''" ("Scattered")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 8|8 October]] [[2013]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Dawn of the Beast ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season Three (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season 3 Volume 1: Battle for Darkmount ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Saison 3 Volume 1: Le règne de Mégatron ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season 3 Volume 1: Battle for Darkmount (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Staffel 3 Teil 1: Schlacht um Darkmount (Primal Screen) — English, German, Dutch and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season Three Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Intégrale Saison 3 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — The Complete Season 3 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Die komplette Staffel 3 (Primal Screen) — English, German, Dutch and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — The Complete Season 3 (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio.
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season Three (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2016 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season Three Collection (Madman Entertainment) 

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Scattered

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Scattered

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{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 54
|prev=Darkmount, NV
|next=Prey (episode)
|image=Scattered-JackArcee.jpg
|caption=Everything you know will be scattered.
|title="Scattered"
|airdate=[[March 15]], [[2013]] (Singapore) [[March 29]], 2013 (USA)
|written by=[[Steven Melching]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''A key Decepticon arrives on Earth while Wheeljack manages a small victory.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] are both surprised to see [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], having believed him dead. Shockwave explains that after his battle with [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] in the [[space bridge]], he found himself marooned on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. After repairing himself, he continued his experiments until an energy surge led him to [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]]'s team in the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]]. He asks Starscream pointedly why he was left for dead, and judges the response logical enough. Megatron appoints Shockwave first lieutenant in charge of science, something Starscream doesn't seem that happy with.

[[File:Scattered-Bigfoot.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Unlike [[Bigfoot]], Ratchet is actually findable.]]

[[Jack Darby|Jack]] and Arcee stop at a deserted farmhouse for a break and Jack worries that they're all that's left of Team Prime. Arcee says there are other Autobots out there who escaped in the [[Ark (WFC)|Ark]], but who knows where they are? Meanwhile [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] is surfing [[Internet|conspiracy websites]] in search of [[Autobot]] sightings. He hits dirt in the form of a photo of [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] in a junkyard outside Woodland Park. Starscream, doing likewise, finds the same picture, but before he can draw the other Decepticons' attention to it, Raf replaces the picture with a dancing monkey. To quell Megatron's displeasure, Shockwave suggests using a [[cortical psychic patch]] on [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]. Meanwhile, [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] are waiting fruitlessly at the Wrecker meeting spot.

[[File:Scattered-Ultra Magnus.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Hey, who's that?"]]

Shockwave reports that the patch didn't yield any new information. Starscream announces he'll see to Wheeljack's termination, and soon Wheeljack is standing on a platform over lava. The attendant [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s push Wheeljack towards the edge, but he grabs one of them and throws it off before jumping himself. The Vehicon transforms to flight mode, and Wheeljack lands on its back, proceeding to go on a Vehicon-trashing flight before driving off. Megatron is very upset until Starscream reveals he's planted a tracking device on Wheeljack so the Autobot can lead them to his friends.

Bumblebee and Raf reach the junkyard to find Ratchet sitting in vehicle mode and sporting the surliest mood as the Autobots have patently lost. The pair suggest that they can use the ''Harbinger''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s resources to fight back, but Ratchet has no hope they can do anything, and tells them to leave him alone.

Meanwhile, [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] has been unable to salvage anything medical from the ruins of the base. When [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] asks about the [[Forge of Solus Prime]], Smokescreen reasons it must be in the fortress somewhere, and goes to look.

[[File:Scattered-loomingshadow.jpg|left|thumb|300px|So big he's got his own zipcode.]]

Bulkhead and Miko's waiting is finally rewarded by the arrival of Wheeljack. The Decepticons, monitoring Starscream's bug, see that their plan has paid off, and Starscream sends out his Vehicon seekers. The Decepticons arrive at a river, but all they see is a log floating downstream. The log turns out to have both the tracking device and a grenade attached, the latter of which takes them all out. Watching from a nearby hill, Wheeljack reveals how he found the tracking device, and says he has some more explosives.

Raf and Bumblebee try unsuccessfully to power up the ''Harbinger'', only to be pleasantly surprised when Ratchet arrives to help. Elsewhere, Jack and Arcee's journey is interrupted by the surprise arrival of a [[Iron Will|starship]]. It lands in front of them and out steps none other than [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]].

On the ''Nemesis'', Megatron rages over Starscream's failure, but Shockwave reveals he has a wild card of his own, sitting in his lab on Cybertron. Taking a trip back to their home planet, Shockwave returns through the space bridge with the huge creature he has cloned—a [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]].

==Featured characters==
(Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.) 
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*''[[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] (5)''
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (6)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (9)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (12)
*[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] (13)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (15)
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (16)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (17)
*[[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] (18)
|c2=
*[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] (1)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (2)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (3)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (4)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (7)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s (14)
*[[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] (19)

|c3=
*[[Jack Darby]] (8)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (10)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (11)

}}

==Quotes==
"I find your reply to be... logical."
:—'''Shockwave''''s response to Starscream's explanation.

"Careful, Starscream. You may dislocate a landing gear patting yourself on the back."
:—'''Knock Out''' snarks at Starscream's billionth "I killed Cliffjumper" gloat.

"Do your worst, Doc. I'm a Wrecker. I can take it." 
"Trust me. You, in fact, cannot.
:- '''Shockwave''' is unimpressed by '''Wheeljack's''' defiance in the face of a cortical psychic patch.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Shockwave's battle with Arcee and Cliffjumper took place in "[[Out of the Past]]".
* Starscream brings up the fact that he offlined Cliffjumper, yet ''again''.
* The photo Raf uses to replace Ratchet's is the same one he used in "[[New Recruit]]".
* Jack mentions the [[Key to Vector Sigma]], which Optimus gave him in "[[One Shall Rise, Part 2]]" and was returned in "[[Orion Pax, Part 3]]".
* Wheeljack counts Miko among the Wreckers when he reunites with her and Bulkhead, having unofficially inducted her into the group after she offlined [[Hardshell]] in "[[Hurt]]".

===Transformers references===
* Much like its Generation 1 equivalent, Darkmount has a [[smelting pool]].
* As of this episode, the silver Jet Vehicon Generals are identified as "[[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]" by both Starscream and the end credits.
* Starscream's tracking device looks like a smaller version of [[Dreadwing's bombs]].
* Like in other continuities, Shockwave has been stuck on Cybertron as he reveals in this episode as his past.

===Real-world references===
* Shockwave notes that "Reports of my demise were greatly premature," a paraphrase of a famous quote from [[Mark Twain]].
* The photo of Ratchet homages {{w|File:Smalfut.jpg|a particularly iconic image of Bigfoot}}.

===Animation and technical errors===
* As in the previous episode, Wheeljack is perfectly clean despite being pulled from the wreckage of his ship relatively disheveled and somewhat damaged. He does retain the scars on his chest, but these don't carry over to his vehicle mode.
* As Arcee chats with Jack about other Autobots who left Cybertron, the wings on her back are missing in one shot (see the main image). Later on, Bumblebee is missing one of his wings when he and Raf try to talk to Ratchet.
* When Starscream says he'll see to Wheeljack's immediate termination, his right arm seems to move out of place.

===Trivia===
* The worldwide premiere screening of the first three episodes was held at the Globe Theater in Universal Studios Hollywood on [[March 14]].
* The worldwide television premiere of "Scattered" was a day later on okto, a Singaporean channel, where it aired back-to-back with "[[Darkmount, NV]]" and "[[Prey (episode)|Prey]]".
* Raf is an ''amazing'' hacker. He not only replaced the image file of Ratchet where it was found on the internet, he ''also'' somehow managed to change the already downloaded image on Starscream's open browser window.
* It takes Ratchet mere seconds to deduce that Starscream was using the ''Harbinger'' as a base of operations back when he was an independent agent. Surely this would have been useful when [[Triangulation|he stole the Apex Armor]], the [[New Recruit|red energon]], or the [[Inside Job|Omega Keys]]. Ah, hindsight.
* By the same token, it seems odd that Starscream simply abandoned the ''Harbinger'', rather than have the Decepticons occupy it upon his return. He is aware that the Autobots know of its location, and it's the only available source of Cybertronian technology on the planet for them to make use of now that their base has been destroyed. This would later be addressed in "[[Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion]]".
* Knock Out is now the [[Ratchet (WFC)|third]] [[Starscream (WFC)|Cybertronian]] to be amused by human humor.
* Cybertronians apparently need to stretch.
* Starscream seems to be ''terrified'' of Shockwave.
* The sound Bulkhead's charging cannon makes when he's aiming at what turns out to be Wheeljack is one [[Ernie Hudson]] would probably recognize: that of a ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' [[proton pack]] being switched on.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le Secret de Shockwave'''" ("Shockwave's Secret")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Verstreut'''" ("Scattered")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 1|1 October]] [[2013]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Szétszórva'''" ("Scattered")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 3|3 September]] [[2013]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Espalhados aos Ventos'''" (Scattered to the Winds)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 11|11 October]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Sparpagliati'''" ("Scattered")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 6|6 September]] [[2013]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Esparcidos'''" ("Scattered")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 8|8 October]] [[2013]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Dawn of the Beast ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season Three (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season 3 Volume 1: Battle for Darkmount ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Saison 3 Volume 1: Le règne de Mégatron ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season 3 Volume 1: Battle for Darkmount (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Staffel 3 Teil 1: Schlacht um Darkmount (Primal Screen) — English, German, Dutch and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season Three Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Intégrale Saison 3 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — The Complete Season 3 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Die komplette Staffel 3 (Primal Screen) — English, German, Dutch and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — The Complete Season 3 (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio.
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season Three (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2016 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season Three Collection (Madman Entertainment) 

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Other Voices, Part 2

2020-10-08T19:50:54Z

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{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=26
|image=Other_Voices_2_Optimus_pod.jpg
|caption=[[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|Here we go again...]]
|title="Other Voices" Part 2
|production=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[April 1]], [[1997]]
|written by=[[Larry DiTillio]]
|directed by=[[Ezekiel Norton]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''As the alien machine begins destroying the planet's energon, Optimus devises a desperate plan to destroy the device.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Other Voices 2 Tigatron Cheetor.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Beautiful things never turn out good.]]
Out on patrol, [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Tigatron]] stare in awe at "the light at the end of the world", as [[Planet Buster|the alien machine]] continues powering up in space. [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] makes contact and orders them to return to base. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] is pessimistic about their chances of survival, but Primal assures him that [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] will find a way for them to survive.

The [[Bio-Dome|alien bungalow]] finishes transferring power to the moon, and in a flash, [[Vok|the aliens]] depart: "Termination sequence engaged. Return to [[Nexus Zero]]."

[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] observe this from [[Darksyde (BW)|their base]]. Confronted with a machine intended to destroy them, Megatron activates a special program and scans the [[Axalon (BW)|Maximal base]], locating the spiders and [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] within.

[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] is nearly finished converting a stored [[stasis pod]] into his escape ship. [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] observes that it's a little cramped for two... but, weapon drawn, she has no intention of sharing the ride. Inferno arrives just then, blasts her, and sets Tarantulas on fire, knocking him out. Back at the Predacon base, Megatron detects the aborted flow of data to the stasis pod ship and reacts with fury.

[[File:Other Voices 2 Blackarachnia Inferno.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|A girl that can handle a gun, awesome!]]
Inferno starts to examine Tarantulas's work, but is attacked by Blackarachnia, who eludes him with a display of gymnastics before blasting him with his own gun. Picking up Tarantulas's cyber-link goggles, she forms a link with the unconscious Tarantulas to obtain the data needed to finish the pod ship—but finds that staring into the abyss of the spider's mind means that it also stares back...

The Maximals arrive at base, alarmed to find the shields down. Inside, they find Rhinox and [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] cyber-webbed to the ceiling. Optimus Primal sends Rattrap and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] to bring in their unwelcome visitors.

Megatron observes the data flow resuming, just as the altered moon opens fire on the planet with a broad, blinding power ray. Optimus Primal charges the Maximal base's shields as the external temperature begins climbing and deduces that the aliens intend to ignite the [[energon]] deposits. Megatron notes that this will obliterate the entire planet, an incredibly ruthless strategy that he rather admires. He assures his panicked troops that Tarantulas will save them, albeit inadvertently.

[[File:Other Voices 2 Optimus Blackarachnia.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Stasis pod or coffin? At episode's end no one's sure.]]
Blackarachnia finishes the pod ship, only to be discovered and held at gunpoint by Rattrap and Airazor. With Rhinox still out of commission, Optimus Primal is beginning to despair, when Rattrap summons him to the stasis hold. Primal is impressed by the ship and immediately orders Blackarachnia to change the command codes to respond to him. He intends to fly the ship up to the [[Planet Buster]] and detonate the [[transwarp cell]] to destroy it. With little alternative, Blackarachnia complies.

[[File:Other Voices 2 Megatron Optimus.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Worst in-flight movie ever.]]
Soon all is ready, and Optimus Primal has poignant parting words with his worried crew - at which point Blackarachnia comments on the Maximals' sentimentality and is knocked out by Airazor for it - before sealing the ship and launching it. Megatron scans the launch and notes with delight that Primal is flying the vessel. Primal soon reaches the Planet Buster, starts the ignition sequence, and gives the order to blow the hatch seals. But the hatch is sealed and locked! Megatron appears on his comm screen to gloat that he'd come up with exactly the same plan—only in his version of events, the ship's pilot goes "up with the ship". As the timer counts down to zero, the Maximals frantically wait for Optimus Primal to make his escape. Primal pounds on the sealed hatch, to no avail. As the Maximals wonder what is going on, Blackarachnia tells them it's too late... in Tarantulas's voice.

The transwarp cell explodes, and high above the planet, the Planet Buster is annihilated... along with the pod ship and Optimus Primal.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s
|c1=
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (1)
*[[Tigatron]] (2)
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (3)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (4)
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (5)
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (13)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (14)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (6)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (7)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (8)
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (9)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (10)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (11)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (12)
}}

==Quotes==
"Sufferin' circuits. What could it be?" 
"The light at the end of the world."
:—'''Cheetor''' and '''Tigatron''', watching the Planet Buster power up

"What is it?" 
"Well, I'd say it was the [[Instruments of Destruction|instrument of our destruction]]. Impressive, yesss..."
:—'''Scorponok''' and '''Megatron''' upon seeing the Planet Buster's true form.

'''Megatron''': Brilliant! They're causing a chain reaction which will rip this planet to atoms and destroy all traces of them—simply to deal with us! Such sheer ruthlessness. Such disregard for sentient life! ...I rather like these aliens. 
'''Terrorsaur''': Like them?! They're trying to ''destroy'' us! 
'''Waspinator''': Waszzpinator not want to be destroyed! Waszzpinator has ''plans''! 
'''Scorponok''': Megatron will save us! 
'''Megatron''': I think not. I've reserved ''that'' task for Tarantulas.
:—The Predacons react to the Planet Buster.

'''Blackarachnia''': We—I did it! 
'''Airazor''': ''Hooray'' for you. 
[''Blackarachnia finds herself held at gunpoint.''] 
'''Blackarachnia''': Did you know we have a truce?

"Cozy." 
"Just like a coffin."
:—'''Optimus Primal''' and '''Blackarachnia'''

"Oh, you Optimuses ''do'' love to sacrifice yourselves, don't you? Well, fortunately, this time your foolishness will destroy you ''and'' your Maximals. The Beast Wars are ''over'', Optimus. ''You'' '''''lose'''''."
:—'''Megatron''' rubs his victory in.

