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Spychangers to the Rescue

2014-06-08T13:30:37Z

HellCat:

{{episode|
|series=RiD
|ep=4
|title="Spychangers to the Rescue"
|japanese=忍者ロボ! スパイチェンジャー参上
|romaji=Ninja Robo! Spychanger Sanjō
|translation=Ninja Robo! Enter the Spychangers
|image=Spychangers_Rescue_Spychangers_Hit.jpg
|caption=OK, who had the chili?
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], NAS, Studio Gallop
|writer=[[Kazuhiko Gōdo]] (Japanese)<br>[[Richard Epcar]] (English)
|director=[[Yoshiaki Tsutsui]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[April 26]], [[2000]] (Japanese)<br>[[September 13]], [[2001]] (English)
|continuity=
}}

'''Hot Shot, Crosswise, W.A.R.S.,'''<br>
'''Race Exertion Vehicle''',<br>
'''Ironhide, Mirage'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Spychangers Rescue Koji and Karl morning.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Remember....You....are my number one....guy!]]
Under the cover of darkness, the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] trio try to steal the [[Plutonium Energy Generator]], but [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Autobot Brothers|Autobot brothers]] are there to stop them. During the battle, Optimus admonishes [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] for his reckless behaviour—if the generator is damaged, it may leak deadly [[zirconium gas]]. Fortunately at this point the Predacons retreat. (Don't worry, there's more to the episode than just that.)

[[Koji Onishi|Koji]] wakes up to the sound of a honking horn. He rushes outside and greets his friend [[Karl]] and Karl's father. The three leave for a biking trip.

[[Image:Spychangers_Rescue_Generator.jpg|right|thumb|200px|We'll try to kill him with a forklift...]]
The plutonium energy generator is loaded onto a truck and transported across the city. The Autobot brothers follow closely behind the generator. Side Burn develops a mild fear of the elements inside the generator that would be harmful to Transformers, but [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] keeps his brother in line. Traffic slows down due to [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]]'s hacking the systems used to control the highways. The [[Autobot]]s suspect something is afoot, but stay in position.

Koji and company are also stuck in traffic, as is [[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]].

The Predacons leap through traffic, approaching the truck carrying the precious generator and chasing off the driver. The Predacons steal the energy generator off of the truck while the present Autobots are busy transforming. Because the traffic prevents the Autobots from firing, [[T-AI]] deploys three of the [[Spy Changer|Spychangers]]. [[Hot Shot (RID)|Hot Shot]], [[R.E.V.]] and [[Crosswise (RID)|Crosswise]] reveal themselves to the Predacons, who decide to retreat with the generator rather than to stay and fight. Naturally, the Spychangers give chase.

[[Image:Spychangers_Rescue_Skybytegenerator.jpg|left|thumb|200px|da dun da dun...]]
The Predacons leap off the highway and into the water, and the three Spychangers follow and transform on the beach. The Predacons knock the three down using their lasers, but help comes to the three Autobots in the form of [[W.A.R.S.]], [[Ironhide (RID)|Ironhide]], and [[Mirage (RID)|Mirage]]. The six soldiers dizzy the Predacons by literally running circles around them. But in the fight, the generator is dropped and rolls out of the sea into the grasp of [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]]. Slapper and [[Gas Skunk]] retreat with the generator, but the battle escalates further with the arrival of Prime and the Autobot brothers. However, Prime decides to let the Spychangers handle the Predacons on their own.

[[Image:Spychangers Rescue Statue.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Nyeh!]]
On the verge of being beaten, Sky-Byte decides that he can at least prevent the Autobots from getting the generator—by destroying it. The Spychangers leap to block his [[Tsunami Blaster]]. With all six Spychangers harmed by the blast, the Predacons grab the generator and get away. As the four regular Autobots regret the loss, the Spychangers laugh and reveal that in the confusion, they replaced the generator with a decoy, disguising the real one as a rock by draping a cloth over it.

In the Predacon base, [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] is pleased. But his pleasure turns sour when he tries to activate the decoy generator and it bursts open to reveal a mocking statue.

Koji and Karl, having finally gotten out of traffic, enjoy a bike race together. Optimus watches, glad that Koji is still able to enjoy himself despite the fact that the Predacons still hold his father, and promises again that they'll get [[Doctor Kenneth Onishi|Dr. Onishi]] back.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (4)
* [[X-Brawn]] (5)
* [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (6)
* [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (7)
* [[T-AI]] (15)
* [[Hot Shot (RID)|Hot Shot]] (16)
* [[R.E.V.]] (17)
* [[Crosswise (RID)|Crosswise]] (18)
* [[W.A.R.S.]] (19)
* [[Ironhide (RID)|Ironhide]] (20)
* [[Mirage (RID)|Mirage]] (21)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]|c2=
* [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] (1)
* [[Gas Skunk]] (2)
* [[Dark Scream]] (3)
* [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (12)
* [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (13)

|c3=
* [[Koji Onishi]] (8)
* [[Karl]] (9)
* Karl's father (10)
* [[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] (11)
* Truck driver (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"You know, sometimes that Autobot worries me."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' regarding Side Burn.

'''Side Burn''': Listen, bro, I'm not feeling very well. I have to go see my mechanic.<br>
''(Prowl rear-ends Side Burn)''<br>
'''Prowl''': You'll feel a lot worse if you don't get back in line!<br>
'''Side Burn''': Hey, cut it out! Can I go return a video now? Otherwise they'll charge me a late fee.<br>
'''Prowl''' and '''X-Brawn''': The answer is no!!
:—Side Burn fails miserably at getting out of his assignment.

"They don't pay us enough for this!"
:—A '''truck driver''' reacts to his truck being attacked by giant robotic animals.

"You Autobots oughta be more careful. You just might hurt some innocent bystanders if you keep that up."
:—'''Slapper'''

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
*In ''Robots in Disguise'', the factory that the Predacons target is constructing a plutonium energy generator. In ''Car Robots'', it is just a vaguely-defined "powerful energy". ''Car Robots'' mentions several times that the Predacons want it to power their base; ''Robots in Disguise'' doesn't say why they want it.
*When Side Burn nearly shoots the factory by accident and Optimus deflects his shot with a Blaze Blaster, ''Robots in Disguise'' adds a shot of Prime actually firing the attack, which in ''Car Robots'' came from off-screen. The shot is created by taking the piece of footage that follows this scene, Prime ''completing'' the attack and standing back upright, and playing it backwards.
*After Side Burn leaves to pursue a red sports car, ''Robots in Disguise'' has Prime and X-Brawn worry about him, while in ''Car Robots'', they are just thinking about assigning escorts for the transport of the generator.
*''Robots in Disguise'' slightly shortens the scene of Koji being woken by Karl and his dad; in ''Car Robots'', the first honk of the horn doesn't wake him, and they have to honk again.
*''Car Robots'' has Karl simply comment on the traffic, where ''Robots in Disguise'' has him request that his dad take them to a construction site to cycle.
[[Image:Rid_ep4_comparisons.jpg|right|thumb|225px|"Hmm, why ''did'' they add that CGI POV shot...?"]]
*In ''Robots in Disguise'', Koji's flashback to his father's abduction is prompted by Karl's dad specifically inquiring after Doctor Onishi, but in ''Car Robots'', it's merely the kindly actions of Karl's father that cause Koji to remember his own parent. ''Robots in Disguise'' also adds some ripple effects to the beginning and end of the flashback.
*In ''Car Robots'', the Autobot Brothers are unable to pursue the Predacons because the streets are clogged by Slapper's traffic jam. In ''Robots in Disguise'', this specious reason is changed to their being unable to shoot because of the preponderance of innocent bystanders.
*T-AI's computer readouts on the Spy Changers are digitally altered in ''Robots in Disguise'' to replace the characters' Japanese toy ID numbers with their names (pictured). The entire sequence is further altered and reordered to add shots of the characters flashing on T-AI's screens before the scenes showing them rolling into action. In ''Car Robots'', the characters roll out in the order: Hot Shot, Crosswise, R.E.V.; but ''Robots in Disguise'' changes it to: Hot Shot, R.E.V, Crosswise, in accordance with the order they appear on T-AI's screen.
*''Robots in Disguise'' wildly reorders the frenetic scene of all the Spychangers shooting at the three Predacons. It also adds two CGI POV overlay to shots of Slapper and Darkscream as the Autobots target them (pictured).
[[Image:Rid_ep4_questionmarks.jpg|right|thumb]]
*When Sky-Byte finds he can't transform with the generator in his mouth, ''Robots in Disguise'' cuts out a shot of three cartoonish question marks appearing above his head (pictured).
*In ''Car Robots'', Prime refers to the Spy Changers crafty slight of hand with the generator as a "Substitution Technique", as they're portrayed as ninjas in Japan.
*After the Spy Changers deception is revealed, ''Car Robots'' has Sky-Byte quietly respect the ninjas' skills, while ''Robots in Disguise'' has him blame Slapper and company for the goof.
*Scenes that ''Robots in Disguise'' extends with looped and repeated footage include:
**Optimus telling Side Burn not to pursue the fleeing Predacons
**Prime and the Autobot Brothers' conversation about the danger of the energy generator as they escort it
**X-Brawn warning his brothers to stay alert just before the Predacons attack the truck
**X-Brawn alerting Optimus Prime to the Preacons' theft of the generator
**R.E.V. going into stealth mode
**The Spy Changers getting back up after the Predacons blast them
**Prime telling the Autobot Brothers to leave the battle to the Spy Changers
**Sky-Byte reacting to the generator still being intact
**Prowl lamenting the Predacons' apparent theft of the generator

