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'''[[Units of time/Continuity|»]]''' ''See units of the times sorted by '''[[Units of time/Continuity|Continuities]]'''.''</div>

[[Transformer]]s, being extraterrestrials, are often overheard stating measurements in units that are unfamiliar to [[human]]s. Further, Transformers in different [[Continuity|universes]] often use different units for measurement, and sometimes even use the same unit name but define it differently. Following is a list of '''units of [[time]]''' that Cybertronians have been observed using.
==Specific unit definitions==
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!width="25%"|Duration
!width="50%"|Description
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|'''Ano-cycle'''||Cybertronian year?||Mentioned in "[[Devastation]]". It was used in context of a set period of time, rather than a relative timespan.
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|'''Astro-minute'''||???||Astro-minutes are referenced in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon episode]] "[[Fire in the Sky]]" and could be anything from actual minutes to hours.
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|'''Astro-second'''||~.273 seconds?||First mentioned by the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original ''Transformers'' cartoon]] episode "[[Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion]]". In the original script (available on the [[Shout! Factory]] season 1 DVDs), astro-seconds were not used. Instead, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] defines the time until the next [[space bridge]] launch window as occurring in 183 minutes; when the scene was recorded, the line was changed to "3000 astro-seconds". Dividing 3,000 astro-seconds by 183 minutes (or 10,980 seconds), the end result is 1 astro-second per ~.273224 Earth seconds.
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|'''Astrosecond'''||.498 seconds||Defined by Dreamwave's ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' #8 as 1/1000th of a breem. Astroseconds as referenced in the original ''The Transformers'' cartoon seem to be much shorter, but were never defined. In particular, in "[[Divide and Conquer]]" Shockwave states that the space bridge will materialize within 72 billion astroseconds, an interval exceeding a millennium if Dreamwave's definition is applied. Even ignoring this extreme case, astroseconds in general cartoon use appeared to be much less than one second each.
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|'''Breem'''||8.3 minutes||Originally defined in the [[Marvel Comics]] story "[[The Smelting Pool!]]," also used in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave's]] comics. In the story [[Meltdown!]] it was further defined as approximately 8.35 minutes.
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|'''Century'''||???||In the ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' premiere, "[[Transform and Roll Out]]", several references are made to the [[Great War (G1)|Great Wars]] ending "centuries ago", all prior to first contact between Transformers and [[Earth]]. This is probably a case of dialogue being written for human observers rather than indicating the existence of a "Cybertronian century", but it is included here for completeness. Similarly, the history video at the very beginning of the episode refers to "millions of years", an Earth unit. It is unclear how this time should be interpreted. Starscream also refers to the search for the AllSpark as lasting "centuries", which is at odds with Megatron's own statement that it has been "four million solar cycles" (see below).
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|'''Cyber-week'''||A week?||A measurement used in the Shattered Glass universe. It is probably equivalent to a week.
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|'''Cycle''' (Animated)||~1.5 minutes||In "[[Rise of the Constructicons]]", [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] asks [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Prime]] if he can take a coolant break. Prime responds that he just had a break "two cycles ago". From this it sounds as if a cycle is relatively short — less than a day, certainly — but its actual duration is unclear. In "[[Black Friday (episode)|Black Friday]]", Prowl challenges Bumblebee to stay quiet for "ten cycles", and he talks 30 to 40 seconds later. Prowl then informs Bumblebee that he managed to stay quiet for "barely half a cycle", implying that it is close to a minute. ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac]]'' defines it as 100 nanokliks or about 1.5 minutes.
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|'''Cycle''' (G1 UK comics)||12 hours||In the United Kingdom comic story "[[Target: 2006]]", [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] had ten cycles to find out what happened to Optimus Prime and the Creation Matrix until Operation: Volcano began. Emirate Xaaron equated this to five Earth days.
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|'''Cycle''' (Beast Wars)||~1 minute||[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'' cartoon]] story editors [[Bob Forward]] and [[Larry DiTillio]] stated that the "cycles" used in their series were ''very roughly'' equivalent to a minute. Maybe more, maybe less, but something of that order of magnitude.
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|'''Cycle''' (Energon comics)||1 year||Instead or referring to the period between "''[[Transformers: Armada (Dreamwave)|Armada]]''" and "''[[Transformers: Energon (comic)|Energon]]''" as ten years, Councilor [[Avalon]] instead referred to it as ten cycles in "[[Multiplicity, Pt. 2]]".
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|'''Cycle''' ([[2005 IDW continuity]])||1 hour 15 minutes (1.25 hours)||Defined for use in the IDW universe by [[Simon Furman]] in a forum post.<ref name="furman">[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=150 Simon Furman defines IDW units in an IDW forum post]</ref>
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|'''Cycle''' ([[Transformers (2019 comic)|2019 IDW continuity]])||1 day, shorter than an Earth day. ||Defined for use in the 2019 IDW continuity by [[Brian Ruckley]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/Brian_Ruckley/status/1134770533759950850 Brian Ruckley on Twitter]</ref>
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|'''Deca-cycle''' (Animated)||~10 days||In "[[A Fistful of Energon]]", [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] calls to report that [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] has escaped. He says that it happened "a decacycle ago", and that he would have called sooner but their [[Tachyon transmitter]] was missing. ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac]]'' defines it as 10 solar cycles.
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|'''Deca-cycle''' (Beast Wars)||~30 days||As defined by the series's story editors, this unit is on the order of 30 days.
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|'''Deca-cycle''' (IDW comics)||~3 weeks||Defined for use in the IDW universe by Simon Furman in a forum post.<ref name="furman" />
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|'''Gigacycle'''||???||A unit of undetermined duration that was used in the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' comic "[[Revelations Part 4]]", as well as in the ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (fiction)|Shattered Glass]]'' stories "[[Dungeons & Dinobots]]" and "[[Do Over]]", and the [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned]] novel ''[[Transformers: Exiles|Exiles]]''.
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|'''Groon'''||~1 hour||Roughly equivalent to an hour. In "[[The Magnificent Six!]]", [[Megadeath (G1)|Megadeath]] let his broken Autobot prisoners go with a neutronic blast imminent in two groons. Retelling this event to [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] in 1990, [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] described the time as two hours.
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|'''Joor'''||???||Used idiomatically like "hour", but of unknown duration. In "[[The Magnificent Six!]]", [[Steamhammer (G1)|Steamhammer]] had an inspection parade scheduled at 0700 joors, not long after Cybertron's lunar dawn.
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|'''Klik'''||1.2 minutes||Defined for use in the IDW universe by Simon Furman in a forum post.<ref name="furman" /> The term first appeared as a [[units of length|unit of distance]] in the Marvel UK story "[[City of Fear!]]".
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|'''Kilocycle'''||1 year||Defined for use in the 2019 IDW continuity by [[Brian Ruckley]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/Brian_Ruckley/status/1134770533759950850 Brian Ruckley on Twitter]</ref>
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|'''Lightyear'''||(a very long time)||Used exclusively in the [[Unicron Trilogy]], a lightyear is an epochal unit of time.<ref>A [[Primus|unique digital entity]] came into being lightyears ago, and created the Transformers. {{storylink|First Encounter}}</ref><ref>[[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]] fought Unicron lightyears before Optimus Prime's Autobots even existed. {{storylink|Omega Supreme (episode)|Omega Supreme}}</ref><ref>This is technically incorrect, as a {{w|lightyear}} is a unit of distance and not time.</ref>
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|'''Megacycle''' (Animated)||~2.6 hours||In "[[Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found]]" Ratchet estimated that it would take 10 mega-cycles to repair the [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Autobots' ship]] even with the help of the [[AllSpark Key]]. The Autobots seemed to consider this to be a moderately long time, but not so long for it to be unrealistic that they might repair the ship before the Decepticons come at them in force. Later, in "[[Rise of the Constructicons]]", [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] defends the [[Constructicon (Animated)|Constructicons]]' behavior, asserting that "they've been online two, three megacycles tops." ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac]]'' defines it as 100 cycles or about 2.6 hours.
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|'''Mega-cycle''' (Beast Wars)||~1 hour||As with the ''Beast Wars'' cycle, this unit is ''on the order of'' an hour, as defined by the series' story editors. Used incongruously in "[[The Agenda (Part 1)]]" to refer to a much longer span of time. (One of the [[Tripredacus Council]] says, "His ship and the ''Axalon'' both vanished last megacycle. The Maximal probes never found them.") [[Ben Yee]] cites a statement from DiTillio that another unit — the deca-cycle — is roughly month-like in length.[http://web.archive.org/web/20070112173228/http://www.bwtf.com/bw/tvshow/geninfo.shtml] This may be the unit that was intended for that line of dialogue. Also used in the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]'' story [[Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur]].
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|'''Mega-cycle''' (2005 IDW comics)||93 hours||Defined for use in the IDW universe by Simon Furman in a forum post.<ref name="furman" />
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|'''Megacycle''' (2019 IDW comics)||1000 kilocycles||Defined for use in the 2019 IDW continuity by [[Brian Ruckley]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/Brian_Ruckley/status/1134770533759950850 Brian Ruckley on Twitter]</ref>
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|'''Meta-cycle'''||13 months||Defined for use in the IDW universe by Simon Furman in a forum post.<ref name="furman" />
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|'''Micro-breem'''||???||A unit of time mentioned by the [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] in "[[The Age of Wrath Pt.2]]".
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|'''''Milli-bleep'''''||''???''||''Mentioned in the original script for [[The Transformers: The Movie]].''
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|'''Milli-cycle'''||???||A unit of undetermined but short duration. Mentioned (at least) in the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'']] episode "[[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)]]".
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|'''Minicon'''||???||A unit of unknown duration used in the Shattered Glass universe. Judging by its usage, it may be roughly equivalent to a minute. The term first appeared in the G1 episode "[[City of Steel (episode)|City of Steel]]", though its usage there does not make clear if it is meant to signify a unit of time.
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|'''Nano-cycle'''||~1 second||Used in the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' episode "[[Forbidden Fruit]]".
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|'''Nanoklik''' (Animated)||~1 second||In "[[Home Is Where the Spark Is]]", Optimus Prime enters Prowl's quarters asking, "Prowl, got a nanoclick?" Also, in "[[A Fistful of Energon]]" [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] tells [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] to "Wait a nanoclick." ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac]]'' defines it as the duration of 8,589,934,592 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the cesium 133 atom, or about a second.
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|'''Nano-klik''' (Beast Wars)||~1 second||As with the ''Beast Wars'' cycle, this unit is ''on the order of'' a second, as defined by the series' story editors. Used similarly in [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] comics and in the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]'' story [[Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur]].
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|'''Ngs'''||???||Mentioned in "[[The Age of Wrath Pt.3]]" by [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]. It may be an homage to [[Joe Ng]], who drew the issue.
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|'''Orbital Cycle'''||~1 month||In "[[A Bridge Too Close, Part I]]", [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], after hearing all his clones, mutters to himself: "This is going to be a LONG orbital cycle." ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac]]'' defines it as 32 solar cycles or about a month.
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|'''Orn'''||???||A unit of undetermined duration. It is apparently defined as "one Cybertronian lunar day". {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}
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|'''Paracycle'''||???||When [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] came to inspect the [[eco-structuring]] of a new planet in "[[The Power and the Glory]]", the one in charge said they were "almost a full paracycle ahead of schedule." The term was also used in "[[Schism (story)|Schism]]".
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|'''Quadricycle'''||???||A unit of unknown duration used in the Shattered Glass universe. Presumably "4" of something.
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|'''Quartex'''||~1 Earth month{{anchor|Quartex}}||[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] commanded the Decepticons for "nearly a Quartex" after the battle of [[Mission City]].{{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 4|RoS#4}} When [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] summoned him back to [[Earth]] after he was deposed, exactly one month had passed.{{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #1}}
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|'''Quartex'''||???{{anchor|Quartrex}}||[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] lamented that the energy in the [[conductor]]s that he and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] had found "wouldn't last a quartex", indicating a brief duration.{{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1|MTMTE pt1}} The episode's original script spelled it "quartrex", but Wheeljack is audibly not pronouncing a second "R" in the finished episode.
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|'''Solar cycle''' (Animated)||~1 day||In "[[Transform and Roll Out]], Part 1", Megatron says he has spent "the last four million solar cycles searching the galaxy" for the AllSpark. The parallel to Generation 1's famous "four million years" implies that this unit is meant to be year-like. In "Part 3" Starscream refers to the 50-years of searching between the battle where "he defeated Megatron" and the present as 50 solar cycles, cementing this definition. However, in "Part 2", Optimus Prime and Ratchet have an exchange in which they use "solar cycle" in a way that is a better idiomatic match for "day" than "year". Further episodes continue with the "day" definition. ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac]]'' defines it as 10 megacycles, or about a day.
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|'''Solar cycle''' (Beast Machines)||~1 day||In the ''Beast Machines'' episode "[[The Weak Component]]", Rattrap uses the term "half a solar cycle" to describe the amount of time the Maximal would leave Megatron alone in order to regain his strength: one night, from dusk-to-dawn.
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|'''Stellar cycle''' (Animated)||~1 year||In the ''Animated'' episode "[[Along Came a Spider]]", [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] says that her accident occurred "a thousand stellar cycles" ago. Further, in "[[Megatron Rising - Part 2]]" [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] refers to both "fifty stellar cycles" and "four million stellar cycles", using the term in the way that solar cycles had previously been used. ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac]]'' defines it as 320 solar cycles, or about a year.
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|'''Stellar cycle''' (Beast Wars)||~400 days||Orbital period (a Cybertronian "year") for Cybertron as stated by Larry DiTillio in information sent to Ben Yee. DiTillio also volunteers that Cybertron's rotational period (a "day") is ~20 hours.
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|'''Stellar cycle''' (IDW comics)||~7.5 months||Defined for use in the IDW universe by Simon Furman in a forum post.<ref name="furman" />
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|'''Sub-cycle'''||???||A unit of time mentioned first in "[[Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation]]".
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|'''Trimara'''||???||Used in [[The Ascending issue 2|''Transformers: Beast Wars: The Ascending'' #2]]. Likely "3" of something, but who knows what.
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|'''Vorn'''||83 years||Originally defined in the [[Marvel Comics]] story "[[The Smelting Pool!]]," also used in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave's]] comics.
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|'''Decivorn'''||8.3 years<ref>Assuming the prefix "deci" works the same here as in the {{w|SI prefix|metric system}}.</ref>||{{storylink|The New World}}
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==References==
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[[Category:Measurements]]

Outsider (Prime)

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{{factions|autobot}}

:''Outsider is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Universe]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:TFUniverse Outsider.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|The real Party Wagon.]]
'''Outsider''' seems to have not quite fully grasped Earth culture. Despite his eccentric choice of [[Alternate mode|alt mode]], he is a bit of an antisocial lone-wolf. You're more likely to see him using his unique abilities to trap Decepticons in a small arena and then [[GroundBridge|teleporting]] behind them than sitting around having a spark-to-spark.

{{bigquote|Outsider and I share the belief that actions speak louder than words.|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Universe''===
[[File:TFUniverseJagex-OutsiderVehicle.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Outsider was among the Autobots who were on board the ''[[Arclight (ship)|Arclight]]'' when it was shot down over [[Central City (Earth)|Central City]]. He survived the crash and took part in a series of battles against the Decepticons who had come to [[Earth]] aboard the ''[[Leviathan (starship)|Leviathan]]''. {{storylink|Transformers Universe}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
* His in-game weapons include the [[Luminal Laser Rifle]], [[Apex Pistol]]s, and [[Aquila Heavy Grenade Launcher]]. Transforming into a surfer bus, he uses a grenade launcher.
* His in-game abilities are:
**'''Unstable Receiver''' — creates a GroundBridge exit portal, which repairs Outsider and his allies while they're near it.
**'''Localized Groundbridge''' — so long as a receiver is in range, GroundBridges Outsider to it and gives him the ability to spot cloaked enemies.
**'''Matter Anchor''' — creates a gravity well to which nearby enemies are pulled.
* His subsystem passive is "Servo Feedback", which slows down enemies using melee attacks.
* He was apparently leaked after a couple of users on the ''Transformers Universe'' forums began tweaking around with the generic web address for all the model images for [[Autobot]] and [[Decepticon]] Warriors.<ref>https://secure.transformersuniverse.com/m=forum_tu/sl=0/forums.ws?2,3,196,6768</ref><ref>http://cdn.transformersuniverse.com/img/main/bot-pages/unity-fallback/bots/outsider.png</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Transformers Universe game Autobots]]
[[Category:Video game-only characters]]

Sparkeater (creature)

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{{disambig2|the vicious predator|Roadbuster's weapon|Sparkeater (weapon)}}
[[File:LiarsAtoD3-Sparkeater.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|It's not every day that Transformers fiction is inspired by {{w|Snorks#Villains|the Snorks}}.]]
'''Sparkeaters''' are powerful and monstrous predators, so rarely seen that they are largely believed by [[Transformer|Cybertronians]] to be mythical. As such, mere mention of them can invoke a sense of supernatural terror even among battle-hardened warriors. Little is firmly known of their habits or origin, but it is apparent that multiple denizens of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] possess the capacity to become one of these unfortunate, cannibalistic creatures, from ordinary Transformers to lowly [[turbofox]]es. Tracking the intensity of their prey's [[spark]] energy, they are able to immobilize and kill Transformers without making physical contact, through powers that seem to defy conventional explanation. Once consumed, the sparks linger in their abdomens and are slowly digested.

In keeping with the lack of general knowledge about them and the myths that have sprung up around them, they are sometimes also known as '''Cybervores''', '''Soulsnatchers''', and '''The Nightmare with a Thousand Names'''.

{{Bigquote|
Nickel, iron, cobalt, chrome, 
He'll eat your soul, 
Turn your spark to stone, 
Nickel, iron, cobalt, chrome, 
Run, little robot, run away home.|Traditional Cybertronian rhyme|"[[Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things]]"}}

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
Little is known about Sparkeaters by the Cybertronian populace at large. [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] believed that the only things capable of neutralizing them were extreme technologies like "industrial strength energy dampeners", "nullification booths", and "level-9 containment fields". {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}} A self-deluded Decepticon named [[Blip]] deified Sparkeaters, and even professed to be one. He was slain for this heresy by the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}}{{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}} who themselves also professed to have ''tamed'' a Sparkeater as their [[Dominus Ambus|pet]], {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}} {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}} but they were just lying to scare people. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 4: At Close of Day|At Close of Day}}

The existence of Sparkeaters is, in actuality, an ontological paradox. The legend of the monsters would inspire [[Autobot]] scientist [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]] to invent a [[Sparkeater Gun|gun]] that could transform those shot with it into Sparkeaters. Unaware of what the weapon was or what it did, [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] took the gun with him when he and the crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' embarked on a time-travel adventure four million years into the past. While in the past, Whirl shot a [[Senate]] goon with the weapon; the robot subsequently mutated into the first Sparkeater to chronologically exist, and went on to inspire the legend in the first place. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 2: Stet|Stet}}

The ''Lost Light'' crew's adventure proceeded to take them a further million years back in time, where the gun changed hands from Whirl to [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]]. Locating and breaking into the newly-constructed past incarnation of their own ship, the ''Lost Light'', the crew ran into a security guard with a pack of turbofoxes. Cyclonus blasted the guard with the gun, and when he began to mutate, locked him and his pets in a nearby room. The ship was then accidentally shot across time and space {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 3: Predestination: An Expert's Guide|Predestination: An Expert's Guide}} where it was found a ground of [[NAIL|Cybertronian expatriates]]. Being worshipers of the death god [[Mortilus]], they kept the Sparkeater alive by feeding it more turbofoxes. {{storylink|Twenty Plus One}}

[[File:Sparkeater rips The Chaos of Warm Things.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|Someone got a little excited watching their 3TP together.]]

The ''Lost Light'' would eventually return to Cybertron, where its owners sold it to [[Drift (G1)|Drift]]. Upon launch, the ship suffered an engine malfunction and premature quantum jump, which caused severe damage and allowed the Sparkeater to breach its cell. The beast made the [[Duobot]] [[Shock (G1)|Shock]] its first victim, disconnecting and extracting his [[brain module]] through his mouth in order to paralyze him, then consuming his spark. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}} [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] subsequently discovered Shock's body and telltale claw marks on the nearby walls, and deduced that a Sparkeater was responsible; {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|Hangers On}} a diagnosis [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] later begrudgingly confirmed despite his skepticism and instinctual disregard for myths and legends. Seeking out the "brightest spark" on the ship, the Sparkeater was drawn to [[Rung (G1)|Rung]], but on its way to the psychiatrist's quarters, encountered and killed [[Animus]]. Whirl attempted to kill the monster with a missile barrage—only for [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] to save it with his forcefield, as a weapon strike on the unstable, partially digested sparks inside the monster's belly would have caused a catastrophic explosion. The Sparkeater relentlessly and single-mindedly pursued Rung throughout the ship, even ignoring Brainstorm in favor of the tastier prey. Finally, Rodimus seized Rung and used him as live bait to lure the Sparkeater close to the ship's engine room. As the beast lunged, Rodimus ordered [[Perceptor (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Perceptor]] to activate the [[quantum generator]]s, then quickly grabbed the monster and pushed it up one of them. The generator's localized disruption of the laws of physics resulted in the Sparkeater being fused into the engine block, killing it. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}}

On a quantum duplicate of the ''Lost Light'' created by the launch accident, it was Animus who was used as bait to lure the Sparkeater to the engine room, as Rung had already been lost. This version of Rodimus used the same strategy to get rid of the monster, but mistimed the attempt and got part of his head stuck in the engine, killing him alongside the Sparkeater. {{storylink|slaughterhouse Part 2: The Road Not Taken|The Road Not Taken}}

While on [[Necroworld]], Drift had a vision of things to come, seeing [[Pharma (G1)|Pharma]] leading an army of sparkeaters and [[Worldsweeper]]s. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|Some Other Cybertron}}

When the ''Lost Light'' arrived at [[Cyberutopia]], they found it to be nothing more than an elaborate illusion created by [[Mederi]]. Soon afterwards, they came under attack from the [[Phantom Fleet]] before [[Getaway]] managed to bargain with the [[Adaptus|Grand Architect]]. To prove his loyalty to the being, Getaway turned his crew over to [[Scorponok (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Scorponok]] and allowed them to be turned into sparkeaters. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 2): Lūstrāre|Lūstrāre}}

When [[Team Rodimus]] finally caught up to the ''Lost Light'', the mutated crew was set loose on them and the [[Scavenger (group)|Scavengers]]. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (3): You Are Here|You Are Here}} By studying Mederi's files however, [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] managed to devise a means to cure their friends using "concussive medicine", firing a powerful kinetic wave that returned the Autobots to normal. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 2): Lūstrāre|Lūstrāre}}

==Notes==
*James Roberts mentioned that there possibly is a method of inducing Sparkeaterism besides the gun,<ref>[http://www.transmissionspodcast.com/2015/03/transmissions-episode-94-james-roberts-mtmte-elegant-chaos-interview/ TransMissions Episode 94 – James Roberts MTMTE Elegant Chaos Interview] 1:08:00 to 1:08:21</ref> but little is known about that.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:IDW (2005) species]]
[[Category:Monsters]]
[[Category:Religion]]

Scale charts

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[[Scale]] in Transformers is screwed up beyond belief. That said, most cinematic series within Transformers have official scale charts for creators to work with. Artistic license and animation errors are frequent in Transformers media, but the following are examples of intended scale for characters within the franchise.

'''[[Primax|Generation 1 family]]'''

''The Transformers cartoon''
<center><gallery>
File:Scalecartoon.png|Japanese animation scale references
File:Tfcartoonscaleguideic1.jpg|Seasons 1 & 2 scales published in The Ark
File:Scalemasterpiece.jpg|Japanese chart for Masterpiece toys
File:Scalemoviebots.png|Chart of Autobots in The Transformers: The Movie scale
File:Scalemovieplanets.png|Chart of planets seen in the movie relative to Earth
File:Scaleseason3.jpg|Season 3 scale for Rodimus, Predaking, Trypticon and Metroplex
File:UnicronMetroplex.jpg|Unicron compared to Jupiter, Metroplex next to the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge from Hobby Japan
</gallery></center>

''The Transformers: Headmasters cartoon scale''
<center><gallery>
File:Scaleheadmasters.png|Scale chart for Headmasters from The Ark II
File:Scaleheadmasters2.png|Silhouettes of Headmasters and combiners
File:Fortmaxsize1.jpg|Comparison of Fortress Maximus, Metroplex, Raiden, Chromedome, Wheelie and Daniel from the magazine
</gallery></center>

''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce cartoon scale''
<center><gallery>
File:Scalemasterforce.png|Scale chart for Masterforce from The Complete Ark
</gallery></center>

''Transformers: Victory cartoon scale''
<center><gallery>
File:Scalevictory.png|Scale chart for Victory from The Ark II
</gallery></center>

''Transformers Beast Wars cartoon scale''
<center><gallery>
File:Beastwarsscalepreliminary.jpg|Preliminary Beast Wars scale from DVD
</gallery></center>

''Transformers Beast Wars Neo cartoon scale''
<center><gallery>
File:BWN Scale Chart.jpg|Beast Wars Neo scale chart from show bible
</gallery></center>

'''[[Aurex|Unicron Trilogy]]'''

''Transformers: Armada cartoon scale''
<center><gallery>
File:Scalearmada1.png
File:Scalearmada2.png
</gallery></center>

''Transformers: Energon cartoon scale''
<center><gallery>
File:Scaleenergon.png
</gallery></center>

''Transformers: Cybertron cartoon scale''
<center><gallery>
File:Scalecybertron.jpg
</gallery></center>

'''[[Tyran|Transformers films]]'''

''Transformers film scale''
<center><gallery>
File:Movie_scale_chart.jpg|Preliminary scale for film Autobots
File:SizeComparison-1-1-.jpg|Transformers scale chart from magazine
</gallery></center>

''Revenge of the Fallen film scale''
<center><gallery>
File:ROTF_Depthcharge_concept.jpg|Concept for Depthcharge
File:Rotf-scale-autobots2-1-.jpg|Autobot scale chart from second film's DVD
File:Rotf-scale-decepticons-original-1-.jpg|Decepticon scale chart from second film's DVD
File:1 1247802304-1-.jpg|Scale for Devastator and Constructicons
</gallery></center>

'''[[Malgus|Animated]]'''

''Transformers: Animated scale''
<center><gallery>
File:Scaleanimated1.jpg|Drawn scale references for cartoon
File:Scaleanimated2.jpg|Scale chart from Transformers Animated: How to Draw
</gallery></center>

'''[[Uniend|Aligned]]'''

''War for Cybertron scale''
<center><gallery>
File:Optimus-prime-bb.jpg|Optimus Prime and Bumblebee scale within WFC game.
File:Omega-supreme-scale.jpg|Omega Supreme next to Optimus Prime and Bumblebee within WFC game.
File:Wfc-figures-dream-scale-trypticonsize.jpg|Trypticon and Omega Supreme to scale within WFC game.
File:Wfc-figures-dream-scale-bumbleomegatrypticon.jpg|WFC character model size comparison for Bumblebee, Omega Supreme and Trypticon.
File:Wfc-figures.jpg|WFC character model comparisons
</gallery></center>

''Fall of Cybertron scale''
<center><gallery>
File:Scalefoc.jpg|"Epic height" scale chart for FOC from Activision
</gallery></center>

''Beast Hunters scale''
<center><gallery>
File:Predaking scale-1-.png|Predaking scale
File:Twinstrike scale-1-.png|Twinstrike scale
File:Hun Gurr scale-1-.png|Hun-Gurrr scale
File:Windrazor scale-1-.png|Windrazor scale
File:Rippersnapper scale-1-.png|Rippersnapper scale
File:Blight scale-1-.png|Blight scale
File:Laserback scale-1-.png|Laserback scale
File:Ripclaw scale-1-.png|Ripclaw scale
File:Skystalker scale-1-.png|Skystalker scale
File:Vertebreak scale-1-.png|Vertebreak scale
File:Grimwing scale-1-.png|Grimwing scale
</gallery></center>

[[Category:Fan terminology]]
[[Category:Technology]]

Scale charts

2019-08-06T01:37:00Z

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[[Scale]] in Transformers is screwed up beyond belief. That said most cinematic series within Transformers have official scale charts for creators to work with. Artistic license and animation errors are frequent in Transformers media, but the following are examples of intended scale for characters within the franchise.

'''[[Primax|Generation 1 family]]'''

''The Transformers cartoon''
<center><gallery>
File:Scalecartoon.png|Japanese animation scale references
File:Tfcartoonscaleguideic1.jpg|Seasons 1 & 2 scale published in The Ark
File:Scalemasterpiece.jpg|Japanese chart for Masterpiece toys
File:Scalemoviebots.png|Chart of Autobots in The Transformers: The Movie scale
File:Scalemovieplanets.png|Chart of planets seen in the movie relative to Earth
File:Scaleseason3.jpg|Season 3 scale for Rodimus, Predaking, Trypticon and Metroplex
File:UnicronMetroplex.jpg|Unicron compared to Jupiter, Metroplex next to the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge from Hobby Japan
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''The Transformers: Headmasters cartoon scale''
<center><gallery>
File:Scaleheadmasters.png|Scale chart for Headmasters from The Ark II
File:Scaleheadmasters2.png|Silhouettes of Headmasters and combiners
File:Fortmaxsize1.jpg|Comparison of Fortress Maximus, Metroplex, Raiden, Chromedome, Wheelie and Daniel from the magazine
</gallery></center>

''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce cartoon scale''
<center><gallery>
File:Scalemasterforce.png|Scale chart for Masterforce from The Complete Ark
</gallery></center>

''Transformers: Victory cartoon scale''
<center><gallery>
File:Scalevictory.png|Scale chart for Victory from The Ark II
</gallery></center>

''Transformers Beast Wars cartoon scale''
<center><gallery>
File:Beastwarsscalepreliminary.jpg|Preliminary Beast Wars scale from DVD
</gallery></center>

''Transformers Beast Wars Neo cartoon scale''
<center><gallery>
File:BWN Scale Chart.jpg|Beast Wars Neo scale chart from show bible
</gallery></center>

'''[[Aurex|Unicron Trilogy]]'''

''Transformers: Armada cartoon scale''
<center><gallery>
File:Scalearmada1.png
File:Scalearmada2.png
</gallery></center>

''Transformers: Energon cartoon scale''
<center><gallery>
File:Scaleenergon.png
</gallery></center>

''Transformers: Cybertron cartoon scale''
<center><gallery>
File:Scalecybertron.jpg
</gallery></center>

'''[[Tyran|Transformers films]]'''

''Transformers film scale''
<center><gallery>
File:Movie_scale_chart.jpg|Preliminary scale for film Autobots
File:SizeComparison-1-1-.jpg|Transformers scale chart from magazine
</gallery></center>

''Revenge of the Fallen film scale''
<center><gallery>
File:ROTF_Depthcharge_concept.jpg|Concept for Depthcharge
File:Rotf-scale-autobots2-1-.jpg|Autobot scale chart from second film's DVD
File:Rotf-scale-decepticons-original-1-.jpg|Decepticon scale chart from second film's DVD
File:1 1247802304-1-.jpg|Scale for Devastator and Constructicons
</gallery></center>

'''[[Malgus|Animated]]'''

''Transformers: Animated scale''
<center><gallery>
File:Scaleanimated1.jpg|Drawn scale references for cartoon
File:Scaleanimated2.jpg|Scale chart from Transformers Animated: How to Draw
</gallery></center>

'''[[Uniend|Aligned]]'''

''War for Cybertron scale''
<center><gallery>
File:Optimus-prime-bb.jpg|Optimus Prime and Bumblebee scale within WFC game.
File:Omega-supreme-scale.jpg|Omega Supreme next to Optimus Prime and Bumblebee within WFC game.
File:Wfc-figures-dream-scale-trypticonsize.jpg|Trypticon and Omega Supreme to scale within WFC game.
File:Wfc-figures-dream-scale-bumbleomegatrypticon.jpg|WFC character model size comparison for Bumblebee, Omega Supreme and Trypticon.
File:Wfc-figures.jpg|WFC character model comparisons
</gallery></center>

''Fall of Cybertron scale''
<center><gallery>
File:Scalefoc.jpg|"Epic height" scale chart for FOC from Activision
</gallery></center>

''Beast Hunters scale''
<center><gallery>
File:Predaking scale-1-.png|Predaking scale
File:Twinstrike scale-1-.png|Twinstrike scale
File:Hun Gurr scale-1-.png|Hun-Gurrr scale
File:Windrazor scale-1-.png|Windrazor scale
File:Rippersnapper scale-1-.png|Rippersnapper scale
File:Blight scale-1-.png|Blight scale
File:Laserback scale-1-.png|Laserback scale
File:Ripclaw scale-1-.png|Ripclaw scale
File:Skystalker scale-1-.png|Skystalker scale
File:Vertebreak scale-1-.png|Vertebreak scale
File:Grimwing scale-1-.png|Grimwing scale
</gallery></center>

[[Category:Fan terminology]]
[[Category:Technology]]

Getaway

2019-07-31T18:18:41Z

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{{disambig3|Breakaway}}
:''Getaway is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:G1Getaway boxart.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Magnum Foreshortening]]

'''Getaway''' (aka '''Breakaway''') is an escape artist without compare. He's cool-headed and logical under even the craziest, most dire circumstances and that lets him figure his way out of even the trickiest surprise or sneak attack. His reputation for cool-headed escapes is legendary, dating all the way back to the infamous [[Armornecking Incident]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He even has an escape kit concealed in a hidden compartment in his heel which he can reach even when bound.<ref>Seen in "[[Prime Bomb!]]"</ref>

However, Getaway is also a bot of strong convictions and opinions and has no problem using his wily cunning to deceive and manipulate others to get what he wants. Not even his closest friends are spared from his machinations. While he understands the dubious morality of his actions, he rationalizes them, feeling the alternative he's preventing is worse.

As a [[Powermaster]], Getaway is partnered with [[Rev]].

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Powermasterspeoplepower.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Getaway will not stand for being miscolored! ...okay, yes, he will.]]
Getaway was a member of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]]'s crew on board the ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]'', and was part of a skeleton crew left aboard the ship when everyone else disembarked to watch [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] battle for leadership on the surface of the [[Moon (moon)|moon]]. Their presence helped prevent ''Steelhaven'' from being destroyed in a Decepticon attack. On Fortress Maximus's orders, Getaway, his crewmates, and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] left the battle and took the ship back to Nebulos, on a mission to revive the fallen [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Totaled!}} They made contact with a friend of the old Nebulan [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] leader [[Galen]] named [[Hi-Q]], but found that Nebulans had developed an acceptable level of robo-phobia after the Transformers nearly decimated their civilization last time. Hi-Q had led a research project which detonated a bomb in the atmosphere, spreading a molecular revisioning agent that converted all fuel supplies on Nebulos into a type poisonous to Transformer life. The poisoning passed the "acid test" when a pair of [[Decepticon]] vagabonds named [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]] and [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] came to Nebulos looking for [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]]'s army, and ended up poisoning themselves on local fuel and being rendered inert. Unfortunately, a jealous assistant named [[Hi-Test (G1)|Hi-Test]] stole and modified a new form of biomechanical engineering, enabling him and his partner [[Throttle (G1)|Throttle]] to [[Binary bonding|binary-bond]] with the Decepticons and restore them to functionality, bringing Nebulos once more under Decepticon attack.

Hearing this story, Getaway and his fellow Autobots attempted to stop the Decepticons but proved a poor match for these new Powermaster warriors in their weakened condition. Hi-Q and his staff came to respect the Autobots for their devotion to repairing their fallen leader and determination to protect the very people intent on poisoning them if they stayed on Nebulos. They chose to undergo the same Powermaster Process that Hi-Test did, and Getaway was binary-bonded to [[Rev]], one of Hi-Q's aides. Through this transformation, the Autobots succeeded in restoring Prime to functionality and driving the Decepticons off of Nebulos. Their new Nebulan partners chose to return to Earth alongside Getaway, Prime and the others. {{storylink|People Power!}}

[[File:Border Flats.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7|Which means none of ''these'' guys are welcome.]]
On its way to Earth, the ''Steelhaven'' received a transmission advertising the "[[Cosmic Carnival]]," an intergalactic traveling show with attractions from many worlds. Getaway wasn't all that impressed with it, and dismissed the whole thing as a "freakshow for malfunctioning morons." Optimus and Goldbug wound up investigating it when they learned that fellow Autobot [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] was part of the line-up. Due to the carnival's steep admission fee, none of the others wound up partaking in Sky Lynx's rescue. {{storylink|The Cosmic Carnival}} ''They arrived on Earth during Christmas time. Itching for action while Prime gathered his thoughts, Getaway led the Powermasters to investigate suspected Decepticon activity in the town of [[Border Flats]]. Instead, they discovered the Autobot [[Advance Surveillance Unit]] had made a mess of the town while trying to join in on the festivities. As the Autobots settled down, Optimus Prime returned from his moment alone to impart on Getaway and the rest about their responsibility to the planet.''{{storylink|Cold Comfort and Joy!}}

''A [[solid light simulation]] of Getaway was used in a training mission for the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]]. He was likely among what [[Snarler]] referred to as "Autobot non-entities" contained within the simulation.'' {{storylink|The Hunting Party (Marvel)|The Hunting Party}}

''After Getaway had reunited with the Autobots aboard the Ark, the ship received a distress call from Earth's surface. In response, Nightbeat assembled a combat team that included Getaway, [[Siren (G1)|Siren]], [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]], [[Hosehead (G1)|Hosehead]], and himself. Under Optimus Prime's command, they rushed to Earth to help their fallen comrades, only to find what seemed to be mythology come to life: a [[Deathbringer (Marvel)|Deathbringer]] had come to cleanse the planet of life! Getaway and the others fought valiantly against the Deathbringer, but their efforts proved futile against the seemingly invulnerable foe. Using a plan hatched by Nightbeat, Optimus used the Deathbringer's own programming against it, and caused it to self-destruct, removing Getaway and the others from danger.'' {{storylink|Deathbringer (issue)|Deathbringer}} ''Getaway also defended the Ark against an attack by the borderline deranged [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]].'' {{storylink|Assault on the Ark!}}

[[File:Getaway dreadwing down.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|He's hopelessly hopeless.]]
''During a battle against [[Quake (G1)|Quake]], Joyride inadvertently led to a human getting seriously injured. Though [[Hi-Q]] built a life-support system to heal the human, its power source was stolen by [[Throttle (G1)|Throttle]]. The Autobots' initial attempt at retrieving the battery led to the [[Dreadwing (G1)|Dreadwing]], Throttle's ship, crashing down into the ocean. Despite Getaway's complaints that he would [[rust]], he was enlisted alongside the rest of the Autobot Powermasters to retrieve the power cell from the briny deep. Already on a thirty-minute time limit before their Nebulan partners ran out of air, the Autobots were met with further interference when the [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]] turned up. Despite barely holding his own against the likes of [[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakill]] and [[Overbite (G1)|Overbite]], Getaway was forced to disengage from Rev so that his partner could see the power cell's retrieval through while he carried on fighting. This ultimately led to the Autobots' triumph; as soon as the Dreadwing's cockpit was breached, putting the Decepticon Nebulans inside at risk of drowning, the Seacons abandoned the offensive to rescue them. The Autobots resurfaced with both their hides and the power cell intact... though that didn't stop Getaway from complaining as he spotted a spot of rust on his wrist.'' {{storylink|Dreadwing Down!}}

When the Decepticon [[Air Strike Patrol]] attacked [[MacDill Air Force Base]] in [[Tampa]], Getaway questioned the need for Autobot involvement. Limited resources and personnel meant the Ark would be virtually unguarded if they ventured down to Earth. Nevertheless, Prime insisted. {{storylink|Back from the Dead}} Getaway's words proved prophetic, however, as it quickly became apparent that the Decepticon [[Micromaster]]s had lured the Autobots away from the Ark deliberately. {{storylink|The Resurrection Gambit!}} Optimus Prime ordered a full Autobot retreat back to the shuttle while he remained behind as a rear guard. Reluctantly, Getaway and the others complied, even when [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] broke ranks to remain behind with Prime. {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}} Back aboard the Ark, Getaway tried to throttle information out of [[Blackjack]], the Micromaster who rigged the Ark with explosives, only to discover the countdown had already begun and was irreversible. Ratchet managed to rig a portal to transport the explosives to Cybertron, but seemingly at the cost of his own life. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}

[[File:Getaway manacles.jpg|upright=0.6|thumb|"Now, I will disarm the missiles with both hands tied behind my back..."]]
''At some point during his time on Earth, Getaway learned that some humans would use credit cards to open locked doors. He immediately procured one for himself, and stashed it in a secret compartment should the need ever arise for it.''

''Out of nostalgia for a time when he had lived inside a computer game, Optimus kept a spare copy of his mind stored in a floppy disc at [[Alternate Reality, Inc.]] Unfortunately, this made the installation a target for Decepticons, who could put the disc to malicious use. Getaway, Slapdash and Joyride were tasked with guard duty at the game company, and shortly after they had taken up the task, Darkwing and Dreadwind attacked. The Autobots were forced to scramble for cover, allowing Darkwing access to the building while Dreadwind remained on the offensive. Though Getaway managed to double back and get inside Alternate Reality, Inc. as well, Slapdash and Joyride were temporarily taken out by enemy fire.''

''Getaway battled Darkwing inside, while [[Rev]] likewise fought with [[Throttle (G1)|Throttle]]. The scuffle ended with Getaway's shotgun destroyed, and the Decepticons limping away with the disc in-hand. Knowing that if the Decepticons combined into their [[Dreadwing (G1)|Dreadwing]] mode they would definitely escape, Getaway pushed his Powermaster partner to his limit and leaped upon the two jets as they reached one another. Dreadwind and Darkwing managed to combine, but with Getaway's hand stuck in their combination joint! As they took off, Getaway and Rev wound up getting tugged along for the ride.''

''Getaway was captured by the Decepticons aboard Scorponok's orbiting spacecraft, where both he and Rev were imprisoned in energy manacles, and thrown in the brig. Left unsupervised, Getaway immediately got to work on an escape plan. Using the credit card he kept hidden on him, he deflected one of his cage's energy bars (which only affected metal) allowing him a gap to reach out and turn the cage's power off. Getaway was now free to move about, and in due course had Rev mobile as well. He instructed his Nebulan partner to find them an escape pod while he saw to botching up Optimus's assassination. Getaway interfaced with the computer Scorponok was using to program a smart missile, one that could track Optimus wherever he went. The computer showed signs of rudimentary intelligence, and introduced itself as "[[A.B.C.]]"''

''Getaway desperately attempted to appeal to A.B.C., telling the computer of how the missile's target was a brave and noble soul. A.B.C. could only state that it had not been programmed to disarm the missile as Getaway continued to delve into Optimus's inspirational qualities. Though Getaway seemingly failed to get through to A.B.C., Rev succeeded in locating a means of escape. With the Decepticons due to check up on them, Getaway and his partner were forced to leave. As the smart missile launched, Getaway at least managed to contact Optimus Prime, warning him of the incoming payload.''

''By the time Getaway and Rev made it back to [[Autobase]], Optimus Prime has already left to meet the missile on his own. Getaway went after Prime to help in any way he could. Arriving at Prime's side, he found his leader intact while the smart missile was lying on the ground, an apparent dud. Getaway realized that he had gotten through to A.B.C. after all and that the computer had disarmed the missile after hearing of Prime's greatness and compassion. Though Optimus was saddened that the sentient computer would have likely been destroyed once Scorponok learned of its betrayal, Getaway told him to rejoice instead, as he was the one who inspired Earth's very first fully-independent A.I. to make a decision for itself.'' {{storylink|Prime Bomb!}}

[[File:Starscream autobots fallen star.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6]]
''After Starscream came back, revived as a [[Pretender]] and joined the ranks of Scorponok's Decepticons, he (mistakenly) thought every other Con thought him of a loser and relic—while in truth they were terrified of his power. Going on a stroll, he stumbled into an Autobot scout party composed of Getaway, [[Chainclaw (G1)|Chainclaw]] and [[Cloudburst]]. Scared, the Autobots proposed to leave peacefully, but the angry Starscream (thinking the Bots meant he wasn't worth fighting) attacked them. After seeing his comrades quickly dispatched, Getaway fled, stating "Gotta... get away!" But he did NOT get away this time; Starscream overtook him, and with a single blast, left him a smoldering wreck on a nearby dirt road.'' {{storylink|Fallen Star!}}

After the Autobots sought out the lost [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], only for the Decepticon [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] to come into possession of the mystical artifact, the latter began to rampage through the Ark. With the Matrix's energies fueling Thunderwing's rampage, Getaway and many others were unsuccessful in beating him back. Only the ingenuity of Nightbeat allowed the Autobots to escape total annihilation, and Thunderwing was cast out into the void of space. {{storylink|All Fall Down}} Afterward, Getaway and his fellow Powermasters were part of a team that retrieved the [[Classic Pretender]]s from [[VsQs]], left stranded there by Thunderwing. Thereafter, the Autobots pursued recreational exploits to get their minds off the imminent threat of [[Unicron]]. During this period, an unhappy [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]] lost a game of [[Cybertronian games#Fullstasis|Fullstasis]] to Getaway. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}} [[File:Getaway end of the road.jpg|thumb|"I'm Getaway, not [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]]!"]] When the grotesque fusion of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] began rampaging aboard the Ark, Optimus Prime was reluctant to harm the creature that was half his oldest friend. As more Autobots were injured by the entity, however, [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] became fed up with Prime's hesitation and demanded he deal with the problem, permanently, or else he would invoke the [[Crisis Act]] and forcibly remove Optimus from command. A quick glance at the Autobots present, Getaway among them, confirmed that Kup's threat wasn't an idle one. {{storylink|The Pri¢e of Life!}}

Despite the growing mistrust in Optimus Prime's leadership, Getaway and the Autobots agreed to his unconditional surrender to Scorponok and the Decepticons, in the interests of establishing a united front against [[Unicron]]. Getaway was taken into custody by Octopunch and Bludgeon as Optimus spoke with Scorponok on the matter. {{storylink|Surrender!}} As the war moved back to Cybertron, Getaway and the Autobots battled a squad of Unicron cultists. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

Getaway was among the last Autobots standing during the Decepticons' assault on [[Klo]]. He was eventually trapped in a box canyon and took a direct hit from [[Dreadwing (G1)|Dreadwing]], which blew him up but good. Presumably, he would have almost immediately have been revived by the [[Last Autobot]]. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

=====Trigger-Happy!=====
After Backstreet botched a sting operation, endangering many humans in the process, he panicked and went on the run rather than face the consequences of his actions. Fearing that Backstreet might imperil himself or more innocents in his flight from justice, Optimus ordered the other Autobots to track him down and bring him in. Getaway and [[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]] nearly spotted the fugitive while driving down a winding mountain trail, but Backstreet drove off a cliff to evade capture. Unsure whether or not the suddenly-vanished vehicle had been their teammate in any case, the two Autobots drove on. {{storylink|Trigger-Happy!}}
{{-}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[File:Getaway ShadowOfEvil.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"A-anything for a [[Getaway#Notes|running gag]], Simon! ''Urk-''"]]
Getaway was seen among the Autobots in [[2009]], after the [[Time Wars]] altered the flow of history to make the Autobots the losers of the war for Cybertron. Limping their way back to [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth, the Autobots were sabotaged by one of their own and crashlanded on the planet. Hard. Those that survived then had to face [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]], who had been driven mad by the evil essence of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] growing inside him. Getaway's smoldering corpse was seen among the ruins of the [[Future Autobot evacuation ship|ship]], although whether he died in the crash or was exterminated by his own leader is unclear. {{storylink|Shadow of Evil}}
{{-}}

=====Earthforce=====
{{earthforcefiction}}
[[File:Grimlock prime ark crew break-away.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Getaway was among the "new age" Autobots who attended [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s meeting with [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] about their more brutal methods. When Grimlock threatened to quit the Autobots, Prime seemed all too willing to let him, and the two of them actually came to blows. After about ten minutes, though, Getaway and [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] decided the fight was probably a "draw". Having apparently beaten some sense into each other, Optimus Prime agreed to allow Grimlock his autonomy, to lead "Earthforce" while he and the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'s crew took off for space. {{storylink|Break-Away!}}

=====Rhythms of Darkness!=====
In an alternate future of [[2009]], Getaway was one of seven surviving Autobots on Earth, possibly in the universe. Alongside [[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]], [[Chainclaw (G1)|Chainclaw]], [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]], and [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]], he participated in a last-ditch effort to show the rest of the world that there remained resistance in the United States, fighting against [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]]'s tyrannical rule. Upon approaching the Decepticons' Powerbase, however, Getaway snapped, unable to simply sneak past the installations' guards and avoid a direct confrontation further. He leaped upon [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], prompting Guzzle and Chainclaw to join him in the impromptu distraction while the rest of their team proceeded. He wound up getting slain in battle, though the rest of his team succeeded in their task. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
Getaway was among the Autobots monitoring the Decepticons from a distance when [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] made peaceful gestures to Humanity in [[New York City]]. The Autobots returned to the Ark and discovered that a statue of [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]] that the Decepticons had gifted to New York was actually Snaptrap in disguise. Snaptrap went on a rampage and the Decepticons used this distraction to attack various other targets. Prime led the Autobots to narrowly defeat this menace. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 4#Transformers in Action: The Troy Principle|The Troy Principle}} Those events were recorded on a videotape that was later found and watched by Autobots on Cybertron after a [[City of Fear!|nuclear disaster]] in [[Kalis]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 21|In Memory of Earth}}

In [[1973]], {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 17|Powermaster Optimus Prime - A Robot, a Hero}} Getaway attended a meeting in which Optimus Prime lectured the Autobots on the basics of their mission and existence, and applauded Slapdash's call for a one-world Autobot government. He reminded his fellow Autobots that they were loners and weren't as committed to their cause as the Decepticons. Later, the Decepticons attacked an [[oil tanker]], and Getaway helped in the rescue effort. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 6|A Big Day for Powermaster Optimus Prime}} Those events would later be observed via log recording by Autobots in the year [[2008]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 17|Powermaster Optimus Prime - A Robot, a Hero}}

Getaway was among the Autobots sent to stop a group of Decepticons led by Darkwing from stealing missiles from the Nevada Alpha nuclear base. Along with Joyride and Slapdash, he faced off against Darkwing, but proved unable to stop him escaping with three missiles in tow. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 8|Save Nevada Alpha}} When a dimensional portal opened during a battle with Megatron in Alaska, allowing Transformers from the past and future to join the battle, Getaway and Joyride expressed confusion as to how that could have happened. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 9|The Transformers' Grand Hour: Headmaster of the Dimensions}} At some point, Getaway, Slapdash, Joyride, and Optimus Prime battled Dreadwind and Darkwing in Central Park. Optimus later watched a recording of the battle to try and determine the Decepticons' next move. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 10|Transformers in Action: Wanderer Between the Worlds}} The Autobot Powermasters participated in a battle to stop a group of Decepticons from destroying a freighter carrying barrels of plutonium. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 13|The Energon Trap}} They later rolled out to stop the Decepticons from preventing the launch of an Earth spy satellite. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 14|Transformers in Action: The Countdown to a New Space Age!}}

The characteristics of Getaway and the other Powermaster Autobots were reviewed by Optimus Prime and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] in a simulation watched by [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 15|Memories of Bumblebee}}

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[[File:Lancer two crew war to end all wars.jpg|thumb|left]]
As he traveled through [[Zero Space]], [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] observed the Autobots' confrontation with a [[Deathbringer (Marvel)|Deathbringer]] in [[Denver]] in the past; a battle at which Getaway was present. {{storylink|Less Than Zero}}

During the invasion of the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]], Getaway and a team of Autobots comprising [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]], [[Sky High (Pretender)|Sky High]], [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]] and [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] aboard the ''[[Lancer Two]]'' were shot down by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s forces when they revealed their full defensive power. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:TWW AgeofWrath2 Getaway.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Where we're going, we don't need roads.]]
After [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] managed to take over Cybertron, Getaway remained one of the few free Autobots, not enslaved in the Decepticons' labor camps. As part of a ploy to capture one of Megatron's [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]], the drones he had used to conquer the planet, Getaway acted as bait for the Autobot resistance and led a squadron into [[Nova Cronum]]. There, the drones were ambushed by [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]'s squad of Autobots. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2|The Age of Wrath #2}} After two had been destroyed, the surviving drone appeared to shut itself down before suddenly reactivating and augmenting itself with upgraded weaponry. Getaway was the first to go down but managed to attach the [[inhibitor claw]] onto the drone just as it was preparing to execute [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]]. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.3|The Age of Wrath #3}}
{{Unreleased WW comic}}
Nightbeat and Getaway brought the inert drone to Perceptor, who discovered upon analyzing it that it was powered by cyberstatic energy. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.4}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|''[[Spotlight: Blaster]]'' (cameo); [[Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|''More than Meets the Eye'' #19]] (full appearance)}}

{{quote|''Bomp''. When you—''bomp''—say something funny or clever or ''bomp'', that's what I do. You hate it. You say it's patronising. Which it '''''is'''''. Which is why I do it.|Getaway}}
{{quote|I have '''''no''''' idea who you are. Or why you keep saying "bomp".|[[Skids (G1)|Skids]]|"[[Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely]]"}}

[[File:TheLopsidedTriangle-MTOs.jpg|left|upright=1.5|thumb|"We were to be airdropped into a virtual hell on Earth in order to engage in a life-or-death offensive to locate and retrieve the Commissioner's lost keys."]]

'''Getaway of the [[Corcapsia Incursion]]''' was a "[[M.T.O.|Made To Order]]" soldier, [[Reproduction#2005 IDW continuity|constructed cold]] from a stockpile of frozen [[spark]]s originally harvested from the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] during the days of [[Nova Prime]]. Getaway was just one of several Autobots who was "born" moments before they were deployed over [[Corcapsia]]; according to Getaway, he was airdropped into the battlefield, and, as his newborn brain hadn't yet grasped his primary function, he panicked and ran away. {{storylink|The Lopsided Triangle}}

Having survived his first experience on the battlefield, Getaway eventually discovered that he showed several of the [[Signs of Affinity]], seemingly-supernatural traits that supposedly marked him as one of the few Transformers "worthy" enough to carry the Matrix of Leadership. {{storylink|Twenty Plus One}} Over the years, these traits snowballed into a toxic variation on the Cybertronian personality disorder known as ''[[primus apotheosis]]'': he possessed a "special destiny" that was owed to him, and his prophesied ascension to [[Prime (rank)|Primehood]] would ultimately justify anything he did. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 3): Journey's End|Journey's End}} His growing ego manifested in a variety of ways; combined with his natural charisma, the most obvious sign was a tendency to make passive-aggressive jokes and putdowns at the expense of others around him. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}}

[[File:SpotlightBlaster GetawayKupHufferBroadside.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Stuck in a trench with three complainers. Getaway is planning his escape even as we speak.]]

Four hundred years before the present day, an injured Getaway took shelter in a trench alongside [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]], [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]], and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] shortly before [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]'s first apocalyptic assault. The group waited for [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]'s morale-boosting broadcast to the Autobot forces, but the transmission never came. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

A few centuries later, Getaway joined the Autobot [[Diplomatic Corps]], a front organization for the covert [[Special Operations]] division. Answering to [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] and partnered with [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], Getaway embarked on a mission to investigate [[Chief Justice]] [[Solomus|Tyrest]]. The two became close friends, and Getaway would often playfully jab (''"bomp"'') Skids on the chin, an in-joke that Skids found patronizing.

[[File:Getaway Skids ArmTheLonely.jpg|thumb|left|''Se-cret... Aaaaa-gent 'Bots!'']]

When it became clear that Tyrest had become unhinged and needed to be removed from the Autobot ranks, Prowl ordered Getaway and Skids to hunt the Chief Justice down, equipping the pair with a [[nudge gun]] would implant within Tyrest the impulse to resign from his position. After they tracked Tyrest to his secret staging ground- [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]], Skids successfully made the shot. However, Tyrest's mind had already been damaged and the thought bullet did nothing more than alert him to the Autobot duo's presence. While Skids managed to escape Luna 1, Getaway was captured and imprisoned by Tyrest's [[Legislator]]s. He spent months alternately being ranted over by the Chief Justice or tortured on the [[variable voltage harness|VVH]] by Tyrest's new enforcer, [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]]; the only reason Getaway was not executed was because Tyrest felt the information he possessed was too valuable. Eventually, Getaway got a full picture of what Tyrest was planning, discovering that he planned to build and activate a "[[universal killswitch]]" that would terminate any Transformers that were constructed cold. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}} Conversely, Getaway was able to gather information regarding Tyrest's plan to reach [[Cyberutopia]] through the network of warped space known as the [[Warren]]. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 2): Filling in the Blanks|Filling in the Blanks}}

[[File:Getawaymtmte.jpg‎|upright=1.87|thumb|They say that first impressions are always the hardest to forget.]]
Finally, the crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' happened upon Luna 1, and Getaway and Skids were reunited in one of Tyrest's prisoner cells. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}} Skids had followed protocol after escaping, wiping his own memories, and thus was unable to recognize his old partner. Getaway filled in the blanks related to Skids' memory problems and told [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] of Tyrest's plan, cobbling together a means to escape from various items donated by the other Autobots in the cell, and the group headed off to confront Tyrest. Unfortunately, the Chief Justice had managed to reverse-engineer a "weapon of mass-suggestion" from the thought bullet that was used on him, paralyzed the Autobots with it, and activated the killswitch. Having been constructed cold himself, Getaway spasmed in agony on the ground as the killswitch began its lethal work. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}}

Fortunately, Tyrest's plans were foiled and the killswitch was deactivated, saving Getaway's life, among others. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}} The next day, Rodimus and Getaway ventured back to the initial [[spark]] "hot spot" the ''Lost Light'' crew had discovered upon first landing on Luna-1, only to discover it had gone dark and would not reignite. Getaway then accompanied Rodimus to Tyrest's control room, where [[Perceptor (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Perceptor]] had managed to establish contact with [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|The Sound of Breaking Glass}}

[[File:Winners&Losers Getaway.jpg|left|upright=0.6|thumb|You say that now, [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|but just wait...]]]]

After Ultra Magnus had been left in charge of the ''Lost Light'', he and Getaway were summoned by [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]] to one of its shuttle bays, discussing how Magnus was attempting to "soften his image." After arriving at the shuttle bay, they beheld the severed tip of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s thumb, which had been previously stored there and was now levitating and pressing against the inside of the ship's hull. Getaway was awed by the very fact that they even had a piece of Metroplex aboard, let alone what it was currently doing. Going from what Tyrest had once upon a time told Getaway about [[Titan (group)|Titans]] being interconnected, Brainstorm theorized that Metroplex was somehow communicating with them and nudging the ''Lost Light'' in a certain direction. {{storylink|Winners & Losers: Dark Cybertron Chapter 3|Winners & Losers}}

Now on a mission to find the rest of Metroplex, the ''Lost Light'' made a quantum jump to the oceans of [[Hydrophena]] and subsequently came under attack from a mob of [[Ammonite]]s. Getaway joined a group heading for something called the [[Rodpod]], and was flabbergasted to find Rodpod was a shuttle designed after Rodimus's head. {{storylink|Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|Into the Abyss}} This proved to be the moment that Getaway had his epiphany: if the crew of the ''Lost Light'' ever wanted to make it to Cyberutopia and find the Knights, the egotistical Rodimus needed to be deposed for the good of the mission. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}}

While being pursued by Ammonites, the Autobots discovered they had flown into Metroplex's eye socket; {{storylink|Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|Into the Abyss}} while Getaway was still trying to deal with the fact that they were inside a head inside a head, Brainstorm discovered traces of [[admium]] in the water and had Getaway try and fail to contact [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] for metallurgical advice. Disembarking at a nearby drydock simply led them in a circle, and the group arrived back at the Rodpod in time for it to explode, courtesy of an Ammonite stowaway.{{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}}

Swerve eventually returned Getaway's call, with an urgent message to evacuate the area on account of the Ammonite swarm heading their way. After an attempt to interrogate the bomber Ammonite — which ended with the questionee self-destructing — the group of Autobots encountered the [[Caminus (planet)|Camiens]] [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] and [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]]; {{Storylink|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|The Dead Are Not Enough}} Getaway defused the tension by pointing out the two newcomers were Autobots. He, [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]], and Skids engaged the Ammonite swarm while the others went to meet with [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} When Metroplex teleported back to Cybertron, the Ammonites travelled with them, but the trio was saved when Metroplex's immune system abruptly came back online and annihilated the Ammonites. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}} Getaway and Skids later hung out in [[Swerve's]], at least until the proprietor almost messed himself over [[Blurr (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Blurr]] being in the bar, and Getaway hastily excused himself. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} When billions of Ammonites invaded, Getaway joined in the defense of Cybertron as [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] led a team to face [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]], the mastermind behind the whole affair. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}}

{{bigquote|I'm not a bad person, I just have strong beliefs.|Getaway|[[The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds]]}}

Over the next six months, Getaway put his plan into action, finding a willing accomplice in [[Atomizer]]. The pair came up with a plan to blackmail him into surrendering his position by tricking him into violating the confidential vote he had held to determine if he should remain as captain, but he failed to take the bait. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} Then it became clear that [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]], who had chosen to join the Autobots at the conclusion of the "Dark Cybertron" crisis, would receive a suspended sentence and co-captaincy of the ''Lost Light.'' Disgusted by this apparent miscarriage of justice, and further incensed by Rodimus's complacency in allowing this to happen, he and Atomizer recruited [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] into their conspiracy to goad Megatron into "attacking" an Autobot and disgracing himself. {{storylink|The Lopsided Triangle}} When the ''Lost Light'' returned to space, Whirl's first attempt failed, {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} so the escapologist hit on a new plan: he'd groom a patsy, who would deliberately, and fatally, provoke Megatron into attacking. {{storylink|The Lopsided Triangle}}

[[File:PredestinationABeginnersGuide- GetawayandTailgate.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|Getaway wears a literal shadow to aid in literary foreshadowing.]]

Getaway found what he was looking for in the naïve [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] {{storylink|The Lopsided Triangle}} and struck up a friendship with the little 'bot, bigging up his heroics on Luna-1 and even claiming that his deeds were Prime-worthy. Getaway gave Tailgate an affectionate "bomp" on the chin, unaware of [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] storming out of the bar in disapproval. All of this was interrupted when the spaceship began to vanish, and the pair found themselves drifting in space in the Rodpod with the other Autobot castaways. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}}

Then the crew of the Rodpod ''also'' began to vanish and the Autobots tried to work out what was causing it. Getaway admitted to being an M.T.O. in case that was the cause but it turned out that only original crewmembers were vanishing. This left Getaway as part of the remaining crew, who proceeded to stumble upon a destroyed ''Lost Light''. {{storylink|Twenty Plus One}} They split up to investigate and Getaway and Skids, together again, searched the wreckage. En route, they talked about their issues with Megatron and that they worried they would stop hating him because his death toll was too big to process. Things took a macabre turn when they caught up with [[Riptide (G1)|Riptide]] and found a huge pile of mutilated corpses of their fellow crewmembers, corpses that indicated the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] had been through. {{storylink|slaughterhouse}} It luckily (well, not for ''this'' crew) turned out that these were quantum duplicates of the original crew, and they were able to get the original ''Lost Light'' back. {{storylink|slaughterhouse Part 2: The Road Not Taken|The Road Not Taken}}

As the ''Lost Light'' carried on its mission, Getaway and his cabal began asking the crew what side they'd take in a ''purely hypothetical'' mutiny against Megatron and Rodimus. Any crew member that would not join was shot with the "nudge gun" and forgot all about the conversation. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}}

[[File:Getaway's innocent conversation with Tailgate.jpg‎|left|upright=1.67|thumb|''When you're out in a club And you see a Tailgate DO THE CREEP! (Haaaa!)'']]
Getaway arranged to go fishing for [[Legislator]] parts in the oil lake with Tailgate (50 points for a head!) but they met up for drinks first. After listening to a ''slight'' fabrication of Tailgate's recent time travel escapades, Getaway just ''happened'' to ''accidentally'' mention that Cyclonus had called him a "simple-minded" coward behind his back for being scared on his deathbed. He was ''totally'' against that and Cyclonus's problems! Don't worry Tailgate, another drink would help (oh hush that you don't want anymore) and oh don't mention to Cyclonus that I told you this, eh? {{storylink|Our Steps Will Always Rhyme}}

And I definitely didn't nudge gun you, that's just a headache Tailgate, cor you sure can't hold your drink. {{storylink|Our Steps Will Always Rhyme}} {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}}

Brainstorm, Getaway, and Skids invaded [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]]'s room to <s>show off</s> teach her practical skills (escaping chains in his case) only to find she would rather read a psychological treatise by [[Froid]]. When Nautica said Rung had implied he ghostwrote it "just now", Getaway passive-aggressively insulted Rung as boring and tried to "bomp" his way out of it when Skids objected. It was ''just a joke'', Skids, geez! They patched it up when they went to [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]]'s pre-wake on the ''[[Vis Vitalis]]'' i.e. to a huge dance party, where both of them hit on [[Firestar (G1)|Firestar]].

[[File:FrailGaze-survivorsclub.jpg|right|upright=0.8|thumb|Okay, I hear the NZ accent... but is that a touch of Will Arnett in there?]]
Later, a fatigued Getaway was found resting by Nightbeat and both of them found a panicked, screaming [[Ravage (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ravage]]. They pursued him to the ship's morgue out of curiosity and Getaway found the ''warm'' corpse of [[Countdown (G1)|Countdown]]. After accidentally using one of Brainstorm's devices that exposed cloaking fields, they discovered some strange technorganic parasites on the corpses and on Getaway's ''face'', which started burning as soon as noticed. That's when strange alien creatures attacked! {{storylink|The Sensuous Frame}} The pair managed to fight them off for a time until Nightbeat realized that the aliens were [[personality tick]]s feeding off of Getaway's natural charisma. After Rodimus and Megatron accidentally took care of the entire infestation, Getaway joined the rest of the crew for a disco party. Naturally, Getaway took the opportunity to go dancing with Tailgate, much to Cyclonus's chagrin. {{storylink|The Frail Gaze}} Getaway later went along on the trip to the [[Mortilus|Necrobot]]'s planet, spending the ride there chatting with Tailgate. {{storylink|The Not Knowing}}

Among Getway and Atomizer's last "recruits" was [[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]], and Getaway was able to win the lonely bot's support by claiming to have faith in him to take advantage of a situation in which they could use to remove Megatron and his supporters from the ''Lost Light''. While pleased with the ease of this particular manipulation, Getaway then shared his thoughts on their next interviewee, the temporarily awake Thunderclash, believing him to be nothing more than a glorified trophy cabinet. Indeed, Getaway would later scoff at how readily the popular Autobot agreed to the plans for a mutiny. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 2): Filling in the Blanks|Filling in the Blanks}}

[[File:GetawaypressuresTailgate TheLopsidedTriangle.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"No, really, you ''are'' a bad enough 'Bot to save the President. Would I lie?"]]
Getaway put the final stages of his anti-Megatron plan in motion one night at [["Visages"]]; after recounting the story of his birth and teaching Tailgate some [[chirolinguistics]], Getaway offered Tailgate a gift: a pair of clip-on [[mnemosurgery]] needles. Although Tailgate was surprised- as he'd never asked for a pair—Getaway changed the subject by telling him that he'd been setting up the ancient bond of the [[Conjunx Endura|Conjunx Ritus]]—the first step of becoming a [[Conjunx Endura]]. In order to finish the ceremony Getaway told Tailgate that he would need to prove his commitment with a spectacular demonstration of his love. Getaway requested that Tailgate use the mnemo-needles to reprogram the sleeping Megatron's mind; the needles were fakes, but Getaway knew that Megatron would immediately flip out and kill the little guy. To ensure that Tailgate wouldn't survive, Getaway also gave Tailgate a dud 'Ravage detector', knowing that Ravage would alert Megatron to the intrusion. Getaway later met with Whirl and Atomizer after Whirl started having second thoughts about the plan. However, Tailgate had already set off to do the deed, and Atomizer shot Whirl with Getaway's old nudge gun to keep him from squealing. {{storylink|The Lopsided Triangle}}

[[File:Getawaybound SpeakMemoryPt2.jpg|right|upright=0.9|thumb|Oh, he will. At least as far as he's concerned -- much to the chagrin of everybody else.]]
However, Whirl was able to send out one last warning to Cyclonus before his memory was lost and Cyclonus subsequently foiled Getaway's plan. After [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]] used his mnemosurgery skills to find out who put Tailgate up to it, Ultra Magnus arrested both Getaway and Atomizer. {{storylink|Speak, Memory: Part 1}} During the rogue mnemosurgeon [[Sunder (G1)|Sunder's]] attack on the ''Lost Light'', Tailgate discovered Getaway locked away in the ship's brig, the escape artist's arms, legs, jaw and voicebox having been removed to prevent any possible escape. {{storylink|Speak, Memory! (Part 2)}}

[[File:Getawayunloads HowBrightTheirFrailDeeds.jpg|left|upright=1.5|thumb|"Look, I'm a bot on a big TV! Just listen!"]]
And he didn't escape. Instead, the bots who'd agreed to his idea of getting rid of Megatron let him out, and Mainframe informed Getaway that he had followed Getaway's suggestion and taken advantage of a signal coming from the Necrobot's planet to get Megatron and his "fan club" off-ship. Getaway had Atomizer contact General [[Neech]] of the [[Galactic Council]] to inform him they were stranding Megatron and were free to move in. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 2): Filling in the Blanks|Filling in the Blanks}} {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}} Once Megatron, Rodimus, and all the people who'd said "no" (including Whirl, because how ''dare'' he get in the way) were trapped on the Necrobot's planet, they contacted the ''Lost Light'', just as Getaway arrived on the bridge. Getaway took the time to inform the abandoned crewmembers of exactly how he'd done that and why, snarling at how Megatron's atrocities were being written off as "missteps—painful but necessary—on Megatron's path to self-discovery", and informed them they were about to have visitors before cutting the transmission. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}} Getaway's moment of triumph was interrupted by the rest of the crew questioning his deal with the Council, and so Getaway lied to them that he had made sure their fellow Autobots would not be harmed. He contacted the Galactic Council to try and amend their agreement to allow for the safety of the stranded Autobots, but the only response the Council was prepared to give him was that they made no such promise to do so and refused his attempts to deal with them. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|Do Not Go Gentle}} {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 2): Filling in the Blanks|Filling in the Blanks}}

Getaway agreed with Atomizer's suggestion that they needed to get the crew back on their side with a clean win and set Perceptor to work trying to decrypt the information the escapologist had gathered from Tyrest regarding the Warren. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 2): Filling in the Blanks|Filling in the Blanks}} In spite of his braggadocio, he may have felt guilty about sacrificing so many Autobots. When a time fissure reopened at [[Swerve's]], allowing him to look back at departed souls, Getaway looked back at a gathering of the ones he'd left for the Council. {{storylink|No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases}}

Three weeks after the mutiny, Getaway held a team meeting regarding Perceptor's confirmation of the Warren, concluding that they could use it to reach Cyberutopia within weeks. Getaway was briefly alarmed when a distress signal came in, though when he learned it was only from the [[Frayus|Frayians]], he claimed that aiding them would only be a "distraction" now that their goal was in sight and that was why they had gotten rid of Rodimus. An incensed Thunderclash snapped at Getaway, and ''then'' the transmission from Rodimus that Getway had been afraid of was broadcast to everyone gathered, announcing the stranded crewmates would soon be executed by the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] and that Getway was responsible. The panicked Getaway deleted the rest of the transmission, claiming it to be fake and asked for everyone but Atomizer and Thunderclash to clear the room. Unable to come up with a convincing lie to discredit the transmission, once Thunderclash declared that he was going to round up volunteers for a rescue mission, Atomizer incapacitated him with an arrow and Getaway then emptied his nudge gun onto Thunderclash, knocking him into stasis, before unloading a final blast onto the eavesdropping Riptide.