"'''''MEGATROOOOOON!'''''"
:—'''Optimus Primal''''s last words before he kicks the bucket.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* When Blackarachnia grabs Inferno's gun, she clips into Inferno for a split second.
* During Airazor and Rattrap's search for Blackarachnia, Airazor's gun floats in her hand when they jump into a hallway, and then gets "stuck" in her armpit as they walk towards the camera. Meawhile, her hands are posed grasping at nothing.
* As Optimus Primal lies back into the stasis pod, his shoulder pads are much smaller than they usually are. This was done to avoid clipping with the sides of the cramped stasis pod model. It is an odd animation choice, however, given that simply folding his shoulder pads down is a normal part of his transformation, in much the same way he actually ''does'' do with his feet to allow the pod's canopy to close.
* When Megatron gloats to Optimus at the end of the episode, his hands seem to be switched, with his right arm ending in a normal hand instead of his [[beast mode]] head. (It's easiest to see when Megatron is laughing triumphantly at the end of his speech.)

===Continuity errors===
* When Blackarachnia and Tarantulas attacked Dinobot in the previous episode, they caused him to fall through the glass of the elevator on the right hand side of the ''Axalon'''s command center (from Dinobot's perspective). In this episode, the smashed elevator glass has been switched to the other elevator on the other side of the room.
* The piece of cyber-webbing Airazor steps on when she exits the elevator was not present during the close up of Rattrap as he complained about the missing Rhinox and Dinobot.
*When Cheetor and Tigatron volunteer to fly the pod, Optimus rejects their offers because he reasoned that a flyer had the best chance of coming back alive. Airazor then volunteers... and Primal gives no reason why she couldn't do it, instead merely asking if Rattrap planned to volunteer next.
* Optimus asks Rattrap for a 30 nano-click timer on the self-destruct charge, but it's a 60 nano-click countdown when he activates it. Perhaps Rattrap felt his estimate wasn't generous enough.

===Continuity notes===
* Tigatron volunteers to pilot the stasis pod ship, citing that he "owes this world." This likely refers to his decision to destroy the [[Vok]]'s self-propelled-completely-peaceful-heavily-armed-[[Brigadoon|floating-island]]-paradise-of-death in "[[The Trigger, Part 2]]".

===Transformers references===
*Megatron's line, "You Optimuses do enjoy sacrificing yourselves", is a reference to the [[Optimus Prime (G1)|original Optimus Prime]] and [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|his numerous deaths]].

===Real-world references===
* Tigatron describes the Planet Buster's death ray as "the light at the end of the world", which might be a reference to the [[w:The Light at the End of the World (A Flock of Seagulls album)|album]] of the same name.

===Trivia===
* At the script stage, this episode had the subtitle "Termination Day".
* Regular Tarantulas actor [[Alec Willows]] was evidently indisposed during the recording of this episode; while all of Tarantulas's screams and laughs are his, as well as the character's final line ("Too late! Goodbye Optimus!") all of Tarantulas's other dialogue is provided by [[Scott McNeil]], doing his best Willows impression.
* Inferno's got the moves in this episode! During his fight with Blackarachnia he pulls off all sorts of kung fu moves and even does a little Jet Li roundhouse kick. This still surprisingly doesn't keep her from blowing his head off though.
* This episode is the first of two where Inferno refers to Megatron by name rather than as "Royalty" or "my queen."
* A planned but never-produced Generation 1 cameo was planned for "Other Voices" Part 2. The intent was for Megatron to gloat to Primal while the latter was trapped in the stasis pod—by projecting an image of the Autobot leader, Optimus Prime, on Primal's viewscreen as Primal raced for the false moon and met his demise.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/bc8e54e9165e0823?hl=en&&q=%22Optimus+Prime%22 Bob Forward interview on alt.toys.transformers]</ref>
*When you see the little parts of Primal flying towards the camera near the end of the episode, you can see Optimus's head fly at the screen very quickly with a distressed look on his face.
* In [[Madman Entertainment]]'s ''Beast Wars Season 1'' DVD set, on a commentary track for this episode with fan consultant [[Ben Yee]] and story editor [[Larry DiTillio]], fellow story editor [[Bob Forward]] popped in to explain the significance of the slang term "[[Slag (slang)|slag]]". He explained that he looked up on refineries as he figured that robots would be made of steel, and one of the waste byproducts of creating steel was an unusable detritus called slag, which he thought would be an appropriate swear word for robots to use.
* Tarantulas is aware that Optimus will be unable to eject far before the Maximals (or Blackarachnia) find out, hinting that he was aware of Megatron's machinations.
* Just as the pod enters the Planet Buster, you can actually hear the sound of Optimus' arm-cannon firing, and glass shattering. It appears that he attempted to blast his way out, but was too late to actually escape.
*The overall plot of this episode (and, to a lesser extent, the [[Other Voices, Part 1|previous episode]]), has several similarities to "Web World Wars", the season 2 finale of ''ReBoot'' (perhaps not coincidental, as both shows were produced by Mainframe):
**Both episodes feature the heroes and villains working against a common foe (The Vok in ''Beast Wars'', The Web in ''ReBoot'') who intends to destroy them all with a powerful weapon (The Planet Buster in ''Beast Wars'', a giant Web portal in ''ReBoot'').
**Both episodes involve the characters developing a plan to eliminate said foe's weapon (destroying the Planet Buster in ''Beast Wars'', closing the portal to The Web in ''ReBoot'').
**At the end of both episodes, the main villain betrays the heroes, shooting their leader into the enemy weapon right before its destruction (in ''Beast Wars'': Megatron traps Optimus Primal in the stasis pod-ship as it detonates in the Planet Buster; in ''ReBoot'': Megabyte traps Bob in a missile, firing it into the Web portal before using the Hardware to seal it).

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Les Voix d'Autre Monde - 2e partie'''" ("The Voices from Another World - Part 2")

:*''Title:'' '''Les Voix 2''' (Canada, "The Voices 2")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''L'arrivo - Parte 2'''" ("The Arrival - Part Two")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Heiwa o Mamoru Tame ni...'''" (平和を守るために・・・, "To Protect the Peace...")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 25|25 March]] [[1998]]
:**For some inexplicable reason, beginning in this episode, Megatron now addresses [[Predacon computer|Naviko-chan]] by screeching her name in a very high-pitched voice. ''Every single time''.
:**While taunting Primal in the capsule, Megatron does not reference the previous sacrifices of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. This is actually the second time the Japanese dub deliberately eliminated a reference to Generation 1. Waspinator's brief identity crisis as [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] was removed from the dialogue in "[[Dark Designs]]".
:**As is expected, the ominous "The End?" text was replaced with the Japanese "To be continued?" (つづく?, ''Tsudzuku?'').

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Outras Vozes Parte 2'''" ("Other Voices Part 2")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' '''Otras Voces Segunda Parte''' ("Other Voices Second Part")

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' '''Mòrì Jiànglín ''' (末日降临, "The Doomsday Comes")

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

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Other Voices, Part 2

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{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=26
|image=Other_Voices_2_Optimus_pod.jpg
|caption=[[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|Here we go again...]]
|title="Other Voices" Part 2
|production=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[April 1]], [[1997]]
|written by=[[Larry DiTillio]]
|directed by=[[Ezekiel Norton]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''As the alien machine begins destroying the planet's energon, Optimus devises a desperate plan to destroy the device.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Other Voices 2 Tigatron Cheetor.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Beautiful things never turn out good.]]
Out on patrol, [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Tigatron]] stare in awe at "the light at the end of the world", as [[Planet Buster|the alien machine]] continues powering up in space. [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] makes contact and orders them to return to base. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] is pessimistic about their chances of survival, but Primal assures him that [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] will find a way for them to survive.

The [[Bio-Dome|alien bungalow]] finishes transferring power to the moon, and in a flash, [[Vok|the aliens]] depart: "Termination sequence engaged. Return to [[Nexus Zero]]."

[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] observe this from [[Darksyde (BW)|their base]]. Confronted with a machine intended to destroy them, Megatron activates a special program and scans the [[Axalon (BW)|Maximal base]], locating the spiders and [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] within.

[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] is nearly finished converting a stored [[stasis pod]] into his escape ship. [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] observes that it's a little cramped for two... but, weapon drawn, she has no intention of sharing the ride. Inferno arrives just then, blasts her, and sets Tarantulas on fire, knocking him out. Back at the Predacon base, Megatron detects the aborted flow of data to the stasis pod ship and reacts with fury.

[[File:Other Voices 2 Blackarachnia Inferno.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|A girl that can handle a gun, awesome!]]
Inferno starts to examine Tarantulas's work, but is attacked by Blackarachnia, who eludes him with a display of gymnastics before blasting him with his own gun. Picking up Tarantulas's cyber-link goggles, she forms a link with the unconscious Tarantulas to obtain the data needed to finish the pod ship—but finds that staring into the abyss of the spider's mind means that it also stares back...

The Maximals arrive at base, alarmed to find the shields down. Inside, they find Rhinox and [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] cyber-webbed to the ceiling. Optimus Primal sends Rattrap and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] to bring in their unwelcome visitors.

Megatron observes the data flow resuming, just as the altered moon opens fire on the planet with a broad, blinding power ray. Optimus Primal charges the Maximal base's shields as the external temperature begins climbing and deduces that the aliens intend to ignite the [[energon]] deposits. Megatron notes that this will obliterate the entire planet, an incredibly ruthless strategy that he rather admires. He assures his panicked troops that Tarantulas will save them, albeit inadvertently.

[[File:Other Voices 2 Optimus Blackarachnia.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Stasis pod or coffin? At episode's end no one's sure.]]
Blackarachnia finishes the pod ship, only to be discovered and held at gunpoint by Rattrap and Airazor. With Rhinox still out of commission, Optimus Primal is beginning to despair, when Rattrap summons him to the stasis hold. Primal is impressed by the ship and immediately orders Blackarachnia to change the command codes to respond to him. He intends to fly the ship up to the [[Planet Buster]] and detonate the [[transwarp cell]] to destroy it. With little alternative, Blackarachnia complies.

[[File:Other Voices 2 Megatron Optimus.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Worst in-flight movie ever.]]
Soon all is ready, and Optimus Primal has poignant parting words with his worried crew - at which point Blackarachnia comments on the Maximals' sentimentality and is knocked out by Airazor for it - before sealing the ship and launching it. Megatron scans the launch and notes with delight that Primal is flying the vessel. Primal soon reaches the Planet Buster, starts the ignition sequence, and gives the order to blow the hatch seals. But the hatch is sealed and locked! Megatron appears on his comm screen to gloat that he'd come up with exactly the same plan—only in his version of events, the ship's pilot goes "up with the ship". As the timer counts down to zero, the Maximals frantically wait for Optimus Primal to make his escape. Primal pounds on the sealed hatch, to no avail. As the Maximals wonder what is going on, Blackarachnia tells them it's too late... in Tarantulas's voice.

The transwarp cell explodes, and high above the planet, the Planet Buster is annihilated... along with the pod ship and Optimus Primal.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s
|c1=
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (1)
*[[Tigatron]] (2)
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (3)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (4)
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (5)
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (13)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (14)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (6)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (7)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (8)
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (9)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (10)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (11)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (12)
}}

==Quotes==
"Sufferin' circuits. What could it be?" 
"The light at the end of the world."
:—'''Cheetor''' and '''Tigatron''', watching the Planet Buster power up

"What is it?" 
"Well, I'd say it was the [[Instruments of Destruction|instrument of our destruction]]. Impressive, yesss..."
:—'''Scorponok''' and '''Megatron''' upon seeing the Planet Buster's true form.

'''Megatron''': Brilliant! They're causing a chain reaction which will rip this planet to atoms and destroy all traces of them—simply to deal with us! Such sheer ruthlessness. Such disregard for sentient life! ...I rather like these aliens. 
'''Terrorsaur''': Like them?! They're trying to ''destroy'' us! 
'''Waspinator''': Waszzpinator not want to be destroyed! Waszzpinator has ''plans''! 
'''Scorponok''': Megatron will save us! 
'''Megatron''': I think not. I've reserved ''that'' task for Tarantulas.
:—The Predacons react to the Planet Buster.

'''Blackarachnia''': We—I did it! 
'''Airazor''': ''Hooray'' for you. 
[''Blackarachnia finds herself held at gunpoint.''] 
'''Blackarachnia''': Did you know we have a truce?

"Cozy." 
"Just like a coffin."
:—'''Optimus Primal''' and '''Blackarachnia'''

"Oh, you Optimuses ''do'' love to sacrifice yourselves, don't you? Well, fortunately, this time your foolishness will destroy you ''and'' your Maximals. The Beast Wars are ''over'', Optimus. ''You'' '''''lose'''''."
:—'''Megatron''' rubs his victory in.

"'''''MEGATROOOOOON!'''''"
:—'''Optimus Primal''''s last words before he kicks the bucket.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* When Blackarachnia grabs Inferno's gun, she clips into Inferno for a split second.
* During Airazor and Rattrap's search for Blackarachnia, Airazor's gun floats in her hand when they jump into a hallway, and then gets "stuck" in her armpit as they walk towards the camera. Meawhile, her hands are posed grasping at nothing.
* As Optimus Primal lies back into the stasis pod, his shoulder pads are much smaller than they usually are. This was done to avoid clipping with the sides of the cramped stasis pod model. It is an odd animation choice, however, given that simply folding his shoulder pads down is a normal part of his transformation, in much the same way he actually ''does'' do with his feet to allow the pod's canopy to close.
* When Megatron gloats to Optimus at the end of the episode, his hands seem to be switched, with his right arm ending in a normal hand instead of his [[beast mode]] head. (It's easiest to see when Megatron is laughing triumphantly at the end of his speech.)

===Continuity errors===
* When Blackarachnia and Tarantulas attacked Dinobot in the previous episode, they caused him to fall through the glass of the elevator on the right hand side of the ''Axalon'''s command center (from Dinobot's perspective). In this episode, the smashed elevator glass has been switched to the other elevator on the other side of the room.
* The piece of cyber-webbing Airazor steps on when she exits the elevator was not present during the close up of Rattrap as he complained about the missing Rhinox and Dinobot.
*When Cheetor and Tigatron volunteer to fly the pod, Optimus rejects their offers because he reasoned that a flyer had the best chance of coming back alive. Airazor then volunteers... and Primal gives no reason why she couldn't do it, instead merely asking if Rattrap planned to volunteer next.
* Optimus asks Rattrap for a 30 nano-click timer on the self-destruct charge, but it's a 60 nano-click countdown when he activates it. Perhaps Rattrap felt his estimate wasn't generous enough.

===Continuity notes===
* Tigatron volunteers to pilot the stasis pod ship, citing that he "owes this world." This likely refers to his decision to destroy the [[Vok]]'s self-propelled-completely-peaceful-heavily-armed-[[Brigadoon|floating-island]]-paradise-of-death in "[[The Trigger, Part 2]]".

===Transformers references===
*Megatron's line, "You Optimuses do enjoy sacrificing yourselves", is a reference to the [[Optimus Prime (G1)|original Optimus Prime]] and [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|his numerous deaths]].

===Real-world references===
* Tigatron describes the Planet Buster's death ray as "the light at the end of the world", which might be a reference to the [[w:The Light at the End of the World (A Flock of Seagulls album)|album]] of the same name.