====Second English dub====
[[Image:Rid_ep4_deletedshots.jpg|right|thumb|150px]]
Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, this was one of several ''Robots in Disguise'' episodes that were pulled from rotation in order to be redubbed to remove content that was deemed unsuitable at the time. In the case of this episode, all references to the plutonium energy generator exploding if hit were removed, and replaced instead with the generator threatening to crack open, releasing zirconium gas that will corrode the Autobots' circuitry. The redubbed version is the only one included on [[Maximum Entertainment]]'s R2 DVD release of the series, and not even YouTube has the original version available. A transcript of the original broadcast version of the episode is available at [http://www.ridforever.info/episode-transcripts/rid-episode-04-spychangers-to-the-rescue RID Forever]. Additional changes include:
*When Slapper transforms upon attacking the truck, the original broadcast version featured him uttering an incorrect transformation code phrase, "Robot Mode!" The redub replaces it with the correct "Terrorize!" and furthermore, splices in his transformation stock footage sequence.
*Two shots of panicked commuters fleeing as the Predacons attack the truck (pictured) are removed, replaced with a close-up of Slapper delivering some new dialogue about Megatron being pleased with them.
*A scene in which Prowl launches one of his flamethrowers (here called a "Jet Claw") after the Predacons, only to have it blasted by Slapper, causing it to crash into a truck and explode, is deleted outright. Slapper's dialogue immediately following this is also changed to reflect the scene's removal.
{{--}}

===Animation or technical errors===
* When Karl's dad's car pulls up, it has a green bicycle on the roof. When Koji emerges from his house, he's pushing a green bicycle, and the bike on the car is now yellow (and they swap colours again for the next shot too).
* The member select for Crosswise erroneously reads "CROSSWIRE", and Hot Shot's name is displayed as one word.
* A shot at the beach has Sky-Byte being drawn with a different mouth [[Bullet Train to the Rescue#Animation_or_technical_errors|again]].

===Real-world references===
* X-Brawn mentions that he's traveling down "Osaka Boulevard".

===Trivia===
* The [[Spy Changer|Spychangers]], unlike the other Autobots, don't recognize [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]].
* Before the member select for Hot Shot, R.E.V. and Crosswise comes up, a bunch of strangely irrelevant English text about design management scrolls past. It seems to mention Ikea a lot.
* Among the abilities displayed by the Spychangers are: camouflage; driving on any flat surface, no matter the angle; driving on water; and somehow producing a statue disguised as a plutonium energy generator out of nowhere.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 1 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only.<br>
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Volume One ([[Maximum Entertainment]])<br>
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 1 of 2 (Maximum Entertainment)<br>
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Evil Intent (Maximum Entertainment)<br>
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Special Edition 2-Disc Set (Maximum Entertainment)<br>
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise / Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation / Action Man'' (Maximum Entertainment)<br>
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season One (Maximum Entertainment)<br>
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

==External links==
*[http://www.ridforever.info/episode-transcripts/rid-episode-04-spychangers-to-the-rescue "Spychangers to the Rescue" transcript on RiDForever.info]

[[Category: Robots in Disguise episodes]]

Tesco

2014-02-23T14:37:08Z

HellCat:

[[Image:Tesco logo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Swindle found his own response to his race's rallying cry.]]

'''Tesco''' is a major supermarket chain in the [[United Kingdom]]. Their food is known to sometimes include [[My Little Pony|horses.]]

Many of the [[Target]] exclusives have been released to the UK market through them and for a time they sponsored the UK airings of [[Transformers:_Prime_(cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]] on [[Cartoon Network]].

==External links==
*[http://www.tesco.com Official Tesco website]

[[Category:Companies]]
[[Category:Target exclusives| ]]
[[Category:Retailers]]

Tesco

2014-02-23T14:36:07Z

HellCat:

[[Image:Tesco logo.jpg|right|350px|Swindle found his own response to his race's rallying cry.]]

'''Tesco''' is a major supermarket chain in the [[United Kingdom]]. Their food is known to sometimes include [[My Little Pony|horses.]]

Many of the [[Target]] exclusives have been released to the UK market through them and for a time they sponsored the UK airings of [[Transformers:_Prime_(cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]] on [[Cartoon Network]].

==External links==
*[http://www.tesco.com Official Tesco website]

[[Category:Companies]]
[[Category:Target exclusives| ]]
[[Category:Retailers]]

Tesco

2014-02-23T14:35:34Z

HellCat:

[[Image:Tesco logo.jpg|right|350px|Swindle found his own response to his race's [['Til all are one|rallying cry]] ]]

'''Tesco''' is a major supermarket chain in the [[United Kingdom]]. Their food is known to sometimes include [[My Little Pony|horses.]]

Many of the [[Target]] exclusives have been released to the UK market through them and for a time they sponsored the UK airings of [[Transformers:_Prime_(cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]] on [[Cartoon Network]].

==External links==
*[http://www.tesco.com Official Tesco website]

[[Category:Companies]]
[[Category:Target exclusives| ]]
[[Category:Retailers]]

Tesco

2013-08-02T23:28:38Z

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[[Image:Tesco logo.jpg|right|350px]]

'''Tesco''' is a major supermarket chain in the [[United Kingdom]]. Their food is known to sometimes include [[My Little Pony|horses.]]

Many of the [[Target]] exclusives have been released to the UK market through them and for a time they sponsored the UK airings of [[Transformers:_Prime_(cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]] on [[Cartoon Network]].

==External links==
*[http://www.tesco.com Official Tesco website]

[[Category:Companies]]
[[Category:Target exclusives| ]]
[[Category:Retailers]]

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2013-08-02T23:25:06Z

HellCat:

Story page

2008-03-08T13:44:40Z

HellCat:

[[Image:BattlestarsStoryPage17-18.jpg|right|300px|thumb|And if you look to your right, you will see a Story Page in its natural habitat.]]

"'''Story pages'''" are commonly used in Japanese [[manga]] magazines such as ''[[TV Magazine]]'' and ''[[Comic Bom Bom]]'', but should not be confused with actual manga.

Story pages are 2-page spreads (usually in color, but not always) which tell the events of an adventure through montage artwork with narration and background info spattered all over the place.

The Transformers, in Japan, have had many of their most important battles told exclusively through story pages, particularly toward the end of [[Generation 1]] when the line's popularity was declining and they no longer warranted the page space for manga.

With few exceptions (the occasional OVA or manga special), ''[[Zone]]'', ''[[The Battlestars]]'' (the ''[[Return of Convoy]]'' fiction), and ''[[Operation Combination]]'' were told almost exclusively through story pages.

[[Category: Beast Wars]]
[[Category: Generation 1]]
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[[Category: Return of Convoy]]
[[Category: Unicron Trilogy]]
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Shockwave (G1)

2008-03-02T19:37:15Z

HellCat: /* Trivia */

{{disambig3|Shockwave}}
:''Shockwave is a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Generation One]] [[continuity family]]. He was also briefly known as '''Shockblast'''.''

[[Image:Shockwavearealldead.jpg||thumb|right|300px|Transformers images don't GET much more awesome than this.]]

'''Shockwave''' has been referred to as "a computer on legs." This is not far from the truth. Logic rules Shockwave's thought processes and is the source of his every inspiration. He sees emotion as a weakness and a distraction. His cold and calculating ''modus operandi'' is supported by his frightening and exceptionally powerful form.

Shockwave is possibly even more powerful than [[Megatron_(G1)|Megatron]], to whom he appears to be loyal. Perhaps logic may one day dictate that the time to replace Megatron's flawed, emotion-fueled rule is at hand. After all, the only logical choice for [[Decepticon leader]] would be Shockwave himself.