Knowing that word would soon spread through the ship of his treachery, Getaway had [[Froid]] and [[Sunder (G1)|Sunder]] released from the brig, informing the psychotherapist about the recent events and requesting Sunder's help to put Thunderclash in a memory loop and alter the rest of the crews' memories so that they believed Rodimus and the others to have left of their own volition. Sunder was happy to help... provided that they gave him [[life cord]]s from twenty-five crew members for him to feast upon in exchange. Getaway actually refused at first, but Froid, fascinated with Getaway's narcissism and inferiority complexes, nudged him to accept the deal, and so Getaway agreed to give Sunder those who were undecided with the initial proposal to join the mutiny. With the additional manipulation of the ''Lost Light'''s security team to believe anyone acting against Getaway was an undercover Decepticon, Getaway and Atomizer filled the oil reservoir with domesticated [[scraplet]]s so that the twenty-five sacrifices could be stripped down to their life-cords, which were then preserved in the vats of Engex at [[Swerve's]] for Sunder. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 2): Filling in the Blanks|Filling in the Blanks}}

After two weeks, Mirage and the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] returned to the ''Lost Light''. Getaway informed them of his leadership, skirting First Aid's questions by pointing out [[Blades (G1)|Blades]]' injuries. First Aid was suspicious of his inability to access the medical files, as well as Thunderclash's condition, and so Getaway, prepared to throw him in the oil reservoir if First Aid admitted he didn't trust him, lied about why a substantial part of the crew was missing. First Aid didn't buy it, and later met up with his team, Mirage, and Riptide at the now-defunct Swerve's... but Getaway had known of their secret meeting, and showed up with the ''Lost Light'''s security team. As Riptide had revealed most of the details about Getaway's mutiny, he was forced to tell them the truth about Thunderclash. However, when [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] turned on the bar's lights, revealing the horrifying sight of the engex-preserved life-cords, Getaway realized the point of no return was crossed. He prepared his gun but was decked across the face with a glass by an invisible Mirage. While the security team chased after the returnees, {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 1): Full Circle}} Getaway confronted Riptide, who had apparently been unaffected by the nudge gun, seemingly due to the gun's power running dry after repeated use on Thunderclash. While Getaway claimed to Riptide that "team Megatron" had never cared about him, Riptide threw the accusation back in Getaway's face. His ego bruised, Getaway decided to have Mirage and the Protectobots placed in memory loops as well. In order to pay Sunder for the arrangement, he again blasted Riptide with the nudge gun, intending to make him forget how to transform, and threw him in the scraplet-filled oil reservoir. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 2): Filling in the Blanks|Filling in the Blanks}} He almost immediately went on to talking about the need to hire a new, outside security agent, thinking of offering [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] protection (and making the crew change course to collect him despite being extremely close to Cyberutopia), only to find that sissy Atomizer asking if he had to be so cruel when he defeated people. Getaway made a note to fix him for that.

After another visit to the time window, to show it off to Froid, Getaway said he believed everyone he'd thrown off the ship had survived; more than that, he wanted them to finally ''find'' Cyberutopia and see the glorious Getaway Prime, living humbly amongst the people after having created a paradise society. Thunderclash, in particular, would be one of his grateful constituents. When Getaway began a speech to Froid about his own worthiness (citing his Matrix affinity, among other things), the psychotherapist tried to get a rise out of him by saying this was an early sign of [[Primus apotheosis]]. To re-establish his dominance of the ship and shut Atomizer up, Getaway took his compatriot to the medical ward and forced him to execute a Protectobot, on grounds that this would prevent them from combining if they escaped. When the deed was done, he informed Atomizer that he had now "gone too far" just as Getaway himself had.

Riptide, immune to the nudge gun's effects due to his low intelligence, had survived and duly freed the Protectobots and Thunderclash, who almost brought Getaway down as he greeted the newly-arrived Star Saber. Terrified, Getaway vainly tried to sway Thunderclash back to his side and was decked for his trouble. Star Saber came to his rescue and slaughtered his way through the escapees. Only Atomizer's traitorous intervention, brought on by an attack of conscience, allowed a few of them to escape. For this, Getaway killed him by ''tearing his body apart'' and demanded Sunder make his security team believe Thunderclash had done the deed.

Their haggling over price was interrupted by the ''Lost Light'' finally arriving at what ''appeared'' to be the mythical Cyberutopia, {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 3): Journey's End|Journey's End}} but what was actually the planet [[Mederi]], a planet-sized euthanasia clinic that operated by creating what its occupants ''wanted'' to see. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (3): You Are Here|You Are Here}} Having never formed a coherent vision of what "Cyberutopia" might be, the telepaths who operated the simulation were unable to process the crew's desire, revealing the planet in its default, barren state. They were then attacked by the forces of the [[Adaptus|Grand Architect]]; to save himself, Getaway struck a deal with the mysterious being, claiming that Rodimus and his loyalists were on their way to foil the Architect's plans. In exchange for a position of power among the Architect's retinue, Getaway was asked to prove his loyalty to the cause... and so allowed the Grand Architect's associate [[Scorponok (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Scorponok]] to transform the rest of the crew into [[Sparkeater (creature)|sparkeaters]], {{storylink|Crucible (Part 2): Lūstrāre|Lūstrāre}} which were then unleashed on Rodimus's team when they arrived on Mederi. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 1): A Dance Before Dying|A Dance Before Dying}}

Managing to keep the sparkeaters at bay, Rodimus and a small group had managed to board the ''Lost Light''; when the former captain of the ship confronted Getaway, the escapologist fled to the ship's fuel furnace, improvising a pair of flammable [[nucleon (substance)|nucleon]] rods as weapons. Having lost everything — his new position with the Grand Architect and his dream of finding Cyberutopia — in one fell swoop, Getaway prepared to take himself, Rodimus, and the ship out with one blow, accusing his enemy of feigning his emotions to justify meting out revenge on Getaway... only to have his arm severed by Cyclonus. Getaway fled further into the inferno he'd created, and after a moment of self-reflection Rodimus charged in after him to drag the unconscious 'bot to safety.

As Rodimus and Cyclonus struggled to douse the fire, Getaway regained consciousness and prepared to stab Cyclonus in the back with his own sword. Before he could do so, however, he was confronted by a vision of [[Primus]] himself, offering him his hand; unbeknownst to Getaway, this was merely a construct created by the domesticated scraplets he had used to dispose of his victims; having interfaced with Mederi's systems, they took the form of his deepest desire. Believing that Primus had come to finally bestow the title of Primehood upon him, Getaway took his hand... and was promptly devoured, reduced to nothing but a few scraps of metal. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 2): Lūstrāre|Lūstrāre}}
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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[Snapper]] referred to [[Stiletto (BW)|Stiletto]] as making "like Getaway". {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}}

==Commercial appearances==
*Getaway, [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]], and [[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]] were shocked to discover that the Decepticons had developed [[Powermaster]] technology as well when they encountered [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] and [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]] while out for a drive. The three Autobots used their Nebulan partners to transform into robot mode and fight back. They were soon joined by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and his own partner, [[Hi-Q]] who provided additional firepower against the Decepticons. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Powermasters|Powermasters commercial}}
*During a battle on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], Getaway mistook [[Quickswitch]] for a Decepticon. He was quickly corrected by another Autobot, and Quickswitch made use of his many modes to help the Autobots overpower the Decepticons. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Quickswitch|Quickswitch commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
During a battle eons ago, Getaway, Slapdash, and Joyride were defeated and almost killed by [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] and [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]]. They were only saved from certain doom when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] arrived and drove both of the Decepticons off. Many years later on [[Earth]], the three Autobots encountered Dreadwind and Darkwing again, and this time they weren't so lucky. {{storylink|End of the Road (Legends)|End of the Road}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:MF-toy Lightfoot.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|I want to Getaway, I want to flyyyyy away...]]
*'''Getaway''' (Powermaster, [[1988]])
**''Accessories:'' Rev Powermaster unit, [[plasma-shell shotgun|Plasma-Shell Shotgun]]

:Getaway transforms into a racing-modified white [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Mazda RX|Mazda RX-7 FC3S]]. Plasma-Shell shotgun can be plugged into the vehicle roof for storage via [[5 mm post]]. Attaching [[Rev]] (or any other Powermaster unit) into the Powermaster socket on the vehicle's hood unlocks Getaway's transformation sequence into [[robot mode]], though one ''can'' unlock the transformation simply by pressing down on the panel without Rev. Getaway's robot mode is mostly static with articulation restricted to arms.

:Getaway has some design peculiarities. The lower legs work like a single unit à la fellow Powermaster [[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]], but they are actually separate sections only held together by the spoiler. Even the spoiler's sticker has a cut down the middle! Furthermore, the car front hinge was likely double-jointed to allow the car chunk to go flat against the figure's back but was budgeted out. Evidence of this is left behind in the two layered plates (instead of a single piece) that form the figure's back for no reason. Getaway is also nearly 1" taller in robot mode than either of his fellow Powermasters, Joyride and Slapdash.

:This toy was sold in Japan as [[Lightfoot (Masterforce)#Super-God Masterforce|Lightfoot]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Autobot/Getaway/getaway.htm More information on Getaway at TFU.Info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Deluxe-Breakaway.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|With this increased [[articulation]] I can backstab my friends with even greater efficiency!]]
*'''Autobot Throttle & Autobot Breakaway''' (Deluxe Class, [[2016]])
**''Accessories:'' Small gun, big gun, [[Rev#Generations|Throttle]] Titan Master

:Part of the third wave of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Deluxe Class toys, "Autobot Breakaway" is a retool of the second wave's [[Chromedome (G1)#Generations|Chromedome]], with a new face based on Alex Milne's Getaway design from ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]''. His packaging art features a head sculpt based on Chromedome, most likely a result of the artist working from incorrect reference material. He transforms from a robot (based on Chromedome's appearance in the "[[Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Shadowplay]]" story) to futuristic car and back. Breakaway's head can transform into the [[Titan Master]] Throttle, who can either drive Breakaway in vehicle mode or pilot Breakaway's larger weapon, which can also attach via tabs to the roof of the vehicle mode. The toy shares some engineering with ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' [[Dead End (G1)#Combiner Wars|Dead End]] while not actually sharing any parts. It ''does'' reuse several parts from ''Titans Return'' [[Blurr (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Blurr]], including the thighs and kneepads, smaller rifle, and the Titan Master's robot mode.

:Some of the instructions were erroneously packaged with ''Titans Return'' [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Hot Rod]].
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==Notes==
[[File:Breakaway movie toy.jpg|thumb|"Hey! I'm no Bay-former!"]]
*An [[homage]] to Getaway, [[Breakaway (Movie)#Toys|Breakaway]], was released as a Wal-Mart [[exclusive]] as a late part of the [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|2007 movie toyline]]. Its name was intended to be "Getaway", but the [[trademark]] could not be secured. The [[redeco]] would have been part of the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'' toyline]] and thus would have gone on this page, by this wiki's [[continuity]] classification.
*When asked why Getaway was killed so often in his stories, [[Simon Furman]] commented that with a name like Getaway it would be funny if he did not get away.
*For some reason Getaway's character model in the Marvel UK and US features a mouth and a reasonably prominent chin. His toy and IDW appearances feature a [[mouthplate|faceplate]] (as does his Japanese cartoon counterpart [[Lightfoot (Masterforce)|Lightfoot]]). His movie-verse homage (see above) goes without a faceplate.
*The IDW incarnation of Getaway is written with a New Zealand accent.<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/383004941192687616 James Roberts (@jroberts332) on Twitter, 25 September 2013]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Fugitif''' (Canada, "Fugitive")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Gé Léi''' (China, 格雷, "Gray") '''Duó Lù''' (China,夺路, "Seize Road")

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Lost Light crew]]
[[Category:Powermasters]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Autobots]]
[[Category:Strategists]]
[[Category:Titans Return Autobots]]

Spark core transfer

2019-07-31T18:10:41Z

Hours: /* Timelines */

When a [[Transformer]] body is damaged or otherwise has become unsuitable for the [[spark]] it carries, Cybertronian medics can opt for a '''[[spark core]] transfer''', a procedure also known as a '''spark transplant'''. However, such an operation is not without risk and could easily result in a permanently damaged patient.

==Fiction==
===''Timelines''===
The ''[[Chromia 10]]'' had taken heavy damage in a battle with an [[Buzzsaw and Laserbeak's ship|enemy ship]]. The crew of the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' wanted to help the [[Airazor (BW)|two]] [[Tigatron|occupants]], but didn't have the time to repair them, so [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] suggested transferring them to two of the [[blank]] [[protoform]]s in the ''Axalon'''s cargo hold via a remote spark core transfer. The only problem was that he didn't have the proper equipment for the operation, potentially leading to damages to the patients' core mainframes. [[Optimus Primal]] decided they had no choice but to take the risk. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

===''Transformers Animated''===
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===2005 IDW continuity===
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[[Category:Animated technology]]
[[Category:Beast Wars technology]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) technology]]

Spark core transfer

2019-07-31T18:08:47Z

Hours:

When a [[Transformer]] body is damaged or otherwise has become unsuitable for the [[spark]] it carries, Cybertronian medics can opt for a '''[[spark core]] transfer''', a procedure also known as a '''spark transplant'''. However, such an operation is not without risk and could easily result in a permanently damaged patient.

==Fiction==
===''Timelines''===
The ''[[Chromia 10]]'' had taken heavy damage in a battle with an [[Buzzsaw and Laserbeak's ship|enemy ship]]. The crew of the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' wanted to help the [[Airazor (BW)|two]] [[Tigatron|occupants]], but didn't have the time to repair them, so [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] suggested to perform a remote spark core transfer to two of the [[blank]] [[protoform]]s in the ''Axalon'''s cargo hold. The only problem was that he didn't have the proper equipment for that type of operation, which could lead to damages to the two's core mainframes. [[Optimus Primal]] decided they had no choice but to take the risk. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

===''Transformers Animated''===
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===2005 IDW continuity===
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[[Category:Animated technology]]
[[Category:Beast Wars technology]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) technology]]

Prowl (Cyberverse)

2019-07-25T20:16:53Z

Hours:

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{{disambig3|Prowl}}
:''Prowl is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:ProwlCyberversePromo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Stylized prick.]]
Patient, loyal and highly intelligent, the high-ranking '''Prowl''' ''definitely'' needs to loosen up a bit. He's serious-minded, detests anything that's unorderly and is always following protocol. Because of this, [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] wants to show him the meaning of the word "fun".

==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Dick Terhune]] (English)}}
[[File:Cyberverse - Matrix of Leadership - Pr-ow-l.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Thinks Optimus should have been a prick to him.]]
While retreating from an overwhelming force of [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|Seekers]], Prowl was almost overwhelmed when he fell behind [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] and [[Wheeljack (Cyberverse)|Wheeljack]]. He was saved by [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]], although Prowl insisted Prime should have left him behind. {{storylink|Matrix of Leadership (episode)|Matrix of Leadership}}

After it was determined that Optimus had made a mistake in launching the [[AllSpark]], the [[Ark (Cyberverse)|''Ark'']] was launched to retrieve it, Prowl amongst its crew. As the ship sailed through the void however, its [[energon]] stores dipped forcing the crew into [[stasis pod]]s. [[Teletraan-1 (Cyberverse)|Teletraan-1]] eventually tracked the AllSpark to [[Earth]] only for the ''Ark'' to suffer a hull breach and crash land in [[Mount St. Hilary]]. Some 66 million years later, Prowl, along with the rest of the crew, was reawakened by [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] and [[Teletraan-X (Cyberverse)|Teletraan-X]] in time to see the [[Decepticon fleet]] invade Earth. {{storylink|Eruption}}
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==Toys==
===Cyberverse===
[[File:TF-Cyberverse-One-Step-Prowl.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Prowl''' (1-Step Changer, 2019)
**''Japanese Name'': '''Turbo Change Prowl'''
**''Japanese Release Date'': [[Calendar|September]] [[2019]]
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TCV-11'''
**''Action Attack'': "Jet Blast"
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[[File:Cyberverse-Warrior-Prowl.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Prowl''' (Warrior Class, 2019)
**''Action Attack'': "Jetblast"
:''Cyberverse'' Warrior Class Prowl is a deluxe-sized mould that transforms from a robot into a police car and back. Like all ''Cyberverse'' Warrior Class toys, Prowl features an attack gimmick, a "Jetblast", which pops out a pair of cannons from his back when his chest is pushed down.
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*'''Prowl''' (Ultra Class, 2019)
**''Action Attack'': "Jetblast"
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[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Battle-Class-Prowl.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Prowl''' (Battle Class, 2019)
**''Japanese Name'': '''Jet Mission Prowl'''
**''Japanese Release Date'': [[Calendar|September]] [[2019]]
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TCV-13'''
**''Spark Armor'': Cosmic Patrol
:''Cyberverse'' Battle Class Prowl is a downsized figure, transforming into a police car while being roughly the size of previous Scout/Legends/Basic class figures. (But larger than contemporary ''Cyberverse'' Scout Class figures. Confused yet?) He comes with the "Cosmic Patrol" fighter jet that splits apart into his battle armor.
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Prowl''' (プロール ''Purōru'')

[[Category:Cyberverse Autobots]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
[[Category:Law enforcement]]
[[Category:Security officers]]
[[Category:Strategists]]

Quest for Survival

2019-07-25T20:00:36Z

Hours: /* Synopsis */

{{episode
|image=QuestForSurvival Blaster repels morphobots.jpg
|caption=The Morphobots raise the roof.
|series=G1toon
|ep=45
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=34
|prev2=Make Tracks
|next2=The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)
|title="Quest for Survival"
|written by=[[Reed Robbins]] and [[Peter Salas]]
|production code=700-44
|airdate=[[November 5]], 1985
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The Autobots find themselves outnumbered when facing an Insecticon Clone Army and look to find a robotic insecticide to destroy them. However, their problems are just going to get bigger when spores from alien plants on Cosmos begin to grow rapidly...'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:QuestForSurvival Insecticon swarm incoming.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|''Here we come to eat the haaaay The Insecticons are on their way'']]
The [[Decepticon]]s have turned the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]]' cloning ability to new heights, to be an unstoppable force that will devour Earth's food resources and convert it into [[energon]]. Like a horde of mechanical locusts, they swarm Earth's crops, from Asia to the United States to the tropics - with the potential to cause the human race to starve to death. The Autobots make an attempt to stop the Insecticons, but they are too many in number, and the Autobots are forced to retreat. At [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]], the Autobots explain what happened to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], when [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]], [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]], and [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] contact Prime, saying that they found some [[robotic insecticide]] on [[Floron III]]. As they leave, however, something grabs hold of Cosmos, and he is barely able to escape.

Returning to the [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|Decepticon base]], the Insecticons convert the food they've eaten into energon, but only get one [[energon cube]] each. [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] claims that this is because of the costly energy conversion process, but in another room, the Decepticons are busily converting massive amounts of energy into energon. Megatron muses that the Insecticons would be deadly if they weren't so stupid.

[[File:QuestForSurvival Spike surveys damage.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|I ''told'' you not to pick up those hitchhikers.]]

On his approach to Earth, Cosmos discovers that spores from whatever attacked him are growing across his hull, and he is losing control of his systems. Bumblebee and Spike manage to abandon ship before Cosmos crashes and go to get help. Arriving back at the base, Bumblebee discovers that spores are attached to his body, but [[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]] manages to get them off. Prime attempts to contact Cosmos, only to discover that the valley he crashed in has been overtaken by the plant-like machines. As the Autobot leader leads a rescue mission, [[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] learns of the insecticide, and reports it to [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]]. Megatron takes a team to retrieve it before the Autobots can...and in case he might need the insecticide himself.

At the base, [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]] and [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] discover that the spores are [[Morphobot]]s, a plant-like species that the [[Transformer]]s believed was extinct. They contact Prime, warning him that the Morphobots are particularly fond of robotic lifeforms. Elsewhere, [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] is overseeing the Insecticons, when Megatron orders him to warn the Insecticons to stay away from the valley. The Insecticons suspect that Megatron is hiding something, and attack Thrust, after which they take the entire clone army to the valley.

[[File:Primequestforsurvival.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|LA LA LA LA, NOT LISTENING!]]

At the valley, the Decepticons arrive first, only to discover the Morphobots. [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] fires first, only to have the blast from his [[null-ray]] deflected right back at him. Before Megatron can <s>choke a bitch</s> properly admonish Starscream, Soundwave detects the Autobots. Megatron decides to let Prime do the work of getting the insecticide for him. [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] fires a blast, but gets nowhere; [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]]'s liquid nitrogen only freezes them momentarily. [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] begins broadcasting, which causes the Morphobots to recoil. Bumblebee, Ironhide, [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], and Blaster take Cosmos out of the field.

[[File:G1 QuestforSurvival Morphobot eats Bombshell.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The venus fly trap from outer space.]]

Once they're out, Megatron and the Decepticons attack, destroying the insecticide. However, the Morphobots also attack the Decepticons. As things get bad, the Insecticons arrive. Megatron believes the noble creatures are coming to save them. Obviously his [[Circuits|logic circuits]] fail to tell him just how many things are wrong with his idea. Believing them to be food, the Insecticon clones fly straight into the field, and the Morphobots consume all the clones. The original Insecticons manage to escape, and the Decepticons follow.

At their base, the Autobots have loaded the Morphobots into a shuttle, intended to take them to a world with a large robotic insect population. However, Perceptor requests that a second shuttle be prepared as soon as possible, as the Morphobots he has been studying have become a little too friendly for his tastes.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (6)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (7)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (8)
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (9)
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (10)
*[[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (11)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (12)
*[[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] (13)
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (14)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (15)
*[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (16)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]] (25)
*[[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]] (26)
*[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (27)
*[[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] (30)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] (34)
*[[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] (35)

|c2=
*[[Insecticon clone]]s (2)
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] (3)
*[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] (4)
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] (5)
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (19)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (20)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (21)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]] (22)
*[[Skywarp (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Skywarp]] (23)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (24)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] (28)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (29)
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (31)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (32)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (33)

|c3=
*Farmers (1)
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] (17)

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*[[Morphobot]]s (18)
}}

==Quotes==
"Robotic Insecticide?"
:—'''Skids''' makes his debut by asking what everyone else is thinking.

"Muahah. If the Insecticons had ''brains'', they'd be ''dangerous!''"
:—'''Megatron''' reflects on the Insecticons' gullibility.

"Hmm. Very interesting." 
"What is it?" 
"Hmm? What is what?"
:—'''Perceptor''' and '''Prowl''', a typical conversation with a scientist.

"Where is your courage, Megatron?"
:—'''Starscream''' should practice what he preaches.

"Who says plants aren't intelligent? The Morphobots are repelled by your music."
:—'''Optimus Prime''', being a little ungrateful to Blaster, who is repelling the Morphobots

"Just don't stand there with your cockpits open, you fools!"
:—'''Megatron''', being dragged along the ground by a Morphobot.

"The Insecticons! Those noble creatures have come to save us, despite the danger to their own lives."
:—'''Megatron''', seriously overestimating his allies.

[[File:G1 QuestforSurvival Bombshell Kickback.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
"Our friend Megatron is in trouble." 
"If I wasn't so ''hungry'', I'd stop to help him out. HAHAHAHAHAH!"
:—'''Kickback''' and '''Bombshell''' both showing how an 'ally' should act.

"You didn't tell us they'd bite back!"
:—'''Kickback''', realizing that plants do bite back.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
[[File:QuestforSurvival bee carries blaster.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
[[File:Skidsanimated.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
* First appearance of [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (out of only [[Triple Takeover|two in the whole cartoon!]]).
* Gadgets and powers:
** Tracks actually uses his missile launchers!
** Cosmos has something called an "Auxiliary laser jet". Because jets and lasers are totally the same thing! (Maybe it's just a backup {{w|HP LaserJet|printer?}})
** Ironhide shoots some kind of gray graphite lookin' stuff from his retracted fingertips, which forms a hard shell around its target.
** Later he shoots nitrogen in the same fashion, freezing the Morphobots in place.
** Blaster transforms into a halfway form between his cassette player form and his [[robot mode]]. Later, he transforms into his boom box mode without shrinking at all.
* Blaster repulses the Morphobots with an instrumental version of the song "[[Cold Slither (song)|Cold Slither]]" played in the ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'' episode of the same name.
*Tracks actually uses his [[Black beam gun]] to blind Megatron, Dirge and Blitzwing.
* This episode marks one of only two instances in which Soundwave laughs (the other being "[[Auto-Bop]]"). He chuckles along with Megatron when Starscream is knocked on his can, and again after Megatron destroys the insecticide.

===Real-world references===
* The opening scene is set in an unspecified Asian country; the next scene, somewhere in the American south, to judge by the accents of the farmers.
* ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' sound effects:
** [[TIE Fighter]] roar as Thrust swoops over the grassy plain.
** [[Death Star]] super laser as he lands in the field.
** ''[[Millennium Falcon]]'' engine burst as he retreats from the Insecticons, and again as the Insecticons take off after him.

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:QuestForSurvival Inferno puts out Tracks.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|I'm burning! burning!]]
* Shrapnel is not on-screen when he says "I'm starved"; instead, Kickback is prominently in the foreground.
* In the overhead shot of the two farm vehicles, one is cutting a path through the corn, while the other is not. When the drivers abandon the vehicles a moment later, both have paths behind them.
* The two vehicle-driving farmers switch places at the start. The fellow in blue overalls is driving the tractor, but is shown running from the combine harvester, trading vehicles with his pal.
* Tracks has Bombshell's vocal processing effect when he gives the order to transform, and again when he is set on fire.
* Coloring errors:
** In the line-up of newly transformed Autobots, Smokescreen's headcrest is blue instead of yellow, and his feet are dark gray when they should be blue.
** Insect mode Kickback has a white mouthplate thinger as he flees from Tracks' missile.
** As Smokescreen explains the retreat to Optimus, his forehead crest is blue agin, and his chest is squared off instead of rounded.
** In the first shot of him struggling against the plants, Cosmos' Autobot symbol is a featureless black shape - like a [[rubsign]]!
** Bumblebee's nose is yellow as Cosmos struggles against the Morphobots.
** And again as Cosmos orders Spike and Bumblebee to eject.
** "Where's Cosmos?" - Prime's running lights are blue instead of red.
** After the Insections leave their transfer chambers, Bombshell's chest compartment is gray instead of yellow.
** Laserbeak's wings are all red (missing their black and light gray bits) as he observes the traveling Autobots.
** As Kickback kicks Thrust, Bombshell's shoulders are maroon, and his eyes aren't colored in.
** As the Decepticons arrive at the valley, Starscream's left wing is missing its red stripe. In the same shot, Blitzwing is flying with his landing gear down.
** The Decepticon jets fire on the Autobots with the Autobot laser sound.
** Soundwave's forehead flashes between white and blue as he laughs at Starscream's pratfall.
** In the shot of the newly arrived Autobots, Ironhide's helmet is gray instead of red.
** The edge of Ironhide's helmet is the same color as his face in a couple of shots, notably when he reacts to the Morphobots shrugging off his nitrogen.
** Tracks has white tires as he walks behind Bumblebee through the Morphobot field.
** Blitzwing's helmet is purple instead of yellow as he lands to attack.
** And again as he runs to assist Megatron.
** Gun mode Megatron is all dark gray when Soundwave releases him.
** Dirge's face is white instead of dark gray after he's been thrown by the Morphobots.
** Ironhide's shoulders are gray instead of red as he agrees with Optimus about disposing of the Morphobots.
* Just before the Autobots retreat, Tracks fires a couple of missiles... but his launchers aren't empty after he does so.
* The area around Autobot Headquarters looks different in this episode. It's sitting flush with a plateau off to the side, not the usual rocky cliffside.
* At Decepticon Headquarters, Kickback - or a clone - transforms without any transformation sound.
* As Megatron greets the Insecticons, Dirge is missing his wings.
* As they speak to Cosmos post-crash, Spike gestures as if he's trying to project his voice across the cliff, but Bumblebee is the one yelling.
* Spike is in the driver seat whenever Bumblebee is rolling, but he exits - and re-enters - from the passenger side.
* When Bumblebee transforms to go for help, his windows change from glass-blue to completely transparent. Then his seats, rear windows and interior appear out of nowhere when he starts to drive off.
* Improbable viewpoints:
** How the heck did Teletraan One get a camera inside the energon production room of Decepticon Headquarters? Even the Insecticons couldn't get in there!
** Megatron brings up a view of Thrust flying along.
* Appearing/disappearing Autobots:
** Beachcomber and Ratchet are in the group of Autobots who set out for the crash site, but when the group gets there, Ironhide and Hoist are there instead. Nonetheless, Beachcomber gets a line of dialogue (in response to Blaster's music).
** Windcharger is also there for one shot, but disappears from the rest of the show.
** Blaster doesn't appear at all until after Ironhide and Warpath have tried to destroy the Morphobots. Maybe he was hiding in someone's back seat?
* Perceptor and Prowl should really have some radio muffling as they contact Prime, but it's just their normal voices.
* The problem of Kickback's insect head shows up as the Insecticons react to Thrust's arrival. Up to now, he's been shown with the correct plain black insect head, but throughout this whole scene, he's got his full robot face on display, even getting a closeup of it as he speaks a line.
* When Warpath replies to Optimus Prime's request for a path to be blasted through the Morphobots, he's lacking the glowing blue effects on his mouthplate-slits that Toei gave him when he talked in every other episode of theirs. This is his only on-screen robot-mode line in the episode.
* When Megatron transforms to shoot the insecticide, he doesn't make the transformation noise (nor does he when he transforms back, for that matter). His shot doesn't make the usual fusion cannon sound, either.
* The second time Soundwave laughs, his voice is missing its usual synthesizer effect, [[Roll for It|and not for the first time]].
* As Megatron is thrown by the Morphobots, his voice sounds different and is missing its metallic effect.
* Several times towards the end of the episode, the triangles on Megatron's forehead are drawn wrong (sometimes one or the other is a square or cut-off polygon).
* When Perceptor is struggling with the Morphobots, his mouth isn't quaking with the rest of his body.
* The color on a handful of scenes is visibly grayed and desaturated, such as when Perceptor calls Prime for help.

===Continuity errors===
[[File:QuestForSurvival Cosmos ejects escape pod.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|This thing fits inside Cosmos. Spike and Bumblebee fit inside this thing. But when Cosmos transforms, he's like one head taller than Bumblebee.]]
* The Morphobots repeatedly show the ability to grow out of, well, nothing. The specimens on Cosmos, and the ones that Perceptor studies, both blossom into huge vines without actually consuming any matter.
* Who's in charge of the first Autobot excursion? Tracks gives the order to transform, but Smokescreen gives the order to retreat.
* Why does Cosmos need Spike to fire his emergency jet? Can't he do it himself?
* Cosmos' interior is ''huge'' in this episode, big enough to carry Bumblebee, Spike and their cargo in relative comfort, not to mention an ''ejection chamber'' which is ''also'' capable of carrying the same occupants. It was similarly large in "[[Sea Change]]", but considerably smaller in "[[Blaster Blues]]" and "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust]]".
* When the Morphobots penetrate into Cosmos' cabin, there is no indication of decompression from his pressurized and vacuum-sealed hull being breached.
* In "[[A Plague of Insecticons]]", the Insecticons are shown to be able to convert organic food directly into energy by themselves. What, from the Insecticons' point of view, is the logic behind extracting energon from them and converting it to energon cubes, from which it would have to be consumed again?
* Similarly, in their debut episode, the Insecticon clones were shown to be eliminated with [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker's]] [[force field]], cutting off the control beam and causing them to disintegrate. Why is Robotic Insecticide now required?
* Megatron's orders to Thrust appear to have been moved - he brings up Thrust's image on a viewscreen but does not say anything to him; several scenes later, completely off-screen, he orders Thrust to contact the Insecticons - ''after'' Thrust has already located them and is flying over them!
*After Megatron and the other Decepticons have been freed from the Morphobots' tentacles and are laying on the ground, Tracks walks right up to them and uses his Black beam gun to blind them. Yet in the very next shot, he's standing behind the other Autobots, and the Decepticons are not only standing, but aren't blinded at all.
* If the Morphobots can't be harmed by explosives and laser fire, and they can hogtie Megatron in a matter of seconds and sling him around like a bag of bolts, how did the Autobots manage to round them up and put them inside the rocket ship? (Blaster's music could have played a part.)

===Trivia===
[[File:RoboticInsecticide.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Comes in Small, Medium, Large and Combiner sizes.]]

* To get rid of the Morphobots, the Autobots send them to a planet inhabited by their prey, robotic insects. While that's nice for the plants, isn't kinda mean to the robotic insects? Won't it screw up the ecology of the planet? Isn't it kinda... morally borderline at best?
* Okay, seriously... ''robotic insecticide?''

===Foreign localization===
'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''L'insetticida robotico'''" ("The Robotic Insecticide")
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Lotta per la sopravvivenza'''" ("Fight for Survival")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Survival Sakusen'''" (サバイバル作戦, "Operation: Survival")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 28]], [[1986]]

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Shírén Zhū '''" (食人株, "Cannibal Plant")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1994 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Convoy Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''The Transformers'' — Autobot Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2: Vol. 5 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 3: Series 2.2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 05: Stagione Due Parte Terza ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part Two (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume One: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/season-2/synopses/700-44.html Episode Dossier at The Cybertron Chronicle]

[[Category:The Transformers episodes]]

Wheeljack (Prime)

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:''Wheeljack is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].
[[File:PrimeWheeljack-HowToDraw.jpg|thumb|325px|"I'm here to build gizmos and be a badass loner, and I'm all out of knowing how to build gizmos!"]]

'''Wheeljack''' is one of the roughest Autobots around. As one of the last surviving [[Wrecker]]s, he's seen plenty of action, and he's got the snarky one-liners to prove it. If there's anything he likes more than slicing up [[Decepticon]]s with his swords or inventing new gadgets to blow up Decepticons in different ways, it's hanging with his old buddy, [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (who calls him '''Jackie''').

Wheeljack doubts [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s leadership capabilities, believing he's more of a stuffy old figurehead than a warrior. Wheeljack also chafes under too much supervision, which ''immediately'' puts him and the authoritarian [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] at odds. That's why he usually takes off shortly after he's arrived. He'd rather be on his own.

{{bigquote|If you're trying to ruin my day, you're gonna have to try harder.|Wheeljack|"[[Con Job]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''The Covenant of Primus''===

Wheeljack emerged from the [[Well of All Sparks]] sometime during or before the [[Age of Origins]]. As civilization began to rise on Cybertron, many pockets of settlement were less developed or protected than others. Wheeljack, his buddy [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], and several others organized themselves as the [[Wrecker]]s, freelance peacekeeping agents helping to protect the peaceful settlements from bandits, gangs, and other marauders.

Wheeljack presumably remained a member of the Wreckers as Cybertronian society developed. During the [[Age of Wrath]], the Wreckers refused to serve as legitimate law enforcers under the [[Quintesson]] regime, preferring to act as lawless vigilantes under their own terms. The Wreckers later joined the popular uprising against the Quintessons and became official peace officers during the [[Golden Age]].

Many of the Wreckers, including Wheeljack, remained behind on Cybertron as the Autobot resistance to the Decepticons after the Ark and Nemesis blasted off in search of the AllSpark. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

===Aligned novels===
Wheeljack was a member of the Wreckers black ops. After the [[Great Exodus]], the Autobots remaining on Cybertron encountered the inventor and engineer wandering outside [[Crystal City]]. They took him in, with [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] theorizing that he had escaped from [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]'s facilities there. Wheeljack proceeded to equip the resistance with new gadgets and weaponry, but his true loyalty remained to science, rather than the Autobots.

Eventually, Wheeljack, along with [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Springer (WFC)|Springer]] approached Alpha Trion to propose re-creating [[space bridge]] technology on a personal scale, and using the energies from the space bridge explosion to trace the locations of the vanished ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'' and ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]''. The project proceeded, and the inventor was able to find a way of opening a brief passageway through space-time, utilizing the remaining energies of the [[Well of All Sparks]] and the damaged consciousness of [[Vector Sigma]]. Wheeljack suggested they send a message of some sort through the gateway to [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], but Alpha Trion advocated sending an actual bot. Eventually, the Autobot called [[Chaindrive]] was sent, equipped with a device to track the [[Matrix of Leadership]], a piece of the [[Blades of Time]], and a warning for Optimus regarding the [[Requiem Blaster (Megatronus)|Requiem Blaster]]. {{Storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

Shockwave finally made his move against Alpha Trion, arresting the sage from the [[Hall of Records]]. With Alpha Trion's neutrality no longer permitted, Ultra Magnus planned a rescue op. Wheeljack joined Magnus's team of Wreckers to infiltrate Iacon, access the [[Shockwave's Tower|Tower of Shockwave]], and retrieve Alpha Trion. They were provided support by the recently reactivated [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]], who would act as a suitable...distraction for their op. Wheeljack was uncomfortable working alongside [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]], a former Decepticon who was still untrustworthy in his eyes.

Inside Iacon's walls, Wheeljack and the Wreckers came to [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]], who was secretly working with the Autobot resistance. [[Maccadam]] still shared the occasional oil with his Decepticon overlords, gathering intelligence. One of his patrons was an engineer who provided information on the Tower's mag-lev elevator, allowing the Wreckers to access it underground. The Wreckers were nearly accosted by [[Ratbat (WFC)|Ratbat]] and the Decepticon city garrison, but Magnus radioed Omega Supreme who began long-range bombardment of the city, drawing away the Decepticons.

The Wreckers infiltrated Shockwave's secret lair and recovered Alpha Trion, but the situation was direr than they anticipated. Shockwave had been trying to access [[Vector Sigma]] using Alpha Trion's systems, but the [[Quintesson]]s had secretly tapped into that same circuitry to reactivate the long-dormant Space bridge, beginning a [[Sharkticon (COP)|Sharkticon]] invasion of Cybertron. The Wreckers raced to the Archives, where Alpha Trion intended to detonate the remaining articles of Cybertronian history that the Quintessons could claim. They were interrupted by General [[Tyrannicon]] of the Sharkticons, who jammed Alpha Trion's detonator. Fortunately, light-years away, Megatron had claimed the Sharkticon Matrix and therefore ended the Quintesson control over their slaves. Tyrannicon's troopers turned on him and each other, causing the all-but successful invasion to collapse in a matter of minutes. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

===Eaglemoss ''Prime'' comic===
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===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[James Horan]] (English), [[Yūki Tai]] (Japanese)|[[You Jun]] (Chinese), [[Dennis Schmidt-Foß]] (German), [[Lorenzo Scattorin]] (Italian), [[Ja-hyeong Gu]] (Korean), [[Raúl Anaya]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Ricardo Sawaya]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Kimmo Härmä]] (Finnish), [[Philippe Allard]] (French)}}

[[File:ConJob-Wheeljackgun.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|"[[Steve (Vehicon)|Steve]]! I built a machine that builds guns that shoot Vehicons. Come see!"]]
Wheeljack was a member of the [[Wrecker]]s alongside [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], {{storylink|Con Job}} [[Impactor (Prime)|Impactor]], [[Roadbuster (Prime)|Roadbuster]], [[Rotorstorm (Prime)|Rotorstorm]], [[Seaspray (Prime)|Seaspray]] and [[Pyro (Prime)|Pyro]]. {{storylink|Loose Cannons}} He took part in an unnamed battle where he and Bulkhead became surrounded by Decepticons and low on Energon. However, Wheeljack threw a grenade into a smelter, causing it to explode and take out the attackers.{{storylink|Con Job}} Him and Bulkhead also had an altercation on [[Sandokan]]. {{storylink|Loose Cannons}}. However, early on in the war, Bulkhead left the Wreckers to join [[Team Prime]] while Wheeljack continued to serve in the Wreckers. Wheeljack took part in the [[Battle of Darkmount Pass]], where he took out a group of Decepticons to get the Wreckers across a smelting pit. {{storylink|Con Job}} Wheeljack left the Wreckers when [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] was assigned as its leader. {{storylink|Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command}}

Wheeljack was later approached by the Wrecker [[Kup (WFC)|Kup]] at [[Alfes Station]], who was hoping to bring him back to the Wreckers. Wheeljack revealed to Kup that he had been scavenging the wreckage of Decepticon heavy-troops and had discovered that they were clad in nano-crystal lattice armor that had been created in his old lab at [[Ankmor Park|Ankmor]], and convinced Kup to help him infiltrate the lab to retake it from the Decepticons.

After sneaking into Ankmor, the two Autobots discovered the Decepticons [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] and [[Thundercracker (WFC)|Thundercracker]] in the middle of experimenting on their fellow Decepticons [[Rumble (WFC)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (WFC)|Frenzy]]. The two Autobots discovered that Shockwave was planning to extract the two [[Mini-Con|Minicon]]s' sparks and place them in [[Laser core]]s, allowing them to permanently switch between bodies. Wheeljack and Kup attacked, but Thundercracker released Rumble and Frenzy to back them up. However, Wheeljack revealed to the Decepticons that he had previously laid explosives throughout his lab for just such an occasion, forcing the Decepticons to engage in melee, rather than utilizing weapons. After Shockwave managed to disarm the Wreckers, he ordered Rumble and Frenzy to execute the Autobots, but Wheeljack and Kup took the Minicons' abandoned data disc bodies, gambling that the two wouldn't be willing to harm their old bodies. They were correct and began beating the two smaller 'cons with their own bodies, before throwing the bodies out of a window into Ankmor's waste canals. As Rumble and Frenzy pursued their discarded bodies, Shockwave called for a retreat, deciding that he couldn't risk Wheeljack detonating the explosives, and fled with Thundercracker, never realizing that Wheeljack had been bluffing. {{storylink|Unreliable Narratives}}

When [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] went dark, he began traveling the stars alone in the ''[[Jackhammer (Prime)|Jackhammer]]''. Eventually, he reached [[Earth]]'s [[Solar System]] and was hailed by the Autobots stationed there, including Bulkhead. As he was coming in to land at the coordinates provided by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], his ship was attacked and shot down by [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]]. Wheeljack emerged from the ''Jackhammer'' and proceeded to trash the Decepticons, but was eventually overwhelmed and taken back to the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' where he was imprisoned. He was amused to find that [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] was in command of the Decepticons, and almost goaded Starscream into killing him.

[[File:ConJob-Wheeljackswords.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Wheeljack: determined to make [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] redundant.]]
An opportunity allowed him to kill his guard and break free from his bonds. He scaled to the top of the ship, where Starscream was waiting for [[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]], who'd taken on Wheeljack's appearance, to open the Autobot [[GroundBridge]]. Wheeljack smashed a bunch of Vehicons and assaulted Starscream before escaping through the GroundBridge to the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]]. There he confronted Makeshift and the pair duelled with swords until Wheeljack was victorious. Bulkhead tossed Makeshift back through the GroundBridge along with a "present" for the 'cons.

Though the Autobots welcomed Wheeljack, he revealed that he intended to return to space. He invited Bulkhead along, but Bulkhead was too attached to his friends on Earth to leave. {{storylink|Con Job}}

When [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] was trying to stir Bulkhead's memory after he absorbed the data from the [[Cybertronian data cylinder]] she mentioned Wheeljack and showed Bulkhead the picture she took of them together before he left. Sadly, this did not jog Bulkhead's memory. {{storylink|T.M.I.}}

[[File:LooseCannons Wheeljack fires back.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Who shoots first?]]
During his travels, Wheeljack made contact with fellow Wrecker [[Seaspray (Prime)|Seaspray]] only for [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] to destroy Seaspray's ship. Wheeljack chased Dreadwing to Earth where they battled near a gas station, which was destroyed in the conflict as [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s team arrived. Filling the other Autobots in, Wheeljack found himself chafing over the need for secrecy. When Dreadwing called him to arrange a meeting, Wheeljack took Bulkhead to try and trap the Decepticon. The encounter instead left Wheeljack buried.

[[File:LooseCannons Wheeljack undergoes repairs.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|After Arkham City, Wheeljack Ryder gets fixed by a Doctor.]]
Once Optimus dug him out, he accompanied the Autobot leader to the port where Bulkhead had been taken by Dreadwing and attempted to remove the bomb the Decepticon had placed on his comrade. Eventually, he was forced to concede only Dreadwing could remove the bomb, and he and Optimus played a gambit that forced Dreadwing's hand. Convinced to stay on Earth by the other Autobots, Wheeljack adopted a new [[alternate mode]] and drove off to explore the planet. {{storylink|Loose Cannons}} He also used the time to become quite familiar with the location of key Decepticon Energon mines. {{storylink|Hurt}}

As the Autobots split up to retrieve the four new Iacon relics, Optimus told Ratchet that he'd need Wheeljack's help for the mission ahead. Remembering his past experiences with the Wrecker, Ratchet was naturally reluctant to go through with the idea, but Optimus reminded the medic that he would need a capable warrior like Wheeljack to watch his back. {{storylink|Triangulation}}

[[File:Prime-TriageRatchet&Wheeljack.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|After this, you wanna go build a [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]?]]
Ratchet rendezvoused with Wheeljack by the ''Jackhammer'', and they headed out in the ship to find the relic. Wheeljack quickly got on Ratchet's nerve by calling him "doc" and "sunshine" but soon encountered [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]. The Wrecker engaged Soundwave in a dogfight using some fancy aerial flight moves, but against the advice of Ratchet, Wheeljack let Soundwave go and attacked [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]]. After a lengthy dogfight, Wheeljack shot the [[Mini-Con]] down, but the ''Jackhammer'' was also disabled. On the ground, Wheeljack found Laserbeak and suggested planting a grenade inside of the Mini-Con to kill Soundwave, but Ratchet had a better idea: A virus which would download the entire Iacon database into their systems.

While Ratchet set about implanting the virus into Laserbeak, Wheeljack went after Soundwave, soon locating and attacking the Decepticon. Though he almost got the upper hand, Soundwave hit him with the [[Resonance Blaster]], and Wheeljack barely had time to warn Ratchet before falling unconscious. Despite the damage, Wheeljack refused to return to base for treatment and instead set about fixing his ship. But before Ratchet left, Wheeljack finally acknowledged the doctor by name. {{storylink|Triage (episode)|Triage}}

[[File:Hurt-WheeljackHardshell.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Wheeljack learns the ''hard'' way that giving Hardshell some [[James Horan|5-Hour Energy]] wasn't a very good idea.]]
Wheeljack was called into the base when Bulkhead turned up critically injured. While he had full confidence in Ratchet's abilities, he decided to go find the responsible parties. Joined by Miko, he attacked an energon mine to draw out [[Hardshell]]. This succeeded, and Wheeljack left Miko in the ship while he faced the Insecticons. Unfortunately, Hardshell was too much for him to handle, but as he was about to be killed, Miko interceded in the fight, blasting Hardshell with the ''Jackhammer''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> missiles. After losing the rest of the Insecticon swarm by throwing a box of grenades at them, Wheeljack welcomed Miko to the ranks of the Wreckers. The pair returned to base, though Wheeljack didn't want to see his friend lying comatose and left. {{storylink|Hurt}} Ratchet held a grudge over Wheeljack's revenge stunt, and when Arcee suggested calling the Wrecker in to cover for Bulkhead, Ratchet objected. When new arrival [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] was integrated into the team, Bulkhead was hurt and said that they should have asked Wheeljack to replace him. {{storylink|New Recruit}}

[[File:Prey-PredakingWheeljack.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|Goddamn Dracula]]
After picking up the [[Omega Lock]]'s immense energy surge, Wheeljack returned to the Autobot base to find it under attack by Decepticon forces. He joined Fowler in attempting to hold the Decepticons off until his ship was eventually shot down by Starscream. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}} Pulled from the wreckage of the ''Jackhammer'', Wheeljack was taken into the Decepticon citadel and interrogated by Starscream. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} When even a [[cortical psychic patch]] failed to yield any information, Starscream planted a tracking device on Wheeljack and ordered his execution. Wheeljack, of course, promptly escaped during the execution and salvaged as much as he could from the wreck of his ship. After joining Bulkhead and Miko, he used the tracking device he'd found to trap a number of Decepticons. {{storylink|Scattered}} He, Miko and Bulkhead were preparing to destroy an energon mine when they were attacked by a [[Predaking (Prime)|giant metal dragon]]. Even Wheeljack luring it into the mine before detonating didn't slow it down. Fortunately, the three Wreckers were rescued by [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] and soon reunited with most of the rest of the team. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}}

Bulkhead and Wheeljack provided a diversion at the base of [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]], lobbing grenades and destroying Decepticons while the other Autobots attacked by other means. The pair were eventually captured by [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], but when Optimus Prime returned and joined the assault, they renewed their attack on the Decepticons. Following the destruction of Darkmount, the Autobots assembled at a human military base. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}

[[File:ChainOfCommand unhappy Wheeljack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67| Maybe if I pretend he's not there, he'll go away... is he still there?]]
Wheeljack and Ultra Magnus returned to the Autobots' old base to scavenge what they could from the wreckage. He was excited to find the Wreckers' old [[Cybertronian sport#Lobbing|lobbing ball]], but when he lobbed it at Bulkhead without warning, it nearly crushed Miko. After a stern talking-to from Ultra Magnus and an intense staredown between the two of them, Wheeljack stormed off. He was later teamed with Bulkhead and Magnus to respond to a Decepticon sighting in [[Scotland]]. {{storylink|Project Predacon}} Wheeljack took Miko along, concealed in his chest. That fact and his continued refusal to follow protocol continued to rub Ultra Magnus up the wrong way as they infiltrated the Decepticon mine. Finding themselves up against the Predacon once again, Wheeljack attempted to throw a grenade into its mouth, but this backfired and instead brought the cavern down on them. The failure of the mission brought even more tension but Magnus, upon seeing Miko using the Apex Armor to beat the scrap out of the Decepticons, admitted that Wheeljack may have been right to bring her along. At this, Wheeljack opted to leave the team, saying that he wanted to remember the Wreckers as they were at that moment, before "the rust set in." {{storylink|Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command}}

[[File:PlusOne-surrounded.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|Does anyone actually still think [[Vehicon (Prime)|these guys]] are threats?]]
However, Wheeljack returned to [[Hangar E]], where he was immediately requested to retrieve another Predacon bone with Arcee. Wheeljack grudgingly agreed. When they reached the location of the bone, they were ambushed by Vehicon troopers, but easily dispatched them. While they were searching the area, Arcee took the opportunity to grill Wheeljack on why he liked to act like a loner, citing the fact that if he truly liked being alone, he would not have ground bridged back to base, but would have simply hit the road. Wheeljack admitted that he didn't leave the Wreckers just because of Ultra Magnus, but also because he could not bear to see Bulkhead go soft on him. Arcee convinced him not to push Bulkhead away, because if something were to happen to him, Wheeljack would never forgive himself. After retrieving the Predacon remains, Arcee received a call from Jack, who was afraid that his mother had gotten into trouble while retrieving a Predacon bone. Sure enough, Arcee and Wheeljack found June and Agent Fowler in the clutches of the Decepticon Knock Out. After dealing with some Insecticons sent to aid Knock Out, Wheeljack managed to save June and Fowler. Upon returning to base, Wheeljack went to talk to Bulkhead. {{storylink|Plus One (Prime)|Plus One}}

[[File:EvolutionMagnusWheeljacktogether.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Charge of the [[Wrecker|Light Brigade]]]]
Perhaps hoping to win over Ultra Magnus, Wheeljack recalibrated the engines on Magnus's ship. When the team went on a mission to secure some energon, Wheeljack and Magnus discovered Shockwave's cloning operation in an abandoned mine. They blew it up, only to discover that the sole existing Predacon had become intelligent and was now after them. The pair fought [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] at length but lost despite their efforts. They were only saved by the intervention of Optimus, who took them back to base for repairs. {{storylink|Evolution}}

When the Decepticons started stealing technology, Wheeljack was part of a team which was called out to a location but arrived too late to prevent the Vehicons escaping with the tech. They were able to capture Soundwave though. Wheeljack persuaded Ratchet to let Ultra Magnus come along on their next mission to the [[Solaris particle collider]]. The team entered the [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] base to encounter heavy resistance from a group of Vehicons. {{storylink|Minus One}} With the aid of one of Wheeljack's grenades, they caught up with Shockwave, only for the Decepticon to be whisked away by Predaking. Returning to base, the Autobots found that Ratchet had been abducted by Soundwave, however, Wheeljack and Raf used a piece of Laserbeak to construct a [[Chip|small aerial drone]] which they hoped would lead them to the Decepticon warship. {{storylink|Persuasion}}

[[File:Deadlock-WheeljackMagnusSmokesalute.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|See you 'round, [[William Fowler|tiny]].]]
They launched the probe and monitored it and Optimus's progress from the base. Though the probe was destroyed, Ratchet was able to send them the coordinates to the Decepticon warship, and Wheeljack and the others geared up in preparation to assault the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Synthesis}} The three Wreckers were ordered to take the bridge, however, no sooner did they reach their target than Soundwave bridged them to another part of the ship. By the time they reached the bridge again, it had already been captured by Jack and Miko. With the warship until their control, the Autobots flew it to Cybertron and used the Omega Lock to restore their homeworld. After Optimus's obligatory speech, Wheeljack and the others shared a mutual salute with Fowler before returning home. {{storylink|Deadlock}}

Following a ceremony to promote Bumblebee to Warrior, Wheeljack accompanied Optimus Prime as a pilot in a search for the [[AllSpark]]. They tracked it down to [[Theta Scorpii]] where Optimus was able to retrieve it, and Wheeljack set course back to Cybertron. They arrived to find [[Unicron]] had returned and was attempting to use an army of undead Predacons to destroy Cybertron's core. The ship was shot down, though Wheeljack survived and was helped from the wreck by Bulkhead. Following Unicron's defeat, he was present as Optimus sacrificed himself to restore the AllSpark to Cybertron. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

===''Little, Brown, and Company'' books===
{{Charstubfiction}}
{{Storylink|Decepticon in Disguise}}

===Titan ''Prime'' comic===
{{Charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.18|Power Outage}} {{Storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.17|Collider Scope}}}}

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===''Tales of the Beast Hunters''===
Wheeljack was contacted by [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], who had located a potential cache of weapons in the [[asteroid belt]]. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 1}} The pair soon blasted off in the ''Jackhammer'' {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 2}} and despite Wheeljack's skepticism, found the derelict starship in question. As they were about to start loading up with weapon crates, they were soon faced with [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] and [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]]. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 4}} Wheeljack was able to get a distress call off, resulting in [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] coming to their aid via GroundBridge. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 5}} Prime was able to hold the enemy off long enough for Wheeljack and Bumblebee to make off with a number of crates. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 6}}

===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Pursuing the AllSpark after it had been launched into space, Wheeljack was one of the many Autobots that found their way to Earth. There, he participated in a great battle within a human settlement against the Decepticons. He was towed to safety by Hoist during the battle as the two factions duked it out. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
After Cybertron's rebirth, a statue of Wheeljack was constructed in his honor. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} However, when a new [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] came into power, Wheeljack was blacklisted for being a supporter of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}}

Bumblebee later recounted to his [[Bee Team (RID)|unit]] the story of how Wheeljack was used by Makeshift to gain entry into their base. {{storylink|History Lessons}}

==Games==
===Transformers: Fall of Cybertron===
[[File:WheeljackFOC-artcloseup.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Never bump foreheads with this guy.]]
{{Note|Wheeljack does not appear in the campaign of ''Fall of Cybertron''. However, he does make an appearance in one of the Escalation maps and he is in multiplayer if the Havoc DLC pack is downloaded. Wheeljack makes an appearance as a playable character in the Escalation map, 'Ancients'. He fights alongside [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]], [[Perceptor (Prime)|Perceptor]], and [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]]. He is able to build sentries that hover in the air and fire at enemies.}}

{{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}
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===''Transformers Universe''===
[[File:Tu-character-art wheeljack.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|left|Yea, I've been working out. You got a problem with that?]]
{{storylink|Transformers Universe}}
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==Toys==
===Prime===
====Cyberverse====
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[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Vehicle-Wheeljack-Spaceship.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|He gets all the ladies with this thing.]]
*'''''Star Hammer'' with Wheeljack''' (Cyberverse Vehicle, 2012)
**''Series/number'': '''2 / 001'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''2012-[[May 28|05-28]]'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''EZ-10'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 swords

: Part of the first wave of [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 2|Series 2 ''Cyberverse'']] Vehicles, this smaller, simplified version of Wheeljack comes with two translucent blue swords, which he can hold using 3mm ports in his hands. These swords are also capable of storing on his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]'s roof, although the downward-curving orientation shown in the stock photo at right is not actually possible due to a [[design change|change]] as to where the pegs are located.

: This version of Wheeljack was only available with the ''[[Jackhammer (Prime)#Toys|Star Hammer]]'', in which he can be seated in the opening cockpit. In the ''Star Hammer's'' battle platform mode, Wheeljack can man one of three battle stations using flip-down handlebars (which also allow other Cyberverse figures to man them).

: In Japan, the set was released under the name "'''Spaceship Star Hammer'''", but there are no notable physical differences from the Hasbro release.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/LegWheeljack/wheeljack.htm More information on Cyberverse Legion Wheeljack at TFU.info]''

::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-1543.html Wheeljack & Star Hammer at Alfes's Toy Blog]''

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[[File:Primetoy-HyperspeedWheeljack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|That's what ya get!]]
*'''Hyperspeed Wheeljack''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)
**''Series/number:'' '''2 / 010'''
**''Accessories:'' "[[Gravimetric weapon|Gravimetric blaster]]"

: Part of the third wave of ''Cyberverse'' Legion Class toys, this version of Wheeljack is a single-carded release of the figure previously available with the Star Hammer vehicle, [[redeco]]ed as an [[homage]] to [[Exhaust]] who is retroactively the ''[[Diaclone]]'' [[pre-Transformer]]s [[retool]] of the ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]'' [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Wheeljack]] sculpt. He comes with a "gravimetric blaster" which, in varying colors, was also used by ''Cyberverse'' [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Cyberverse|Bumblebee]], [[Arcee (WFC)#Cyberverse|Arcee]], [[Evac (Prime)#Cyberverse|Evac]], [[Tailgate (Prime)#Cyberverse|Autobot Tailgate]], the [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#CyberverseBattlesuit|redeco]] of Bumblebee that comes with the [[Bumblebee Battle Suit]] and [[Transformers (2014 toyline)|''Transformers'' (2014)]] [[Groove (G1)#Transformers (2014)|Protectobot Groove]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/LegHWheeljack/wheeljack.htm More information on Hyperspeed Wheeljack at TFU.info]''

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[[File:PrimeEZCollectionAutobotSet.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Autobot Set''' (EZ Collection 6-pack, 2012-[[November 24|11-24]])
**''ID number'': '''EZ-SP1'''
**''Accessories'': 2 swords

: Available only to this set, this version of Wheeljack features pearl-white plastic, rather than his usual white. He was released as a six-pack along with [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#EZ6pack|Bumblebee]], [[Bulkhead (Prime)#EZ6pack|Bulkhead]], [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#EZ6pack|Optimus Prime]], [[Arcee (WFC)#EZ6pack|Arcee]], and [[Ratchet (WFC)#EZ6pack|Ratchet]].

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====Deluxe====
{{anchor|Deluxe}}
[[File:PrimeRIDtoy-WheeljackDeluxe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Let's see how many different Deluxe Wheeljacks we can find on pegs in 2012.]]
[[File:Primetoy-TakaraTomy-WheeljackArmsMicron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Just when you thought you were going to escape this page without a reference to ''[[Phil LaMarr|Samurai Jack]]''...]]
*'''Wheeljack''' (Deluxe, 2012)
**''Series/number:'' '''1 / 003'''
**''Japanese release date'': [[October 27]] 2012
**''Japanese ID number'': '''AM-23'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 swords, Arms Micron "Wuji" (TakaraTomy only)

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Robots in Disguise (2012)|Prime: Robots in Disguise]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Wheeljack transforms into a combination of the [http://www.carenthusiast.com/frankfurt2005.html?article=924 2005 Lancia Fenomenon Stratos Concept] and the [http://www.new-stratos.com/en/#/downloads 2011 Lancia New Stratos Concept]. He comes with two swords which can stow underneath the vehicle or attach under the front bumper to create an attack mode. In [[robot mode]], Wheeljack can either hold the swords, stow them on his shoulders (both via [[5mm post]]), or they can be inserted into slots near his wings. Surprisingly, there are no Autobot insignias on Wheeljack whatsoever.

: In wave six of the ''Prime'' toyline, Wheeljack was put into new packaging, which came with a DVD featuring the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' episode, "[[Loose Cannons]]".

: The TakaraTomy version of Wheeljack, part of the seventh wave of the Japanese ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' toyline, has some significant differences from the Hasbro release. The most obvious is that a great many of his [[paint operation]]s -including all of his racing stripes- have been dropped in favor of customer-applied foil [[sticker]]s from a separate sheet, plus he has been [[retool]]ed with extra 5mm posts and holes on his spoiler and hood/legs, respectively. Less obvious is a number of small changes in plastic colors: he has a warmer shade of white plastic, his warm light-gray plastics are darker and cooler, his cool-gray plastics are lighter and warmer, his wings, knee spikes, and swords are cast in a much softer plastic. Yes, swords. Unlike other Arms Micron releases, Wheeljack retains his original twin sword accessories, albeit unpainted, and he additionally comes with his Arms Micron partner [[Wuji#Prime|Wuji]], who transforms from a humanoid robot into... a rather bulky weapon that vaguely sort-of resembles his normal sword, if you squint.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed and retooled into [[Dead End (WFC)|Dead End]], [[Wildrider (Prime)|Wildrider]], and [[Chromedome (G1)#Timelines|Chromedome]], while his pair of swords were reused for ''[[Transformers_Legends_(franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Convobat#Legends|Convobat]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/Wheeljack/wheeljack.htm More information on ''Robots in Disguise'' Wheeljack at TFU.info]''
{{PrimeRIDWheeljackMold}}

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[[File:PrimeDEtoy-Wheeljack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|He's here to [[Slicer (Decepticon)|slice]] and dice.]]
*'''Wheeljack''' (Dark Energon Series Deluxe, 2012)
**''Number'': '''002'''
**''Accessories'': Two battle swords

: ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Dark Energon Series|Prime: Dark Energon]]'' Wheeljack is a [[BigBadToyStore]]-exclusive redeco of Deluxe Class Wheeljack, and is cast in translucent-blue, gray, and black plastics with copper and red accents, as an [[homage]] to [[Slicer (Decepticon)|Slicer]].

: Though he was packaged on an individual card, he was initially sold as part of a set with the Dark Energon versions of [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#DarkEnergon|Bumblebee]], [[Starscream (WFC)#DarkEnergon|Starscream]], and [[Knock Out (Prime)#DarkEnergon|Knock Out]]. He was eventually made available on his own, and the Dark Energon Series toys were eventually made available in Singapore as mass-retail releases.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/DEWheeljack/wheeljack.htm More information on Dark Energon Wheeljack at TFU.info]''
{{PrimeRIDWheeljackMold}}
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===Beast Hunters===
{{anchor|BHDeluxe}}
[[File:PrimeBeastHunterstoy-Wheeljack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Mmm, prestige classes...]]
*'''Wheeljack''' (Deluxe, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''2 / 004'''
**''Accessories'': Falcon Spear, disc

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime:]] [[Beast Hunters (toyline)|Beast Hunters]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Wheeljack is a redeco and an extensive retool of "Robots in Disguise" Wheeljack, transforming from a spiky, heavily modified 2011 Lancia New Stratos. He features a scaly, spiky dragon "spine" on his vehicle rear/robot back, and his wings are now larger and more elaborate. The two peg-holes on his rear sides have been removed, and he gains a peg-hole on his roof. The special tabs at the front of the vehicle, used to mount the swords he no longer has, are still present and functional.

:He now comes with the "[[Falcon Spear]]", a large pole-arm he can wield with both hands. The spearhead is sculpted to resemble a dragon's head, and can launch a disc via pressure launch when in spear mode. The spear can fold up and store on his back/roof, and the disc can be pulled open for some reason.

:The windshield pieces on his arms are ''extremely'' fragile, so one should use caution when transforming him.

:His instructions include the [[Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 4|fourth chapter]] of the ''[[Tales of the Beast Hunters]]'' series.

:This mold, with ''Prime'' Dead End's head, was also used as the basis of [[Geckobot]]'s body in the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' continuity.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/Wheeljack/wheeljack.htm More information on ''Beast Hunters'' Wheeljack at TFU.info]''
{{PrimeRIDWheeljackMold}}
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===Go!===
[[File:TF-GO-G16-Hunter-Wheeljack.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Hunter Wheeljack''' (Deluxe, 2013-[[April 27|04-27]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''G16'''
**''Accessories'': "Capture Ring" spear, disc

: Part of the first (huge) wave of [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''[[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (toyline)|Transformers Go!]]'' toyline, "Hunter Wheeljack" is a redeco of the "Beast Hunters" Deluxe Class Wheeljack toy, hewing closely to the non-armored Wheeljack color scheme. The red on his spear and wings is now gold, the spear-shaft is now black, and his plastic lacks the swirly, mixed-color "marbled" effect of the Hasbro release.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/Wheeljack/wheeljack.htm More information on Hunter Wheeljack at TFU.info]''
{{PrimeRIDWheeljackMold}}
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==Merchandise==
===Thrilling 30===
*'''Wheeljack''' (Collectible Figurine, 2014)
**''Series / Number:'' '''2 / #23'''
**''Accessories:'' Collector's base
:A super-deformed Wheeljack was released among the blindpacked [[Thrilling 30#Collectible Figurines|''Thrilling 30'' Collectible Figurines]] by [[Goldie Marketing]]. He comes with a base to help him stand, a collector's card that doubles as a puzzle piece, and a checklist.

*'''Collectible Figurines''' (5-pack, 2014)
**''Series:'' '''2'''
**''Accessories:'' 5 collector's bases
:The same Wheeljack figurine was also available in a 5-pack alongside [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Thrilling 30|Bumblebee]], [[Shockwave (Prime)#Thrilling 30|Shockwave]], [[Soundwave (WFC)#Thrilling 30|Soundwave]] and an [[Insecticon (WFC)#Thrilling 30|Insecticon]].