===Trivia===
* At the script stage, this episode had the subtitle "Termination Day".
* Regular Tarantulas actor [[Alec Willows]] was evidently indisposed during the recording of this episode; while all of Tarantulas's screams and laughs are his, as well as the character's final line ("Too late! Goodbye Optimus!") all of Tarantulas's other dialogue is provided by [[Scott McNeil]], doing his best Willows impression.
* Inferno's got the moves in this episode! During his fight with Blackarachnia he pulls off all sorts of kung fu moves and even does a little Jet Li roundhouse kick. This still surprisingly doesn't keep her from blowing his head off though.
* This episode is the first of two where Inferno refers to Megatron by name rather than as "Royalty" or "my queen."
* A planned but never-produced Generation 1 cameo was planned for "Other Voices" Part 2. The intent was for Megatron to gloat to Primal while the latter was trapped in the stasis pod—by projecting an image of the Autobot leader, Optimus Prime, on Primal's viewscreen as Primal raced for the false moon and met his demise.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/bc8e54e9165e0823?hl=en&&q=%22Optimus+Prime%22 Bob Forward interview on alt.toys.transformers]</ref>
*When you see the little parts of Primal flying towards the camera near the end of the episode, you can see Optimus's head fly at the screen very quickly with a distressed look on his face.
* In [[Madman Entertainment]]'s ''Beast Wars Season 1'' DVD set, on a commentary track for this episode with fan consultant [[Ben Yee]] and story editor [[Larry DiTillio]], fellow story editor [[Bob Forward]] popped in to explain the significance of the slang term "[[Slag (slang)|slag]]". He explained that he looked up on refineries as he figured that robots would be made of steel, and one of the waste byproducts of creating steel was an unusable detritus called slag, which he thought would be an appropriate swear word for robots to use.
* * Tarantulas is aware that Optimus will be unable to eject far before the Maximals (or Blackarachnia) find out, hinting that he was aware of Megatron's machinations.
* Just as the pod enters the Planet Buster, you can actually hear the sound of Optimus' arm-cannon firing, and glass shattering. It appears that he attempted to blast his way out, but was too late to actually escape.
*The overall plot of this episode (and, to a lesser extent, the [[Other Voices, Part 1|previous episode]]), has several similarities to "Web World Wars", the season 2 finale of ''ReBoot'' (perhaps not coincidental, as both shows were produced by Mainframe):
**Both episodes feature the heroes and villains working against a common foe (The Vok in ''Beast Wars'', The Web in ''ReBoot'') who intends to destroy them all with a powerful weapon (The Planet Buster in ''Beast Wars'', a giant Web portal in ''ReBoot'').
**Both episodes involve the characters developing a plan to eliminate said foe's weapon (destroying the Planet Buster in ''Beast Wars'', closing the portal to The Web in ''ReBoot'').
**At the end of both episodes, the main villain betrays the heroes, shooting their leader into the enemy weapon right before its destruction (in ''Beast Wars'': Megatron traps Optimus Primal in the stasis pod-ship as it detonates in the Planet Buster; in ''ReBoot'': Megabyte traps Bob in a missile, firing it into the Web portal before using the Hardware to seal it).

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Les Voix d'Autre Monde - 2e partie'''" ("The Voices from Another World - Part 2")

:*''Title:'' '''Les Voix 2''' (Canada, "The Voices 2")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''L'arrivo - Parte 2'''" ("The Arrival - Part Two")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Heiwa o Mamoru Tame ni...'''" (平和を守るために・・・, "To Protect the Peace...")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 25|25 March]] [[1998]]
:**For some inexplicable reason, beginning in this episode, Megatron now addresses [[Predacon computer|Naviko-chan]] by screeching her name in a very high-pitched voice. ''Every single time''.
:**While taunting Primal in the capsule, Megatron does not reference the previous sacrifices of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. This is actually the second time the Japanese dub deliberately eliminated a reference to Generation 1. Waspinator's brief identity crisis as [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] was removed from the dialogue in "[[Dark Designs]]".
:**As is expected, the ominous "The End?" text was replaced with the Japanese "To be continued?" (つづく?, ''Tsudzuku?'').

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Outras Vozes Parte 2'''" ("Other Voices Part 2")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' '''Otras Voces Segunda Parte''' ("Other Voices Second Part")

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' '''Mòrì Jiànglín ''' (末日降临, "The Doomsday Comes")

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

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Alec Willows

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[[Image:Alecwillows.jpg|right|180px|thumb|There's a good chance Alec (left) ate him after this picture was taken.]]
'''Alec Willows''' is a Canadian voice actor. Some of his most notable roles include Oolong on the first English dub of ''Dragon Ball'' and ''Dragon Ball Z'', Bao on ''Black Lagoon'', Mushin on ''InuYasha'', Commander Feldspar on ''War Planets: Shadow Raiders'', Falkenar on ''Conan: The Adventurer'', and as the Mayor of Townsville on the English dub of ''Powerpuff Girls Z''.

He has the most awesome evil cackle ever.

==Roles==
===''Beast Wars''===
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (except parts of "[[Other Voices, Part 2]]")

===''Beast Wars: Transmetals'' (video game)===
*Tarantulas
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]

==Convention appearances==
*[[BotCon 2000]]

==Notes==
* Willows was interviewed as a special feature for [[Madman Entertainment]]'s ''Beast Wars'' season 3 DVD box set.
* His favourite character in ''Beast Wars'' was [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]].

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0932602/ Alec Willows at the Internet Movie Database]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Willows, Alec}}
[[Category:Convention guests]]
[[Category:Mainframe Entertainment]]
[[Category:English voice actors]]

David Kaye

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[[File:DavidKaye1.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|For a Canadian, he sure does play [[Superman|a lot]] [[Captain America|of American]] [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|superheroes]].]]
'''David Kaye''' (born '''David V. Hope''' on [[October 14]], [[1964]]) is a Canadian voice actor and, man, he is in ''everything''. Some of his more popular roles in the world of animation include Professor Xavier in ''[[X-Men|X-Men Evolution]]'', [[Khyber]] and several Omnitrix aliens and characters in ''[[Ben 10]]: Omniverse'' (and later [[Paul Eiding|Grandpa Max]], Shock Rock, and Humungousaur in the 2016 reboot along with a few others), Clank in the ''[[James Arnold Taylor|Ratchet]] & Clank'' franchise, Rock Miner in ''Rescue Heroes'', [[Superman]] and Hawkman in ''DC Super Friends'', and he's well known within the ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' franchise, having voiced [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|General Hawk]] in both the final season of ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' and in ''[[Sgt. Savage|Sgt. Savage and his Screaming Eagles]]'', and Patrick O'Hara (father to [[Scarlett]]) in ''G.I. Joe: Renegades''.

In the world of dubbing, Kaye has played Treize Khushrenada in ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'', Sesshomaru in ''InuYasha'' and Recoome in the Ocean Group dub of ''Dragon Ball Z''. He is also the announcer for ''Last Week Tonight with John Oliver'', and voiced all those commercials for Enzyte featuring the eternally-creepily-smiling "Bob".

Kaye originally began his voice acting career as a member of the Canadian voice acting union, doing voice over work out of Vancouver. In 2007, he moved to the US, joining the American voice acting union in LA and now does voice over work exclusively in the States.

==Voice roles==
===''Beast Wars''===
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]

===''Beast Wars Transmetals Game''===
*Megatron
*[[Megatron X (BW)|Megatron X]]

===''Beast Machines''===
*Megatron
*[[Noble (BM)|Savage/Noble]]

===''Armada''===
*[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron/Galvatron]]

===''Energon''===
*Megatron/Galvatron
*[[Unicron]]

===''Cybertron''===
*Megatron/Galvatron (except "[[Fallen (episode)#Trivia|Fallen]]")

===''Transformers Animated''===
{{collist|3|
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]]
*[[Police drone|Security Bot]] ("[[Total Meltdown]]")
*[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]]
*[[Trash Bot]] ([[Sound and Fury]])
*[[News Bot]] ([[Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster]])
*[[Sparkplug (Animated human)|Sparkplug]]
*[[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]]
*[[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]]
*[[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]]
*[[Dead End (Animated)|Dead End]] (Botcon 2011 Script Reading)
*[[Toxitron (Animated)|Toxitron]] (Botcon 2011 Script Reading)
}}
====Incidentals====
{{collist|3|
* Technician 1 ("[[Transform and Roll Out]]")
* Firefighter ("Transform and Roll Out")
* Fan #2 ("Transform and Roll Out")
* Fan #1 ("[[Home Is Where the Spark Is]]")
* Nature Show Narrator ("Home Is Where the Spark Is")
* Customer ("[[Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec]]")
* Man ("[[Along Came a Spider]]")
* Intercom Voice ("[[Sound and Fury]]")
* [[Irate Citizen]] ("[[Garbage In, Garbage Out]]")
* Driver ("[[Velocity (episode)|Velocity]]")
}}

===''Transformers Prime''===
* [[Hardshell]]
* [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] ("[[Hurt]]")

===''Transformers: Robots in Disguise''===
* [[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]]
* [[Slashmark]]

==Convention appearances==
* [[BotCon 1997]]
* [[BotCon 1998]]
* [[OTFCC 2003]]
* [[BotCon 2007]]
* [[BotCon 2008]]
* [[BotCon 2009]]
* [[BotCon 2011]]
* [[BotCon 2012]]
* [[BotCon 2014]]
* [[BotCon 2016]]
* [[Unofficial conventions|TFcon]] (2004, 2010)

==Notes==
* He is the only voice actor who has voiced both [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] as regular roles. Kaye has also lent his voice to '''eight''' separate ''Transformers'' series, the most for any single ''Transformers'' voice actor.
* Ironically, when auditioning for ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', Kaye originally read for the role of [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] while [[Garry Chalk]] read for the sinister [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]].
* Kaye has described his take on Megatron as being "a cross between [[Anthony Hopkins]], Sean Connery, and a lizard".
*[[Bill Fagerbakke]] says his mom is hot. This disturbs him. '''And''' us.
*Kaye was interviewed as a special feature for [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]]'s ''Beast Machines'' The Complete Series DVD set, and also on [[Madman Entertainment]]'s ''Beast Wars'' season 3 box set.
*He has been known to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9iXlC6mwPc oblige requests at conventions] to sing the ''{{w|Sesame Street}}'' Rubber Ducky song in his Beast Wars Megatron voice. And to this day, it's very catchy.
*When ''Transformers'' fan [http://twitter.com/Moosetron Moosetron] was dying of leukemia in late 2013, Kaye recorded a private video greeting for him as a final [[Christmas]] gift, partially done in character as ''Armada'' Galvatron, along with [[Steve Blum]].
*As noted in the caption above, he's the ''only'' actor who's played Superman, Captain America and Optimus Prime. Talk about the red, white and blue!
* Kaye reprised his role as ''Beast Wars'' Megatron for a parody in the ''Robot Chicken'' Season 9 episode "Factory Where Nuts Are Handled".
* Every year, on his YouTube channel, David Kaye gives Christmas greetings, partially in character as Megatron.
* Kaye's favourite character in ''Beast Wars'' was [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]].

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0443286/ David Kaye at the Internet Movie Database]
*[https://twitter.com/dkayevo David Kaye's Twitter feed]
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/dkayevo/videos David Kaye's YouTube Channel]

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Alec Willows

2020-10-06T16:45:04Z

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[[Image:Alecwillows.jpg|right|180px|thumb|There's a good chance Alec (left) ate him after this picture was taken.]]
'''Alec Willows''' is a Canadian voice actor. Some of his most notable roles include Oolong on the first English dub of ''Dragon Ball'' and ''Dragon Ball Z'', Bao on ''Black Lagoon'', Mushin on ''InuYasha'', Commander Feldspar on ''War Planets: Shadow Raiders'', Falkenar on ''Conan: The Adventurer'', and as the Mayor of Townsville on the English dub of ''Powerpuff Girls Z''.

He has the most awesome evil cackle ever.

==Roles==
===''Beast Wars''===
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]

===''Beast Wars: Transmetals'' (video game)===
*Tarantulas
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]

==Convention appearances==
*[[BotCon 2000]]

==Notes==
* Willows was interviewed as a special feature for [[Madman Entertainment]]'s ''Beast Wars'' season 3 DVD box set.
* His favourite character in ''Beast Wars'' was [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]].

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0932602/ Alec Willows at the Internet Movie Database]

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Scott McNeil

2020-10-05T16:05:34Z

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[[Image:OTFCC2004ScottMcNeil.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Scott receives a pair of [[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]] sandals at OTFCC 2004. The insanity of the gift is only matched by the insanity of the recipient.]]

'''Scott McNeil''' (born [[September 15]], [[1962]]) is an Australian-born Canadian voice actor. Some of his most notable roles include Bonesteel from [[Saban Entertainment]]'s ''Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation'', [[Cobra Commander]] from ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]: [[Sgt. Savage|Sgt. Savage and his Screaming Eagles]]'', [[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]] from ''[[X-Men]]: Evolution'', [[Batman|Ace the Bat-Hound]] from ''Krypto the Superdog'', [[Ken|Ken Masters]] from the ''Street Fighter'' animated series, Proto Man and Dr. Wily from the Ruby-Spears ''Mega Man'' series, and oh so many more.

In the world of dubbing, McNeil has played such characters as Piccolo from the original English dub of ''Dragon Ball Z'', Hohenheim of Light from ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', Dr. Wily again for the ''Mega Man: Upon a Star'' OVAs, Duo Maxwell from ''Gundam Wing'' (a voice that sounds almost identical to Rattrap's), and Koga from ''InuYasha''.

He is an extremely prolific performer, an incredibly popular guest at Transformers and anime conventions, and is <s>probably</s> Certifiably insane.

{{Bigquote|You people are insane... I've found my Tribe!|Scott McNeil reacts to the [[fandom]]}}

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
At [[Auto Assembly 2010]] attendees could buy a [[toy]] of Scott in a boxed set alongside similar likenesses of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] and [[Garry Chalk]] at [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]'s charity auction and tombola. {{storylink|International Incident Part 1: "The Land Ironclads"|''The Transformers'' #9 cover}}

==Voice roles==
===''Beast Wars''===
{{collist|2|
*[[Cicadacon]]
*[[Clone One]]
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]
*[[Dinobot II]]
*[[Packrat]] (script reading)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]]
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (portions of "[[Other Voices, Part 2]]")
*[[Vice Grip]] (script reading)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]

}}
[[Image:Scott McNeil Ohayocon 04.jpg|right|223px|thumb|Scott entertains an audience at Ohayocon 2004, probably with another story about [[Garry Chalk|Garry]] the big dumb munky.]]

===''Beast Wars Transmetals'' Video Game===

*Waspinator
*Rattrap
*Silverbolt

===''Beast Machines''===

*Rattrap
*Silverbolt
*Waspinator

===''Armada''===
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]

===''Energon''===

*Jetfire
*[[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]]
*[[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]]

===''Cybertron''===

*[[Backstop (Cybertron)|Backstop]]
*[[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]]
*[[Velocitron]] announcer
*Crane Gigantion

{{note|McNeil didn't continue Jetfire into ''Cybertron''. The producers reportedly wanted Jetfire to have a more 'Australian' voice instead of his usual, hence a new actor. Ironically, Scott McNeil was, in fact, born in Brisbane, [[Australia]]! Clearly, he was insufficiently Australian.}}

==Convention appearances==
* [[BotCon 1998]]
* [[BotCon 1999]]
* [[BotCon 2001]]
* [[OTFCC 2004]]
* [[BotCon 2006]]
* [[BotCon 2010]]

==Notes==
[[Image:ScottMcNeil Megsy.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Megatron watches in horror as Scott plays with his arms.]]
* Scott looks vastly different at each of his convention appearances. This page only scratches the surface of his myriad looks.
* For the interview in [[Madman Entertainment]]'s ''Beast Wars'' DVDs, Scott came dressed in a foam [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] costume.
* Scott auditioned for every role in ''Beast Wars''. In particular, he was interested in playing [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (who he almost got) and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]].
* Seriously, he's clinically insane.

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0573926/ Scott McNeil at the Internet Movie Database]
*{{w|Scott McNeil|Scott McNeil at Wikipedia}}

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Call of the Wild

2020-10-04T18:46:43Z

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{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=19
|image=Call of the Wild Optimus scope.jpg
|caption=Scopes munky trial?
|title="Call of the Wild"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[January 7]], 1997
|written by=[[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[Jonathan Goodwill]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''The Predacons steal the rectifier coil from the Maximal base, which causes the Maximals to revert into a more feral state.'''