{{quote|Ultimately, I serve only one master... pure logic!|Shockwave on his true loyalties|"[[Spotlight: Shockwave]]"}}

:''Italian name'': '''Brutal'''<br>
:''Japanese name'': '''Laserwave'''<br>
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Onde de Choc'''<br>
:''Hungarian name'': '''Sokkoló'''
:''Russian name'': '''Vzrivala''' (Взрывала, Blaster)

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{note|Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.}}

After the Autobots had successfully destroyed the asteroids threatening [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Megatron and the other Decepticons attacked the [[Ark]] while Shockwave remained behind on [[Nemesis|their ship]] to pilot it. When the Ark subsequently crashed on [[Earth]], deactivating all those within, Shockwave followed the ship down, but a malfunction in his guidance systems caused him to land half a world away, in the tropical Antarctic jungle known as the [[Savage Land]]. The Ark's dying computer detected his presence there and reactivated five Autobots, rebuilding them in the shapes of the Savage Land's native dinosaurs. {{storylink|The Last Stand}} These "[[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]" battled Shockwave, a battle that ended in permanent stalemate when [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] brought down the mountain that Shockwave stood upon, knocking all the combantants into a tar pit. {{storylink|Repeat Performance}}

[[Image:Megatrong1marvelhumiliation.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Early on, Shockwave establishes the pecking order.]]
In 1984, when the rest of the Transformers aboard the Ark were awakened by a volcanic eruption, the Autobots attempted to track down their five missing comrades. A sensor drone tracked them to the Savage Land, but inadvertently wound up reactivating Shockwave, who headed straight for [[Oregon]]. He arrived just as the Autobots had claimed victory over the Decepticons, and his explosive entry saw all the weakened combatants knocked off-line. {{storylink|The Last Stand!}} Rounding up the bodies, Shockwave took control of the Ark, strung up the Autobots, decapitated [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and restored his fellow Decepticons back to health. This came as something of a rude shock to Megatron, who awoke to find that Shockwave had decided it was only logical for him to take over leadership of the Decepticons in light of Megatron's failure. {{storylink|The New Order}} After Shockwave attacked the offshore oil-drilling platform of tycoon [[G.B. Blackrock]] to secure it as a secondary base of operations (consequently crippling [[Josie Beller]] and leading to her transformation into [[Circuit Breaker]]), a weakened Megatron engaged him in combat for leadership, but was soundly defeated, and grudgingly vowed to serve Shockwave. {{storylink|The Worse of Two Evils!}}

Under Shockwave's command, the Decepticons took control of the [[Blackrock Aerospace Planet]], and used its facilities to create the bodies of the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s, which were then brought to life with the power of the [[Creation Matrix]] drained from Prime's head. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}} However, when Shockwave discovered that he could not bring his next creation, [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], to life, he deduced that Prime had transferred the Matrix into the mind of the human, [[Buster Witwicky]]. Shockwave programmed Jetfire to capture Buster, but the boy was able to use the power of the Matrix to bring the robot under his own control to turn the tables on the Decepticons. {{storylink|Brainstorm!}} Under Buster's control, Jetfire knocked out Shockwave and Optimus Prime was reunited with his body, leading to a climactic battle between Shockwave and Prime, which ended when the Decepticon leader was buried in a swamp. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

''Finally extricating himself from the swamp after being trapped for several months,'' Shockwave returned to leadership of the Decepticons with some new ill-fated plans involving stealing sonic energy from a rock concert {{storylink|Rock and Roll-Out!}} and attempting to exploit [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] as a weak link in the Autobot forces {{storylink|Plight of the Bumblebee!}}.

[[Image:ShockwaveSecondGeneration1.jpg |right|200px|thumb|Uh...you're on your own, kid. See ya!]]

''When [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] built Buster a mechanoid battle suit, the human test-drove it by attacking [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]. Shockwave responded to the attack, only to be briefly blinded when a desperate Buster flung a handful of sand into his optic sensor. The darkness this brought about revived memories of his four-million-year burial and his humiliating swamp submergence, and an enraged, barely-sane Shockwave disregarded logic in a desire for revenge that saw him pursue Buster throughout the night. As the new day dawned, Busted made one final attack with all the suit's power, which destroyed it but merely injured Shockwave. Seizing the boy in his hand, Shockwave was about to crush the life from him when the Autobot forces arrived to rescue him.'' {{storylink|Robot Buster}} ''His rationality returning, Shockwave realized that Buster could potentially be a powerful tool to use against the Autobots, and had the Constructicons attempt to abduct him, but during the battle, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] discovered that the Matrix had planted in Buster's mind a vision for the future of the Transformer race.'' {{storylink|Devastation Derby}} ''Shockwave watched intently as Soundwave tapped into Buster's dreams, and witnessed a vision of [[combiner]] Transformers battling. Little did he know that Soundwave was also beaming the vision to Megatron (now operating independent of Shockwave), who decided that it was time for him to retake Decepticon leadership. Shockwave and Megatron battled once more, but with Megatron at full health, the fight was much more evenly matched and drawn-out, and was even televised by the Decepticons' unwilling human ally, [[Donny Finkleberg|Robot Master]]. To prevent the Decepticons from being made to look like fools, Soundwave demanded they cease fighting and consent to a joint leadership. Begrudgingly, both agreed.'' {{storylink|Second Generation}}

This joint leadership did not last long. Leaving Shockwave in charge of the Decepticon's Wyoming coal mine base, Megatron led a team of Decepticons to attack the Autobot base, only for the majority of their number to be deactivated and captured by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. At the same time, however, the Autobots attacked the Decepticon base to draw out [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], to learn more about the combiner process. With the day having firmly been won by the Autobots on both fronts, Megatron argued that although he may have charged into a trap, Shockwave had been ineffective enough to do nothing, and had allowed a trap to spring up around him. Bowing to the logic of this argument, Shockwave stepped down and allowed Megatron to resume sole command. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

''Shockwave's movements were unknown for the brief time that followed this embarrassment. He was absent from the Decepticons' base when the time-traveling future Decepticon [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] arrived from 2006 and temporarily disposed of Megatron, but returned not long thereafter. Wondering where everyone was, he was met by [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and Frenzy, who had escaped their confinement in the Autobot base, but then, abruptly, all three were mass-displaced into [[limbo]] when three future Autobots traveled back in time to thwart Galvatron's plans.'' {{storylink|Target 2006}} ''In limbo, Shockwave and his two companions battled alongside the similarly-displaced Optimus Prime, [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and Ratchet against the deadly illusions created by the dimension's native lifeforms, before returning to their natural place in space and time when the time-travellers returned to their point of origin.'' {{storylink|Distant Thunder!}}

''It was not long before Shockwave began scheming to return to the position of leader, and when Megatron summoned the Decepticon hunters the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] to Earth to stalk Optimus Prime, he saw his opportunity. Conspiring with them, Shockwave arranged for the team to turn on Megatron during the hunt, depriving him of his weapons, expecting that he would have no chance against Prime one-on-one. {{storylink|Prey!}} When Megatron did not return, Shockwave believed him dead, but in truth, he had escaped to Cybertron - though this was of little concern to the cyclopean schemer, who took up the mantle of leadership in his absence again. It was not long after this that Galvatron returned, having traveled back from the future once more, and now dancing dangerously on the edge of sanity. Fearing the threat Galvatron might pose to his own leadership, Shockwave had the Decepticons aid the Dinobots in battling him, and Galvatron departed rather than fight his own future troops. {{storylink|Fallen Angel!}} Shortly thereafter, Megatron returned from Cybertron with a case of amnesia, sparing Shockwave any retribution for his actions.'' {{storylink|Resurrection!}}

Not long afterwards, Optimus Prime perished in a video game duel with Megatron, but the Decepticon leader grew progressively more paranoid, fearing his foe had survived. Apparently attempting to shock Megatron back to his senses, Shockwave had the Predacons come to Earth and force him into a combat situation, implanting a copy of his personality program in the team so that he could "be part" of the battle from a safe distance. Events culminated in Megatron's apparent death when, having fully plunged into insanity, he blew the space bridge up while standing on it. Once again, Shockwave was leader. {{storylink|Gone But Not Forgotten!}}

Shockwave established regular contact with Cybertron Decepticon commander [[Ratbat]], {{storylink|King of the Hill!}} ''and had the [[Seacon]]s sent from Cybertron so that they could use their aquatic abilities to help fortify the Decepticons' new artificial mobile island base. It was while they were performing this task that Galvatron returned, advancing on the island, much to Shockwave's distress. He ordered the Seacons to attack, but Galvatron tore through both them and the base walls - he had, he claimed, come in peace, but that Shockwave's attack had made an enemy of him, putting all Decepticons in danger. This of course, was a complete lie, but it turned the Decepticons against Shockwave, thereby disrupting the one-eyed warrior's command.'' {{storylink|Enemy Action!}}

After interfering in a scheme of Ratbat's, Buster Witwicky was captured by the Decepticons and brought to their island, which Shockwave then transformed into spaceship mode and took to the fringes of Earth's atmosphere. Autobot [[Headmaster]] leader [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] pursued the craft and battled Shockwave in the void of space, where he defeated him and sent him tumbling back through Earth's atmosphere in free-fall. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}} ''Although thought dead by many, Shockwave in actuality survived and returned to the Decepticons' original fortress base, where he concentrated on resolving the threat posed by Galvatron. Seeking to use the missing Megatron as a weapon against him, Shockwave had the small number of Decepticons still under his control recover a [[Straxus|clone of the departed leader]] from the Thames river, which he and [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]] repaired and brainwashed using the [[psycho-probe]].'' {{storylink|Salvage!}} ''Around the same time, Galvatron's fellow time-travelers [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] had joined up with Shockwave's Decepticons, but, chaffing in his service, Cyclonus wound up accidentally blurting out that they would be responsible for killing him in the future of 2008. Seeking to preserve his continued existence, Shockwave unleashed the Megatron clone upon them, resulting in the death of Cyclonus. Satisfied with the clone's performance, he dispatched him against Galvatron. {{storylink|Dry Run!}} The battle had an unexpected conclusion, however, when "Megatron" found a kindred spirit in Galvatron and actually joined forces with him. {{storylink|Altered Image!}}