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===Eaglemoss cards===
{{charstubtoys}}

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==Notes==
*At [[BotCon 2011]], it was stated Wheeljack is meant to be a mechanic as with other incarnations, but it was never quite explicitly mentioned in-series.<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=79724 Botcon 2011 Transformers Prime Panel!] on the AllSpark</ref> On the other hand, he seems to do his own repair work on both the ''Jackhammer'' and himself, and he's gotta get those explosives ''somewhere''....
**If one does the math, after Ratchet returned to base in "[[Triage (episode)|Triage]]", Bulkhead came through a few seconds later. When Arcee, Bumblebee, and the kids return from New York, Ratchet is just reviving him. A short while after Optimus returns, Arcee has contacted Wheeljack and Agent Fowler has yet to leave. Wheeljack arrives shortly after Fowler and Miko leave. So it's a possibility that Wheeljack repaired the ''Jackhammer'' in a timeframe anywhere between ''3 hours'' and '''''20 minutes'''''. How's that for a mechanic?
*Wheeljack's "one grenade, one shot" strategy is hinted at by the fact that he does carry a single grenade on his hip.
*The Japanese dub of ''Prime'' gives Wheeljack a traditional samurai speech pattern to go with his swords.
*A proposed [[Fun Publications]] [[BotCon]] [[exclusive]] was a redeco of [[#Deluxe|''Prime'' Wheeljack]] into the Generation 1 [[Turbomaster]] [[Hurricane]]. The Wheeljack mold was also almost used for [[BotCon 2014]] [[Cannonball (G1)#Timelines|Pirate Cannonball]].<ref>[http://www.toycollectors.com.au/bc14/bc14br.html BotCon 2014 attendee report by griffin]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Wheeljack''' (ホイルジャック ''Hoirujakku'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Qiānjīndǐng''' (China, 千斤顶, "Wheeljack" or "Hoisting Jack")

==See also==
{{OtherVersions
|charname=Wheeljack
|disambig=Wheeljack (disambiguation)
|body=
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], the crackpot Autobot scientist from [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]].
*[[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]], the kung-fu-fighting Autobot from the [[Unicron Trilogy]].
*[[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] (aka Que), the [[facial hair]]-sporting Autobot scientist from the [[live-action film series]].
*[[Wheeljack (Animated)|Wheeljack]], the Autobot [[Ministry of Science]] member from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]].''
*[[Wheeljack (Cyberverse)|Wheeljack]], the goateed Autobot inventor from ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Transformers: Cyberverse]]''.}}

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Cyberverse]]
[[Category:Fall of Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Go! Autobots]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
[[Category:Prime Autobots]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Autobots]]
[[Category:Wreckers]]
[[Category:Transformers Universe game Autobots]]

Dungeons & Dinobots

2019-06-26T21:56:41Z

Hours: /* Synopsis */

{{comicstory
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|prev=I, Lowtech
|next=Do Over
|seriesissue2=''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (fiction)|Shattered Glass]]''
|prev2=Shattered Glass (issue)
|image=DungeonsandDinobots cover.jpg
|caption=
|title="Dungeons & Dinobots"
|publisher=[[Fun Publications]]
|date=[[December 5]], [[2008]]
|written by=[[Trent Troop]] and [[Greg Sepelak]]
|illustration by=[[Evan Gauntt]]
|cover=[[Evan Gauntt]]
|pagecount=36
|chronology=[[Shattered Glass timeline|Current era (2008)]]
|continuity=[[Primax -408.24 Epsilon|Shattered Glass]]
}}
'''Following the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s destruction, the new Dinobots are unleashed! But what ancient horror is behind Grimlock's miraculous transformation?'''

==Synopsis==
{{note|Events from the prologue are in italics}}
At the recently discovered [[Arch-Ayr]] fuel dump in [[Kaon]], the Decepticons defend the station from the Autobots, who are attempting to steal the fuel so they can make the ''[[Ark (SG)|Ark]]'' space-worthy once more. [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]] is wounded, and [[Starscream (SG)|Starscream]] rushes to his downed leader with a medi-pack, as [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] pushes his foot forward. Megatron asks his second in command for a status report; [[Huffer (SG)|Huffer]] is hardly a concern, and [[Hound (SG)|Hound]]'s hallucinations have been negated. Prime is staying back, but [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]] and [[Arcee (SG)|Arcee]] are attempting to flank towards [[Sideswipe (SG)|Sideswipe]] and [[Gutcruncher (SG)|Gutcruncher]]'s position. Their conversation is interrupted when the Decepticon's newest recruit, a [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] who claims to be from a mirror universe where Autobots are good and Decepticons are evil, begins firing across the battlefield at Prime. Megatron orders his second-in-command to help Cliffjumper, while he repairs himself, vowing to not allow the fuel depot to fall into Prime's hands. Starscream reluctantly suggests destroying the depot, but [[Soundwave (SG)|Soundwave]]'s voice cuts in on the Decepticon radio, telling the others that he's called in reinforcements. An exasperated Megatron realizes the one squad he's called in: the over-enthusiastic [[Mayhem Suppression Squad]]. Suddenly, [[Crasher (SG)|Crasher]] races across the battlefield, transforming and pounding her hands into the ground, her energized strike sending Huffer and Hound flying. Crasher greets her commander and sends [[Dirge (SG)|Dirge]] and [[Thundercracker (SG)|Thundercracker]] to deal with Rodimus and Arcee. Dirge's laughter-inducing engines take Rodimus out of the battle, and the insane Arcee is downed by Thundercracker's bubbles of silence and Gutcruncher concussion cannon. Prime is furious with his troop's weakness, but is attacked by [[Bludgeon (SG)|Bludgeon]] and [[Carnivac (SG)|Carnivac]], who work together to keep Prime disoriented. Eventually, the Autobots retreat to cover, and the Decepticons try to figure out how to flush the Autobots out. Suddenly, rumble shakes the battlefield. Cliffjumper spots massive mechanical beasts, crushing everything in their way. Sideswipe assumes its one of Hound's illusions, but Thundercracker points out that he's offline, and that the dampener is still running. Cliffjumper notices [[Grimlock (SG)|Grimlock]] in the lead, and realizes they're newly created [[Dinobot (SG)|Dinobot]]s. The herd stops, and atop the [[Sludge (SG)|largest one]], [[Wheeljack (SG)|Wheeljack]] greets Prime, the mad scientist having escaped from his exile in [[Gygax]] to enact his revenge with his newest creations. Prime, seeing his disadvantage, forgives the scientist for all his sins...provided his creations work. Not the reaction Wheeljack expected, he nevertheless orders his creations to destroy the Decepticons. The heard roars...and begins to tear into each other. Wheeljack fails to control his creations and is knocked straight to the ground.

At Autobot headquarters in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Prime furiously berates two of his soldiers, [[Blurr (SG)|Blurr]] and [[Side Burn (SG)|Side Burn]]. Optimus blames the loss of the depot on Blurr, the cousin of Crasher. His subordinate attempts to defend himself, but the younger Side Burn cuts in, pointing out that he had suggested reforming the [[Wrecker]]s, and that if the Decepticons had been defeated, Wheeljack would have attacked Prime with his Dinobots. Angered, Prime nevertheless considers the recovery of the Dinobots more important than "stress relief" or the recovery of a minor fuel depot. Grimlock is a priority, Prime not wanting him to fall back into his Decepticon creator's hands. All Autobots who are not involved in ''Ark'' repair are to search for the Dinobots. Prime intends on sending Wheeljack back into exile, but Side Burn, recognizing Wheeljack's potential, comes up with an alternative punishment: forcing Wheeljack to repair the computers for the ''Ark'', a lowly task for the scientist, and to have him be part of the Earthbound crew in case of sabotage. Delighted by Side Burn's deviancy, Prime has him reporting to ''Ark'' duty, where Wheeljack will join him after getting an Earth-mode from the Autobot "medic" [[Ratchet (SG)|Ratchet]], while Blurr will search for the Dinobots. Leaving the chamber, Blurr pushes Side Burn into the wall; suspicious of the younger Autobot, Blurr tells him to stay out of his way, lest an "accident" happens. Side Burn simply smiles as the elder Autobot drives off.

At the fuel depot, reinforcements from [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] load up supplies and [[energon rod]]s into [[Astrotrain (SG)|Astrotrain]]. Dirge advocates capturing a few of the Dinobots to make [[Dinocon]]s, but Cliffjumper is unsure, remembering the troublesome [[Dinobot (SG)|Dinobot]]s of his home dimension. Starscream, however, sees merit in Dirge's idea, hoping to recover his old A.I. matrix. Megatron agrees, sending Astrotrain back to Darkmount with the supplies for "[[Nemesis (SG)|Project Doubletake]]", and has Starscream gather a dozen of their best soldiers for this "Dinobot Hunt".

''The ever-optimistic Huffer follows Grimlock into the abandoned levels of Cybertron. Smiling to himself, he launches his tow-cable around Grimlock. Noticing this, Grimlock begins to thrash about, throwing Huffer into a wall and causing him to drop the [[positronic deregulator]] made by Wheeljack to tame the Dinobots. Grimlock rushes forth to his attacker, but when he sees the Autobot symbol on Huffer's tow-cannon, the hardwired directives installed in him by Optimus Prime begin to cause him pain. Huffer tries to placate the Dinobot, but Grimlock tells him to shut up, hearing a voice that Huffer can't. As the smaller Autobot begins to slowly aim his cannon, Grimlock, following the unseen voices instructions, leans forth and grabs Huffer's gun, destroying it and the Autobot symbol that caused him pain. Huffer, not one to push his chances, transforms and flees. Grimlock wants to chase Huffer, but his unseen [[Omega Terminus|instructor]] beckons him to come forth, as the Dinobot heads further into Cybertron...''

Near the [[Rust Sea]], Cliffjumper and Sideswipe spy in their makeshift hunting blind as one Dinobot, a small red and grey one named [[Slugfest (SG)|Slugfest]] feeds on the energon crystalline growths. Sideswipe isn't sure how to proceed, but Cliffjumper jumps forth, tackling Slugfest to the ground. Slugfest yelps, telling Cliffjumper that he has big friends, but the extradimensional Autobot ignores his claims, fixing a [[restraining bolt]] to Slugfest. Suddenly, Sideswipe warns him to look out, as a [[Goryu (SG)|large Dinobot]] bursts through the crystal "trees", declaring "Me gore you!" The Dinobot lunges at Grimlock, but when he notices Cliffjumper's symbol, the Dinobot is confused; it looks the purple face he's not supposed to hurt but is colored like the red face he's allowed to. Sideswipe attracts the Dinobot's attention, transforming into vehicle mode as the beast gives chase, with Cliffjumper hanging on to his tail. Climbing up with a restraining bolt in his teeth, Cliffjumper accidentally loses it when he shouts to Sideswipe, with his comrade attempting to avoid the Dinobot's ice-breath all the while. Elsewhere, [[Jazz (SG)|Jazz]] and [[Goldbug (SG)|Goldbug]] have managed to find a Dinobot of their own; a flying one named [[Swoop (SG)|Swoop]], who is currently nesting on an old communications tower. Jazz wants to kill the beast, but Goldbug insists on keeping it alive, telling Jazz to climb the tower. The two continue to argue until Blurr and Rodimus arrive. The two [[Seeker (SG)|Seeker]]s agree with their commander on sending Jazz up, but Prime's bodyguard flips down his missile racks, still refusing to go up. When all the other's weapons are leveled at him, however, Jazz asks for a cable. Back near the Rust Sea, Sideswipe swerves on part of the ground frozen in ice, sending him straight into a patch of crystals, pinning him. The Dinobot celebrates his victory and turns his attention to Cliffjumper. Unable to grab him with his tiny arms, Cliffjumper goads the Dinobot and leaps off the beast's head with his jetpack when the Dinobot rams his head into the ground in an attempt to smash him. With the Dinobot knocked out, Cliffjumper heads over to Sideswipe, helping him up, who fixes a spare restraining bolt to the Dinobot. Sideswipe contacts Soundwave, telling him to send Astrotrain to pick up Slugfest and "Goryu" (having mistaken the latter's statement of intent for a name), while Cliffjumper spots the fleeing Huffer in the distance. Sneaking up on the Autobot, the two demand to know which Dinobot he ran into. Huffer is reluctant at first, but when Sideswipe mentions that Cliffjumper believes in [[Primus]], the unnerved Autobot tells them that he saw Grimlock heading towards sector Alpha-Seven, although he manages to extort an energon rod out of them. Huffer flees while the two Decepticons discuss what to do, and as they head after their more important target, Huffer smiles to himself, figuring it will all turn out okay in the end. Meanwhile, Jazz screams for help as he holds on to the flying Swoop, who declares the Autobot to be his new friend, looping around in circles. Goldbug, pragmatic as ever, gets his comrade down by shooting Swoop's wing, and the two fall to the ground, with Jazz stuck right underneath the Dinobot. Rodimus laughs, while Blurr questions why he just didn't shoot Swoop in the first place, to which Goldbug casually replies that it would have taken more effort to get him off his tower-nest if he had. While Goldbug attaches a restraining bolt to Swoop, Blurr and Rodimus take their leave, the former having received an alert from Huffer on Grimlock's location.

Sideswipe and Cliffjumper follow Grimlock's trail, straight into the [[Rad Zone]], travelling through the perilous path formed both by nature and by Grimlock's passage. Finding an entryway to an ancient bunker, Sideswipe deduces that Grimlock went in, pointing out the fresh claw marks to his companion. Cliffjumper, however, notices that Sideswipe has been on edge, and demands to know what's up. Sideswipe reluctantly tells Cliffjumper that this is where the ambush Prime set up for him went down, and where Cliffjumper, or rather, Sideswipe's [[Cliffjumper (SG)|Cliffjumper]], was accidentally killed. Sideswipe feels guilty, blaming himself for his former comrade's death, but Cliffjumper simply sighs, figuring that this universe's version of himself was an evil monster who deserved to die, and seeing his own corpse isn't likely to be the weirdest experience in this dimension. Heading on in, they eventually find what appears to be an access tunnel leading even further underground. The two walk in silence until Sideswipe spots pictographs; the former Autobot realizes that they aren't in an access tunnel, but a tomb. The images depict what appears to be a funeral, followed by interment, disassembly, and then the process in reverse. Sideswipe can only understand some of the writing accompanying it, an ancient Decepticon dialect which indicates a warning. Suddenly, a low voice rumbles throughout the cavern, telling them to get out. The two decide to flee, but when they head back in the direction they came from, they find a solid wall blocking their path. Meanwhile, Blurr and Rodimus have followed Grimlock to the bunker in the Rad Zone as well, Blurr telling Rodimus to keep his wits about him, knowing the danger inherent to the area.

Travelling further down the tomb, Cliffjumper accidentally steps on a booby trap, activating a wall that juts out spears at every angle, with a wall closing behind them. Cliffjumper sprays some [[glass gas]] mist, sending it throughout the corridor, and has Sideswipe bash the spears with his clubs. Following the pattern, the two head forth through the corridor. Two-thirds of the way in, however, an out-of-synch spear stabs straight above Cliffjumper's knee, with its speed causing it to penetrate even with the glass gases' effects. Sideswipe helps his comrade stay mobile, and the two hurry out of the tunnel. The spear tip, embedded in his leg, returns to normal, and Cliffjumper manages to limp along, telling Sideswipe he hates this place. Elsewhere, Rodimus and Blurr happen upon some energon rods. The greedy Rodimus rushes forward against Blurr's warnings and finds his arm trapped in some sort of energy field. Unable to pull out of it, Rodimus begins to notice wisps coming off his arm as it pulls him forward; Blurr surmises that it's some sort of custodial equipment, designed to eat metallic matter. Rodimus begs Blurr to help him, but laser blasts prove ineffective, the field simply refracting the light. Rodimus is goaded by Blurr into shooting him; the bolts strike Blurr straight into the chest, and he absorbs their speed. Transforming to vehicle mode, Blurr pushes Rodimus straight through the barrier, his speed preventing him from being caught in the field himself, landing on the other side. Getting up, Blurr suddenly finds himself accosted by Sideswipe and Cliffjumper; Sideswipe threatens his former comrade, while Cliffjumper advocates getting out before anything worse happens. Cliffjumper goes to pick up Rodimus, but the Autobot, already recovered, jumps him, sending him crashing into a wall. Blurr attempts to warn him until deciding against it, watching as the activate a trapdoor that sends the two down a passageway. Blurr smiles to himself for a second and then is punched by Sideswipe straight into the ground.

Landing on his back, Cliffjumper gets up, ready to fight Rodimus. The Seeker, however, advocates for a truce, knowing they're trapped together. Unfortunately, Cliffjumper's [[Wave Crusher]] is ruined, the flight pack having broken his fall. Unable to reach the vent or access their comms, the two examine the stone walls; Rodimus blasts prove ineffective, and they activate yet another trap, causing it and the other walls to close in on each other. Back above ground, Sideswipe demands that Blurr help him find Cliffjumper. Suddenly, a howl rings out of another corridor. Bringing up their weapons, Sideswipe continues to insist on finding the others, but Blurr, realizing just what the tomb is, feels that the stakes are too important to waste time on their companions. Suddenly, a large, warped mechanical being comes forth, the two recognizing it as a [[Mutant (SG)|Mutant]]. Meanwhile, Cliffjumper and Rodimus attempt to stop the compactor. Rodimus, having seen similar traps before, shouts to look for an auto-reset. Cliffjumper finds a half-meter long protrusion, matching up to a hole on the opposite side. Their hands too big to fit in the hole, Rodimus grabs the spear shaft in Cliffjumper's leg, pushing it in and shooting it forward. The trap stops, ejecting the two into a debris-filled room. Rodimus realizes where they are: the chamber of Omega Terminus. Rodimus explains that the Omega Terminus is a supercomputer and creator of life on Cybertron, only able to be controlled by the long-lost [[Terminus Blade]] and that no one knows where the computer is because the Omega Terminus makes them forget. Rodimus tries to convince Cliffjumper to team up with him to build an army of their own, and when the Autobot rejects his offer, find himself a bottle of [[scraplet]]s. Rodimus offers it to Cliffjumper, but the horrified Autobot tells him to stay away; Rodimus simply shrugs, ingesting some of them. Cliffjumper watches as Rodimus' wounds heal; scraplets in this universe, as it turns out, only eat dead metal, turning it into living metal. Rare due to the presence of water vapor on Cybertron, Rodimus is happy with his luck, while an exasperated Cliffjumper asks for some as well.

Sideswipe and Blurr are chased by the mutants until the two reach a chamber that frightens off the creatures. The chamber contains a chasm, where an island in the center holds a crystalline object surrounded by dead Cybertronians; Omega Terminus. Sideswipe and Blurr are soon joined by Cliffjumper and Rodimus when bridges suddenly extend from the island to the ledges they stand on. Unable to think of anything else to do, the quartet crosses them. Blurr believes Optimus Prime will reward them well, but Rodimus proposes not telling Prime at all. Showing his true intelligence and ambition, he proposes that the four of them use Omega Terminus to create a faction of their own; after all, no one can stop them. At that moment, Grimlock chooses to reveal himself, rising from one of the junk piles. He tells them that he came here at the insistence of a voice, a voice that doesn’t want them to be there. Omega Terminus begins to spin, and a bolt of energy hits Grimlock, endowing the Dinobot with an ember. The Dinobot begins to transform and turns from a monstrous beast to a super-intelligent robot!

Rodimus attempts to greet Grimlock, but the Dinobot remembers the way the Seeker used to treat him, and quickly converts back to his tyrannosaurus mode, ripping off Rodimus's left hand. Transforming back to robot mode, Grimlock tells the four that something bigger is happening, beyond that of the war, and that they in the Omega Terminus' way. Cliffjumper angrily shouts that they outnumber Grimlock...to which the Omega Terminus begins to spin again, shooting more bolts into the corpses surrounding it. Four dead bodies rise from the grave, one of whom is Sideswipe's former commander, [[Drench (SG)|Drench]], and another the native Cliffjumper! Grimlock begins to monologue, explaining that the Mutants gather raw materials in the Rad Zone, which the Omega Terminus breaks down to make new Cybertronians. His monologue is interrupted by Rodimus, and Grimlock is angered enough to be forced back to his unintelligent beast mode. The zombies rush forth, focusing on Blurr and Sideswipe, while Cliffjumper and Rodimus engage Grimlock. Sideswipe attempts to reason with Drench, reminding him of their friendship, but the living dead bot ignores him, savagely attacking him along with an endoskeletal zombie. Blurr, meanwhile, fights with Cliffjumper and a zombie holding his own head. The decapitated corpse throws his head onto Blurr’s shoulder, but Blurr manages to work through the pain and sends the zombie off-balance, causing the headless horror to fall into the chasm below. Rodimus and Cliffjumper manage to briefly blind Grimlock, and the two turn their attention to the zombies, their combined laser fire barely affecting the bots. Rodimus wonders how your supposed to kill something that’s not even alive, and Cliffjumper, realizing how to defeat them, has Rodimus give him the Scraplets. Throwing the bottle onto his doppelganger, Cliffjumper watches as the panicking zombie attempts to get the Scraplets off him, lunging forward, only for his positive-universe counterpart to rip his arm off and for Rodimus to ram him into the endoskeleton. Cliffjumper throws the arm at Drench, and Sideswipe watches sadly as his old friend and the other corpses disintegrate into nothingness. Grimlock, however, is soon back to fight and knocks the assembled Decepticons and Autobots onto the ledge. Transforming back into robot mode, Grimlock gloats over the bots at his mercy. Blurr, however, begins to insult the Dinobot. Grimlock nearly turns back into dinosaur mode again, but manages to calm himself, knowing now that his anger can be used against him. Blurr, however, was merely distracting Grimlock, allowing for Sideswipe to get Cliffjumper back on the platform. Grimlock quickly turns around, but Blurr saps his speed. Cliffjumper knocks him off the platform, sending the helpless Grimlock tumbling into the depths below. The four get back on the platform, and Omega Terminus, still with plenty of corpses around, demands that they get out, opening passages surface.

Back at Autobot headquarters, Rodimus wakes up on Ratchet’s surgical table, panicking as the mad doctor offers various “enhancements” to him. Optimus Prime’s entrance silences the two, and Prime tells Rodimus he should consider himself lucky; he was going to place him on the wall, but his advisors still think the former Wrecker has potential. Angered, Rodimus notices that his missing hand has been replaced with a buzzsaw, punishment for failing to capture Grimlock. Prime leaves the room, leaving an enraged Rodimus to stew. Soon, Blurr reports to his leader on the Autobot success; they now have eight new Dinobots at their disposal. When Blurr reports that Grimlock was destroyed (the Seeker’s memories altered by Omega Terminus), Prime lashes out at his subordinate, grabbing him by the neck. Suddenly, Grimlock enters the room in tyrannosaurus mode, having survived his fall. Prime beckons him to come forth, but Grimlock refuses, transforming into robot mode. Prime is furious, his greatest weapon having gained sentience. Grimlock, however, ignores his threats, telling him that he is simply bored and requires stimulation. Strolling over the ‘’Ark’’ schematics, Grimlock points out a fatal flaw in the fuel system. Prime has Blurr confirm it and, convinced of Grimlock’s intentions, gives Grimlock a probationary welcome back into the Autobot ranks.

Later, at the new Dinocon corral, Slugfest is unable to sleep. He likes his new friends, especially Starscream, but misses the noises of Gygax. Suddenly, the door to the corral opens, terrifying Slugfest, until he sees a familiar face. Grimlock tells Slugfest to gather the others so he can take them to a secret place…

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|h2=[[Autobot]]s
|c2=
*[[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Huffer (SG)|Huffer]] (4)
*[[Hound (SG)|Hound]] (5)
*[[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]] (6)
*[[Arcee (SG)|Arcee]] (7)
*[[Grimlock (SG)|Grimlock]] (21)
*[[Sludge (SG)|Sludge]] (22)
*[[Wheeljack (SG)|Wheeljack]] (23)
*[[Blurr (SG)|Blurr]] (24)
*[[Side Burn (SG)|Side Burn]] (25)
*[[Jazz (SG)|Jazz]] (29)
*[[Goldbug (SG)|Goldbug]] (30)
*[[Swoop (SG)|Swoop]] (31)
*[[Drench (SG)|Drench]] (33)
*[[Cliffjumper (SG)|Cliffjumper]] (34)
*[[Ratchet (SG)|Ratchet]] (35)
|h1=[[Decepticon]]s
|c1=
*[[Starscream (SG)|Starscream]] (1)
*[[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]] (2)
*[[Sideswipe (SG)|Sideswipe]] (8)
*[[Gutcruncher (SG)|Gutcruncher]] (9)
*[[Soundwave (SG)|Soundwave]] (11)
*[[Crasher (SG)|Crasher]] (12)
*[[Dirge (SG)|Dirge]] (13)
*[[Thundercracker (SG)|Thundercracker]] (14)
*[[Bludgeon (SG)|Bludgeon]] (15)
*[[Carnivac (SG)|Carnivac]] (16)
*[[Slugfest (SG)|Slugfest]] (17)
*[[Kakuryu (SG)|Kakuryu]] (18)
*[[Goryu (SG)|Goryu]] (19)
*[[Doryu (SG)|Doryu]] (20)
*Unnamed dead Decepticon Micromaster (26)
*[[Astrotrain (SG)|Astrotrain]] (27)
|c4=
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Cliffjumper]] (10)
*[[Omega Terminus]] (28)
*[[Mutant (SG)|Mutant]]s (32)
}}

==Quotes==
"Fear not, Mega-Dude! This is Soundwave, rockin' the radio from Darkmount, and I bring you joyous tidings! For I have totally called in the cavalry!"
:—'''Soundwave''' is the righteous bearer of good news.

"Shoot it! I can't keep this up forever!" 
"I can't, the [[glass gas]]'ll blow back in my face!" 
"That's a terrible weapon!" 
"Why don't you just beat it to death with a ''missile'' if you're so smart!"
:—'''Sideswipe''' and '''Cliffjumper''' discuss tactics.

"Yes, it seems we could use a hand." 
"Heh, good thing I gots two, eh?" 
:—'''Goldbug''' and '''Rodimus'''. Oh, the irony.

"Listen Huffer, you'd better talk. My partner here isn't quite what you'd call sane. He believes in Primus."
:—'''Sideswipe''' gives the Shattered Glass perception of Transformer religious views.

"Me... me... m... m... my... I... iii... I... Griiimm... lock... waaaaannnt... to talk a little bit about the truly fascinating ramifications of directly applied neutronic rearrangement when applied to instantaneous mechanical re-engineering! It is a fascinating subject, particularly in terms of practical application, wot?"
:—'''Grimlock''' goes from stupidly incomprehensible to intelligently incomprehensible.

"LEAVE WITH YOUR LIVES. NEVER RETURN." 
"And if we don't?" 
"YOU ARE OUT OF SCRAPLETS."
:—'''Omega Terminus''' makes a rather persuasive argument to '''Sideswipe'''.

==Notes==
* Characters mentioned but who do not appear in-story include: the "real" [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Cliffjumper's [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Sunstreaker (SG)|Sunstreaker]], the [[Wrecker]]s, Cliffjumper's [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s, Astrotrain's [[Micromaster]] partners, [[Blaster (SG)|Blaster]], [[Geronimo (SG)|Geronimo]], [[Slag (SG)|Slag]], [[Primus]], [[Bombshell (SG)|Bombshell]], [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Beachcomber (SG)|Beachcomber]], the [[Alpha Trion (SG)|Old One]], [[Fixit (SG)|Fixit]], eight Autobot-aligned Dinobots, [[Hoist (SG)|Hoist]], and [[Chromedome (SG)|Chromedome]].
===Continuity notes===
* This story takes place after the original "[[Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass]]" comic. Various events and ideas from that story, including the foiling of the launch of the Ark, the Decepticons being joined by the positive universe Cliffjumper, and the idea that mirror universe [[spark]]s are called "embers", are mentioned near the beginning of the story.
* Crasher was originally mentioned in Blurr's [[BotCon 2008]] biocard as his cousin; her role is greatly expanded on in this story.
* Grimlock was noted to be a creation of Starscream's in his BotCon 2008 biocard.
* Blurr attempts to defend himself by pointing out that Prime didn't have Sunstreaker kill Sideswipe, his brother; Sunstreaker showed up in the original "Shattered Glass" comic, shown to be one of Prime's earliest recruits.
* The Wreckers were originally mentioned as a mercenary group in Rodimus' BotCon 2008 biocard; Rodimus was the sole survivor of the group.
* Side Burn is treated as something of an enigma, not really belonging with the Autobots. Later stories would make exactly why this is explicit.
* Cliffjumper notes that his Dinobots often ran off on their own, and would occasionally attempt to take over the Autobots; the former calls back to Marvel ''The Transformers'' issues [[Command Performances!|#19]] and [[The Pri¢e of Life!|#70]], while the later likely refers to issue [[King of the Hill!|#27]], where [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] vied for and obtained leadership of the Autobots.
* Goldbug notes that Jazz retreated during the Decepticon's bomb run on the ''Ark'' in the original "Shattered Glass" comic.
* It was noted in the original "Shattered Glass" comic that the mirror-universe Cybertronians had never heard of Primus, the Decepticons only learning of him when Cliffjumper explained who he was after exclaiming his name. Evidently, the Autobots have learned of this belief as well: Rodimus derisively refers to him as "Mr. 'The Planet is a God'".
* The ambush on Sideswipe and ''Shattered Glass'' Cliffjumper's death were recounted in the original "Shattered Glass" comic. Drench's death, meanwhile, was noted in Sideswipe's BotCon 2008 bio to be the cause of Sideswipe's questioning of his allegiance and his eventual defection to the Decepticons.
* A drawing of a robot with an "ornate sword" in the Omega Terminus chamber and the mention of the "Old One", the only Cybertroniaon who knows of Omega Terminus location (having been previously referred to im in the original "Shattered Glass" comic) implies that Omega Terminus has a connection to Alpha Trion, homaging the connection his positive-universe counterpart has a connection to [[Vector Sigma]]. Alpha Trion was seen escaping from [[Axiom Nexus]] in the last chapter of the "Transcendent" storyline, published a month before the release of this prose story.

===Transformers references===
* Like a few characters in the original ''Shattered Glass'' comic, many of the characters introduced in this story are either repurposed from existing toys, or virtual redecoes of existing toys. (Although some, such as characters simply namedropped, as well as Hound, are not sufficient described in story to know what they are repurposed/"redecoed" from.) Additionally, while the original "Shattered Glass" story depicted most of its characters as being near identical to their positive-universe counterparts but with their moralities inverted, this story depicts the characters having opposite versions of their positive-universe counterpart's tics and abilities.
** Huffer, repurposed from the [[Target]]-exclusive live-action movie [[Armorhide (Movie)|Armorhide]] toy. Many of these Scout class figures would be repurposed as various ''Shattered Glass'' characters. Unlike positive-universe [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]'s whiny, complaining nature, Huffer takes everything in stride, considering even damage to himself a reason to smile.
** Hound, who is noted to have an "hallucination signal"; later stories would make it clear that this is an inversion of the positive-universe [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]'s holograms.
** Arcee, repurposed from the Target-exclusive live-action movie [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] toy. Arcee is depicted as being completely insane, perhaps owning to the original depiction of her positive-universe [[Arcee (G1)|counterpart]] in the IDW comics.
** Gutcruncher, repurposed from the Target-exclusive live-action movie [[Signal Flare (Movie)|Signal Flare]] toy.
** Soundwave (having previously appeared in a non-speaking role in the original "Shattered Glass" comic) is depicted as one righteous dude, compared to rather emotionless depiction of [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] in the original ''The Transformers'' cartoon.
** Crasher, who is either repurposed from or shares her positive-universe [[Crasher (GoBots)|counterpart]]'s initial white color scheme. Crasher is noted to make an odd whirring noise when she transforms; the ''Challenge of the GoBots'' cartoon depicted the Guardian and Renegade's conversion noise as a mechanical-sounding whir, more similar to the ''Beast Wars'' conversion noise than the concurrent ''Transformers'' one. Additionally, ''Shattered Glass'' Crasher releases shock waves into the ground with her arms, as opposed to ''GoBots'' Crasher using her feet to produce them.
** Dirge, a virtual redeco of ''Timelines'' [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] in the colors of ''Beast Wars II'' [[Thrust (BWII)|Thrust]]. Dirge is depicted as a lively bot who looks on the bright side and cracks jokes, as compared to positive-universe Dirge's grim, depressive personality. ''Shattered Glass'' Dirge has laughter inducing engines, while ''Generation 1'' Dirge had fear-inducing engines.
** Thundercracker, a virtual redeco of ''Classics'' [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] in his positive-universe [[Thundercracker (G1)|counterpart]]'s [[Action Master]] color scheme. Thundercracker can create areas of pure silence, mirroring his positive-universe counterpart's ability to create a sonic boom.
** Bludgeon, repurposed from his ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Bludgeon (RID 2001)|counterpart]]'s toy. Bludgeon is depicted as having been influenced by transmissions from Earth to model himself after a cowboy, pistols and hip holsters included, as opposed to his positive-universe samurai [[Bludgeon (G1)|counterpart]].
** Carnivac, a virtual redeco of his positive-universe [[Carnivac (G1)|counterpart]]'s toy in either red-and-blue or gold (the story doesn't say whether Carnivac is a Pretender or not; its likely that one of the color schemes is in error). Carnivac is depicted as something of a knight, similar to ''Beast Wars'' [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]].
** Wheeljack, a virtual redeco of ''Energon'' [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] in European-exclusive ''Generation 1'' [[Slicer (Decepticon)|Slicer]] colors, who was himself a Decepticon redeco of ''Generation 1'' [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'s Action Master toy. This would later become a real toy at [[BotCon 2010]] as "Decepticon Slice", which could be repurposed as Wheeljack. Unlike most, Wheeljack is still a mad scientist in this story, although with more emphasis on the "mad" part. Like his positive-universe counterpart, his "ears" glow when he talks, in a sickly yellow-green instead of blue.
** Goryu, a virtual redeco of ''Masterpiece'' [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] in a color scheme inspired by Goryu's positive-universe [[Goryu (Victory)|counterpart]]'s shell, along with the distinctive spikes of said shell added to his dinosaur mode.
** Slugfest, a virtual redeco of his positive-universe [[Slugfest (G1)|counterpart]]'s toy in the color of fellow cassete [[Grand Slam (G1)|Grand Slam]]. Slugfest believes himself to be "the coolest" and that everyone loves him; positive universe Slugfest, meanwhile, is paranoid about what everyone thinks of him.
** Kakuryu (who only shows up in illustration, along with Doryu), based on ''Generation 1'' [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] in a color scheme inspired by Kakuryu's positive-universe [[Kakuryu (Victory)|counterpart]]'s shell colors; Kakuryu's dinosaur alt-mode has been changed from a ''Triceratops'' to a ''Styracosaurus''.
** Doryu, based on ''Generation 1'' [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] in a color scheme inspired by Doryu's positive-universe [[Doryu (Victory)|counterpart]]'s shell colors.
** Sludge, a virtual redeco of his ''Generation 1'' [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] in [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]] colors.
** Side Burn, repurposed from his positive-universe [[Side Burn (RID)|counterpart]]'s ''Universe'' toy. Side Burn believes that "undue attention to females" is a waste of resources, while the positive-universe Side Burn was a womanizing mech who was more often occupied with chasing them instead of his missions.
** Astrotrain, repurposed from his ''Cybertron'' [[Astrotrain (Cybertron)|counterpart]]'s toy. His Micromaster partners would later be named in "Do Over".
** Swoop, a virtual redeco of ''Cybertron'' [[Brimstone (Cybertron)|Brimstone]] in the color of ''Armada'' [[Ravenus]]' mutated form (Ravenus normal form resembles Swoop's positive-universe [[Swoop (G1)|counterpart]]). His positive-universe counterpart's position as the "friendliest Dinobot" is amped to 11 here.
** Drench, repurposed from his positive-universe [[Drench (G2)|counterpart]]'s toy with red eyes.
** Cliffjumper, a virtual redeco of ''Classics'' [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] in navy and grey. Sideswipe notes that he was trusting and forgiving, unlike the always-suspicious positive-universe Cliffjumper.
** Ratchet, a virtual redeco of ''Energon'' [[Inferno (Energon)|Roadblock]] in white and green scrubs, with a new head inspired by Ratchet's positive-universe [[Ratchet (G1)|counterpart]].
* Additionally, a few ''Shattered Glass'' characters are mentioned who do not appear in the story. Most of these characters would eventually appear in the other prose stories, comics, or some other source. These characters include:
** Blaster, who's noted to have a cassette/"memory cartridge" holding form.
** Geronimo, who died early in the war; his positive-universe [[Geronimo (G1)|counterpart]] also died early in the war, as mentioned in Dreamwave Productions' ''[[Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath|The Age of Wrath]]'' comic.
** Slag, whom Goryu thinks is ugly.
** Bombshell, who's noted to be a therapist, as opposed to his postive-universe [[Bombshell (G1)|counterpart]]'s function of psychological warfare.
** Ultra Magnus, noted to be a traitor who Blurr briefly sided with.
** Beachcomber, an insane Autobot, unlike his pacifistic positive-universe [[Beachcomber (G1)|counterpart]].
** Fixit, who's noted to have a price for his repairs.
** Hoist, a lazy mechanic who does jury-rigged patch jobs.
** Chromedome, who Prime threatens to put Blurr next to on the "shelf".
* At the beginning of the story, Starscream yells "Megatron has fallen!" when his commander is wounded, the orders the others to stick to the plan; this inverts the rather common event of the positive-universe Starscream declaring himself leader after even the slightest damage caused to Megatron in the original ''The Transformers'' cartoon ("Megatron has fallen! I, Starscream, am now your leader!").
* Soundwave radios in from [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]], the Decepticon-held city introduced in the original Marvel ''The Transformers'' comic.
* The Mayhem Suppression Squad originally appeared in the "[[Shattered Expectations (SG)|Shattered Expectations]]" April Fool's comics, set outside the main ''Shattered Glass'' timeline. Dirge, Thundercracker, and Astrotrain make the jump into main ''Shattered Glass'' continuity here.
* Carnivac shouts "The Mayhem Suppression Squad has shown you its valor, ''can you not do more?''" inverting the [[Furmanism]] of "I can do no less."
* Wheeljack is the creator of the Dinobots, much like his positive-universe counterpart was their co-creator in the original ''The Transformers'' cartoon. Huffer notes in the prologue that Wheeljack and Ratchet (whose positive-universe counterpart was the other creator of the Dinobots) could always make more if the escapees are permanently offlined.
* Gygax was originally mentioned in ''Classics'' story "[[The New World]]", also written by Sepelak and Troop.
* Side Burn notes that they Wreckers would have been the Autobot's best bet against the Mayhem Suppression Squad; the Wreckers and the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] often fought one another in the Marvel UK ''The Transformers'' comics.
* Energon is stored in yellow rods, rather than in pink cubes, as in most positive universes; Cliffjumper thinks it has a weird aftertaste.
* With the Dinobots crazed and scattered, and with both teams trying to gather them up, this story calls back to the Marvel UK ''The Transformers'' story "[[Dinobot Hunt!]]", and Megatron names their mission a "Dinobot Hunt" accordingly.
* The Rust Sea was originally mentioned in the Marvel UK ''The Transformers'' letters page.
* Written on Goryu's hip is [[Cybertronix]] reading "D-322"; D-322 was the Japanese ID number of his positive-universe counterpart's toy.
* Goryu possesses ice-breath, rather than flame-breath like most positive-universe Dinobots.
* Words in the ancient Decepticon dialect include: "cho'rk", meaning "sacred"; "zansh-kor-re", the first part of which means "depart", with the "re" is a inflection indicating a warning.
* Blurr's superspeed transformation leaves afterimages, much like his postive-universe [[Blurr (G1)|counterpart]] normally does.
* The Mutants are negative-universe version of the [[Mutant (G1)|Mutant]]s introduced in the Marvel UK ''The Transformers'' comics.
* Blurr notes that aside from the Seekers, Sideswipe use to be a member of the Firestormers; the positive-universe [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] was a member of the [[Firestormer]]s in the Marvel ''Generation 2'' comics.
* Omega Terminus is the mirror-universe version of [[Vector Sigma]], the supercomputer from the ''TheTransformers'' cartoon that granted life to all Cybertronians. It is noted to be controlled by the Terminus Blade, the counterpart of the [[Key to Vector Sigma]].
* The positive-universe version of Scraplets originally appeared in the Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics; there, they were a parasitic race that ate living metal. Water vapor is noted to be the mirror-universe Scraplets weakness; water was the only cure to the positive-universe Scraplets.
* Grimlock's intelligence boost likely owes some inspiration to his positive-universe [[Grimlock (G1)|counterpart]] going through a similar process in the ''The Transformers'' episode [[Grimlock's New Brain]].
* Rodimus' saw blade is present on his toy as a fold-out feature; the original version of the toy (as ''Classics'' [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]]) had it as a homage to the scenes in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', where Hot Rod used it several times.
* The Autobots have gained 8 new Dinobots; aside from Swoop, these are likely the aforementioned Slag, Sludge, a ''Shattered Glass'' version of [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], and ''Shattered Glass'' versions of the [[W Cassettebot]]s.

===Real-world references===
* An mechanimal known as a [[dieselle]] is mentioned in the prologue, presumably the Cybertronian equivalent to a gazelle.
* The Arch-Ayr fuel dump is named for the former high-ranking [[Hasbro]] employee, [[Aaron Archer]].
* Several characters take influence from real-life celebrities/fictional characters, including:
** Optimus Prime's voice is meant to sound like the 1980s ''{{w|Dungeons & Dragons (TV series)|Dungeons & Dragons}}'' cartoon villain, Venger, who was also voiced by [[Peter Cullen]].
** Rodimus, whose dialogue in this story is modeled on {{w|John Travolta}}'s character, Vinnie Barbarino, from the sitcom ''{{w|Welcome Back, Kotter}}''. ("Ey, up your pipe with a windshield-wipe.")
** Soundwave, who, according to author Greg Sepelak, is modeled on "{{w|Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure|Bill S. Preston Esq. and "Ted" Theodore Logan}}, with a big heaping helping of {{w|Dexter's Laboratory|Val Halen}} {{sic}}. " (The former from the ''Bill & Ted'' films, and the latter from ''The Justice Friends'' segments of ''Dexter's Laboratory''.)
** Bludgeon's personality, while not influenced by any specific person, seems to be inspired by the adaption of several samurai films into westerns.
** Jazz's speech patterns, as in other stories, is based off of {{w|Mr. T}}, with it really becoming evident in this story. (In particular, his line, "I pity the tool that thinks he can force me to climb a tower," riffs on Mr. T's character Clubber Lang, from ''{{w|Rocky III}}''.)
* Gygax, the location on Cybertron to which Wheeljack was exiled, is named after {{w|Gary Gygax}}, the co-creator of ''{{w|Dungeons & Dragons}}''. The name of the text story and several of its settings, themes, and objects are an overt homage to ''Dungeons & Dragons''.
* Cliffjumper presumably picked up the exclamation "{{w|Geronimo (exclamation)|Geronimo}}" on Earth, which itself is named for the famous Native American {{w|Geronimo|leader}}.
* Cliffjumper isn't very good at remembering dinosaur names; he calls Slugfest a "stagnosaurus" and Goryu a "tyrantosmarmus".
* Cliffjumper thinks the pictographs look Egyptian; Among the things he knows about Egyptians is that they walked funny, referring the to song "{{w|Walk Like an Egyptian}}" most famously sung by {{w|The Bangles}}.
* Grimlock's shift to an intelligent robot closely follows a similar such scene in ''{{w|Gremlins 2: The New Batch|Gremlins 2}}'', when a Gremlin injected with an intelligence serum immediately declares that "iiiii wwwaaaaaaannnnn....ttto talk about this fascinating phenomenon taking place at this moment."
* A few symbols and images appear on Ratchet's computer displays, including:
** The symbol of Atomsk, the pirate king from the ''{{w|FLCL}}'' anime series.
** A few helmets from the ''{{w|Mega Man}}'' video game series.
** A [https://zeromayhem.deviantart.com/art/OPTIMUS-Transformers-FullForce-59912346 fanmade design] for Optimus Prime by artist Evan Gauntt.
* Aside from being inversions of [[CR chamber]]s, the [[Agonizing Rehabilitation Chamber]]s are likely a reference to the [[memoryalpha:Agony booth|agony booths]] from the mirror-universe ''[[Star Trek]]'' stories.

===Errors===
* On page 7, Cliffjumper remarks on the noticeable memory cartridge kibble on Slugfest, indicating his alternate mode. However, Dinobots and Dinocons don't HAVE alt modes at this point in the story. They were unable to transform until the [[Omega Terminus]] altered them between this story and ''[[Do Over]]''.
* On page 20, "air" is misspelled as "hair".
* On page 27, "Blurr" is misspelled as "Burr".
* On page 28, "last remnants of his one-time friend was" should be "last remnants of his one-time friend were".
* On page 30, Blurr claims that since the Autobots have captured eight Dinobots, they have an eight hundred percent increase. Before the hunt, they had zero Dinobots. Eight hundred percent of zero is still zero, and if by some chance Grimlock could count as one Dinobot because he was shortly on their side some time ago, then the increase would be seven hundred percent to get up to eight Dinobots.

==External links==
*[http://transformersclub.com/prose/DandD.pdf "Dungeons & Dinobots"] at The Official Transformers Collectors' Club

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Jazz (G1)

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:''Jazz is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:jazz-g1-shout-dvds.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He's either about to bust a move or bust your face.]]
'''Jazz''' is [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s [[Second-in-command|right-hand man]]. Unlike [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], Prime's military strategist, Jazz responds well to change and improvisation. Whatever surprises the Decepticons spring, Jazz can deal with it. His position as [[Special Operations]] head calls for all the skills he possesses, yet he still has time to add some style to everything he does. Jazz's upbeat and outgoing personality makes him one of the most popular Autobots among the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'s crew.

An admirer of [[Earth]] music of every kind, Jazz loves culture. More than most other Autobots, he has his finger on the pulse of Earth trends and lingo, effortlessly incorporating human slang into his vocabulary. Chances are, Jazz could tell you the status of almost any reality television show and each week's Top 40 list.

{{quote|Here's the thing—you make a mistake when you're playing jazz, you do that mistake again, then again. You make it part of the tune... until it's not a mistake anymore.|Jazz|"[[Primeless, Part 2]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[File:BadGuysBall-Jazzparty.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|P-A-R-T-Why? Because I GOTTA!]]

{{main|Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity}}

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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
[[File:SOSDinobots Jazz avoids fire.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|He was the best thing about ''The Shining'' and the worst thing about ''Twilight Zone the Movie''.]]

{{Main|Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}

Jazz was one of the original members of Optimus Prime's crew when their ship crash-landed on Earth. As such, he participated in many of the most important battles between the Autobots and the Decepticons throughout the 1980s. Jazz could be recognized by his love of music, his friendly nature, and his incredibly cool voice and disposition. In 2005, Jazz narrowly survived an encounter with Unicron, only to make scant appearances in battles afterward (though he ''did'' win an event in the [[Galactic Olympics]]).

In a splinter timeline, Jazz had many more adventures, including one in which he gained a new [[Binaltech]] body (only to lose it due to time travel). He continued serving on Cybertron, Earth and [[Athenia]] through 2011 before disappearing again. Jazz eventually turned back up in 2025, where he joined fellow Autobots Bumblebee and Grimlock in beating up Starscream in the far reaches of space.

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===Marvel coloring books===
Jazz was one of the many Autobots who stopped the Decepticons from harming Sparkplug and Buster Witwicky. Later, he helped the Autobots in protecting Hoover Dam from the evil robots. {{storylink|The Deadly Fuel Shortage}}

Jazz discovered that fuel was vanishing from gas tanks all around the world. Quikcly deducing that the Decepticons were behind the thefts, Jazz joined that convoy that followed Optimus Prime into combat. En route to the Decepticons' stronghold, the convoy encountered a squad of flying Decepticons. Jazz saved Sunstreaker from an attack when he saw Laserbeak sneak up on the Autobot, and blasted the Decepticon with his flamethrower. As the Autobots were beginning to run low on fuel after this battle, Ironhide donated some of his fuel to the more fuel-efficient Jazz so that he could continue fighitng. Together with Optimus, Mirage, Hound and Bumblebee, Jazz infiltrated the Decepticons' stronghold and fought the guards guarding the Decepticons' [[molecular transfer device]]. Bumblebee managed to turn the device on the Decepticons, and Jazz and Prowl hoisted Bumblebee up on their shoulders in celebration. He then helped return the stolen fuel to its rightful owners after the Decepticons had been sent fleeing into the wilderness. {{storylink|Summertime Coloring Book}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|A Message From Outer Space}}}}

Jazz was on a vacation trip with the other Autobots when they encountered the Decepticons tearing up the place. The Autobots overpowered the Decepticons then restored the forest back to normal. {{storylink|Forest Rescue Mission}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Big Book of Coloring Fun}}}}

Jazz was part of a small strike team of Autobots assembled by Ultra Magnus to help the Dinobots, who were currently engaged in battle against the Decepticons just outside of Autobot City. After they defeated the Decepticons, Jazz and the others were cheered on by the nearby oil rig workers as they drove back to Autobot City. {{storylink|Battle at Oil Valley}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Invasion of the Decepticon Camp}}}}
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===Big Looker storybooks continuity===
When the Cybertronian civil war had yet to leave the planet, Optimus asked his Autobots to join him in leaving their home world behind and travel out into space. When Bumblebee volunteered to join Optimus, Jazz and the rest of the Autobots jumped in as well. After crash-landing on Earth and being offline for about 65 millions years, Jazz and the rest of the Autobots met Sparkplug and his son Spike. With the Decepticons still not in the know of what forms the Autobots had taken, Jazz was one of the troops that Optimus led into the desert in order to ambush their enemies. Though they successfully took by surprise a squadron of Decepticons, the Autobots had not anticipated a second group flying in from the opposite direction. Thanks to a warning from Spike and Sparkplug, the Autobots managed to fend off the Decepticons, and came to accept Earth as their new home. {{storylink|Battle for Cybertron}}

Jazz was among the Autobots who welcomed Grapple back to the fold after he shook off the Insecticons' cerebro-shell.
{{storylink|Insecticon Attack!}}

Jazz was also present at Autobot City when Hot Rod warned Ultra Magnus about the Decepticon raid on the Coliseum. {{storylink|Car Show Blow Up}}
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===The Battle for Planet Earth===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Marinker]] (English)}}
Jazz liked [[human]]s and their culture so much, the other Autobots suspected he'd probably stay on Earth when the time came to return to Cybertron. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue (G1)|Bumblebee to the Rescue}} He was part of a mission to [[South America]] to look for energy sources. While they were examining [[Mount Sheelah]], Jazz spotted the Decepticons incoming, giving the Autobots time to defend their position. Thanks to their human friends, they avoided being caught in the volcano's eruption. {{storylink|Terror of Mount Sheelah}} When the Decepticons started kidnapping humans as slaves, Jazz despaired at how they would deal with the problem. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue (G1)|Bumblebee to the Rescue}}

The Decepticon conquest of [[Stanley Lake]] dam did not go unnoticed by the Autobots. When they encountered the dam's [[senior engineer]] by the lake, Jazz accompanied him back into the control room after the Autobots lured the Decepticons out, and they flooded the valley below the dam, washing away the Decepticons. When [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] tried to corner them, Jazz used his [[sound and light show]] to dazzle the Decepticon until the other Autobots got back. {{storylink|Menace at the Dam}} When [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] attempted to defect, Jazz thought the Decepticon wasn't his style at all. The defection was a trick, but the Autobots were too wily to fall for it and while they had Starscream send the other Decepticons on a wild goose chase, Jazz and the others leveled the Decepticon fortress. {{storylink|Espionage!!!!!}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
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The Autobots subsequently returned to Cybertron aboard a refueled and repaired ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' with the defeated Decepticons, taking the Decepticons on Cybertron unawares and quickly capturing control Cybertron. Peace reigned for a time until a series of natural disasters began, the source of which was determined to be the planet [[Moebius]] in [[Gargent 087.0 Kappa|a parallel universe]], designated the 22nd Strata. The Autobots assembled a team to travel to this alternate universe and stop the threat at its source; [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], Jazz, [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], and [[Bluestreak (G1)|Silverstreak]] made up the team; they dubbed themselves [[Spy Changer]]s because they aimed to achieve their goal with stealth and diplomacy. The team modified their bodies to match the 22nd Strata's native cyborgs using data acquired from the [[Sky Spy]] and traveled to the 22nd Strata but were soon attacked by the local [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian]]s, who mistakenly presumed them to be [[Renegade]]s. The Spy Changers were then rescued by the real Renegades, who presumed them to be potential allies and took them back to their flagship, the ''[[Rogue Star]]''. Renegade leader [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]] attempted to court the Spy Changers as allies, but Optimus saw through Cy-Kill's deception. Optimus sent Jazz to discover the truth of the situation, and the Renegade alliance with [[Gog]] of Moebius came to light. Eventually, the Autobots formed a secret alliance with the Guardians as well as discovered the cause of Cybertron's troubles: Renegade bases on Moebius were draining the planet's energy. The planet's geometry had turned it into a crude [[Dimensional Interfacer]], and Moebius was tapping into Cybertron to sustain itself. Hoist was able to end the crisis by triggering the bases' remote detonation sequence. Cy-Kill was furious, but in the ensuing battle, the Autobot-Guardian alliance triumphed over the Renegades. Optimus Prime and [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]] shook hands, and the Spy Changers returned to their home reality, secure in the knowledge that they had allies in places as distant as alternate realities. {{Storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/30}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric (2)}}}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
{{voiceactor|[[Blain Fairman]] (English)}}
Jazz's "cool" was broken when he misunderstood his first lightning storm and rushed out to defend against Decepticon attackers. {{storylink|Autobots' Lightning Strike}}

Realizing the Decepticons had a secret construction project somewhere in an undeveloped area, the Autobots needed a way to search the terrain without alerting the Cons to their presence. Spike found a flyer for a car rally through the area, and he and Jazz volunteered to scout the terrain as part of the rally. They found some old abandoned mining tunnels where the Decepticons were constructing their ion drive. The Autobot cavalry got into a shoot out with the Decepticons until Spike had an idea using the old mining carts. After the brakes were disabled, Jazz shoved the carts at full force through the mineshafts, bowling over the Decepticons and destroying the ion drive. {{storylink|Autobots Fight Back}}

===Listen 'n Play audiobooks continuity===
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Out patrolling Arizona for Decepticon bases, Jazz stumbled on [[Steve Guymo]] lying by the side of the road, and took the delirious human back to base. The Autobots learned from Steve that the Decepticons were behind the recent abduction of humans from airports across the nation. They were able to locate and free the hostages, before defeating [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s squad. {{storylink|Sun Raid (Listen 'n Play)}}

===Deadly Paradise storybook===
Since Jazz is Autobot [[second-in-command]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] needed him at base while [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] was acccused of destroying the [[Nova Suspension Bridge]]. Optimus therefore had [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] lead the mission to [[Carob Island]] instead. {{storylink|Deadly Paradise}}

===Peril from the Stars===
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[[File:Jazz uncle jack peril from the stars 1.jpg|thumb|left]]
[[You]] met with Jazz while vacationing with your [[Jack Richards|Uncle Jack]] and [[Sue Richards|Aunt Sue]] at the [[Los Palmos observatory]]. Together, you set out to stop a plot devised by Starscream and Bombshell to acquire ancient Cybertronian weaponry orbiting the Sun. Jazz's fate, and your own, was up to you! {{storylink|Peril from the Stars}}
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===Find Your Fate Junior===
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====Dinobots Strike Back====
In one outcome, Jazz was part of the Autobots' attack on [[Mount Lomas]], where the Decepticons were on the verge of converting the black coral in nearby [[Dolphin's Bay]] into a superfuel that would triple their war-making capacity. Jazz made it into the lab and sealed the Autobots' victory by using his flamethrower on the conversion equipment, starting a fire which gutted the entire mountain base and turned Operation Black ''Coral'' into Operation Black ''Ashes''. (It's unknown if that joke was Jazz's idea) {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}

====Battle Drive====
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Jazz was amongst the Autobots that came to Bumblebee's rescue in certain versions of the events that came about when Sparkplug discovered a fatal flaw in the Decepticons' circuitry.

If events played out differently, Jazz was one of the many Autobots shocked by Bumblebee's report on the Decepticons' latest plot: they were planning to destroy acres of farmland in order to starve humanity into submission! He subsequently volunteered for the squad Optimus deployed to halt the Decepticons' efforts.

Although Jazz noticed the message you attempted to deliver to the Autobots about the Decepticons' plan being false information, he was unable to convince Optimus of this fact, and was destroyed along the rest of the other Autobots in one possible sequence of events.

In another possible path, Jazz and Optimus came to each other's rescue when they became wise to the Decepticons' plot to lure them into open farmland to ambush the Autobots, and made it safely back to Autobot headquarters following a mad rush to safety. {{storylink|Battle Drive}}

====Attack of the Insecticons====
Jazz was present, yet mostly uninvolved, in a number of possible adventures revolving around the Sun-Pak, a device invented by Sparkplug that would end the Autobots' energy woes. {{storylink|Attack of the Insecticons}}

====Decepticon Poison====
[[File:DecepticonPoisonAutobotVictory.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Jazz was amongst the Autobots about to be topped up with their latest batch of fuel when Red Alert burst into Autobot headquarters, warning everyone about Ramjet being spotted nearby. Red Alert's warning came in just in time, as the Autobots’ fuel had been poisoned, and Jazz would have been left unable to transform had he ingested any of it.

In one possible scenario that ensued, Jazz was part of the Autobots’ back-up squadron, as they attempted to defend the Autobot base against the Decepticons. In one version of the ensuing events, the Autobots were able to beat back the Decepticons, though not without receiving some grievous injuries themselves.

In another possible scenario, where Optimus followed a plan courtesy of Prowl, the Autobot leader instructed his troops to transform into vehicle mode and play dead. The Decepticons, believing the Autobots’ ruse, disarmed themselves in order to carry out the Autobots’ “carcasses.” Now with the element of surprise against unarmed opponent, the Autobots Transformed and were able to easily defeat the evil robots.

In another possible turn of events, Perceptor gave out too much of his antidote to cure each poisoned Autobot. The Autobots who received the antidote soon found themselves falling apart, leaving Jazz and the rest outmatched against the greater number of Decepticons.

In yet another possible scenario, Optimus opted to use the tainted fuel as a weapon against an encroaching Decepticon squadron. Jazz was tasked with lighting the fuel aflame once the Decepticons were near enough, creating a toxic smog that would poison the Decepticons. Igniting the pit at the last possible moment, Jazz and Optimus then retreated within the Autobot base while the approaching Decepticons got caught in the ensuing cloud of smoke. The plan went off without a hitch, and the Autobots celebrated another victory over the Decepticons.

In a completely different sequence of events, Optimus opted to go for a more aggressive angle after the Autobots had been poisoned, and led a small team of Autobots to retrieve the antidote from the Decepticons through force. Upon his return with the cure, Optimus informed his troops of the Decepticons’ newest plot. The evil robots planned to poison the humans’ nearby water supply.

If Optimus led his troops back to the Decepticons’ poison lab, Jazz was amongst the Autobot convoy that drove into action.

Happening upon Decepticons hauling drums of poison out of their base, the Autobots had to devise a plan to stop them. One such plan involved Windcharger using his magnetic powers to levitate the barrels above the Decepticons, and for Prowl to riddle them with holes with some quick shooting. Then came Jazz's part; using his flamethrower, Jazz ignited the poison, forcing the Decepticon to retreat into their base. Warpath finished off the job with his sonic boom, and the Autobots drove back to base victoriously. {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}

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====Autobot Alert!====
Jazz was in Metroplex city when an Autobot Alert sounded.

In one possible scenario, Jazz was selected alongside Mirage, Swoop, Powerglide and Prowl, to join Ultra Magnus on an orbital mission to both rescue Cosmos and halt a Decepticon plot to take over Earth's broadcast satellites. After donning special space gear for solar protection, the team took off and headed towards Cosmos's last coordinates. Jazz acted as the shuttle's pilot. Though they soon found Cosmos, so did they spot Galvatron's ship, Cyclonus, looming nearby. On Ultra Magnus's orders, Jazz maneuvered the shuttle to retrieve Cosmos quickly, before they could be spotted by the enemy. Ultra Magnus then ordered his troops to train all of their available weapons on Cyclonus for a full-frontal assault.

If the Autobots went along with Ultra Magnus's plan, Jazz was ordered to open fire onto Cyclonus as they came into range. He and the rest of the Autobots were horrorstruck when Galvatron himself emerged from Cyclonus, followed by an army of multiwing jet fighters. Jazz and the others were left drifting helplessly into space as the Decepticons tore their shuttle apart.

If instead Powerglide and Swoop went about their own way of defeating the Decepticons, Cyclonus's transmission device was successfully destroyed and the entire crew of the Autobot shuttle presumably returned to base safely. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}
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====Project Brain Drain====
In one possible scenario, Jazz was out on patrol with Kup and Hot Rod when the three of them heard nearby commotion and went to investigate. Finding Wreck-Gar and Sparkplug being attacked by Thrust and Laserbeak, the Autobots moved in to rescue them and fended off the Decepticons. Jazz, Hot Rod and Kup were informed of the situation as it were; the Decepticons were going to drain the minds of hundreds of thousands of concert-goers with their [[Brain Drain device]]. The Autobots then decided whether they would launch a counter-attack on the Decepticons’ lab, or if they would send Hot Rod for reinforcements while the rest of them headed directly to the concert.

If the Autobots decided to storm the laboratory, the group attacked with such ferocity and suddenness that they scared off most of the Decepticons guarding the place. Finding their only opposition left being a small group of Decepticons, Jazz and the others successfully beat them back, until Soundwave attempted to escape with the Brain Drain device in hand.

If Hot Rod attempted to stop Soundwave, Laserbeak managed to grab hold of the device and flew off to meet Galvatron. The Autobots being too low on power to pursue meant that the Decepticons would ultimately be victorious.

If Jazz attempted to stop Soundwave, the Autobot used all of the sound equipment within his body to send a powerful sonic wave towards the fleeing Decepticon. Overwhelmed by the blast, Soundwave exploded, crushing the Brain Drain device in the process.

Alternatively, if Wreck-Gar, Sprakplug, Kup and Jazz headed towards the concert while Hot Rod headed back to Metroplex for reinforcements, the small group found themselves wondering how they could defend the huge sea of people by themselves upon their arrival. Hearing the Decepticons approaching, but uncertain from which direction they were coming from, the Autobots had to decide whether they would station themselves on the west side of the concert, or at its south.

If the Autobots decided to head for the west side of the concert, Jazz and the others positioned themselves just in time to see a whole squadron of Decepticons coming into view. Catching the Decepticons by surprise with a first volley, the Autobots managed to buy themselves a few minutes as the Decepticons regrouped before circling around for another pass. During the Decepticons’ second pass, Jazz was hit in the legs by a [[proton bomb]]. Despite his injury, he continued fighting. The Autobots were successful in driving away the Decepticons, thanks in no small part to Jazz and the others exhausting their forces, leaving their foes underpowered to deal with the new arrivals.

Alternatively, if the Autobots headed for the south side of the concert, they were unable to see the Decepticons coming from the other direction, and were destroyed in a surprise Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Project Brain Drain}}
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====The Invisibility Factor====
In one possible scenario, the Autobots were informed by Kup and Hot Rod that the Decepticons had taken possession of an [[Invisibility Device]], created by the human [[Sarah Sanders]], and taken it into space to study it. Ultra Magnus put together a team of Autobots and took off in one of their shuttles to pursue them. Jazz was amongst the Autobots chosen. Once in space, however, the Autobots had difficulty pinpointing the Decepticons’ location. The ship's crew had to decided where to look next for the Decepticons.

If the Autobots decided to investigate the dark side of the moon, they found themselves unable to see anything on the satellite's shadowy surface. When Hot Rod suggested they fire down a shot to see if the Decepticons would fire back, Jazz chimed in that he thought the plan was too risky, and claimed he had a better plan in mind.

If Ultra Magnus decided to go through with Hot Rod's anyways, the Autobots succeeded only in making themselves an easy target for their enemies. The Decepticons blasted their shuttle to bits. Jazz and his friends were reduced to space junk.

If Ultra Magnus listened to Jazz's plan, he ordered his Autobots to remain silent, and to shut off all of the shuttle's lights and mechanisms. Launching a probe as a decoy, the Autobots successfully tricked the Decepticons into revealing their position when they mistook the probe as their shuttle and opened fire upon it. Firing back, the Autobots began crippling the Decepticons’ ship, until a lucky shot rocked their own shuttle. Though the Decepticons attempted to escape while the Autobots were off-balance, the Autobots were able to deliver the finishing blow, ending the Decepticons’ menace as the evil robots' ship exploded.

In an alternate scenario wherein the Autobots listened to Prowl's suggested and searched the Asteroid Belt beyond Mars, they soon found themselves struggling to get through the maze of floating rocks. Jazz was in favour of retreating from the asteroid field when it proved increasingly difficult to navigate it.

If the Autobots pushed on their search in the Asteroid Belt, they soon found themselves on a collision course with two enormous asteroids. If they only managed to blast one of asteroids, the Autobots were forced to retreat back to Earth after their shuttle took substantial damage. If the Autobots managed to blast neither of the Asteroids, they were all crushed between the giant pieces of space debris.

If they managed to blast away both asteroids, they reached a vast, empty expanse of space within the asteroid belt. Hot Rod confessed that he still felt uneasy, and Jazz agreed with his sentiment; it felt as though they were being watched. Their suspicions were confirmed when the Decepticons, now invisible, began opening fire onto the Autobots’ shuttle. Jazz suggested the Autobots retreat, as they could not fight an invisible opponent. The Autobots considered retreating, but Kup reminded them that Sarah Sanders had not perfected her device yet, and the Decepticons’ invisibility may yet wear off.

If the Autobots attempted to flee from the Decepticons’ attack, they found themselves at too much of a disadvantage to successfully make it out of the Asteroid Belt. They were blown into space junk before they could reach Earth.

If the Autobots held their ground, they were instructed by Ultra Magnus not to open fire upon the Decepticons until ordered to do so. Though things were tense as the Autobots were hit over and over again by their invisible opponents, soon the enemy ship came into view, just as Kup had predicted. The Autobots opened fire on the flimsier vessel, blowing it and the Decepticons within to smithereens.

If the Autobots did retreat out of the Asteroid Belt, they convinced one another that the Decepticons most likely perished within it. Then, a few days later, when the invisible Decepticons attacked Metroplex city, Jazz and the rest of the Autobots were reduced to scrap metal, unable to fight the unseen enemy.

In a completely different possible scenario, Springer was sent out with Jazz, Sunstreaker and Prowl to accompany Kup and Hot Rod when the latter two reported having seen the mysterious ship land in the middle of the desert.

If the Autobots gave up searching for the ship, Ultra Magnus and the rest of the Autobots within Metroplex were caught by surprise by a fleet of identical ships swooping down upon them. The Autobots were all destroyed as Galvatron gloated of his victory.

If Hot Rod and Kup convinced the other Autobots to keep on looking, Hot Rod eventually found trail marks, indicating that a heavy object the size of their spacecraft had indeed landed and had been dragged away. Jazz and the others followed the trail to a more rocky terrain, where tracking the ship would become more difficult. The trail seemingly lost, the Autobots then heard someone incoming, and took cover. From their hiding places, they saw the Decepticons Scavenger, a human captive within the grasp of his steam-shovel.

If the Autobots decided to rescue Sarah immediately, Scavenger dropped the woman, and cried for help while attempting to flee.

If the Autobots pursued Scavenger, they found him rejoining a whole squadron of Decepticons. Fighting the Decepticons immediately would cost them their lives. Otherwise, if the Autobots decided on a retreat when faced by the whole squadron of Decepticons, they managed to do so by blinding their enemies by their high beams and then splitting off into different direction. They later regrouped and found Sarah Sanders wandering in the desert.

If the Autobots asked Sarah to build them their own Invisibility Device, Sarah refused, stating she would not build weapons for war. Running away from the group Sarah was almost killed when Dirge passed overhead and dropped a missile on her position. After rescuing her from the Decepticon attack, Jazz and the others brought Sarah to safety within Metroplex. Grateful for the rescue, Sarah showed the Autobots how to create an [[Invisibility Scrambler]] to counteract the Decepticons’ Invisibility Device. Anticipating the Decepticons’ attack, the Autobots successfully defeated the evil robots when they came.

If instead of asking Sarah to build them an Invisibility Device, Jazz and the others attempted once more to retrieve her ship, the whole group snuck over to where the Decepticons were stationed. Once there, Hot Rod and Prowl argued over which plan of action would be the smartest to undertake next.

If the Autobots agreed with Hot Rod to try and take the Decepticons by surprise with a head-on attack, the Autobots manage to stun the Decepticons by dazzling them with their headlights. Jazz provided Hot Rod some cover fire while the young Autobot raced down and snatched the Invisibility Device from the Decepticons. The Autobots then successfully peeled back, congratulating one another on a job well done.

If the Autobots agreed with Prowl to take a moment to come up with a more detailed plan, Prowl instructed Hot Rod to taunt the Decepticons into following him. The plan worked, and the bulk of the Decepticons took off after the young Autobot. With only Scavenger, Shockwave and Galvatron left behind, Jazz and the others easily defeated the Decepticons still guarding the spaceship, and forced Galvatron to retreat. In one possible scenario that followed, Jazz helped destroy a hidden Decepticon base that Hot Rod found while the Decepticons gave him chase. In another, Jazz watched on as Sarah left in her spaceship in order to destroy it, vowing it would never be used to bring destruction.