==Synopsis==
A cheetah enthusiastically chases some antelopes, when the ground around it breaks up and it is sent falling into hot lava. Before the cat gets burned, the sequence ends, revealed to be a dream of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]'s. Cheetor awakens from his nightmare in time to hear the alarms triggered by a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] assault. As the other [[Maximal]]s prepare [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]], [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] drags Cheetor outside to battle.

[[File:Call of the Wild Waspinator Terrorsaur.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|What do we do about the slime?]]
[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Primal]] exits the Maximals' control room via the roof hatch, but is unable to prevent [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] from grabbing a piece of Maximal hardware off the roof and retreating with the other Predacons. A well-placed rocket from [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] prevents Primal from chasing the fliers. [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] is just able to catch the Maximal leader before he crashes into the ground, but lowering Primal after taking a hit from Terrorsaur seriously taxes Airazor's systems. On the upside, the Predacons are no longer attacking.

Inside the base, recuperating, the Maximals suddenly feel the harmful effects of [[energon]] build-up. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] explains that without the [[rectifier coil]] the Predacons stole, the Maximals will have to stay in [[beast mode]]. Meanwhile, the Predacons, after an uncharacteristically successful mission, enjoy a hearty laugh together.

[[File:Call of the Wild Rhinox Optimus Rattrap.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The Maximals look on as [[Michael Bay]] attempts to direct a scene.]]
Days later, Rhinox interrupts a dream Primal has (of being a real ape) to mention that Predacons are still haunting the local area. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] suffers frustration from his beast mode's diminutive size and limb length. Primal and Rattrap almost get into a fight with each other, their minds suffering from bestial traits leaking into their personalities, but Rhinox lays down the line. Once the Preds leave, the Maximals take some much-needed rest.

[[File:Call of the Wild Hunt.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Shhh. Be vewy, vewy quiet. We'ah hunting Maxies. Heheheheheh.]]
In his dreams, Primal is tormented by eyes glowing in the dark, Dinobot dreams of hunting surprisingly tiny hadrosaurs, and Rattrap dreams of rat stuff. The dreams overpower their respective dreamers, and the Maximals awaken, trapped in the mindsets of the creatures whose forms they wear. The animals all eventually exit [[Axalon (BW)|their base]]. Their foes' intellects gone, Megatron and the Predacons begin their hunt.

Airazor exits the [[CR chamber]] to meet [[Tigatron]] in the empty Maximal base. Tigatron resolves to reform his Maximal companions before they're killed, while Airazor has her own mission. She heads to the unoccupied [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon base]], deftly dodging the automated defenses. Inside, the rectifier coil is under no protection she can't destroy.

[[File:Call of the Wild Optimus Megatron.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Peter Jackson likely watched this episode.]]
In the jungle, Tigatron comes to face the feral Cheetor and Rhinox. The two follow him for reasons their animal minds don't comprehend. Next Tigatron recruits the primal Optimus into his party, and finally Dinobot and Rattrap. His friends gathered, Tigatron speaks to the dormant minds of his friends. He explains how the schism that exists between the Maximals' two modes is a side effect of a programming block, and as long as that program exists, the animal and Maximal identities will never reach cohesion. Now embracing the beasts within, the restored Maximals are ready to "Slag some bot!"

Primal swings Megatron off of his throne as the two Maximal cats tackle the two Predacon goons who were carrying their leader. Dinobot's raptor mode conquers [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. Rhinox knocks over a tree to ground the Predacon fliers, and a ratball special puts Rattrap into position to pump gunfire into Terrorsaur. After the Predacons start to feel the effects of energon build-up, Megatron orders a retreat.

{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (1)
* [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (4)
* [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (5)
* [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (6)
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (7)
* [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (12)
* [[Tigatron]] (14)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
* [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (2)
* [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (3)
* [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (8)
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (9)
* [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (10)
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (11)
* [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"Man, I swear them polka-dots go clear through to the brain."
:—'''Rattrap''' on Cheetor.

"Trouble with the neighbors again."
:—'''Airazor''' spots the ''Axalon'' under attack.

"Predacons, fall back!" 
"''Now'' he tells me!"
:—'''Megatron''''s order comes a wee bit too late to save '''Tarantulas'''.

"Waszzpinator ''love'' it when prey cannot shoot back!"
:-'''Waspinator''' in a rare moment of having the upper hand... It won't last.

"Hunting from the air with automatic weapons—now ''that's'' a sport!"
:—'''Terrorsaur'''

"She stoops to conquer!"
:—'''Airazor''' shows some wit.

"Rat...robot. Rat...robot. I'm a robot ''and'' a rat! Yeahh, I ''like'' it!" 
"Hrmf, I do not see why."
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Dinobot'''

"Remember; do not fight your beast instincts. Let them help your robot forms, both in battle and in peace. But for now, let us Maximize..." 
''[Tigatron transforms, and cocks his gun!]'' 
"AND SLAG SOME BOT!!" 
:—Nothing short of poetry from '''Tigatron!'''

==Other notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* When the Predacon hunting party arrives, Terrorsaur's gun appears to be floating between his hands.
* Tigatron's legs clip through a nearby rock after he beckons gorilla-Optimus to follow him.
* When he transforms after completing his speech, Tigatron's right arm passes through the moonrays, which seems to make its reflection textures vanish.

===Continuity errors===
* At first glance, Megatron's plan seems to have a rather large glitch / continuity error. If his theories are based on researching Maximal programming, ''why would Dinobot be affected as well?'' Still, none of the dialogue explicitly ''denounces'' the idea that Predacons rely on similar programming -- perhaps Megatron started from an identical flaw in Pred programming, and his research merely confirmed Maximals would have the same flaw. (They could have probably saved themselves the bother by having him say "Cybertronian programming", but oh well.)
* Primal seems obsessed with not letting the Maximals transform in case they are attacked. Would it really be that bad just to convert to robot mode for 5 minutes to clear their heads, especially if they did it one at a time? For that matter, what exactly was the plan? The Maximals clearly knew that their beast mode instincts were taking over, but seemed to be making no plans to either retrieve or repair the rectifier coil. Were they really just going to wait around for Tigatron to turn up and hope he'd solve everything?

===Continuity notes===
* When Optimus is dreaming in his quarters, the plant that Dinobot left for him at the end of "[[Gorilla Warfare]]" can be seen next to his bed.
* Rhinox mentions that the Predacons have been attacking the base off and on for "two days", an increasingly rare use of non-cycle based unit of time.
* Gadgets and powers:
** This episode marks the only use of Megatron's right arm-mounted missile launcher, which fires from the same port the laser beam emanates from. What is with Transformers and the one-use weapons?

===Transformers references===
* Tigatron says that once, the Maximals were merely "[[Robots in Disguise (disambiguation)|robots in disguise]]".

===Real-world references===
* The episode was likely named after {{w|Jack London}}'s 1903 novel ''{{w|The Call of the Wild}}''.
* Airazor's "she stoops to conquer" line is a ''double'' reference: first, and most obviously, to 1773 play ''{{w|She Stoops to Conquer}}'', and secondly to a ''stoop'', which is the dive of a bird of prey. [[Ben Yee|Some people]] do not get it.

===Trivia===
* An unproduced ''Beast Wars'' episode named "[[A Greater Ape]]" would have adopted the basic premise of a Maximal believing themselves to be a real animal, focusing specifically on Optimus Primal. It's unknown if this episode was written after Mainframe scrapped the aforementioned concept, citing the need for too many expensive models.
** Similar concepts regarding how well Maximals integrate their beast and robot modes would later surface in ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''. The idea of the Maximals temporarily turning feral was revisited in that series in "[[Forbidden Fruit]]", but for different reasons.
* When the Maximal computer announces that the Predacons are withdrawing from the area, text in the Maximal version of the Cybertronix [[Cybertronian language|language]] scrolls by the bottom of the screen, and more text flashes in blue in the middle of the screen. The blue flashing text reads "area clear", and the text on the bottom reads "its been a long time since ive had sweet thistle pie".
* In his beast dream, Dinobot—supposedly experiencing the instincts of his [[beast mode]], Asia's ''{{w|Velociraptor}}''—dreams of chasing what appears to be a ''{{w|Parasaurolophus}}'', which only lived in the Americas and which furthermore is portrayed as far too small. Since the creature is never actually named, it may be taken as representing a different dinosaur species as-yet-undiscovered.
* When Megatron "suggests" to his troops to laugh with him, Blackarachnia is the only one who refuses to pay him that courtesy. Clearly, Dinobot is not the only who's got some bearings of chrome steel.
* If you look closely at the start of the hunt, Tarantulas seems to be struggling under Megatron's weight. Scorponok seems okay, though.
* Inferno appears but has no lines, despite this being his first appearance under Megatron's command. Perhaps [[Jim Byrnes]] wasn't available?

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Chassez le Naturel'''" ("Hunt the Natural")

:*''Title:'' "'''Appel Sauvage'''" ("Savage Calling")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il richiamo della foresta'''" ("The Call of the Wild")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yomigaere Beast Power!'''" (よみがえれビーストパワー!, "Revive, Beast Power!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 4|4 February]] [[1998]]
::*During the opening assault on the Axalon, Tarantulas seems to have adopted Cheetor's habit of shouting "Utsumashi!" ("Fire!") every time he fires his weapon. He also giddily sings to himself as he opens fire on the base.
::*After Scorponok fumbles and falls off his hover platform, the other Predacons all chant ''sayonaraaaa'' in unison.
::*The tortured squealing of the small dinosaur Dinobot eats in his dream has strangely been dubbed. It now sounds "cuter", making high pitched, processed "peeping" noises like a baby chick.
::*Even when he's trapped in an animal mindset, Rattrap continues to speak and mutter asides to himself about food and danger... which completely defeats the purpose of the Maximals going feral and losing higher reasoning capabilities.
::*Perhaps the most infamous change made for the Japanese version of this episode (thanks to being prominently showcased in the clip movie "[[Clash! Beast Warriors]]"), when the Predacons begin their safari and start beating the drums, they sing a musical number. The lyrics aren't especially clever, as it's mostly each Predacon sounding off and then the others chanting their unique verbal tic ("Orya! Orya!" for Scorponok, "Bun! Bun!" for Waspinator, etc.).
::*Airazor's dramatic declaration, "She stoops to conquer!" is altered into the rather bland, "I will return the Rectifier Coil!"
::*After Megatron sees the explosions and says ''uh-oh'', Optimus Primal does the famous Tarzan yell (or ''tries'' to, anyway) as he comes swinging in on the vine.
::*In one of the worst moments of character brutalization, even by the Japanese dub's standards, when Dinobot pins Blackarachnia down with his foot and hisses at her, she pathetically cries, "It hurts! Stop!"
::*When the Predacons each retreat into the jungle upon defeat, each character calls out a humorous "excuse" for running away. Megatron whimpers a pathetic, "I have to return to my piano lessons" as he dashes away.

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Instinto Selvagem'''" ("Wild Instinct")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''El Llamado de la Bestia'''" (America, "The Call of the Beast")

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yěxìng de Hūhuàn '''" (野性的呼唤, "The Call of the Beast")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — Resurrected Beast Power ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 3 ([[Universal]])
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Predacon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes: Volume 3 — The Battle Rages On! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

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Scott McNeil

2020-10-02T16:33:50Z

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[[Image:OTFCC2004ScottMcNeil.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Scott receives a pair of [[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]] sandals at OTFCC 2004. The insanity of the gift is only matched by the insanity of the recipient.]]

'''Scott McNeil''' (born [[September 15]], [[1962]]) is an Australian-born Canadian voice actor. Some of his most notable roles include Bonesteel from [[Saban Entertainment]]'s ''Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation'', [[Cobra Commander]] from ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]: [[Sgt. Savage|Sgt. Savage and his Screaming Eagles]]'', [[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]] from ''[[X-Men]]: Evolution'', [[Batman|Ace the Bat-Hound]] from ''Krypto the Superdog'', [[Ken|Ken Masters]] from the ''Street Fighter'' animated series, Proto Man and Dr. Wily from the Ruby-Spears ''Mega Man'' series, and oh so many more.

In the world of dubbing, McNeil has played such characters as Piccolo from the original English dub of ''Dragon Ball Z'', Hohenheim of Light from ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', Dr. Wily again for the ''Mega Man: Upon a Star'' OVAs, Duo Maxwell from ''Gundam Wing'' (a voice that sounds almost identical to Rattrap's), and Koga from ''InuYasha''.

He is an extremely prolific performer, an incredibly popular guest at Transformers and anime conventions, and is <s>probably</s> Certifiably insane.

{{Bigquote|You people are insane... I've found my Tribe!|Scott McNeil reacts to the [[fandom]]}}

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
At [[Auto Assembly 2010]] attendees could buy a [[toy]] of Scott in a boxed set alongside similar likenesses of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] and [[Garry Chalk]] at [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]'s charity auction and tombola. {{storylink|International Incident Part 1: "The Land Ironclads"|''The Transformers'' #9 cover}}

==Voice roles==
===''Beast Wars''===
{{collist|2|
*[[Cicadacon]]
*[[Clone One]]
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]
*[[Dinobot II]]
*[[Packrat]] (script reading)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]]
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (portions of "[[Other Voices, Part 2]]")
*[[Vice Grip]] (script reading)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]

}}
[[Image:Scott McNeil Ohayocon 04.jpg|right|223px|thumb|Scott entertains an audience at Ohayocon 2004, probably with another story about [[Garry Chalk|Garry]] the big dumb munky.]]

===''Beast Wars Transmetals'' Video Game===

*Waspinator
*Rattrap
*Silverbolt

===''Beast Machines''===

*Rattrap
*Silverbolt
*Waspinator

===''Armada''===
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]

===''Energon''===

*Jetfire
*[[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]]
*[[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]]

===''Cybertron''===

*[[Backstop (Cybertron)|Backstop]]
*[[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]]
*[[Velocitron]] announcer
*Crane Gigantion

{{note|McNeil didn't continue Jetfire into ''Cybertron''. The producers reportedly wanted Jetfire to have a more 'Australian' voice instead of his usual, hence a new actor. Ironically, Scott McNeil was, in fact, born in Brisbane, [[Australia]]! Clearly, he was insufficiently Australian.}}

==Convention appearances==
* [[BotCon 1998]]
* [[BotCon 1999]]
* [[BotCon 2001]]
* [[OTFCC 2004]]
* [[BotCon 2006]]
* [[BotCon 2010]]

==Notes==
[[Image:ScottMcNeil Megsy.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Megatron watches in horror as Scott plays with his arms.]]
* Scott looks vastly different at each of his convention appearances. This page only scratches the surface of his myriad looks.
* For the interview in [[Madman Entertainment]]'s ''Beast Wars'' DVDs, Scott came dressed in a foam [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] costume.
* Scott auditioned for every role in ''Beast Wars''. In particular, he was interested in playing [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]].
* Seriously, he's clinically insane.

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0573926/ Scott McNeil at the Internet Movie Database]
*{{w|Scott McNeil|Scott McNeil at Wikipedia}}

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Code of Hero

2020-09-26T11:58:39Z

Grey: They definitely know Rampage is a Predacon now, because Cheetor runs into him earlier with Megatron and refers to him as 'Rampage'.

{{disambig2|the cartoon episode|the mobile game event|Code of a Hero}}

{{episode|
|series=BWtoon
|ep=35
|series2=Metals
|ep2=8
|prev2=Other Visits (Part 2)
|image=CodeofHero titlepic.jpg
|caption=The rest... is silence.
|title="Code of Hero"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[March 9]], 1998 ([[Toonami]]), [[April 25]], 1998 (syndication)
|packaged with=[[Dinobot (BW)#Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|Dinobot]]
|written by=[[Ian Weir]]
|directed by=[[Bob Forward]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''Dinobot makes the ultimate sacrifice to save those who are still to come.'''