''This unfortunate chain of events led to Shockwave losing his grip on sanity. Unable to logically fathom the situation, he slipped into despondency, stringing up the remains of Cyclonus on the walls of his castle as a twisted trophy. What Shockwave did not realize, however, was that the repeated time-travel and the death of Cyclonus had caused a rift in space-time that threatened the stability of reality. Hoping to restore the balance by returning all time-travelers to their proper place in time, Scourge attempted to reclaim Cyclonus's body, but was shot down by Shockwave for his trouble. At Scourge's urging, [[Ravage]] was able to present events logically enough to Shockwave to restore some semblance of coherency to his thoughts, and Shockwave himself deposited Cyclonus's remains in the rift, and sealed it with an x-ray blast.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

It would be some time before Shockwave next resurfaced, emerging from sea on the coast of Blackpool, England, and killing a human who had seen him. {{storylink|Dark Creation}} Seeking to established his own faction of Decepticons, he saved [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] from Circuit Breaker {{storylink|The Human Factor!}}, and the pair, along with [[Ravage]], recruited those who had grown disenfranchised with the leadership of the current Decepticon Earth commander, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm!}} The small group staged an attack on Scorponok's New Jersey base, and Scorponok and Shockwave battled in the waters around Manhattan before being interrupted by the super-team, the [[Neo-Knights]]. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} Shockwave used the ensuing confusing to implicate the Autobots in an attack on the human team, but was later recognized by Circuit Breaker as the robot responsible for crippling her, and was blown out of the sky by her powers. {{storylink|Out of Time!}} Abruptly, the battle was ended when the Transformers were all teleported to Cybertron to face the threat of [[Unicron]], but even Shockwave's data grid could not compute the vastness of the threat the chaos-bringer posed. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

After Unicron was destroyed, Shockwave teamed up with Starscream once more to find the remains of the Autobots' Ark, which had crashed during the battle. {{storylink|Still Life!}} The pair succeeded in getting the craft airborne again, but were unaware that the numerous damaged Transformers in the ship's stasis pods had been reactivated with [[nucleon]] - Megatron among them - and that an alternate future version of [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] was also on board. {{storylink|Exodus! (issue)|Exodus!}} Conflict erupted when Megatron and Galvatron met, but the sight of Shockwave saw the two Decepticons team up against him. To put an end to things once and for all, the revived Ratchet sent the Ark crashing to Earth. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}} There was no indication that Shockwave survived, suggesting that his evil had once and for all been put to rest.

''In the alternate future timeline of [[Earth-120185]], Shockwave attacked the unveiling of the first female Autobot [[Arcee]] in 1995, only to have his forces fended off by her.'' {{storylink|Prime's Rib!}} ''Years later, in 2004, he staged an attack on the opening day of [[Autobot City]], but was defeated by the extremely illogical actions of [[Hot Rod]] - who threw him down a mountain, and jumped along with him for the ride.'' {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}} ''After [[The Transformers: The Movie|Unicron's attack and destruction in 2006]], Shockwave assumed leadership of the Decepticons in the chaos that followed, and consolidated them into a strong force that ultimately resulted in a stalemate in the Cybertronian Civil War by 2008. It was then that Unicron's influence was felt again, as he mind-controlled Cyclonus, Scourge and the freelance peace-keeping agent [[Death's Head]] into assassinating Shockwave. After a hard fought battle, Shockwave was ultimately destroyed, his body blown to pieces and his memory module crushed between Death's Head's fingers, ensuring that he could never return.'' {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}

====Earthforce====
''In the alternate timeline that is home to the Autobot [[Earthforce]] team, the 1990s were host to yet another Decepticon Civil War, as Megatron and Shockwave lead their own factions for dominance. In hopes of disposing of both of them, however, Starscream and Soundwave lured them into a trap that saw them sent on the run.'' {{storylink|Internal Affairs!}} ''Shockwave and Megatron subsequently organized a hit on Starscream, and then attacked him when it didn't go to plan, but were forced back by the Earthforce, who needed Starscream alive to help heal [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], afflicted with [[Corrodia Gravis]].'' {{storylink|The Lesser Evil!}}

====Fun Publications====
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===Animated continuity===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Corey Burton]] (US), [[Yutaka Shimaka]] (Japan)

[[Image:Shockwave Hands.jpg|thumb|left|Megatron, Help! Starscream stole the ladder, and I can't get down from here!]]
Shockwave was a highly ranked Decepticon. Fanatically loyal to Megatron, Shockwave was entrusted stewardship of Cybertron by Megatron when the latter left to intercept an Autobot mission surveying for new forms of energy. Neither Decepticon suspected that Megatron's absence (and Shockwave's command) would last four million years. Little changed on Cybertron during those years, although Shockwave apparently lost his left hand and replaced it with a laser cannon. {{storylink|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

[[Image:ShockwaveDesertionOfTheDinobots1.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Shockwave bought himself on eBay!]]

He oversaw all the Decepticon activity on Cybertron, rarely leaving the planet. His keen scientific mind resulted in several incredible devices, including the [[space bridge]] and a [[Kronosphere|time machine]]. Despite spending his time on Cybertron, Shockwave was not out of the conflict. He directed Cybertron's security forces when a group of Autobots returned to Cybertron after the planet was moved in Earth's orbit. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 3}} He also sent [[Cybertonium]] to the dying Decepticons, though the experience was rather unpleasant, as the Dinobots reduced him to the role of chew toy, and he was outsmarted by two [[Spike Witwicky|miserable]] [[Carly|glitches]]. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}} More embarrassing was the fact that [[Female Autobots]] under [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] had been stealing [[Energon]] right out from under his nose (or what ever he has for a nose), while he had believed them all to be dead. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}}

By 2005, Megatron had returned to Cybertron and conquered the planet, leading Shockwave to lay down his guardianship of the planet and rejoin Megatron's inner circle. Though absent for the [[Battle of Autobot City]], he was present for Starscream's coronation, and subsequent destruction by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], the reformatted version of Megatron. With Galvatron indisposed, Shockwave commanded the Decepticon forces during [[Unicron]]'s attack on Cybertron, and is believed to have been killed in the ensuing battle. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|Transformers: The Movie}}

[[Image:Shockwave5Faces.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Shockwave didn't die. He just got a new paint job.]]

{{note|Though Shockwave's death was written into the movie's script, it did not make it into the released film. However, IDW's [[Transformers: The Animated Movie #4|20th Anniversary comic adaptation]] did include Shockwave's death. Shockwave's model did show up in season 3 episodes as possible animation errors.}}
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===Dreamwave comics continuity===

[[Image:Shockwavedwtww1.jpg|right|thumb|175px|Dreamwave is all his fault.]]

As a major player in the Decepticon army in Cybertron's past, Shockwave led the main attack on the Autobots' stronghold shortly after the appointment of Optimus Prime, and personally destroyed two [[guardian robot]]s with one blast in space gun mode. {{storylink|The War Within}} After Megatron's apparent death in an early space bridge test, the Decepticon faction splintered, with [[Air Commander]] [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] creating the "[[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]]" and High Auditor [[Ratbat]] the [[Ultracon]]s, while Shockwave lead the Decepticons through the "[[Dark Age]]s" of Cybertron. During this period, his logic allowed him to put aside differences with Jetfire and the Autobots in order to defeat the greater evil of the [[Fallen]]. Meeting up with Jetfire to discuss the upsurge in violence, the two were attacked by the [[Chaos Trinity]], and Shockwave was taken down. Recovered by the newly built [[Trypticon]], Shockwave organized a counter strike against the three mystics that included Trypticon, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Ravage]], the [[Insecticon]]s, and the [[Seeker]]s. Exactly how logic dictated that Shockwave bring an entire army to deal with three rogue Decepticons is unknown. Grimlock's [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] arrived, saying that they had a stake in this, and Shockwave agreed to a temporary ceasefire. After the Fallen was defeated, Shockwave and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] agreed to seal the [[Well of All Sparks]] with six coded barriers for each faction. They were to remain in place until Cybertron was united. Or, as Shockwave put it, [['Til all are one|until all are one]]. {{storylink|The War Within: The Dark Ages}} As the Dark Ages came to an end, Shockwave was ready to sign a peace treaty with Ratbat's Ultracons and the Autobots, but the return of Megatron derailed the plan. Shockwave was tasked with reverse engineering the [[Quintesson]]-created clones he brought back to the planet with him, which suffered difficulties due to Megatron's refusal to divulge their origin, but greatly intrigued Shockwave. {{storylink|The War Within: Age of Wrath}}

Shockwave was left behind on Cybertron while Megatron's forces pursued Optimus Prime and were subsequently lost on Earth for four million years, and became Decepticon leader on the planet. He began experimenting with cloning, and through studies of [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Blitzwing]], began to conceive the idea of a Transformer with multiple alternate modes. Cybertron, however, was steadily growing lower and lower on energy, and in an attempt to create new energy-conservative Transformers, Shockwave allied with the Autobots for a pooling of resources that created the [[Micromaster]]s. {{storylink|Destined For Nothing}} This came back to bite him, however, when the Decepticon Micromaster [[Skystalker]] attempted to overthrow his command, knocking him offline and decapitating him to use in a grotesque puppet show, giving orders to the other Decepticons by holding Shockwave's severed noggin up to a video screen. {{storylink|Victims of the Revolution}} When Skystalker was defeated, Shockwave was repaired, but eventually, he and all the other Transformers on Cybertron succumbed to stasis as the planet's energy ran out, and it entered a hibernation phase known as the "[[Great Shutdown]]."