In an alternate scenario where the Autobots silently trailed Scavenger while the Decepticon held Sarah Sanders captive, Jazz and the others followed him all the way to the Decepticons’ secret desert base. Inside, they spied upon Galvatron telling Sarah Sanders that the Decepticons would use Cerebro-Shells to control her mind, so that she would reveal to them to secret of invisibility. At this point, the Autobots decided to step in. A direct attack would only end in the Autobots’ defeat. In order to rescue Sarah, the Autobots would need to employ trickery. Using Jazz's special abilities, the Autobots could do just that. In this scenario, the Autobots grabbed Sarah while the Decepticons were too dazzled by the illusions that Jazz projected. Sarah directed the Autobots towards where the Decepticons had stored her ship. Upon following her directions, Jazz and the others came upon two doors, unable to tell behind which one they would find their means of escape. If the Autobots happened upon Sarah's ship as they were, they would be destroyed by the droids guarding it. However, if the Autobots first opened the door which lead to a closet filled with Decepticon spare parts, they found a pile of spare Decepticon emblems. Donning them, Jazz and the rest of his team were able to fool the Decepticon Droids guarding Sarah's ship. Escaping in the ship, despite the Decepticons best efforts to stop them, the Autobots returned to Metroplex. Sarah then gave the Autobots the secret to her Invisibility Device, ensuring the Autobots their victory in their war against the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Invisibility Factor}}
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===Frito-Lay posters===
Jazz opened fire on Devastator during a desert battle between the Transformers. It is very likely his shoulders hurt. {{storylink|The Power Struggle}}

Jazz participated in a battle to defend [[Sherman Dam|Boulder Dam]] against the Decepticons. He and Trailbreaker worked in conjunction to back up Optimus Prime in his duel against Megatron. Ultimately, the Autobots were successful in defending the dam. {{storylink|Battle in the Desert Valley}}
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===Toy pack-in material===
Jazz and Sideswipe were cruising through a desert when they crossed paths with the Constructicons. Sideswipe led the charge against the enemy robots, with Jazz acting as his back-up. {{storylink|Sweepstakes Offer!}}

===The Official ''Transformers: Generation 2'' Annual===
[[File:Jazz day of the decepticons.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|"What, these G1 faction symbols? Ignore 'em. G2 all the way, baby!"]]
Jazz served as Optimus Prime's second-in-command on Cybertron. He was instrumental in the defence of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and saved his leader's life after a surprise attack rendered Prime non-functional. {{storylink|The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual|Jazz's ''The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual'' profile}}

Jazz, along with the rest of the Ark crew, crash-landed on Earth and awoke millions of years later to find that the war continued there. As part of a plan devised by Optimus Prime's new second-in-command Prowl, Jazz and the other Autobots were stationed at [[Table Mountain]] in [[Africa]] to defend a newly discovered spaceship with the power to return them to Cybertron. When the Decepticons arrived to take the ship by force, Jazz was easily swatted aside by Megatron, and the Autobots retreated to let the victors claim their prize. The doors of the ship slammed shut, and it began to hurtle uncontrollably away from the planet, leaving the Decepticons to realise they had walked into a trap and leaving Jazz back on Earth to ponder: If they'd conned the Decepticons, did that make them ''Deceptibots''? {{storylink|Day of the Decepticons}}

Jazz was on duty at the Ark when one of its automatic sensors picked up a Transformer power emission emanating from [[Brazil]], and he, Optimus Prime and [[Fizzle|Blaze]] drove there to investigate. Upon arrival in Brazil, Jazz was immediately knocked offline by [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] and played no further part in the proceedings. {{storylink|The Dinobots!}}
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===''Beast Wars'' cartoon===
[[File:Agenda3-AutobotsonArkattack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|He's fallen and he's not getting up.]]
Four million years ago, Jazz, Ratchet, Optimus Prime, Prowl, and Ironhide were on the bridge of the Ark when it was suddenly attacked by the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. It crashed in a dormant volcano for untold years until it was disturbed by the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], who had traveled from the far future. Jazz's body was sprawled across a section of the navigation controls. Frozen in [[stasis lock]] as he was, Jazz was unable to stop the Predacon from assassinating the equally comatose Optimus Prime. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}} This act would have rewritten history from that moment forward, but the ensuing time storm was stopped by [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] and some time-traveling [[Maximal]]s. {{storylink|Optimal Situation}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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8.2 million years ago, Jazz and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] met [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] in the remains of [[Praxus]]'s [[Helix Gardens]] to discuss the worthiness of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optronix]] to lead the Autobots. Jazz later attended the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-transfer ceremony at the [[Chamber of the Ancients]]. He attempted to save Optronix—now Optimus Prime—when Prime was attacked by [[Decepticon]]s, but was restrained by Grimlock. When Prime defeated the assassins, Jazz was convinced of his worth. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}}

[[File:Jazz war within.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"Exits to the sides and rear, dig?"]]
Soon afterward, Jazz questioned Prowl's decision to allow Prime to explore the depths of the planet alone, but was prevented from pressing the issue any further when [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] attacked [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] with an army of Decepticons. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} Jazz helped direct the battle from the [[Decagon]], but the defenders were soon overwhelmed. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} Jazz was forced to begin evacuating important artifacts and hardware from the city, but was unable to finish before the Decepticons overran the Decagon. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}} He and a handful of Autobots made a desperate last stand, {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} but narrowly avoided annihilation when [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] activated Cybertron's planetary engines, devastating the city and forcing Shockwave's army to retreat. Iacon was reduced to a crater, but Jazz and the other Autobots safely made it out of the area. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

7.4 million years ago, Jazz witnessed the [[space bridge]] explosion that seemingly killed Prime and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. After the subsequent fragmentation of the Autobot faction, Jazz remained with the Prowl-led Autobots, though he longed for the days when the Autobots were a united force. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}} He accompanied a group of Autobots to investigate a [[Trypticon (G1)|new mobile battle base]] at the [[Praetorus Wharf]], only to learn that the base was fully operational. {{storylink|Devastation}} Despite the arrival of reinforcements, the titan was too much for Jazz and his cohorts; only when Trypticon received a message from the [[Neutral Territories]], recalling him there, were they saved from certain doom. {{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}}

Battered, Jazz and the others limped back to Iacon, only to be forced to repel an attack on [[Autobase]] by [[The Fallen]]. Although Jazz, [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] fought valiantly, the mysterious entity defeated them and achieved his objective: freeing [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] from captivity. {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}} The Fallen was in time defeated. Jazz would later aid [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] in his struggle to re-unite Cybertron under the Autobot banner. The unification of their race nearly succeeded... only for Megatron to return. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}}

Jazz was among the crew of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] when it crashed on [[Earth]], and he awoke in 1984 to battle the Decepticons. After years of fighting, Jazz and the other Autobots took part in [[Operation Liberation]] in 1998, a joint human/Autobot operation that defeated and captured the Earth-bound Decepticons. However, the ''[[Ark II]]'', which was meant to convey the Autobots, the captured Decepticons, and a number of humans back to Cybertron, was sabotaged by General [[Robert Hallo]], sending Jazz and his comrades to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 1|Prime Directive #1}}

[[File:Jazz prime directive.jpg|thumb|...you're still not BOOGIEING!!!]]
A few years later, Optimus Prime awoke Jazz and a number of other Autobots to combat the sinister [[Lazarus]]. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 2|Prime Directive #2}} He aided in the cleanup of Lazarus's latest target, the SmitCo [[oil]] refinery, and then moved on to Lazarus's base, which had been taken over by a revived Megatron and his deadly "metal virus". Jazz and the others briefly battled the Decepticons, but were stopped in their tracks when Hallo dropped a nuclear bomb on them. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}} The virus absorbed most of the blast, leaving the Transformers unharmed, but continued to expand across the countryside. Jazz remained behind with a team to combat the virus, while Optimus Prime took a contingent of warriors to combat Megatron in [[San Francisco]]. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}} Armed with [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]-designed blasters to combat the virus, Jazz and his squad fought bravely, despite the blasters draining their energy and the well-meaning interference of the [[Canada|Canadian]] Army. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 5|Prime Directive #5}} But soon the virus overwhelmed them, forcing Wheeljack to sacrifice use the last of his energy reserves to destroy it. Jazz cradled Wheeljack's inert form afterwards. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 6|Prime Directive #6}}

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Some time later, Jazz participated in a battle in Alaska over possession of an escape pod containing [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], only to be forced to flee with the other Autobots when Shockwave arrived from Cybertron, proclaiming a new era of peace, and all Earthbound Transformers to be war criminals. As the other Autobots bickered over what to do, Jazz told them to shut up, as they were making his head hurt. {{storylink|New World Order}} Jazz couldn't believe [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] working as Shockwave's lieutenant, and almost got into a fight with Grimlock over the matter. Though he wasn't confident about his abilities, Jazz was left behind on Earth to command a small team of Autobots while Optimus and the rest of the Autobots surrendered to Magnus. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} After Magnus and Prime had departed, Jazz, [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], and [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] returned to the battlefield, but found no trace of the pod or Scourge. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}}

[[File:Marissafairebornedw.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|...Maybe?]]
After the end of Shockwave's despotic rule over Cybertron, the Autobots on Cybertron made contact with Jazz's crew for an update and promised to send supplies.{{storylink|Generation 1 issue 0|Generation 1 #0}} Unfortunately, Starscream returned to Earth with a small unit of Decepticons first. Jazz and his team fought back against them and managed to capture most of the invaders. Starscream's enforcer [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], however, proved to be too much for them to handle, and Jazz was deactivated and left to rust at the bottom of a lake by the mighty super-robot. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} He was eventually fished out by [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] and [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] (who had arrived from Cybertron with Bumblebee with supplies), but they were waylaid by [[Earth Defense Command]], {{storylink|The Omega Effect}} who took them to an underground facility. {{storylink|Atonement}} The EDC completed the repairs on Jazz, Sunstreaker and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] themselves, and asked a favor in return: for the Autobots to accompany their agents in investigating [[San Desto|a small town]] which had mysteriously gone off the grid a few days beforehand. With [[Marissa Faireborn]] and some [[EDC Night Force Unit|EDC soldiers]], they explored the deserted town, though Jazz had to contend with keeping the other Autobots in-line the whole time. After splitting into teams, tey found the cause of the problem — a swarm of techno-organic [[Insecticon clone|Insecticlones]], which rose out of the ground and surrounded Jazz's squad. {{storylink|Infestation (Dreamwave)|Infestation}} Jazz and Marissa [[Crothers Auto-Body|escaped]] the swarm and found the hatching facility beneath [[Aztec Theatres|a theater]]. Jazz torched the eggs, only to confronted by [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]], who were mighty annoyed that he'd destroyed the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s' work. Sideswipe and Sunstreaker managed to cover Jazz and Marissa's escape back to the surface, where the Autobots were confronted by the towns people, rendered zombies by [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]'s [[cerebro-shell]]s. The Autobots were unwilling to fight against human foes, but thankfully [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] was able to use a spare shell to disable Bombshell's control, saving them all. {{storylink|Extermination}}

Afterward, Jazz farewelled Marissa at the EDC base in Nevada, as the Autobot forces departed for Alaska in the ''[[Orion]]''. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}} In Alaska, they found Prowl's forces constructing [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:GIJoevsTF2 Jazz Stun.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
Jazz was aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] when it crashed on Earth several million years in the past. The vessel was eventually discovered by the human terrorist organization [[Cobra]], who decided to use its deactivated occupants for their own needs. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1}} Jazz was reprogrammed to serve Cobra and rebuilt to transform into a three-wheeled Cobra [[Stun]] vehicle. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}}

When the reprogramming was undone by [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], Jazz joined [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and continued the battle against the Decepticons, who had also been freed. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}} Jazz warned a damaged [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] about attacking [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] head-on, but was rebuffed, as there was no other option. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}} The Decepticons on Earth were eventually defeated with help from [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], and the Autobots returned to Cybertron aboard a new ''Ark''. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 6|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6}}

[[File:GIJoeTFJazzPimpmobile.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Number 6, Pimpmobile.]]
Unfortunately, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] had all but conquered the planet in their absence, and the Autobots became little more than a team of resistance fighters. After a successful mission to steal [[energon cube]]s from the Decepticons, Jazz was suddenly sent to 1970's Earth when a malfunctioning [[Teletran 3]] cracked the timestream. As complicated issues with time travel threatened to destroy Earth, a number of G.I. Joe and Cobra members followed Jazz into the past in order to retrieve him. Finding Jazz trapped in the form of a car owned by a [['70s pimp|local pimp]]: a 1970s {{w|Cadillac Eldorado#1971-1978|Cadillac Eldorado}}, [[Snake-Eyes]] planted a [[disruption unit]] on the Autobot, allowing him to reboot and help them find other trapped Transformers. Together the group located [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] before returning to present-day Cybertron. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}}

However, this mostly meant that Jazz had to sit tight inside a force field surrounded by the entire Decepticon army. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}} The Autobots were captured when the force field went down, but were soon saved by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. The following day, Jazz joined Bumblebee and Optimus Prime in saying goodbye to the Joes and Cobras. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}
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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
[[File:DWTFJoe2 Jazz Prowl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Jazz was among the Autobots that lay dormant and buried somewhere on the [[Fera Islands]] for three million years until [[1939]], when [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] accidentally awakened them. After getting reformatted into a military jeep, Jazz voiced his gratitude to the humans for bringing him and his friends back online. {{storylink|Transformed}}

Though not clearly seen again during the following conflict with Cobra and the Decepticons, Jazz was presumably deactivated with all the other Transformers when [[Snake-Eyes]] shattered the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}
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===''The Beast Within''===
Jazz was incapacitated early during a savage battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons, receiving a dehabilitating shoulder wound. Ratchet was able to get to him, and began repairs even as [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]] began rampaging across the battlefield, killing Autobots and Decepticons alike.{{storylink|The Beast Within}}

Jazz's unconscious body was later carried by Ratchet into Optimus Prime's trailer, as the Autobots attempted to outrun The Beast. Thankfully, Jetfire showed up just in time to rescue Prime's passengers, save Skids, who was crushed moments before Jetfire's arrival.{{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}
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===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
When a badly-damaged Starscream was brought to the Ark, Jazz was firmly of the opinion that it was a trap. He later spoke up in favor of fiddling with the helpless Decepticon's logic centers. Though the amnesiac Starscream seemed to side with the Autobots for a while, once he regained his memory, he promptly rejoined the Decepticons, which Jazz decided proved his earlier theory. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

===''Q-Robo Transformer''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Q-Robo Transformer}}}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:Escalation2 Jazz transform.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66]]

{{main|Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity}}

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===''Mini Mayhem!''===
When a surprise party was thrown for Optimus in honor of the 20th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', Jazz didn't wind up getting invited.

After being nominated two years in a row, Jazz was sure he'd be a shoo-in for [[2011]]'s [[Transformers Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]]. He discussed the topic with Grimlock and Shockwave until [[Erector (G1)|Erector]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] came along. The trio mistook Erector for Bumblebee, and so spared him any ridicule, but verbally tore into Waspinator. After insisting that the Predacon would never stand a chance against them, Jazz and the others walked off in a huff. {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}

===''Henkei! Henkei! Transformers -Visualize-''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Visualize Shot 1}}}}

===''Universe'' cartoon===
Jazz was one of the many oppressed Cybertronians who sought freedom when their planet's halls of power grew dark with corruption, greed and malice. After the war had raged for some time, he was one of the few Autobots privileged with seeing Optimus insert the Matrix of Leadership into his chest for the first time. {{storylink|Action Blast 1}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun'' manga===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Kingdom of Giants}}}}
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===''Kre-O'' cartoon===
[[File:Jazzkreo-wallpaper.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Next thing you know, he should be hanging out with [[John DiMaggio|Officer URL]] from ''Futurama''.]]
Jazz was in the audience of a tag battle pitting [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]] against [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing}} He was in the audience of a dance competition too. {{storylink|Bot Stars}}

Jazz was also part of a crowd that waited at the finish line of a race between Optimus, Bumblebee and Megatron. He cheered for Bumblebee as he finished the race, though it turned out Optimus had already won the competition. {{storylink|The Big Race}}
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===''Unit:E'' comic===
Upon approaching the planet [[Earth]], the artificial intelligence [[Synergy]] presented footage of the Autobots to her crew-mate, the young [[Microman|Acroyear]], so that he could learn about his potential allies and enemies on the alien world. Jazz could be seen standing side-by-side with Arcee on one of Synergy's view-screens. {{storylink|Unit:E (issue)|Unit:E}}

===''Transformers: All Spark''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Another Episode, Part 1}} {{storylink|Another Episode, Part 2}} {{storylink|The Fated Rival, Once Again...}} {{storylink|To Earth}} {{storylink|Plans of the Emperor of Destruction}} {{storylink|Great Aspirations}} {{storylink|Conclusion}}}}

===''BeCool'' shorts===
'''Green Sports Car''' (緑のスポーツカー ''Midori no Supōtsu Kā'') played in the ''Quiz! BeCool'' show as part of a team with [[Bumblebee (G1)|Yellow Sports Car]]. Despite their best efforts, they ultimately lost. {{storylink|The Story of Quiz! BeCool}} He was part of [[Bumblebee (G1)|Yellow Sports Car]]'s explanations about the BeCool mark. {{storylink|The Story of What Do I Know About the BeCool Mark?}} Green Sports Car was later caught in a big traffic accident when Yellow Sports Car spun out of control after slipping on a [[banana]] peel. {{storylink|The Story of Protecting the Signal!}}

Green Sports Car watched the making a film that was interrupted by a fire brigade who thought the pyrotechnics were a real fire. {{storylink|The Story of the Fire Brigade Dispatch!}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
Jazz was surprised when Optimus Prime brought a bunch of Decepticons to their picnic. {{storylink|Emergency! Hurry to the Base, Optimus!}} Together with [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] he went looking for the legendary [[Red Bucket]], only to encounter [[Bludgeon (Kre-O)|Bludgeon]]'s Decepticons. Bludgeon tipped the bucket over on them, but Jazz was able to use the blocks in it to construct a Mega-Jazz robot and send the Decepticons packing. {{storylink|Treasure Competition! Defeat with Block Power!}} He was present when [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] conquered [[Metroplex (Kre-O)|Metroplex]], having eaten some of Metroplex's blocks and thus contributed to his collapse. {{storylink|Two Giant Bases! Everybody Getting Along, Come On, Fight!}}

Jazz and the Autobots panicked when Optimus Prime was partially turned into an [[Alligaticon]]. {{storylink|Negligence Is the Greatest Enemy! Optimus Became a Monster!?}} When the Decepticons created [[Soundwave (Kre-O)|Soundwave]] clones to brainwash humanity using hypnotic music, Jazz opposed them, offended by their use of music for evil. The ensuing musical battle between Jazz and Soundwave led to such good vibes that the Autobots and Decepticons actually stopped fighting and threw a party. {{storylink|Soundwave's Trap? Stop Operation Brainwash Humanity!}} Later, a space bridge accident sent Jazz and the other Autobots [[Earth|another world]], where they scuffled with the Decepticons before returning home on a rocket. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise! The Transformers Are by Your Side!?}}
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===''Cloud''===
[[File:Cloud Jazz.jpg|thumb|]]

Jazz resided among the Autobots of [[Metropolis]] on [[Cloud World]], and as such was part of the inter-dimensional police that kept the peace in a number of universes with the help of the power of the super-robotic being, [[SARA]]. {{storylink|Uprising (Cloud)|Uprising}} When the Decepticons launched an attack on Metropolis and successfully returned to their territory, the [[Underground (Cloud)|Underground]], with SARA in tow, Jazz was called to the Autobots' headquarters to discuss their plan of action. Jazz was at a lost on how their civilization could even continue to function in SARA's absence. Optimus informed his Autobots that they would venture to the Underground and retrieve her, much to his troops' shock. Though it took a while for them to find their courage, the Autobots all volunteered to join Optimus on this mission. {{storylink|Resolve}}

After zeroing in on SARA's energy signature, a decrepit old building, Jazz headed a strike force to blitz the Decepticons within. But just as the Decepticons had done when attacking Metropolis, Jazz and his team were actually distracting their enemies from a secondary strike team who infiltrated the Decepticons' inner sanctum covertly. {{storylink|Leap}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Crisis (Cloud)|Crisis}} {{storylink|Showdown (Cloud)|Showdown}} {{storylink|Eagerness}} {{storylink|Fury (Cloud)|Fury}}}}

===IDW ''Angry Birds'' Transformers comic===
[[File:ABTF1 Jazz.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left]]
As part of the bridge crew on the ship carrying the [[AllSpark]], Jazz initiated an emergency [[Quantum generator|quantum jump]] in order to flee a Decepticon attack on the vessel. Unfortunately the AllSpark had fallen out of the ship at the time, and was sucked into the resulting quantum tunnel. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers issue 1|Angry Birds Transformers #1}} After a fruitless search by Jazz and the others, the relic suddenly came to them, flying back straight through a windshield together with a [[Minion Pig|strange green pig]]. {{storylink|Hard Boiled}}
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Jazz was among the Autobot and [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joe]] forces defending [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] from an attack by the Decepticons and [[Cobra]]. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}}}

===''Q-Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Kōji Yusa]] (Japanese)}}
{{Charstubfiction|{{storylink|Mystery of Convoy}} {{storylink|Mystery of Return of Convoy}} {{storylink|The Road to Winning a New Fanbase}}}}

===''Timelines''===
In [[Primax 096.0 Beta]] during the Battle for [[Sherman Dam]], the [[Laser Cycle]] Jazz attempted to evacuate the surrounding area, with fellow Laser Cycle [[Soundwave (G1)#Timelines|Soundwave]] in pursuit. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/06}} In the final battle of the third Cybertronian war, special operations officer Jazz worked with [[Hound (G1)#TransTech|Sergeant Hound]] to provide [[Optimus Prime (G1)#General Optimus|General Optimus Prime]] with vital intelligence that allowed the newly reconstituted [[Firestormer]]s to successfully strike against [[Megatron (G1)#ATB Megatron|Megatron]]'s [[Decepticon Empire|Decepticon Star Empire]]. {{storylink|Hound (G1)/toys#Timelines|BotCon 2015 Sgt. Hound profile card}}

{{note|Jazz's body in this universe is his [[Jazz (G1)/toys#LaserCycle|unreleased ''Generation 2'' toy]].}}

===''Power of the Primes'' marketing material===
The Autobot special ops officer Jazz could wield powers of the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]s by linking with [[Prime Master]]s. {{storylink|Jazz (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|''Power of the Primes'' Jazz packaging bio}}
{{note|For a list of powers manifested by Jazz, see [[Prime Master/Combinations|this chart]].}}
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===''Star Trek vs. Transformers''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part One}}{{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}}{{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Three}}}}

==Games==
===Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons===
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops from the Decepticons, he could chance upon Jazz to navigate inside the Decepticons' maze-like base. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}

===''The Transformers'' (1985)===
Jazz was among the few remaining Autobots in the wake of the Decepticon creation of ROBO-CLONING technology. With his energy-starved comrades, he desperately sought pieces of the Autobot Energon Cube before the Decepticons could get their hands on them. {{storylink|The Transformers (Commodore 64)|The Transformers}}

===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{voiceactor|[[Alex Easley]] (English)}}

In [[2003]], Jazz accompanied [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] to the planet [[Zel Samine]]. A spacetime anomaly had recently occurred in the area, and an Autobot research team had lost contact with home base. Optimus and his lieutenants arrived to assess the situation. They soon learned that [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and the Decepticons were also on Zel Samine looking for the anomaly, and willing to help themselves to the planet's power supplies in the meantime.

Jazz and the Autobots thwarted Decepticon efforts to steal energy from the Zel Samine wind, geothermal and hydroelectric power plants. During the conflict, they were joined by [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] of the research team, who provided them with more information about the UFO that fell to the planet after the spacetime anomaly.

While mulling over the new information, the Autobots received an SOS call from elsewhere on the planet, and raced to answer it. After fighting through the forces of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], Decepticon of the future, Jazz and his compatriots met up with [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], and the Autobot leader of [[2010]], [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]. Rodimus explained that in their time, the Decepticon military commander [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] acquired a source of infinite power called [[Zel Quartz]]. It drove him to madness, and he destroyed Cybertron while threatening to lay waste to the rest of the galaxy. Rodimus Prime and the Autobots desperately coordinated with the [[Quintesson]]s to use a timeslip device and travel back in time, preventing Shockwave from ever getting his hand on Zel Quartz. Unfortunately, Galvatron and the remaining Decepticons learned of the mission, and intercepted the Autobots on the way through the timeslip. Crashing in 2003 on Zel Samine, Rodimus was separated from his full team. Rodimus, Kup and Arcee joined up with Jazz and the present day Autobots to search for the Zel Quartz before the Decepticons could find it.

Wheeljack searched the planet for any records or power signatures that might be Zel Quartz. After three false leads, they finally located Zel Quartz at the [[Enormous Laser Transmission Array]]. After fighting through numerous Decepticon lieutenants, and facing the might of Megatron and Galvatron united, Jazz and the Autobots secured the Zel Quartz and ultimately disposed of it so that it could do no further harm. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Kreon Chaos''===
Jazz specialized in demolition. He could lay down mines to destroy obstacles, which came in handy in the Autobots' mission to infiltrate the Decepticons' base to retrieve the Optimus Prime Kre-O kit parts held within. The Autobots eventually succeeded in their mission, and assembled the kit parts into a colossal Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Kreon Chaos}}
{{charstubgame|"Earth" and "Moon" stages}}

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===''Bot Shots Battle Game!''===
[[File:Bsbg-jazz.jpg|Do the safety dance!|thumb]]
Jazz participated in numerous one-on-one matches against other Autobots and Decepticons, using his fists, his sword, or his gun to defeat his opponents. Sometimes, he even faced off against himself! {{storylink|Bot Shots Battle Game!}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Jazz was amongst the Autobots who fought back against the Decepticon Seekers when they went on a worldwide rampage. {{storylink|Robots in the Sky}} Jazz assembled a handpicked squad of Autobots for a mission to deliver energon to a hidden Autobot base. Unfortunately their plan was foiled by the interference of [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]], [[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]] and [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]]. {{storylink|Road to Ruin}} Jazz was among the Autobots to coat themselves in [[Electrum]] after finding a Golden Lagoon. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (Legends)|The Golden Lagoon}}

Jazz was still fighting the good fight when the Aerialbots were sent back in time and helped Orion Pax and Ariel become Optimus Prime and Elita-One respectively. {{storylink|Golden Age (Legends)|Golden Age}} After getting a new sound system, Jazz spent a night out with Bumblebee and [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] testing it, only to return to base and find that the other Autobots had been turned evil thanks to Megatron's sabotage of the [[recharging chamber]]. While Sparkplug worked on an antidote, Bumblebee and Jazz went to halt the Autobot attack on [[Rutter U.S. Military Base|Rutter Military Base]]. {{storylink|Attack of the Autobots (Legends)|Attack of the Autobots}}

When [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]] was reprogrammed to aid the Decepticons and stole the [[World Energy Chip]] from Autobot HQ, Jazz was among the Autobots who pursued her into the desert and successfully retrieved both her and the chip. {{storylink|Enter the Nightbird (Legends)|Enter the Nightbird}}

Jazz took part in the defense of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] during a Decepticon assault, but was unable to prevent their advance. {{storylink|One Shall Fall...}}
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsJazz.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Jazz-(G2).jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
Jazz participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He appeared in multiple bodies:
*''Jazz'' — This Rare character could be recruited by collecting 130 units of Cybermetal, 75 units of Transmetal, and 45 soldier cores.
*''Jazz (G2)'' — This Epic character was available as a reward to ''10'' leagues (just ''100'' players!) in the G2-themed "Divide and Conquer" Medium event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
{{Charstubgames}}{{Storylink|Transformers: Frontiers}}

===''Transformers Online'' (2017)===
[[File:Jazz_TFO.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Fire at will!"]]
{{bigquote|Have your own style of doing things or have none at all.}}

Before every battle, Jazz would decorate himself with tattoos to remind himself that no matter where he is, he's always a Cybertronian. However, Jazz does have an obsession with Earth's entertainment culture(s), such as break dance and ballet. His knowledge of Earth's environment and culture designated him as Optimus Prime's assistant. Even when given the most dangerous task to do, Jazz is able to complete the objective with an impeccable attitude and his own sense of swagger.

In battle, Jazz wielded a pair of "[[Static Shock Tonfas]]" and the "[[Arc Blaster]]". His active skill was "Gravitational Black Hole":
*'''Gravitational Black Hole''' — Jazz summons a black hole in a selected area. This black hole eradicates enemy shields, and all nearby enemies will be drawn into it for 1.5 seconds. {{storylink|Transformers Online (2017 video game)|Transformers Online}} <ref>[http://tfol.qq.com/act/a20160726data/hero8.shtml Jazz on the Transformers Online website]</ref>
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:Jazz-Earth-Wars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|[Insert obligatory music joke here]]]

Jazz came to earth around the time the battle for the Codex key came to take place. With his special ability, Jazz destroyed many key targets, as did [[Mixmaster (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Mixmaster]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}

*'''Class''': Gunner
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Weapons''': Jazz uses his signature "sound amplifier" grenade launcher. It doesn't do anything special, but it does create noise upon impact.
*'''Ability: Orbital strike''': Call in an orbital strike dealing massive damage to a massive area.
**Cost: 9 ability points +3 for reuses.

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:autobot-jazz Autobot Jazz at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
[[File:ForgedToFight-Jazz.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
{{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight}}
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===''Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive''===
Jazz took part in a series of attacks against multiple Decepticon bases, destroying them and defeating all enemies in the process. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive}}
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==Commercial appearances==
[[File:1986 Comm Jazz and Thundercracker Party.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Not cosplay—cos'''work'''.]]
[[File:PretenderJazzModel.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Dag! My visor's all outta whack!]]
[[File:Hotrodpatrolcommercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
Jazz has appeared in numerous [[Commercial|television commercials]] over the years. Commercials featuring original footage of Jazz include the following:
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] attacked a power plant; Jazz, [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] drove out from their headquarters to counterattack. When Megatron joined the battle, the three Autobots flew away. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#The Transformers #1|''The Transformers'' #1 commercial}}
*Jazz was briefly seen fighting alongside Optimus Prime in Earth's ubiquitous rocky deserts. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Decepticon jets & Autobot cars|Decepticon jets & Autobot cars commercial}}
*Jazz, Sideswipe and Prowl charged into battle alongside Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Optimus Prime and Megatron|Optimus Prime and Megatron commercial}}
*Prowl, Jazz and Sideswipe were once more seen together, this time storming the Decepticon base. But unknown to them, the inconspicuous micro-cassette recorder lying nearby was the Decepticon communications officer, Soundwave! As soon as the Autobots stepped past him, Soundwave transformed and sic'ed Laserbeak on them. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Soundwave|Soundwave commercial}}
*Jazz fought alongside Optimus when the Autobot leader summoned [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], and [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] to aid in defeating Megatron. Megatron responded by calling down [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Thrust and Dirge|Autobot cars plus Thrust and Dirge commercial}}
*When [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] led an assault on the Autobots' launch base, Jazz followed [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] in a counter-attack. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Ultra Magnus|Ultra Magnus commercial}}
*Jazz was being carried down a highway by Ultra Magnus when Galvatron and his troops came upon them. He, Tracks, Red Alert, and Smokescreen dealt with Starscream and Skywarp while their commander faced off against Galvatron. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Ultra Magnus and Galvatron|Ultra Magnus and Galvatron commercial}}
*Jazz was part of a troop of Autobots who interrupted a Decepticon Energon-gathering mission. Megatron ordered [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] to deal with the meddlers. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Battlechargers|Battlechargers commercial}}
*When some humans approached an Autobot base, Jazz ordered Cosmos to shine their headlights on them, to reveal their allegiance. Jazz then declared that it was okay, since the humans were wearing Transformers [[Iron-on patch|reflective patches!]] {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Reflective patches|Prizes in Disguise contest/reflective patches commercial}}
{{note|One of the contest prizes was a party with "life-size" Transformers! Among the "life-size" Transformers shown were Jazz and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]. If you actually did party with Jazz and Thundercracker, please let us know.}}
*Jazz was reunited with Optimus, emerging from his shell alongside Bumblebee and running up to help him fight Starscream in a darkened city. Prime gave them both a hug. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Classic Pretenders|Classic Pretenders commercial}}
{{note|This marked a rare use of his Pretender Classics animation model; for his Pretender appearances in the Marvel Comics, Jazz's original design was used.}}
*Jazz and Bumblebee managed to capture two of the Decepticons' Micromaster vehicles. They pulled the two vehicles into an Autobot base to show them to Optimus, only for a group of Micromaster Decepticons to transform them, and use the mini-bases to launch an attack! {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Micromaster micro bases|Micromaster micro bases commercial}}
*When Prime challenged a group of Autobots to give up their transforming powers to become "faster stronger more alive", Jazz was the first to volunteer. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Action Masters|Action Masters commercial}}
*Jazz showed off the [[Hot Rod Patrol]] to Optimus Prime, telling him to check them out. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Hot Rod and Construction Patrol|Hot Rod and Construction Patrol commercial}}
{{note|For both the Action Masters and Hot Rod Patrol commercials, Jazz was voiced by a sound-alike doing a passable Scatman Crothers imitation.}}
*Jazz was seen driving down a ramp in a city and transforming, using his "robot ripping rocket launcher" to launch an attack against Ramjet and Starscream. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 2#Jets and cars|Generation 2 jets and cars commercial}}

He also appeared in later promotional videos online:
*Jazz planned on attending [[BotCon 2009]] alongside his fellow Autobots. {{storylink|BotCon 2009!}}
*For the [[Power of the Primes]] subline, Jazz appears driving across Cybertron to find a Prime Master before [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] can. [[Micronus]] links to Jazz's Prime Armor to help him fight the Decepticon.

==Toys==
{{main|Jazz (G1)/toys}}

==Notes==
[[File:UnicronTrilogy jazz.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Fire, Heart, Wind and Rock n'Roll]]
*Jazz's preliminary name was '''Jazzz'''.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20071230210811/http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=41003 Post by Jim S on the Allspark Forums, 2007/12/25 (via the Internet Archive)]</ref>
*In recent years, toys sporting the name "Jazz" require an additional prefix to make it easier to defend as a [[trademark]]. The most common prefix is "Autobot", hence making the toys' official name "'''Autobot Jazz'''". Other variants, most of them used for [[Jazz (disambiguation)|different-universe counterparts]] of Jazz, include "Final Battle Jazz", "Battle Jazz", "Stealth Ninja Jazz", "Freeway Jazz" and "Special Ops Jazz". For his ''Alternators'' toy, meanwhile, Hasbro used his traditional Japanese name, "Meister", which is the German word for "master" (used mostly in the "someone who excels in his field" sense). Ironically, [[Bob Budiansky]]'s original version of the character's name had it spelled "Jazz'''z'''", with three "z"s, which might or might not have made it easier to defend as a trademark in recent years.
*Early in development, Bob Budiansky's original profiles for the Transformers characters also included nicknames by which they were known; Jazz went by "'''Coolsville'''". These nicknames were removed from the profiles when they were published as Marvel's ''[[The Transformers Universe|Transformers Universe]]'' series, but some of them saw publication in ''[[The Transformers Comics Magazine]]''.
*An actor in a Jazz costume was among "live" Transformers one could meet at the 1985 [[The Transformers Universal Studios Tour|Universal Studios Tour]].
*Jazz is in the unusual position of appearing a few times in season three of ''The Transformers'' without having a toy on the shelves at the time (the only other such characters were the iconic Optimus Prime, and a handful of [[Windcharger (G1)|probable]] [[Brawn (G1)|animation]] [[Huffer (G1)|errors]].) He had no spoken lines, however; fans often claim that he was planned to have a larger role in the season which was cut following the death of his voice actor [[Scatman Crothers]], but no real evidence exists to support this notion. Jazz is given speaking lines and more on-screen time, however, in the Japanese-exclusive ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]'', a cartoon far less concerned than ''The Transformers'' about what toys were on the shelves.
*Scatman Crothers (as Jazz) is often credited as having coined the term "ginormous" (a portmanteau of "gigantic" and "enormous") when using it to describe [[Unicron]] in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', a term which was officially added by the Merriam-Webster Online dictionary in 2007;<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/info/newwords07.htm Merriam-Webster adding the word "ginormous"]</ref> however, the term has actually been around for much longer, being listed in the Oxford English Dictionary as a "British informal" word that has existed since at least the mid-20th century.<ref>[http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/ginormous Oxford dictionary entry for "ginormous"]</ref>
*Like a lot of other Generation 1 characters, Jazz's character model was subject to a few re-uses in the [[Unicron Trilogy]], first apppearing as a hapless victim of Unicron who had been absorbed into the chaos-bringer's body in the ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' episode, "[[Portent]]". Later, in the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' episode, "[[Balance]]", Jazz turned up in a less-generic capacity, as one of the [[ancient]]s who began the [[space bridge]] program—although he seemed a little like the odd 'bot out in the group, given that the others were Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus and Rodimus Prime. Curiously, neither appearance adheres strictly to his original character model—"Portent" gives him individual eyes, rather than a visor, and "Balance" outfits him with [[Show-accuracy|toy-accurate]] shoulder-doors.
*Jazz's original form is the basis for the non-toy character [[Kawasaki Prime]].
*Jazz's original Japanese name also works as a subtle play on words, as is common in Japan; "Meister" is a word describing a highly skilled person, and it also sounds similar to "Maestro"; a term often used to describe conductors of music.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Meister''' (マイスター ''Maisutā''), '''Jazz''' (ジャズ ''Jazu'')
*''English:'' '''Marshall''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''French:'' '''Saxo''' (Canada)
*''Hebrew:'' '''Jazz''' (ג'אז, "Jazz")
*''Italian:'' '''Tigre''' ("Tiger"), '''Folgore''' (Set Commandos four-pack), '''Bionic''' (Action Master)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Juéshì''' (爵士, "Jazz" or "{{w|Order of the British Empire|Sir}}")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Lero-Lero''' (Brazil comics)
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Dzhaz''' (Джаз)

==References==
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[[Category:Action Masters]]
[[Category:Alternators Autobots]]
[[Category:Autobot leaders]]
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One Shall Rise, Part 3

2019-05-25T18:47:16Z

Hours:

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 26
|prev=One Shall Rise, Part 2
|next=Orion Pax, Part 1
|image=OneShallRise3-together.jpg
|caption=Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends?
|title="One Shall Rise, Part 3"
|airdate=[[October 4]], [[2011]] (Singapore) [[October 15]], 2011 (USA)
|written by=[[Steven Melching]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Jack learns more about Optimus Prime's history on Cybertron while the Autobots continue their battle at the Earth's core.'''

==Synopsis==

As he leads the [[Autobot]]s further toward [[Earth]]'s core, [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] is again seized by a vision of the planet exploding. He notes how [[Unicron]]'s strength grows ever greater and continues on. [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] both voice their mistrust of the [[Decepticon]] leader, though they have no choice but to follow him. Unbeknownst to them, several [[Unicron's antibodies|strange, mechanical creatures]] observe the intruders into their dark domain.

Back at [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]], [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and the [[human]]s watch a report that outlines how the planet's chaotic weather continues to spiral out of control. Despite [[June Darby|June]]'s efforts to lighten the mood, [[William Fowler|Fowler]] insists that something must be done—even if it means contacting his associates at the [[Pentagon]]. Fowler makes known his uneasiness about teaming up with Megatron, but Ratchet surprises the humans by explaining how such a situation has happened before. Ratchet relates how Optimus Prime and Megatron were once close friends, in the twilight hours of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s [[Golden Age]].

[[File:OneShallRise3-corresponding.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|''Once, I called you "Brother".'' 
''Once, I thought the chance to make you laugh'' 
''Was all I ever wanted...'' 
''And even now,'' 
''I wish that [[Primus|God]] had chose another.'' 
''Serving as your foe on His behalf'' 
''Is the last thing that I wanted...!'']]
''The great Autobot leader was once named Orion Pax, a simple clerk in the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] Hall of Records. Learning of Cybertron's past, Orion grew concerned about the corruption affecting high places and the [[Caste system|state of inequity]] in society. He became inspired by the revolutionary words of Megatronus, a gladiator who took his name from [[The Fallen|one]] of the [[Thirteen|thirteen original Primes]]. Megatronus gained a loyal following through his radical and innovative actions, [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] chief among their number. Over time, Megatronus became a mentor figure to Orion Pax and chose to shorten his name as he left the gladiatorial arena for the political one. Megatron appeared before the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]], now showing his true colors and voicing his ideas for shaping a new Cybertron by violent means, demanding to be named the next [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]. Orion protested against Megatron's warlike suggestions before the Council, moving their [[spark]]s and minds as he unknowingly revealed himself to be the one worthy of the title. Megatron severed his ties to Orion and the Council, taking his "Decepticon" followers to begin the [[Great War (Prime)|war]] that consumed Cybertron and vowing to claim the legendary [[Matrix of Leadership]] for himself. Hoping to reverse the damage that had poisoned the planet, Orion journeyed to Cybertron's [[Core]], where he found himself before the spark of [[Primus]], the creator of all [[Transformer|Cybertronians]]. Primus sensed the purity of Orion's own spark and bestowed upon him the legendary Matrix, transforming him into Optimus Prime.''

In the present, [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] and [[Jack Darby|Jack]] question Optimus's plan to give the Matrix to the [[Earth's core]], asking what could possibly stop Megatron from attempting to claim it for himself now. Ratchet darkly replies that Megatron only intends to save the Earth so that he may conquer it at a later date.

As they near Unicron's spark, [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] begins to feel the draining effects of the [[Dark Energon]]. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and Arcee help him a short way across the catwalks, but Megatron soon comes to a halt ahead with the realization that Unicron is preparing to expel them. A huge number of Unicron's drones suddenly swarm into view, surrounding Megatron and the Autobots. They engage the drones in a fierce battle, blasting and slashing through their attackers. Arcee is knocked to a lower level, not long before the Dark Energon clouds Bulkhead's vision. He stumbles from the catwalk but manages to grab hold of the edge, and is seized by Bumblebee before he can tumble to his death. Optimus and Megatron fight back-to-back, managing to hold their own against the drones in a spectacular display of effective—if uneasy—teamwork. Bumblebee struggles to hold onto Bulkhead, who insists that the scout lets him go. Optimus seizes Bulkhead just as Bumblebee loses his grip, and hauls him up to safety. As the group quickly becomes overwhelmed, Arcee hitches a ride on one of the drones to catch up with the others and beat a swift retreat with them.

[[File:OneShallRise3-SoundwaveAirachnid.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Maybe Megatron should stop having seconds-in-command and just skip straight to thirds-in-command.]]
Aboard the [[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]], [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] outlines the questionable nature of their leader's recent behavior. [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] asks whether she is suggesting that they abandon Lord Megatron. Airachnid explains how Megatron's undetectable signal implies that he is either offline or at the mercy of Unicron—neither scenario being in the best interests of the Decepticons. She suggests an exodus from Earth and receives no protests from the surrounding [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]]. However, her order to retreat to [[Regulon Four]] is denied by Soundwave, who silently challenges her authority. When he refuses her demand to step aside, she leaps to attack him. Soundwave easily blocks every one of her blows, before lifting her clean into the air. He hurls her back, deploying [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] to stun Airachnid in a sudden sneak attack. Pinned under Soundwave's foot, much to Knock Out's amusement, Airachnid relinquishes command to the intelligence officer.

Back in the Autobot base, Ratchet notes he has lost the others' communication links and life signals, most likely caused by interference from the electromagnetic anomalies. Miko asks how they are supposed to know when the others are ready for pickup if contact is impossible, but Ratchet is prevented from responding by the sound of Jack tapping the [[GroundBridge]] key against a railing. Ratchet reveals that the object is actually the [[Key to Vector Sigma]]—one of Cybertron's most precious relics. Ratchet then realizes that Optimus entrusted the key to Jack because he did not plan on returning from the planet's core.

Megatron is gripped by yet another painful vision of Unicron whilst he and the Autobots are backed into an enclosed chamber by the attacking drones. Unicron orders him to destroy Optimus. Instead, Megatron saves the Autobot leader by blasting an oncoming drone. He then indicates a closed doorway nearby, stating that Unicron's spark lies just beyond. He explains that to pass through, they must fool Unicron into believing that they pose no danger, and moves his Dark Energon-infused chest up to the door. It opens in response, and Optimus orders the others to remain outside and provide cover fire while he and Megatron advance.

The passageway beyond leads directly into Unicron's spark chamber, where Optimus prepares to expose the Matrix within his chest. Unicron's spark reacts, striking both invaders with its energy. Unicron again orders Megatron to kill Optimus, forcing him to unsheathe his blade and approach the weakened Prime. Megatron struggles against him, declaring himself to be under the command of no-one. His resistance provokes only an onslaught of pain and a furious reaction from the Chaos Bringer.

The volcano outside erupts violently, and the ground enclosing the Autobot base begins to quake. Ratchet tells the humans to take cover, and he moves to shield them from falling debris.

[[File:OneShallRise3-unleash.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|Care Bear Stare!]]
Unicron's spark adopts the appearance of a face as Megatron is seemingly freed from his control. Optimus calls upon the power of the Matrix of Leadership but hesitates as Unicron possesses Megatron's body in a veil of purple flame and declares his own invincibility. Optimus cuts short Unicron's desire to pull the Earth into chaos, and he rises to his feet as he becomes surrounded by a brilliant blue light. Optimus fires the power of the Matrix from his chest directly into Unicron's spark, the resulting wave of energy knocking Megatron back off his feet. His energy drained, Optimus falls to his knees, and Unicron's spark emits a final wail of pain before vanishing into oblivion.

The drones outside suddenly fall from the air, lifeless. The volcano, along with all of the Earth's other natural phenomena, subside back to normality. Ratchet and the humans watch as the monitors flicker online, rejoicing as their team's life signals are all safely re-established. Aboard the Nemesis, however, Soundwave also detects the signature of the Decepticon leader.

[[File:OneShallRise3-hug.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|"You smell like my mom." "I smell like ''his'' mom!"]]
Megatron rights himself in Unicron's now-empty spark chamber, inspecting Optimus's steaming body for a moment before unsheathing his blade. Optimus gazes blearily up at the approaching Decepticon, then addresses him as "Megatronus" and asks where they are. Surprised, Megatron retracts his weapon and helps the Autobot to his feet. Bumblebee, Bulkhead and Arcee soon burst through the wall to assist, but Optimus does not recognise them. A GroundBridge suddenly opens nearby; Megatron claims that the Autobots are their sworn enemies and provides cover fire as Optimus heads for the vortex. Optimus blankly meets Bumblebee's devastated gaze for a split second before disappearing through the Bridge. Megatron follows, leaving the shocked Autobots alone in the empty chamber.

[[File:Megatroncamehome.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|Honey, I'm home!]]

Ratchet GroundBridges the team back to base, but is anxious to see that Optimus is not with them. They explain that Optimus is still alive, but did not even know his own name. Ratchet realizes that surrendering the Matrix of Leadership caused their leader to lose not only the wisdom of the Primes but his own memories as well.

Knock Out and the other Decepticons, minus Airachnid, welcome Megatron back aboard the Nemesis. Megatron steps aside to allow Optimus through, and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] automatically moves to attack. Megatron halts him, insisting that this is no way to treat a "long-lost comrade", and declares that Orion Pax is one of them.

[[Cliffhanger|To be continued…]]

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (5)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (9)
*[[Autobot High Council|High Council]] (14–16)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (13)
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (18)
*[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] (19)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (20)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (21)
*[[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] (22)

|c3=
*[[June Darby]] (7)
*[[William Fowler]] (8)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (10)
*[[Jack Darby]] (11)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (12)

|c4=
*[[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]] (4)
*[[Core]] (17)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Raf:''' Megatron was an Autobot? 
'''Miko:''' Optimus was a 'Con?! 
'''Ratchet:''' No, on either count.
:—The kids get confused while Ratchet gets ready to tell a tale.

"You have something to say, Soundwave?"
:—'''Airachnid''' asking a rather ironic question to the silent bot.

"Watch out for the quiet ones…"
:—'''Knock Out''' after witnessing Soundwave "veto" Airachnid's motion to leave Earth.

"'''''Megatron! Destroy the Prime! I command you!'''''" 
"Megatron is commanded by NO ONE!"
:—'''Unicron''' and '''Megatron'''. [[The Transformers: The Movie|Déjà vu.]]

"'''''You cannot defeat me, disciple of Primus! I have transcended physical being! By my will alone, all upon this world shall fall into chaos!'''''" 
"Not while I still function, Unicron! The power of the Matrix shall light our darkest hour!" 
"'''''NOOOOO!'''''"
:—'''Unicron''' (possessing Megatron's body) is too late to stop '''Optimus Prime''' from using the Matrix on him.

"Where are we, Megatronus?" 
"Don't you remember, old friend?"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Megatron''' with an unexpected twist.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The entire backstory given by Ratchet is an adaptation of the first half of ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]''. Plot elements were changed, such as Orion Pax becoming Optimus when he found the Matrix of Leadership, as opposed to when he was assigned the position by the Cybertron High Council. Notably, although the Dark Energon infection of Cybertron's core as seen in ''Exodus'' and ''War for Cybertron'' is made clear to have happened, the episode only refers to it as "poison", probably to avoid highlighting the incongruity this creates with the characters' lack of familiarity with the substance back at the start of the series.
* Ratchet's statement that Megatron started the war after not being made Prime contradicts the history given in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 1]]", where Megatron is said to have split from Optimus ''during'' the war. Optimus could have believed that the war began with the initial movement of Megatronus, or Ratchet could be bringing continuity closer to ''Exodus''.
* A point is also made that Megatron "arrogantly demanded to be named Prime." However, in the context of the novel, Megatron viewed Orion being named Prime as a betrayal of his trust.
* Optimus's blade is still broken after the episode "[[One Shall Fall]]".
* The tail end of Unicron's final speech (while controlling Megatron's body) echoes Megatron's own words at the end of ''War for Cybertron'' Chapter 1: "By my will alone shall Cybertron be restored!"

===Transformers references===
* Optimus Prime was originally known as Orion Pax, much like [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|his namesake]] in the episode "[[War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn]]",
* The [[Key to Vector Sigma]] first appeared in ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' episode "[[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1]]" and later featured prominently in the first season of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''.
* Optimus calls upon the Matrix to "[[Darkest hour|light our darkest hour]]".
* For once, Optimus is the one who gets to say he "still functions", rather than Megatron.
* Airachnid wishes to "set course for [[Regulon Four]]".
* Unicron's mind-control on Megatron to destroy Optimus Prime is similar to how Unicron kept torturing [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] into destroying [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
* When Unicron finally succeeds in possessing Megatron, the latter's body is enveloped in a purple, flame-like aura. This hearkens back to [[The Fallen|another of Unicron's servants]], as well as the power-up sequence of [[Megatron (Armada)#Cybertron|a different Megatron]].

===Animation and technical errors===
* All of the natural disasters around the world abruptly stop when Unicron is beaten. While it might make sense for the earthquakes to stop, tidal waves wouldn't just suddenly fall apart. Forward momentum doesn't just vanish. Similar problems occur with the tornadoes dissipating and the sky clearing.
* At the [[Earth's core]], the Autobots should experience very little gravity, as the total mass of Earth would be reasonably equally distributed around them and therefore the pull of gravity would be cancelled out. It's ''possible'' that they "gravitised" themselves to Unicron as they did to the Spacebridge in [[Darkness Rising, Part 5]], but the episode gives no indication that that's the case.
* Despite entering the tunnel to Unicron's spark chamber only a few seconds before Optimus, Megatron still manages a very hefty lead. By the time Optimus navigates the tunnel that leads into the spark chamber, Megatron is already inside, standing in front of Unicron's spark.
* After defeating Unicron, both Megatron and Optimus are knocked unconscious: Megatron on his back and Optimus on the ground facing away from the other. However, when we see them wake up later, Megatron is on his stomach and Optimus is facing him now.
* Bulkhead is the only Autobot visibly affected by the Dark Energon; previously, Arcee felt dizzy from even a tiny amount on her arm.

===Trivia===
* This episode aired in Singapore on [[October 4]], 2011, again preceding its American showing.
* Jack is clearly taking very good care of that Key Optimus gave him... by idly tapping it against a railing.
* This is the first time we've seen Soundwave "get his hands dirty". With how easily he trounces Airachnid, that's probably a good thing for the Autobots.
* According to the flashbacks, Megatron's optics are blue, his fingers, eyebrows, and shoulders less pointy, and his feet are also rather flat until he is rejected by the Council and storms out angrily, obtaining the sharp teeth and red eyes.
* Fowler hugs June. Make of that what you will.
* Once more, the Thirteen Original Primes make an appearance, this time as statue busts in the walls of the High Council's chamber.
* Unlike all other Autobots thus far in the cartoon, Optimus has a distinct Cybertronian robot form, with different kibble, in the flashbacks. This is also true of Soundwave to an extent - in the image of him standing by Megatronus at the beginning of the latter's movement, his limbs are a fair bit bulkier than his modern form.
* A behind-scenes Internet video released by The Hub featured the voice actors recording the "Megatron was an Autobot? Optimus was a 'Con?" exchange, leading many (surprised) fans to believe this was truly the case.

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Um Deverá Subir, Terceira Parte''''" ("One Shall Rise, Part 3")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 30|30 April]] [[2012]]

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die Prophezeiung erfüllt sich, Teil 3'''" ("The Prophecy Fulfilled, Part 3")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 2|2 March]] [[2012]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Egyikünk állva marad, 3. rész'''" ("One of Us Remains Standing, Part 3")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 13|13 February]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Satu Harus Bertahan: Kejatuhan Kegelapan'''" ("One Shall Stand: The Fall of Darkness")
:*''Original airdate:'' 4 October [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il risveglio - Terza parte'''" ("The Awakening - Part Three"), "'''Uno di loro ascenderà - Parte 3'''" ("One of them will ascend - Part 3", 2017 airing)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 24|24 December]] [[2011]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fūin Henkei! Orion Pax no Nazo'''" (封印変形!オライオンパックスの謎, "Sealed Transformation! The Mystery of Orion Pax")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 29|29 September]] [[2012]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Optimeosu ui Gwageo'''" (옵티머스의 과거, "Optimus's Past")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 22|22 November]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 9|9 January]] [[2012]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Uno se alzará, tercera parte'''" ("One Shall Rise, Part 3")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 11|11 August]] [[2012]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;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 USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — One Shall Stand (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 5: One Shall Fall, One Shall Rise (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 6: Die Prophezeiung ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Staffel 1 - Das Bündnis (EDEL:kids) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 13 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 5: One Shall Stand ([[Universal|Universal Pictures IT]]) — English, Italian, Dutch, French and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 1 Vol. 5: Un seul vaincra ([[Universal|Universal Pictures France]]) — English, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish audio. 
[[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]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One: One Shall Stand ([[Universal|Universal Pictures UK]]) 
[[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]]

One Shall Rise, Part 2

2019-05-25T18:43:50Z

Hours:

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 25
|prev=One Shall Rise, Part 1
|next=One Shall Rise, Part 3
|image=OneShallRise2-shake.jpg
|caption=One shall stand, one shall...also stand.
|title="One Shall Rise, Part 2"
|airdate=[[October 3]], [[2011]] (Singapore) [[October 8]], 2011 (USA)
|written by=[[Marsha Griffin]]
|directed by=[[Shaunt Nigoghossian]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''The Autobots team up with a surprising ally to save the Earth.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:OneShallRise2-bigdude.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Sure, he doesn't look quite planet-size here, but he's really [[:File:UnicronEatsGalvyMmmm.jpg|not all that much smaller]] than he was in the [[The Transformers: The Movie|movie]].]]
[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] is battling a small army of [[Unicron]]s made from mountain rocks. Team Prime wishes to back him up, but Optimus belays the order, for as Prime, he is the one Unicron is after. Team Prime, against his orders, decide to reinforce him anyway, and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] arrive to the area by [[GroundBridge]]. Optimus is angry that they disobeyed him, but Arcee reminds him that since he is Unicron's target, he should retreat back to base. Optimus tells them that Unicron can find him anywhere, so even if he hid at the base, it would only be a matter of time before the Chaos Bringer located him. Bulkhead then asks him to let them take the lead, which he allows after Ratchet's insistence. They fight the stone simulacra until a giant Unicron rises from the ground and comes close to killing Optimus, only to be felled when several blasts knock its head off. [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] reveals himself to have fired those shots.

After Optimus and Megatron engage in their usual archnemesis banter, Megatron reveals the reason he's there: He wants to team up with the Autobots to destroy Unicron. The Autobots question this truce, but Megatron assures them that he is the only one who can lead them to Unicron and that Optimus, the last Prime, is the only one who can defeat him. Optimus deduces that since Unicron is at the center of the planet, they will have to GroundBridge to the [[Earth's core]], much to Ratchet's dismay. This also means that they will need to GroundBridge Megatron to the base.

Back on the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] tells [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] that it Megatron's protracted absence indicates he has abandoned them, and that they should begin looking at a future without him.

[[File:OneShallRise2-Ratchethumans.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|This is as close to the action as any of them are going to get.]]

Listening back at base, [[Jack Darby|Jack]] wonders if they can't just transport Unicron out of the core, but [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] tell him that he '''is''' the Earth's core, so any such act could bring the destruction they're trying to avoid. Optimus agrees and believes that the only way to destroy Unicron is for him to unleash the full power of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] onto Unicron's spark. Ratchet explains to Fowler and Jack that the Matrix is the combined power of all the Primes and that it exists within Optimus Prime himself.

Before they can discuss any further, another giant Unicron rises from the ground. Optimus calls for a GroundBridge, and Megatron stays behind to distract Unicron while the Autobots go back to their headquarters. They argue about the details of Megatron coming to base and finally decide to bridge him there. Jack wonders what will happen to Optimus when he unleashes the power of the Matrix; Optimus does not give him a direct answer but tells them that he is willing to do what is needed and that the rest of the Autobots will carry on. Optimus then calls in Megatron, and the Decepticon finishes off Unicron's rock giant and transports to the Autobot base. After Megatron banters with the Autobots and the humans, everything is set for them to leave. But before they go, Optimus meets privately with Jack to express how impressed he is with how much Jack has grown since they first met. Optimus entrusts him with the [[Key to Vector Sigma|key]] that he claims controls the GroundBridge operations until he returns.

[[File:OneShallRise2-inside.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Unicron]]'s Inside Story.]]Team Prime and Megatron leave for the core, arriving in a cavernous interior with crisscrossing constructs. Arcee wonders how long it will be before Unicron discovers them. Megatron tells her that he already knows. Unbeknownst to them, a giant optic watches overhead.

[[One Shall Rise, Part 3|To Be Concluded...]]
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (4)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (6)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (7)
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (13)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (14)
|c3=
*[[June Darby]] (8)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (9)
*[[Jack Darby]] (10)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (11)
*[[William Fowler]] (12)
|c4=
*[[Unicron]] (2)
}}

==Quotes==
"Optimus! Have you uncovered any further sign of Unicron's emergence?" 
'''"Unicron is power incarnate, and you, the last of the Primes, shall perish!"''' 
"I take that as a yes."
:—'''Ratchet''' finds out that '''Unicron''' has awakened.

"It is rather ironic, considering our last encounter. If memory serves, you were desperately attempting to extinguish my spark." 
"That option remains very much in play." 
"I would expect nothing less!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus''' talk about the good times.

"Aligning with the lesser of two evils is still siding with evil!"
:—'''Ratchet''' objecting to Megatron's proposed truce.

"Do we have time for a scavenger hunt?"
:—'''Jack''' [[Project Iacon|will]] [[:Category:Iacon_relics|soon]] [[Omega Key|find]] [[Predacon (Prime)|out]].

''(GroundBridge opens up next to Bulkhead, Arcee, and Bumblebee)'' 
"Wait. We're opening up a direct path into our base with Megatron standing right there?!" 
"And seriously, he's gonna risk his own spark to save us?" 
"(''Laughter'') Hardly my nature!"
:—'''Arcee''' and '''Bulkhead''' doubt '''Megatron'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s motives, which he finds amusing.

"It appears our leader has abandoned us while this world erupts in chaos. I believe we must consider the possibility of a future without Megatron."
:—'''Airachnid''' fills the quota for scheming in Starscream's absence.

"So this is where the magic happens. Quaint."
:—'''Megatron''' enters the Autobot base.

"You double-cross ANYONE, MINE is the face you'll never forget! NEVER!!!"
:—Melodramatic '''Miko''' mindlessly menaces Megatron. [[Hurt|Meaningful, maybe?]]

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Ratchet comments that making a GroundBridge happen in space and a moving train is hard enough, recalling "[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]" and "[[Convoy (episode)|Convoy]]".
* Megatron still remembers Jack's face from "[[Rock Bottom]]", though he has yet to "share the details of [their] little conversation" with Optimus, as he claimed he would.
* Raf hasn't forgotten what Megatron did to him in "[[One Shall Fall]]". Neither has Megatron, for that matter, who comments on how resilient humans are.
* Miko complains that she is the only one out of the three kids to have not seen Megatron before this episode. And once again, she displays her complete and utter lack of fear and rational thought by threatening Megatron to his face.
* Optimus being impressed with Jack's growth is similar to what Ratchet said about Jack back in "[[One Shall Fall]]".

===Transformers references===
* The [[Matrix of Leadership]] can harm Unicron, echoing ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. (This time around, however, they actually bother to explain tiny details like "how" and "why".)
* Arcee mentions how Megatron's actions in the war destroyed Cybertron. Whilst this may be true across other continuities to varying degrees, in the [[Aligned continuity family]], Megatron ''is'' specifically the one who corrupted the [[Core]] with Dark Energon, causing the planet to shut down and become uninhabitable.

===Real-world references===
* Miko calls Megatron "[[King Kong|King 'Con]]".
* Megatron claiming he can lead the Autobots into "the very heart of his darkness" is likely a reference to {{w|Joseph Conrad}}'s novella ''{{w|Heart of Darkness}}''.
* The idea of the Autobots and Megatron descending into the [[Earth's core]] to confront Unicron bears similarities to the archetypal {{w|Katabasis|Descent to the Underworld}}, present throughout various mythologies. Additionally, Megatron's role of leading the Autobots to Unicron can be compared to the various guides in said stories, an example being the Sibyl who guided Aeneas through the Underworld in ''{{w|The Aeneid}}''.
* With that in mind, Unicron being in Earth's core echoes the portrayal of Lucifer in ''{{w|Dante's Inferno}}'', who was located in the lowest circle of Hell, deep within the Earth.

===Errors===
* When Raf runs out to confront Megatron in the Autobot base, Arcee puts herself between the humans and the Decepticon leader to keep the humans from harm. However, when Jack and the rest are walking back a few screen cuts later, we see Megatron behind Jack, but no Arcee standing between them.
* When Megatron enters the Autobot Base, his comment suggests that he hasn't been inside before. While he may not have been there in his own body, he spent a considerable amount of time there while inside Bumblebee's head during the events of "[[Out of His Head]]".
* The Autobots exit the GroundBridge into Unicron in the opposite order that they enter it in.
* When Unicron's head is suddenly destroyed, Ratchet asks what happened. Megatron then answers "I happened," as if he could hear Ratchet through Arcee's commlink frequency, even though it's an isolated signal that only she (or the Autobots in general) should be able to hear.
* One major sound mixing blunder exclusive to the Hungarian dubbed version of the episode, which surprisingly no one in the studio caught, is a permanent echo-effect layered on top of the entire audio track. This makes it really difficult to understand what's being said. Also, around the middle of the episode, and in the middle of Ratchet's ramblings, the sound randomly goes mute for several seconds. All reruns on Cartoon Network (which is the channel that carries the show in most of Eastern Europe) had these issues, but they were corrected for later syndicated re-airings.

===Trivia===
* This episode aired in Singapore on [[October 3]], 2011, ahead of its American showing.
* As in previous episodes, Megatron makes no effort to ascertain [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s fate despite believing that the Autobots captured him back in "[[Partners]]". Considering he is in the Autobot base in this episode, one would think he'd at least be curious where they're keeping him... unless he's changed his mind off-screen or realized that Starscream jumped ship.
* When Raf runs out to Megatron, Jack brings him back and says that he isn't worth it. What did Raf expect to do to him, anyway?

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Um Deverá Subir, Segunda Parte''''" ("One Shall Surrender, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 23|23 April]] [[2012]]

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die Prophezeiung erfüllt sich, Teil 2'''" ("The Prophecy Fulfilled, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 2|2 March]] [[2012]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Egyikünk állva marad, 2. rész'''" ("One of Us Remains Standing, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 10|10 February]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Satu Harus Bertahan: Kedatangan Kegelapan'''" ("One Shall Stand: The Coming of Darkness")
:*''Original airdate:'' 3 October [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il risveglio - Seconda parte'''" ("The Awakening - Part Two"), "'''Uno di loro ascenderà - Parte 2'''" ("One of them will ascend - Part 2", 2017 airing)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 18|18 December]] [[2011]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ryōyū Henkei! Saikyō Konbi Tanjō'''" (両雄変形!最強コンビ誕生, "Rivals Transformation! Birth of the Strongest Combination")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 22|22 September]] [[2012]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Lideosip ui Maeteurikseu'''" (리더십의 매트릭스, "Matrix of Leadership")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 21|21 November]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 6|6 January]] [[2012]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Uno se alzará, segunda parte'''" ("One Shall Rise, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 4|4 August]] [[2012]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;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 USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — One Shall Stand (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 5: One Shall Fall, One Shall Rise (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 6: Die Prophezeiung ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Staffel 1 - Das Bündnis (EDEL:kids) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 13 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 5: One Shall Stand ([[Universal|Universal Pictures IT]]) — English, Italian, Dutch, French and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 1 Vol. 5: Un seul vaincra ([[Universal|Universal Pictures France]]) — English, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish audio. 
[[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]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One: One Shall Stand ([[Universal|Universal Pictures UK]]) 
[[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]]

Hound (G1)/2005 IDW continuity

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[[File:SpotlightGalvatron Hound.jpg|thumb|Guido Guidi draws Cybertronian Hound and makes me cry.]]
Read about the adventures of '''Hound''' in the [[IDW 2005 continuity]]!

:*''First Appearance:'' [[Spotlight: Galvatron]]

==Fiction==
===Joining the Autobots===
[[File:MegsOrigin4 Hound.jpg|left|upright=1.6|thumb|It's rainin' Hounds!]]
Hound was [[Reproduction|forged]] {{storylink|Twenty Plus One}} in [[Lower Monoplex]]. {{storylink|The Not Knowing}} Before the war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Hound was a veteran member of the Autobots, having served in the [[Primal Vanguard]] and also under [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] with the Security Services force in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]. {{storylink|Twenty Plus One}} {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}} During the mass prison break of [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s gladiators and Kaon's most dangerous criminals, Hound and the Autobot security forces struggled to hold the line against the rioting malcontents. After Sentinel Prime returned to the battlefield in his Apex armor, Hound served as optic lead for Sentinel's heads-up scanners in targeting Megatron. However, Megatron destroyed Sentinel Prime's display helmet by throwing Hound's heavily damaged form at the Autobot commander. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}}

[[File:Hunt for Soundwave Hound down kitty.jpg|thumb|upright=2.5]]
Hound survived and became a tracker for [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]]'s unit once the Autobots abandoned Kaon and fell under [[Zeta Prime]]'s rule. At one time they arrested the Decepticon [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] as he was selling [[phase-charge]]s to dissidents in [[Nyon]]. {{storylink|Law and Disorder}} He later participated in a hunt for [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]], but just as he and [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] caught up with him, the spy released [[Ravage (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ravage]] to attack them. Hound managed to take the cat down before passing out from his injuries. {{storylink|The Hunt for Soundwave}} Together with the rest of the unit, he then rescued Orion Pax after the Decepticons took him to Kaon. {{storylink|Cause and Effect}}

[[File:Purge Ironhide Hound.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|left]]
A search for the insurgent [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]] brought Orion's team to the [[Acropolex]] in Nyon. Hound was very impressed by the building, being reminded of the legendary [[Knights of Cybertron]] who had supposedly led their species with wisdom and justice before the [[Prime (rank)|Primes]]. He then found some strangely unarmed [[plasma mine]]s and began to suspect Hot Rod wasn't trying to kill them as they thought. Indeed, once they found him, he just wanted to show them proof of Zeta Prime's atrocities. {{storylink|Ruins}} When Prime then attacked Nyon to destroy all who opposed him, Orion Pax and his unit turned on him. They tried to take out one of his [[Guardian robot|Omega Destructors]] by luring it onto Hound's [[graviton-mine]]s and pouring all their firepower on it, but the plan failed and they were defeated by Zeta Prime himself. {{storylink|Purge}} Their lives were saved by none other than Megatron, who brought them to Kaon, had them repaired and convinced Orion to join forces with him against Zeta. {{storylink|Choices}}

As soon as Zeta Prime was dead, Megatron dropped any pretense of niceness and had the Autobots imprisoned in the [[Citadel]]. After he and some others managed to escape their cell, Hound sniffed out an escape route through the building's substructure and made his way to Nyon, where he and the others were surprised to find that Orion Pax had now become Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Rise}} Under Prime's command, they returned to the Citadel with an army in tow and fought the Decepticons for control of Cybertron. {{storylink|Broadcast}} Once the Autobots had come out on top and retaken [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Hound was glad to see that the ancient [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] had become the city's new capital. {{storylink|Endgame}}

[[File:TheIronAge Autobots vs Decepticons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
As the war went on, Hound was part of the Autobot security of [[Starsreach Spaceport]] during the [[Exodus (G1)|Exodus]] {{storylink|Massacre}} and fought [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s minions during the giant monster's rampage across the planet. {{storylink|Annihilation}} He was among those who defended [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] against the Decepticon army when Megatron arranged a full-scale assault on the city. {{storylink|Primacy issue 4|Primacy #4}} At one point he was working with Prime, [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]], [[Groove (G1)|Groove]], [[Blurr (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Blurr]], and [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] in defending one of Cybertron's cities as Megatron's forces began expanding his empire. {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

Much, much later, Hound was the current leader of a combat unit consisting of [[Sideswipe (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sideswipe]], [[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot]], [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]], [[Road Rocket (G2)|Road Rocket]], and [[Skram (G2)|Skram]], manning a permanent guard post around [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s hidden base in [[Thunderhead Pass]]. Hound was a by-the-book guy who followed his mission parameters. Sideswipe was an authority-challenging, loud-talking belligerent who constantly insulted this dull posting and demanded they head for Earth to search for his missing brother [[Sunstreaker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sunstreaker]]. Working with him makes Hound cry.