==Synopsis==
In a wild valley, a group of [[Protohuman|primitive hominids]] forage for food. A gargantuan snake attacks two of their number, and the protohumans are helpless to stop it...

[[File:Dinobot meditate.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"I have no other choice, I have dishonored my comrades."]]
At the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', a haunted Dinobot meditates on his sword... and holds its blade ominously over his chest. But after a long moment of tension and hesitation, he casts it aside with a growl of frustration.

Rhinox has been calculating the path of the [[Transwarp wavefront|Transwarp Wave]] from the [[Planet Buster]]'s destruction—it's traveling through time at an accelerated rate, and will reach [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in the "present", thus alerting Cybertron to their location. [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] fears Megatron has made similar calculations, and the group realizes they need to increase their defenses.

Dinobot, still somber, runs into Rattrap, who nearly goads him into a fight over his turning the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Disk]] over to Megatron. Rattrap stalks off, concluding that he'd thought Dinobot was at least forthright. Dinobot is left to reflect that his past actions cannot be undone... but they "may yet be mitigated". He arms himself and heads off into the wastes.

On aerial recon, Cheetor observes Megatron and Rampage out for a stroll. They drive him off with some damage, but Cheetor calls in the sighting to Dinobot, who promises to follow up.

At [[Tarantulas's lair|his lair]], Tarantulas has captured a tasty antelope for his dinner. But as he creeps up to the struggling beast, Dinobot bursts out of the ground, holding him at gunpoint and demanding to know what information is on the Golden Disk. Tarantulas doesn't know—there are no more copies remaining, and Megatron is keeping the Disk on his person at all times. Still holding him at gunpoint, Dinobot uses Tarantulas as his unwilling ride.

[[File:Megatron GoldenDisk.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The hills are alive, with The Sounds of Earth!]]
The protohumans scatter and panic as Megatron flies overhead and lands. Rampage sneers that the Maximals will soon arrive from Cybertron, and that he anticipates Megatron's imminent demise. Megatron admits that's very likely... but only if history remains as it is.

Megatron explains that the Golden Disk contains images recorded in the future, including one of a nearby mountain. Megatron has Rampage destroy the mountaintop. After a moment, the image on the disk changes to suit the altered reality, to Megatron's delight. Dinobot observes all this with dawning dread: Megatron has the power to change the future.

The valley they are standing above, Megatron explains, spawned the human race. Their interference helped the Autobots win the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], thereby allowing the Maximals to rule over the Predacons today. But Megatron has a different history in mind. Summoning the rest of his troops, he orders them to annihilate the valley and its inhabitants. With the protohumans destroyed, the human race will never have existed!

[[File:BWDinobot decision.jpg|left|upright=0.95|thumb|A picturesque image is required before a dramatic death.]]
While Dinobot's back is turned, Tarantulas blasts him; Dinobot reciprocates by squashing him under a rock. Dinobot contacts Optimus, who orders him to maintain position, but Dinobot knows there is no time to wait. With his questions answered, Dinobot is ready to face his destiny.

Dinobot moves in to attack the entire Predacon force single-handed. He blasts Inferno and Blackarachnia (stabbing the former for good measure), stomps Waspinator, forces Rampage's cannon to backfire (using Waspinator's head), and pummels Quickstrike (with his bare hands), but loses his weapons, suffers considerable damage, and drains most of his energy supply. His computer warns him that he must enter [[stasis lock]] to survive... a command which Dinobot overrides.

Megatron confronts the damaged warrior, gloating over his near-total victory; when Dinobot starts to attack, Megatron reveals a protohuman captive. The hostage is enough to make Dinobot halt; Megatron rebukes him for weakness. But Dinobot is a warrior still. Forging a makeshift hammer from a rock and stick, he knocks the Disk out of Megatron's hand and frees the protohuman. With the last of his energy, he summons one final optic blast, shattering the Disk.

Nearly mad with frustration, Megatron flees as the [[Maximal]]s arrive. Rattrap gasps in horror at the sight of his comrade, while Cheetor douses the flames of the burning valley. The Maximals gather around the fallen Dinobot, but it is too late to help him. Optimus assures him that he has saved untold lives yet to come. Dinobot exchanges a final round of barbs with Rattrap; he asks them all to tell his story truthfully, both the good and the bad, and allow him to be judged accordingly. "The rest is silence." With that, the proud warrior dies. Rattrap leads the others in a salute as Dinobot's [[spark]] leaves his body, with Primal wishing it on to the Matrix, there to join Cybertron's finest.

[[File:Dinobot funeral.jpg|right|upright=0.95|thumb|Old soldiers don't die, they just fade away...]]
The next morning, the Maximals hold a funeral for Dinobot. The fliers soar through the air in a {{w|missing man formation|salute}}, as Rattrap and Rhinox dissolve Dinobot's remains.

At the valley, a curious protohuman (presumably the same one Dinobot rescued) finds Dinobot's hammer. He soon figures out how to use it to help gather food... and to fend off predators, such as the giant snake. The protohuman's yell of triumph echoes through the valley; and high above, a brief flicker appears in the void of space.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (2)
* [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (3)
* [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (4)
* [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (5)
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (6)
* [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (14)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
* [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (7)
* [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (8)
* [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (9)
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (10)
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (11)
* [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (12)
* [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (13)

|h3=[[Protohuman]]s|c3=
* [[Blix|Leader Neanderthal]] (1)
}}

==Quotes==
"Remember that transwarp cell explosion?" 
[''Primal just glares''] 
"Okay, stupid question..."
:—'''Rhinox''' has a once-in-a-lifetime lapse in intelligence.

"The rodent's words give off the stench of truth. Destiny is one great test in store for us all. Has mine already come and have I failed it? A deed once done cannot be undone, but perhaps, it may yet be mitigated."
:—'''Dinobot''' embarking on his destiny

"The question that once haunted my being has been answered. The future is not fixed, and my choices are my own. And yet, how ironic... for I now find that I have no choice at all! I am a warrior... let the battle be joined."
:—'''Dinobot''', realizing his destiny

"One lonely turncoat, battling on against impossible odds." ''[Wipes fake tear]'' "I'm almost touched! ...Fortunately, such moments pass quickly. Quickstrike, scrap him!"
:—'''Megatron''', observing Dinobot's solo fight to save the valley.

"What's a warrior without weapons, eh?" 
"A warrior ''still!''"
:—'''Quickstrike''' totally underestimates '''Dinobot'''.

"Hmm, my ears are burning! Yesss! Why, Dinobot, what a delightful surprise! Let's see, where are we now? I have the Golden Disk, I have the power to change the future, and the only remaining obstacle in my path to ''unimaginable'' glory... is yourself. Exhausted. Damaged beyond recovery. ''Defeated''." 
"Not just yet!" 
"Ah-ah-ah!" ''[Megatron reveals a bound proto-human]'' "One more step, and it's raining bits of early anthropoid, yesss." ''[Dinobot hesitates]'' "Oh dear, how positively ''Maximal'' of you. You were weakened before you started, Dinobot. Weakened by ''compassion''."
:—'''Megatron''' confronts the severely damaged '''Dinobot'''.

"Oh, please! Face it, Dinobot! You're old technology, obsolete. What could ''you'' possibly do?" 
"Improvise."
:—'''Megatron''' is about to find out that '''Dinobot''' has one more trick up his sleeve.

'''Optimus Primal:''' "Well fought, my friend. You saved the valley. You saved the lives of those who live here... and of those who are still to come." 
'''Dinobot:''' "Then... there is nothing to regret." 
'''Rattrap:''' "Like I said, you're just a blasted, slag-spouting saurian, but... it's nice to know where you stand." 
'''Dinobot:'''"Upwind of you, for preference, vermin. ...Tell my tale to those who ask. Tell it truly, the ill deeds along with the good, and let me be judged accordingly. The rest... is silence."
:— Dinobot shares last words with his comrades

"He lived a warrior... and died a hero. Let his spark join the Matrix, the greatest of Cybertron."

:—'''Optimus Primal'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s eulogy for Dinobot

==Notes==

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:CodeofHero wrong Rattrap.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|right|Maybe it's [[Packrat]]?]]
* The interior of the ''Axalon'', and thus the doors to Dinobot's quarters, were made at a different scale to his character model, so he could not actually fit through the doorway. Bob Forward explained that it had to be faked by a cut.
* When Rattrap is working at the wall panel, his right forearm is backwards and remains thus until he is grandly gesturing.
* As the "camera" zooms in on Tarantulas when he stalks up to the trapped gazelle, the background remains static instead of zooming in with him.
* When Megatron is flying over the proto-human valley, his legs are missing and his body has very little detail. It's especially noticeable when he flies towards the camera and transforms into robot mode-at which point his legs appear out of nowhere.
* As the Maximals head out, Rhinox's running animation is being played unnaturally fast to keep up with the others.
* As Quickstrike approaches Dinobot, his left shin is backwards.
* At Dinobot's funeral, Rattrap is in his pre-Transmetal body. On the [[Madman Entertainment|Madman]] DVD commentary for this episode, Bob Forward could not believe how the production team (who had viewed this scene at least a hundred times trying to get everything right) did not notice the fact they used the wrong Rattrap, and yet every fan did.
* Towards the end of the episode, a mechanical thud can be heard when the snake hits the ground, making it sound as if the snake is made of metal.

===Continuity errors===
* The strategy of the Maximal cavalry seems a bit odd. Granted, arriving in ones and twos would make them more vulnerable to attack but surely there would be some advantage in sending at least Cheetor on ahead? Or are we supposed to assume that every single Maximal, from jet-powered cheetah to bog-standard rhino, has the same top speed? (It's especially odd for Rhinox, considering that [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] Rattrap has given someone a lift [[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)|before]], and Primal will give Rhinox a lift [[The Agenda (Part III)|later]]).
* When Dinobot laments about Megatron's power being limitless, Megatron and Rampage can be seen on the cliff right behind him. This and the previous shot also indicate that Dinobot is ''right out in the open'', possibly exposing himself in full view of both Predacons. So...exactly ''why'' didn't Megatron or Rampage notice Dinobot, now?
* In this episode, the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Voyager Disk]] resembles an old record (complete with being labeled "The Sounds of Earth") instead of the design used since its appearance in [[Beast Wars (Part 1)|the first episode]]. Given its origin as a record in a canister, however, it's possible that Megatron has simply taken it out of its case to test his theory of time-meddling.
* So if Tarantulas has a camera watching the web outside his lair, how is it possible that he didn't notice Dinobot stick the animal to the web and then bury himself to wait for him?
* As with most of Megatron's plots to alter the timeline, the plan to destroy the human race before it evolves has a critical deterministic error; if he succeeds, then the golden disk would never have been created by [[NASA]] in the future. Megatron could never have acquired it, and thus would not have the foresight to attempt to destroy the human race, and then the human race would have evolved as normal, creating the golden disk in the future... and so on and so forth. Apparently, time travel in ''Beast Wars'' isn't subject to the grandfather paradox!
* Rattrap mentions that Dinobot would be up against six Predacons when there was a total of seven. (Out of universe, this is likely for the audience's benefit, in case they weren't keeping track.) Either he had totally forgotten about Tarantulas, somehow heard Dinobot defeating Tarantulas over his open comlink, or assumed that Tarantulas would still not be working with Megatron.

===Continuity notes===
* Dinobot is, of course, still dealing with the fallout of his temporary defection, as seen in "[[Maximal, No More]]".
* Rhinox refers to the transwarp wave, which was caused by the destruction of the [[Planet Buster]] in "[[Other Voices, Part 2]]".
* Tarantulas mentions that Megatron doesn't want anyone downloading more copies of the disk's data, referring to Blackarachnia's little heist in "[[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)]]".
* Gadgets and powers:
** Megatron can turn his tail-weapon into a record player by retracting the tip.
** Optimus Primal can fly in robot mode, although he apparently prefers to fly around in [[beast mode]].
** Cheetor can spray fire-extinguisher foam while in beast mode.

===Transformers references===
*Megatron states that it was thanks to humans that the Autobots won the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], likely referring to the exploits of the [[Witwicky]]s. Apparently nobody bothered to remember the contributions of the [[Nebulan]]s.

===Real-world references===
* The Golden Disk that Megatron stole from Cybertron and kicked off this whole mess is revealed to be one of the two [[w:Voyager Golden Record|Golden Record]]s aboard the ''Voyager'' deep-space probe, specifically "The Sounds of Earth". That said, this Golden Disk can apparently play video.
* As the Predacons jump into the valley to destroy the hominids, Rampage crushes a butterfly. This evokes the famous Ray Bradbury short story "{{w|A Sound of Thunder}}", in which a time traveler in the past steps on a butterfly, thus dramatically altering the future of humanity.
* When Dinobot is leaving the base, he comments that "a deed, once done, cannot be undone", a slight modification of the [[William Shakespeare|Shakespearean]] quote "what is done cannot be undone".
* Dinobot's final words, "The rest is silence", are taken directly from [http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/play_view.php?WorkID=hamlet&Act=5&Scene=2&Scope=scene#4014 the final words of the title character] in Shakespeare's ''{{w|Hamlet}}''. (The entreaty to tell his story is also taken from earlier in Hamlet's death scene, although rephrased.)
* Right after Dinobot crash-lands on [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], Rampage points his cannon at Dinobot. The brief image from within the cannon's barrel appears similar to the gun barrel views from numerous James Bond movies.
*''Beast Wars'' story editors [[Bob Forward]] and [[Larry DiTillio]] worked various references to the online ''Transformers'' [[fandom]] into the series. In this case, Cheetor citing [[Tengu Sector]] was a reference to the screen name of [[Rob Gerbracht]], who went on to become one of the writers for the ''[[Transformers: The Wreckers|Wreckers]]'' comic book series.
* The final shot of the episode- a protohuman discovering the power of tools and triumphantly hurling his weapon into the air, followed by a pan into space- is evocative of ''[[w:2001: A Space Odyssey|2001: A Space Odyssey.]]''