3000 years ago, Unicron's herald Scourge located the dead planet, and reactivated Shockwave for study purposes. {{storylink|Generation 1 #0}} However, when Shockwave was attacked by a swarm of [[Sharkticon]]s, Scourge intervened and saved him, {{storylink|Cold War}} only to be shot in the back by the Decepticon and captured. Dissecting and studying Scourge, Shockwave learned many secrets about the function and purpose of Transformers and Cybertron from the secrets hidden within him. Using that knowledge, Shockwave steadily worked to restore Cybertron, reactivating its population and solving their energy needs, ending the war and unifying the planet. He also continued his experiments into multiple transformations, yielding the unstable [[Duocon]]s, and then successfully mastering the process with [[Triple Changer]]s. Capturing [[Alpha Trion]], Shockwave sought to unlock the full secrets of [[Vector Sigma]], having already learned of the mysterious significance of Earth to the Transformer race. {{storylink|Revelation}} In preparation for the invasion of the planet, Shockwave subliminally influenced the population of Cybertron to become more violent, {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} and prevented the return of Optimus Prime and Megatron aboard the Ark II by having a [[Robert Hallo|human agent]] blow it up. {{storylink|Revelation}}

[[Image:Shockwavedwwarandpeace.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Deja vu all over again.]]
In 2003, Shockwave made his move, heading to Earth with his Triple Changer troops and capturing Megatron and Optimus's forces, planning to try the two leaders as war criminals. Megatron was jettisoned into space by Starscream, {{storylink|New World Order}} while Prime escaped from his clutches and fell in with a rebel group. {{storylink|Cold War}} Mobilizing the planet's Autobots, Prime led an attack on Shockwave's citadel, and confronted Shockwave himself, only to be defeated by the Decepticon, who ripped the Matrix from him. Using the Matrix to activate Vector Sigma, Shockwave downloaded the compressed contents of the mega-computer into his network, but before he had an opportunity to view the data, he was pulled into a battle with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. In the course of the fight, the fuel line to his cannon was severed, and the resulting explosion destroyed his citadel and knocked him into a chasm. {{storylink|Revelation}}

While the rest of Cybertron believed Shockwave to be deceased, he had actually survived the explosion and gone underground in the wastelands of Cybertron. {{storylink|Lost and Found}} In addition to re-establishing communications with the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] on Earth (who had been operating there as an advance squad preparing the way for his invasion), {{storylink|Extermination}} Shockwave continued his experimentation, resulting in the creation of [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]. Soon after, however, Megatron returned to Cybertron and bested Shockwave, {{storylink|Lost and Found}} taking him to Earth where he did the same to Starscream. But now, the three players were assembled, each knowing certain dark secrets of Cybertron's past... {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

{{note|...and then Dreamwave went out of business. Dag, yo.}}

===Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe vs. Transformers'' comics continuity===

[[Image:Shockwave-ddp2-2b1.jpg|thumb|right|There are so many ways to make him look awesome.]]

In the absence of Megatron, Shockwave had assumed command of the Decepticons on Cybertron, and had successfully driven the Autobots into an underground resistance movement. When a number of GI Joe and COBRA troops, along with the captive Starscream, accidentally arrived on Cybertron via an overloaded wormhole gate, Shockwave and his troops immediately surrounded them. The same wormhole malfunction blasted a number of Transformers off of Cybertron and into random points of Earth's past, a temporal anomaly that threatened to scour the Earth's face with fire if the Transformers were not brought back.

Ultra Magnus and Perceptor arrived and were able to hold off the Decepticons for a time with a force field, while teams of humans were time-ported away to retrieve the missing Transformers and end the anomaly. Magnus's force field power ran out before all the teams had returned, and Shockwave had his troops capture the Autobots. He took personal pleasure in blasting Ratchet when he was returned through the gate.

Revealing that he had intended all along for the humans to discover the wormhole gate technology, Shockwave set the gate to continue operating but blocked the last remaining group from returning -- thus condemning Earth to destruction, easy pickings for conquest. Fortunately for Earth, two members of the GI Joe team were able to reactivate the gate, allowing the newly-created Dinobots to return to Cybertron. The Dinobots' power quickly drove Shockwave's Decepticons into retreat.

Regrouping on the other side of the planet, Shockwave had the long-missing Starscream brought before him. As Starscream attempted to explain his way out of being seen as a traitor, a recording of Cobra Commander's voice suddenly began to play, explaining that he had lined Starscream's hull with explosives. Shockwave leapt to try and stop the process, but the entire building exploded, apparently taking the two Decepticons with it.

With Shockwave's defeat, peace returned to Cybertron, and the Decepticons were driven back to a region known as the Gladiator Zone.

===IDW comics continuity===

Shockwave was a Decepticon scientist on Cybertron six hundred thousand [[meta-cycles]] ago. He predicted the eventual destruction of Cybertron as a result of the Great War, and theorized that the war would spread across the galaxy. In anticipation of this, he seeded several worlds with an altered form of energon (this is possibly the [[Ore-13]] later found by Starscream). After a long period of indeterminable length, at the beginning of the Ice Age on Earth, the Energon had become unstable, requiring Shockwave to place dampening devices across the worlds he'd seeded.

[[Image:Shockwaveg1idw.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Shockwave began to have second thoughts over his choice of manicurists.]]

Before departing Cybertron, he was ordered to deal with an Energon raid by the [[Dynobot]]s (by destroying the energon and severely injuring the team of misfits). Vowing revenge, they followed him when he left the planet.

Earth was the first world he visited to plant the devices on. Before he could leave though, his ship was destroyed and the Dynobots teleported down to attack him. The concept of the Dynobots illogical behavior based off vengeance, along with the sheer force of their attack, left him off balance at first. Unable to win through logic, he developed thought patterns based off rage. This more brutal, violent Shockwave decimated the Dynobots, burning off the organic coatings shielding them from the planet's high energon fields, forcing them into [[stasis lock]]. Deactivating his new 'rage' program for further study, Shockwave was prevented by leaving the planet by a dead man's switch on the Dynobots' ship. A massive beam of energy plowed into the ground, causing a volcanic eruption which consumed Shockwave and the Dynobots. {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}

Megatron became suspicious of Shockwave's absence and assigned [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] to search through Shockwave's files. Bludgeon's findings later inspired him in part to reattempt [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]'s mad plot which had, in the meantime, left their planet uninhabitable. {{storylink|Stormbringer (comics)|Stormbringer}}

In 2006, a [[Professor Goring|human archaeological team]] uncovered Shockwave's body, which a few months later was obtained (along with the Dynobots' bodies) by an organization named [[Skywatch]]. {{storylink|Escalation (issue 5)}}

===IDW ''[[Hearts of Steel]]'' continuity===
Shockwave recruits inventor [[Tobias Muldoon]] to the Decepticon side (by pretending to be a friend to humanity). {{Storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1}} As a huge ship, he does not participate in the [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]'s attempted attack on New York, and thus may have survived the story unharmed. Clever bot. His 19th century altmode is an ironclad warship.

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Shockwave''' (Decepticon, 1985)
:*''Japanese ID number'': '''49'''
:*''Accessories'': "Magnetic impulse defuser" barrel

[[Image:G1Shockwave_toy.jpg|right|thumb|You can try to play Duck Hunt with him all day long, but it just doesn't work.]]

: Shockwave transforms into a large Cybertronian handgun. He has light and sound electronics activated by his gun-mode trigger and powered by a 9-volt bettery. The sound effects can be switched between two (fairly generic) blaster-sound frequencies with a small toggle on his battery pack.

{{note|The rubber hose covering the wires connecting his torso and arm's electronics is particularly prone to dry-rotting. Be careful.}}

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*'''Shockwave with Fistfight''' (Action Master, 1990)
**''Accessories'': Double-barreled "Turbo Rifle"

[[Image:ActionMaster_Shockwave.jpg|left|thumb|80px|"I shall call him Mini-Me."]]