[[File:Devastation 1 Sideswipe Hound.jpg|thumb|left]]
To add insult to injury [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|a mysterious and powerful being]] barged into the base, killed Leadfoot, seriously damaged everyone else, and then stole the inactive form of [[Thunderwing (G1)|the planet-murdering Thunderwing]] himself. {{storylink|Spotlight: Galvatron}} In the middle of briefing Optimus Prime on this event, {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}} Hound was interrupted by Sideswipe going on about Sunstreaker again. To Hound's surprise, Optimus agreed and called the team to Earth, {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}} only for him to then order them to [[Garrus-9]] instead when the "[[Pretender Monster|Monstructor Six]]" were broken out of the prison there. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}

[[File:Spotlight Cyclonus Hound FOSSH.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
As they headed off in ''[[Ark-12]]'', Hound had to listen to, yep, Sideswipe moaning they weren't looking for Sunstreaker. His angry retort to Sideswipe to take it up with Prime was interrupted by an attack from [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]]; Hound followed protocol in fighting him off and prepared to carry on instead of investigating the incident (necessity before need), only for the dead Cyclonus to ''get up again'' and keep shooting. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] received Hound's distress call from and drove off the threat, but poor Hound got berated by Sideswipe into diverting from their mission to investigate. That divergence led them to [[Corata-Vaz]] where Sideswipe goaded Cyclonus into attacking instead of surrendering and then insulted Hound when criticised over this, Cyclonus deadened Hound's arm, and then Thunderwing was awakened to swat the Autobots all aside. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus}}

Prowl regarded the battle with Hound's unit and the [[Wrecker]]s versus Thunderwing as suicidal. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}} Observing that the battle was not going well, [[Jetfire (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jetfire]] decided to try and take control of Thunderwing using Bludgeon's [[axis cradle]], telling [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] to take their forces into the [[Nega-Core]] chamber as quickly as possible should he be successful. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}}

[[File:Spotlight Sideswipe Hound For Max.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3]]
Hound's unit was pulled out of Corata-Vaz and, along with [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Fortress Maximus]], dispatched to Earth to mess up the enemy's space bridge set-up there. Hound sent his men through the Bridge portals to nab all the [[Nega-Core]]s, except for Skram who was sent to get [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]], and Sideswipe who volunteered to keep the enemy forces off their backs. Hound didn't understand Sideswipe's reasons but admitted he'd been wrong about the mech, and announced it was an honour to have served with him. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

===On Earth===
[[File:AHM8 Hound Cliffjumper.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Some time later, Hound joined Optimus Prime's Autobots on Earth, only to be defeated when they were all lured into a Decepticon trap. The Decepticons subsequently dumped them all on Cybertron in hopes that the [[Insecticon swarm]] would finish them off, {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} and Hound and the others were left stuck on the ruined planet while their enemies rampaged across Earth. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 1|All Hail Megatron #1}} Frustrated at being stranded, Hound listened to [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]]'s story about how awesome and cool [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]] is to pass the time. {{storylink|Spotlight: Jazz}}

During one battle with the swarm, he let [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] ride him in vehicle mode, although his Earth mode had traction problems on the planet's metallic surface. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 8|All Hail Megatron #8}} Hound later watched in silence as the leaderless Autobots broke into one argument after another. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 9|All Hail Megatron #9}} When the Insecticon swarm came skittering towards the Autobots, Hound helped fend them off until Omega Supreme turned up and drove them away. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}}

Following the Autobots' return to Earth, Hound located [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Spike Witwicky]], who had helped them defeat the Decepticons by sniping Megatron, and brought him to Optimus Prime. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}} He was later part of an Autobot squad sent to retrieve Bumblebee after he went missing in the ruins of [[New York City|New York]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 15|Everything in Its Right Place}} {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 16|Hidden}}

[[File:Ride Along Hound.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1]]
Three years later, Hound was still stationed on Earth with Optimus Prime. He helped set up the Autobots' communications network on Earth. {{storylink|Ride-Along}} He was present when Hot Rod demanded to go on a rescue mission for Prowl, and again after the mission went bad and Prime abdicated his leadership role. {{storylink|...For All Mankind}} He watched as Hot Rod led a group of Autobots in seceding from the main army {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 1: "New Arrivals, Old Encounters"|New Arrivals, Old Encounters}} and as [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] arrived to perform his internal affairs report on [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]]'s murder. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 2: "A Rude Awakening"|A Rude Awakening}}

[[File:RatchetHoundBlasterbadges-Hanging Sword.jpg|thumb|upright=0.02]]
Hound was among those who cheered when Bumblebee was nominated as the new leader of the Autobots. He went with [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] and Bumblebee to investigate [[Gordon Horiuchi]]'s proposed alliance between the Autobots and his loyalists in [[Skywatch]]. Hound's scans didn't turn up anything improper, though, and so the Autobots became Skywatch's newest robot hunters. They captured [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], [[Axer (G1)|Axer]], and several others in the hopes of building up enough goodwill for Skywatch's governing body to recognize that they weren't a threat. Their hopes were dashed, however, when Horiuchi demanded they capture one of their own deserters, Blurr. He also demonstrated a hidden failsafe measure in the badges Skywatch had provided them, letting him remotely mode-lock any Autobot who disobeyed orders. {{storylink|The Hanging Sword}}

Not having any other choice, Hound and the others reluctantly captured Blurr, but refused to turn him over in the end. Bumblebee's badge was damaged in combat, and so the Autobots worked out a ruse so that he could roam free and find a means of freeing them from Skywatch. {{storylink|The Impossible Knot}} Hound and the others continued to play along with Horiuchi while Bumblebee ran his solo mission. {{storylink|The Gift Horse}} Eventually, Bumblebee successfully disabled the badges and, to accommodate his new role as leader, he had Hound and [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]] upgrade his body with additional strength and armor. {{storylink|Wings of Wax}}

[[File:Kings Blurr Ratchet Hound Wheelie.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Several months later, Hound and most other Autobots left Earth to return to Cybertron. He was among those who were curious about how Optimus Prime would interrogate a captive Megatron. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1|Chaos Theory #1}} Once they arrived, they fought against Galvatron's [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]] hordes. {{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers|Numbers}} Then Megatron escaped and summoned his own troops to the scene, causing more trouble for the Autobots. {{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings|Kings}}

===Joining the ''Light''===
When the ''[[Lost Light]]'' departed for unknown space to search for the [[Knights of Cybertron]], Hound was part of the bridge crew. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|How to Say Goodbye and Mean It}} He was present among the assembled Autobots after their tumble through quantum space as [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] addressed the troops. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|Hangers On}} He then attended the secret grand opening of the ship's bar, [[Swerve's]]. {{storylink|No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases}}

[[File:Interiors Hound guessing game.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7]]
To demonstrate [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome's]] ability to identify an Autobot based on their [[Transformation#The noise|transformation sounds]], Trailbreaker got Hound to transform and Chromedome managed to identify him without looking. {{storylink|Interiors}} While [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] was recovering from getting his head shot off, he and Hound had a brief interaction where Hound showed a tendency to still use Earth-based terminology; Rung found it curious he referred to his sedentary circuit slab as a "wheelchair." {{storylink|Signal to Noise}} Hound volunteered for the mission to [[Temptoria]] to see if a Decepticon force there was holding the [[Circle of Light]] prisoner. On the way he discussed [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]'s recent decapitation with [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]] and realized that [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]]'s new title was the longest ever. {{storylink|Before & After}} Hound joined the rest of the crew in fighting [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]. When Chromedome arrived at the battle, Hound was seen sitting on the ground, holding a wounded [[Gears (G1)|Gears]]. {{storylink|Under Cold Blue Stars}} He presumably attended the memorial service for his fallen crewmembers along with the rest of the crew. {{storylink|The Gloaming}}

Together with Gears and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]], Hound defended the ''Lost Light'' when [[Solomus|Chief Justice Tyrest]]'s [[Legislator]]s attacked. {{storylink|Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|House of Ambus}} After the battle was over, he and some other regulars helped [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] rebuild his wrecked bar. {{storylink|No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases}} Later while serving on the bridge, he received a transmission from [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] on Cybertron. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} This led to a series of events that caused the ''Lost Light'' to go searching for Metroplex and end up underwater on an unknown world where they were attacked by [[Ammonite]]s. With the higher ranked crew members absent, Hound was made acting field commander and led his fellow Autobots into combat. {{storylink|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|The Dead Are Not Enough}} Once Metroplex was found, he [[space bridge]]d himself and the ''Lost Light'' back to Cybertron, where Hound was reunited with Bumblebee's Autobots (and Megatron) and got them up to speed on Metroplex's condition. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}} He coordinated with the factions led by Bumblebee and Soundwave while the rest of the crew caught their breath after the fall of the [[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]]. Hours later, Hound was amazed at how easily the Autobots and Decepticons got along in the aftermath—all it took was some strong engex and a bar to sing in. Badly. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} When the Ammonites invaded soon after, Hound got the ''Lost Light'' back in the air to counter the billions of invaders. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} Working with [[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]] and [[Perceptor (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Perceptor]] on the bridge, they rammed Monstructor in his fight with Prowl-Devastator, busting the first combiner into pieces. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}

Hound attended the trial of Megatron on Luna 2. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}}

Hound continued to be a crew member of the ''Lost Light'' when the ship itself started disappearing. Hound evacuated the vessel along with the rest of the crew and was one of the twenty to escape in the [[Rodpod]]. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}} When a growing standoff was brewing between Megatron and a few of the Autobots, Hound seemingly aimed his weapon at Nautica, but was really aiming for Ravage, who was lurking in the shadows. Ravage proceeded to pounce from his position towards Hound when the lights went out. When the lights flicked back on, Megatron had Ravage apprehended, leaving Hound to question how Ravage got on the ship to begin with. Hound didn't have much time to ponder his question before he suddenly vanished without a trace. {{storylink|Twenty Plus One}} The few Autobots that didn't disappear soon came across a wrecked duplicate of the ''Lost Light'', created when the ship's [[quantum generator|quantum engines]] malfunctioned upon its original launch. On board the vessel, Megatron and Ravage found the body of Hound with a sword impaled in his chest and his brain module shoved in his mouth, leaving the former Decepticon leader to conclude he was killed by [[Helex (DJD)|Helex]] of the [[Decepticon Justice Division]]. {{storylink|slaughterhouse}} This Hound was thus on the [[Mortilus|Necrobot]]'s list of deceased Transformers. {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}} When the duplicate quantum engines were shut down, Hound reappeared back on the Rodpod, along with the rest of the crew. {{storylink|slaughterhouse Part 2: The Road Not Taken|The Road Not Taken}}

Hound remained on the ''Lost Light'' when certain members of the crew went back in time after [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]]. When they had brought back the latter, Hound was among the Autobots at Swerve's attending movie night. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 3: Predestination: An Expert's Guide|Predestination: An Expert's Guide}} He later visited [[Mirage (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Mirage]]'s bar, [["Visages"]]. {{storylink|Our Steps Will Always Rhyme}} Hound was present when the crew gathered to listen to an announcement by Rodimus that they'd located [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]] and were set to attend his "pre-wake". {{storylink|The Sensuous Frame}} After they'd done so, Hound went to the "EarthDance" party at Swerve's. {{storylink|The Frail Gaze}} He was among the crew members who visited the [[Necroworld]], surprising the Necrobot who thought him and the others dead after having recorded the deaths of their duplicates. {{storylink|The Not Knowing}}

In his spare time, Hound was also one of the attendees of Megatron's lectures. This didn't stop him being part of the mutiny against Megatron and anyone deemed too close to him. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}}

After the mutiny was finished, Hound believe he would take command of the mission. With Rodimus, Megatron, and Ultra Magnus off-ship, Hound was next-in-line in the command hierarchy. However, chief mutineer Getaway talked his way into the captain's chair. He claimed the mutiny was his to own, and the only way the crew could hold him accountable for that decision would be if he was in charge. Hound allowed himself to be talked into accepting a third-in-command position, after Getaway and his cohort, [[Atomizer]].

When it was discovered that Getaway had not only abandoned Rodimus's men to the mercies of the [[Galactic Council]], but that the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] had also found their friends, that command structure started to breakdown. To maintain control, Getaway had the mnemosurgeon [[Sunder (G1)|Sunder]] reprogram the memories of Hound and the rest of the crew. They were coerced into believing that Rodimus and the others left of their own free will, abandoning the rest of the crew to find Cyberutopia faster on their own. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 2): Filling in the Blanks|Filling in the Blanks}}

Despite no longer remembering the mutiny and Getaway's role in it, the mnemosurgery still left Hound and the others convinced that they agreed to put Getaway in charge. When the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]]s returned to the ''Lost Light'' and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] questioned Hound about this, he had trouble justifying the idea in hindsight, despite the shadowplay. The security team seemed to prefer Getaway and they ''were'' making progress, so...the ends seemed to justify the means. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 1): Full Circle|Full Circle}}

Everything collapsed, however, when they reached Cyberutopia. The promised land turned out to be a sham, and the ''Lost Light'' came under attack by the [[Adaptus|Grand Architect]] and his [[Phantom Fleet]] of [[Worldsweeper]]s. Desperate to save his own skin, Getaway made a deal with the Architect to spare him in exchange for his help against Rodimus, who Getaway swore would try to stop the Grand Architect's plans. To that end, the Architect's ally [[Scorponok (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Scorponok]] was allowed to subject Hound and the other Autobots to a [[Sparkeater (creature)|Sparkeater]] virus, changing them into zombie-like minions with acid vomit, a thirst for sparks, and no will of their own. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 2): Lūstrāre|Lūstrāre}}

When Rodimus and the others ''did'' arrive on Cyberutopia, Hound was dispatched with the first wave of Sparkeaters along with [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Perceptor (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Perceptor]], [[Blaster (G1)/toys|Blaster]] and [[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]] to "greet" their friends. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (3): You Are Here|You Are Here}} Hound and the Sparkeaters threatened Rodimus and his growing collection of allies as they opposed the Grand Architect's forces. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 1): A Dance Before Dying|A Dance Before Dying}} Eventually, First Aid discovered a form of concussive medicine that would transmit a kinetic program code to eliminate the Sparkeater virus. Hound and the others were incapacitated, but seemingly cured of their infection. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 2): Lūstrāre|Lūstrāre}} After Rodimus reclaimed the ''Lost Light'', he had Hound and his ailing crew brought aboard for Ratchet and First Aid to continue treating as they confronted the Grand Architect. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 3): Farsickness|Farsickness}}

==''Spotlight: Mirage''==
[[File:SpotlightMirage Hound dies.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Second death, but it still doesn't count.]]
On Earth, Hound's friend Mirage was seriously injured, and as he recuperated, he was haunted repeatedly by dreams of being a Decepticon. In this dream, Hound was among the last of the Autobots holding out in a losing battle with the Decepticons. He was working on a way to convert the cross-dimensional [[Zodiac]] energy for consumption in lieu of energon when Mirage tricked the Autobots into letting him enter their hideout. During the subsequent scuffle, Hound killed Soundwave, but the Autobots were forced to surrender when Mirage held Jetfire hostage, yet promised to spare their lives. Unfortunately for Hound, Mirage was ordered by Megatron to execute the Autobots. Hound was killed by Mirage as defiance to Optimus Prime's pleas for him to see reason.

But it was just Mirage's dream (or some alternate dimension mumbo-jumbo), so it didn't matter. Right? {{storylink|Spotlight: Mirage}}
{{-}}

[[Category:IDW (2005) Autobots]]
[[Category:Law enforcement]]
[[Category:Lost Light crew]]

Overloaded, Part 2

2019-05-20T19:00:17Z

Hours: /* Continuity notes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 28
|image=Overloaded2 Bumblebee beats on Overload.jpg|
|caption=I am going to beat you short of what Bulkhead did to that Starscream clone.
|prev=Overloaded, Part 1
|next=Metal Meltdown
|title="Overloaded, Part 2"
|airdate=[[February 27]], [[2016]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Adam Beechen]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Frank Marino]]
}}
'''While the away team struggles against the elements to capture Polarclaw, Bumblebee's team tracks Overload.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Overloaded2 Autobots rescue Optimus.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Sylvester Stallone, eat your heart out!"]]
With [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s grip on the ice cliff weakening, things are not being helped by the Decepticon above throwing more chunks of ice down at them, despite [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]]'s best efforts to keep the Decepticon occupied. At his Mini-Cons' plea, [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] jumps into action and though initially objecting, [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] helps him form a chain to try to pull Optimus up. Windblade joins in and they manage to get Optimus to safety. Optimus admits maybe he's affected more than he thought, however a sonic roar from the Decepticon forestalls further discussion by starting an avalanche. Windblade disregards Optimus's order to take off and uses her turbines to slow the avalanche, though the Autobots are still swept off the side of the mountain.

Bumblebee's team finds the wrecked parking lot, and Bumblebee assumes it was a battle between [[Overload (RID)|Overload]] and the Mini-Cons [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]] and [[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]] rather than a team-up. Reasoning the two parties will have gone in different directions, Bumblebee heads after Overload by himself, despite [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]]'s protests. Strongarm and [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] head in the other direction in search of the Mini-Cons.

[[File:Overloaded2 recolored Autobots.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"We're now properly camouflaged for the Arctic, or the 2016 Oscars."]]
The Autobots in the [[Arctic]] pull themselves out of the ground and thank Windblade for her efforts in slowing the avalanche's force. Optimus contacts [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] who is able to identify the Decepticon as [[Polarclaw]], a Decepticon with exceptional vision. Sideswipe laments that they won't be able to get close before Polarclaw spots them, but Optimus leads them to a nearby [[human]] base, where he demonstrates an ability taught to him by the [[Thirteen|Primes]] — the ability to scan a vehicle and take on just its color scheme.

Grimlock and Strongarm realize that they've been tracking scout troops instead of Mini-Cons. Stuck between two oncoming troops, Grimlock comes up with a subterfuge which allows them to leave with their cover intact.

Optimus's team finishes taking on new polar camouflage color schemes and starts heading off. Sideswipe observes that Optimus seems even more wiped out by the effort, but Windblade points out one of his left wheel is squeaking, something Sideswipe shrugs off as minor. The team heads back up the mountain.

Bumblebee finds Overload pummeling an occupied recreational vehicle as a warm up to draw out Optimus, and attacks the Decepticon.

[[File:Overloaded2 Sideswipe and Polarclaw underwater.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"This...is not how a flotation device works!!"]]
The team in the Arctic use their new color schemes successfully to sneak up to the cave Polarclaw is hanging out in. Sideswipe impatiently tries to move in, but his squeaky wheel alerts the Decepticon who immediately begins to flee. The Autobots give chase only to find themselves on a cliff over water. Sideswipe slips, causing them all to fall in and plunge to the bottom, where they find the cold is increasingly compromising their systems. Optimus comes up with a new strategy and orders Windblade to fly ahead and force Polarclaw into the water.

Bumblebee's futile pounding on Overload comes to an end as Overload fights back along with the Mini-Cons. Overload manages to pin him to the ground and starts punching him instead.

[[File:Overloaded2 Mini-Cons hit Overload.jpg|thumb|right|250px|No, class. Overload is not an instrument.]]
Windblade manages to cut off Polarclaw and redirect him into the water where the other Autobots have Sideswipe grab him and drag him down to the bottom. Unable to use his sonic roar, the Decepticon is easily punched out by Optimus. The Autobots pick their captive up and start heading for one of Windblade's caches to store him.

Battered, Bumblebee notices the Cyclone Mini-Cons and manages to appeal to their love of noise to turn them against Overload. The pair start hitting Overload with pots and pans, allowing Bumblebee to render the larger Decepticon unconscious. Grimlock and Strongarm arrive and Bumblebee admits Strongarm was right in that splitting the team has left them shorthanded. They start heading back towards the scrapyard and the occupants of the RV vow never to go camping again.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (2)
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (3)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (4)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (5)
*[[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] (7)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (8)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (9)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (10)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (11)

|c2=
*[[Polarclaw]] (6)
*[[Overload (RID)|Overload]] (15)

|c3=
*[[Russell Clay]] (12)
*[[Denny Clay]] (13)
*Scout troops (14)
*People trapped in camper (18)
|h4=Others|c4=
*[[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]] (16)
*[[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]] (17)
}}

==Quotes==
"And this could be from Ransack or Backtrack! Or it's rust."
:—'''Grimlock'''

"Move it! Move it! I am not digging a ditch for the eighth year in a row! Ugh!" 
''[Grimlock roars and runs out of the forest before Strongarm drives up]'' 
"Nothing to worry about, juvenile citizens. Just the Forest Service preparing for Scenario 26-B: scientists revive a dinosaur and it runs wild!" 
''[Grimlock roars]'' 
"Stay in school." ''[drives off]'' 
"We may have to dig the latrine, but we are going to rule campfire story time!"
:—The '''scout master''' gets an awesome story thanks to '''Strongarm'''.

"Wait, I remember you now!" 
"You do?" 
"Yes, you once called me shameless and overdramatic. ''How dare you, sir!''" 
"That...wasn't...ME!!"
:—'''Overload''' mistakes '''Bumblebee''' for his greatest foe, a critic.

"Not the face, NOT THE FACE!"
:-'''Overload''' has seen another [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Prime]] from another reality.

"Sideswipe, you appear to be limping. Do you require assistance?"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' to '''Sideswipe'''

"Wow, as an expert on punches, I'd say that one was downright Grimlockian."
:—'''Grimlock'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The [[Super Mode|color changing ability]] that [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] teaches [[Drift (RID)|Drift]], [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]], and [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] in this episode has been previously utilized in Aligned fiction before, specifically by [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] in season three of [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]. This time around, however, it seems to only be a temporary supercharge, whereas in ''Prime'' it was a permanent change.
**Unless of course it wasn't and ''Prime'' merely depicted it that way. Seeing how Bumblebee's yellow again in this sequel show, it's possible he reverted to his original colors sometime after that series ended.
**Bumblebee uses this ability [[History Lessons|later on]] further reinforcing that idea.

===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': [[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]], [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]], [[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]], [[Terrashock]], [[Filch]], [[Minitron]], [[Springload (RID)|Springload]], [[Ped (RID)|Ped]], [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]], "that one with all the eyes", [[Malodor]] and the [[Skunkticon]]s, [[Nightstrike]], [[Vertebreak (RID)|Vertebreak]], [[Octopunch (RID)|Octopunch]], [[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]], [[Headlock]], [[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]], [[Scratch]], [[Zizza]], [[Pseudo]], [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]], [[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]], [[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]], [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]], [[Underbite]], [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]], [[Overload (RID)|Overload]], [[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]], [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]], [[Polarclaw]]
* ''Known at large'': [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]], [[Kickback (RID)|Kickback]]
* ''Released'': Grimlock
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large''

===Transformers references===
* The ability the Autobots use to change their color schemes is similar to various examples of [[Spontaneous recoloration]], such as the [[Autobot Brothers]]' "supercharge" ability from the '''''other''''' ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon.

===Real-world references===
* (tbd)

===Animation and technical errors===
* The clanging sound that Bumblebee makes when hitting Overload with the grill is woefully out of time with the animation.

===Trivia===
* Windblade demonstrates the ability to fly or at least hover in robot mode.
* Optimus still didn't get [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] his [[Scrapheap (episode)|snowball!]]
* While the arctic camouflage Optimus's team uses is blatantly a bit of [[to sell toys|advertisement]] for the "Blizzard Strike" [[redeco]] toys, they don't actually ''resemble'' those toys' decos. And not all of the team ''got'' "Blizzard Strike" toys, for that matter.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Overload - Première partie'''" ("Overload - Part Two")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 27]], 2016

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' '''Csapatjáték, 2. rész''' ("Team Play, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 3]], 2016 (initially aired after ''[[Metal Meltdown]]'', reruns had the correct order)

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' '''Sovraccarico Overload, Parte Seconda''' ("Overloaded Overload, Second Part")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 22]], 2016

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Shukumei no Rival'''" (宿命のライバル, "The Destined Rivals")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 10]], [[2016]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2016 — ''Transformers Robots in Disguise'' — Overloaded ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2017 — ''Transformers Robots in Disguise Collection'' — Overloaded & Decepticon Island ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Airachnid's specimens

2019-05-18T18:38:39Z

Hours: /* Notes */

:''Airachnid's specimens are dead [[alien]]s from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:Airachnidspecimens.jpg|thumb|upright|300px|Thanks for the [[Elder God|nightmare fuel]]!]]

'''[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]'s specimens''' are the collected examples of [[Alien|species]] she has endangered, and stored aboard [[Airachnid's ship|her ship]].

[[Human]]s are next.

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] entered the ship and saw Airachnid's collection. She fled in horror, realizing it could only be her old tormentor's work. During their confrontation, Airachnid explained she had left the Decepticons to pursue her hobby. [[Jack Darby]] destroyed the ship and the alien remains on board when he lit some leaked [[energon]]. {{storylink|Predatory}}

==Notes==
*In the Japanese version of "Predatory", the nature of what Airachnid refers to as her "collection" was altered substantially. The images of the alien monsters were removed and, to fit Airachnid's modified Japanese interpretation, her collection was said to consist of the heads of "cute boys". She falls in love with [[Jack Darby|Jack]] at first sight and becomes intent on collecting him, though her pursuit was presented as being more romantic than sadistic. Airachnid seems more interested in seducing the young boy than killing him, even proposing marriage after catching him.

[[Category:Alien species]]
[[Category:Prime]]

Cygnus Seven

2019-05-18T18:07:12Z

Hours: /* Fiction */

[[File:BigBroadcast Cygnus Seven embassy.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
'''Cygnus Seven''', or '''Cygnus VII''', is a planet, or sometimes a moon.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
The [[Quintesson]]s attempted to introduce subliminal messaging into the [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]]s' television, which the Junkions promptly spread galaxy-wide using their [[omni-directional relay]]. One of the planets affected was Cygnus Seven, resulting in the local inhabitants mounting an assault on the [[Earth]] embassy and managing to breach the front doors. The Quintessons were able to spy on events from their spaceship as they reviewed activities around the galaxy. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

====''The Big Broadcast of 2006''====
{{NoteMarvelBB2006}}
After the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] redirected the [[Quintesson]]s' subliminal broadcasts preaching hatred of other lifeforms to the universe with their [[omni-directional relay]], Cygnus Seven was among those affected by it. Under the broadcast's thrall, the Cygnus Seven natives attacked the [[Earth]] emissary. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

====''Star Trek vs. Transformers''====
[[File:PrimesDirectivePart1-CygnusVII.jpg|thumb|left|250px|That'll do a number on the resale value.]]
As [[World War III]] ravaged [[Earth]], the [[Autobot]]s saw fit to abandon the blighted planet aboard [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. After spending decades in space, they detected Cygnus Seven's stockpile of [[energon]]. Before they could begin mining it, however, the [[Decepticon]]s aboard [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] attacked, their boarding sending the Autobot [[Titan (group)|Titan]] hurtling down to the planet, he and all his passengers winding up in [[stasis lock]].

In the mid-23rd century, the [[Federation]] established a [[dilithium]] mining outpost on Cygnus Seven. On stardate 5892.7, a survey team found Maximus and inadvertently activated his autonomous systems which repaired [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. After reviving his troops, Megatron led an attack on the surface for the energon. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}}

With the colony unable to match the Decepticons' firepower, the [[USS Enterprise|USS ''Enterprise'']] was called in. Though the ''Enterprise'' crew managed to chase away the Decepticons, they had wounded [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] in the process. As the crew pondered how to repair him, they ventured deeper into the mine shafts and discovered the rest of Prime's crew. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part One}} Once the Autobots and the Federation had come to an understanding, the Decepticons returned, now allied with the [[Klingon Empire]]. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}} The colony's defences soon proved insufficient against the invaders until Fortress Maximus, now reformatted into Fortress Tiberious, entered the battlefield. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Three}} Maximus's entry onto the battlefield was enough motivation for [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] to abscond with a bounty of dilithium and find himself a new world to conquer prompting an enraged Megatron to follow. After rounding up their [[Klingon]] prisoners, both the Autobots and the Federation left the planet to pursue the Decepticons. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Four}}
{{-}}

===''Animated'' cartoon continuity===
Cygnus VII was part of the [[Nebulon Republic]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

[[Category:Animated planets]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon planets]]
[[Category:Generation 1 moons]]
[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 planets]]

Lambda Pulse Blaster

2019-05-18T18:02:20Z

Hours:

[[File:TFUniverseJagex-autobot-pulse-blaster.png|thumb|upright=1.3|Plasma-disorientator. Damage Type: Plasma [Shield], Firing Type: Charge.]]
For long-range attacks, [[Anomaly]] has a '''Lambda Pulse Blaster''' which he can charge up to deal more damage. It also has Nuclear Attraction S-tech, using nuclear forces to magnetically pull Anomaly towards the target as well as disorientate them, though if the target happens to be in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], it impairs the ability's effectiveness. {{storylink|Transformers Universe}}

*Range: 6/8
*Shield Damage: 4/8
*Spark Damage: 2/8
{{quote|Tip: Use Nuclear Attraction to finish off a weakened enemy attempting to escape. If the damage doesn't destroy them they will still be disoriented, making a vulnerable target.}}

[[Category:Blasters]]
[[Category:Transformers Universe game weapons]]

Bulkhead (Prime)

2019-05-18T17:56:03Z

Hours:

{{disambig3|Bulkhead}}
{{faction|autobot|wreckers}}
:''Bulkhead is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Bulkhead-Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|Miss me?]]

'''Bulkhead''' looks huge and menacing but is actually quite careless and gentle souled. Though he's neither a [[Ratchet (WFC)|brainiac]] nor a [[Arcee (WFC)|fast runner]], Bulkhead is one of the most sturdy members of [[Team Prime]]. He's afraid of hurting things smaller and more fragile than him, but his new [[human]] friend, [[Miko Nakadai]], has helped him grow past that. He has a low tolerance for jerks and bullies, and is quite happy to let people like that stew in the trouble they've made for themselves, but his better impulses—or at least, needling from those around him—always sway him into helping in the end.

For all his sweetness, he's still a [[Wrecker]] through and through. Yet despite participating in several major battles and campaigns, his past career has left some painful psychological scars. Being a part of the Autobots' black ops team means you have to do the dirty work, and Bulkhead's seen many horrors and friends meet a bad end. Though saddened by his traumatic experiences with the Wreckers, he's joined up with [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] to end the fight with Megatron, for the sake of all his brothers and comrades.

{{quote|After a long road trip, feels good to get out of the car, stretch my legs, and kick some tailpipe!|Bulkhead on crushin' Cons|"[[Convoy (episode)|Convoy]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
Bulkhead was a Wrecker, but unlike his teammates wound up aboard the [[Ark (WFC)|Ark]] in the chaos immediately preceding its departure. When the ship subsequently charted a course for [[Velocitron]], Bulkhead's foremost concern was that the planet learn of his comrades' plight back on Cybertron. Later, as the Ark prepared to leave Velocitron, Bulkhead was one of the Autobots to back up [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] in a confrontation with [[Ransack (Prime)|Ransack]], the aggressive Speed Planet co-leader.

The Ark's next stop was the planetoid [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]], where sabotage caused the ship to crash. Bulkhead was one of the first to escape the crippled ship, and went on to lead the repair effort with [[Perceptor (Prime)|Perceptor]]. When [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Silverbolt (WFC)|Silverbolt]], and Optimus Prime voyaged to the tomb of [[Solus Prime]], Bulkhead grumbled about being left behind, but wound up sounding the alarm moments later when the Decepticons initiated an attack on Junkion. In the battle that followed, Bulkhead pursued [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] into a Junkion excavation site with [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]] before joining a concerted attack on the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]''. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

Bulkhead was one of Optimus Prime's senior advisors on the Ark when the Matrix led them to [[Aquatron]]. He joined the main Autobot force when it touched down on the planet, making contact with the [[Inquirata (Prime)|Curator]] and his Aquatronians. Unfortunately, the Curator was revealed as a [[Quintesson]] with a grudge millions of years old against the Cybertronians, and Bulkhead was among the Autobots who were captured and forced to face trial on ridiculous trumped up charges. The Autobots and Decepticons escaped during the trial and met up with their comrades aboard the Ark and Nemesis to fend off the [[Sharkticon (COP)|Sharkticon]] hordes and ultimately escape the planet. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

===IDW ''Prime'' comic===
[[File:PrimeComicBulkhead.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Bulkhead was present at the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot's Earth base]] when [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] arrived for the first time. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)|Transformers: Prime}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
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Back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Bulkhead was a laborer before joining the [[Wrecker]]s during the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]]. He developed a rivalry with [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}} and fought alongside [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] and many others. Despite his love of being a Wrecker, he left the team to join [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime's]] squadron during the battle of [[Thunderhead Pass]] {{storylink|Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command}} early in the war because he considered Optimus to be "the real deal". {{storylink|Con Job}}

[[File:Bulkhead-Primevehicle.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|And then [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s engineers get a headache.]]
After the Autobots had arrived on Earth, Bulkhead was pulled away from a woodland area to back up [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]], but when the team arrived at the battle site, Cliffjumper and the [[Decepticon]]s were gone. Sometime later, Bulkhead scared off some [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s, who were fighting [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]. Bulkhead returned to base, and was there when three humans were brought in. Miko questioned him at length about how cool he was. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} During a subsequent visit by Agent [[William Fowler|Fowler]], Bulkhead crushed one of [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]'s tools as part of a demonstration, much to his comrade's annoyance. Bulkhead was part of the ultimately unsuccessful mission to retrieve Cliffjumper from a Decepticon [[energon]] mine. After they returned to base empty-handed, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] assigned Bulkhead to watch over [[Miko Nakadai]]. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

[[File:DarknessRising3 disembulkhead.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|''No'', Bulky, the slogan is get some ''nuts''!]]
Miko managed to persuade Bulkhead to do some off-roading on the way back to base. Once there, Optimus and Ratchet left on a mission, placing Arcee in charge. Arcee promptly left to go patrolling with Bumblebee, leaving Bulkhead in charge. During an impromptu visit by Fowler, Bulkhead managed to prevent him reporting the three kids, but when Fowler was subsequently captured by the Decepticons, Bulkhead was compelled to mount a rescue mission. He [[GroundBridge]]d to the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', only to find the three kids had followed him. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}}

[[File:DarknessRising4-BulkheadandMiko.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Be thankful she didn't do more than heave on your car parts.]]
After trying to make sure the kids were safe, Bulkhead climbed aboard the ''Nemesis'' and began trashing Decepticons before discovering Miko had stowed away inside his chest compartment. Inside the ship, the pair eventually ran into Arcee and Bumblebee, who'd rescued Jack and Raf from some more guards. The three Autobots stuck the kids in a store room while they located Fowler in the brig and chased off [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]. Mission accomplished, they returned to base, where Optimus told off Bulkhead. After Jack decided he was better off without the Autobots in his life, Bulkhead took Miko to visit him. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

[[File:DarknessRising5-BulkheadMiko.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|D'awwww.]]
Once the Autobots pinpointed the location of the Decepticon [[space bridge]] in orbit, Optimus, Arcee, Bumblebee and Bulkhead traveled there by GroundBridge, though the height made Bulkhead nervous. They battled hordes of flying Decepticons, until [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] figured out a way to destroy the space bridge, and Arcee, Bulkhead and Bumblebee did so while Optimus kept [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] busy. They safely GroundBridged back to Earth moments before the explosion. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

Bulkhead assisted Miko with her science project, holding up her model of the solar system so she could paint it. Unfortunately Ratchet decided to take over the project, relegating Bulkhead to the role of transport. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

Bulkhead and Bumblebee brought a strange pod back from the [[Arctic]] with them. It later turned out the pod contained [[Scraplet]]s, which Bulkhead was particularly frightened by, and Miko was amused by him screaming like a little girl as they hunted for the critters. There turned out to be too many for the Autobots to deal with, but after the kids repaired an energon fuel line for the GroundBridge, Bulkhead used himself as bait to draw them through to the Arctic, where they froze. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}}

[[File:ConJob-Fistbump.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|left|"Guy love, that's all it is, Guy love, He's mine, I'm his, there's nothing gay about it in our eyes."]]
Bulkhead was overjoyed when Wheeljack arrived on Earth, however Wheeljack's uncharacteristic silence during Bulkhead's war stories made the latter Autobot suspicious. After Bulkhead questioned Wheeljack on the [[Battle of Darkmount Pass]] and Wheeljack got an important detail wrong, the new arrival was unmasked as a Decepticon imposter. The real Wheeljack arrived and he and Bulkhead threw the imposter out via the GroundBridge. Bulkhead turned down Wheeljack's offer to go exploring the galaxy. {{storylink|Con Job}}

[[File:Convoy-Bulkheadmace.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"You go on, Bulk, we'll cover the rear."]]
Bulkhead took part in a convoy when Fowler needed transport for a hi-tech [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System]] device. When the convoy was attacked by [[MECH]], he reluctantly remained in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] in accordance with Optimus's orders, but when they were attacked by flying Vehicons, the Autobots were forced to use their [[robot mode]]s anyway. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

Bulkhead chastised Miko for neglecting her education, and when an energon trace was detected in [[Greece]], he attempted to use the mission as an educational field trip. Their education was cut short as Bulkhead's old enemy Breakdown arrived and the pair fought. Back at base, he alerted the other Autobots to the [[Energon Harvester]] he'd seen depicted in an ancient fresco, and the device was soon tracked down to a museum. The Autobots surrounded the museum while the kids were sent in to steal the Harvester, and fought [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and Breakdown. The Decepticons got away with the Harvester. Bulkhead went alone to Greece, where he managed to single-handedly defeat Knock Out, Breakdown, and Starscream, destroying the Harvester in the process. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

[[File:OutHead-BulkheadBreakdown.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|Wheeljack is gonna be so jealous.]]
Bulkhead covered poorly for [[Jack Darby|Jack]] and Bumblebee when the pair went street racing, and was forced to go with Arcee to find them. He got to fight Breakdown again, flattening the Decepticon with a lamp post. {{storylink|Speed Metal}} Bulkhead was present for Ratchet's announcement that he had pinpointed the Decepticon’s warship, as well as a downed Autobot ship. Though Bulkhead was hoping to go on the offensive and doing some serious damage to the enemy base, Optimus prioritized the other craft, as it might have contained imperiled comrades. But when Ratchet and Optimus returned form their investigation, Optimus had fallen gravely ill. The Autobot leader had been infected with the Cybonic plague, a disease of Megatron's engineering. Jack suggested that Megatron might have created a cure for the sickness, but Bulkhead told him that was a moot point; as far as they were concerned, Megatron had already perished. The Autobots decided to infiltrate the Decepticon base on the off chance they had the cure in their database nonetheless. Bulkhead stayed back at base while Arcee and Bumblebee went on the covert mission. He provided emotional support as the situation developed. Megatron's inert form was discovered within the Decepticons' base, a cure was retrieved, and Optimus was rendered well again thanks to the efforts of Bumblebee, Arcee and Ratchet. {{storylink|Sick Mind}} Later, Bumblebee and Bulkhead played [[basketball]] together in the base, though Bumblebee's behavior was very odd. Bulkhead, Optimus and Arcee traveled to the Arctic to find a lens the Decepticons had stolen from a telescope in [[Hawaii]], and ended up tangling with a heat ray the Decepticons had built with it. They succeeded in destroying it, though it turned out Megatron had been resurrected in the meantime. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

Optimus took Bulkhead, Bumblebee and Ratchet to investigate a [[Dark Energon]] reading and found Starscream attempting to resurrect [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]]. During the following ruckus, the Autobots found the kids had followed them and tried to send them back to base, only for them to disappear in a GroundBridge accident. It was only when Bulkhead spotted a text message on [[Miko's phone]] that Ratchet could engineer a way to get the kids back from the [[shadowzone (dimension)|other dimension]] they were trapped in. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}

[[File:TFPep16DoubleCreatureFeature.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.67|So, uh, do you like [[David Kaye]]'s mom [[Bill Fagerbakke|too]]?]]
During an altercation with Breakdown on the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]], Bulkhead was knocked out and Breakdown abducted by MECH. Bulkhead stayed off Optimus's mission to rescue the Decepticon, but Miko persuaded him to go alone. GroundBridging to [[Russia]], Bulkhead forcibly infiltrated the MECH base and rescued Breakdown, though he was forced to pummel both Breakdown and Starscream when the Decepticon jet turned up and ordered Breakdown to destroy Bulkhead. {{Storylink|Operation: Breakdown}} Bulkhead was at the Autobot base when Jack and Arcee brought [[June Darby|Jack's mom]] in to introduce her to everyone. {{storylink|Crisscross}}

[[File:MetalAttraction-stuck.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"Arcee, could you get that itch on my back?" "I AM the itch on your back!"]]
Bulkhead and Arcee, inadvertently joined by Miko, investigated a magnetic disturbance. They came across Breakdown and [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] fighting over a [[polarity gauntlet]], and during the battle, Bulkhead and Arcee were magnetically fused together by the device. They followed the Decepticons to an abandoned gas station, where another fight broke out, and the two Autobots came unstuck. Airachnid tried to escape in her helicopter form, but Bulkhead grabbed her and threw her at Breakdown. He and Arcee returned to base triumphantly with the gauntlet. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}}

[[File:RockBottom-Bulkheadpassion.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Let's raise the roof!]]
Arcee and Bulkhead investigated an [[Stripped energon mine|abandoned energon mine]] with the kids. Bulkhead protected Miko from a cave in, but ended up having to support the ceiling. Miko banged a rock on his foot to attract help, but instead they were found by Starscream. Things looked grim for Bulkhead until Arcee came to his rescue, and the two Autobots and the kids escaped the mine. {{storylink|Rock Bottom}} Bulkhead joined the others in investigating a [[Harbinger|wrecked Decepticon ship]] and found Starscream all webbed up. Offering to defect, Starscream pointed them to the other half of the crashed ship, where they were attacked by Airachnid, wielding an [[Immobilizer|experimental Decepticon weapon]] that froze Bulkhead in his tracks. Bulkhead was locked in position until the Autobots retrieved the weapon and Ratchet used it to unfreeze him. {{storylink|Partners}}

[[File:TMI-Mikojogsmemories.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|This is art!]]
Miko and Bulkhead sneaked into a monster truck rally together. A week or so later, during a mission to secure a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]], Miko accidentally discharged the cylinder into Bulkhead's brain. Though at first Bulkhead seemed fine, he began writing complex equations for synthetic energon, and it rapidly became clear that the cylinder's energy was overwriting his mind. While the other Autobots attempted to secure the cylinder, Miko tried to help Bulkhead retain his memories by taking him to the monster truck track. They were found there by Knock Out and Breakdown, who tried to take Bulkhead's head, but during the attempt, Miko again triggered the energy to discharge from Bulkhead into the sky. Bulkhead was left in a comatose state until Miko managed to wake him with her guitar playing. {{storylink|T.M.I.}}

During an energon shortage, Bulkhead and the other Autobots took part in a number of missions to try to intercept the Decepticon energon shipments. When Ratchet developed [[Synthetic Energon]] and tried it on himself, the medic was amped up enough to knock Bulkhead through a wall. Their medic accompanied them on another mission, but his changes in personality began to concern Bulkhead and the others. After he knocked Bulkhead flying and went off on his own, the other Autobots were forced to track him down before he could damage himself. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

The Autobots attempted to stop the Decepticons stealing a space bridge power supply from a military base. When Raf was gravely injured, Optimus and Bulkhead went on alone, stealthily infiltrating the ''Nemesis'' and Bulkhead bridged back to base with the power supply while Optimus went after Megatron. Bulkhead watched as Ratchet and [[June Darby]] fought to save Raf's life. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}} As the Autobots attempted to rescue Optimus from a zone flooded with Dark Energon, Bulkhead kept Megatron busy while the others pulled Optimus out. Back at base, the Autobots and their human friends puzzled over the natural disasters suddenly plaguing Earth, and discovered that [[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]] resided at the center of the Earth. Bulkhead and the others began investigating the sites of the earthquakes that had struck when the Dark Energon volcano erupted. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

Bulkhead, Arcee and Bumblebee came to Optimus's aid as he battled stone Unicron avatars. To their great surprise, help came in the form of Megatron, who offered to help them fight Unicron. Together with the Decepticon leader, the Autobots stepped through the GroundBridge into [[Earth's core]]. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}} Though Bulkhead was hampered by the influence of the Dark Energon, and during their fight against [[Unicron's antibodies|anti-bots]] almost fell from the walkway, they reached Unicron's spark chamber. Bulkhead, Bumblebee and Arcee stayed outside to fend off the anti-bots. Following Unicron's defeat, they entered the spark chamber, only for Optimus to fail to recognize them, and they had to GroundBridge back to base without him. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

The Autobots puzzled over how to get their leader back but made little progress. When Fowler warned them of an attack on a military base, Bulkhead, Bumblebee and Arcee went to try and deal with it, but Knock Out and Breakdown succeeded in getting away with the power source they needed. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} Bulkhead and the others scoured the globe for the space bridge, but it wasn't until Ratchet and Bulkhead were contacted by a wounded Starscream that they obtained information on the space bridges location. The Autobots stormed the energon mine housing the space bridge and secured it so that they could send Jack and Arcee to Cybertron. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}} Ratchet, Bulkhead and Bumblebee monitored Jack's progress from the Earth end of the space bridge. When Megatron arrived to take back control, Bulkhead attacked him and was easily thrown aside, twice. Luckily it all turned out, and Bulkhead and the others returned to base with Optimus Prime restored. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

[[File:OperationBumblebee2-Forge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Nope. Not even using the "hammer time" reference.]]
Bulkhead and Bumblebee were responding to an ancient Autobot signal separately, but when Bulkhead arrived, he found Bumblebee unable to transform as his [[transformation cog|T-cog]] had been taken. They quickly worked out MECH was responsible. Bumblebee later talked Bulkhead into taking him on another mission, on which they ran into Knock Out and Breakdown. Bulkhead got to fight his nemesis again while Bumblebee chased Knock Out. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}} He almost had to perform T-cog transplant surgery, but was judged unfit by Ratchet. He did get to go on an artifact retrieval mission, and spent some time hitting Breakdown before getting hold of the [[Forge of Solus Prime]] and using it to knock the Decepticon flying. Unfortunately moments later Bulkhead was bushwhacked by Megatron who got away with the Forge. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

[[File:LooseCannons Wheeljack works on bomb.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|For once [[Wheeljack (Prime)|I'm]] not the one under threat of [[Wheeljack (G1)|explosions]].]]
Bulkhead was overjoyed when Wheeljack returned to Earth, but when his fellow Wrecker decided to recklessly go after [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]], Bulkhead opted to go along. The encounter ended with Bulkhead a hostage with a bomb on his chest as a lure to draw out Optimus. Though Wheeljack tried to defuse the bomb, Bulkhead opted to go the self-sacrifice route, and was only stopped from doing so by Wheeljack, who had realized Optimus was right. Wheeljack and Optimus forced Dreadwing into defusing the bomb, saving Bulkhead's life. {{storylink|Loose Cannons}} Bulkhead accompanied Ratchet as they got more information from Starscream. This led to an Optimus-led mission to an abandoned energon mine in [[South America]], where they found Megatron fighting an [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]. When the fight was finished, the Autobots surrounded the exhausted Megatron, but were prevented from finishing him off by the arrival of Dreadwing. Though they trashed a bunch of Vehicons, Megatron and Dreadwing escaped them. {{storylink|Crossfire}}

When Fowler was attacked by a truck resembling Optimus, Bulkhead caught his car after it plunged from a bridge. Back at base, they soon established that the truck was a MECH-created clone of Optimus and began searching for the MECH base. Though they located the hideout, [[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|Nemesis Prime]] took them out one by one, and after Optimus dealt with the situation, the Autobots returned to base for repairs. {{storylink|Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime}} Responding to an energon signal, Bulkhead accidentally got himself beamed up to the Decepticon warship. After encountering and offlining Starscream (or [[Starscream clone (Prime)|a near approximation]]), and narrowly avoiding Megatron, he found the ship's power core and disabled it with his wrecking ball. The ship crashed, allowing him to disembark and drive back to base, where he found the others had captured Airachnid. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}

Bulkhead took part in an attack on it with the [[spark extractor|Spark Extractor]], only to be put into stasis by its weapons. He recovered back at base when the kids disabled the ship. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}

Having found the locations of four artifacts, the Autobots started going on missions to retrieve them. {{storylink|Tunnel Vision}} Bulkhead was sent through the Groundbridge to retrieve one of the artifacts. {{storylink|Triangulation}} He landed up in a volcanic area near the equator and was first subjected to combat with the Insecticon [[Hardshell]]. After defeating the Decepticon, he discovered that the relic he was after was [[Tox-En]]. Leaving a grenade and a false trail for the Insecticons to follow, he carried the Tox-En up a nearby volcano to dispose of it only for the Insecticons caught up with him as he reached the top. Bulkhead managed to overcome the trio and destroy the Tox-En, but as he was stepping back through the GroundBridge, Hardshell shot him from behind, {{Storylink|Toxicity}} and his smoking body was flung through the bridge into the Autobot base. {{storylink|Triage (episode)|Triage}}

Ratchet worked frantically to save him, and eventually succeeded. Bulkhead was left in a comatose state, with Ratchet unwilling to operate further until he regained some strength. {{storylink|Hurt}} Bulkhead later regained consciousness and was even able to take a few steps, with the help of Miko acting as drill sergeant. {{storylink|Out of the Past}} His recovery continued to be slow, and when [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] arrived, he was convinced the others were trying to replace him, despite their assurances otherwise. During another mission, Bulkhead tried to convince Ratchet to let him go help, but after Smokescreen went instead and made the mission a success, Bulkhead admitted that the new Autobot did well, then sadly dragged himself back to his quarters. {{storylink|New Recruit}}

He continued to pressure Ratchet to let him go back into combat, and was annoyed by Smokescreen's suggestion that he could use the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]] as a "crutch". Finally his badgering paid off when Ratchet was convinced to let him help, though Ratchet sent him to protect Raf who was trying to hack into a satellite. Bulkhead arrived just in time to stop what he assumed was Breakdown from destroying Raf's house, but was shocked to discover that Breakdown was being controlled by Silas—now calling himself "Cylas"—and found his injuries were still hampering his fighting ability. When Smokescreen helped him defeat "Cylas", he gained a new respect for the newbie, especially when he learned that Smokescreen studied the Wreckers mission reports. {{storylink|The Human Factor}}

Bulkhead was part of a Team Prime mission to search for an Iacon relic that turned out to be a wild goose chase set up by Megatron. They soon found the real prize—the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]]. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}} He, Arcee and Bumblebee were happy when they learned they might soon be able to return Cybertron, but quickly realized there would be a downside in that they would have to leave their friends on Earth behind. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}}

[[File:HardKnocksBulkheadDreadwing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Not the face [[Tony Todd|again]]!!!]]
Smokescreen and Bulkhead were sent to find one of the Omega Keys, and Bulkhead sent his companion after the key while he faced Dreadwing. During the fight, Bulkhead managed to get the better of the Decepticon and used Dreadwing's own bomb against him. Unfortunately the key was taken by [[Starscream (WFC)|parties]] unknown. The Autobots later discovered that Smokescreen was the final relic, but located their friend too late to save him from the Decepticons. {{storylink|Hard Knocks}} After Smokescreen escaped the ''Nemesis'' with two of the keys, the Autobots received a message from Starscream offering the final key in exchange for surgical help. Bulkhead accompanied Optimus and Ratchet out to Starscream's location, only for them to realize too late that they'd been tricked, and Starscream got away with all three of the Autobots' three Omega Keys. {{storylink|Inside Job}}

Bulkhead found himself in a tricky position when Miko assumed that she'd be coming to Cybertron with the Autobots. He equipped himself with the [[Immobilizer]] when the Autobots traveled to Cybertron, and employed the weapon during the battle against the Decepticons, enabling them to regain the Omega Keys. The Autobots located the [[Omega Lock]], only for the Decepticons to unveil their trump card in the form of the three kids as hostages. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}} Bulkhead was forced to hand over his key in exchange for Miko. After Optimus destroyed the Omega Lock to prevent Megatron destroying Earth, Bulkhead returned with the others to base, only to find that the Decepticons were attacking it. The Autobots were forced to abandon base, and Bulkhead and Miko bridged to a point somewhere in the US. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

Unable to contact the others, Bulkhead and Miko headed to a Wrecker meeting spot to try to rendezvous with Wheeljack. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} Their patience was rewarded when Wheeljack turned up, having escaped the Decepticons. They watched as he blew up some of the Vehicons that were sent after him. {{storylink|Scattered}} The trio decided that blowing up an energon mine would be the best way to attract the attention of nearby Autobots. While doing so, they were attacked by a giant metal dragon which Bulkhead punched in the head. Even Wheeljack luring it into the energon mine to blow it up didn't work, but the three Wreckers were rescued by the newly arrived [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] and reunited with most of the rest of Team Prime. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}}

Bulkhead and Wheeljack provided a diversion at the base of [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]], lobbing grenades and destroying Decepticons while the other Autobots attacked by other means. The pair were eventually captured by [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], but when Optimus Prime returned and joined the assault, they renewed their attack on the Decepticons. Following the destruction of Darkmount, the Autobots assembled at a human military base. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}

Bulkhead was not ready when Wheeljack lobbed their old lobbing ball at him, and it bounced off his chest, nearly crushing Miko when it landed. Ultra Magnus took the two Wreckers to [[Scotland]] with him, to investigate Decepticon activity there. {{storylink|Project Predacon}} Bulkhead found himself playing conciliator between Magnus and Wheeljack, as the pair continued to get on each other's nerves. The fact that Wheeljack had brought Miko along didn't help, but when they encountered the Predacon, Bulkhead found himself battling the beast with his fellow Autobots while Miko went for help. The fight didn't end well, as one of Wheeljack's grenades brought the cavern down on them, and as a result Bulkhead was disappointed when Wheeljack opted to leave the team rather than remain under Magnus's command. {{storylink|Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command}} By the time Magnus and Bulkhead had flown back to base, Wheeljack had been talked into staying. {{storylink|Plus One (Prime)|Plus One}}

During a mission to secure energon, Bulkhead teamed up with Smokescreen to scout out an abandoned energon mine. They emerged without finding anything. {{storylink|Evolution}} When the Decepticons started stealing technology to repair the Omega Lock, Bulkhead was part of a team which turned up too late to prevent a theft, but at least he got to see Prime defeat Soundwave. He and Smokescreen were left at base to guard the prisoner while the others went to Antarctica, however Soundwave reactivated, knocking the pair out. {{storylink|Minus One}} When they recovered, they found that Soundwave had abducted Ratchet. Fortunately it turned out a piece Smokescreen had blasted off of Laserbeak would be useful in finding the Decepticon warship. {{storylink|Persuasion}}

They launched the probe and monitored it and Optimus's progress from the base. Though the probe was destroyed, Ratchet was able to send them the coordinates to the Decepticon warship, and Bulkhead and the others geared up in preparation to assault the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Synthesis}} The three Wreckers were ordered to take the bridge, however no sooner did they reach their target than Soundwave bridged them to another part of the ship. By the time they reached the bridge again, it had already been captured by Jack and Miko. With the warship until their control, the Autobots flew it to Cybertron and used the Omega Lock to restore their home world. After Optimus's obligatory speech, Bulkhead and Miko had a tearful farewell before he returned home. {{storylink|Deadlock}}

In the aftermath of Cybertron's rebirth, Bulkhead set to work building a new space port, assisted by Vehicons. With the discovery that there were two new Predacons on the loose, Bulkhead and the other Autobots attempted to persuade Predaking to help them, but were unsuccessful. After encountering Unicron, in possession of Megatron's rebuilt form, the Autobots realized that the dark god intended to destroy their world. After foiling an attempt by Starscream to retake the warship, the Autobots attempted to defend the Well of All Sparks from Unicron's onslaught. It was only when Optimus returned that Unicron was defeated, and Bulkhead was later present when Optimus sacrificed himself to restore the AllSpark to Cybertron. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

===Titan ''Prime'' comic===
[[File:Titan4.1 Ratchet Bulkhead practise.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"I need practise like Optimus needs a face."]]
As Ratchet unveiled the [[Safe]], Bulkhead was unimpressed that he thought they needed more training. He threw himself into it though, deciding that the best defense was to smash everything he could. In doing so, he inadvertently uncovered and activated a nuclear missile which had been hidden in the base. Unimpressed, Optimus ordered him to hold up the ceiling while Ratchet and Raf dealt with the missile's warhead. Afterwards, Ratchet suggested Bulkhead and Raf design a new Safe. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|The Safe and the Failsafe}}

During some downtime, Optimus took the other Autobots, including Bulkhead, on a trip to [[Valley of Fire State Park]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.2|War Story}}

Bulkhead struggled to decorate a [[Christmas]] tree, while enduring a mocking from Arcee and Jack. When Fowler arrived with the news that the Decepticons had taken over a [[Yamal|nuclear-powered ship]], Bulkhead offered him a "Cybertron-size" mince pie. He and Arcee were left to mind the base with the kids while the other went to deal with the Decepticon problem, and the kids suggested the pair try to find something they had in common. They eventually discovered their mutual love of ice skating, and turned the base into an ice rink. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.3|Ice Breaker}}

Bulkhead played ''[[Invasionauts II]]'' with Raf, until suddenly the game put Raf into a hypnotic trance and made him open the GroundBridge. Bulkhead was sure he'd get blamed for this somehow, and explained to Optimus that it was only a ''minor'' problem, but moments later the Vehicons started coming through. Bulkhead fought them alongside the other Autobots until Raf was able to loop the GroundBridge, sucking the Decepticons back through. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.4|Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!}}

[[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] woke Bulkhead with the news that the [[President of the United States]] had been kidnapped. Bulkhead and the rest of the Autobots visited the [[Grand Canyon]] where he and Ratchet protected [[Air Force One]] while the others defeated Starscream and rescued the President. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.6|All the President's 'Bots!}}

[[File:Titan4.9 Bumblebee and Bulkhead.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"Don't be like that, Bumblebee. I didn't mean to eat the last [[chocolate-covered wheel-nut]]."]]
Bulkhead and Arcee headed to [[Zhejiang Province]], [[China]] after the Autobots lost contact with Optimus Prime. They found [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and a bunch of Vehicons feeding Optimus's body into a crusher but were overcome by the Decepticons before they could rescue him. Luckily Optimus came to his senses in time. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.8|The Mind Trap!}} Bulkhead and Bumblebee retrieved Knock Out's [[neuron refractor]] from China, unaware that a MECH agent had stowed away in it. During [[Novo|Agent Novo]]'s escape from the Autobot base, Bulkhead was almost hit by grenades, and Novo kidnapped Miko. The Autobots searched for Miko, and located the MECH base in time for Novo, now occupying a mechanoid body, to return Miko. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.9|The Novo Incident}}

After Jack's demonstration of bobbing for apples, Bulkhead bobbed for engine blocks. He accompanied Optimus Prime to the [[Deep Driller]] oil platform, but wasn't much help in fighting [[Rufus Madison|General Madison]]'s forces there. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.10|Mad Dogs & Autobots}} Following a successful solo mission to destroy a Decepticon energon store, Bulkhead was ambushed in the [[Alaska]]n forest by Megatron's forces. He was taken back to the ''Nemesis'', where Megatron stuck him in an [[Ultra Prison]], a device which would slowly erase his mind. Luckily Bulkhead had an emergency connection to [[Miko's phone]], and the alerted Autobots brought the three kids to the ship to rescue him. Later Miko said he could thank her by treating her to some monster truck rally. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.11|The Battle for Bulkhead}}

Bulkhead took part in a battle against the Decepticons in [[The Wave]], and did an admirable job at protecting the rear with his wrecking ball. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.12|The Evil Shred}}

Agent Fowler managed to intercept a Decepticon broadcast, which alerted Bulkhead and the rest of the Autobots to the Decepticons' next plot; the desecration of the [[Statue of Liberty]]. But as Liberty Island, now occupied by the Decepticons, was too small to launch a full frontal assault against, Bulkhead stayed behind while Optimus and Bumblebee led a stealth operation against Megatron's troops. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.13|Protecting the Lady}}

Knock Out and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] specifically demanded Optimus and Bulkhead come after the two Decepticons took over a TV studio. The Autobots found themselves forced to run the ''[[Down and Out]]'' course, lest the Decepticons' hostages be harmed. Luckily Bulkhead had watched the show with Miko, so he knew where many of the traps were, though the Decepticons had made a few changes. The pair managed to get through the course and rescue the hostages, leading to Knock Out and Breakdown's defeat at the hands of Arcee. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.14|It's a Knock-Out}}
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.17|Collider Scope}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.18|Power Outage}}}}

===Eaglemoss ''Prime'' comic===
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===''Tales of the Beast Hunters''===
When [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] retrieved some Cybertronian weapons, Bulkhead spent hours in the desert fruitlessly trying to get one of them to work. Just as he was about to give up, he was abruptly attacked by [[Ripclaw]], who inflicted a [[mech-venom]] sting on him. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 9}} Following the fight, Bulkhead was left inching nearer and nearer to shutdown. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 10}}

===''Full of Fire!''===
Bulkhead, Ratchet and Bumblebee went out into a [[New Mexico]] desert to test new weapons Ratchet had constructed, though Bulkhead wondered whether it was wise to do so in the open. Ratchet put this down to jealousy that Bumblebee's [[Eagleshot Bow]] had a longer range than the [[Dragon Grinder|Rhino Blade]] Bulkhead had been equipped with. Once the trio were joined by Optimus, they came under attack from no less than six Predacons. Luckily the new weapons gave the Autobots the edge they needed, and Bulkhead unleashed his on both [[Hun-Gurrr (Prime)|Hun-Gurr]] and [[Blight (Prime)|Blight]]. The enemy soon fled, though Optimus was pessimistic about the victory. {{storylink|Full of Fire!}}

===''Beast Hunters'' comic===
Following Optimus's sacrifice, Arcee, Bumblebee, and Bulkhead encountered [[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]] in a tunnel. {{storylink|Beast Hunters issue 7|Beast Hunters #7}} They emerged on the surface in time to help [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] and the other Dinobots fight a squad of [[Forged]]. After that threat was dealt with, they were promptly attacked by a new Predacon. The Autobots split into groups to head to [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], with Bulkhead, [[Slug (FOC)|Slug]] and [[Firestar (Prime)|Firestar]] leading one group of survivors. [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]] drew off the Predacon when it attacked, allowing Bulkhead and the other to reach Kaon while the Predacon was dealt with. There, Bulkhead clumsily tried to explained that the Dinobots would always be welcome in the Autobot ranks, though Arcee needed to step in to clarify for him. Grimlock, however, said the Dinobots would be unable to help with the reconstruction of Kaon, since they'd be building a new home for the survivors. {{storylink|Beast Hunters issue 8|Beast Hunters #8}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Kevin Michael Richardson]] (English)}}, TBA (Japanese)

[[File:BulkheadArrivesSickAsABot.jpeg|thumb|left|300px|Remember the little Namekian you passed on the way to Guru's? On his way to the humans with the password. By now, he's probably already there and they're about to summon the dragon.]]After Cybertron's rebirth, a statue of Bulkhead was constructed in his honor, {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} but Bulkhead himself would end up blacklisted by the new [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] for being a supporter of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}}

After [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] accidentally absorbed the contents of a data cylinder, Bumblebee was reminded of Bulkhead's own experience with such a device. {{storylink|Brainpower}} Bumblebee later recalled a time when Bulkhead challenged him to arm wrestling and they almost destroyed two levels of Omega One. {{storylink|History Lessons}}
[[File:BulkheadRIDV-Mode.jpeg|thumb|lright|300px|Big Green wheels.]]
Bulkhead was summoned to Earth by Optimus Prime, and while he arrived ahead of the Prime, his appearance through the [[GroundBridge]] was timely, coinciding with Bumblebee, [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]], and [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] being infected with a malware virus carried by the Energon vampire [[Wingcode]]. Bulkhead reined in the panicked Grimlock, who had run off to do ''something'' to help (but with no idea ''what''), engaging him in a brief fight before physically dragging Grimlock back to the scrapyard unconscious. After settling him with some calming car-smashing, as well as tranquil thoughts about [[Sharkticon (RID)|Sharkticon]]-punching, the two Autobots set about formulating a plan - although the pair were forced to admit they were "not really thinkers." In spite of this, Grimlock came up with a clever ruse to trap Wingcode based on her hunger for more Energon, trapping her in a cave where she could not fly, caught between the two Autobots. Once pummeled into submission, her nano-cells were used as an antidote, restoring the sick Autobots, and with the mission wrapped up, Bulkhead declared he'd like to hang around until Optimus' arrival. He and Grimlock went off for some recreational granite-punching... although Bulkhead was less than gruntled to hear the [[Dinobot (RID)|Dinobot]]'s critique of his kicking technique. {{storylink|Sick as a Bot}}

[[File:FiveFugitives Bulkhead explosion.jpg|thumb|left|300px|You can win, you feel great. You. Can. Do. This!]]
He encountered [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] when called in by Bumblebee to aid in the Decepticon's capture, initially underestimating his lupine adversary. When the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] became distracted (i.e. arrested) by the arrival of [[Dropforge]], he pursued Steeljaw to a natural gas refinery, only to find himself locked out of the facility by one of the Decepticon's subsonic force fields. He cleverly switched to "plan B", sneaking in via one of the empty pipelines, but Steeljaw detected this cunning via the refinery's security system and detonated the gas in the pipe. Bulkhead punched his way out of the pipe, then regrouped with the other Autobots who had captured the mind-controlled Dropforge and made their way to his location. Together they confronted Steeljaw and defeated his plan to blow up [[Crown City]], but were unable to stop his escape. {{storylink|Five Fugitives}}

[[File:FiveFugitivesBulkhead.jpeg|thumb|lright|300px|"Destruction and creation are two sides of the same coin! You must destroy to create! That is the law of the universe!"]]
Optimus finally made the rendezvous on Earth, bringing Ratchet, Windblade, Jazz and Drift with him, having determined that the High Council were mind controlling the population of Cybertron and were planning to invade Earth. While the Bee Team traveled to Cybertron to expose the council, Bulkhead and the others remained on Earth to fight the invasion. A signal led them to the steel mill that had just been burgled by a Cybertronian advance force. Within, they found a list of items pointing to the fact the advance force was building a space bridge receiver, and also a bomb which promptly exploded. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}} The group was saved by Ratchet's [[Triage Shield]]. They continued to follow the trail to the [[Crown City]] docks, where Bulkhead was the first to locate the advance force, concealed by a [[Light Bender]]. During the ensuing battle, he was hit by weapons fire, but the damage was minor enough that he recovered in time to watch the destruction of the space bridge portal that had opened. The team returned to Cybertron where Optimus nominated the rest of the group as a provisional council. {{storylink|Freedom Fighters}}
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===IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
[[File:IDWRID3 Bulkhead at work.jpg|thumb|right|210px]]
Bulkhead, Ultra Magnus and Arcee spied on Bumblebee's team from their spaceship, though Bulkhead thought they should let Bee know they were there. {{storylink|Fire, When Ready!}} While struggling to get his team to work together, Bumblebee recalled happier times when he was part of Team Prime with Bulkhead. Bulkhead and Arcee were sent by Magnus to question [[Spinhead]], but arrived after the Decepticon had been captured. They returned to the ship, unaware that Bumblebee had spotted them. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 1|Robots in Disguise #1}}

The trio visited Bumblebee so they could question some of the [[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]] prisoners over the whereabouts of [[Clipshade]], and Bulkhead subsequently took part in a joint operation by the teams which succeeded in capturing the Decepticon. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 2|Robots in Disguise #2}}

Bulkhead dozed off while monitoring Team Bee. He later accompanied Ultra Magnus and Arcee on another visit to the team. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 3|Robots in Disguise #3}} Once Ultra Magnus filled the others in on the fact that Clipshade was an Autobot spy tasked with finding the identity of the [[Cybercomrade Sect]] leader, Bulkhead was thankful that they no longer needed to keep secrets from their old friend. The Autobots subsequently mounted another operation to track down Sect leader [[Overhead]], which resulted in them all almost being sucked into a black hole created by Overhead setting her space bridge to self-destruct. In the aftermath, Overhead and her hench-[[Croctobot]]s were taken into custody, and Bulkhead and the others loaded them onto Ultra Magnus's ship to go back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 4|Robots in Disguise #4}}

===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Bulkhead was deployed on Earth alongside [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

==Commercial appearances==
{{voiceactor|[[Kevin Michael Richardson]] (English)}}

* Bulkhead was phoned up by the human pastry maker{{w|Strawberry Shortcake}}, who invited him to the Berryfest Princess Parade to have glittery sparkles dumped on him. Unable to get a word in edgewise, he told Optimus that the call was for him. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Strawberry Shortcake|Strawberry Shortcake and Bulkhead}}

* Bulkhead and Megatron joined Strawberry and the [[My Little Pony|ponies]] Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash in scatting "{{w|Deck the Halls}}". Bulkhead's extended scat sequence, however, did not find favor among the Autobots or Megatron, causing him to awkwardly laugh it off. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Carolers1|The Hub Carolers}} Undeterred, Bulkhead rejoined this multiversal musical grouping in singing "{{w|Jingle Bells}}". {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Carolers2|The Hub Carolers (Second spot)}}

* Fowler summoned the Autobots for a vague special mission, where they would be backed up by [[Batman]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Impossibly Awesome|Mission: Impossibly Awesome Marathon}}

* Bulkhead accompanied Ratchet and Bumblebee as they used the [[Optimus Maximus (Prime)|Optimus Maximus]] mech to plow through legions of Vehicons. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Optimus Maximus|Optimus Maximus commercial}}

== Games ==
=== ''Transformers: Prime - The Game'' ===
[[File:Transformers prime the game bulkhead.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|My shield-breaking attack is essentially transforming, tripping, and falling on top of my enemy. ''Awesome...'']]
{{voiceactor|[[Kevin Michael Richardson]] (English)}}
The Autobots detected a massive asteroid of Dark Energon headed toward Earth, and intercepted the ''Nemesis'' crew attempting to retrieve the asteroid when bridging to the location. At the climax of the battle, the asteroid began to split apart and exploded. Team Prime fell to Earth and scattered across the country.