===Trivia===
* ''Beast Wars'' co-story editor [[Bob Forward]] drew storyboards for this episode. Not only is it the only ''Beast Wars'' episode to be directed by the series's writers, but it is also the only episode to be done up in storyboards rather than being directed on-the-fly. Bob Forward worked in person with the [[Mainframe Entertainment|Mainframe]] animators for this episode.
* The original storyboards were auctioned for charity at a [[BotCon]].
* According to Bob Forward, Megatron's transformation sequence had to be reconstructed to be able to show his transformation from underneath for one shot. Previously, the animation only "worked" when seen from eye-level or above.
* In a bit of foreshadowing, while Dinobot is contemplating suicide, three ravens fly past his window in the {{w|missing man formation}}, which the Maximal fliers use in their salute to him at his funeral. The formation was also used when 3 protohumans were wandering through the forest prior to the Predacon attack.
* During the recording of this episode, [[Scott McNeil]] was attempting to deliver Dinobot's last words, but was continually interrupted by the recording crew's laughter. He is reputed to have said while still in character, "Do you mind?! I'm trying to die here!"
* According to McNeil, Dinobot knew he was going to die five episodes before he did, as right up until the last second, he believed Dinobot to only be "cartoon dead" as opposed to "''dead'' dead".
* When originally broadcast in the [[United Kingdom]], this episode was edited, with Dinobot's contemplated suicide completely excised and his hallway altercation with Rattrap cut down to only a fraction of its actual length. In the latter case, this seems to serve no other purpose than the elimination of the word "[[Slag (slang)|slag]]", and Dinobot's dying exchange with Rattrap was likewise altered to purge the word.
* It's no surprise that a DVD containing this episode was packaged with Dinobot for ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars 10th Anniversary]]''. This is the only post-Season 1 episode included with any ''10th Anniversary'' figure.
* Bob Forward considers this to be his favorite ''Beast Wars'' episode, as well as the "The Agenda" three-parter.<ref>http://www.infinitefrontiers.0catch.com/AutoAssembly/BobForward.htm Interview with Bob Forward</ref> Larry DiTillio has also admitted it's the best episode of the series, despite acknowledging that he had almost nothing to do with it.
* This is the last episode to have Rhinox appear in [[beast mode]]. For the rest of the series, Rhinox remains in [[robot mode]].
* The pistol Dinobot uses to interrogate Tarantulas is nearly identical to Rattrap's.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Code du Héros'''" (Canada, "Code of Hero")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Un grande eroe'''" ("A Grand Hero")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Abayo!'''" (あばよッ!, "Farewell!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 24]] [[1999]]
::*In a shocking display of restraint on director [[Yoshikazu Iwanami]]'s part, the excessive adlibbing, satirical 4th Wall jokes and major script changes are kept to a relative minimum. Instead, this episode tries (''tries'') to adhere to the somber tone of the original English language version. Still, though comparatively restrained in its use of adlib gags, there remain plenty to be had...
::*When opening fire on Cheetor, Rampage constantly howls threats and insults at the Maximal. As the episode "[[Bad Spark]]" was released theatrically in Japan and was not broadcast on television as a regular part of the series, this episode is the "introduction" of Rampage to Japanese viewers.
::*While exiting his secret lab to retrieve his dinner, Tarantulas jabbers incessantly to himself as he makes sure the coast is clear. He mentions that his left is clear, his right is clear, his rear is clear and above him is clear, then while rambling about never being too careful, that's when Dinobot bursts out from the one direction he hadn't checked; below himself.
::*When Megatron lands to check out the mountain near the valley of proto-humans, he giddily tests his echo out with a loud "YAHOOOO! (''yahooooo! yahooooo!'')"
::*In what is unfortunately one of the ''worst'' examples of adlibbing in this dub, when Rampage aims his cannon at Megatron and Megatron's head can be seen in close-up through the scope, Megatron continues to speak... with his mouth quite visibly shut. While the English version relied on silence and facial expressions to get the point of the scene across (Megatron's accursed smugness and Rampage's resigned anger at being helpless to wipe the smile off his face), the Japanese dub turns it into a prattling conversation as Rampage talks about shooting Megatron right then and there and Megatron (in the close-up with his lips closed) warning him of the consequences.
::*The drama and suspense of the Predacons laying waste to the proto-human valley is completely undone by the fact that the characters comically scream their vocal tics every time they fire their weapons.
::*The final [[commercial bumper]] for this episode is dedicated to Dinobot. Whereas in the past, the featured character would scream their name during the bumper, Dinobot instead offers a quiet and reserved, "Hello. I am Dinobot."
::*In addition to the incessant screaming of their verbal tics, the Predacons make various asides throughout Dinobot's rampage through their forces. Blackarachnia sarcastically remarks to Inferno as they gun down proto-humans "Well this isn't petty at all, is it?" After getting blown up by Rampage's cannon, Waspinator whimpers, "''How cruel...''"
::*Dinobot's final words to Rattrap, rather than a friendly jab, is instead a reconciliation of their partnership, as Dinobot tells him that they made a good duo. His final words to the group are the same as in the English version, save for the ending. Rather than "the rest is silence", Dinobot instead says, "Thank you. Farewell..."

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yīngxióng Běnsè'''" (英雄本色, "Nature of Hero")

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Código de Herói'''" ("Code of Hero")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''El Código del Héroe'''" ("The Code of Hero")

:*''Title:'' "'''El Código de un Héroe'''" (America, "The Code of a Hero")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Bad Spark / Code of Hero ([[KB Toys]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Series 2 / Volume 3 ({{w|Siren Visual|Siren Entertainment}}) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Huh? The Face? ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 7 ([[Universal]])

;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Second Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]
[[Category:Beast Wars 10th Anniversary]]
[[Category:MSTF]]
[[Category:Pack-in material]]

Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)

2020-07-30T13:21:01Z

Grey:

[[File:Netflix-WFC-Siege-season-poster.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Haven't we been here before?]]]]

'''''Transformers: War For Cybertron''''' is an animated series produced by [[Hasbro]] and [[Rooster Teeth]], with animation by [[Polygon Pictures]], based on the ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' franchise. [[F.J. DeSanto]] acts as the series showrunner, a role he previously held for the ''[[Prime Wars Trilogy]]'' web series, with [[George Krstic]], [[Gavin Hignight]], and [[Brandon M. Easton]] as writers. The show also sees [[Jake Foushee]], [[Jason Marnocha]], and [[Frank Todaro]] reprising their respective roles as [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], as well as previous ''Transformers'' alumni [[Keith Silverstein]] and [[Sophia Isabella]] returning for voicework as new characters. Three seasons of the show are planned for release via [[Netflix]], one for each of the franchise's three lines, with the first season planned for release on [[July 30]], [[2020]].

In conjunction with the series, Hasbro released a [[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)#Netflix|small toyline]] featuring ''extremely'' [[show-accuracy|animation accurate]] paint jobs.

==Overview==
In the final hours of the civil war between the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s, the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] has been ravaged by endless battle. With both their forces growing weaker, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] plots to use the [[AllSpark|Allspark]] to reformat all the Autobots on the planet into Decepticons, unifying them as one faction under his rule. Thus it falls to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and his forces to prevent the Allspark's misuse, potentially at the cost of the planet itself.

==Cast==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Jake Foushee]])
*[[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] ([[Linsay Rousseau]])
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] ([[Joe Zieja]])
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] ([[Rafael Goldstein]])
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] ([[Todd Haberkorn]])
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] ([[Edward Bosco]])
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] ([[Bill Rogers]])
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] ([[Sophia Isabella]])
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] ([[Kaiser Johnson]])
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] ([[Miles Luna]])
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] ([[Shawn Hawkins]])
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] ([[Mark Whitten]])
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] ([[Georgia Reed]])
*[[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]]
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] ([[JW Stafford]])
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
*[[Cog (G1)|Cog]]
*[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]

|c2=
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] ([[Jason Marnocha]])
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] ([[Frank Todaro]])
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (Todd Haberkorn)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (Edward Bosco)
**[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]
**[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (Mark Whitten)
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] ([[Keith Silverstein]])
*[[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] ([[Brook Chalmers]])
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] ([[Danny Hansen]])
*[[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]]
*[[Flywheels|Skytread]]
*[[Reflector (G1)|Refraktor]]
*[[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]]

|c5=
*[[Teletraan I]] (Miles Luna)

'''[[Mercenary]]'''
*[[Soundblaster (G1)|Soundblaster]]
**[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]
|nonumbering=true
}}

==Episodes==
===Chapter 1: Siege===
{{collist|2|
# [[Episode 1 (WFCT)|Episode 1]]
# [[Episode 2 (WFCT)|Episode 2]]
# [[Episode 3 (WFCT)|Episode 3]]
# [[Episode 4 (WFCT)|Episode 4]]
# [[Episode 5 (WFCT)|Episode 5]]
# [[Episode 6 (WFCT)|Episode 6]]
}}

===Chapter 2: Earthrise===
{{comingsoon}}

===Chapter 3: Kingdom===
{{comingsoon}}

==Other notes==
* Originally planned for a June 2020 release, the series premiere was delayed one month, reportedly due to production delays with its foreign-language dubs caused by the {{w|COVID-19 pandemic}}.
* During production, the animation team utilized Hasbro's original CAD files for the ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' toyline. As a result, the character models are absurdly [[show-accuracy|toy-accurate]], down to several even retaining their [[5 mm post]] holes.
* Both Elita-1 and Bumblebee have character models which are not based exactly on any previously-existing toy, unlike the rest of the cast which seem to have character models converted directly from their toys' design files. The [[Transformers (2019 comic)|unrelated IDW comics]] concurrently used these Elita-1 and Bumblebee character models as reference.
* ''Siege'' was promoted with several motion posters highlighting members of the main cast. In each of these posters, a letter from the [[Cybertronian language|"Ancient Autobot" alphabet]] created by [[Jim Sorenson]] can be seen flashing in the background. When the letters are put in order, they spell out the word "KINGDOM", the name of the trilogy's third subline/season.

{{DEFAULTSORT:War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)}}
[[Category:War for Cybertron Trilogy| Cartoon]]
[[Category:Web series]]

Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)

2020-07-30T13:19:36Z

Grey: Ravage is in it, Astrotrain is not

[[File:Netflix-WFC-Siege-season-poster.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Haven't we been here before?]]]]

'''''Transformers: War For Cybertron''''' is an animated series produced by [[Hasbro]] and [[Rooster Teeth]], with animation by [[Polygon Pictures]], based on the ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' franchise. [[F.J. DeSanto]] acts as the series showrunner, a role he previously held for the ''[[Prime Wars Trilogy]]'' web series, with [[George Krstic]], [[Gavin Hignight]], and [[Brandon M. Easton]] as writers. The show also sees [[Jake Foushee]], [[Jason Marnocha]], and [[Frank Todaro]] reprising their respective roles as [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], as well as previous ''Transformers'' alumni [[Keith Silverstein]] and [[Sophia Isabella]] returning for voicework as new characters. Three seasons of the show are planned for release via [[Netflix]], one for each of the franchise's three lines, with the first season planned for release on [[July 30]], [[2020]].

In conjunction with the series, Hasbro released a [[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)#Netflix|small toyline]] featuring ''extremely'' [[show-accuracy|animation accurate]] paint jobs.

==Overview==
In the final hours of the civil war between the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s, the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] has been ravaged by endless battle. With both their forces growing weaker, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] plots to use the [[AllSpark|Allspark]] to reformat all the Autobots on the planet into Decepticons, unifying them as one faction under his rule. Thus it falls to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and his forces to prevent the Allspark's misuse, potentially at the cost of the planet itself.

==Cast==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Jake Foushee]])
*[[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] ([[Linsay Rousseau]])
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] ([[Joe Zieja]])
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] ([[Rafael Goldstein]])
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] ([[Todd Haberkorn]])
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] ([[Edward Bosco]])
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] ([[Bill Rogers]])
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] ([[Sophia Isabella]])
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] ([[Kaiser Johnson]])
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] ([[Miles Luna]])
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] ([[Shawn Hawkins]])
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] ([[Mark Whitten]])
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] ([[Georgia Reed]])
*[[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]]
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] ([[JW Stafford]])
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
*[[Cog (G1)|Cog]]
*[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]

|c2=
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] ([[Jason Marnocha]])
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] ([[Frank Todaro]])
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (Todd Haberkorn)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (Edward Bosco)
**[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]
**[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (Mark Whitten)
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] ([[Keith Silverstein]])
*[[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] ([[Brook Chalmers]])
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] ([[Danny Hansen]])
*[[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]]
*[[Flywheels|Skytread]]
*[[Reflector (G1)|Refraktor]]
*[[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]]

|c5=
*[[Teletraan I]] (Miles Luna)

'''[[Mercenary]]'''
*[[Soundblaster (G1)|Soundblaster]]
|nonumbering=true
}}

==Episodes==
===Chapter 1: Siege===
{{collist|2|
# [[Episode 1 (WFCT)|Episode 1]]
# [[Episode 2 (WFCT)|Episode 2]]
# [[Episode 3 (WFCT)|Episode 3]]
# [[Episode 4 (WFCT)|Episode 4]]
# [[Episode 5 (WFCT)|Episode 5]]
# [[Episode 6 (WFCT)|Episode 6]]
}}

===Chapter 2: Earthrise===
{{comingsoon}}

===Chapter 3: Kingdom===
{{comingsoon}}

==Other notes==
* Originally planned for a June 2020 release, the series premiere was delayed one month, reportedly due to production delays with its foreign-language dubs caused by the {{w|COVID-19 pandemic}}.
* During production, the animation team utilized Hasbro's original CAD files for the ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' toyline. As a result, the character models are absurdly [[show-accuracy|toy-accurate]], down to several even retaining their [[5 mm post]] holes.
* Both Elita-1 and Bumblebee have character models which are not based exactly on any previously-existing toy, unlike the rest of the cast which seem to have character models converted directly from their toys' design files. The [[Transformers (2019 comic)|unrelated IDW comics]] concurrently used these Elita-1 and Bumblebee character models as reference.
* ''Siege'' was promoted with several motion posters highlighting members of the main cast. In each of these posters, a letter from the [[Cybertronian language|"Ancient Autobot" alphabet]] created by [[Jim Sorenson]] can be seen flashing in the background. When the letters are put in order, they spell out the word "KINGDOM", the name of the trilogy's third subline/season.

{{DEFAULTSORT:War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)}}
[[Category:War for Cybertron Trilogy| Cartoon]]
[[Category:Web series]]

Kibble

2020-06-07T17:18:51Z

Grey:

[[File:Kibblerhinox.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Rhinox photographed from behind, showcasing the several large pieces of rhinoceros hanging loosely from his body.]]
'''Kibble''' is a feature of many Transformers, both in [[Toy|their toys]] and in their animation/comic designs. In its modern usage (see below for earlier meanings) it refers to pieces which have no clear purpose in one mode but are there only because they are part of another mode. In most cases, "kibble" is used to refer to pieces of the character's [[alternate mode]] which "hang" or stick out in their [[robot mode]]. Sometimes these pieces are there as a matter of aesthetics, and sometimes it's simply because there wasn't any place better to put the stuff.

Much less frequently, the word is used to refer to "robot parts" which are badly hidden in an altmode; This is most common in figures with aircraft altmodes, where whole limbs or compressed torsos were left exposed on the underside. In this case, the term ''undercarriage junk'' is more often used. During the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] era, the term was also applied to any figure with robot mode limbs hanging from underneath the animal mode shell.

Parts of one mode which are merely ''visible'' in other modes are not necessarily kibble. For example, an altmode part which is well-integrated into the robot's form—like the front of a car or truck that becomes a character's chest—is not kibble because it is an integral part of the robot's body, rather than being "tacked on".

When "kibble" entered the Transfan lexicon, it had a different meaning, and referred to a Transformer's accessories and detachable parts which had nowhere to go when not attached/worn/held. This meaning has almost, if not completely, disappeared from use, except perhaps in the context of "combiner kibble", parts used only by combined robots, generally hands and feet.

==Examples of kibble==
[[File:Kibbleprowl.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Prowl's car door "wings" are kibble, and so are his removable missiles and launchers.]]

Although it was most prominent during the [[Beast Era]] and the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' franchise]], kibble has been a part of ''Transformers'' from the very beginning. [[Prowl (G1)/toys|The original Prowl]], for example, has car doors that stick out behind his shoulders. The doors have no purpose in robot mode. They are not part of his actual body; they are just there, serving as decoration, but otherwise pointless. Those doors are kibble.

In the robot modes of the [[Seeker (body-type)|Decepticon Jet]] toys, the jet's nosecone and tailfins are also kibble. The jet wings, despite being one of the Seekers' most prominent features, are kibble as well because they are not needed for the robot mode. In the old sense of the word, their fists can also be considered kibble since they are removed for jet mode yet do not store anywhere in said mode.

As noted, "kibble" as a term became more prominent during ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]''. Many toys had "panels" of beast mode, and sometimes whole beast limbs, just kind of pulling aside to reveal robot parts underneath, the beast bits just hanging off the robot mode. While many toys managed to make this at least semi-graceful-looking, turning panels into something akin to armor plating... some... not so much. (See below.)
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==Connotation==
[[File:Bigconvoy shell.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|It really is two toys in one.]]

Kibble is usually only brought up when it is being used derisively. Indeed, kibble often has a negative impact on a toy. It can restrict movement by getting in the way, it can make a toy unbalanced if it is too concentrated in one part of the body such as a "backpack", and it can simply make the robot look like a purely humanoid robot that has car or animal parts stuck to it, rather than being a robot ''composed of'' car or animal parts.