: As an [[Action Master]], Shockwave is a non-transforming action figure who combines elements of his cartoon model and original toy, with a few more details. He is compatible with any other Action Master weapon or vehicle. He came with his small robot partner [[Fistfight]], who combines with Shockwave's handgun to form a "Lightning Gun" cannon.

: Reportedly, early "test market" releases came with a rubber hose that connects from his gun-arm to his back, like the original toy. There are holes in the toy's gun-arm and backpack; the black hoses found in many old ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' toys can fit in the holes.

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===Alternators===
*'''Shockblast''' (Alternator, 2004)
:*''Alternator ID number:'' '''12'''
:*''Japanese ID number:'' '''BT-13'''
:*''Accessories'': Muffler-blaster

[[Image:AlternatorsShockblast_toy.jpg|right|thumb|Guns akimbo.]]

: A [[retool]]ing of the "[[Jazz|Meister]]" Alternator, "Shockblast" transforms into a 1:24-scale Mazdaspeed-modified RX-8 sports car. He features working car doors, hood, and trunk. His muffler unfolds to become a hand-held blaster; the mounting peg for car-mode actually pegs into the hole son his forearms by the elbow joints quite snugly, letting you mount the blaster there if you wish. While the box has the name "Shockblast", the car's actual license plate is "SHKWAV".

: Aside from the new head, color change and the laser cannon replacing his left hand, other differences between Shockblast and Meister are that Shockblast has new front and rear fenders, doors, side skirts and a spoiler.

: The original [[Jazz|Meister]] mold was also used to make the [[Autrooper]] and [[Zoom-Zoom]].

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===Attacktix===
*'''Shockwave'''
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==Merchandise==
*'''Shockwave''' (Bust, 2003)
[[Image:Shockwave_bust.jpg|left|thumb|130px|Shockwave reminisces back to when he had two hands.]]

: In 2003, [[Hard Hero]] released a large polystone bust of Shockwave, based upon his ''Generation 1'' cartoon appearance. This was released in two versions, the regular as shown in the picture and a limited edition 'metallic' version limited to 500 pieces worldwide.

*'''Shockwave''' (Mini statue, 2004)
[[Image:Shockwaveministatue.jpg|right|thumb|100px|Meet me in the bank....its going down..]]

: Diamond Comics Distributors also released a small, six-inch polystone statue of Shockwave made by Palisades, based upon [[Pat Lee]]'s rendition of the character in [[Dreamwave]]'s Transformers comic books.

*'''Grimlock & Shockwave''' (Robot Heroes, 2007)

[[Image:Robot_Hero_Shockwave.jpg|left|thumb|130px|He's logical ''and'' cute.]]
: The most adorablest Shockwave ever, ''[[Robot Heroes]]'' Shockwave is a stumpy PVC figurine that combines toy and animation model details into a single package. He has limited articulation (neck and shoulder swivels only), but he's so cute it doesn't matter. He was available in a two-pack with a similarly lovable version of [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]].

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==Trivia==
* Although Shockwave was depicted in the 1984 episodes of the animated series, he did not receive a toy release until 1985. Unlike the bulk of early Transformers that drew their molds from [[Takara]]'s ''[[Diaclone]]'' and ''[[Microchange]]'' toys, Shockwave's original form was first produced by ToyCo. As such, similar non-Transformer toys using the same mold were released in 1985, including a gray version called "Astro Magnum" and a Radio Shack exclusive called "Galactic Man". A minor but amusing difference between the Radio Shack version, humorously called "Shackwave" by fans, and the [[Hasbro]] version, is that Shockwave's inconveniently placed trigger was remolded and appears less...inconvenient.

[[Image:Generations-CybertronBattle.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Aha! I have your Lucky Charms now, Starscream!]]

* A Cybertronian battle scene in ''[[Comic Bom Bom]]'' (reprinted in ''[[Transformers Generations]]'') depicts Shockwave not in purple, but in the original grey color scheme of the Astro Magnum/Galactic Man toy.

* In the cartoon, Shockwave was once shown having two hands {{storylink|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}.

* In "Desertion of Dinobots" part 1, Shockwave was wielding a miniature version... of himself. Or perhaps he is being wielded in gun mode by a gigantic version of himself. Who knows?

*In the Japanese dub of the Generation 1 cartoon, Shockwave's personality was altered from the American interpretation. Instead of being a monotone slave to logic he was presented like a grizzled old man with a loud, raspy voice and a very short temper.

[[Image:Starbrigade.jpg|left|thumb|125px|Product and colors (and franchise) may vary.]]

* One of the earliest pictured versions of Action Master Shockwave features some awkward proportions and Fistfight with reversed colors. Another oddity of this version is that Shockwave's right hand is sculpted in an open position.

* A silhouette of Action Master Shockwave's card art appears on the back of the [[G.I. Joe]] Star Brigade packaging... as [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]]!

* Shockwave is, of course, the basis for the ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' Decepticon [[homage]] character [[Shockblast (Energon)|Shockblast]].
[[Image:JoeTF3.jpg|thumb|right|125px|The biggest crisis is coming to Earth.]]
* Shockwave bears the rather strange distinction of receiving a number of particularly high quality [[knockoff|knockoffs]], all of which known retain the electronics and some even having odd [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_Gordon Flash Gordonesque] [[retool|retools]].

* Shockwave has two hands on the cover of ''G.I. Joe and the Transformers'' #3.{{storylink|Ashes, Ashes...}}

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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Decepticon/Shockwave/shockwave.htm Shockwave at TFU.info]

*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Shockwave Shockwave's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Comic BomBom

2008-03-01T00:08:49Z

HellCat: New page: '''Comic Bom Bom''' was a long running Japanese boy's comics anthology. The first issue was published in 1981, with the title finally retired in late 2007 due to declining sales. The title...

'''Comic Bom Bom''' was a long running Japanese boy's comics anthology. The first issue was published in 1981, with the title finally retired in late 2007 due to declining sales. The title was most famous for publishing promotional comics of various properties including Transformers, Gundam and Super Mario Bros.

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Ratchet (Animated)

2008-01-20T00:42:11Z

HellCat: /* Transformers Animated cartoon */

{{disambig3|Ratchet}}
:''Ratchet is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:AniRatchetPromoModel.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Rassa-frassa KIDS with their loud music and their rocket-powered axes...]]

'''Ratchet''' is one of the oldest Autobots on [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]'s team. He's also second in command. Though sporting a bit of paunch, he's a true veteran. Having served as a [[medibot]] millions of years ago in the Great War, he's the only one of the group to have seen real combat before. Old wounds physical and mental have made him bitter, mostly in regards to heroism. A leader figure for his comrades, he's got a bit of a military drill sergeant aura to him. He also likes bashing [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] on the head when 'Bee's being a smart-ass.

His special power is based on magnetism; he can move metal-based objects, and create shields. He enjoys grumbling about almost everything, being sarcastic, and having war flashback, just like any old man.

He's not [[Kup]]. Honestly.

{{quote|Young bots. Can't live with 'em. Can't melt 'em down for spare parts.|Ratchet, grumbling and moaning|"[[Transform and Roll Out!]]"}}
==Fiction==

===Transformers Animated cartoon===
{{ongoing}}
:''Voice actor: [[Corey Burton]] (US), ? (Japan)''

{{spoiler|The Thrill of the Hunt}}

Ratchet suffered constant flashbacks of a mission during the war in which he was sent by [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] to recover Autobot intelligence officer [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]], who was carrying important security codes in her memory. Shortly after finding her, the pair were captured by the Decepticon affiliated bounty hunter [[Lockdown]]. The hunter made a habit of collecting the powers of defeated enemies as trophies and did so with Ratchet's medical EMP device. Before he could attach it, Arcee was able to pass the device to Ratchet and begged him to use it on herself to wipe the codes and preserve their safety. In the ensuing skirmish with Lockdown the device accidentaly produced a wider blast, erasing Arcee's entire memory.

In the present, Lockdown captured Optimus Prime and intended to hand him over to the vengeful remaining Decepticons for the bounty offered against him. The Autobots attempted a rescue, with Ratchet initially absent due to haunting flashbacks over his last encounter with the bounty hunter. He was forced to intervene after Lockdown eliminated [[Bulkhead]], [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]. Ratchet was able to free his commanding officer and retrieve his EMP device, using it to send Lockdown's ship crashing back to Earth. After reinstalling Prime's stolen gadgets, the veteran finally opened up to the younger soldier.{{storylink|The Thrill of the Hunt}}

==Toy==

*Deluxe Ratchet seems to come with a bunch of tool accessories he can hold in bot mode.

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Ratchet (Animated)

2008-01-20T00:41:46Z

HellCat: /* Transformers Animated cartoon */

{{disambig3|Ratchet}}
:''Ratchet is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:AniRatchetPromoModel.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Rassa-frassa KIDS with their loud music and their rocket-powered axes...]]