Bulkhead was found in some sort of tomb by Miko. Almost immediately, he encountered Starscream who played on his life by nearly collapsing the whole cave on him. Thankfully, Bulkhead and Miko escaped, and the big guy unleashed tenfold on Starscream. However, one of the Vehicons managed to swipe Miko and take her captive.

Optimus regrouped with Bulkhead later to track a Decepticon signal, though Bulkheads loud speaking and noises alerted Megatron & Starscream to their presence. Bulkhead got another chance to lock fists with Starscream while Optimus fought Megatron. Ultimately, Optimus was trapped in rubble, but Bulkhead managed to get aboard the Nemesis by taking Starscream hostage (in his own ship!).

Starscream tricked Bulkhead, however, into bringing him into a room where he was ambushed by Vehicon troopers. Yet again, Bulkhead came out on top of the pile with Starscream retreating in defeat. Though, Thunderwing's escape from the ship resulted in Bulkhead having to find an alternate route out of the room to join up with the other Autobots.

The team regrouped, though missing Optimus, and Ratchet dispatched Bulkhead, Bumblebee, and Arcee to chase Thunderwing in order to give him time to create a device to corrupt his Dark Energon core. Bulkhead was pretty shaken up by Megatron, but was the one who took Arcee in for medical care. Bulkhead later joined the rest of the team in watching the sun set after a day's hard work. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}
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===''Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon''===
Optimus sent Bulkhead out on several missions. His first two consisted of Bulkhead retrieving Dark Energon shards from a Dark Energon mine before the Decepticons could use them to raise an army of Terrorcons. Before the mission's end, Bulkhead had to face off against Soundwave and defeat him within the mine. Next, Bulkhead was sent to infiltrate the Nemesis and retrieve Energon stores in the Decepticons' possession. Before Bulkhead could leave the Decepticon ship, he had to contend with Starscream, and defeat him as well. Bulkhead's last missions brought him back to Autobot headquarters. The Autobots' base had been infiltrated by the Decepticons, who had used Scraplets to make its systems go haywire. After Bulkhead collected all of the Scraplets, returning the base's functions to normal, he fought Megatron and defeated the Decepticon leader. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon}}
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===''Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense''===
When the Decepticons constructed an [[Energon Drain]] in an asteroid field, Bulkhead and the Autobots countered it by building a [[Pulsar Dish]] from debris. While the dish was under construction, Bulkhead and Miko could help out by beating up some Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense}}
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==Toys==
===Prime===
====First Edition====
{{anchor|FirstEdition}}
[[File:Primetoy-BulkheadVoyager.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Let's hope those aren't truck nutz.]]
[[File:PrimeFEtoy-BulkheadTakaraTomy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Any color green is good, right?]]
*'''Bulkhead''' (First Edition Voyager Class, 2011/2012)
**''Number:'' '''002'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''2012-[[December 28|12-28]]'''
**''Accessories:'' [[Energon]] battle mace, stand

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#First Edition (2011)|Prime: First Edition]]'' Voyager Class toys, Bulkhead transforms into a truck. He comes with an "energon battle mace" that can either peg via [[5mm post]] into his hands, or replace one of his hands when either is flipped into his arm. The mace itself features a plain peg-hole at the top, and is stored in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] by pegging it onto the trunk. The patch of clear black [[light-piping]] plastic ([[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] to the rest of his [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] clear black parts) on his head is neutered by having his eyes painted, in equally show-accurate light blue. He features a cardboard stand as with all "First Edition" toys, but the weak adhesive used for its flaps mean it often has trouble supporting the weight of a Voyager class figure for an extended amount of time, the top caving in as the glue gives way.

:In an effort for him to fit in his [[packaging]], he is usually mis-transformed: the panel on his back is hinged up to his head, while the wheels connected to his panel-chest, normally splayed out as a pair of "[[Kibble|wings]]" and tabbed into the sides of the back panel, are left folded up and untabbed on his sides. His headlights, normally swiveled and angled up on his chest, are also left untransformed. The large panel (with the [[Kibble#"Faux-parts"|fake sculpted grille]]) underneath his hinged hood pieces also isn't tabbed to the black sliding "spine" behind it, with the results being that his crotch piece tabs only lightly to his waist, detaches easily, dislodges when the front bumper is hinged forward into the indent on its back, and that many packaged Bulkheads are encountered with their flies open.

:The Japanese [[TakaraTomy]] release of Bulkhead features darker green plastic and paint.

:''First Edition'' Bulkhead never made it to shelves in the United States in the initial run, forcing U.S. fans to import the Hasbro version from Canada. Later, [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] would pick up Bulkhead, along with most of the rest of the First Edition line, as part of a huge block of [[exclusive]]s for the US market. However, in summer 2014, he suddenly appeared on Toys R Us stores all over Hong Kong in massive quantities.

:This mold would have also been [[redeco]]ed and [[retool]]ed to make ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' [[Brawn (G1)/toys#Generations|Brawn]]. While that toy was canceled, the retooled mold eventually saw release as ''[[Transformers Cloud|Cloud]]'' [[Brawn (G1)/toys#Cloud|Brawn]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/PrimeBulkhead/bulkhead.htm More information on Hasbro ''First Edition'' Bulkhead at TFU.info]''

::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2blog.net/blog-entry-1373.html TakaraTomy's First Edition Bulkhead at Alfes's Toy Blog]''

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====Cyberverse====
[[File:PrimeCyberverse-Bulkhead-TakaraTomy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Bulkhead''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2012)
**''Series / Number'': '''2 / 002'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''2012-[[April 28|04-28]]'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''EZ-08'''
**''Accessories'': Battle Mace

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]] Commander Class toys, Bulkhead is a smaller-scale toy, and features translucent plastic panels on his hood, roof, and robot back so that the toy can be illuminated by the electronic lights featured in the larger playsets. He comes with a translucent-blue "battle mace" weapon which features four [[C joint|3mm post]]s and three post-holes all over, allowing it to be held/mounted into holes on his hands, arms, shoulders/vehicle rear, and roof, or store on his back in [[robot mode]]. The [[Hasbro]] release features a pack-in file card.

:In addition to the regular version, Bulkhead was also released in a special "advance release" assortment alongside [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Cyberverse|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#Cyberverse|Megatron]], and [[Starscream (WFC)#Cyberverse|Starscream]], with each figure including a mini-DVD that contains the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Masters & Students]]". Yes, all four of them come with the same episode.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/CommBulkhead/bulkhead.htm More information on ''Cyberverse'' Bulkhead at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Primetoy-Cyberverse-BattleTacticsBulkhead.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Not Shattered Glass Bulkhead.]]
*'''Battle Tactics Bulkhead''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2012)
**''Series / Number'': '''2 / 009'''
**''Accessories'': Blast Cannon

: Part of the fourth wave of ''Prime'' Cyberverse Commander Class toys, Battle Tactics Bulkhead is a redeco of his Cyberverse toy, coming in dark blue with cyan highlights. Instead of his battle mace, he comes with a "blast cannon", a translucent-blue cannon resembling his in-show cannon-barrel. The cannon features two 3mm posts and two mounting points.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/BTBulkhead/bulkhead.htm More information on Battle Tactics Bulkhead at TFU.info]''

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[[File:PrimeEZCollectionAutobotSet.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Autobot Set''' (EZ Collection 6-pack, 2012-[[November 24|11-24]])
**''ID number'': '''EZ-SP1'''
**''Accessories'': Battle Mace

: This version of Bulkhead was only available in a TakaraTomy ''[[EZ Collection]]'' six-pack with [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#EZ6pack|Bumblebee]], [[Ratchet (WFC)#EZ6pack|Ratchet]], [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#EZ6pack|Optimus Prime]], [[Arcee (WFC)#EZ6pack|Arcee]], and [[Wheeljack (Prime)#EZ6pack|Wheeljack]].

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[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Cyberverse-Bulkhead.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|But, there is one [[Predacon (Prime)|they]] fear... In their tongue, he is Dovahkiin... Dragonborn!]]
*'''Bulkhead''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''3 / 003'''
**''Accessories'': Launcher & missile (combine to form Nova Hammer)

: Part of the first wave of ''Prime: [[Beast Hunters (toyline)|Beast Hunters]]'' Commander Class toys, Bulkhead is a redeco and extensive retool of his Cyberverse toy, transforming into a heavily-modified armored truck with massive spikes on the fenders. He has 3mm ports in many of the same places as the previous toy, and his vehicle doors have been retooled with additional ports. His color scheme is similar to [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]].

:He now comes with a two-piece "Nova Hammer", a hammer with a very obvious axe-bladed head. The "hammer" can be held at the handle, with the handle featuring a narrow central section to allow it to be safely wedged into Bulkhead's hands, while a thicker 3mm section below the narrow part allows it to be held more securely. The weapon's head can launch the attached handle as a [[missile]] via pressure-launch, and the head/launcher features a 3mm peg-hole and two posts.

:Whether it's due to incomplete [[instructions]] or alternative transformations, Bulkhead's instructions tell [[you]] to leave his wheel "wings" swung down onto his back.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/CybCommBulkhead/bulkhead.htm More information on "Beast Hunters" Cyberverse Bulkhead at TFU.info]''

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====Robots in Disguise====
{{anchor|Voyager}}
[[File:PrimeRIDtoy-BulkheadVoyager.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Bulkhead's been working out, even taking some advice from [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] about tricking out his truck.]]
[[File:Prime-toy BulkheadVoyagerTakTom.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Meanwhile, in Japan, Bulk takes a minimalist approach to accessorizing.]]
*'''Bulkhead''' (Voyager Class, 2012)
**''Series / Number'': '''01 / 004'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''2012-[[April 28|04-28]]'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''AM-10'''
**''Accessories'': Cannon/wrecking ball & battle ram (Hasbro only), "B.H." Arms Micron (TakaraTomy only)

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Robots in Disguise (2012)|Prime: Robots in Disguise]]'' Voyager Class toys, Bulkhead is a new, smaller mold. He now comes with a "battle ram" and a half-translucent cannon with a fully translucent wrecking ball on top, both of which can be mounted (via 5mm posts) on either his roof/back, arms, or hands, with both weapons also featuring an assortment of 5mm peg-holes. The cannon can transform into a spinning wrecking ball that's illuminated by a red LED as a sort of "Energon glow", and as with other Robots in Disguise Voyager Class toys, the deployed weapon cannot lock into place. Interestingly, the [[mouthplate]] on his face is a separate, jointed, unpainted piece that can flip up to cover his face. Unfortunately, he lacks the lower half of his face, so there's nothing to see there.

: His prototype [[stock photography]] lacks the Autobot symbol that's on his right shoulder-pad in the final product. His instructions also incorrectly show his completed vehicle mode's bumper with his crotch flap still flipped up, and they also neglect to mention that his door windows/shoulder pads can open up to help cover his shoulders.

: Part of the third assortment of TakaraTomy ''Prime'' toys, the Japanese release of Bulkhead is cast in metallic plastic, features painted rims, and drops many of his other [[paint operation]]s in favor of customer-applied foil [[sticker]]s. He also has 5mm post-holes added to his vehicle mode doors as part of the [[Arms Micron]] [[gimmick]]. Instead of either of the accessories from the [[Hasbro]] version, he instead comes with his Arms Micron partner, [[B.H.]], who transforms into a larger version of Bulkhead's wrecking ball, though with a short plastic chain with handle on one end, emulating [[Bulkhead (Animated)|''Animated'' Bulkhead's]] cable-tethered wrecking-ball weapon.

: This mold also served as the basis of the non-toy ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' incarnation of [[Cryotek (Universe)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Cryotek]]. This figure's design also served as a basis as Bulkhead’s new appearance in the ''Robots in Disguise'' 2015 cartoon.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/Bulkhead/bulkhead.htm More information on Hasbro Voyager Bulkhead at TFU.info]''

::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-1540.html Arms Micron Bulkhead and B.H. at Alfes's Toy Blog]''

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====Beast Hunters====
[[File:PrimeBeastHunterstoy-Bulkhead.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Bulkhead was always a big ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' fan.]]
*'''Bulkhead''' (Deluxe Class, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''2 / 007'''
**''Accessories'': Dragon Grinder

: Part of the second wave of ''Prime: Beast Hunters'' Deluxe Class toys, Bulkhead is a new, smaller mold, and transforms into a heavily-modified off-road truck with spikes/drills on the fenders. His robot chest features narrow chest windows in a similar style to ''Animated'' Bulkhead. He comes with the "[[Dragon Grinder]]", a circular saw which can be spun at the push of a button. It features a sculpted dragon head on top of its housing, and the weapon can mount via its 5mm peg. Bulkhead features 5mm peg-holes on his hands and forearms, as well as on his roof and doors (which end up on his back in robot mode).

:His "collar" tends to rub against his windshield-hood joint during transformation, which means that the paint on the tip of the collar has a bad habit of being scraped off.

:His instructions incorrectly show his completed vehicle mode's bumper with his crotch flap still flipped up. They also include the [[Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 9|ninth chapter]] of the ''[[Tales of the Beast Hunters]]'' series.

:This mold also served as the model for the non-toy ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' incarnation of [[Bighorn#Beast Wars: Uprising|Bighorn]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/Bulkhead/bulkhead.htm More information on ''Beast Hunters'' Bulkhead at TFU.info]''
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===Construct-Bots===
[[File:ConstructBots BH Bulkhead.jpg|thumb|300px]]
* '''Bulkhead with Airazor and Wolfang''' (Triple Team, 2013)
: Bulkhead was released as part of the Beast Hunters subline of Construct-Bots, packaged with two smaller partners [[Airazor (Prime)|Airazor]] and [[Wolfang (Prime)|Wolfang]]. He can transform from a military jeep looking thing into a robot. Airazor can transform into an axe for him or Wolfang to wield. He comes with a wrecking ball weapon.

:Like most [[Beast Hunters (toyline)|Beast Hunters]] Construct-Bots, Bulkhead and friends never saw release in the United States.
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===Go!===
*'''Hunter Bulkhead''' (Deluxe, 2013-[[April 27|04-27]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''G15'''
**''Accessories'': "Hunting Saw"

:Part of the first wave of [[TakaraTomy]] ''[[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (toyline)|Transformers Go!]]'' toys, Hunter Bulkhead is a [[redeco]] of the "Beast Hunters" Deluxe Class Bulkhead toy, and features a predominantly green and gray/silver color scheme.

===Hero Mashers===
[[File:HeroMashers_Bulkhead.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

* '''Bulkhead''' (Battle Upgrade, 2014)
**''Pieces: '''13'''
: Part of the first wave of Battle Upgrade Hero Mashers toys, Bulkhead is a non-transforming robot with a rotund and rugged body based on [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|''Prime'']] Bulkhead, but with the gentle and caring mug of [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|''Animated'']] [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]. He includes a back mounted set of rocket packs, a Mjolnir-like [[Hammer (weapon)|hammer]], a large white piledriver (cannon?), and an arm mounted gun which fires a spring-loaded [[Missile|projectile]]. His parts, much like all other Hero Mashers, can be removed and swapped out with any other figure from the same line.

:He includes [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Hero Mashers|Cliffjumper]]'s arm, which is a [[redeco]] of ''Hero Mashers'' [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Hero Mashers|Bumblebee]]'s.

:His forearm with the built-in launcher is included with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Hero Mashers|Optimus Prime]], just recolored, gimmick-neutered and labeled as an arm of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Hero Mashers|Ultra Magnus]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/HMBulkhead/bulkhead.htm More information on Bulkhead at TFU.info]''
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==Merchandise==
===McDonald's===
[[File:Prime-toy McDJapan Bulkhead.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Shake, battle and roll.]]
*'''Shake Bulkhead''' (Phone charm, 2011)

:Part of the "Transformers x [[McDonald's]]" promotion for ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)| Dark of the Moon]]'', "Shake Bulkhead" is a "phone charm" toy that looks like a tall cool frosty shake, but pops open to reveal ''Prime'' Bulkhead.

:This toy, as well as "[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#McDonal's|Burger Optimus]]", was a bit of a chore to obtain. First you had to buy a Happy Meal on [[July 30]]th or [[July 31|31]]st, which netted you a ''Dark of the Moon'' [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald's|Optimus Prime]] or [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald's|Bumblebee]] toy and a "weekend exclusive Special DVD and [[MechTech]] Sheet with red ticket". Said ticket was then traded in at participating toy stores when buying any [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|''Dark of the Moon'' toy]] to get one of the two charms. (Completing the set with "[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#McDonald's|Potato Bumblebee]]" was considerably easier, at least.)

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[[File:Primetoy-BulkheadtHappyMeal.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Tastes like cardboard! ...oh, it ''is'' cardboard.]]
*'''Bulkhead''' (Happy Meal, 2012)
**''McNumber:'' '''5'''
**''Accessories'': 3 discs
:Happy Meal Bulkhead is a non-transformable offroad vehicle! He comes with three paper discs which can be inserted under his hood. When the roof is pulled back, one is expelled.
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===Kinder Surprise===
*'''Transformers: Prime''' (2014)
:Only available inside a blindpacked chocolate egg as part of Kinder's ''Transformers: Prime'' series, this buildable Bulkhead mini-figure consists of a generic "cog" onto which his limbs and armor can be clipped to construct him. He has articulation on his shoulders and upper legs.

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===Thrilling 30===
*'''Bulkhead''' (Collectible Figurine, 2014)
**''Series / Number:'' '''1 / #10'''
**''Accessories:'' Collector's base
:A super-deformed Bulkhead was released among the blindpacked [[Thrilling 30#Collectible Figurines|''Thrilling 30'' Collectible Figurines]] by [[Goldie Marketing]]. He comes with a base to help him stand, a collector's card that doubles as a puzzle piece, and a checklist.

*'''Collectible Figurines''' (5-pack, 2014)
**''Series:'' '''1'''
**''Accessories:'' 5 collector's bases
:The same Bulkhead figurine was also available in a 5-pack alongside [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Thrilling 30|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#Thrilling 30|Megatron]], [[Ratchet (WFC)#Thrilling 30|Ratchet]] and [[Starscream (Prime)#Thrilling 30|Starscream]].
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===Eaglemoss cards===
{{Charstubtoys}}
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===Tiny Titans===
*'''Bulkhead''' (Tiny titans, 2015)
**Series:'' '''4'''
**Number:'' '''6/12'''
:Part of the fourth blind-bagged assortment of Tiny Titans, this small, soft-plastic Bulkhead figure (bearing a machine gun), comes with a trading card with a scan-badge for the Robots in Disguise mobile game, which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.

==Notes==
[[File:Bulkheadsmile.jpg|thumb|It's really weird the longer you look at it.]]
[[File:VectorSigmaBotBuilderBulkhead.jpg|thumb|Now properly desaturated, Bulkhead is ready for a role in ''War for Cybertron''.]]
* Bulkhead is of course an homage to ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]], even using a wrecking ball-like mace.
* When [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] was briefly brought in early in the design process of ''Prime'', Bulkhead was originally intended to be [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]]. However, as the show evolved, the writers said they realized that they were essentially writing a new Bulkhead, and the character was brought in.<ref>http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/site-updates-18/wtftfw-podcast-episode-123-with-derrick-j-wyatt-now-online-171018/</ref> Later, on a featurette on the ''Transformers: Prime Season 1'' Blu-ray, [[Rik Alvarez]] admitted that because of the death of [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'', they didn't want to confuse kids with a living Ironhide.<ref>http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/transformers-prime-season-1-blu-ray-review-174448/</ref> It's likely that the former story was a cover for the latter, for spoiler reasons.
* For such a big guy, he runs really ''fast''.
* Bulkhead's chin piece is actually a cover for his lower lip, as is evident whenever he smiles and in his ''Robots in Disguise'' character design.
* Bulkhead's body parts are available to use in the Hub website's [[Vector Sigma Bot Builder]] online game. Normally, you cannot configure a generic 'bot using all Bulkhead parts, but you can see what one would look like at right through the magic of Photoshop. While all the characters in the game are hue-shifted from their normal colorations, Bulkhead ended up noticeably less-different than his peers.
* [[Bulkhead (G1)|Another Bulkhead]] seems to have completely borrowed the look of this Bulkhead.
*An almost-realized [[BotCon]] [[exclusive]] from [[Fun Publications]] was a redeco of [[#First Edition|''First Edition'' Bulkhead]] into [[Bruton]].<ref>[http://www.toycollectors.com.au/bc14/bc14br.html BotCon 2014 attendee report]</ref>
*With the exceptions of Optimus and Bumblebee, Bulkhead and Ratchet were the only Autobots from ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' to have speaking roles on ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]].

===Arms Up Modes===
In the Japanese ''Prime'' toyline, Bulkhead has named powered-up modes when given various [[Arms Micron]]s in certain configurations:

*'''Berserk Mode''' (バーサークモード ''Bāsāku Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': Arc, B.2, B.H., C.L., O.P., R.A.
: Seen on his box-back photo, in this mode Bulkhead holds the [[Nebula Scythe]], with [[R.A.]] attached to his right arm, [[B.2]] on his right shoulder, and [[C.L.]] attached to the mounting point behind his head.

*'''Shootgize Galaxy Launcher''' (シュートジアイズガラクシーランチャー ''Shūtojiaizu Garakushī Ranchā'')
**''Arms Microns'': Arc, B.2, B.H., C.L., Gora, O.P., Zori
: Yyyyeah. Revealed in the ''[[From the Cybertron Satellite, Transformers Division|Cybertron Satellite]]'' portion of "[[Scrapheap (episode)|Freezing Transformation!? Terror of the Minicons]]", in this battle mode Bulkhead holds the [[Galaxy Launcher]] Super Combo Weapon, while he's also got O.P. on his left forearm, B.2 on his back, and inexplicably [[Gora]] on his right forearm with [[Zori]] also on his back. And as far as can be told, "Shootgize" seems to be a bad portmanteau of "shoot" and "energize".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bulkhead''' (バルクヘッド ''Barukuheddo'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Gébǎn''' (隔板, "Bulkhead")

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.hubworld.com/transformers/shows/prime/cast-gallery/bulkhead Bulkhead's character page @ Hubworld.com]

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Mecha-soccer

2019-05-15T23:43:20Z

Hours: /* 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon */

'''Mecha-soccer''' (or '''football''') has a long history on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Professional leagues existed prior to the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], although amateur league play continues throughout the conflict.

During wartime, the non-professional teams of the '''[[Primus]] League'''<ref>[http://transfans.co.uk/media/2KX/media/comics/the_transformers_uk/darnnblast/Issue326.jpg #326's Darn 'n' Blast]</ref> garner the most attention, especially their competition for the prized '''Primus League Cup'''. While the '''Cybertron Premier Division''' is assumed to be the uppermost tier in the League, non-League teams (such as '''Throttlebot Wanderers''') are apparently recognized and able to compete.

The [[Decepticon]] [[Krok (G1)|Krok]] was one of the most violent players of the sport before unceasing warfare put an end to mainstream organized sports on Cybertron. He hopes to reintroduce traditional athletic competitions, like Mecha-soccer, after the war ends.<ref>[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye#Issue .233|More Than Meets The Eye profile]]</ref>

In a strange coincidence, [[human]]s ''also'' have a sport called football, which bears some striking similarities to the Transformers version and even has its own [[World Cup|Cup championships]]! [[Grimlock_(G1)/Marvel_Comics_continuity|Grimlock]] even played in a charity football game as part of the publicity surrounding his appearance in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie (fictional)|The Transformers: The Movie]]''. {{storylink|Robo-Capers issue 91}} The reasons for this parallel evolution are [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|unknown]].

==Teams==
We know these teams definitely exist because [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] told us!<ref>Letters pages fo Marvel UK, [http://transfans.co.uk/media/2KX/media/comics/the_transformers_uk/dreadtidings/Issue264.jpg #264], [http://transfans.co.uk/media/2KX/media/comics/the_transformers_uk/darnnblast/Issue316.jpg #316], [http://transfans.co.uk/media/2KX/media/comics/the_transformers_uk/darnnblast/Issue320.jpg #320], and [http://transfans.co.uk/media/2KX/media/comics/the_transformers_uk/darnnblast/Issue327.jpg #327]</ref>
===Known Cybertron Premier Division Teams===
* '''Actionmaster Academicals'''

:Known members: [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]
:Known matches: Defeated '''Horrorcon Thursday''' despite an in-game brawl.

* '''Bruticus All-Blacks'''

:Known members: [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]], [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]], [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]
:Known matches: Controversially won a match against their rivals '''Defensor United''' when Brawl did "a {{w|Argentina v England (1986 FIFA World Cup)#The "Hand of God"|'Hand of God'}} routine" and punched the ball in. This foul move went unseen by the refs (the [[Micromaster]] [[Battle Patrol]]), who were recovering from being stepped on by Bruticus.

* '''Defensor United'''

:Known matches: Controversially lost a match against their rivals '''Bruticus All-Blacks''' when an illegal move went unseen by the refs (the [[Micromaster]] [[Battle Patrol]]), possibly putting them out of the championship race.

* '''Dinobot Dynamo'''

:Known matches: Game against '''Triplechangers Town''' interrupted by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] blowing up the referee, then claiming to be a living god.
:Other: May be the same team as Dynamo Dinobot.

* '''Horrorcon Thursday'''

:Known members: [[Blot (G1)|Blot]] and [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]]
:Known matches: Lost to '''Actionmaster Academicals''' following a brawl with both that team and then each other.

* '''Triplechangers Town'''

:Known matches: Unfinished game with '''Dinobot Dynamo'''.

===Other League Teams===
* '''The Aerialbots'''

:Other: Said to be "looking very good in the air".

* '''Combaticons Hove Albion'''

:Known members: Brawl
:Known matches: Hard game against '''Throttlebot Wanderers''' resulted in appalling injuries to [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]], resulting in a professional foul against Brawl. Final outcome of that game unknown.

*'''Cybertron United'''

:Other: [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] noted this team had general support.

* '''Dynamo Dinobot'''

:Other: Said to be one of the two biggest teams on Cybertron. May be the same team as Dinobot Dynamo.

*'''Polyhex City'''

:Other: [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] noted this team had general support until it was relegated to a lower division. What division it had previously been in is unknown.

* '''Protectobots Academicals'''

:Other: Said to have a very strong defense.

* '''Technobots Wednesday'''

:Known members: [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]], [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]]
:Other: Nosecone said to be in line for the [[Sportsmechanoid of the Millennium]] award for his ability to "drill through defences", while Strafe is the "top winger around".

* '''Terrorcons Ununited'''

:Other: Said to be one of the two biggest teams on Cybertron.

* '''Seacons'''

:Other: Said to have a "water-logged pitch".

===Non-League Teams===
* '''Throttlebot Wanderers'''

:Known members: [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] (although [[Chase (G1)|Chase]], [[Freeway (G1)|Freeway]], [[Overload (G1)|Overload]], [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]], and [[Searchlight (G1)|Searchlight]] have been suggested as members)
:Other: Called the "non-league no-hopers" by [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], Goldbug sustained fusion servo injuries from Brawl during a match with '''Combaticons Hove Albion''', the final outcome of which is unknown. ''The team members were listed by a child (and confirmed by Blaster); he probably meant [[Wideload (G1)|Wide Load]] instead of Overload.''

==Other continuities==

===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===

A [[International School coach|coach]] at the [[International School]] berated [[Shūta Gō]] for grandstanding during a soccer game. {{storylink|Rage!! Little Devils with No Need for Rules}}

===''Kre-O''===

The Autobots and Decepticons played a game of soccer. {{storylink|Ultimate Defender}}

===''TransTech''===
The mecha-soccer draft had begun, and [[Kickstart]] and [[Heavyfoot]] were considered valuable picks in the sports world of [[Axiom Nexus]]. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/01}} [[Rook (TransTech)|Rook]] interviewed Krok, who talked up the playing skills and leadership ability of the two potential stars, while being coy on the subject of his own team, the Granaught Gatoraiders. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/01}}

===Aligned continuity family===

[[Drift (RID)|Drift]], [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]], and [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] played a game of soccer against [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]], [[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]], and [[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]], with [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] looking on. {{storylink|Transformers Super Mini-Con Striker}}

===Live-action film series===
[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] goal-tended for a session of soccer against human athletes Diego Poyet, Gor Grigoryan, and Patrick Otte in which he deflated a ball in his hand. {{storylink|Commercial/Age_of_Extinction|ESPN Future of Soccer commercial}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[Eject (G1)|The Administrator]] monitored games of mecha-soccer from the [[Cyclonus Memorial Tower]], part of the planet-wide sporting tournaments designed to entertain the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builders of Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

==Other codes==

===American football===

====Generation 1 cartoon continuity====

A game of '''American football''' (or '''Gridiron''') was played with a team of [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] and [[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]] versus the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. {{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!}} Later on, [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] sought the advice of an American [[football coach]] in a Decepticon urban battle he was leading against the Autobots. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}}

====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====

[[Clyde]] and [[Joey Slick]] threw a football around in front of other kids, one of them noting that Slick's skill would make the [[Seattle Seahawks]] consider him if he maintained consistency. After Slick had made several successful robberies, the kids announced that they desired to be robbers instead of "tomorrow's [[N.F.L.]] all-pros". {{storylink|Shooting Star!}}

====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====

After being given a vintage [[Bronco Kowalski]] helmet by [[Denny Clay]], [[Russell Clay]] participated in a game of football on a nearby field with a group of children including [[Hank]] and [[Butch (RID)|Butch]]. After being confused by jargon and falling on the ground. Russell returned to the scrapyard, where [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] communicated his desire to play the game before being swatted down by regulations. Hank later showed up at the scrapyard in order to give Russell his helmet back and invited him to practice the following day. That day, the practice did not go well for him as he was assigned to a "way-back" position. After he returned to the scrapyard, Hank went over to encourage him to return to practice as everyone was assigned to way-back at some point. After she left, Russell (with [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]]) kicked his helmet in frustration only to watch it sail through a nearby building. Later on, Russell successfully punted in a game, to the delight of Hank, the other players, and the Autobots. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (RID)|More than Meets the Eye}} Later on, Russell played in a championship game with Butch in which Russell's first attempt at a field goal was blocked by a bigger player. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 1)}} After the attempt Russell left the game, claiming a broken ankle. Hank convinced Russell to return to the game in order to attempt the winning field goal, which succeeded. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 2)}}

====''Age of Extinction'' film====

At one point, [[Cade Yeager|Cade]] and [[Lucas Flannery|Lucas]] threw around a football. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

====IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic====

Russell and Hank played another game of football, wherein Hank berated herself for not living up to Bronco Kowalski after failing to make a catch. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 5}}

====Ask Vector Prime====

[[Megatron (human)|Megatron]], the human being from [[Quadwal]], is good at football. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

====Transformers Facebook page====

The Autobots' victory over the Decepticons in a yearly football game gave [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] the right to carve a Thanksgiving turkey with his [[Energon-axe]]. [https://www.facebook.com/transformers/photos/a.153259298077606.36631.146805978722938/927911327279062/?type=3&theater]

==See also==
* [[Cube (sport)|Cube]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://transfans.co.uk/popup.php?id=2183 Dread Tidings #264]
* [http://transfans.co.uk/popup.php?id=2235 Darn 'N Blast #316]
* [http://transfans.co.uk/popup.php?id=2239 Darn 'N Blast #320]
* [http://transfans.co.uk/popup.php?id=2245 Darn 'N Blast #326]
* [http://transfans.co.uk/popup.php?id=2246 Darn 'N Blast #327]

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Fusion cannon

2019-05-07T01:46:53Z

Hours: /* Live-action film series continuity */

[[File:MTMtE Part3 ExtinctiontoallTraitors.jpg|upright=2|thumb|A release of lubricant is quite common when seeing this.]]
The '''fusion cannon''' is [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s signature [[weapon]]. It is attached to his right arm and is devastatingly powerful, as demonstrated by its [[Decapitation|sudden removal]] of [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]'s head. (It's at least as powerful as [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s [[:File:Fortmaxgiveshead.jpg|hands]] in comparison.) It strikes fear into the [[spark]]s of both [[Autobot]]s and the [[Decepticon]]s, though this description and its actual destructive capacity [[To sell toys|seems strangely uneven]].

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Addstarscreamtothedamagereport.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Hey-o!]]
''While on a hunt for [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] betrayed [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]. [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] stole Megatron's fusion cannon and the Predacons left Megatron to fight Optimus Prime with only his small backup gun. Megatron opened a [[space bridge]] which pulled both him and Prime to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] where Megatron got a new fusion cannon. {{storylink|...The Harder They Die!}}'' It is unknown what Divebomb did with the original.
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====Marvel ''G.I. Joe'' comic====
As part of an agreement with [[Cobra]], Megatron's body was rebuilt to resemble an [[Earth]]-design tank with his fusion cannon replaced by a [[rail gun]]. {{storylink|Realignments}}
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
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During a battle with the Autobots and Decepticons [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s fusion cannon was fired twice, destroying an oil rig and trapping various Autobots and humans. It was then fired once more to ignite the [[oil]] and create an enormous conflagration {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

When the Decepticons invaded [[Sherman Dam]] the fusion cannon appeared again, and was fired into the roof. When the Autobots showed up, it was fired at [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the Autobots, but unlike the ceiling, they dodged the blast. A battle then ensued between Optimus Prime and Megatron on top of the dam, but the fusion cannon was missing at this point (Prime tackled Megatron, so maybe that's why), and Megatron was forced to use his [[energon mace]], instead. Fortunately, he got the cannon back by the time he returned to his base. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}}

The fusion cannon once more came in handy when Megatron fired it to escape a collapsed [[Ruby crystal mines of Burma|ruby crystal mine in Burma.]] After the debacle at the mine, [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] got a little bit rebellious and tried to shoot Megatron. But deflected the blast with a [[force field]] projected from the fusion cannon, then blasted Starscream in the shoulder (causing no visible damage) to punish him.

All this nonsense was leading to the Decepticons trying to escape Earth. They needed some rocket fuel, so the Autobots tried to trap them with a fake rocket base—but Megatron knew better and double-bluffed them. The fusion cannon was fired once at the Autobots' fake rocket base to make the double-bluff more convincing. It reappeared at the final battle outside the Decepticon space ship. Despite trying to blast Optimus Prime the fusion cannon was shot off Megatron's arm by Prime's [[Combat Deck (G1)|Combat Deck]]. Megatron (seemingly) retrieved it before boarding his space cruiser. Starscream played up again, and Megatron put the cannon down to give Starscream a chance to prove himself, a chance that was foiled by [[Mirage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Mirage]]—so Megatron picked up the fusion cannon once more and used it to punish Starscream again before the space cruiser crashed. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}

So after that defeat the Decepticons didn't show up for a few months, when they did Megatron used his fusion cannon again in a battle against Optimus Prime at a solar energy plant, firing several times before being flipped by the fusion cannon by Prime! Megatron retaliated by punching Prime in the... uhh... gut, with the cannon. The Decepticons then took the energon they stole from the plant to the [[space bridge]]. [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] was spotted spying on them, and Megatron fired four times, missing on all four. He racked up even more misses in a later battle inside a cave where he fired no less than nine times and missed every single time. The cannon did manage to destroy a nice rock formation, though. {{storylink|Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion}}

When the Decepticons invaded a science lab to steal an [[antimatter]] formula the Autobots tried to stop them and Megatron fired at the Autobots (and their [[hologram]]s) about six times, managing to destroy a floor and a wall, but no Autobots. The anti-matter formula was then used to power-up Megatron's gun mode, but not his fusion cannon. {{storylink|Roll for It}}

After Optimus Prime was injured the Decepticons pressed an attack on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. Megatron fired his cannon six times during the battle, even managing to actually hit [[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]], blasting him out of the air. Optimus Prime (now repaired!) then showed up and the cannon shot him, rather ineffectually. It was then knocked off Megatron's arm and was useless for the rest of the battle. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}}

At the [[Arctic|North Pole]] (or thereabouts), during another battle with Optimus Prime where the fusion cannon was used to shoot Optimus in the back it was once again knocked off. This time it was knocked off by a shard of crystal thrown by Prime. {{storylink|Fire in the Sky}}

Another day, another fight at a dam. This time Megatron hooked up his fusion cannon directly to the dam as a power source. He proclaimed that the Autobots would now witness the power of his fusion cannon (actually mentioning it by name) and blasted the side of a cliff face (which was weakened by [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]'s [[Earthquake (event)|earthquake]] powers), collapsing it and dumping the Autobots into the river. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}}

[[File:Brawnfusioncannon.jpg|thumb|left|Meet the Soldier.]]
The fusion cannon's next job was blasting another hole, this time to create an entrance to a Mayan pyramid. It was then used at a battle to collect some gun-building materials where it became something of a football. First Megatron shot [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] in the chest, knocking the Autobot over. Then Brawn knocked the cannon off Megatron's arm and fired it himself hitting Megatron and knocking him over, but the kickback from the blast knocked Brawn over (again). Finally [[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] retrieved the gun for Megatron and another shot was fired at Brawn, but no one had to fall down this time because the shot missed.

Back at the Mayan pyramid Megatron used the fusion cannon to cause a distraction for the Autobots by blasting a mountainside twice and causing an avalanche. {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain (episode)|Fire on the Mountain}}

Then there was the time Megatron tried to bring [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to earth. Remember that? The fusion cannon was present throughout Megatron's machinations. But its most notable actions were during an Autobot invasion where a single underwater blast from the cannon enveloped Optimus Prime, [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]], [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]], [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]], [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] and Bumblebee (but didn't kill any of them), repeated (about six) shots fired during a Decepticon attack on the Ark (one of which hit Prime in the back) and a single shot at the battle at Megatron's giant space bridge. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1}}

Megatron's environment-destroying plan saw the Decepticons getting trapped in their own base, so used the fusion cannon to blast yet another hole in a wall to escape. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} The subsequent fight at Megatron's energon transport ship also saw the fusion cannon fired, this time twice (didn't hit anything, though.){{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 3}} Despite the energon ship exploding, neither Megatron nor the fusion cannon were destroyed and Megatron employed his signature gun again in a battle outside Archeville's lab. (This is the same battle where Megatron says, "I always hit what I aim for," which one has to assume at this stage is slight hyperbole.) {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction}}

[[File:TFTM Ironhide dies.jpg|thumb|''Yeah, I know this actually is a scope, but can you play dead, at least? Are you a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] or something?'']]
During an incident with the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] Megatron fired twice at the Autobots, then took his fusion cannon with him to an oil refinery where the Decepticons were collecting some energon. For whatever reason, Megatron took his cannon off and propped it against a wall while he was there, but fortunately he put it back on when the Autobots showed up. Fortunately because, without it, he couldn't have fired off two (unsuccessful) shots, then covered his retreat by using the fusion cannon to set fire to an [[oil tanker]]. {{storylink|A Plague of Insecticons}}

As we know, all Transformers (or at least Decepticons) get their special powers from [[power chip rectifier]]s, so when Megatron was preparing for a one-on-one duel with Optimus Prime he took the chips from all his fellow Decepticons into himself. During the duel this allowed him to fire cluster bombs from his fusion cannon; but Megatron still used what appeared to be three normal fusion cannon blasts to finish off Prime during the battle. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

An attempted coup from [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] is another matter. The shots continuously bounced off his armor and Megatron had to resort to a 5-way fistfight with Starscream, [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] as an alternative. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}} By [[2005]], Megatron's fusion cannon was far more powerful than it was twenty years earlier in that was able to kill a ship-load of Autobots, including Ironhide. Megatron lost his fusion cannon in his final battle with Optimus Prime, and upon being reformatted by [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] into [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], his fusion cannon was replaced by an arguably far more effective [[particle cannon]], which he promptly used to kill Starscream. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
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====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga====
[[File:MegatronMilitary.jpg|upright=1.00|thumb|Can we have a Green Lantern / Transformers crossover now?]]
The '''[[Megatron Corps]]''' (メガトロン軍団 ''Megatron Gundan'') are a horde of six [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] clones created by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] to overwhelm the [[Autobot]]s. Each clone is gifted with a unique Fusion Cannon and they are capable of combining their blasts into a single devastating attack, called the self-explanatory "Combined Fusion Cannon attack." No member of the Megatron Corps is gifted with sentient intelligence, however, as they are all controlled by the will of Galvatron who was, in reality, the original Megatron before his upgrade from [[Unicron]]. Galvatron would keep this hidden by also posing as a Megatron Clone... using a Particle Cannon instead of a Fusion Cannon.

As soon as Galvatron lost control over the Megatron Corps in a fight with [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]], the clones lost all their power and were easily disposed of. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 2|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #2}}
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====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
Megatron clone [[Megaplex]] brandished a fusion cannon as a secondary weapon. {{storylink|Termination}}

[[Squadron X]] survivors [[Ferak]] and [[Tornado]] escaped [[Torax Prime]] aboard a modified escape pod, refitting it with warp thrusters, [[proton bomb]]s, and a small fusion cannon. The pod, however, was no match for the firepower of an Autobot [[Vanguard-class Deep Space Interceptor|Vanguard class]] fighter. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur}}

===''Earthquake''===
Megatron's '''nuclear-charged fusion cannon''' was, as usual, the [[Decepticon leader]]'s weapon of choice. In one notable scenario, Megatron turned the weapon on [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] when he discovered they were plotting to overthrow him. {{storylink|Earthquake (book)|Earthquake}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
Having defeated Megatron, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] ripped the fusion cannon from his arm and used it to destroy the [[SPS Satellite]]. It supposedly was the only thing the [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], [[Cobra]], [[Autobot]], and [[Decepticon]] troops gathered at [[Cobra Island]] had that could reach something in space. Thereafter, the fusion cannon was brought to [[Area 52 (G1)|Area 52]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 6|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s first fusion cannon was a gift from [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}} Ironically, Megatron decided to pay him back a few million years later by blowing a huge hole in his torso. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6}} Whenever they met in combat, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] would ''always'' go for Megatron's cannon arm. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1}} During their battle in [[Brasnya]], a well-aimed shot from Optimus destroyed the weapon. {{storylink|Escalation issue 5|Escalation #5}} During a showdown in [[New York City]], Optimus Prime ripped the fusion cannon off Megatron's arm and beat him with it until it broke. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}}

When he returned in a new body, Megatron had replaced his trademark cannon with a [[rail gun]]. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine|Enemy Mine}} The change didn't last long, as he went back to the trusty ol' fusion cannon for his next body. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} After he surrendered and joined the Autobots, Optimus Prime had him dissolve his fusion cannon in acid as a symbol of giving up on the war. {{storylink|slaughterhouse}} When [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]] built him a new one in preparation for the [[Decepticon Justice Division|DJD's]] attack on [[Necroworld]], Megatron rejected it at first. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 4: At Close of Day|At Close of Day}} Upon learning that [[Fool's Energon]] was nothing more than a placebo and seeing [[Ravage (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ravage]] getting ripped in twain by [[Tarn (DJD)|Tarn]], Megatron attached the weapon to his arm and waded into the battlefield, slaughtering Decepticons with renewed vigor. Megatron demanded Tarn come face him in battle, but a well-placed shot by [[Nickel]] and [[Vos (DJD)|Vos]] damaged the cannon, rendering it unusable. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 5: Rage, Rage|Rage, Rage}} Despite this, Megatron kept it attached to his arm, even after the battle was over. When Ravage succumbed to his injuries, Megatron flew into a rage, refusing to part with the weapon and even threatening the Autobots; [[Terminus (G1)|Terminus]]'s arrival, however, prompted Megatron to detach the cannon without hesitation. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|Do Not Go Gentle}}

The fusion cannon had been made from the [[Mortilus|Necrobot]]'s teleport chamber. Following its destruction, Brainstorm turned it back into a makeshift teleport "den". {{storylink|Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|Some Other Cybertron}}

As leader of the [[Decepticon Justice Division]], Tarn sported a ''double'' fusion cannon. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}} In their final confrontation on [[Necroworld]], Megatron ripped the weapon off with ease, mocking Tarn for his zealotry. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|Do Not Go Gentle}}

[[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] also possessed a fusion cannon while on [[Earth]]. He mockingly compared it to [[Sunstreaker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sunstreaker]]'s pistol when the Autobot tried to arrest him. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}} During Galvatron's final stand in the atmosphere of [[Jupiter]], [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] overloaded the weapon, causing an explosion that grievously damaged his right side. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights|No Fair Fights}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] loved his fusion cannon so much he had another one installed on the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. The blast radius from this weapon is massive. Most kickass, though this one requires a power up time to fire again which is less kickass. The cannon arming the Nemesis was even powerful enough to destroy former [[Vok]] emissary [[Tigerhawk]] and seemingly extinguish [[Airazor (BW)|the united sparks]] [[Tigatron|still within him]] with a single charged shot. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}} Although not Megatron's, the [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'']]'s cannon was also a [[generic]] fusion cannon. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}

====''Beast Machines''====
[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s personal chariot [[Mechatron]] comes equipped with a fusion cannon to nullify any accursed [[Maximal]] that it comes across.

===Live-action film series continuity===
[[File:Movie Megatron fusion cannon.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Back in the day when he needed both hands to hold/use it.]]
[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s fusion cannon is one of the most powerful weapons known to Transformers. Drawing energy from an unknown interdimensional source, the fusion cannon fires gamma-irradiated plasma at a target.<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/Battle-Bios.cfm Battle Bios at Hasbro.com]</ref> It is also mentioned on [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]'s toy packaging that he also carries a fusion cannon; presumably it is the blue glowing laser weapon on his left arm, though it is obviously much smaller than Megatron's.

[[File:ROTF Megatron fusion cannon.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4|Hey, I can see Starscream's house from here. *fires*]]
Megatron's cannon is presumably telescopic, as he keeps a pair of smaller, pistol-like cannons in each arm when not in use that combine to form one larger cannon. Its powerful blast is enough to send another Transformer flying back three city blocks. Megatron used it on several occasions, most notably to injure [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] and to knock [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] into a building. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

[[File:DOTM-MegatronLincoln.jpg|upright=1.4|left|thumb]]
After his resurrection, Megatron still possessed his fusion cannon, but in a more compact form from which he could now access with his [[Death-lock pincer]], a lobster-like blade. A point blank shot can still send another Transformer flying back several yards. During his battle with Optimus Prime in a forest, Megatron used the fusion cannon to knock the Autobot leader backward after shattering his [[mouthplate]]. Later, after impaling Optimus with the bladed pincer, Megatron finished the job by firing the fusion cannon right through Optimus. During the final battle in [[Egypt]], Megatron used the fusion cannon to shoot down a military helicopter. Following his resurrection, Optimus turned the fusion cannon against Megatron by blowing off ''half of his face'' and then severing it and Megatron's arm off with his [[Dual Energon Swords|Energon sword]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

[[File:TLK Megatron fires.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|I have my arm-mounted cannon. Y'all happy now?]]
Megatron later adopted a hand held fusion cannon that resembled a fusion shotgun. He used it to cripple [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] before he was decapitated and Optimus used the weapon to slay the ancient Prime. The deed done, Optimus threw it down in disgust. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} Despite this, Optimus later reclaimed it as a replacement for his lost [[ion blaster]]. When Optimus changed his paint schemes while going into and coming out of hiding, the cannon changed colour with him. Considering he never used it after being captured by [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]], it is likely that the bounty hunter claimed the weapon. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

When Galvatron resumed his identity as Megatron, his new body possessed a new fusion cannon mounted on his right forearm. In addition to powerful energy bolts, the cannon could also act as flamethrower. It was separated from Megatron when Optimus Prime severed his right arm...again. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}
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===''Animated'' cartoon===
[[File:Mission Accomplished Starscream death 3.jpg|left|thumb|Given time, Starscream may simply develop an immunity to the cannon. Then again, maybe not.]]
[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]'s iconic cannon served admirably as a cutting torch when Megatron sought to gain access to the [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Autobots' ship]].<ref>Use of sound-effects from the original cartoon only served to enhance the weapon's coolness.</ref> {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} After Megatron's revival, his newly rebuilt fusion cannon proved even more effective against the Autobot ship by knocking it clean out of the sky in under a minute with some help from [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] and [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]]. It also has an optical targeting lens... [[Stock footage|sometimes]]. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}} It was instrumental in repeatedly killing the newly-immortal [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}} and was effectively used in the capture of Bulkhead. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}

Eventually, it and his other miscellaneous weapons were removed when he was captured by [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme's]] internal defenses. Optimus Prime discovered painfully that Megatron was not as weak without it as he had hoped. {{storylink|TransWarped}} Megatron later restored it to its rightful place on his arm, and used it as his primary weapon when he fought Optimus in the air. It survived the explosion of a [[Lugnut Supreme]], despite being damaged. Megatron shot Optimus Prime with it again, but this time it was ineffective, and [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] destroyed it with [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus's]] [[Magnus Hammer]]. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}

Notably Megatron, despite always precisely hitting Starscream, rarely manages to aim correctly when facing the Autobots. The writers were likely reluctant to [[The Transformers: The Movie|have half the cast atomized in the space of five seconds]], but to be fair, Starscream was unsurprisingly at point blank range for nearly every shot.
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===''TransTech''===
High Commander [[Megatron (TransTech)|Megatron]]'s main weapon was his '''Tetra-Singularity Fusion Cannon''', a weapon that harnessed a small black hole as its power source and had no equal in [[Axiom Nexus]]. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/13}} It has only been fired at full power [[Liege Maximo|once]]. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 24|''TransTech'' Megatron's profile}}

===''Shattered Glass''===
'''[[Rumbler (SG)|Rumbler]]''' was [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]]'s loyal sidearm. He was [[Roller (G1)|a semi-sentient drone]] in the shape of a fusion cannon. {{storylink|Do Over}}

[[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] later gained a '''Quantum Fusion Cannon''' upon his transformation into Nova Prime. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (SG)#NovaPrime|''Timelines'' Nova Prime profile card}}

===Aligned continuity family===
The Fusion Cannon could tap into interdimensional power sources to blast through almost any armor. [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] had one, {{storylink|Bio|Megatron's Battle Bio}} and so did [[The Fallen]] when he was Megatronus.<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/content/view/7430/20/ AllSpark.com description of BotCon 2010 Hasbro designers' panel]</ref>

====''Prime'' cartoon====
Megatron's fortress of [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]] was armed with several fusion cannons. When a human army military force arrived at the fortress to wage a counterattack on the Decepticons, Megatron had one of the cannons fired at them, annihilating the humans and destroying the nearby abandoned city of [[Jasper]] in the process. Megatron warned [[William Fowler|Fowler]] that further human interference would result in the fusion cannons being turned on several major cities, including Washington, D.C. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} When [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] arrived on Earth and reunited the majority of [[Team Prime]], {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} he and Fowler resolved to disable the fusion cannons before destroying Darkmount with the help of Earth's military. While [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] created a distraction at the base of the fortress, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] attempted to sneak into the fortress to disable the cannons, but when met with heavy resistance, Magnus took matters into his own hands and mounted a one-bot assault on the cannons. He was stopped by Megatron, and though the Autobots were all captured, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s arrival quickly resulted in the fusion cannons being crippled, and then destroyed by Fowler's [[Skystriker (vehicle)|Skystriker]]s. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}
[[File:PrimeMegatronFusioncannon.JPG|thumb|right|upright]]
Megatron himself also had a fusion cannon<ref>Though unnamed in the series, it was named as such in the toyline.</ref> on his right arm, which seemed to be a standard arm-mounted energon cannon simply enhanced by [[Dark Energon]], but he promptly abandoned it when he got [[Liege Maximo|a dead Prime]]'s arm to replace his own in order to activate the [[Forge of Solus Prime]] to create the arguably more ''effective'' [[Dark Star Saber]]. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}} Later, however, he lost that arm {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}} and got his original arm back along with his fusion cannon. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} He was still able to use the Dark Star Saber with his fusion cannon arm in a final battle with the Autobots. {{storylink|Deadlock}} After being killed, he lost it again upon being resurrected by [[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]], though he was able to access ''two'' [[Dark Energon]] cannons that were also extremely effective. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

When the Autobots prepared to face the Chaos Bringer, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] took stock of the arsenal aboard the [[Trypticon (WFC)|''Nemesis'']], which included a complement of fusion cannons. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

==Games==
====''War for Cybertron''====
Megatron's precious cannon fired explosive charges into the faces of his enemies. Oddly enough, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] could also use one.

'''Carried by:''' [[Leader (WFC)|Leaders]], Megatron
*Damage: 10
*Range: 9
*Accuracy: 7
*Rate of Fire: 4

====''Transformers Devastation''====
The Fusion Cannon is a Grenade Launcher class weapon that can be unlocked by beating the game on any difficulty. When aiming, it will create a shield that blocks damage from the front. It can be equipped by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]].

Megatron, of course, uses the Fusion Cannon as his primary weapon. He's also able to use the Fusion Cannon to create a forceful but harmless energy waves to fling his enemies away from him.

Another variant, "Fusion Cannon (Mod)", instead works like a shotgun; as one can guess, this variant is based on movieverse Megatron's fusion shotgun, down to it's appearance. This weapon lacks the aforementioned shield function.

==Toys==
===Megatrons with Fusion Cannons===
[[File:Megatron_G1_toys.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|So many Fusion Cannons, so few targets.]]
:As the Fusion Cannon is Megatron's signature weapon, we at the wiki quickly realized that posting ''every'' instance of a Megatron with a Fusion Cannon would be perhaps a bit much. Not to mention, it would be shorter to list those who didn't have one. For brevity, and sanity, the following Megatrons ''(Megatronii?)'' are commonly known to carry Fusion Cannons into combat on their toys and merchandise:
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*[[Megatron (G1)/toys|The Generation 1 incarnation]], which covers the Megatron found in [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel Comics]], [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|the original cartoon]], and [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|IDW's line of comics]], among others.
*[[Megatron (Movie)/toys|The live-action film incarnation]], featured in four out of the five major movies.
*[[Megatron (Animated)|The ''Animated'' incarnation]].
*[[Megatron (WFC)/toys|The Aligned incarnation]], featured in several video games, novels and Transformers Prime.
*[[The Fallen/toys#Robots in Disguise .282015.29|Megatronus]], while not a Megatron, always has a Fusion Cannon in the 2015 ''[[The Fallen#2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon|Robots in Disguise]]'' franchise.
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:Meanwhile, the following toys either feature one-shot ''(continuity wise)'' Megatrons with Fusion Cannons, or other characters with toys who have been issued Fusion Cannons:

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===Beast Machines===
[[File:BM Mechatron toy red version.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Mechatron''' (Beast Rider, 2000)
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles
: Mechatron features a central fusion cannon.

*'''Mechatron''' (Beast Rider, 2001)
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles
:Later on, Mechatron was given a [[Variant|running change]] [[redeco]] into a shocking purple, yellow, and copper coloration, though the packaging was not changed in any way to reflect this.
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===Timelines===
[[File:Timelinestoy-NovaPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I don't feel like I fit in here.]]
*'''Nova Prime''' (Deluxe, 2015)
:While he didn't have one as [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]], the redeemed former leader of the [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|evil Autobots]] wound up receiving a Quantum Fusion Cannon from his benefactor [[Unicron/Shattered Glass|Unicron]]. It does look a lot like the Ion Blaster his [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Deluxe|heroic counterpart]] has, though.
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===United===
[[File:Unitedtoy-DarksideMegatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Darkside Optimus Prime & Darkside Megatron''' (Deluxe Class two-pack, 2011)
**''Accessories'': Cannon/missile launcher, energy-blast missile
:Part of a [[Tokyo Toy Show|Tokyo Toy Show 2011]]-[[exclusive]] ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' two-pack with [[Darkside Optimus Prime (United)|Darkside Optimus Prime]], [[Darkside Megatron]] is a [[Black repaint|black]] [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers Generations|Generations:]] [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)#Toys|War for Cybertron]]'' [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#Toys|Megatron]]. Megatron's spring-loaded Fusion Cannon can still attach to either arm.
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===Dark of the Moon===
[[File:DOTMtoy-SentinelPrimeVoyager.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I don't belong here eithe— [[Dark of the Moon (film)|well, actually...]]]]
*'''Sentinel Prime''' (MechTech Voyager, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' MechTech Boom Lift/Fusion cannon
:Sentinel's voyager figure comes with a [[MechTech]] weapon that converts from his vehicle mode boom lift into a big ol' fusion cannon, named as such on the packaging. ''Why'' Sentinel has a fusion cannon isn't explained; maybe he ganked it from Megatron?
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===Age of Extinction===
[[File:Lost Age AD-02 Optimus Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I don't think I belong here, either.''(TakaraTomy version pictured)'']]
*'''Evasion Mode Optimus Prime''' (Voyager, 2014)
*'''Evolution 2-Pack Optimus Prime''' (Voyager Two-Pack, 2014)
*'''Optimus Prime & Grimlock''' (Platinum Edition Voyager 2-pack, 2014)
*'''Optimus Prime Battle Damage Color''' (Milk Magazine exclusive, 2014)
*'''Rusty Ver. Optimus Prime''' (Voyager, 2014)
*'''Gold Classic Optimus Prime''' (Battle Command Campaign, 2014)
*'''Autobots United''' (Platinum Edition 5-pack, 2014)
*'''Breakout Battle''' (Platinum Edition, 2014)
:A weapon based on Megatron's hand held Fusion Shotgun (named Ion Cannon) is available with this Optimus Prime and his redecoes. The said weapon can also attach to ''Dark of the Moon'' Voyager Class Megatron's hands.

::''See also: [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 6|''Movie The Best'' Optimus Prime]]''
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===''Knights of Unicron''===
[[File:TF-KOU-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Possibly the most unlikely Megatron ever.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Knights of Unicron Reunion Tour Set, 2014)
**Accessories'': clear purple missile, Fusion Cannon
:''[[Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron]]'' Megatron is a redeco of ''Thrilling 30'' Deluxe Class Megatron, transforming from a rocker-themed Cybertronian self-propelled gun into a rocker-themed robot. Yes, he still has the Fusion Cannon.
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==Notes==
[[File:MegatronAntimatterUK.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|...or you could do that instead, sure.]]
*Generation 1 Megatron's on-[[Packaging|package]] [[bio]] refers his weapon as a "'''particle beam cannon'''".<ref name=G1pack>Generation 1 Megatron's original on-package bio [http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/techspecs/decepticon/1984/ts_megatron.jpg (scan at BotchTheCrab.com)]</ref>
*His Generation 1 on-package bio also mentioned he can "link up interdimensionally to a [[black hole]] and use [[Antimatter|anti-matter]] from it for use as a weapon," without elaborating further.<ref name=G1pack/> This, however, is a truncated version of the full bio provided to ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' writers and later published in ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'', which explains that his ''cannon'' draws on the antimatter as a power source.<ref>Generation 1 Megatron's extended bio [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/printerfriendly.php?char=Megatron (transcription at NTFA.net)]</ref> Apparently working from the shortened version, [[Simon Furman]] wrote [[Raiders of the Last Ark|two]] [[Resurrection!|stories]] in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|Marvel UK comics]] where Megatron channeled the antimatter through his body, unleashing it through his hands the first time and through his eyes the second time. It manifested as a black, starry cloud that caused explosions. A similar situation occurred in the cartoon. Megatron was never shown to possess antimatter-channeling abilities, but he was shown to possess an anti-matter blaster in "[[Enter the Nightbird]]". Like every Decepticon weapon in the cartoon, it produced a purple laserbeam, though one that "absorbed" energy. The fusion cannon-power-source interpretation has never featured in a story.
*The deep percussive note at the beginning of the iconic fusion cannon sound effect (used throughout Generation 1 and ''Animated'') is an old "stock" sound used frequently in American animation, most notably within {{w|Hanna-Barbera}}'s ''{{w|Scooby Doo}}'' where it was used to signify cast members or objects falling on the ground, running into walls, etc.
*According to the [[Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)|''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy'' strategy guide]], Megatron's fusion cannon functions as a flame thrower. No wonder he got defeated easily.
**Megatron's cannon in ''The Last Knight'' functioned as a flamethrower in one scene, possibly alluding to this...or following the "rule of cool".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Yūgō Cannon Hō''' (融合カノン砲, "Fusion Cannon Gun")

==See also==
*[[Fusion weaponry]]
*[[Rumbler (SG)|Rumbler]]

==References==
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Core

2019-05-06T23:21:44Z

Hours: /* War for Cybertron */

{{disambig3.5|the core of Cybertron from the aligned continuity family|the core of Cybertron from ''Beast Machines''|organic core|Core}}
:''The Core is a location and the physical form of [[Primus]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:WFC Cybertron's core.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|The core looks like a mini planet of some sort. It is possible that the core has [[:File:Cybertron_Primus_toy.jpg|a robot mode]], but that'd just be plain silly.]]

The '''Core''' is located at the centre of the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and considered sacred ground by the Cybertronians as it produced vast quantities of [[energon]] that is essential to the continued existence of the [[Transformer]] race. Resembling a massive spherical construct, the Core possesses its own consciousness and mind allowing it to speak as well as act. In reality, the Core of Cybertron is the [[Oracle (BM)|shell]] that houses [[Primus]] himself, the creator-god of the [[Transformer]]s, who became one with it to give life to his children through the [[Well of AllSparks]].

{{quote|These are sacred grounds, Ironhide. The Core provides Energon and life to all of Cybertron. It pains me to see it defiled this way.|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] going religious on us|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''}}

==Fiction==
===''The Covenant of Primus''===
While not much is known of Primus's origins, he created the Thirteen before fading away into hyper sleep to turn the tide of his war against Unicron. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

===Aligned novels===
Primus is generally accepted to exist though his 13 children are considered a myth by [[Jazz (WFC)|some]]. Throughout Cybertron devices carry out his will: the [[AllSpark]] creates the [[protoform]]s in the [[Well of All Sparks]]. The [[Sonic Canyons]] are believed to be his ears, feeding him knowledge of the universe via Vector Sigma, though that is actually beneath [[Kaon (polity)|the gladitorial arenas of Kaon]]. And the Core produces his own physical emanation, [[Energon]].

During the civil war, the AllSpark was ejected into space to keep it out of Decepticon hands, eventually floating into the [[Milky Way]], while the Core was corrupted by the [[Dark Energon]]-imbued [[Plasma energy]] Chamber. The dying [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]] ordered [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] to go to the Core and remove its infection. Optimus was accompanied by [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] and began descending the [[Underworld]] through the empty [[Well of All Sparks]]. Horrified by the infestation, Bumblebee tore out the corruption spikes on the Core, allowing Optimus to remove the poisonous [[Plasma Energy Chamber]].

A voice that only Optimus could hear then told him he was too late, but it imbued his body with the Matrix, truly making him a Prime. It told him to [[Ark (WFC)|leave]] Cybertron, but to also return one day, when the Matrix and the Core would act in concert to restore the planet. When the Autobots left Cybertron, the last original Prime [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] remained, stating Vector Sigma would keep him alive. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
[[File:OneShallRise1-Core.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Oooh, continuity.]]
According to legend, at the beginning of time, Unicron and Primus battled each other for eons, with neither side remaining victorious for long. Until, that is, Primus created the [[Thirteen]]: the original Primes. These Thirteen defeated Unicron and cast him into space. Primus then became one with the Core of Cybertron, and brought life to new Cybertronians through the [[Well of All Sparks]]. Optimus Prime would later speak of Unicron as being a physical being that had likely transcended physical form, with Primus presumably being the same. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

When Primus was poisoned from the result of the war, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Orion Pax]] came into contact with Primus and was given the Matrix of Leadership. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}} During the war, Optimus removed the AllSpark, the source of new life creation on Cybertron, and sent it into deep space. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

Many thousands of years later, Primus was restored by [[Team Prime]] when they used the Omega Lock built into the ''Nemesis'' to restore Cybertron. {{storylink|Deadlock}} However Primus's awakening would cause his slumbering arch foe [[Unicron]] to reawaken and take control of Megatron's body, flying to Cybertron to destroy him. Raising an army of Terrorcons, Unicron sent them into the Well of All Sparks to destroy Primus, but they themselves disintegrated, within inches of the Core, when Unicron was defeated. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
A thousand years ago, [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] was sent to Earth by Primus himself, but not before receiving various upgrades that allowed her to go on her mission. {{storylink|The Buzz on Windblade}}

==Games==
===''War for Cybertron''===
{{voiceactor|[[Isaac C. Singleton, Jr.]] (English)}}
[[File:Coreprecorruption.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Get your icky tentacles away from me!]]
In the closing stages of the Great War, the Decepticon leader [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] learnt of the existence of a powerful corruptive energy source known as [[Dark Energon]] located at an orbital station. After acquiring the station and manufacturing it through the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge]], Megatron decided to corrupt the Core of Cybertron itself in order to win his war against the Autobots. To accomplish this feat, he first needed the Omega Key and thus laid siege to [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] itself and journeyed into the [[Vaults]] where he battled [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]] for the relic. It was only after the battle did he learn of Omega Supreme being the key to the Core and battled the gigantic Autobot as well as defeating him. With Omega Supreme defeated, Megatron forced the Guardian to open the Omega Gate and took his Decepticons to the Core. There, he used Corruptors to infuse the Core with Dark Energon which began to manifest all over the planet Cybertron and threatening its survival.

With the defeat of Zeta Prime, the [[Autobot High Council|High Council of Elders]] promoted [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] to the position of [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] in order to lead the Autobots. Seeing the continued corruption of Dark Energon spreading across Cybertron, Optimus Prime decided to journey deep into the planet and purge the infestation at its source. Taking [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]] and [[Warpath (WFC)|Warpath]] with him, they learnt that [[Space slug]]s were fighting a losing battle in cleansing the Core of Dark Energon. [[File:CybertronCoreRestored-WFC.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|The core of Cybertron talks! It must be lonely being the core of Cybertron.]] Furthermore, the trio of Autobots had to fight against a garrison of Decepticons left behind by Megatron to ensure that the Core remained corrupted. Despite their resistance, Optimus Prime and his team managed to reach the centre of Cybertron and kill a corrupted space slug, thus freeing the Core. There, the Core spoke to Optimus Prime and revealed that the corruption of Dark Energon had been too extensive and in order to conserve itself - the Core had to shut down and purge itself in a process that would take millions of years where it would no longer be able to produce large quantities of Energon.

This meant that the planet Cybertron would be barren as a result and insufficient energy would be present for those that remained on the surface. Despite claiming that the line of Primes had failed in their mission, the Core decided to impart the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to Optimus Prime stating that so long as it functioned; its own [[Spark]] would continue. With that done, Optimus Prime returned to the surface and began the [[Great Exodus]] of Cybertron, leaving only a small number of them behind who vowed to continue to fight Megatron's tyrannical rule.

[[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] exclaimed Primus's name when he realized the orbital station was a living Cybertronian. Afterwards, Optimus thanked Primus when he managed to defeat [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]]. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron}}

==Notes==
*Cybertron is shown to exist before Primus "became one" with it's core, implying the planet predates him in ''Prime'' continuity. It is also heavily implied as various points during the series that Primus is only the living core of the planet, with the planet not being his body as it is in previous continuities.
*Whilst not stated in the game, the Core is likely the shell that houses [[Primus]] himself. In ''[[Transformers: Exodus|Exodus]]'', the core refers to Primus separately, so it is probably a [[Oracle (BM)|shell program]].
*However, [[One Shall Rise, Part 1|Episode 24]] of the [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|''Prime'' cartoon]] confirmed that Primus became one with the Core and the Core of Cybertron is referred to as "Primus" in the ''Prime'' cartoon and various related media from there on in.

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Sentinel Prime (ROTF)

2019-05-04T02:14:01Z

Hours:

{{disambig3|Sentinel Prime}}
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:''Sentinel Prime is an [[Autobot]] leader from the [[live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:DOTM-Sentinel-Heatscramble.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|What does [[Spock]] need with [[Ark (DOTM)|a starship]]?]]
'''Sentinel Prime''' hails from an older time when [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was the galaxy's crown jewel and the [[Transformer]] race was full of promise and potential. The only known remaining [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], he personified what a leader should be: wise, compassionate, and a more than worthy warrior. Revered by both [[Autobot]] and [[Decepticon]], few would dare stand against his shield and [[Primax Blade]].

But when Sentinel was presumably lost forever on board the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], his hand-picked successor, was left to fill his void. The loss of Sentinel signaled the end of Cybertron's golden age, and the planet spiraled deeper into war. Some who recall Sentinel's reign bitterly remember when Transformers were masters of their fate, rather than scattered to the stars and living as exiles. Above all, Sentinel Prime is a staunch nationalist. He loves his home planet with all of his [[Spark]] and will do anything —even go to extremes— to protect it.