Some of the most infamous examples of excessive beast kibble on robot modes come from the ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' toyline. Many of the new-mold ''Neo'' toys are very kibble heavy, with "panels" of beast skin attached to the robot body by swiveling rods. Some toys, like [[Break]] and [[Big Convoy]] (pictured) have almost their ''entire'' beast mode as kibble that is not actually integrated into their robot modes ''at all''. While no line since has been as widely egregious in its use of this style of transformation, some toys did still suffer from the problem, such as [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] from ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Car Robots/Robots in Disguise]]''. {{See|Shellformer}}

However, kibble serves an important purpose in Transformer design, often giving characters distinctive or interesting silhouettes. As mentioned above, the airplane wings on the Seekers' backs, as well as the doors on Prowl, are among their most memorable features. They look "cool" even if they are not integrated into the robot body. Thus, kibble is not an intrinsically bad thing. Most Transformers have it, and it may even be seen as an integral part of some characters' designs. Actually, if all kibble was removed from most Transformers, they would pretty much look like stick figures.

Some kibble can also serve a purpose in the fiction even if it has no purpose on the toy. For example [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Animated Wreck-Gar's]] backpack. On the toy it's just most of his garbage truck mode folded up on his back. However, on the show it holds a phenomenal amount of junk that Wreck-Gar can pull out and use, often for comedic effect.

{{-}}
==Origin of the term==
[[File:Kibblecombiner.jpg|thumb|upright=.75|"Combiner kibble." These pieces have nowhere to go while Superion is broken up into his smaller components.]]
Google's archive of the Transformers newsgroup [[alt.toys.transformers]] indicates that the first time the word "kibble" was applied to Transformers was in February 1996, when a poster named Lizard coined the term "combiner kibble" to refer to the the removable heads, feet, and fists of Generation 1 [[combiner]] toys (right), which had no place to store when the combiner was disassembled, and had to be set aside.<ref>"Now, if only there was a convenient place to store "Combiner Kibble" - all the hands, feet, chestplates, etc, that go into making a combiner..." - [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/ea0978924f203ee7?dmode=source&hl=en&output=gplain Quoted text in <3122E99A.19BB@texas.net>], Feb 1996</ref> The term went on to creep into use by other posters over the following year as a way of referring to non-storeable parts and accessories. Reflecting on the term years later, Lizard said: "The word comes from, of course, pet food — I guess I felt the plethora of small pieces of Transformers detritus strongly resembled the little bits of cat food batted all over the kitchen."

Posts from user Dave Ricter the following year provide the first archived examples of the modern definition of the word, which Richter used to refer to extraneous alternate mode parts on the robot modes of ''Beast Wars'' figures, first in January 1997<ref>"In [[beast mode]], he looks great from head on, but the abdomen (made out of robot legs and jointed squid kibble) doesn't look too solid if viewed from the side." - [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/e087c89d29ba5c97?dmode=source&hl=en&output=gplain <32F023AC.397A@virginia.edu>], 29 Jan 1997</ref> then again in March.<ref>"...you've got to put the animal kibble somewhere. This is standard TF fare; look at all the T-rex bitz Grimlock has hanging off his back." - [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/376dcb3652135228?dmode=source&hl=en&output=gplain <33237FCB.656E@virginia.edu>], 9 Mar 1997</ref>

ATT archives show that the two definitions were used sparingly but interchangeably over the next year. Usage became widespread in 1999, whereupon the original "detachable parts" definition was quickly forgotten; by the end of the year, the term was clearly understood by the community to mean extraneous alternate mode parts visible in robot mode.<ref>"It means pieces of the alternate mode ([[Beast mode]], [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]) being not only visible, but actually hanging off the robot body. IE the Doors hanging off of Prowl's shoulders, and the Crab Legs/Claws on Rampage's robot mode. They are not part of an anthropomorphic robot, hence they are kibble." - [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/0caa8c898d45586d?dmode=source&hl=en&output=gplain <19991109002603.08548.00002231@ng-fg1.aol.com>], 9 Nov 1999)</ref> That definition remains unchanged today, with the original "detachable parts" meaning unused and all-but-forgotten, likely because it's very unusual for modern Transformers toys to ''not'' integrate or store all their parts in all modes.

=="Faux-parts"==
{{anchor|faux-parts}}
[[File:PowermasterPrime fauxparts.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.25|Powermaster Optimus Prime's cab robot has a fake truck chest, while the real truck parts end up on his back.]]
There is a related phenomenon with no generally accepted name, in which a toy's robot mode has obvious elements of its alternate mode showing (usually in the chest area), which are ''not actually'' parts of the toy's alt mode, but facsimiles, while the actual alt mode parts store away somewhere else on the toy. This typically happens when the toy is based on an existing design with prominent elements of its alternate mode present in robot mode, but due to budget, size or other reasons, the [[transformation]] could not be designed to reflect the existing design accordingly.

The first and most famous toy to pull this trick was 1988's [[Powermaster]] [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#PMOP|Optimus Prime]] (left). As the first new Optimus Prime toy since the original, it had an entire fake truck-chest to make sure that the figure matched Optimus's already-classic appearance, while the real truck parts wound up on the toy's back. Many subsequent Optimus Prime toys have employed—and continue to employ to this day—similar tricks in order to ensure the character maintains his iconic windshield "pecs" and grill "abs," regardless of where the actual truck parts wind up. In recent years, ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece]]'' toyline has taken this practice to an extreme new level, painstakingly designing figures loaded with faux-parts in order to replicate the appearance of the characters in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original animated series]] as closely as possible.
[[File:TF-2007-Legends-Class-Jazz.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Please ignore the roof. Please.]]
Faux-parts were fairly rare for the franchise's first two decades of life, but beginning with the first [[Movie (franchise)|live-action movie]] and ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]'' in 2007, they have become increasingly more common, as it has become standard practice for Transformers characters to be designed for animation and film ''first'', and for toys to then be created based on those designs, rather than vice versa. The extreme complexity of the live-action movie designs often force design shortcuts, particularly on smaller, simpler figures (witness 2007 Legends-class [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], pictured at right, whose car-bumper chest winds up on his roof in vehicle mode) while the cartoonish designs of ''Animated'' and 2015's ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' often depict details and body-parts deforming in ways that are impossible for a toy to replicate.

Faux-parts may also be used to retain a consistent aesthetic. Notably, [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s Transmetal form has a fake beast head on its chest, which isn't drawn from his previous design but is clearly following in the footsteps of the many, ''many'' examples of a beast head fitting on the robot mode's chest that are present in both the toyline and show.
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==In fiction==
*In [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' [[Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|#24]], [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] refers to an [[Ammonite]]'s chest turret as "part of some secondary anatomy", a clear indication for an alt mode.
*In "[[Little Victories]]", [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] admits that he was forced to wear a false wheel by the [[Functionist Council]] to "reassure" the population as to what kind of altmode he had when his true altmode was actually an immobile and unidentifiable object.
*In the [[Functionist Universe]] of "[[The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|The Custom-Made Now]]" some transformers would add "conspicuous kibble" to their robot mode, such as a cockpit or microscope, to try to pass themselves off as members of a higher class.
*The [[Monoformer]] [[Demus]] had such a strong aversion to his alternate mode that he had his kibble surgically removed.

==Notes==
*When asked about terms like "kibble" and "faux-parts" and the concepts they refer to in the [[Hasbro Q&A|Q&A]] [[Hasbro Q&A/March 2010|session for March 2010]], [[Hasbro]] confirmed using "many of the same terms that the fans do"—effectively, the names fans came up with provide Hasbro with easy ways to refer to these concepts when they come up as "desired or undesired results" during the design process.<ref name="hasbro0310">[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=67971 Allspark.com's answers to the Hasbro Q&A session for March 2010]</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Fan terminology]]
[[Category:Toys]]
[[Category:Transformer anatomy]]

User talk:Zandergb

2020-06-07T16:59:32Z

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{{Tagyourpics}}
Suggest formatting the pics you upload in the future correctly. :) It'll look better. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 23:05, 22 January 2013 (EST)
:Examples of mistakes and proper formatting so I can learn from my mistakes instead of going off your awfully generic criticism, please [[User:Zandergb|Zandergb]] 23:28, 22 January 2013 (EST)
::Generally, when it comes to pictures, be it a partial scan from a comic, screencap, or toy photos, we try to tag them in the appropriate categories. For example, some of your recently uploaded Armada toy photos were fine as they had the correct description and linked back to the correct article. However, you were missing the '''<nowiki>[[Category:Armada toy images]]</nowiki>''', which will put it in the correct category for easier (well, somewhat easier) organizing. Beast Wars II toy photos goes with the Beast Wars-related pic category, Energon with Energon, and so forth. Take the BW Spittor toy photo. Correct franchise, correct character link, and credit on the photo taking - you were just missing '''<nowiki>[[Category: Beast Wars toy images]]</nowiki>''' to categorize it. The best example of a toy photo I could give would be [[:Image:BWtoy-SpittorTransmetals2.jpg|Transmetals 2 Spittor]] as uploaded by [[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]]. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 23:45, 22 January 2013 (EST)
:::Ah, ok. I never even thought about categories for image file pages. Maybe a little reminder should be added to the images help page (unless I missed it)? I'll go back and fix the ones I uploaded. [[User:Zandergb|Zandergb]] 23:55, 22 January 2013 (EST)

==Triage weapon sound error==
No, I'm saying that the sound we hear as Soundwave straightens his fingers doesn't sound anything like the weapon transformation sound that other characters make. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 20:52, 23 May 2012 (EDT)
:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elx0GLfCzw4 10m44s
:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69DCfPFnECY 19m31s
:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtRqlapALDo 16m54s
:I would directly link to the right times, but youtube doesn't handle that well with longer videos. [[User:Zandergb|Zandergb]] 21:15, 23 May 2012 (EDT)
::... Those just prove my point, as there is no rising power-up whine on the Triage clip. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 21:19, 23 May 2012 (EDT)
:::That's not even the sound I'm talking about. I'm talking about the sound the weapons make as they flip out, not when they charge up. [[User:Zandergb|Zandergb]] 21:22, 23 May 2012 (EDT)
::::Oh! I see. Sorry, I misunderstood what sound we were talking about. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 21:41, 23 May 2012 (EDT)

== Quickstrike's visible head ==

Hey mate, do you happen to have a screenshot of Quickstrike's visible robot head in beast mode? It'd probably be good to have one on the article with the note about it you added, especially since it's not something that anyone else has noticed (as far as I can find). [[User:Grey|Grey]] ([[User talk:Grey|talk]]) 12:59, 7 June 2020 (EDT)

Reflector (Animated)

2020-06-05T08:30:50Z

Grey:

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Reflector}}
:''Reflector is / are (a) [[Decepticon|Decepticon(s)]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]]''

[[Image:Animated_reflector.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
You may not have seen '''Reflector''' yet, but he (they?) has seen you. This espionage expert is actually composed of three semi-autonomous component robots: '''Spectro''', '''Spyglass''', and their leader '''Viewfinder'''. The three have the ability to generate hard-light [[hologram]]s of themselves to fill out the Decepticon ranks.

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon continuity===
{{Idw-tfa}}
''Reflector and many of his clones were present at the [[Battle for Iacon]]. They mainly served as cannon-fodder. The original Reflector(s) survived the battle. [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] finds them creepy.'' {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

==Notes==
[[Image:ReflectorAnimated-tank.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
* This character was revealed in a [[Tech Spec]] and [[bio]] published in the ''[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine]]''. All other characters getting such treatment had gone on to appear in the ''Animated'' cartoon, and the same was planned for Reflector, who would have shown up in a flashback sequence in "[[TransWarped]]" depicting the [[Battle for Iacon]] at the conclusion of the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]]. [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] explained that his appearance (and indeed, the whole scene) had to be edited out for timing reasons.[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/1899400476]
* Yes, they had time for [[Searchlight (Animated)|Searchlight]], but not Reflector. Ouch.
* According to ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The Allspark Almanac II]]'', Viewfinder, Spectro, and Spyglass have a shared altmode: they combine to form a Cybertronian tank armed with a [[Photon T-34]] cannon. This altmode was apparently going to cameo in "[[Human Error, Part II]]", but was cut out for unknown reasons.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Reflector''' (リフレクター ''Rifurekutā'')

[[Category:Almanac-only characters]]
[[Category:Animated Decepticons]]
[[Category:Fan Club-original characters]]
[[Category:Multi-component Transformers]]

Reflector (Animated)

2020-06-05T08:30:40Z

Grey: Adding a picture of his alt mode.

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Reflector}}
:''Reflector is / are (a) [[Decepticon|Decepticon(s)]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]]''

[[Image:Animated_reflector.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
You may not have seen '''Reflector''' yet, but he (they?) has seen you. This espionage expert is actually composed of three semi-autonomous component robots: '''Spectro''', '''Spyglass''', and their leader '''Viewfinder'''. The three have the ability to generate hard-light [[hologram]]s of themselves to fill out the Decepticon ranks.

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon continuity===
{{Idw-tfa}}
''Reflector and many of his clones were present at the [[Battle for Iacon]]. They mainly served as cannon-fodder. The original Reflector(s) survived the battle. [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] finds them creepy.'' {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

==Notes==
[[Image:ReflectorAnimated-tank.jpg|right|thumb|300px|
* This character was revealed in a [[Tech Spec]] and [[bio]] published in the ''[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine]]''. All other characters getting such treatment had gone on to appear in the ''Animated'' cartoon, and the same was planned for Reflector, who would have shown up in a flashback sequence in "[[TransWarped]]" depicting the [[Battle for Iacon]] at the conclusion of the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]]. [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] explained that his appearance (and indeed, the whole scene) had to be edited out for timing reasons.[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/1899400476]
* Yes, they had time for [[Searchlight (Animated)|Searchlight]], but not Reflector. Ouch.
* According to ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The Allspark Almanac II]]'', Viewfinder, Spectro, and Spyglass have a shared altmode: they combine to form a Cybertronian tank armed with a [[Photon T-34]] cannon. This altmode was apparently going to cameo in "[[Human Error, Part II]]", but was cut out for unknown reasons.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Reflector''' (リフレクター ''Rifurekutā'')

[[Category:Almanac-only characters]]
[[Category:Animated Decepticons]]
[[Category:Fan Club-original characters]]
[[Category:Multi-component Transformers]]

File:ReflectorAnimated-tank.jpg

2020-06-05T08:29:36Z

Grey: ''Animated'' Reflector's Cybertronian tank form, as published in ''The AllSpark Almanac II.'' {{TFAstockmodel}}

[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|''Animated'']] [[Reflector (Animated)|Reflector]]'s Cybertronian tank form, as published in ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II]].''

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Devcon (DOTM)

2020-05-30T13:39:26Z

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:''Devcon is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (franchise)|Dark of the Moon]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Clovercon.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Approximately seven hours ago, some... thing attacked the city. I don't know what it is. If you found this tape, I mean if you're watching this right now, then you probably know more about it than I do.]]

Despite being a quadruped, '''Devcon''' is still a formidable foe to tangle with, towering over many other Cybertronians.

==Fiction==
===''Dark of the Moon'' film===

Devcon had been stationed on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] until [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] activated a [[space bridge]] to Earth. Heeding the call of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], he joined the Decepticon beachhead in [[Washington, D.C.]]. During the invasion of [[Chicago]], Devcon participated in the initial strike and contributed to the mayhem. During the Autobots' attack on this Decepticon stronghold, he was one of the many Decepticons who fired upon the retreating Autobots. When the tide began to turn in the Autobots' favor, however, the behemoth met his end as he tried to hold a bridge. The [[Wrecker]]s piled onto Devcon, shooting him in the head multiple times until he fell to the ground dead. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}
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==Notes==
[[Image:Devcon (dotm).jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
* Devcon bears more than a passing resemblance to the monster in the film ''{{w|Cloverfield}}'', with elongated, double-jointed forelegs, short back legs, and a pair of under-slung appendages. The first teasers for ''Cloverfield'' were screened during the release of the first ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' film. [[Leo Spitz]] also possessed a ''Cloverfield'' poster in the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|second film]].
* Devcon's name originates in concept art, where he is shown to transform into a "Russian missile launcher."<ref>[http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7159/6781963639_06aafaf90b_o.jpg "Devcon" concept art] from [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/537099-dotm-another-part-concept-arts.html DOTM Another part of Concept arts - TFW2005 - The 2005 Boards]</ref> The art shows him with twelve wheels in robot mode instead of the eight that his vehicle mode has, which was fixed for the film.