'''Ratchet''' is one of the oldest Autobots on [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]'s team. He's also second in command. Though sporting a bit of paunch, he's a true veteran. Having served as a [[medibot]] millions of years ago in the Great War, he's the only one of the group to have seen real combat before. Old wounds physical and mental have made him bitter, mostly in regards to heroism. A leader figure for his comrades, he's got a bit of a military drill sergeant aura to him. He also likes bashing [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] on the head when 'Bee's being a smart-ass.

His special power is based on magnetism; he can move metal-based objects, and create shields. He enjoys grumbling about almost everything, being sarcastic, and having war flashback, just like any old man.

He's not [[Kup]]. Honestly.

{{quote|Young bots. Can't live with 'em. Can't melt 'em down for spare parts.|Ratchet, grumbling and moaning|"[[Transform and Roll Out!]]"}}
==Fiction==

===Transformers Animated cartoon===
{{ongoing}}
:''Voice actor: [[Corey Burton]] (US), ? (Japan)''

{{spoiler|The Thrill of the Hunt}}

Ratchet suffered constant flashbacks of a mission during the war in which he was sent by [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] to recover Autobot intelligence officer [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]], who was carrying important security codes in her memory. Shortly after finding her, the pair were captured by the Decepticon affiliated bounty hunter [[Lockdown]]. The hunter made a habit of collecting the powers of defeated enemies as trophies and did so with Ratchet's medical EMP device. Before he could attach it, Arcee was able to pass the device to Ratchet and begged him to use it on herself to wipe the codes and preserve their safety. In the ensuing skirmish with Lockdown the device accidentaly produced a wider blast, erasing Arcee's entire memory.

In the present, Lockdown captured Optimus Prime and intended to hand him over to the vengeful remaining Decepticons for the bounty offered against him. The Autobots attempted a rescue, with Ratchet initially absent due to haunting flashbacks over his last encounter with the bounty hunter. He was forced to intervene after Lockdown eliminated [[Bulkhead]], [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Prowl (Animated)]]. Ratchet was able to free his commanding officer and retrieve his EMP device, using it to send Lockdown's ship crashing back to Earth. After reinstalling Prime's stolen gadgets, the veteran finally opened up to the younger soldier.{{storylink|The Thrill of the Hunt}}

==Toy==

*Deluxe Ratchet seems to come with a bunch of tool accessories he can hold in bot mode.

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Sky-Byte (RID)

2007-11-18T13:20:25Z

HellCat: /* Fiction */

:''Sky-Byte is a [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] from the [[Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:SkyByteAnime.jpg|thumb|300px|Who's the greatest shark around?]]

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

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

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

''Poor frustrated shark<br>
''Megatron is a dumbass<br>
''Why do you bother?

{{quote|I'm not running away, I'm leading the retreat|Sky-Byte shows his knack with words}}

:''Japanese name:'' '''Gelshark'''

==Fiction==

===Animated continuity===
====''Robots in Disguise''====
: Voice actor: [[Peter Spellos]] (US), [[Konta]] (Japan)
[[Image:Rid7.jpg|left|thumb|Finding the O-Parts was no challenge compared to finding Waldo.]]
As Megatron is dressing-down the Predacon trio for their latest failure, Sky-Byte suddenly appears--demonstrating a skill for either invisibility or teleportation that he will never display again.{{storylink|An Explosive Situation}}

In the fog of battle, Sky-Byte prevents a skyscraper that has been attacked by the Decepticons from collapsing. {{storylink|Sky-Byte Saves the Day}} With his position threatened by the arrival of Scourge, Sky-Byte plots to be the first to discover [[Fortress Maximus]], and takes [[Dr. Onishi]] along with him on the search. Sky-Byte later becomes so preoccupied with battle that he tosses [[Doctor_Onishi|Dr. Onishi]] to [[Koji]], leading the youth to believe Sky-Byte deliberately rescued his father out of the goodness of his heart. The Autobots believe this too and apologize to Sky-Byte for fighting him (after they've already blown the tar out of him). {{storylink|Koji Gets His Wish}} These apparent acts of goodness, plus his generally comic persona during events Koji and his friends witness, lead the children to become very fond of Sky-Byte, following him and pestering him for autographs. A proud Predacon, Sky-Byte is bewildered by this attention. He thinks of using it as a way to get his haikus published, but [[Galvatron]] has another idea--using Sky-Byte's friendship as a way to capture some humans, so that the best means of controlling Fortress Maximus can be tested.{{storylink|The Human Element}}
[[Image:Skybyte_happy_at_last.jpg|thumb|right|No, not the final scene from Free Willy]]
After the Predacons are defeated yet again by the Autobots, Galvatron incapacitates all the Autobots, seizes control of every child on Earth, and draws [[Omega Prime]] into a ritualized battle. Sometime during those events, Sky-Byte vanishes without a trace. After their final victory, the Autobots round up and capture every other Predacon and Decepticon, none of whom know his whereabouts. Whether the Autobots simply forgot about him or if he deserted his teammates is unknown. Sky-Byte is left to spend the rest of his life on Earth, a fate the other Predacons seem to view as worse than death, though his own attitude as he swims off into the sunset suggests he feels quite differently. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}

====Dreamwave Summer Special comic====

Sky-Byte and Scourge were sent on a joint mission, although they did nothing but bicker until Optimus and Ultra Magnus showed up. While Scourge battled them, Sky-Byte took advantage and made off with the goods, leaving Scourge with a haiku to keep him thinking.

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise===
*'''Sky-Byte''' (Mega, 2000/2001)
: ''Japanese ID Number:'' '''D-005'''

: An extensive [[redeco]] of the [[Transmetal|Transmetal 2]] [[Maximal]] [[Cybershark]], Sky-Byte transforms into a large monstrous bio-mechanical great white shark. His tail has a gear-system that spins the fins like a propeller when a wheel in his side is turned (this system becomes his right arm, forming a spinning claw weapon). He also has a double spring-loaded missile launcher concealed in his shark mouth that doubles as a hand weapon.

: First available as part of the ''Car Robots'' line in Japan, there are no noteworthy differences between the [[Takara]] and [[Hasbro]] versions.

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2001/Predacon/SkyByte/skybyte.htm Sky-Byte at TFU.info]

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Scourge (RID)

2007-11-18T13:12:59Z

HellCat: /* Robots in Disguise cartoon */

{{disambig3|Scourge}}

:''Scourge is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Black_Convoy.jpg|right|thumb|I see a [[Optimus Prime (RID)|red truck]] and I want to paint it black.]]

A [[protoform]] scanning mishap resulted in a [[Decepticon]] protoform attaining attributes of [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] yet retaining the Decepticon programming. This protoform became '''Scourge'''. Scourge is arguably [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]]'s second in command, leading the new Decepticon forces, a much more effective unit than [[Sky-Byte]]'s [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]].

He is a ruthless and cunning warrior who contains all of Optimus Prime's strengths and skill, but none of his compassion and mercy. He's also a very ''ambitious'' warrior, with plans to dethrone Megatron!

Scourge's greatest strength is also his weakness--his temper. Fearless and furious, he charges into battle wildly hacking his broadsword as his trailer combat deck launches missile barrages overhead. Yet his rage also makes him impatient, petulant, and easily provoked; it also scares the heck out of his subordinates.

Naturally, [[Sky-Byte]] sees Scourge as a threat on just about every level. For once, he's right.

:''Japanese name:'' '''Black Convoy'''

==Fiction==
===Robots in Disguise cartoon===
[[Image:Rid8.jpg|right|thumb|Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem.Oh yeah!]]
:''Voice actor:'' [[Barry Stigler]] (US), [[Taitem Kusunoki]] (Japan)''

The robot who came to be named Scourge was originally one of a crew of six [[Autobot]]s sent to [[Earth]] to reactivate the legendary Autobot battle station, [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]]. As leader of the expedition, Scourge was equipped with the ability to detect the unique energy signatures of the [[O-Parts]], the [[Cybertron]]ian components that held the key to reawakening Maximus. However, Scourge never had the opportunity to use that ability in the service of the Autobots, when the team's craft malfunctioned and crashed on Earth in the mid-20th century. Having been in [[protoform]]-state with [[stasis pods]] for the duration of their voyage, the six Autobots were entombed in their crashed ship.