{{bigquote|You simply fail to understand that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.|Sentinel Prime|''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]''. No, seriously.}}

==Fiction==
===Movies===
{{note|The five movies are the primary component of the live-action movie continuity family. Their events should be taken as canon for all other pieces of fiction listed below, unless otherwise specified.}}
====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
When [[Sam Witwicky]] launched into a rambling lecture on the nature of space and time while in a trance brought on by the knowledge of the AllSpark entering his mind, he recalled Sentinel Prime's "expedition" to find Cybertron a new sun, commenting that it took "fourteen galactic convergences" to get an echo. {{Storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Leonard Nimoy]] (English), [[Nobuyuki Katsube]] (Japanese)|[[Zhou Zhiqiang]] (Chinese), [[Arturo Casanova]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Dario Penne]] (Italian), [[Marc Cassot]] (European French), [[Jean Brousseau]] (Canadian French)}}

{{bigquote|So lost are you, Optimus. On Cybertron we were gods. And here... they call us "machines."}}

[[File:DOTM-Sentinelsleeps.jpg|left|thumb|upright=2|Sentinel just can't get to sleep without his security [[pillar]].]]

Long ago, Sentinel Prime was the leader of the Autobots before Optimus Prime during the war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. But as the conflict dragged on, with no end in sight, Sentinel found himself forced to make a drastic choice: a secret alliance with [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. Believing that it was only through the sacrifice of another world that Cybertron could be restored, Sentinel developed teleportational [[space bridge]] technology to transport resources across interstellar distances—but, knowing that Optimus would never condone his course of action, Sentinel kept his plans a secret, claiming the bridge was a means of transporting troops into battle. Sentinel's intention was to depart for the chosen planet—[[Earth]]—and meet Megatron there later, but during the battle that erupted around the departure of Sentinel's ship the [[Ark (DOTM)|''Ark'']], the vessel was damaged and sent spiralling off into the depths of space, presumed lost forever. The war was left to continue with none save Megatron aware of Sentinel's treachery.

In [[1961]], the ''Ark'' crashed on Earth's [[moon (moon)|moon]]. The impact was detected by [[NASA]], triggering the space race of the 1960s and leading to the [[United States of America]]'s eventual first trip to the moon in [[1969]], which was secretly an attempt to inspect the crashed alien ship. However, before [[Apollo 11]] got there, a team of Decepticons led by [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], who had tracked the vessel, removed the majority of the space bridge [[pillar]]s from the ship to keep them out of human hands. The NASA astronauts found no trace of them, nor of Sentinel himself, safely sealed in the ship's crash vault with five remaining pillars.

[[File:DOTM-SentinelOptimusMatrix.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2|"Sorry Optimus, I don't want it. Because when I kill someone, I want them to ''stay'' dead."]]

In the present day, a mission to [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant|Chernobyl]] resulted in Optimus Prime's Autobots discovery of a piece of the ''Ark'', which had been recovered by a later Russian moon mission. Demanding information from new National Security Director [[Charlotte Mearing]], Optimus learned that the ship was on the moon, and subseuently travelled there with [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] to find and retrieve Sentinel Prime. Taking his mentor's body back to Earth, Optimus revived him with the [[Matrix of Leadership]], and Sentinel awoke in a crazed rage, briefly attacking Optimus before coming to his senses. Sentinel explained the space bridge to the Autobots and humans, lamenting the seeming loss of the pillars that the Decepticons had stolen, and took an immediate dislike to Mearing when she ordered the few remaining pillars taken into custody. Optimus proceeded to give Sentinel a tour of Earth, which led the old Autobot to marvel at the beauty and the life of the planet, after which Optimus offered Sentinel the Matrix back. Sentinel turned it down, feeling unable to lead on a planet he did not know, and telling Optimus that he was now his teacher, rather than his protege.

[[File:DOTMSentinelOptimus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=2|Give me ''your'' face!]]

Discovering evidence that the Decepticons held the missing pillars, the Autobots' young human ally [[Sam Witwicky]] believed that the villains would soon be coming after Sentinel Prime, since only he could activate the technology. Several Autobots escorted Sentinel Prime back to NEST headquarters, fending off a [[Dread (DOTM)|team of Decepticons]] along the way, but once they had arrived at their destination, Sentinel allowed his facade to drop. Knowing that all was in readiness, he revealed his centuries-long alliance with Megatron by slaying [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] with his [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] cannon, tearing NEST headquarters apart to reclaim the pillars, and departing to meet his Decepticon co-conspirators at the [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln Memorial]]. There, Sentinel opened a small space bridge portal above, through which Decepticon troops in waiting on the moon poured. Optimus Prime arrived and pleaded with Sentinel to stop, but Sentinel refused, leading to a battle between the two. Sentinel overpowered his former pupil, but spared his life.

[[File:DOTM-SentinelandMegatron.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2|Sentinel and his new hobo friend.]]

Sentinel proceeded to deceive the [[United Nations]], claiming that he and the Decepticons would harmlessly take the resources they needed from Earth and depart with no further bloodshed if Optimus and his "Autobot rebels" were exiled from the planet. The humans wasted no time in agreeing, and the [[Xantium (DOTM)|''Xantium'']] was launched with Earth's remaining eleven Autobots inside... whereupon [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] blew the shuttle to bits. With their primary opponents now believed obliterated, the Decepticons set about conquering the city of [[Chicago]] and positioning pillars in strategic locations around the world. Megatron gloated over the success of their partnership, but Sentinel was quick to violently and physically remind him that he was working ''with'' Megatron, not ''for'' him.

With the pillars in place, Sentinel activated the space bridge, opening a huge portal above the Earth through which Cybertron itself began to materialize. Earth was not without defenders, however: Optimus and the Autobots had, in fact, staged their deaths, and had arrived in Chicago to stop Sentinel's plot. Optimus shot out the control pillar, deactivating the bridge, leading a furious Sentinel to engage him in battle once more. Unlike their last bout, Optimus held his own, leading Sentinel to call upon Decepticon fighter ships to fire on his ex-apprentice, while he broke off to fight his way through the other Autobots in an attempt to escape. NEST soldiers destroyed the ships, allowing Optimus to pursue Sentinel and re-engage him, but this time, Sentinel took the upper hand when he severed one of Optimus's arms.

[[File:DOTM-allIeverwanted.jpg|left|thumb|upright=2|Do you really want to hurt me? Do you really want to make me cry?]]
Just before Sentinel could deliver the killing blow, however, he came under attack from Megatron, who, thanks to the goading of Sam's girlfriend [[Carly Spencer]], had realized the threat Sentinel posed to his leadership and had decided to once again take his rightful place at the top of the command chain. At the same time, the other Autobots destroyed the reactivated control pillar, thus destroying the space bridge and apparently Cybertron with it. Though Megatron's attack on Sentinel saved Optimus's life, the Autobot leader refused Megatron's offer of a truce and killed his eternal foe, leaving Optimus and the now-badly-damaged Sentinel alone once more. Sentinel abandoned his pride; he pleaded with Optimus for mercy, claiming all he ever wanted was the survival of their race. Optimus countered that Sentinel hadn't betrayed the Autobots, but rather ''himself'', and as his treacherous mentor howled at the ruination of his plans, Optimus unceremoniously executed Sentinel Prime with Megatron's fusion shotgun. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

{{note|Sentinel Prime's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]" and "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel]]"; the "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation]]" and "[[Movie Trilogy]]" comics; and the storybooks "[[Autobots Versus Decepticons]]," "[[Optimus Prime's Friends and Foes]]," "[[The Lost Autobot]]," "[[Dark of the Moon: Action Pop-ups!]]" and "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Mix & Match]]." Several adaptations include plot points from earlier drafts of the film, including Sentinel killing [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] along with Ironhide; his willingness to kill Optimus at the Lincoln Memorial, sparing him instead only to save the pillars when they come under attack; and his being slain by Optimus using his own Cosmic Rust cannon, rather than Megatron's weapon.}}

====''Age of Extinction'' film====
[[File:Sentinel head at KSI.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|He didn't get to live long and prosper ''quite'' as much as Leonard, but we'll give him points for trying.]]
After the battle of Chicago, Sentinel's head was recovered by [[Joshua Joyce]]'s [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated|KSI]] to be used to help manufacture their own Transformers. [[Brains]] personally worked on it along with the remains of other fallen Transformers. Sentinel himself was also listed as "deceased" by the CIA taskforce "[[Cemetery Wind]]". {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}
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===IDW movie comics===
[[File:Foundation1-SentinelPrimeaword.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|"That word is ''fart''."]]
Sentinel Prime was a direct descendant of the first Cybertronian, [[Primus]], and was believed to be the last of the [[Prime (rank)|Primes]]. He told tales to his much younger Cybertronian brethren of how the [[Dynasty of Primes]] had called upon a legendary artifact, the star-powered [[AllSpark]], to give life to their world. But the AllSpark had been lost to history, and their world had tumbled through the cosmos without a star to orbit for eons. Sentinel Prime had plans to rectify this, and he gathered followers who believed in his path to a new age of life on Cybertron. With the help of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]], [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], and their legions, they searched the planet for the legendary artifact and a way to power it. However, there were the [[Thetacon (tribe)|Thetacons]], a tribe of separatist Transformers who disbelieved in Sentinel Prime's vision, and warred against him and his followers. This conflict ended when, with the help of [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]], a sun to orbit was brought to Cybertron, and the AllSpark discovered and energized.

[[File:Foundation1 freedom.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.2|"Hey, a body! Buff, tanned... yeah, this is mine alright."]]

Though Sentinel Prime had finally returned the forgotten concept of "freedom" back to Cybertron, he felt he no longer had a part in its path to the future. He was old and tired, and spoke in confidence to Optimus, believing that young Autobot was also part of the Prime lineage and requesting that he take on the mantle of leadership. Though Optimus was too humble to accept, not believing Sentinel's claims about his heritage, Megatron overheard their conversation and became jealous of his "brother." {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} Sentinel formulated another plan for Cybertron's future: it would be governed by Optimus's [[Science Division]] and Megatron's [[Defense Force]]. By having Optimus investigate the remains of the Primes' civilization, it would encourage him to believe in his lineage. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}}

Alas, after two generations of successful shared leadership, Megatron fell under the sway of [[The Fallen]], and reshaped his Defense Force as the [[Decepticon]]s, declaring war on Cybertron. Sentinel Prime was at the archaeological dig in Simfur when the first strike took place, and was quick to opt for a technique of self-preservation, rather than attempting to save the Science Division's work. Optimus soon arrived to fend the Decepticons off, and revealed that his studies had proven the truth of Sentinel's words: he was indeed a descendant of the Primes. He did not believe that this made him a born leader, but Sentinel impressed upon Optimus the necessity that he take up command of the [[Autobot]]s, that Cybertron might be saved from Megatron's destructive ambitions.

[[File:Foundation3 sentinels torch.jpg|left|thumb|"Jim... I am, and forever shall be, your friend."]]

As time passed, and the war rolled on with no signs of stopping, Sentinel Prime was forced to make a deal with Megatron to seek out another planet whose resources they can exploit to restore their homeworld. The chosen planet was the resting place of the Primes' Star Harvester. Sentinel recreated the Primes' lost [[space bridge]] technology, fashioning hundreds of pillars that would form a bridge large enough to teleport Cybertron itself across the cosmos {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} {{storylink|Dark of the Moon issue 3|Dark of the Moon #3}} Sentinel then invented a mysterious "torch" that he promised would end the war. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} The torch had to be brought into contact with the AllSpark to be activated, so the Autobots launched an attack on the Simfur temple to carry out this action while Sentinel stood by with a spacecraft, the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]], to await delivery of the active torch. [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita One]] soon returned with the torch, at which point Sentinel instructed Wheeljack to take the [[Ark (Movie)|second Ark]] and collect the remaining Autobots from [[Tyger Pax]], while he himself headed to Simfur to collect Optimus's forces. Upon arrival at Simfur, however, Sentinel's Ark was attacked by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], and was consumed by a huge explosion, leaving all present to believe it, Sentinel, and all aboard had been destroyed. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}}

In actuality, Sentinel's Ark had not been vaporized as believed: it had been teleported away by the [[space bridge]] technology it was outfitted with. With all hands knocked into stasis by the explosion, the ship automatically jinked through space and time on a series of random space bridge jumps, until at last, its sensors locked on to the energy of the AllSpark, which had since been ejected from Cybertron and had crash-landed on the planet [[Earth]]. On its penultimate jump, the Ark crossed paths with the Decepticon ship ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'', which had departed Cybertron just as the war was beginning, and was now also following the AllSpark's trail. The Ark materialized from its jump into the same physical space as the ''Nemesis'', crippling both ships beyond repair; the Ark made one final bridge jump, reappearing in the immediate vicinity of Earth in 1962, where it crashed violently onto Earth's [[moon (moon)|Moon]]. All the Autobots aboard perished save for Sentinel himself, who was in the crash vault and remained slumbering in stasis. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 1|Convergence chapter 1}}
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===Titan movie comics===
Sentinel was a direct descendant of [[Primus]], the first Cybertronian, and one of the last surviving Primes. With a firm but just hand, he ruled the Autobots before the war. During the war, he named Optimus his successor before departing on a mission into deep space, only for his ship to be shot down by enemy fire...

But his Ark merely crashed somewhere near Earth in 1962, a fragment of it landing in Fiesole, [[Italy]]. When a human discovered it in 2011, [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] tried to prevent the Autobots from getting that fragment and finding their way to the lost Ark. The Autobots finding Sentinel was ''not'' an option for Starscream and the concept unnerved him... Apparently, the fragment had the power to make martyrs of the good and bad alike. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Fight for Fiesole}}

===Mega-Mouth===
A [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron that hailed from another universe]] claimed that ''he'' attacked Sentinel. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1#Mega-Mouth|Mega-Mouth #1}}

===''BeCool'' shorts===
'''Firetruck''' (消防車 ''Shōbōsha'') was part of the audience of ''Quiz! BeCool''. {{storylink|The Story of Quiz! BeCool}} He also headed a fire brigade that attempted to rescue [[Bumblebee (G1)|Yellow Sports Car]] from a burning building, only for the "emergency" to have been part of a movie. {{storylink|The Story of the Fire Brigade Dispatch!}}

===''Kre-O'' cartoon===
[[File:sentinelprimekreo-wallpaper.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Sentinel Prime was rescued from the Moon by Optimus, but then turned all evil and stuff. {{storylink|Take Us Through the Movies}}

Sentinel Prime was in the audience of a tag battle pitting [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]] against [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing}} He was in the audience of a dance competition too. {{storylink|Bot Stars}}

Sentinel was also part of a crowd that waited at the finish line of a race between Optimus, Bumblebee, and Megatron. He cheered for Bumblebee as he finished the race, though it turned out Optimus had already won the competition. {{storylink|The Big Race}}
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===''Timelines''===
In one reality, Megatron suddenly shifted position during the Battle of Chicago and thus took advantage of his mysteriously good luck to kill both Optimus Prime and Sentinel Prime. Eventually, though, a new Prime arose, [[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Rodimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Megatron (Movie)/toys#Timelines|BotCon 2015 Megatron profile card}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Tyran 609.23-PX Kappa]], Megatron, rather than Optimus Prime, defeated [[The Fallen]]. Megatron went on to gather his army and wage a successful campaign against the Autobots and [[NEST]] on Earth. Falling for baited clues that [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] left for [[Sam Witwicky]], Optimus Prime took the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'' to the Moon. Backed into a desperate corner by the Decepticon offensive, Optimus revived Sentinel Prime right on the lunar surface. With Sentinel's aid, Megatron defeated and captured Optimus. With the aid of collaborationist humans, Megatron used space bridge technology to bring Cybertron to Earth orbit, and under [[Dylan Gould]]'s leadership, humans were put to work strip-mining Earth for resources to rebuild Cybertron.

All of this changed when [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] arrived. The bounty hunter demanded that Optimus be handed over to him. Megatron and Sentinel both refused, the former out of pride and the latter out of loyalty. Lockdown then offered a protomatter [[seed]] to Sentinel in exchange for Optimus. While Sentinel was sorely tempted, Optimus used the opportunity to reignite Sentinel's sense of justice. Sentinel proceeded to pretend to hand over Optimus, ambush and defeat Lockdown, and capture Lockdown's [[Knight Ship|ship]]. Allying themselves with the legendary [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]]s, Optimus and Sentinel waged a long guerilla campaign against Megatron and the Decepticons, eventually restoring freedom to Earth and revitalizing Cybertron with the seed. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/22}}

In [[Tyran 208.28 Gamma]], Sentinel Prime's true colors were exposed in part by [[Strafe (TF 2010)|Strafe]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/21}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' mobile game===
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===''Cyberverse Battle Builder''===
Sentinel Prime joined the rest of the Autobots in combating the Decepticons on battlefields on Earth, the Earth's Moon and on Cybertron. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Cyberverse Battle Builder}}

===''Kreon Chaos''===
Sentinel Prime met with Optimus after Bumblebee had been taken captive in the Autobots' mission to retrieve the Optimus Prime Kre-O kit parts from within Decepticon headquarters. He specialized in defense, and could hold out his shield to either block enemy fire or provide a platform for his fellow Autobots to jump onto, gaining them access to hard-to-reach places. Eventually, the Autobots managed to infiltrate the Decepticons' base, and retrieved the kit parts, which were assembled by Ratchet into a colossal Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Kreon Chaos}}
{{charstubgame|"Earth" and "Moon" stages}}

===''Bot Shots Battle Game!''===
[[File:Bsbg-sentinelprime.jpg|thumb|219px]]
Sentinel Prime participated in numerous one-on-one matches against other Autobots and Decepticons, using his fists, his sword, or his gun to defeat his opponents. Sometimes, he even faced off against himself! {{storylink|Bot Shots Battle Game!}}
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==Toys==
===Dark of the Moon===
====Cyberverse====
[[File:DOTM_CyberverseCommander_SentinelPrime_toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Prime 3:16!]]
*'''Sentinel Prime''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2011)
**''Series'' '''1'''
**''Number:'' '''002'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''CV05'''
**''Accessories:'' Primax blade, shield/fire truck roof

: Sentinel Prime was released as part of the first [[wave]] of [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|''Dark of the Moon'']] ''[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Commander Class toys. He transforms from a Rosenbauer Panther 6x6 airport fire truck to robot and back. He comes with his sword and shield, both of which he can wield in either hand. The sword stores underneath his vehicle mode, whereas the shield folds in half and becomes part of the fire truck roof (including the boom arm). Because the boom arm has a grip at the middle that allows Sentinel to hold it in shield mode, the grip can be used as a [[C joint]] bar in vehicle mode.

: Because of clearance issues, bringing and folding his arms to his back for vehicle mode can be rather difficult. The shoulders are more likely to pop off the plastic swivels they're on.

: On some (early?) releases, the Rosenbauer logo on the right side of the truck is reversed.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/CommanderSentinelPrime/sentinelprime.htm More information on Cyberverse Commander Sentinel Prime at TFU.info]
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[[File:DOTM_Cyberverse_Commander_DarkSentinelPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Hi, welcome to Chili's!]]
*'''Dark Sentinel Prime''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2011)
**''Series'' '''1'''
**''Number:'' '''010'''
**''Accessories:'' Primax blade, shield

: Dark Sentinel Prime is a redeco of the previous ''Cyberverse'' Sentinel Prime. He's... lighter, but has some ''evil''-looking red eyes. The color changes of the unpaintable plastic makes his robot mode somehow screen-accurate, save for some of his chest & vehicle kibble deco differences.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/DarkSentinelPrime/sentinelprime.htm More information on Dark Sentinel Prime at TFU.info]
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*'''Autobot Ark with Roller and Bonus Value Sentinel Prime''' (Cyberverse Playset, 2011)
**''Accessories'': Primax blade, shield/fire truck roof

: This [[Target]]-[[exclusive]] release includes otherwise unchanged [[Ark (DOTM)#TargetBonusValue|Ark]] and [[Roller (DOTM)#TargetBonusValue|Roller]] toys, along with a free and equally unchanged figure of the first Cyberverse Sentinel Prime toy. Good luck getting him into the cockpit.
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====Voyager Class toys====
[[File:DOTMtoy-SentinelPrimeVoyager.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|There's no fire? There ''will'' be!]]
*'''Sentinel Prime''' (MechTech Voyager, 2011)
**''Japanese Name'': '''Cannon Sentinel Prime'''
**''Japanese Release Date: '''[[2011]]-[[August 13|08-13]]
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''DA20'''
**''Accessories:'' MechTech Boom Lift/[[Fusion cannon]]

:Sentinel Prime is in the third wave of ''Dark of the Moon'' ''[[MechTech]]'' Voyagers. He converts from a Rosenbauer Panther 6x6 airport fire truck to robot and back. He features an itty-bitty flip out nozzle on his front. His rotating and extending MechTech Boom Lift (which looks like a giant cannon due to the [[5mm post|peg]] at the tip) becomes a Fusion Cannon when a large button is pushed, but only if the button (which is rotatable) has its underside tabs aligned with its respective sockets on the weapon housing. The weapon can be locked in this mode if the button is rotated while pressed. The weapon itself features a MechTech port on each side panel, with the aforementioned peg at the tip of the Boom Lift.

:While his firetruck roof [[kibble]] is intentionally used as wings/a cape, he's still a pretty significant [[shellformer]], flopping nearly his entire firetruck side panels and front (along with his roof) onto his back, with only his wheels, leg panels, and feet being integrated in any way with his vehicle mode.

:Like the Cyberverse Dark Sentinel Prime, this figure's Autobot symbols are deliberately scratched out. However, his box bio remains coy about his true nature.

:As with all Japanese Dark of the Moon releases, Sentinel Prime (named Cannon Sentinel Prime) comes packed with a character card and an accompanying transparent plastic card of his new rifle in its combined mode for the MechTech Wars online game. The toy was originally solicited as "New Sentinel Prime"

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/VoyagerSentinelPrime/sentinelprime.htm More information on Voyager Sentinel Prime at TFU.info]
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[[File:TF-DOTM-Lucky-Draw-Tritanium-Sentinel.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|In case you wanted him in trailer-esque colors.]]
*'''Tritanium Sentinel Prime''' (MechTech Voyager, 2012)
**''Accessories:'' MechTech Boom Lift/[[Fusion cannon]]

:This gold [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum metallized]] version of Voyager Class ''Dark of the Moon'' Sentinel Prime is a prize in [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''Dark of the Moon'' MechTech campaign in 2012. This toy is limited to 10 pieces.

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====Leader Class toys====
[[File:DOTMtoy-SentinelPrimeMechtechLeader.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2.2|Live-action hyper goldfish!]]
*'''Sentinel Prime''' (MechTech Leader, 2011)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''DA02'''
**''Accessories:'' Primax Blade, MechTech Shield/Bladed Blaster

:''MechTech'' Leader Class Sentinel Prime converts from a Rosenbauer Panther 6x6 airport fire truck to robot and back! In vehicle mode, he features a rotating, extending firefighting boom arm, a small flip-up nozzle on the front fender, and siren lights and sounds, activated by a small grey button on the roof of the cabin. There are two [[5mm post]] hole MechTech ports in this mode; the one on the right hand side of the vehicle has a button inside, that when pushed in (by plugging in a MechTech weapon), activates a weapon deploying sound effect. Pressing the cabin roof button in this mode activates a weapon firing sound. Removing the MechTech weapon activates the [[Transformation#The noise|transformation sound effect]].

:A [[Stealth Force]]-style attack vehicle mode can be formed by opening panels on the rearward sides of the vehicle to expose hidden weapons (that look like missiles) and two more MechTech ports, activating the MechTech Shield's Bladed Blaster mode (by pressing the large button on it marked by the [[Cyberglyphics]]) and attaching that to the vehicle MechTech ports, and clipping the Primax Blade's handle into the two tabs on top of the Shield/Bladed Blaster's turret. In a reversal of his Cyberverse toy, Sentinel's double-bladed Primax Blade folds in half and stores underneath the grey panels forming the roof of much of the vehicle, while the MechTech shield is stored under the truck.

:In robot mode, when the button on Sentinel Prime's chest is pushed, his eyes light up, his chin moves and he says "I am Sentinel Prime!" Two more phrases, "Good to see you alive, Optimus." and "What has happened to the [[AllSpark]]?" are heard when a weapon is inserted into the MechTech port with the button inside of it and the chest button pushed. Unfortunately, international releases of the toy only say the cut-down phrase "Sentinel Prime" (replacing the extra phrases with an electronic pulsing noise and another transformation sound effect) due to the need for the figure to be released in non-English-speaking markets. The siren lights and sounds can still be activated by pressing the grey button back and to the left of Sentinel Prime's head.

:In this mode, Sentinel has four more 5mm MechTech ports: one each on either shoulder and one each on either forearm. If that's still not enough, the screw holes under his wrists can accommodate 5mm weapons as well, for a total of eight weapons beyond those included with the figure. The Primax Blade and Shield can both be held via their respective handles in either of Sentinel's articulated hands; the shield can also be plugged into the MechTech port in Sentinel's forearms.

:The red detailing on the shield as seen in the stock photography is not present on the final product.

:The Japanese release comes packed with a character card and an accompanying transparent plastic card of his MechTech weapon for the MechTech Wars online game.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/SentinelPrime/sentinelprime.htm More information on Leader Sentinel Prime at TFU.info]
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*'''Leader Class Sentinel Prime and Bonus Value Deluxe Class Nitro Bumblebee''' (Unreleased two-pack)
**''Accessories:'' Primax Blade, MechTech Shield/Bladed Blaster

: As the name implies, this [[Walmart]]-exclusive [[giftset]] would have contained a ''Dark of the Moon'' Leader Class Sentinel Prime figure and a ''Dark of the Moon'' Deluxe Class [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#LeaderSentinelDeluxeNitroBee|Nitro Bumblebee figure]]. They would have been unchanged from their individual releases. The existence of this unreleased set was revealed by an eBay auction after the DOTM toyline was effectively over.

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===Kre-O===
[[File:Sentinel Prime Kre-O.jpg‎|thumb|upright=1.4|Is he a traitor, a [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|jerk]], or will he just [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|show up and die?]] We don't know yet.]]
*'''Sentinel Prime''' (2011)
**''Set number'': '''30687'''
**''Pieces'': '''386'''
**''Kreons'': Sentinel Prime, [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Soundwave]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Thundercracker]], [[Fire Chief (Kre-O)|Fire Chief]]

:Sentinel is part of the first [[wave]] of ''[[Kre-O]]'' sets and can be built in either robot or ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (franchise)|Dark of the Moon]]'' inspired fire truck mode. A Kreon can fit in his cab.

:Like many other Kre-O sets, the stock photography features robot construction that differs from the final product. Sentinel Prime's shoulders, feet, and legs are a bit different than on the actual toy. The stock photography actually shows a robot mode that is more similar to his appearance in Dark of the Moon; specifically the shielded shoulders and pointed feet.

:Sentinel Prime's head shape is based on ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]]. The design of the Sentinel Prime Kreon is inspired by [[Sentinel Prime (G1)#IDW 2005 continuity|IDW (2005) Sentinel Prime]]'s appearance in the ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]'' comic series, and his helmet is based on (and was later used for) Generation 1 [[Inferno (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Inferno]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/Kre-OSentinelPrime/sentinelprime.htm More information on Sentinel Prime at TFU.info]''
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* '''Galvatron Factory Battle''' (Kre-O set, 2014)
**''Set number'': '''A6952'''
**''Pieces'': '''388'''
**''Kreons'': Bumblebee, KSI Worker (lab worker), KSI Worker (security), [[Dr. Littleman]], Optimus Prime, Vehicon

:"Galvatron Factory Battle" is based on [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated|KSI]]'s factory complex, and one component of the playset build incorporates Sentinel Prime's severed head in a clear jar. He does not sport a helmet, likely due to the small size of the jar.

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===Bot Shots===
[[File:Bot Shots S1 Super Bot 001 Sentinel Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Sentinel Prime''' (2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''Super Bot 001'''
***''Fist strength'': '''980'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''630'''
***''Sword strength'': '''190'''

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Bot Shots (toyline)|Bot Shots]]'', Sentinel Prime is a teeny little fire truck with a spring-loaded automatic transformation to robot mode triggered when his front bumper is pressed. He has a "spinner" in his chest that shows his three attack types and power levels. He is heavily based on the live-action movie sentinel Prime, with his head based on the Sentinel [[Sentinel Prime (Kre-O)|''Kre-O'' figure]] (which is in turn inspired by ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]]'s head).

:As this "Super Bot" of this wave, Sentinel is mostly unpainted clear-plastic, has different power ratings (Including a much higher "Fist" score) than his (later) normal release, and is [[shortpacking|shortpacked]] to boot.

:This mold was also used to make ''Bot Shots'' [[Hot Spot (G1)#Bot Shots|Protectobot Hot Spot]] and the main body for ''BeCool'' [[Ganoh#BeCool|Ganoh]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/BSSentinelPrime/sentinelprime.htm More information on Super Bot Sentinel Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Bot Shots S1 BP002 Sentinel Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Sentinel Prime / Prowl / Bumblebee''' (2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''BP002'''
***''Fist strength'': '''360'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''485'''
***''Sword strength'': '''775'''

: A [[redeco]] of his individually-carded toy, this opaque-plastic version of Sentinel was only available in a three-pack with [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Bot Shots|Prowl]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#BotShot3Pack|Bumblebee]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/BS3pkSentinelPrime/sentinelprime.htm More information on three-pack Sentinel Prime at TFU.info]''
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===BeCool===
[[File:BeCool_Firetruck_SentinelPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Firetruck (Sentinel Prime) ''' (2012)
**''ID number'': '''B07'''

:''[[Bot Shots (toyline)#BeCool|BeCool]]'' "Firetruck" is a redeco of Sentinel Prime very similar to his ''Bot Shots'' three-pack toy, but with a completely red back/roof section. He also features metallic blue paint on his windshield and chest details as well as orange-painted lightbars, and instead of power levels his stickers display pictures of a fireman's uniform, a water hose and an eeevil ball of flame.

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===Generations===
====Movie Edition====
[[File:Tiny-Turbo-Changer-Series-3-Sentinel-Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*'''Sentinel Prime''' (Tiny Turbo Changers, 2018)
**''Series:'' '''3'''
**''Bag code:'' '''D'''

:[[Tiny Turbo Changers]] Sentinel Prime, released in series 3, converts from a tiny Sentinel Prime figure into a fire truck.
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==Merchandise==
===Speed Stars===
====Mini Changers====
[[File:SpeedStars_StealthForce_MiniChangers_Bumblebee&SentinelPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"''You'' were trying eat the last cheesy puff!"]]
*'''Stealth Force Bumblebee & Sentinel Prime''' (2011)

:This non-transforming toy of Sentinel Prime is packed with a non-transforming Stealth Force Bumblebee.

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[[File:SpeedStars_StealthForce_MiniChangers_Sideswipe&SentinelPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Well, that's not how I remember it.]]
*'''Stealth Force Sideswipe & Sentinel Prime''' (2011)

:A black redeco of Mini Changers Sentinel Prime comes with a non-transforming Stealth Force Sideswipe.

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===Thrilling 30===
*'''Sentinel Prime''' (Collectible Figurine, 2014)
**''Series / Number:'' '''1 / #15'''
**''Accessories:'' Collector's base
:A super-deformed Sentinel Prime was released among the blindpacked [[Thrilling 30#Collectible Figurines|''Thrilling 30'' Collectible Figurines]] by [[Goldie Marketing]]. He comes with a base to help him stand, a collector's card that doubles as a puzzle piece, and a checklist.

*'''Collectible Figurines''' (5-pack, 2014)
**''Series:'' '''1'''
**''Accessories:'' 5 collector's bases
:The same Sentinel Prime figurine was also available in a 5-pack alongside [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#Thrilling 30|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Thrilling 30|Megatron]], [[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#Thrilling 30|Ratchet]] and [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Thrilling 30|Starscream]].

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==Notes==
[[File:DOTM-SentinelPrimetrailer.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Jim, you left me on Genesis. Why did you do that?]]

{{quote|Sentinel Prime is great. He's great...I can't tell you anything else, other than he's great.|Michael Bay<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1657670/michael-bay-transformers-dark-of-the-moon.jhtml Interview at MTV]</ref>}}

*In an early draft of ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'', time stops as [[Sam Witwicky]] falls down the building [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] smashed, and Sentinel appears to him via the [[AllSpark]]. Sentinel would've clarified the history of the war and the relationship between Optimus and Megatron (expanding on their history as siblings) and given him a clue to defeating Megatron with the Cube.<ref>[http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/tf1-amblin.html Blog post] from [[Ken Christiansen]].</ref>
*An early working name for Sentinel Prime for ''Dark of the Moon'' was '''Ultra Magnus'''.<ref>[http://tilallaremine.wordpress.com/2011/07/01/dark-of-the-moon-call-sheets/ Dark of the Moon Call Sheets! at Til All Are Mine blog.]</ref><ref>[http://www.joshnizzi.com/TF3.htm joshnizzi.com]</ref>
*In the debut trailer for the film ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'', Sentinel Prime is seen in a gold and silver color scheme. This shot was redone for the movie proper, and he consistently appears red throughout the film.
*The Rosenbauer Panther fire truck cast as Sentinel Prime was entirely repainted specifically for the film, at a cost of thousands of dollars; real-world aircraft fire-fighting vehicles are required by FAA regulations to have a much lighter color scheme.<ref>[http://www.rosenbaueramerica.com/press/2011/06/rosenbauer-panther-6x6-to-be-f/ Rosenbauer America press release, June 28, 2011]</ref>
*In ''Dark of the Moon'', Sentinel Prime says "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." Leonard Nimoy said the same line in the 1982 film ''{{w|Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan}}'' as [[Spock]], in one of several ''[[Star Trek]]'' references in the movie.
*Sentinel Prime was physically modeled after {{w|Sean Connery}}.<ref>[http://www.awn.com/articles/3d/colossal-transformers-sequel/page/2%2C1 VFXWorld article on ''Dark of the Moon''.]</ref>
*[[Walmart]] had exclusive retailer rights to use Sentinel Prime in their signage and marketing as part of their "Power of the Primes" campaign.<ref>"The Power of Partnership." Walmart World Jun. 2011: 13</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Sentinel Prime''' (センチネルプライム ''Senchineru Puraimu'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Őrszem Fővezér''' ("Prime Leader Sentinel")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Yùtiāndí''' (御天敌)

==References==
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[[Category:Age of Extinction Autobots]]
[[Category:Autobot leaders]]
[[Category:Bot Shots Autobots]]
[[Category:Cyberverse]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon Autobots]]
[[Category:Firefighters]]
[[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Primes]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Autobots]]

Barricade (Movie)

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:''Barricade is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:MovieBarricadeHeatScrambleCard60.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|"I'm always the Bad Cop. And don't bother asking for the Good Cop. I killed him."]]

'''Barricade''' is apparently a complicated robot. He's considered "fractious" even by Decepticon standards, yet is willing to give [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] the benefit of the doubt and follow where he leads, at least for the time being. Though not totally dedicated to the service of the Decepticons' current leader, he is much more cautious and reserved about expressing mutinous dissent than say [[Blackout (Movie)|''most'']]. He believes that Starscream is vital in their search for [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and the [[AllSpark]]. In many ways this makes him Starscream's closest ally in the naturally combative Decepticon ranks. Then again, it's been said that he likes to trick people into trusting him, just so he can see their reactions when they find out just how much of a bad idea it was. As such, he has disguised himself as an [[Earth]] police car in an attempt to fool the humans around him.

If his attitude toward his fellow Decepticons is inconsistent, his attitude toward the [[Autobot]]s is not: kill them all. Barricade might not be as large as most of his peers, but he is every bit as deadly. He thoroughly relishes every chance in fighting the Autobots. He's smart enough to let one live if he thinks he or the Decepticons can use it to their advantage, but most of the time, they're dead before someone's even thought of a plan.

He is also known as '''N.B.E. 04'''.{{fact}} The most frustrating part about him is that he always manages to come back no matter how many times he has been brought down.

{{quote|Autobots, foul Autobots, here we come. Let our long war resume—and let it end here.|Barricade|''[[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Movies===
{{note|The six movies are the primary component of the live-action movie continuity family. Their events should be taken as canon for all other pieces of fiction listed below, unless otherwise specified.}}

====''Transformers'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Jess Harnell]] (English)|[[Katsuhiro Kitagawa]] (Japanese), [[Zhang Wei]] (Chinese), [[Oliver Siebeck]] (German), [[Júlio César]] (Brazil), [[Salvador Reyes]] (Latin American-Spanish), [[Achille D'Aniello]] (Italian), [[Pascal Massix]] (European French)}}
[[File:BarricadeVsSam.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|Barricade negotiates an alternative to PayPal.]]
After being active on [[Earth]] for some time, Barricade arrived to pick up [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] after the smaller Decepticon's attempt to hack into and sabotage the United States military network on [[Air Force One]]. From data Frenzy had acquired, the two learned of [[Sector Seven]], "Project Iceman", and the "[[Archibald Witwicky|Witwicky man]]", the discoverer of the entombed [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. Using the internet, the duo learned that Megatron had accidentally marked Witwicky's [[Archibald Witwicky's glasses|glasses]] with the location of the long-lost [[AllSpark]]—glasses which were now being auctioned on [[eBay]] by his descendant, [[Sam Witwicky|ladiesman217]].

[[File:Movie Barricade defeat.jpg|left|upright=1.8|thumb|He got better.]]

Tracking the human to the town of [[Tranquility]], Barricade appeared in the path of ladiesman217 as he was attempting to flee [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], whom he mistakenly believed was out to harm him. Believing Barricade to be a legitimate police vehicle, ladiesman217 requested the "officer's" help, only for Barricade to transform right in front of him. As ladiesman217 fled, Barricade knocked him onto the hood of an abandoned car, then violently demanded information on "eBay item 21153". Ladiesman217 and his [[Mikaela Banes|female friend]], who had been drawn into the encounter, managed to escape him when Bumblebee convinced the boy to trust him, and Barricade pursued both the Autobot and two humans to a junkyard. After temporarily losing and then regaining their position, he charged into battle, activating his mace/rotating blade, and dispatched Frenzy to chase down the humans. The battle started off pretty well and worked in Barricade's favor until Bumblebee slammed him into an office. Barricade then rolled over and took back control by bashing his fists against Bumblebee's head. However, their battle ended with Barricade heavily damaged.

[[File:TF2007 barricade vehiclemode.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|I'm going to need a dozen robots disguised as cookies.]]

Barricade had repaired himself by the time Frenzy (who infiltrated Sector Seven) transmitted both Megatron and the AllSpark's location to his fellow Decepticons. Knowing that the Decepticons were coming, the humans and Autobots tried to transport the AllSpark to [[Mission City]] for extraction, but Barricade and [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] caught up to them on the highway into the city. Barricade attempted to clear a path through the traffic by activating his sirens; Bonecrusher simply rammed everything in his way. Ladiesman217—riding inside Bumblebee—recognized Barricade, and in response to his call for action, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] realigned to block the Decepticon from getting to the human and the AllSpark. Barricade was last seen as Bonecrusher pulled ahead to attack Optimus; he was absent from the subsequent battle in Mission City for unknown reasons. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

{{note|Barricade's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels ''[[Transformers (novel)|Transformers]],'' ''[[Transformers: The Junior Novel]]'' and "[[The Quest for the AllSpark]]"; the ''[[Transformers: Movie Adaptation]]'' and "[[Movie Trilogy]]" comics; the activity book "[[Look and Find Transformers]]"; and the storybooks "[[Bumblebee Rumble]]", "[[Optimus Prime Versus Megatron]]", "[[Sam's New Car]]", "[[Transformers (interactive Play-a-Sound Storybook)|Transformers Play-a-Sound]]", "[[Meet the Autobots]]", "[[Meet the Decepticons]]", "[[Transformers Mix & Match]]" and "[[Transformers: The Movie Storybook]]". Many of these adaptations were based on earlier drafts of the movie's script; in several, most prominently the novelization and comic adaptations, Barricade engages Optimus Prime on the highway after he takes out Bonecrusher and is destroyed as a result, explaining his disappearance from the film's final act.}}

====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English, see [[#Notes|notes]])|[[Bernard Métraux]] (European French)}}
[[File:DOTM-Barricadecaptures.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|It's so obvious that we're going to win.]]
Barricade was one of the Decepticons present in [[Chicago]] when [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] unleashed their plan to use a [[space bridge]] to bring [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to Earth, and assisted in the takeover of the city. Under the command of [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], he aided in rounding up several Autobots that had infiltrated the city, including his old foe Bumblebee, to whom he delivered a hard kick to the back for fun. At the behest of the human traitor [[Dylan Gould]], Soundwave ordered Barricade to execute the Autobot prisoners, starting with [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]]; Barricade laughed as he slew the Autobot with a shot in the back. Fortunately, [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] and [[Brains]] intervened to prevent any further executions, causing a distraction that allowed the other Autobots to escape.

[[File:DOTM-Barricadesnipershot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|Better hope one shot is enough to disable both his left optics at once, eh?]]
Following the Autobots' getaway, Barricade joined up with [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]], and was in the process of chewing out the Decepticon ground troops when he suddenly found himself blinded by sniper shots to his eyes courtesy of the Autobots' [[NEST]] allies. As he stumbled around in pain, the humans got in close and jammed a bomb into his leg, which brought him tumbling to the ground when it went off. He was last seen trying to crawl to safety as the human troops fired on him. {{Storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

{{note|Barricade's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation]]''.}}
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====''Age of Extinction'' film====
Footage of Barricade at the Battle of Chicago was shown by [[Harold Attinger]] to demonstrate how Transformers were dangerous.
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====''The Last Knight'' film====
{{Voiceactor|[[Jess Harnell]] (English)|[[Zhang Yaohan]] (Chinese), [[Katsuhiro Kitagawa]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:TF-TLK-Barricade-first-appearance.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|He's decided to show up every other film from now on.]]
Having survived the injuries he sustained in the Chicago war and avoided being hunted down by the humans in the years since, Barricade had been rebuilt into a sleeker new form. In the seven years since the Chicago conflict, he had acted as Megatron's spy and scout in his search for the [[Guardian Knight]]s' [[Talisman (TLK)|talisman]]. Perhaps unknown to Barricade, he had long been under surveillance by the U.S. government. In the ruins of Chicago, he witnessed the talisman being bestowed to [[Cade Yeager]] by [[Talisman Knight|one of the Knights]]. He was however unable to claim it due to arrival of the heavily armed [[Transformers Reaction Force|TRF]], and he watched from a distance as they entered a stand off with Yeager and the Autobots.

[[File:TLK_Megs_angry_at_Barricade.jpeg|left|upright=1.6|thumb|"Hey you think that flamethrower will prove useful later? No, okay."]]
Barricade reported back to Megatron, accidentally angering his leader by flashing his light in his face. He reported the events of his mission, and Megatron was further angered by his failure to retrieve the Talisman, which was needed to find the [[Staff of Merlin|Staff]] they required. Barricade managed to salvage the situation, indicating he knew who could lead them to the Staff: the TRF themselves. Unknown to either Decepticon, their conversation was being monitored by [[William Lennox]] and [[Morshower|General Morshower]]. Based on Barricade's plan, Megatron used human hostages as leverage to broker a deal with TRF and secured the release of fellow Decepticons [[Mohawk]], [[Dreadbot]], [[Nitro Zeus]], and [[Onslaught (ROTF)|Onslaught]].

Barricade later joined his leader and cohorts in their hunt for Yeager. They arrived at Yeager's [[Junkyard (TLK)|scrap yard]] but Yeager had already fled to a nearby town and they followed. They were met with some not-quite-unexpected resistance in the form of the Autobots Bumblebee, [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]], and [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] and blasted by a trap set by Yeager. Barricade took point in pursuing Yeager through the town. Barricade ordered Yeager and [[Izabella]] to freeze, but was surprised and swiped through a wall by the newly-arrived [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]]'s tail. Luckily for Barricade, Grimlock was then focused on attacking Megatron and crunching on Dreadbot. After Dreadbot and Onslaught perished in battle, Barricade fled when Megatron gave the order to retreat.

[[File:TLKMegsAndBarricade.jpg|right|upright=1.6|thumb|Hey Barricade, ready for a [[Frank Welker|flashback]] to ''Dark of the Moon''?]]
He and his comrades then followed Yeager to England, knowing he was the key to finding the Staff. In [[London]], he chased down the fleeing Bumblebee, who had Yeager and [[Viviane Wembly]] with him. He attempted to ram them but was blasted away by his Autobot nemesis. He transformed to catch himself but fell into oncoming traffic and was rammed by a large truck. Commenting on how much it hurt, he had been hit hard enough that he was too weak to continue the pursuit.

He later rendezvoused with Megatron and Nitro at [[Stonehenge]], the site which would drain [[Unicron]], who lay deep within the Earth, of his energy and revive the recently arrived Cybertron. He happily gloated that he had lived to kill a planet and commented on the ease with which they could kill Unicron. They soon came under attack from the humans and he returned fire. He later vanished, apparently having fled after Megatron and Nitro Zeus withdrew to Cybertron, yet again living to fight another day. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}
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===Novels===
====''Ghosts of Yesterday''====
Barricade acted as pilot and chief science officer for the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]'' during the quest to find the [[AllSpark]]. When they encountered an [[Ghost 1|alien ship]], he analysed it and discovered that it seemed to be of Cybertronian design, leading to a disagreement between himself and [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] regarding whether to study it or destroy it. He claimed to have chafed under Starscream's leadership, but was willing to tolerate him for the moment.

During Starscream's later absence, Barricade was against [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]'s plan to attack the Autobots, and remained on the ''Nemesis'' while the others got their tailpipes kicked. Following the defeat, he contacted Starscream to warn their leader that Optimus Prime was on his way to the planet below where Starscream had been misleading the occupants of the alien ship. Starscream ordered an attack on the Autobots while their numbers were diminished, so Barricade placed [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] in charge of the assault, while he himself elected to stay on the ship and use it as a distraction. And sang. He supplied support fire as the others fought the Autobots. On Starscream's return, the Decepticons leader was challenged by Blackout, and Barricade decided they should see things resolved once and for all. After Blackout's defeat, Barricade asserted that he'd known what the outcome would be even before the fight began.

When Optimus and Bumblebee entered the fray, Starscream ordered Barricade to leave the ''Nemesis'' to reinforce their numbers. He proved most effective in battle against Bumblebee and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]. The fight ended when Starscream was badly damaged by the alien ship and, to Barricade's disbelief, called a retreat. The Decepticons returned to their ship and departed. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

====''The Veiled Threat''====
After the traitorous businessman [[Bruno Carrera]] and Starscream had trapped Optimus Prime in the [[Colosseum]] in [[Rome]], [[Italy]], Starscream turned the situation over to Barricade, who was more than delighted to see his old enemy in such a prone state. However, before he could strike the final blow, a bunch of [[human]]s began attacking, which wouldn't have been a problem if they weren't equipped with the scientific genius of [[Kaminari Ishihara]] and [[Petr Andronov]], in addition to [[William Lennox]] and [[Robert Epps]] firing sabot rounds into him. He was about to stomp on the insects when Prime broke free of the trap and engaged him. Once the humans were clear, Optimus pulled a surprise move by jumping out of the pit and dumping rock on top of him.

Once he was buried, Optimus melted the top layer of rock, trapping Barricade long enough for the NEST team to defeat Starscream and take him in. Unfortunately, Barricade was nowhere to be found; Instead, a passing crew working on the subway found a strange new tunnel, leading from the Colosseum to the center of a park. Whatever had dug the new passage overnight was nowhere to be seen. {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}

===IDW movie comics===
[[File:Foundation2 cybertronian barricade.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|Any special message for all the kids reading this wiki out home? "Stay out of trouble. Because this trouble will find you."]]
Many years in the past, when [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] had just come under the rule of the [[Defense Force]] and the [[Science Division]], Barricade was a member of the Defense Force under the command of High Protector [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. He participated in missions to rid the planet of "malcontents" who protested against the new order, and like many of his peers, he did so ruthlessly. {{Storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}}

When [[Ejoornian|unknown alien hostiles]] attacked Cybertron after the discovery of a [[The Fallen|mysterious relic]], Barricade and Scorponok were sent to perform recon. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance #1}} Following battle with the aliens Megatron changed significantly, altering the military's mission from one of protection to making war upon the hostile aliens and anybody who would stand in their way. As Megatron's ambition grew, he determined to eliminate Science Division leader [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]], sending Barricade and a team of other Decepticons to slay Optimus's allies and bring him in. [[File:Defiance3 BrawlCrankcaseBarricade.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.75|Are you trying to out-complain the complainer?]] Barricade and [[Crankcase (Movie)|Crankcase]] stood by as [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] nailed the "traitors" with an explosive round; Barricade was eager to get into the fight, but was ordered back by the glory-hound [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] so his aerial forces could swoop in to finish the job. This turned out to be lucky for Barricade, as Optimus managed to bury Starscream's team under a mountain of rubble. Though defeated, they all soon returned to [[Trypticon (Movie)|Trypticon]], where Megatron rechristened them and the rest of his Defense Force the "Decepticons." {{Storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}}

During the subsequent civil war between the Decepticons and Optimus's Autobots, Barricade was one of the Decepticons under the command of Starscream who took part in a battle outside of [[Tyger Pax]]. As they were mopping up the last remnants of Autobot resistance, Barricade amused himself by playing with the decapitated head of a fallen Autobot, but mood turned somber when he saw the AllSpark jettisoned into space. Barricade realized that Cybertron would soon die without the AllSpark, but Bonecrusher had little time for his remarks, suggesting he should die along with the planet. {{storylink|Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall}} Megatron immediately took off to pursue the AllSpark, leaving Starscream with orders to eliminate the Autobots in advance of his return. When the Autobots departed the planet to hunt down the AllSpark themselves, Barricade was part of the crew of the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]'' assembled by Starscream to give chase. Confident in Megatron's abilities to deal with any pursuing Autobots, Barricade questioned both the need to hurry, and Starscream's motives for doing so, but was quickly reprimanded by Starscream for speaking out of turn. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}}

[[File:Planetfall barricade and wreckage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Waste your out-of-character sympathy for people who will actually be IN the movie.]]

After thousands of years of searching, the ''Nemesis'' crew tracked the AllSpark's energy to [[Earth]]'s [[Star system|solar system]]. After setting their ship down on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Movie Prequel #3}} {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}} Barricade, Starscream, Blackout, Brawl, Bonecrusher and [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] continued on to Earth itself, where they touched down in [[Afghanistan]] in 2003. They immediately attacked a nearby [[United States military]] installation, where Barricade used a facade of friendliness to trick nearby human soldiers into lowering their guard, whereupon he slaughtered them at point-blank range. As the fight continued, he was almost hit by a localized EMP weapon from a human, but it instead hit his comrade [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]]. Barricade objected to leaving Wreckage behind when Starscream ordered them to pull out, but was forced to abandon him. {{storylink|Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall}} The Decepticons subsequently scattered across the planet to search for Megatron and the AllSpark; Barricade scanned a Saleen S281 police car, then destroyed the original human vehicle to cover his tracks. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4|Movie Prequel #4}}

{{note|"Planetfall" and ''Movie Prequel'' #4 offer contradictory accounts of Barricade and the Decepticons' arrival on Earth, with the former showing them arriving in Afghanisation shortly before the events of the film, and the latter placing them in North America in 2003. The ''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|Reign of Starscream]]'' movie sequel comic would corroborate the "Planetfall" account, but the timing involved means it must take place in 2003 as in ''Prequel'' #4.}}

[[File:Interlude barricade vs bee.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.75|Prime directives: 1. Serve the public. 2. Protect the innocent. 3. Obey the law. 4. Do the exact opposite of 1-3.]]

Learning that the Autobot Bumblebee was also on Earth, Barricade tracked him to just outside of [[Denver]], [[Colorado]], arriving just as the Autobot was eluding [[Sector Seven]] while working on a new lead on the [[Witwicky]]s. {{storylink|Interlude}} Bumblebee managed to escape, but Barricade pursued him to [[New Mexico]], where he had a new idea: ''allow'' the Autobot to get away, so that they could track him from afar to see what leads and information he had already turned up in his search. Starscream agreed to the plan, but ordered Barricade to superficially rough the little Autobot up a bit before letting him go, just to make it look convincing. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4|Movie Prequel #4}} Bumblebee subsequently found his way to [[Tranquility]] and [[Sam Witwicky]], and the battle over the glasses to learn the location of the AllSpark ensued. {{storylink|Transformers: Movie Adaptation}} During the subsequent highway chase to Mission City, Barricade attempted to close in on Bumblebee to "settle the score" with him, but found his way obstructed by Ironhide, causing him to crash into a pillar. Knocked offline by the crash, he missed out on the Mission City battle; he was conscious again by the time the battle's sole survivor, Starscream, came looking for him. Informed that Sam had destroyed the AllSpark and Megatron, Barricade suggested recovering the lost Frenzy so they could access his data files on the boy. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}}

While Starscream returned to Cybertron to enact a plan of his own, Barricade remained on Earth, watching over a Sector Seven research base. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 3|The Reign of Starscream #3}} He spied upon the Autobots as they made plans with [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]] and [[Robert Epps|Sergeant Epps]] to dispose of the Decepticons' bodies, then broadcast the information he had learned into space on a Decepticon frequency, hoping someone would hear and take interest. As it turned out, Starscream, having returned from Cybertron to Mars, was ready and willing to answer. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #1}} Soon after Starscream made it back to Earth, however, Decepticons under the command of the long-absent [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] also began arriving, and Barricade provided them with intelligence on which Autobots they were facing. He continued to plague the Autobots and the new [[NEST]] team, escaping each time. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}} Soundwave sought the final remaining shard of the AllSpark in order to revive Megatron, so Barricade was sent to Tranquility to capture Sam and force its location from him—or failing that, ransom him for it. [[File:TotF1 barricade and sam.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2|"Dead or alive, you're coming with me. Only you won't be alive."]] Barricade took the boy to a junkyard to interrogate him, but Bumblebee soon arrived to rescue him. A protracted battled followed, concluding when 'Bee knocked Barricade into a pool of gasoline and ignited it, setting off a massive explosion. Barricade survived the blast, though, and drove off in car mode after Bumblebee and Sam had left. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 1|Tales of the Fallen #1}}

Following the resurrection of Megatron and [[The Fallen]]'s failed plan for revenge, Barricade was among the Decepticon troops that [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] sent to attack Sam's college in order to recapture a rogue Decepticon brain unit [[Brains]]. Barricade initiated the assault, smashing his way into Sam's dorm and renewing his rivalry with Bumblebee, who stood ready to protect his human friend. {{Storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} The pair grappled and traded blows for the duration of the attack {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}} until Bumblebee ended the battle by slamming Barricade to the ground with a sickening crunch. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}
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====''Transformers: Beginnings''====
{{voiceactor|? (English)}}
[[File:Movie Barricade IDWprequel nowitnesses.jpg|left|upright=1.8|thumb|Christine... is that you?]]
The Decepticon infiltration unit under the command of Starscream arrived on Earth in the year 2003. Barricade scanned a Saleen S281 police car, then destroyed the original human vehicle to cover his tracks, as did his fellow Decepticons when choosing their new forms. His proceeded to tail Bumblebee while the Autobot was on his way to [[New Mexico]], but unfortunately, Bumblebee identified him before Barricade could eliminate him. Barricade was inspired to come up with a new plan: ''allow'' the Autobot to get away, so that they could track him from afar to see what leads and information he had already turned up in his search. Starscream agreed to the plan, but ordered Barricade to superficially rough the little Autobot up a bit before letting him go, just to make it look convincing. {{storylink|Transformers: Beginnings (Movie)|Transformers: Beginnings}}

{{note|"Transformers: Beginnings" is a condensed, Flash-animated retelling of the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] [[Transformers: Movie Prequel|Movie Prequel]] that is detailed above this section.}}

====''Schick Hydrobot and the Transformers''====
Barricade was among the Decepticons who attacked Doctor [[Hiroshi Benson]]'s laboratory. Holding his own for much of the battle, he was later incapacitated when [[Hydrobot (TLK)|Hydrobot]] and Bumblebee unleashed a powerful shock attack with the latter's stinger, forcing them into a retreat. {{storylink|A New Friend|A New Friend}}

===Titan movie comics===
[[File:StarscreamMilitia zombie barricade.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Guess Barricade's a ''Trigun'' fan.]]
Barricade was killed in the <s>[[Mission City]]</s> [[Los Angeles]] battle. Immediately after the battle's conclusion, Starscream resurrected him, Blackout, and Devastator using AllSpark energy plucked from the [[AllSpark Mutation|mutations]] created during the chaos, turning all three into mindless, relentless zombies. Holding his own decapitated head in his hand, the zombie Barricade took on Optimus Prime; his noggin chewed on the Autobot leader's arm while the rest of his body kept him busy. The battle lasted only mere minutes, as Ratchet soon realized what was animating the Decepticons' bodies and instructed his fellow Autobots to target the AllSpark energy signatures, putting Barricade and his fellow zombies down permanently. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7|Starscream's Militia}}

{{note|"Starscream's Milita" was written using IDW's comic book adaptation of the movie as a springboard, and so incorporated Barricade's death as seen in it. Just as IDW themselves would ignore the scene in their future comics thanks to its deletion from the film, all subsequent Titan stories ignored Barricade's death and presented him as being alive.}}

Several years later, Barricade joined Starscream in a hit and run on the [[Tech Museum of Innovation]] in [[San Jose]] during an anti-[[Transformer]] rally. Barricade's contribution mainly consisted of being beaten up by Ironhide. Even grabbing Ironhide from behind didn't work, as Ironhide's weapons worked as rocket boosters to throw the pair backwards, and Barricade was body-slammed into a nearby building. Things were looking up after Ironhide was caught in an explosion, but the two Decepticons were mobbed by humans and when Optimus Prime turned up as well, the pair fled. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.4|Automatic for the People}}
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====Alternate timeline====
[[File:Barricadeblackoutandfriends-DarkSpark.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5]]
In an alternate timeline in which Megatron triumphed in the battle of Mission City and the victorious Decepticons set about conquering North America, Barricade was part of two punitive Decepticon attacks: a raid on a supply convoy at Shreveport, [[Louisiana]] {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}} and after aiding Starscream taking over the Decepticon headquarters {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|Return to Cybertron: Part 3}}, a solo strike on Cincinnati, [[Ohio]] as part of a "Stop supporting Autobots OR ELSE!" campaign. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution Part 1}}

When Starscream started open warfare, he made Barricade one of his generals. However, Barricade soon found himself bogged down in fighting [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade's]] "New Decepticons". {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Revolution Part 2}}

====Letters page====
[[File:Lawanddisorder barricade.jpg|right|upright=2|thumb|One: I am the prettiest unicorn! Two: my mane is lustrous and fragrant, and it catches the wind perfectly! Dismissed!]]

Starscream considered Barricade a good candidate for second-in-command once he vacated the position to take over the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|#16's Star Screams}} As irony would have it, Barricade ''did'' soon take over Starscream's job when the air commander had a nervous breakdown... his job as respondent for the comic's [[letters page]]! Unwilling to let the Decepticons turn the page into a propaganda machine, the Autobots dispatched [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] to co-run it with him, much to Barricade's irritation. He shared Starscream's contempt for ''[[you]]'', the reader (#1), and continued the tradition of threatening violence against ''anyone'' who cosplays as an Autobot (#7). This, however, didn't stop him bragging to Ironhide when letters would be pro-Decepticon, and at one point he held a popularity contest to see who the kiddies wanted to be "subjugated by this issue!" (#6).

By the time of Barricade's stewardship of the letters, relations had broken down between the Decepticons and [[DreamWorks]], and they had returned to targeting Michael Bay and company for the pro-Autobot bent of their films. Though Barricade personally enjoyed the scene in the first film when [[Mojo|a dog]] peed on Ironhide, (#1) he refused to appear in the second, and would not even allow his likeness to be used in the video games. (#4) (He claimed he never wanted to be in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]]'' but his tears disproved that (#12)) He later decided fame was more important than principles though, submitting a script and auditioning for a part in the third film by threatening the director with death (#8). He was absolutely ''disgusted'' by [[fandom|our]] enjoyment of the films: he lost ''friends'' during filming, man. (#10)

In the early days, he appeared to be separated from the rest of the Decepticons, as his knowledge on their current status was spotty; while he knew [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] had turned traitor, he seemed unaware that [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] had been terminated. (#4) He later re-established contact, being aware of [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor's]] status and [[The Fallen]]. (#7) He also had a ''shockingly'' bad knowledge of Transformers [[units of time]]. (#8)

Barricade stated how he doesn't think much of Starscream's intelligence or ability to lead (a bit of a pisser when Starscream considered ''him'' to be 2IC material!), but ''much'' prefers him over Megatron. (#1) He once explained some of Megatron's flaws, only to get scared and state how he totally respects him ''really''. (#3) He also dislikes [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], claiming the guy ''never'' pulls his weight and is just Megatron's fave. (#7) On top of that, while he followed the party line and claimed the Decepticons have "policies" (#7), he began showning signs of discontent with being a Decepticon—the long hours, the lousy food, the admin work (#5)—leading Ironhide to start offering him the chance to defect to the Autobots. Barricade outright rejected this offer the first time, saying he couldn't bear the thought of listening to Optimus moralise (#9); the second time, however, he merely stated the horrific penalties for defecting Decepticons (#10) and the third, he desperately said he just ''couldn't'' do it, even if it would be nice to hang with other cars for once... BUT HE CAN'T! Ironhide's friendliness began starting to disturb him. (#11) He did, however, become fed up of Ironhide bringing up how Bumblebee kicked his arse, and became determined to get revenge on "that little yellow cretin"...

Barricade would reveal other assorted factoids about his history and personal tastes during his time as host. Like Starscream, he was active on Earth during the 1980s, at which time he was a [[Barricade (G1)|Micromaster]]. (#12) He watched the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original ''Transformers'' cartoon]] broadcast at the time (#3) and approved of humanity's fascination with giant robots. In contrast, he is ''completely'' bewildered by pop music. (#7) He's terrified of [[Unicron]]. (#6) He's apparently got an optic for [[Female Transformer|the ladies]], or at least the heavily armed ones, making sure to flirt right back when a neutral femme wrote into the letter's column looking to play "bad cop/bad cop pretending to be good cop" with him. (#5)

===Transformers Mix & Match books===
{{Note|Due to the malleable storytelling format of the Mix & Match books, listed here is Barricade's story role if all the segments visually featuring him are lined-up. For all the possible iterations of his role in the story, see the [[Transformers Mix & Match]] page.}}
Barricade hung out with [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] and spied on [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Mix & Match}}

===Cyber Missions===
{{voiceactor|[[Bronco D. Jackson]] (English)|[[Óscar Flores]] (Latin American-Spanish)}}
[[File:Cyber Missions Barricade.JPG‎|thumb|upright=1.5|You must agree that his head is somewhat deformed.]]
After a high speed pursuit through [[Scramble City (city)|Scramble City]], Barricade managed to ditch [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] and used
his [[Moustache Man|holo avatar]] to break into a secure facility. Standing guard while [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] raided the computers, he somehow failed to hear Sideswipe bushwhack his partner and was only alerted when Frenzy's crumpled-up form rolled into his foot. After throwing Frenzy at Sideswipe, Barricade engaged the Autobot in combat, managing to defeat him by freezing him to a wall. He then made off with Frenzy and the [[NEST]] access codes. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 6}}

Later, Barricade and [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] confronted [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]. Looking to steal one of Ironhide's weapons, Lockdown took a missile instead, which blew up in his face. While Lockdown was dazed, Ironhide punched Barricade out and dumped a truckload of rocks on top of him. Barricade pleaded with Lockdown for help, but the explosion damaged Lockdown's optics, and he fled. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 11}}

Later, Barricade was among the Decepticons Megatron led on a mission to free the captured Soundwave. He arrived after Megatron derailed the train Soundwave was believed to be on, but true to his history, disappeared from sight soon after. {{storylink|Decepticons Attack}}
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===Transformers Annual 2011===
Barricade and [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] were sent to [[Tokyo]] to cause a diversion. The Autobots soon turned up, and Barricade clashed briefly with Sideswipe before being hoisted into the air by Optimus. A short time later, Grindor crashed on top of him. Defeated, Barricade was picked up by Grindor and they departed, but not before letting Optimus know he'd been had. {{storylink|Sam in Danger}}

===''BeCool'' shorts===
[[File:BeCool patrolcar and americanpatrolcar.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.75]]
'''American Patrol Car''' (アメリカンパトカー ''Amerikan Patokā'') spoke English, but was still capable of communication with his Japanese-speaking fellow BeCool Transformers, albeit with a heavy English-speaking accent. He was part of the audience of ''Quiz! BeCool'' {{storylink|The Story of Quiz! BeCool}} and later joined his police force partner [[Prowl (G1)|Patrol Car]] to welcome audiences to [[Surprise World|the world in which the BeCool robots lived]]. The pair failed to notice when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Garbage Truck]] accidentally dropped a [[banana]] peel in the course of his job, so when [[Bumblebee (G1)|Yellow Sports Car]] hit the peel and went spinning through the city streets, they thought he was just driving recklessly and sped after him. Unfortunately, they failed to stop him before he crashed into a bunch of other 'bots, necessitating the medical aid of [[Ratchet (G1)|Ambulance]], who American Patrol Car explained to the audience was the town doctor. {{storylink|The Story of Protecting the Signal!}}
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===''Mission to Cybertron'' comic===
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{{storylink|Mission to Cybertron}}
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==Games==
==="Flight of the Bumblebee" online game===
[[File:FlightoftheBumblebee bee vs barricade.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
Barricade was one of a group of Decepticons who trapped Bumblebee in a canyon. He stood around on a rocky butte, walking back and forth and waiting for Bumblebee to drive up to him. When the Autobot dropped in, Barricade immediately opened fire, blasting Bumblebee continuously. Unfortunately, Bumblebee had the idea to shoot back, blasting him right out of the picture with just one shot. {{storylink|Flight of the Bumblebee}}
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===Transformers The Game (console)===
{{voiceactor|[[Keith David]] (English)}}
====Autobot campaign====
[[File:TFtheGame barricade vs bee.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|"Turn, heretic."]]
Barricade was sent to Tranquility to hunt down Sam Witwicky and the glasses that held the location of the AllSpark. He attempted to capture Sam and Mikaela outside their high school, but Bumblebee stepped in. The humans fled for the nearby baseball field with Barricade in pursuit, but Bumblebee beat him to them, protecting them while they ran away again. He followed them to the power plant, but was once again foiled by Bumblebee and sent packing.

Later, in [[Mission City]], Barricade made one last grab for the AllSpark after [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] and [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] had each fallen to the Autobots. However, he was once again intercepted by Bumblebee, and finally defeated for good. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game}}

====Decepticon campaign====
[[File:TFtheGame barricade threatens sam.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|"Were it so easy..."]]
Upon reaching Tranquility and choosing his [[alternate mode]], Barricade attempted some recon, but encountered a squad of Autobot drones, a battle which spilled out to the local baseball field. Shortly afterwards, he was informed by Starscream that [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] had information they needed, but the diminutive Decepticon had been captured by [[Sector Seven]] agents. Barricade tracked them to the power plant, then hounded the agents across town in their highly resistant van, wrecking every building in his path until Frenzy was recovered.

Finally on the trail of Sam, he was stopped cold by Sam's protector Bumblebee. Barricade got the upper hand, but the Autobot led him on a chase that ended in [[Bay Demolition|Bay's Demolition]] lot, and an ambush courtesy of a lot of Autobot drones. Barricade overcame the odds and hunted down Bumblebee once more, finally besting the Autobot and taking the glasses from Sam. Decoding Megatron and the AllSpark's location from them, Barricade relayed his findings to Starscream, who, together with Blackout, soon struck [[Hoover Dam]] and liberated their leader.

When the Decepticons converged on Mission City, Barricade was tasked with taking out the Autobot [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]]. He later stood in Megatron's presence after the AllSpark had been recovered and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] ordered the Earth to be destroyed before they left it on their way to conquering all of known space. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game}}

===''Transformers: The Game'' (PSP)===
{{voiceactor|[[Keith David]]}}
[[File:TFtheGamePSP barricade hooverdam.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|"Even on my knees I do not belong in his presence."]]
Barricade and a platoon of Decepticon drones pursued Sam Witwicky in an attempt to obtain his grandfather's glasses, but were defeated in a battle at a steel processing plant by the human's protector, Bumblebee. A short time later, learning from Frenzy that Megatron's frozen body was being held at Hoover Dam by Sector Seven, Barricade and Starscream attacked the facility. Barricade penetrated the dam and located Megatron's body, deactivating the machines that were keeping him frozen. When Megatron did not immediately reactivate, Barricade assumed his leader was dead after all, but Megatron soon shook off the deep freeze treatment to prove his subordinate wrong. Megatron jetted off to acquire some fresh energy for himself, while Barricade reported on Megatron's awakening to Starscream, who was not best pleased with the news. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (PSP)}}
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===''Transformers Autobots/Decepticons'' (Nintendo DS)===
{{voiceactor|[[Keith David]] (English)}}
====''Transformers: Autobots''====
[[File:TFtheGameDS Barricade and friend vs Optimus.jpg|thumb|left]]
When Bumblebee went to investigate the source of an image found on the internet, he found Barricade waiting for him. Barricade blew up a nearby car and took off, sending out messages on the police radio that Bumblebee was responsible. After failing to lose Bumblebee in spite of all of [[Tranquility]]'s police force being after him, he engaged him in combat. Unable to defeat Bumblebee, he hastily retreated. Later on, he encountered Bumblebee and Optimus Prime as the two were leaving [[Hoover Dam]]. With a large helicopter Decepticon at his side, he tried to persuade Optimus to let him have the [[Allspark]]. After Prime predictably refused, Barricade started to demand the AllSpark from Prime, not even caring about the consequences. He was killed, but revealed to Prime he was merely a distraction while other Decepticons freed Megatron from his icy prison. {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Autobots}}

====''Transformers: Decepticons''====
[[File:TFtheGameDS barricade dies.jpg|thumb||''Guess I got what I deserved... Kept you waiting there too long, my love...'' |upright=1.2]]
When the [[Create-A-Bot (Decepticon)|Decepticon Create-A-Bot]] arrived on Earth, his mentor, Starscream, directed him to rendezvous with Barricade, already active on the planet and commanding some of the Decepticon forces there. Barricade was not enamored with the idea of a partner, feeling that the Create-A-Bot would only slow him down, but after putting the rookie through his paces, he permitted him to join him on his mission in the town of [[Tranquility]]. Barricade revealed to the Create-A-Bot what Starscream had not—that the signal which had brought the Decepticons to Earth had come from Megatron himself. The rookie dismissed Megatron as a relic, and was struck by Barricade for the insult. With some help from the rookie, Barricade discovered that the Autobot Bumblebee was already on Megatron's trail; Barricade pursued Bumblebee, defeated him in battle on the outskirts of Tranquility, and acquired the data he had gathered.