==References==
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[[Category:Live-action-only characters]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon Decepticons]]

Devcon (DOTM)

2020-05-30T13:09:10Z

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:''Devcon is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (franchise)|Dark of the Moon]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Clovercon.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Approximately seven hours ago, some... thing attacked the city. I don't know what it is. If you found this tape, I mean if you're watching this right now, then you probably know more about it than I do.]]

Despite being a quadruped, '''Devcon''' is still a formidable foe to tangle with, towering over many other Cybertronians.

==Fiction==
===''Dark of the Moon'' film===

Devcon had been stationed on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] until [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] activated a [[space bridge]] to Earth. Heeding the call of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], he joined the Decepticon beachhead in [[Washington, D.C.]]. During the invasion of [[Chicago]], Devcon participated in the initial strike and contributed to the mayhem. During the Autobots' attack on this Decepticon stronghold, he was one of the many Decepticons who fired upon the retreating Autobots. When the tide began to turn in the Autobots' favor, however, the behemoth met his end as he tried to hold a bridge. The [[Wrecker]]s piled onto Devcon, shooting him in the head multiple times until he fell to the ground dead. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
[[Image:Devcon (dotm).jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
* Devcon bears more than a passing resemblance to the monster in the film ''{{w|Cloverfield}}'', with elongated, double-jointed forelegs, short back legs, and a pair of under-slung appendages. The first teasers for ''Cloverfield'' were screened during the release of the first ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' film. [[Leo Spitz]] also possessed a ''Cloverfield'' poster in the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|second film]].
* His robot mode has twelve wheels, but his vehicle mode only has eight.
* Devcon's name originates in concept art, where he is shown to transform into a "Russian missile launcher."<ref>[http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7159/6781963639_06aafaf90b_o.jpg "Devcon" concept art] from [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/537099-dotm-another-part-concept-arts.html DOTM Another part of Concept arts - TFW2005 - The 2005 Boards]</ref>

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Live-action-only characters]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon Decepticons]]

Spin-Out (G1)

2020-05-29T13:40:18Z

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{{disambig2|the cannon fodder for Toxitron|the cannon fodder for Overlord|Spin-Out (IDW)}}
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:''Spin-Out is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
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'''Spin-Out''' is a fuel preparation specialist—in other words, a cook—for the Autobot army. But even if it isn't a very high-ranking job, it still makes him an officer, and thus capable of taking command if his superiors are all incapacitated.

What are the chances of ''that'', though?<ref>Summary from ''Of Masters and Mayhem'' depiction.</ref>

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==Fiction==
===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
Spin-Out was the ''cook'' in a five hundred strong Autobot force but being the 49th highest ranking officer means you still become the commanding officer when forty eight other 'bots are dead! After a destructive, 17-cycle "holding action", the Autobots technically won but Spin-Out was left depressed by the wreckage, the amount dead, and the fact people like [[Outback (G1)|Outback]] think he should feel proud he "stepped up". And he can't even sit in case it's on a corpse!

Things couldn't get worse.

Then his remaining men took a Decepticon called [[Toxitron (G1)|Toxitron]] prisoner... who turned out to be a walking acid spill who had intentionally been "captured". Everybody died, including Spin-Out, and the cook's rotting head was later used to let Toxitron falsely register as having an Autobot transponder.

So that's worse. {{storylink|The Toxic Transformer}}

===''Masterpiece'' toy bios===
Spin-Out was found inside a mysterious [[Diadem]] building following a battle between the Decepticons and the [[Quintesson]]s, alongside [[Cordon]]'s memories.
{{storylink|#Toys|Masterpiece Spin-out bio}}

==Toys==
===''Masterpiece''===
[[File:TF-Masterpiece-MP-39+-Spin-Out.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Apparently not [[Tigertrack|Tigertrack's]] twin brother.]]

*'''Spin-Out''' ([[November 28]], [[2020]])
**''ID number:'' '''MP-39+'''
**''Accessories:'' Rifle, handgun

:''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' MP-39+ Spin-Out is a red [[redeco]] of MP-42 [[Cordon#Toys|Cordon]], which itself is a [[retool]]ing of MP-39 [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Sunstreaker]], transforming into a licensed Lamborghini Countach LP500S mode, only without Cordon's police light-bar. The toy is an homage to the original ''[[Diaclone]]'' iteration of the [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Generation 1|original Sunstreaker toy]]; his license plates reading "CR-01" in reference the original mold being the first ''Diaclone: Car Robot'' toy.

: The rear electronic propulsion engine cover can be folded into the rear of the car for a more realistic alt mode, and the rear combination tail-lights can be switched between realistic and cartoon modes. The doors and hood open, and the front headlights can be popped up. His rear spoiler can also V-wing to reval a rear-mounted (non-firing) blaster.

:To preserve cartoon accuracy, the windows on the chest are "[[Kibble#"Faux-parts"|fake]]", however the main panel of the chest is formed by turning the roof of the car mode inside out, with the extra windows folding out from inside.<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/05/23/takara-mp-39-masterpiece-clear-pictures-designer-team-interview-translation-339374 TFW2005.com: Takara MP-39 Masterpiece Clear Pictures, Designer Team Interview Translation]</ref>

:Spin-Out was initially offered for pre-order as a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] online exclusive and a little later at other online retailers.

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==Notes==
[[File:Sunstreaker-diaclone.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|(The red mecha on the left.)]]
*"Spinout" was the working name of Generation 1 [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] before Hasbro decided upon Sunstreaker's finalized coloration; hence, Spin-Out looks like Sunstreaker's red ''[[Diaclone]]'' [[Pre-Transformer|predecessor]].
*Before the debut of ''Transformers'', Takara also released the original red toy stateside in the short-lived ''[[Diakron]]'' line.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Spin-Out''' (スピンアウト ''Supin Auto'')

==References==
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[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Masterpiece]]

Devastator (Animated)

2020-05-27T10:39:30Z

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:''Devastator is a something from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:AnimatedDevastator.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb]]
'''Devastator''' is some sort of project that [[Dirt Boss (Animated)|Dirt Boss]] came up with. He has roped [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] and [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] into doing the work with the aid of a couple of [[cerebro-shell]]s, though the pair aren't quite sure exactly what it is they are creating... {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

==Notes==
*We [[Devastator (G1)|couldn't possibly speculate]] on what it is they're doing.
* [[Erector (G1)|Erector]]'s [[Transformers Hall of Fame]] nomination video showed off a full-body design for [[Erector (Animated)|''Animated'' Erector]], claiming he would have formed essentially the entire lower half of Devastator... in other words, the pants. Like everything else in that video, this is entirely false.
* Devastator was going to appear in the cancelled fourth season of ''Animated''. In early concepts, he was going to be comprised of at least six components<ref>[https://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/1242845815028076546 Derrick J. Wyatt about Devastator's component count on Twitter, 25 March 2020.]</ref> ([[Skipjack (Animated)|Skipjack]] wouldn't be one of them<ref>[https://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/1208597215956144130 Derrick J. Wyatt about Skipjack and Devastator on Twitter, 21 December 2019.]</ref>). [[Dirt Boss (Animated)|Dirt Boss]] would have become the head,<ref>[https://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/1208612030627876865 Derrick J. Wyatt about Dirt Boss and Devastator on Twitter, 21 December 2019.]</ref> [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] would have become a leg,<ref>Hasbro Design Sketchbook Volume 1 - 2008, p 51</ref> and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] would have been forced to become the torso.<ref>[https://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/1208603112950374402 Derrick J. Wyatt about Bulkhead and Devastator on Twitter, 21 December 2019.]</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/1175878067534741504 Derrick J. Wyatt about Devastator's torso on Twitter, 22 September 2019.]</ref> Keep in mind that these ideas never progressed past the planning stage; nothing was finalized and no new Constructicons were decided on.<ref>[https://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/1242845815028076546 Derrick J. Wyatt about new Constructicons on Twitter, 25 March 2020.]</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Animated]]

Lenny Panzica

2020-05-27T08:49:44Z

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'''Leonard "Lenny" Panzica''' is a product designer for [[Hasbro]], Inc. Prior to ''Transformers'', Panzica worked on ''[[Spider-Man]]'' and ''Beyblade''.

Panzica is an avid dinosaur enthusiast, with a bachelor's degree in archeology from the Walton World School. Prior to studying Toy Design at the Fashion Institute of Technology, he pursued classical opera for three years at the Julliard School. His singing career was cut short after an incident at Burning Man 2002 left his vocal cords damaged from smoke inhalation.

He is also a competitive unicyclist, placing third in the New England Pro-Title Championship 2010 and fifth in the Tour de Quebec (2009).

In 2004 Lenny arm-wrestled movie and TV legend Jack Palance for the right to cut a wedding cake. And lost.

(the Burning Man incident is not totally true)

==Toys Lenny had a hand in designing==
===''[[Transformers_(2010_toyline)#Activators|Transformers]]'' (2010 toyline)===
{{collist|3|
====[[Activators]]====
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Activators|Bumblebee]]
*[[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Activators|Ironhide]]
*[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Activators|Megatron]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Activators|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Activators|Starscream]]
}}

{{-}}
===''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]''===
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{{collist|3|
====Robo Power Activators====
* [[Topspin (DOTM)|Autobot Topspin]]
* [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]]
* [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Megatron]]
* [[Ironhide (Movie)/toys|Ironhide]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
* Recon Bumblebee
* [[Starscream (Movie)/toys|Starscream]]
}}

{{-}}
===''[[Transformers:_Generations#Deluxe_Class_.28Series_01.29|Generations: Fall of Cybertron]]''===
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{{collist|3|
=====Deluxe Class=====
*[[Topspin (FOC)#Generations|Autobot Topspin]]
*[[Whirl (FOC)#Generations|Autobot Whirl]]
*[[Blast Off (FOC)#Retail|Blast Off]]
*[[Brawl (WFC)#Retail|Decepticon Brawl]]
*[[Impactor (Prime)#Generations|Impactor]]
*[[Onslaught (WFC)#Retail|Onslaught]]
*[[Roadbuster (Prime)#Generations|Roadbuster]]
*[[Swindle (FOC)#Retail|Swindle]]
*[[Twintwist#Generations|Twintwist]]
*[[Vortex (FOC)#Retail|Vortex]]

====Voyager Class====
* [[Grimlock_(WFC)#Generations|Grimlock]]
}}

{{-}}
===''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Beast_Hunters|Transformers Prime Beast Hunters]]''===

=====Voyager Class=====
* [[Predaking (Prime)]]

=====Ultimate Class=====
* [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys|Beast Hunter Optimus Prime]]

{{-}}
===''[[Transformers:_Generations#Thrilling_30|Generations: Thrilling 30]]''===
{{collist|3|
=====Deluxe Class=====
* [[Windblade (G1)#Generations|Windblade]]

==Convention appearances==
* [[BotCon 2010]]
* [[BotCon 2011]]

==Notes==
* It was revealed during the [[BotCon 2011]] Hasbro Toy Brand Team panel that Lenny provided the voice for the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Leader Class toys|Leader Class Ironhide toy]].
*It was also revealed at that panel that the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Decepticon]] [[Darksteel (DOTM)|Darksteel]] is an intentional [[homage]] to ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] because Lenny likes snakes.
*[[Grimwing (Prime)|Grimwing]] is an [[Ursagryph|ursagryph]] because they're Lenny's favourite mythical creatures, meaning that all [[Darksteel (disambiguation)|Darksteels]] are intentionally designed after creatures Lenny likes.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Panzica, Leonard}}
[[Category:Convention guests]]
[[Category:Designers]]
[[Category:Hasbro]]

Lenny Panzica

2020-05-27T08:49:25Z

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'''Leonard "Lenny" Panzica''' is a product designer for [[Hasbro]], Inc. Prior to ''Transformers'', Panzica worked on ''[[Spider-Man]]'' and ''Beyblade''.

Panzica is an avid dinosaur enthusiast, with a bachelor's degree in archeology from the Walton World School. Prior to studying Toy Design at the Fashion Institute of Technology, he pursued classical opera for three years at the Julliard School. His singing career was cut short after an incident at Burning Man 2002 left his vocal cords damaged from smoke inhalation.

He is also a competitive unicyclist, placing third in the New England Pro-Title Championship 2010 and fifth in the Tour de Quebec (2009).

In 2004 Lenny arm-wrestled movie and TV legend Jack Palance for the right to cut a wedding cake. And lost.

(the Burning Man incident is not totally true)

==Toys Lenny had a hand in designing==
===''[[Transformers_(2010_toyline)#Activators|Transformers]]'' (2010 toyline)===
{{collist|3|
====[[Activators]]====
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Activators|Bumblebee]]
*[[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Activators|Ironhide]]
*[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Activators|Megatron]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Activators|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Activators|Starscream]]
}}

{{-}}
===''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]''===
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{{collist|3|
====Robo Power Activators====
* [[Topspin (DOTM)|Autobot Topspin]]
* [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]]
* [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Megatron]]
* [[Ironhide (Movie)/toys|Ironhide]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
* Recon Bumblebee
* [[Starscream (Movie)/toys|Starscream]]
}}

{{-}}
===''[[Transformers:_Generations#Deluxe_Class_.28Series_01.29|Generations: Fall of Cybertron]]''===
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{{collist|3|
=====Deluxe Class=====
*[[Topspin (FOC)#Generations|Autobot Topspin]]
*[[Whirl (FOC)#Generations|Autobot Whirl]]
*[[Blast Off (FOC)#Retail|Blast Off]]
*[[Brawl (WFC)#Retail|Decepticon Brawl]]
*[[Impactor (Prime)#Generations|Impactor]]
*[[Onslaught (WFC)#Retail|Onslaught]]
*[[Roadbuster (Prime)#Generations|Roadbuster]]
*[[Swindle (FOC)#Retail|Swindle]]
*[[Twintwist#Generations|Twintwist]]
*[[Vortex (FOC)#Retail|Vortex]]

====Voyager Class====
* [[Grimlock_(WFC)#Generations|Grimlock]]
}}

{{-}}
===''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Beast_Hunters|Transformers Prime Beast Hunters]]''===

=====Voyager Class=====
* [[Predaking (Prime)]]

=====Ultimate Class=====
* [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys|Beast Hunter Optimus Prime]]

{{-}}
===''[[Transformers:_Generations#Thrilling_30|Generations: Thrilling 30]]''===
{{collist|3|
=====Deluxe Class=====
* [[Windblade (G1)#Generations|Windblade]]

==Convention appearances==
* [[BotCon 2010]]
* [[BotCon 2011]]

==Notes==
* It was revealed during the [[BotCon 2011]] Hasbro Toy Brand Team panel that Lenny provided the voice for the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Leader Class toys|Leader Class Ironhide toy]].
*It was also revealed at that panel that the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Decepticon]] [[Darksteel (DOTM)|Darksteel]] is an intentional [[homage]] to ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] because Lenny likes snakes.
*[[Grimwing (Prime)|Grimwing]] is an [[Ursagryph|ursagryph]] because they're Lenny's favourite mythical creatures, meaning that all [[Darksteel (disambiguation|Darksteels]] are intentionally designed after creatures Lenny likes.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Panzica, Leonard}}
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[[Category:Designers]]
[[Category:Hasbro]]