In the early days of the 21st century, archaeologist and energy expert [[Doctor Onishi]]'s work eventually led him to find the various links in the chain of Fortress Maximus - he located the fortress itself beneath [[Metro City]], mapped the location of the O-Parts, and discovered the location of the crashed Autobot spaceship. However, when the evil [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] came to Earth with the intent of harnessing Maximus's power, he captured Onishi, and through mental scans, discerned the location of the Autobots' ship. Stealing the six protoforms, Megatron took them to a nearby military base to scan vehicle modes for them, infusing them with a part of his own spark energy to turn them to the side of evil. The first five became the [[Commando]]s, but when Megatron targeted a tanker truck to scan as the alternate mode of the final protoform, [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] leapt into action in order to save the truck's human driver (the eternally-luckless [[Kelly]]), and as a result, the tanker, Prime ''and'' the human were all scanned. With an infusion of Megatron's spark energy to complete the concoction, Scourge was born, emerging from his pod as a dark twin of Optimus Prime, who proved that Megatron's programming had over-ridden any Autobot goodness within him. Appointing himself leader of the new "[[Decepticons (RID)|Decepticons]]," he quickly established himself as a force to be reckoned with. {{storylink|The Decepticons}}

After leading a series of unsuccessful missions - with failure sometimes due to the interference of his [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] rival [[Sky-Byte]] - during which Optimus Prime constantly but vainly urged him to search for the true Autobot nature within himself, Scourge developed a fierce independent streak, steadily growing more and more revolted at being in the service of Megatron. Eventually, when Fortress Maximus was discovered buried beneath Metro City, exposure to the battle station's energies began to reawaken memories the original mission Scourge had been programmed with. As the race began to locate the O-Parts, Scourge rediscovered his ability to sense them. Holding one in his hand, his mission was now clear to Scourge - but unfortunately, Megatron's reprogamming added a distinctly [[Decepticon]] bent to it, as Scourge now sought to use the power of Fortress Maximus to conquer the galaxy for himself.

Successfully capturing [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]], the power key to Fortress Maximus, Scourge used the part of his bio-signature that was Optimus Prime's to dupe the robot into activating Maximus, but the giant robot ran amok until the Autobots' human ally, [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] was able to stop it. Realizing that humans could control Maximus, Scourge then amplified the human part of his bio-signature and succeeded in taking control of the giant, until he was overridden by a large group of human children. Seeking to use Koji himself for the process, a case of mistaken identity resulted in the Decepticons capturing his best friend, [[Karl]], instead, but when Karl proved able to activate [[Fortress Maximus]], Scourge dropped his façade of loyalty and ordered Maximus to destroy Megatron (now Galvatron). The failure of this plan brought about a punishment most severe - Scourge and the Decepticons had their autonomy stripped by Galvatron, turned once again into loyal servants so dedicated to Galvatron that they continued to do his will even after he attempted to kill them with molten lava as a belated punishment. With Galvatron's ultimate defeat at the hands of [[Omega Prime]], Scourge was captured and taken back to Cybertron for imprisonment with the other villains.

===Dreamwave comics===

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise===
*'''Black Convoy''' (Destronger, 2000)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-012'''

:A [[black repaint|black]] [[redeco]] of the Laser [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] mold, Black Convoy is a black Western Star 4964EX truck with teal paint apps, and darkish pink windows. His trailer is chrome, and he lacks all of Laser Prime's stickers. The toy lacks all of Laser Prime's electronics, to keep costs down. However, the arms still are restricted in motion, to prevent breaking the wires that no longer exist in the toy.

:Due to the molded G2 Autobot symbols on the discs Black Convoy's launcher has, [[Takara]] made Black Convoy's faction symbol the G2 Autobot one, but upside down.

*'''Scourge''' (Decepticon, 2002)

[[Image:RID_Scourge_toy.jpg|thumb|right|200px|This toy almost makes the black repaint craze worth it.]]

:The US release of Black Convoy, sold exclusively at Toys-R-Us. Specimens sold at retail were very similar to Black Convoy. Notable changes were that red translucent plastic replaces all the pink; the stickers are now a flat light gray with Decepticon logos instead of glossy silver with "negative-Autobot" logos; the sword was blunted; and the discs were remolded to make them blank, removing the faction symbol. The only change in paint is that Scourge has Decepticon sigils tampographed on his doors, while lacking Black Convoy's teal "stripe" along the cab's nose. The license plate sticker on the tanker now states "SCOURGE D-012".

:An early wave of Scourges sold on the Toys-R-Us website had the American-styled stickers but retained the Japanese cab paint applications and pink plastic.

:This version of the mold was later reused by Takara as ''Car Robots'' Black Convoy in the South Korean market under their Sonokong brand, with Hasbro's paint decos and darker red plastic, but with Black Convoy's stickers.

*'''X-Brawn / Scourge''' (Basic, 2002)

: The only new tooling for this character, Spychanger Scourge was only available in a 2 pack with a Spychanger version of [[X-Brawn]]. Like most Spychangers, he features high speed axles and can roll very well across smooth surfaces, but lacks the weight to propel him quickly.

: As with most of the new ''Robots in Disguise'' releases, the X-Brawn / Scourge pack was available in Japan as a 'USA Edition' mass-released toy.

: Ironically, this mold was later redecoed '''both''' as ''Generation 1'' Spychanger [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] in the ''[[Universe]]'' toyline and as "Movie" [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] for a Japanese pack-in DVD exclusive.

*'''Destructicon Scourge''' (Deluxe, 2003)
[[Image:Scourgedestructicon.jpg|right|thumb|200px|It's me again!]]

:Released as a Kay-Bee Toys exclusive, Destructicon Scourge is a black redeco of [[Optimus Prime (G1) toys|Hero Optimus Prime]]. In either robot mode or tanker mode, he carries a missile launcher that fires when its air silo is squeezed. Scourge comes with two rubber-tipped missiles which can store on his back in robot mode.

:By the time this toy was released, its tooling had degraded somewhat since Hero Prime's original production run. As a result, neither robot nor vehicle mode held together very well on many specimens. Keeping his missiles stored was difficult, as they liked to pop out from their storage clips involuntarily. Additionally, initial shipments appear to have been missing a certain part that allowed the waist to ratchet, instead letting it spin freely.

{{-}}

==Trivia==
* Scourge's color scheme pretty much set the tone for the [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|parade]] [[Grand Scourge|of]] [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|evil]] [[Nemesis Prime (Alternators)|clones]] that would follow for the next five years and up. Granted, it's a pretty color scheme, but it's been [[Nemesis Breaker|overused]] by now.

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2002/Decepticon/Scourge/scourge.htm Scourge at TFU.info]

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[[Category: Spy Changers]]
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File:TheDecepticons-Scourge.jpg

2007-11-18T13:11:21Z

HellCat: Scourge capped from official UK DVDs.

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Predacon (RID)

2007-11-18T13:03:50Z

HellCat: /* Members */

{{disambig3|Predacon}}
:''The Predacons are a faction of evil Cybertronians from the [[Robots in Disguise]] continuity.''

The Predacons are ruthless conquerers from the planet [[Cybertron]], lead by [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]]. When they reached Earth they found their old enemy [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and his [[Autobot]]s already there waiting for them. Megatron claims they ravaged many worlds in the past. How they managed this, since they arrived on Earth almost out of power and fairly hopelessly incompetant is unknown.

Eventually Megatron also gained the [[Decepticon (RID)| Decepticon]] sub-group as troops and a strong rivalry developed between the militaristic Decepticons and the bumbling Predacons.

There is a governing body on Cybertron called the [[Predacon Council]], who seem to have some authority over Megatron.

'''Japanese name:''' ''Destrongers''

== Members ==
[[Image:Rid9.JPG|right|thumb]]
* [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron/Galvatron]]
* [[Sky-Byte]]
* [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]]
* [[Gas Skunk]]
* [[Dark Scream]]
* [[Bruticus (RID)|Bruticus]]

==Fiction==

===Robots in Disguise cartoon===

===Dreamwave comic===

{{stub}}

[[Category: Factions]]
[[Category: Predacons| ]]
[[Category: Robots in Disguise]]
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Predacon (RID)

2007-11-18T13:03:15Z

HellCat: /* Members */

{{disambig3|Predacon}}
:''The Predacons are a faction of evil Cybertronians from the [[Robots in Disguise]] continuity.''

The Predacons are ruthless conquerers from the planet [[Cybertron]], lead by [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]]. When they reached Earth they found their old enemy [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and his [[Autobot]]s already there waiting for them. Megatron claims they ravaged many worlds in the past. How they managed this, since they arrived on Earth almost out of power and fairly hopelessly incompetant is unknown.

Eventually Megatron also gained the [[Decepticon (RID)| Decepticon]] sub-group as troops and a strong rivalry developed between the militaristic Decepticons and the bumbling Predacons.

There is a governing body on Cybertron called the [[Predacon Council]], who seem to have some authority over Megatron.

'''Japanese name:''' ''Destrongers''

== Members ==
[[Image:Rid9.JPG|left|thumb]]
* [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron/Galvatron]]
* [[Sky-Byte]]
* [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]]
* [[Gas Skunk]]
* [[Dark Scream]]
* [[Bruticus (RID)|Bruticus]]

==Fiction==

===Robots in Disguise cartoon===

===Dreamwave comic===

{{stub}}

[[Category: Factions]]
[[Category: Predacons| ]]
[[Category: Robots in Disguise]]
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File:Rid9.JPG

2007-11-18T13:02:06Z

HellCat: The four main RiD Predacons, capped from official UK DVD.

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