Now aware that the human military organization [[Sector Seven]] was holding Megatron, Barricade arranged for [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] to transport the Create-A-Bot to a [[Qatar]] military base, where they and [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] hacked Sector Seven's databanks. The file they obtained was brought back to Barricade in Tranquility for deciphering, and revealed that Megatron was being held by Sector Seven in the [[Hoover Dam]]. The Create-A-Bot suggesting relaying this to Starscream, but Barricade loudly refuted the idea, happy that the impending resurrection of Megatron would mean that he would no longer have to serve under a cowardly, back-stabbing bureaucrat like Starscream. Swayed by Barricade's words, the rookie revealed a fact that Starscream had told only him—that the AllSpark was also present on Earth. Shocked by the revelation, Barricade realized that Starscream had been scheming to acquire the AllSpark for himself, to ensure that not even Megatron could remove him from power. With the rookie now turned from Starscream and on his side, Barricade was able to liberate Megatron from Sector Seven, and the Decepticons pursued the Autobots, now in possession of the AllSpark, back to Tranquility.

During the ensuing battle, Starscream finally claimed the AllSpark from Bumblebee, and Barricade stood against him, intent on bringing him in for treason. Alas, the AllSpark-powered Starscream destroyed Barricade, but in death, Barricade proved to the Create-A-Bot what it truly meant to be a Decepticon. {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Decepticons}}
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===Allspark Highway===
Barricade and the Decepticons tried to keep the Autobots from delivering the Allspark to safety. There were lots of him. {{storylink|Allspark Highway}}

===''Transformers Video Mash-Up''===
{{note|Various short clips featuring Barricade were available for users to custom-create their own short film about the Transformers.}} {{storylink|Transformers Video Mash-Up}}

===''Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Decepticons'' (Nintendo DS)===
{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Decepticons}}
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===''MechTech Weapons Challenge''===
Bumblebee could use Barricade's robot wrecking claw to aid him in his missions to retrieve MechTech weapons technology stolen by the Decepticons. {{storylink|MechTech Weapons Challenge}}

===''Cyberverse Battle Builder''===
Barricade joined the rest of the Decepticons in combating the Autobots on battlefields on Earth, the Earth's Moon and on Cybertron. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Cyberverse Battle Builder}}

===''Bot Shots Battle Game!''===
[[File:Bsbg-barricade.jpg|thumb|left|What's the matter, don't you trust cops?]]
Barricade participated in numerous one-on-one matches against other Autobots and Decepticons, using his fists, his sword, or his gun to defeat his opponents. Sometimes, he even faced off against himself! {{storylink|Bot Shots Battle Game!}}
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===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
[[File:Barricade-Forged-to-Fight.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
Barricade was one of the Decepticons pulled from [[Live-action film series|his universe]] by the [[Quintesson]]s and forced to fight. He eventually joins the [[You|Commander]]. There are at least a few of him running around! {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight}}

[[Optimus Prime (G1)#Transformers: Forged to Fight|Optimus Prime]] encountered Barricade on one of their missions, and Barricade demanded to know if he was [[Sam Witwicky|Ladiesmans217]]. [[Prowl (G1)#Transformers: Forged to Fight|Prowl]] got a read-out on the Decepticon, and they eventually had a Good Cop vs. Bad Cop showdown. {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight#Chapter 1:Realities Collide|Good Cop Bad Cop}}2nd Encounter
{{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight#|It's in our DNA}}

*'''Class:''' Scout
*'''Basic Abilities'''
**''Melee Attacks'' - Up to 79-144% '''Critical Damage Buff''' based on the opponent's stored Power.
**''When Knocked Down:''
***52%-85% chance to evade melee attacks for 3-3.4 seconds.
***26-40% Critical Rate Buff for 6-7.5 seconds.
**''Ranged Attacks:'' 20% to inflict '''Backfire''' for 6 seconds.
*'''Signature Ability: Bad Cop''' - Backfire becomes stackable and duration is increased.
**'''Special 1: Punishment''' - ''You have the right to remain silent.'' - 100% to inflict '''Backfire''' for 9 seconds. Opponent's Special Attacks' backfire, inflicting damage upon activation.
**'''Special 2: Subjugation''' - ''Taze opponents into submission.'' - 100% to '''Power Steal''', taking 23-36% of the opponent's Power as your own.
**'''Special 3: Dispatch''' - ''Subdue your opponent with nunchakus... permanently.'' - +25% Critical Rate Buff for 25 seconds.
*'''Synergy Bonuses'''
**'''Enemies''' with Bumblebee, Prowl, and Hot Rod - Angered by their partnership, Barricade's enemies gain +1-8% Attack Rating.
**'''Outlaws''' with Grindor - Grindor's first Heavy Ranged Attack inflicts Power Lock for 3–12 seconds.
**'''Forged to Serve''' with Megatron - Megatron has a 25~100% chance to inflict 2 Impair Charges per hit.
*Strong Match-ups:
**
*Weak Match-ups:
**Hound - Autobot Hound's Precision Ammo rarely misses, making Autobot Hound the premier choice to dismantle this Barricade's powerful Evasion Buff.
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==Toys==
{{Main|Barricade (Movie)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{Main|Barricade (Movie)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Second Life avatars==
In the online game ''Second Life'', there was a full replica of the Sector Seven base which contained a giant discussion room where Michael Bay held a question board. This room contained a giant frozen Megatron replica and offered free avatars of both Bumblebee and Barricade. Both freebies were non-transforming.

==Notes==
===''Transformers'' (2007)===
*In an early version of the movie's script, Barricade and Frenzy's roles were shared by a single character named "[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]". He would have infiltrated the CIA headquarters (rather than Air Force One) in the form of a "portable stereo" and then transformed (and size-shifted) into a Humvee for his escape.<ref name="early">Details from an early script draft [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2213120&postcount=297 summed up here], [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2214148&postcount=303 confirmed as authentic by Roberto Orci here].</ref>
[[File:EarlyMovieBarricadeHead.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|150px|Different name, different head, same guy. As far as we know, anyway!]]
*[[Prowl (Movie)|Prowl]] was originally part of the Autobot line up for the movie, but was removed, as the writers loved the perverse idea of making the police car a Decepticon.
*An early working name for Barricade was '''Brawl''',<ref name="barribrawl">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-images/events/Botcon-2007/Hasbro-Tour/PICT5108.JPG.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1 Early design for Barricade with working name "Brawl" shown during the BotCon 2007 Hasbro Tour]</ref> which was later given to [[Brawl (Movie)|another movie character]]. Early concept art the character created when he was going by this name<ref name="barribrawl"/> (pictured at right) suggests that he was originally going to transform into a white and black Crown Victoria (somewhat akin to Prowl's original G1 color scheme). The head design from this early concept artwork managed to show up on a few pieces of merchandise for the first film (such as a set of temporary tattoos), was used as inspiration for Barricade's Cybertronian-mode head in IDW's "[[Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall]]," and would later inexplicably show up as a profile link for Barricade's [[Bio#Online bios|Battle Bio]] on Hasbro's website.
*In the first movie, Barricade sports the [[license plate]] "1-4027E", registered in Oklahoma. It can be briefly glimpsed when he slows down after having seemingly cornered Bumblebee, but is more clearly seen in set photos. Oddly enough, that plate ''also'' shows up on ''[[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz's]]'' [[robot mode]] chest in the same movie. The Deluxe Class Recon Barricade [[redeco]] toy, meanwhile, sports the plate "SAGE2764", a reference pertaining to deco designer [[Joe Kyde]], the [[Premium Series]] redeco of the Deluxe toy sports the plate "DCPTCN" for "Decepticon", and the ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Human Alliance]] toy sports the plate "2PN-SLV", referring to Barricade's infamous "To punish and enslave..." markings.
*The [http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/27/ebay-find-of-the-day-saleen-barricade-replica/ promotional Saleen S281E cars] that appeared at events and premieres featured the slogan "Power in the hands of a few" rather than the "To punish and enslave" motto, as well as Saleen decals rather than the Decepticon decals seen in the movie.
*By placing Barricade's arrival on Earth in 2003, [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s ''[[Transformers: Movie Prequel|Movie Prequel]]'' seems to contradict the very existence of his [[alternate mode]], since it is a 2006 model car. Not so— the Mustang design that would eventually be the 2006 model debuted sometime in 2003, with police car modifications showing up in car shows not long after. It could very well be that, similar to when/how Jazz scanned a Solstice in a dealership late at night, Barricade scanned a Police Mustang in one such car show display after-hours, explaining why there were "no witnesses" after he assumed this form ''and'' why his police deco has no state or city markings/I.D.
[[File:Movie2007 Barricade carweapon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|150px|This looks familiar!]]
*In a deleted scene set during Barricade's pursuit of Bumblebee, the Decepticon was to deploy serrated drill-like missiles from his hood and fire them at the fleeing Autobot. The scene was filmed, as evidenced by artist [[Sean Haworth]]'s photograph of the constructed and fitted weapon prop (right), and its removal at least partially helps to explain the abrupt shift from day to night that occurs during the chase. The scene remains in IDW's comic book adaptation of the film, and the weapons are optional extras for RadioShack's ''XMODS® Evolution'' Barricade model kit.
*If one were to only accept the film itself as [[canon]], there is no real evidence of his supposed "rivalry" with Bumblebee which Hasbro and IDW kept pushing as a defining trait of his character since 2007. He just happens to be the Decepticon to first make contact with Sam Witwicky, Bumblebee intervenes and then fights and defeats Barricade. There is nothing in the film itself that would suggest that the two have a history, or even actually ''know'' each other personally beforehand. However, Hasbro gave the pairing of the two as enemies a lot of prominence in their toyline that accompanied the film, and IDW's prequel and sequel comics established previous and subsequent encounters of the two on Earth. Barricade's two subsequent film appearances eventually ''do'' establish a recurring history/rivalry with Bumblebee of sorts, though: In ''Dark of the Moon'', he delivers a captured Bumblebee a kick to the back, and the two briefly face off again during ''The Last Knight''.

===Other films===
*When asked about Barricade's disappearance from the first film, writer [[Roberto Orci]] stated in a message board Q&A session that it was a "thread for Movie 2".<ref>[http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showpost.php?p=384946&postcount=33 Roberto Orci on Barricade's fate in the movie, at the official movie boards]</ref> As it happened, Barricade didn't turn up in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''; two years later, Orci stated that he honestly couldn't remember why.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/180451-welcome-mr-roberto-orci-you-may-ask-him-questions-283.html#post3785383 Orci's Q&A at TFW2005]</ref>
*A common misconception among fans is that Barricade's Saleen Mustang alternate mode was spotted on the set of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. This is not true. In fact, a truck transporting three "Barricade" prop vehicles was spotted in Culver City, California, in March 2008, more than two months before principal shooting for ''Revenge of the Fallen'' started.<ref name="vehspotted">[http://www.superherohype.com/news/transformersnews.php?id=6980 Superhero Hype reporting on the spotting of Barricade vehicles in March 2008]</ref>
*An early idea writer [[Chris Mowry]] had for the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comic book prequel ''[[Transformers: Alliance]]'' was to depict Barricade's transformation into new movie character [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]], but Hasbro rejected the idea.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/members/mowry-73165-page2.html#vmessage170099]</ref> Another of Mowry's ideas for ''Alliance'' involved having Barricade reformat into a police boat to retrieve Megatron's at-sea remains. Mowry notes he would have been confronted by [[Storm Surge (Movie)|Storm Surge]]; whether this means Storm Surge was an Autobot at this point in development, or if there was dissension in the Decepticon ranks, is unclear.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/members/mowry-73165.html#vmessage281346]</ref>
*Barricade doesn't ''technically'' speak in ''Dark of the Moon'', but an editing gaffe as he kicks Que around before executing him sees Soundwave's voice (provided by [[Frank Welker]]) coming out of his mouth for the scene.
*Barricade is one of the few Movieverse characters who have a distinct transformation sound effect.
*Despite all the marketing and promotional material leading up to the release of ''The Last Knight'' portraying him with a mask/helmet, he never uses it in the film itself and has a fully exposed face all throughout. One piece of concept art even depicts him with police shades. [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/attachments/22580549_156168284980549_4064834079172853760_n-jpg.27831803/ Seriously.]
*Barricade's vehicle mode color in ''The Last Knight'' varies from scene to scene: He possesses a glossy midnight blue color on his vehicle prop shells. During his transformation sequence, his midnight blue is painted in a brighter metallic shade.
*Barricade's appearance in ''The Last Knight'' serves as the basis for the [[Evergreen]] design used to create the ''[[Transformers: Earth Wars]]'' [[Barricade (IDW)|version of the character]].

===Disappearances and reappearances===
[[File:Barricade-comicsadaptation-death.jpg|upright=1.25|thumb|right|F*** tha poh-leece!]]
*Barricade abruptly disappears from the first live-action film during the highway battle, last appearing as Bonecrusher moves forward to engage Optimus Prime. As evidenced by scenes in the novelization and comic book adaptations of the film (right), he was supposed to join Bonecrusher in attacking the Autobot leader, and would have been destroyed by Optimus after Bonecrusher (alternatively, the children's chapter book adaptation of the film, ''[[The Quest for the AllSpark]]'', describes Barricade as being destroyed by the US military.) At the time, his fate caused a great deal of speculation, and [[IDW Publishing]] capitalized on the character's ambiguous fate to "overwrite" his death from their comic adaptation, revealing instead in ''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]]'' that he had been forced off the road by Ironhide and drove into a roadway bridge pillar, knocking himself out.
*Barricade subsequently reappeared in several further IDW comics before returning to the screen in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'', where he appears to have been killed off by N.E.S.T. soldiers...
*...Only to appear alive and well in ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]'', which would almost make sense considering the fact that it is mentioned in that film that he has been under government surveillance. He was last seen under attack by the British military before continuing his tradition of having an ambiguous fate near the end of every odd-numbered film.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Barricade''' (バリケード ''Barikēdo'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Pàn Gūan''' (Taiwan, 叛官, "Treacherous Official"), '''Lùzhàng''' (China, 路障, "Barricade")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Barycada''' (Барикада, "Barricade")

==See also==
{{OtherVersions
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|disambig=Barricade (disambiguation)
|body=
*[[Barricade (Animated)|Barricade]], the [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam's]] menu headshot from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]].''
*[[Barricade (WFC)|Barricade]], the [[Decepticon]] dirty cop from the [[Aligned continuity family]].
*[[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]], the Decepticon dirty cop from the [[IDW 2005 continuity]].}}

==Footnotes==
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Barricade (Movie)

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:''Barricade is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:MovieBarricadeHeatScrambleCard60.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|"I'm always the Bad Cop. And don't bother asking for the Good Cop. I killed him."]]

'''Barricade''' is apparently a complicated robot. He's considered "fractious" even by Decepticon standards, yet is willing to give [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] the benefit of the doubt and follow where he leads, at least for the time being. Though not totally dedicated to the service of the Decepticons' current leader, he is much more cautious and reserved about expressing mutinous dissent than say [[Blackout (Movie)|''most'']]. He believes that Starscream is vital in their search for [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and the [[AllSpark]]. In many ways this makes him Starscream's closest ally in the naturally combative Decepticon ranks. Then again, it's been said that he likes to trick people into trusting him, just so he can see their reactions when they find out just how much of a bad idea it was. As such, he has disguised himself as an [[Earth]] police car in an attempt to fool the humans around him.

If his attitude toward his fellow Decepticons is inconsistent, his attitude toward the [[Autobot]]s is not: kill them all. Barricade might not be as large as most of his peers, but he is every bit as deadly. He thoroughly relishes every chance in fighting the Autobots. He's smart enough to let one live if he thinks he or the Decepticons can use it to their advantage, but most of the time, they're dead before someone's even thought of a plan.

He is also known as '''N.B.E. 04'''.{{fact}} The most frustrating part about him is that he always manages to come back no matter how many times he has been brought down.

{{quote|Autobots, foul Autobots, here we come. Let our long war resume—and let it end here.|Barricade|''[[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Movies===
{{note|The six movies are the primary component of the live-action movie continuity family. Their events should be taken as canon for all other pieces of fiction listed below, unless otherwise specified.}}

====''Transformers'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Jess Harnell]] (English)|[[Katsuhiro Kitagawa]] (Japanese), [[Zhang Wei]] (Chinese), [[Oliver Siebeck]] (German), [[Júlio César]] (Brazil), [[Salvador Reyes]] (Latin American-Spanish), [[Achille D'Aniello]] (Italian), [[Pascal Massix]] (European French)}}
[[File:BarricadeVsSam.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|Barricade negotiates an alternative to PayPal.]]
After being active on [[Earth]] for some time, Barricade arrived to pick up [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] after the smaller Decepticon's attempt to hack into and sabotage the United States military network on [[Air Force One]]. From data Frenzy had acquired, the two learned of [[Sector Seven]], "Project Iceman", and the "[[Archibald Witwicky|Witwicky man]]", the discoverer of the entombed [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. Using the internet, the duo learned that Megatron had accidentally marked Witwicky's [[Archibald Witwicky's glasses|glasses]] with the location of the long-lost [[AllSpark]]—glasses which were now being auctioned on [[eBay]] by his descendant, [[Sam Witwicky|ladiesman217]].

[[File:Movie Barricade defeat.jpg|left|upright=1.8|thumb|He got better.]]

Tracking the human to the town of [[Tranquility]], Barricade appeared in the path of ladiesman217 as he was attempting to flee [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], whom he mistakenly believed was out to harm him. Believing Barricade to be a legitimate police vehicle, ladiesman217 requested the "officer's" help, only for Barricade to transform right in front of him. As ladiesman217 fled, Barricade knocked him onto the hood of an abandoned car, then violently demanded information on "eBay item 21153". Ladiesman217 and his [[Mikaela Banes|female friend]], who had been drawn into the encounter, managed to escape him when Bumblebee convinced the boy to trust him, and Barricade pursued both the Autobot and two humans to a junkyard. After temporarily losing and then regaining their position, he charged into battle, activating his mace/rotating blade, and dispatched Frenzy to chase down the humans. The battle started off pretty well and worked in Barricade's favor until Bumblebee slammed him into an office. Barricade then rolled over and took back control by bashing his fists against Bumblebee's head. However, their battle ended with Barricade heavily damaged.

[[File:TF2007 barricade vehiclemode.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|I'm going to need a dozen robots disguised as cookies.]]

Barricade had repaired himself by the time Frenzy (who infiltrated Sector Seven) transmitted both Megatron and the AllSpark's location to his fellow Decepticons. Knowing that the Decepticons were coming, the humans and Autobots tried to transport the AllSpark to [[Mission City]] for extraction, but Barricade and [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] caught up to them on the highway into the city. Barricade attempted to clear a path through the traffic by activating his sirens; Bonecrusher simply rammed everything in his way. Ladiesman217—riding inside Bumblebee—recognized Barricade, and in response to his call for action, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] realigned to block the Decepticon from getting to the human and the AllSpark. Barricade was last seen as Bonecrusher pulled ahead to attack Optimus; he was absent from the subsequent battle in Mission City for unknown reasons. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

{{note|Barricade's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels ''[[Transformers (novel)|Transformers]],'' ''[[Transformers: The Junior Novel]]'' and "[[The Quest for the AllSpark]]"; the ''[[Transformers: Movie Adaptation]]'' and "[[Movie Trilogy]]" comics; the activity book "[[Look and Find Transformers]]"; and the storybooks "[[Bumblebee Rumble]]", "[[Optimus Prime Versus Megatron]]", "[[Sam's New Car]]", "[[Transformers (interactive Play-a-Sound Storybook)|Transformers Play-a-Sound]]", "[[Meet the Autobots]]", "[[Meet the Decepticons]]", "[[Transformers Mix & Match]]" and "[[Transformers: The Movie Storybook]]". Many of these adaptations were based on earlier drafts of the movie's script; in several, most prominently the novelization and comic adaptations, Barricade engages Optimus Prime on the highway after he takes out Bonecrusher and is destroyed as a result, explaining his disappearance from the film's final act.}}

====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English, see [[#Notes|notes]])|[[Bernard Métraux]] (European French)}}
[[File:DOTM-Barricadecaptures.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|It's so obvious that we're going to win.]]
Barricade was one of the Decepticons present in [[Chicago]] when [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] unleashed their plan to use a [[space bridge]] to bring [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to Earth, and assisted in the takeover of the city. Under the command of [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], he aided in rounding up several Autobots that had infiltrated the city, including his old foe Bumblebee, to whom he delivered a hard kick to the back for fun. At the behest of the human traitor [[Dylan Gould]], Soundwave ordered Barricade to execute the Autobot prisoners, starting with [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]]; Barricade laughed as he slew the Autobot with a shot in the back. Fortunately, [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] and [[Brains]] intervened to prevent any further executions, causing a distraction that allowed the other Autobots to escape.

[[File:DOTM-Barricadesnipershot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|Better hope one shot is enough to disable both his left optics at once, eh?]]
Following the Autobots' getaway, Barricade joined up with [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]], and was in the process of chewing out the Decepticon ground troops when he suddenly found himself blinded by sniper shots to his eyes courtesy of the Autobots' [[NEST]] allies. As he stumbled around in pain, the humans got in close and jammed a bomb into his leg, which brought him tumbling to the ground when it went off. He was last seen trying to crawl to safety as the human troops fired on him. {{Storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

{{note|Barricade's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation]]''.}}
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====''Age of Extinction'' film====
Footage of Barricade at the Battle of Chicago was shown by [[Harold Attinger]] to demonstrate how Transformers were dangerous.
{{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

====''The Last Knight'' film====
{{Voiceactor|[[Jess Harnell]] (English)|[[Zhang Yaohan]] (Chinese), [[Katsuhiro Kitagawa]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:TF-TLK-Barricade-first-appearance.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|He's decided to show up every other film from now on.]]
Having survived the injuries he sustained in the Chicago war and avoided being hunted down by the humans in the years since, Barricade had been rebuilt into a sleeker new form. Seven years since the Chicago conflict, he acted as Megatron's spy and scout in his search for the [[Guardian Knight]]s' [[Talisman (TLK)|talisman]]. Perhaps unknown to him, he had long been under surveillance of the U.S. government. In the ruins of Chicago, he witnessed the talisman being bestowed to [[Cade Yeager]] by [[Talisman Knight|one of the Knights]]. He was however unable to claim it due to arrival of the heavily armed [[Transformers Reaction Force|TRF]], and he watched from a distance as they entered a stand off with Yeager and the Autobots.

[[File:TLK_Megs_angry_at_Barricade.jpeg|left|upright=1.6|thumb|"Hey you think that flamethrower will prove useful later? No, okay."]]
He reported back to Megatron, incidentally angering his leader by flashing his light in his face. He reported the events of his mission, and Megatron was further angered by his failure to retrieve the Talisman, which was needed to find the [[Staff of Merlin|Staff]] they required. Barricade managed to salvage the situation, indicating he knew who could lead them to the Staff: the TRF themselves. Unknown to either, their conversation was being monitored by [[William Lennox]] and [[Morshower|General Morshower]]. Based on Barricade's plan, Megatron used human hostages to broker a deal with TRF and secured the release of fellow Decepticons [[Mohawk]], [[Dreadbot]], [[Nitro Zeus]], and [[Onslaught (ROTF)|Onslaught]].

He later joined his leader and cohorts in their hunt for Yeager. They arrived at Yeager's [[Junkyard (TLK)|scrap yard]] but Yeager had already fled to a nearby town and they followed. They were met with some not-quite-unexpected resistance in the form of the Autobots Bumblebee, [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]], and [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] and blasted by a trap set by Yeager. Barricade took point in pursuing Yeager through the town. Barricade ordered Yeager and [[Izabella]] to freeze, but was surprised and swiped through a wall by the newly-arrived [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]]'s tail. Luckily for Barricade, Grimlock was then focused on attacking Megatron and crunching on Dreadbot. After Dreadbot and Onslaught perished in battle, Barricade fled when Megatron gave the order to retreat.

[[File:TLKMegsAndBarricade.jpg|right|upright=1.6|thumb|Hey Barricade, ready for a [[Frank Welker|flashback]] to ''Dark of the Moon''?]]
He and his comrades then followed Yeager to England, knowing he was the key to finding the Staff. In [[London]], he chased down the fleeing Bumblebee, who had Yeager and [[Viviane Wembly]] with him. He attempted to ram them but was blasted away by his Autobot nemesis. He transformed to catch himself but fell into oncoming traffic and was rammed by a large truck. Commenting on how much it hurt, he had been hit hard enough that he was too weak to continue the pursuit.

He later rendezvoused with Megatron and Nitro at [[Stonehenge]], the site which would drain [[Unicron]], who lay deep within the Earth, of his energy and revive the recently arrived Cybertron. He happily gloated that he had lived to kill a planet and commented on the ease with which they could kill Unicron. They soon came under attack from the humans and he returned fire. He later vanished, apparently having fled after Megatron and Nitro Zeus withdrew to Cybertron, yet again living to fight another day. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}
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===Novels===
====''Ghosts of Yesterday''====
Barricade acted as pilot and chief science officer for the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]'' during the quest to find the [[AllSpark]]. When they encountered an [[Ghost 1|alien ship]], he analysed it and discovered that it seemed to be of Cybertronian design, leading to a disagreement between himself and [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] regarding whether to study it or destroy it. He claimed to have chafed under Starscream's leadership, but was willing to tolerate him for the moment.

During Starscream's later absence, Barricade was against [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]'s plan to attack the Autobots, and remained on the ''Nemesis'' while the others got their tailpipes kicked. Following the defeat, he contacted Starscream to warn their leader that Optimus Prime was on his way to the planet below where Starscream had been misleading the occupants of the alien ship. Starscream ordered an attack on the Autobots while their numbers were diminished, so Barricade placed [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] in charge of the assault, while he himself elected to stay on the ship and use it as a distraction. And sang. He supplied support fire as the others fought the Autobots. On Starscream's return, the Decepticons leader was challenged by Blackout, and Barricade decided they should see things resolved once and for all. After Blackout's defeat, Barricade asserted that he'd known what the outcome would be even before the fight began.

When Optimus and Bumblebee entered the fray, Starscream ordered Barricade to leave the ''Nemesis'' to reinforce their numbers. He proved most effective in battle against Bumblebee and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]. The fight ended when Starscream was badly damaged by the alien ship and, to Barricade's disbelief, called a retreat. The Decepticons returned to their ship and departed. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

====''The Veiled Threat''====
After the traitorous businessman [[Bruno Carrera]] and Starscream had trapped Optimus Prime in the [[Colosseum]] in [[Rome]], [[Italy]], Starscream turned the situation over to Barricade, who was more than delighted to see his old enemy in such a prone state. However, before he could strike the final blow, a bunch of [[human]]s began attacking, which wouldn't have been a problem if they weren't equipped with the scientific genius of [[Kaminari Ishihara]] and [[Petr Andronov]], in addition to [[William Lennox]] and [[Robert Epps]] firing sabot rounds into him. He was about to stomp on the insects when Prime broke free of the trap and engaged him. Once the humans were clear, Optimus pulled a surprise move by jumping out of the pit and dumping rock on top of him.

Once he was buried, Optimus melted the top layer of rock, trapping Barricade long enough for the NEST team to defeat Starscream and take him in. Unfortunately, Barricade was nowhere to be found; Instead, a passing crew working on the subway found a strange new tunnel, leading from the Colosseum to the center of a park. Whatever had dug the new passage overnight was nowhere to be seen. {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}

===IDW movie comics===
[[File:Foundation2 cybertronian barricade.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|Any special message for all the kids reading this wiki out home? "Stay out of trouble. Because this trouble will find you."]]
Many years in the past, when [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] had just come under the rule of the [[Defense Force]] and the [[Science Division]], Barricade was a member of the Defense Force under the command of High Protector [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. He participated in missions to rid the planet of "malcontents" who protested against the new order, and like many of his peers, he did so ruthlessly. {{Storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}}

When [[Ejoornian|unknown alien hostiles]] attacked Cybertron after the discovery of a [[The Fallen|mysterious relic]], Barricade and Scorponok were sent to perform recon. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance #1}} Following battle with the aliens Megatron changed significantly, altering the military's mission from one of protection to making war upon the hostile aliens and anybody who would stand in their way. As Megatron's ambition grew, he determined to eliminate Science Division leader [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]], sending Barricade and a team of other Decepticons to slay Optimus's allies and bring him in. [[File:Defiance3 BrawlCrankcaseBarricade.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.75|Are you trying to out-complain the complainer?]] Barricade and [[Crankcase (Movie)|Crankcase]] stood by as [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] nailed the "traitors" with an explosive round; Barricade was eager to get into the fight, but was ordered back by the glory-hound [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] so his aerial forces could swoop in to finish the job. This turned out to be lucky for Barricade, as Optimus managed to bury Starscream's team under a mountain of rubble. Though defeated, they all soon returned to [[Trypticon (Movie)|Trypticon]], where Megatron rechristened them and the rest of his Defense Force the "Decepticons." {{Storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}}

During the subsequent civil war between the Decepticons and Optimus's Autobots, Barricade was one of the Decepticons under the command of Starscream who took part in a battle outside of [[Tyger Pax]]. As they were mopping up the last remnants of Autobot resistance, Barricade amused himself by playing with the decapitated head of a fallen Autobot, but mood turned somber when he saw the AllSpark jettisoned into space. Barricade realized that Cybertron would soon die without the AllSpark, but Bonecrusher had little time for his remarks, suggesting he should die along with the planet. {{storylink|Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall}} Megatron immediately took off to pursue the AllSpark, leaving Starscream with orders to eliminate the Autobots in advance of his return. When the Autobots departed the planet to hunt down the AllSpark themselves, Barricade was part of the crew of the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]'' assembled by Starscream to give chase. Confident in Megatron's abilities to deal with any pursuing Autobots, Barricade questioned both the need to hurry, and Starscream's motives for doing so, but was quickly reprimanded by Starscream for speaking out of turn. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}}

[[File:Planetfall barricade and wreckage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Waste your out-of-character sympathy for people who will actually be IN the movie.]]

After thousands of years of searching, the ''Nemesis'' crew tracked the AllSpark's energy to [[Earth]]'s [[Star system|solar system]]. After setting their ship down on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Movie Prequel #3}} {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}} Barricade, Starscream, Blackout, Brawl, Bonecrusher and [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] continued on to Earth itself, where they touched down in [[Afghanistan]] in 2003. They immediately attacked a nearby [[United States military]] installation, where Barricade used a facade of friendliness to trick nearby human soldiers into lowering their guard, whereupon he slaughtered them at point-blank range. As the fight continued, he was almost hit by a localized EMP weapon from a human, but it instead hit his comrade [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]]. Barricade objected to leaving Wreckage behind when Starscream ordered them to pull out, but was forced to abandon him. {{storylink|Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall}} The Decepticons subsequently scattered across the planet to search for Megatron and the AllSpark; Barricade scanned a Saleen S281 police car, then destroyed the original human vehicle to cover his tracks. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4|Movie Prequel #4}}

{{note|"Planetfall" and ''Movie Prequel'' #4 offer contradictory accounts of Barricade and the Decepticons' arrival on Earth, with the former showing them arriving in Afghanisation shortly before the events of the film, and the latter placing them in North America in 2003. The ''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|Reign of Starscream]]'' movie sequel comic would corroborate the "Planetfall" account, but the timing involved means it must take place in 2003 as in ''Prequel'' #4.}}

[[File:Interlude barricade vs bee.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.75|Prime directives: 1. Serve the public. 2. Protect the innocent. 3. Obey the law. 4. Do the exact opposite of 1-3.]]

Learning that the Autobot Bumblebee was also on Earth, Barricade tracked him to just outside of [[Denver]], [[Colorado]], arriving just as the Autobot was eluding [[Sector Seven]] while working on a new lead on the [[Witwicky]]s. {{storylink|Interlude}} Bumblebee managed to escape, but Barricade pursued him to [[New Mexico]], where he had a new idea: ''allow'' the Autobot to get away, so that they could track him from afar to see what leads and information he had already turned up in his search. Starscream agreed to the plan, but ordered Barricade to superficially rough the little Autobot up a bit before letting him go, just to make it look convincing. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4|Movie Prequel #4}} Bumblebee subsequently found his way to [[Tranquility]] and [[Sam Witwicky]], and the battle over the glasses to learn the location of the AllSpark ensued. {{storylink|Transformers: Movie Adaptation}} During the subsequent highway chase to Mission City, Barricade attempted to close in on Bumblebee to "settle the score" with him, but found his way obstructed by Ironhide, causing him to crash into a pillar. Knocked offline by the crash, he missed out on the Mission City battle; he was conscious again by the time the battle's sole survivor, Starscream, came looking for him. Informed that Sam had destroyed the AllSpark and Megatron, Barricade suggested recovering the lost Frenzy so they could access his data files on the boy. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}}

While Starscream returned to Cybertron to enact a plan of his own, Barricade remained on Earth, watching over a Sector Seven research base. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 3|The Reign of Starscream #3}} He spied upon the Autobots as they made plans with [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]] and [[Robert Epps|Sergeant Epps]] to dispose of the Decepticons' bodies, then broadcast the information he had learned into space on a Decepticon frequency, hoping someone would hear and take interest. As it turned out, Starscream, having returned from Cybertron to Mars, was ready and willing to answer. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #1}} Soon after Starscream made it back to Earth, however, Decepticons under the command of the long-absent [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] also began arriving, and Barricade provided them with intelligence on which Autobots they were facing. He continued to plague the Autobots and the new [[NEST]] team, escaping each time. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}} Soundwave sought the final remaining shard of the AllSpark in order to revive Megatron, so Barricade was sent to Tranquility to capture Sam and force its location from him—or failing that, ransom him for it. [[File:TotF1 barricade and sam.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2|"Dead or alive, you're coming with me. Only you won't be alive."]] Barricade took the boy to a junkyard to interrogate him, but Bumblebee soon arrived to rescue him. A protracted battled followed, concluding when 'Bee knocked Barricade into a pool of gasoline and ignited it, setting off a massive explosion. Barricade survived the blast, though, and drove off in car mode after Bumblebee and Sam had left. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 1|Tales of the Fallen #1}}

Following the resurrection of Megatron and [[The Fallen]]'s failed plan for revenge, Barricade was among the Decepticon troops that [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] sent to attack Sam's college in order to recapture a rogue Decepticon brain unit [[Brains]]. Barricade initiated the assault, smashing his way into Sam's dorm and renewing his rivalry with Bumblebee, who stood ready to protect his human friend. {{Storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} The pair grappled and traded blows for the duration of the attack {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}} until Bumblebee ended the battle by slamming Barricade to the ground with a sickening crunch. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}
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====''Transformers: Beginnings''====
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[[File:Movie Barricade IDWprequel nowitnesses.jpg|left|upright=1.8|thumb|Christine... is that you?]]
The Decepticon infiltration unit under the command of Starscream arrived on Earth in the year 2003. Barricade scanned a Saleen S281 police car, then destroyed the original human vehicle to cover his tracks, as did his fellow Decepticons when choosing their new forms. His proceeded to tail Bumblebee while the Autobot was on his way to [[New Mexico]], but unfortunately, Bumblebee identified him before Barricade could eliminate him. Barricade was inspired to come up with a new plan: ''allow'' the Autobot to get away, so that they could track him from afar to see what leads and information he had already turned up in his search. Starscream agreed to the plan, but ordered Barricade to superficially rough the little Autobot up a bit before letting him go, just to make it look convincing. {{storylink|Transformers: Beginnings (Movie)|Transformers: Beginnings}}

{{note|"Transformers: Beginnings" is a condensed, Flash-animated retelling of the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] [[Transformers: Movie Prequel|Movie Prequel]] that is detailed above this section.}}

====''Schick Hydrobot and the Transformers''====
Barricade was among the Decepticons who attacked Doctor [[Hiroshi Benson]]'s laboratory. Holding his own for much of the battle, he was later incapacitated when [[Hydrobot (TLK)|Hydrobot]] and Bumblebee unleashed a powerful shock attack with the latter's stinger, forcing them into a retreat. {{storylink|A New Friend|A New Friend}}

===Titan movie comics===
[[File:StarscreamMilitia zombie barricade.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Guess Barricade's a ''Trigun'' fan.]]
Barricade was killed in the <s>[[Mission City]]</s> [[Los Angeles]] battle. Immediately after the battle's conclusion, Starscream resurrected him, Blackout, and Devastator using AllSpark energy plucked from the [[AllSpark Mutation|mutations]] created during the chaos, turning all three into mindless, relentless zombies. Holding his own decapitated head in his hand, the zombie Barricade took on Optimus Prime; his noggin chewed on the Autobot leader's arm while the rest of his body kept him busy. The battle lasted only mere minutes, as Ratchet soon realized what was animating the Decepticons' bodies and instructed his fellow Autobots to target the AllSpark energy signatures, putting Barricade and his fellow zombies down permanently. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7|Starscream's Militia}}

{{note|"Starscream's Milita" was written using IDW's comic book adaptation of the movie as a springboard, and so incorporated Barricade's death as seen in it. Just as IDW themselves would ignore the scene in their future comics thanks to its deletion from the film, all subsequent Titan stories ignored Barricade's death and presented him as being alive.}}

Several years later, Barricade joined Starscream in a hit and run on the [[Tech Museum of Innovation]] in [[San Jose]] during an anti-[[Transformer]] rally. Barricade's contribution mainly consisted of being beaten up by Ironhide. Even grabbing Ironhide from behind didn't work, as Ironhide's weapons worked as rocket boosters to throw the pair backwards, and Barricade was body-slammed into a nearby building. Things were looking up after Ironhide was caught in an explosion, but the two Decepticons were mobbed by humans and when Optimus Prime turned up as well, the pair fled. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.4|Automatic for the People}}
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====Alternate timeline====
[[File:Barricadeblackoutandfriends-DarkSpark.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5]]
In an alternate timeline in which Megatron triumphed in the battle of Mission City and the victorious Decepticons set about conquering North America, Barricade was part of two punitive Decepticon attacks: a raid on a supply convoy at Shreveport, [[Louisiana]] {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}} and after aiding Starscream taking over the Decepticon headquarters {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|Return to Cybertron: Part 3}}, a solo strike on Cincinnati, [[Ohio]] as part of a "Stop supporting Autobots OR ELSE!" campaign. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution Part 1}}

When Starscream started open warfare, he made Barricade one of his generals. However, Barricade soon found himself bogged down in fighting [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade's]] "New Decepticons". {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Revolution Part 2}}

====Letters page====
[[File:Lawanddisorder barricade.jpg|right|upright=2|thumb|One: I am the prettiest unicorn! Two: my mane is lustrous and fragrant, and it catches the wind perfectly! Dismissed!]]

Starscream considered Barricade a good candidate for second-in-command once he vacated the position to take over the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|#16's Star Screams}} As irony would have it, Barricade ''did'' soon take over Starscream's job when the air commander had a nervous breakdown... his job as respondent for the comic's [[letters page]]! Unwilling to let the Decepticons turn the page into a propaganda machine, the Autobots dispatched [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] to co-run it with him, much to Barricade's irritation. He shared Starscream's contempt for ''[[you]]'', the reader (#1), and continued the tradition of threatening violence against ''anyone'' who cosplays as an Autobot (#7). This, however, didn't stop him bragging to Ironhide when letters would be pro-Decepticon, and at one point he held a popularity contest to see who the kiddies wanted to be "subjugated by this issue!" (#6).

By the time of Barricade's stewardship of the letters, relations had broken down between the Decepticons and [[DreamWorks]], and they had returned to targeting Michael Bay and company for the pro-Autobot bent of their films. Though Barricade personally enjoyed the scene in the first film when [[Mojo|a dog]] peed on Ironhide, (#1) he refused to appear in the second, and would not even allow his likeness to be used in the video games. (#4) (He claimed he never wanted to be in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]]'' but his tears disproved that (#12)) He later decided fame was more important than principles though, submitting a script and auditioning for a part in the third film by threatening the director with death (#8). He was absolutely ''disgusted'' by [[fandom|our]] enjoyment of the films: he lost ''friends'' during filming, man. (#10)

In the early days, he appeared to be separated from the rest of the Decepticons, as his knowledge on their current status was spotty; while he knew [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] had turned traitor, he seemed unaware that [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] had been terminated. (#4) He later re-established contact, being aware of [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor's]] status and [[The Fallen]]. (#7) He also had a ''shockingly'' bad knowledge of Transformers [[units of time]]. (#8)

Barricade stated how he doesn't think much of Starscream's intelligence or ability to lead (a bit of a pisser when Starscream considered ''him'' to be 2IC material!), but ''much'' prefers him over Megatron. (#1) He once explained some of Megatron's flaws, only to get scared and state how he totally respects him ''really''. (#3) He also dislikes [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], claiming the guy ''never'' pulls his weight and is just Megatron's fave. (#7) On top of that, while he followed the party line and claimed the Decepticons have "policies" (#7), he began showning signs of discontent with being a Decepticon—the long hours, the lousy food, the admin work (#5)—leading Ironhide to start offering him the chance to defect to the Autobots. Barricade outright rejected this offer the first time, saying he couldn't bear the thought of listening to Optimus moralise (#9); the second time, however, he merely stated the horrific penalties for defecting Decepticons (#10) and the third, he desperately said he just ''couldn't'' do it, even if it would be nice to hang with other cars for once... BUT HE CAN'T! Ironhide's friendliness began starting to disturb him. (#11) He did, however, become fed up of Ironhide bringing up how Bumblebee kicked his arse, and became determined to get revenge on "that little yellow cretin"...

Barricade would reveal other assorted factoids about his history and personal tastes during his time as host. Like Starscream, he was active on Earth during the 1980s, at which time he was a [[Barricade (G1)|Micromaster]]. (#12) He watched the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original ''Transformers'' cartoon]] broadcast at the time (#3) and approved of humanity's fascination with giant robots. In contrast, he is ''completely'' bewildered by pop music. (#7) He's terrified of [[Unicron]]. (#6) He's apparently got an optic for [[Female Transformer|the ladies]], or at least the heavily armed ones, making sure to flirt right back when a neutral femme wrote into the letter's column looking to play "bad cop/bad cop pretending to be good cop" with him. (#5)

===Transformers Mix & Match books===
{{Note|Due to the malleable storytelling format of the Mix & Match books, listed here is Barricade's story role if all the segments visually featuring him are lined-up. For all the possible iterations of his role in the story, see the [[Transformers Mix & Match]] page.}}
Barricade hung out with [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] and spied on [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Mix & Match}}

===Cyber Missions===
{{voiceactor|[[Bronco D. Jackson]] (English)|[[Óscar Flores]] (Latin American-Spanish)}}
[[File:Cyber Missions Barricade.JPG‎|thumb|upright=1.5|You must agree that his head is somewhat deformed.]]
After a high speed pursuit through [[Scramble City (city)|Scramble City]], Barricade managed to ditch [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] and used
his [[Moustache Man|holo avatar]] to break into a secure facility. Standing guard while [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] raided the computers, he somehow failed to hear Sideswipe bushwhack his partner and was only alerted when Frenzy's crumpled-up form rolled into his foot. After throwing Frenzy at Sideswipe, Barricade engaged the Autobot in combat, managing to defeat him by freezing him to a wall. He then made off with Frenzy and the [[NEST]] access codes. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 6}}

Later, Barricade and [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] confronted [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]. Looking to steal one of Ironhide's weapons, Lockdown took a missile instead, which blew up in his face. While Lockdown was dazed, Ironhide punched Barricade out and dumped a truckload of rocks on top of him. Barricade pleaded with Lockdown for help, but the explosion damaged Lockdown's optics, and he fled. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 11}}

Later, Barricade was among the Decepticons Megatron led on a mission to free the captured Soundwave. He arrived after Megatron derailed the train Soundwave was believed to be on, but true to his history, disappeared from sight soon after. {{storylink|Decepticons Attack}}
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===Transformers Annual 2011===
Barricade and [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] were sent to [[Tokyo]] to cause a diversion. The Autobots soon turned up, and Barricade clashed briefly with Sideswipe before being hoisted into the air by Optimus. A short time later, Grindor crashed on top of him. Defeated, Barricade was picked up by Grindor and they departed, but not before letting Optimus know he'd been had. {{storylink|Sam in Danger}}

===''BeCool'' shorts===
[[File:BeCool patrolcar and americanpatrolcar.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.75]]
'''American Patrol Car''' (アメリカンパトカー ''Amerikan Patokā'') spoke English, but was still capable of communication with his Japanese-speaking fellow BeCool Transformers, albeit with a heavy English-speaking accent. He was part of the audience of ''Quiz! BeCool'' {{storylink|The Story of Quiz! BeCool}} and later joined his police force partner [[Prowl (G1)|Patrol Car]] to welcome audiences to [[Surprise World|the world in which the BeCool robots lived]]. The pair failed to notice when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Garbage Truck]] accidentally dropped a [[banana]] peel in the course of his job, so when [[Bumblebee (G1)|Yellow Sports Car]] hit the peel and went spinning through the city streets, they thought he was just driving recklessly and sped after him. Unfortunately, they failed to stop him before he crashed into a bunch of other 'bots, necessitating the medical aid of [[Ratchet (G1)|Ambulance]], who American Patrol Car explained to the audience was the town doctor. {{storylink|The Story of Protecting the Signal!}}
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===''Mission to Cybertron'' comic===
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{{storylink|Mission to Cybertron}}
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==Games==
==="Flight of the Bumblebee" online game===
[[File:FlightoftheBumblebee bee vs barricade.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
Barricade was one of a group of Decepticons who trapped Bumblebee in a canyon. He stood around on a rocky butte, walking back and forth and waiting for Bumblebee to drive up to him. When the Autobot dropped in, Barricade immediately opened fire, blasting Bumblebee continuously. Unfortunately, Bumblebee had the idea to shoot back, blasting him right out of the picture with just one shot. {{storylink|Flight of the Bumblebee}}
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===Transformers The Game (console)===
{{voiceactor|[[Keith David]] (English)}}
====Autobot campaign====
[[File:TFtheGame barricade vs bee.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|"Turn, heretic."]]
Barricade was sent to Tranquility to hunt down Sam Witwicky and the glasses that held the location of the AllSpark. He attempted to capture Sam and Mikaela outside their high school, but Bumblebee stepped in. The humans fled for the nearby baseball field with Barricade in pursuit, but Bumblebee beat him to them, protecting them while they ran away again. He followed them to the power plant, but was once again foiled by Bumblebee and sent packing.

Later, in [[Mission City]], Barricade made one last grab for the AllSpark after [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] and [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] had each fallen to the Autobots. However, he was once again intercepted by Bumblebee, and finally defeated for good. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game}}

====Decepticon campaign====
[[File:TFtheGame barricade threatens sam.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|"Were it so easy..."]]
Upon reaching Tranquility and choosing his [[alternate mode]], Barricade attempted some recon, but encountered a squad of Autobot drones, a battle which spilled out to the local baseball field. Shortly afterwards, he was informed by Starscream that [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] had information they needed, but the diminutive Decepticon had been captured by [[Sector Seven]] agents. Barricade tracked them to the power plant, then hounded the agents across town in their highly resistant van, wrecking every building in his path until Frenzy was recovered.

Finally on the trail of Sam, he was stopped cold by Sam's protector Bumblebee. Barricade got the upper hand, but the Autobot led him on a chase that ended in [[Bay Demolition|Bay's Demolition]] lot, and an ambush courtesy of a lot of Autobot drones. Barricade overcame the odds and hunted down Bumblebee once more, finally besting the Autobot and taking the glasses from Sam. Decoding Megatron and the AllSpark's location from them, Barricade relayed his findings to Starscream, who, together with Blackout, soon struck [[Hoover Dam]] and liberated their leader.

When the Decepticons converged on Mission City, Barricade was tasked with taking out the Autobot [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]]. He later stood in Megatron's presence after the AllSpark had been recovered and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] ordered the Earth to be destroyed before they left it on their way to conquering all of known space. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game}}

===''Transformers: The Game'' (PSP)===
{{voiceactor|[[Keith David]]}}
[[File:TFtheGamePSP barricade hooverdam.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|"Even on my knees I do not belong in his presence."]]
Barricade and a platoon of Decepticon drones pursued Sam Witwicky in an attempt to obtain his grandfather's glasses, but were defeated in a battle at a steel processing plant by the human's protector, Bumblebee. A short time later, learning from Frenzy that Megatron's frozen body was being held at Hoover Dam by Sector Seven, Barricade and Starscream attacked the facility. Barricade penetrated the dam and located Megatron's body, deactivating the machines that were keeping him frozen. When Megatron did not immediately reactivate, Barricade assumed his leader was dead after all, but Megatron soon shook off the deep freeze treatment to prove his subordinate wrong. Megatron jetted off to acquire some fresh energy for himself, while Barricade reported on Megatron's awakening to Starscream, who was not best pleased with the news. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (PSP)}}
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===''Transformers Autobots/Decepticons'' (Nintendo DS)===
{{voiceactor|[[Keith David]] (English)}}
====''Transformers: Autobots''====
[[File:TFtheGameDS Barricade and friend vs Optimus.jpg|thumb|left]]
When Bumblebee went to investigate the source of an image found on the internet, he found Barricade waiting for him. Barricade blew up a nearby car and took off, sending out messages on the police radio that Bumblebee was responsible. After failing to lose Bumblebee in spite of all of [[Tranquility]]'s police force being after him, he engaged him in combat. Unable to defeat Bumblebee, he hastily retreated. Later on, he encountered Bumblebee and Optimus Prime as the two were leaving [[Hoover Dam]]. With a large helicopter Decepticon at his side, he tried to persuade Optimus to let him have the [[Allspark]]. After Prime predictably refused, Barricade started to demand the AllSpark from Prime, not even caring about the consequences. He was killed, but revealed to Prime he was merely a distraction while other Decepticons freed Megatron from his icy prison. {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Autobots}}

====''Transformers: Decepticons''====
[[File:TFtheGameDS barricade dies.jpg|thumb||''Guess I got what I deserved... Kept you waiting there too long, my love...'' |upright=1.2]]
When the [[Create-A-Bot (Decepticon)|Decepticon Create-A-Bot]] arrived on Earth, his mentor, Starscream, directed him to rendezvous with Barricade, already active on the planet and commanding some of the Decepticon forces there. Barricade was not enamored with the idea of a partner, feeling that the Create-A-Bot would only slow him down, but after putting the rookie through his paces, he permitted him to join him on his mission in the town of [[Tranquility]]. Barricade revealed to the Create-A-Bot what Starscream had not—that the signal which had brought the Decepticons to Earth had come from Megatron himself. The rookie dismissed Megatron as a relic, and was struck by Barricade for the insult. With some help from the rookie, Barricade discovered that the Autobot Bumblebee was already on Megatron's trail; Barricade pursued Bumblebee, defeated him in battle on the outskirts of Tranquility, and acquired the data he had gathered.

Now aware that the human military organization [[Sector Seven]] was holding Megatron, Barricade arranged for [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] to transport the Create-A-Bot to a [[Qatar]] military base, where they and [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] hacked Sector Seven's databanks. The file they obtained was brought back to Barricade in Tranquility for deciphering, and revealed that Megatron was being held by Sector Seven in the [[Hoover Dam]]. The Create-A-Bot suggesting relaying this to Starscream, but Barricade loudly refuted the idea, happy that the impending resurrection of Megatron would mean that he would no longer have to serve under a cowardly, back-stabbing bureaucrat like Starscream. Swayed by Barricade's words, the rookie revealed a fact that Starscream had told only him—that the AllSpark was also present on Earth. Shocked by the revelation, Barricade realized that Starscream had been scheming to acquire the AllSpark for himself, to ensure that not even Megatron could remove him from power. With the rookie now turned from Starscream and on his side, Barricade was able to liberate Megatron from Sector Seven, and the Decepticons pursued the Autobots, now in possession of the AllSpark, back to Tranquility.

During the ensuing battle, Starscream finally claimed the AllSpark from Bumblebee, and Barricade stood against him, intent on bringing him in for treason. Alas, the AllSpark-powered Starscream destroyed Barricade, but in death, Barricade proved to the Create-A-Bot what it truly meant to be a Decepticon. {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Decepticons}}
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===Allspark Highway===
Barricade and the Decepticons tried to keep the Autobots from delivering the Allspark to safety. There were lots of him. {{storylink|Allspark Highway}}

===''Transformers Video Mash-Up''===
{{note|Various short clips featuring Barricade were available for users to custom-create their own short film about the Transformers.}} {{storylink|Transformers Video Mash-Up}}

===''Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Decepticons'' (Nintendo DS)===
{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Decepticons}}
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===''MechTech Weapons Challenge''===
Bumblebee could use Barricade's robot wrecking claw to aid him in his missions to retrieve MechTech weapons technology stolen by the Decepticons. {{storylink|MechTech Weapons Challenge}}

===''Cyberverse Battle Builder''===
Barricade joined the rest of the Decepticons in combating the Autobots on battlefields on Earth, the Earth's Moon and on Cybertron. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Cyberverse Battle Builder}}

===''Bot Shots Battle Game!''===
[[File:Bsbg-barricade.jpg|thumb|left|What's the matter, don't you trust cops?]]
Barricade participated in numerous one-on-one matches against other Autobots and Decepticons, using his fists, his sword, or his gun to defeat his opponents. Sometimes, he even faced off against himself! {{storylink|Bot Shots Battle Game!}}
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===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
[[File:Barricade-Forged-to-Fight.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
Barricade was one of the Decepticons pulled from [[Live-action film series|his universe]] by the [[Quintesson]]s and forced to fight. He eventually joins the [[You|Commander]]. There are at least a few of him running around! {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight}}

[[Optimus Prime (G1)#Transformers: Forged to Fight|Optimus Prime]] encountered Barricade on one of their missions, and Barricade demanded to know if he was [[Sam Witwicky|Ladiesmans217]]. [[Prowl (G1)#Transformers: Forged to Fight|Prowl]] got a read-out on the Decepticon, and they eventually had a Good Cop vs. Bad Cop showdown. {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight#Chapter 1:Realities Collide|Good Cop Bad Cop}}2nd Encounter
{{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight#|It's in our DNA}}

*'''Class:''' Scout
*'''Basic Abilities'''
**''Melee Attacks'' - Up to 79-144% '''Critical Damage Buff''' based on the opponent's stored Power.
**''When Knocked Down:''
***52%-85% chance to evade melee attacks for 3-3.4 seconds.
***26-40% Critical Rate Buff for 6-7.5 seconds.
**''Ranged Attacks:'' 20% to inflict '''Backfire''' for 6 seconds.
*'''Signature Ability: Bad Cop''' - Backfire becomes stackable and duration is increased.
**'''Special 1: Punishment''' - ''You have the right to remain silent.'' - 100% to inflict '''Backfire''' for 9 seconds. Opponent's Special Attacks' backfire, inflicting damage upon activation.
**'''Special 2: Subjugation''' - ''Taze opponents into submission.'' - 100% to '''Power Steal''', taking 23-36% of the opponent's Power as your own.
**'''Special 3: Dispatch''' - ''Subdue your opponent with nunchakus... permanently.'' - +25% Critical Rate Buff for 25 seconds.
*'''Synergy Bonuses'''
**'''Enemies''' with Bumblebee, Prowl, and Hot Rod - Angered by their partnership, Barricade's enemies gain +1-8% Attack Rating.
**'''Outlaws''' with Grindor - Grindor's first Heavy Ranged Attack inflicts Power Lock for 3–12 seconds.
**'''Forged to Serve''' with Megatron - Megatron has a 25~100% chance to inflict 2 Impair Charges per hit.
*Strong Match-ups:
**
*Weak Match-ups:
**Hound - Autobot Hound's Precision Ammo rarely misses, making Autobot Hound the premier choice to dismantle this Barricade's powerful Evasion Buff.
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==Toys==
{{Main|Barricade (Movie)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{Main|Barricade (Movie)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Second Life avatars==
In the online game ''Second Life'', there was a full replica of the Sector Seven base which contained a giant discussion room where Michael Bay held a question board. This room contained a giant frozen Megatron replica and offered free avatars of both Bumblebee and Barricade. Both freebies were non-transforming.

==Notes==
===''Transformers'' (2007)===
*In an early version of the movie's script, Barricade and Frenzy's roles were shared by a single character named "[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]". He would have infiltrated the CIA headquarters (rather than Air Force One) in the form of a "portable stereo" and then transformed (and size-shifted) into a Humvee for his escape.<ref name="early">Details from an early script draft [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2213120&postcount=297 summed up here], [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2214148&postcount=303 confirmed as authentic by Roberto Orci here].</ref>
[[File:EarlyMovieBarricadeHead.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|150px|Different name, different head, same guy. As far as we know, anyway!]]
*[[Prowl (Movie)|Prowl]] was originally part of the Autobot line up for the movie, but was removed, as the writers loved the perverse idea of making the police car a Decepticon.
*An early working name for Barricade was '''Brawl''',<ref name="barribrawl">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-images/events/Botcon-2007/Hasbro-Tour/PICT5108.JPG.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1 Early design for Barricade with working name "Brawl" shown during the BotCon 2007 Hasbro Tour]</ref> which was later given to [[Brawl (Movie)|another movie character]]. Early concept art the character created when he was going by this name<ref name="barribrawl"/> (pictured at right) suggests that he was originally going to transform into a white and black Crown Victoria (somewhat akin to Prowl's original G1 color scheme). The head design from this early concept artwork managed to show up on a few pieces of merchandise for the first film (such as a set of temporary tattoos), was used as inspiration for Barricade's Cybertronian-mode head in IDW's "[[Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall]]," and would later inexplicably show up as a profile link for Barricade's [[Bio#Online bios|Battle Bio]] on Hasbro's website.
*In the first movie, Barricade sports the [[license plate]] "1-4027E", registered in Oklahoma. It can be briefly glimpsed when he slows down after having seemingly cornered Bumblebee, but is more clearly seen in set photos. Oddly enough, that plate ''also'' shows up on ''[[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz's]]'' [[robot mode]] chest in the same movie. The Deluxe Class Recon Barricade [[redeco]] toy, meanwhile, sports the plate "SAGE2764", a reference pertaining to deco designer [[Joe Kyde]], the [[Premium Series]] redeco of the Deluxe toy sports the plate "DCPTCN" for "Decepticon", and the ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Human Alliance]] toy sports the plate "2PN-SLV", referring to Barricade's infamous "To punish and enslave..." markings.
*The [http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/27/ebay-find-of-the-day-saleen-barricade-replica/ promotional Saleen S281E cars] that appeared at events and premieres featured the slogan "Power in the hands of a few" rather than the "To punish and enslave" motto, as well as Saleen decals rather than the Decepticon decals seen in the movie.
*By placing Barricade's arrival on Earth in 2003, [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s ''[[Transformers: Movie Prequel|Movie Prequel]]'' seems to contradict the very existence of his [[alternate mode]], since it is a 2006 model car. Not so— the Mustang design that would eventually be the 2006 model debuted sometime in 2003, with police car modifications showing up in car shows not long after. It could very well be that, similar to when/how Jazz scanned a Solstice in a dealership late at night, Barricade scanned a Police Mustang in one such car show display after-hours, explaining why there were "no witnesses" after he assumed this form ''and'' why his police deco has no state or city markings/I.D.
[[File:Movie2007 Barricade carweapon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|150px|This looks familiar!]]
*In a deleted scene set during Barricade's pursuit of Bumblebee, the Decepticon was to deploy serrated drill-like missiles from his hood and fire them at the fleeing Autobot. The scene was filmed, as evidenced by artist [[Sean Haworth]]'s photograph of the constructed and fitted weapon prop (right), and its removal at least partially helps to explain the abrupt shift from day to night that occurs during the chase. The scene remains in IDW's comic book adaptation of the film, and the weapons are optional extras for RadioShack's ''XMODS® Evolution'' Barricade model kit.
*If one were to only accept the film itself as [[canon]], there is no real evidence of his supposed "rivalry" with Bumblebee which Hasbro and IDW kept pushing as a defining trait of his character since 2007. He just happens to be the Decepticon to first make contact with Sam Witwicky, Bumblebee intervenes and then fights and defeats Barricade. There is nothing in the film itself that would suggest that the two have a history, or even actually ''know'' each other personally beforehand. However, Hasbro gave the pairing of the two as enemies a lot of prominence in their toyline that accompanied the film, and IDW's prequel and sequel comics established previous and subsequent encounters of the two on Earth. Barricade's two subsequent film appearances eventually ''do'' establish a recurring history/rivalry with Bumblebee of sorts, though: In ''Dark of the Moon'', he delivers a captured Bumblebee a kick to the back, and the two briefly face off again during ''The Last Knight''.

===Other films===
*When asked about Barricade's disappearance from the first film, writer [[Roberto Orci]] stated in a message board Q&A session that it was a "thread for Movie 2".<ref>[http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showpost.php?p=384946&postcount=33 Roberto Orci on Barricade's fate in the movie, at the official movie boards]</ref> As it happened, Barricade didn't turn up in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''; two years later, Orci stated that he honestly couldn't remember why.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/180451-welcome-mr-roberto-orci-you-may-ask-him-questions-283.html#post3785383 Orci's Q&A at TFW2005]</ref>
*A common misconception among fans is that Barricade's Saleen Mustang alternate mode was spotted on the set of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. This is not true. In fact, a truck transporting three "Barricade" prop vehicles was spotted in Culver City, California, in March 2008, more than two months before principal shooting for ''Revenge of the Fallen'' started.<ref name="vehspotted">[http://www.superherohype.com/news/transformersnews.php?id=6980 Superhero Hype reporting on the spotting of Barricade vehicles in March 2008]</ref>
*An early idea writer [[Chris Mowry]] had for the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comic book prequel ''[[Transformers: Alliance]]'' was to depict Barricade's transformation into new movie character [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]], but Hasbro rejected the idea.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/members/mowry-73165-page2.html#vmessage170099]</ref> Another of Mowry's ideas for ''Alliance'' involved having Barricade reformat into a police boat to retrieve Megatron's at-sea remains. Mowry notes he would have been confronted by [[Storm Surge (Movie)|Storm Surge]]; whether this means Storm Surge was an Autobot at this point in development, or if there was dissension in the Decepticon ranks, is unclear.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/members/mowry-73165.html#vmessage281346]</ref>
*Barricade doesn't ''technically'' speak in ''Dark of the Moon'', but an editing gaffe as he kicks Que around before executing him sees Soundwave's voice (provided by [[Frank Welker]]) coming out of his mouth for the scene.
*Barricade is one of the few Movieverse characters who have a distinct transformation sound effect.
*Despite all the marketing and promotional material leading up to the release of ''The Last Knight'' portraying him with a mask/helmet, he never uses it in the film itself and has a fully exposed face all throughout. One piece of concept art even depicts him with police shades. [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/attachments/22580549_156168284980549_4064834079172853760_n-jpg.27831803/ Seriously.]
*Barricade's vehicle mode color in ''The Last Knight'' varies from scene to scene: He possesses a glossy midnight blue color on his vehicle prop shells. During his transformation sequence, his midnight blue is painted in a brighter metallic shade.
*Barricade's appearance in ''The Last Knight'' serves as the basis for the [[Evergreen]] design used to create the ''[[Transformers: Earth Wars]]'' [[Barricade (IDW)|version of the character]].

===Disappearances and reappearances===
[[File:Barricade-comicsadaptation-death.jpg|upright=1.25|thumb|right|F*** tha poh-leece!]]
*Barricade abruptly disappears from the first live-action film during the highway battle, last appearing as Bonecrusher moves forward to engage Optimus Prime. As evidenced by scenes in the novelization and comic book adaptations of the film (right), he was supposed to join Bonecrusher in attacking the Autobot leader, and would have been destroyed by Optimus after Bonecrusher (alternatively, the children's chapter book adaptation of the film, ''[[The Quest for the AllSpark]]'', describes Barricade as being destroyed by the US military.) At the time, his fate caused a great deal of speculation, and [[IDW Publishing]] capitalized on the character's ambiguous fate to "overwrite" his death from their comic adaptation, revealing instead in ''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]]'' that he had been forced off the road by Ironhide and drove into a roadway bridge pillar, knocking himself out.
*Barricade subsequently reappeared in several further IDW comics before returning to the screen in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'', where he appears to have been killed off by N.E.S.T. soldiers...
*...Only to appear alive and well in ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]'', which would almost make sense considering the fact that it is mentioned in that film that he has been under government surveillance. He was last seen under attack by the British military before continuing his tradition of having an ambiguous fate near the end of every odd-numbered film.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Barricade''' (バリケード ''Barikēdo'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Pàn Gūan''' (Taiwan, 叛官, "Treacherous Official"), '''Lùzhàng''' (China, 路障, "Barricade")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Barycada''' (Барикада, "Barricade")

==See also==
{{OtherVersions
|charname=Barricade
|disambig=Barricade (disambiguation)
|body=
*[[Barricade (Animated)|Barricade]], the [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam's]] menu headshot from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]].''
*[[Barricade (WFC)|Barricade]], the [[Decepticon]] dirty cop from the [[Aligned continuity family]].
*[[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]], the Decepticon dirty cop from the [[IDW 2005 continuity]].}}

==Footnotes==
<references />

[[Category:3D Battle-Cards]]
[[Category:Age of Extinction Decepticons]]
[[Category:Cyber Missions characters]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Interrogators]]
[[Category:Letters page answerers]]
[[Category:Movie Decepticons]]
[[Category:Pilots]]
[[Category:The Last Knight Decepticons]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Decepticons]]
[[Category:Zombies]]

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1963

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{{yearofthe|1963}}
The year '''1963''' (MCMLXIII) predates the launch of the [[Transformers brand]] by twenty-one years.

{{see|Transformers timeline}}

==Non-Fiction==

*Animation and special effects studio [[Tsuburaya Productions]] is founded.

===Births===

====February====
* [[February 2]] — [[Kirk Baily]]
* [[February 10]] — [[Simon Broad]]
* [[February 15]] — [[Norihiko Togashi]]

====March====
* [[March 4]] — [[Daniel Roebuck]]
* [[March 11]] — [[Alex Kingston]]

====April====
* [[April 10]] — [[Kal Swan]]

====May====
* [[May 21]] — [[Paweł Szczesny]]

====June====
* [[June 10]] — [[Rommy Mendoza]]
* [[June 14]] — [[Jarosław Boberek]]
* [[June 25]] — [[John Benjamin Hickey]], [[Ricardo Mendoza]]

====July====
*[[July 13]] — [[Sandy Fox]]

====August====
* [[August 7]] — [[Hiroaki Hirata]]
* [[August 14]] — [[Marco Kröger]]
* [[August 25]] — [[Brianne Siddall]]
* [[August 30]] — [[Paul Oakenfold]]

====September====
* [[September 30]] — [[Kuniko Koguchi]]

====October====
* [[October 14]] — [[Lori Petty]]
* [[October 19]] — [[Paul Gordon]]

====December====
* [[December 7]] — [[Paul Dobson]]
* [[December 12]] — [[Tomoyuki Shimura]]
* [[December 23]] — [[Jess Harnell]]

====Undated====
* ???? — [[Pekka Lehtosaari]], [[Peter Snejbjerg]], [[Martina Treger]], [[Bernd Vollbrecht]]

[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Real-world events by year]]

Paul Gordon

2019-05-03T17:22:57Z

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[[File:LetsKickItUp.jpg|270px|thumb|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BVNohVEvS4 Power Rangers], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTpW-lcov_I Digimon], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo6VEqnwivc Transformers]. 90's kids, this dude composed your ''childhood''. (And a bit of [https://vimeo.com/51735515 your adolescence] too.)]]
'''Paul Christian Gordon''' (October 19, [[1963]] - [[February 18]], [[2016]]) was an American musician, composer, producer, and, overall, a pretty awesome guy.
Paul was born in Everette, Massachusetts, most likely with a guitar already in his hands. He got into the music-making biz in the 90's, and enjoyed a long and varied career.

He performed the theme song to the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|2001 ''Transformers: Robots In Disguse'']]'' cartoon.

Prior to his work on ''Transformers'', Paul's jams could be heard in his work with such bands as {{w|New Radicals}} and {{w|The B-52's}}.

In addition to his work with these bands, he also composed music for a number of television shows and networks;
a regular at [[Saban Entertainment]], some other shows he wrote tunes for include ''Action Man'', ''Digimon'', and ''Power Rangers Wild Force''.

On the early morning of February 18, 2016, Paul passed away in Nashville, Tennessee, at age 52, from complications of heart disease.
Paul left behind his wife, Jennifer Lysak Gordon, and two young sons. We send our love to them, and all his friends and family.

Rest in peace, Paul. Thanks for the awesome childhood.

==Notes==
*Paul was awarded the 2015 Joseph Jefferson Equity Award for Best New Work Musical For "Sense and Sensibility" at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
*If we take our time, and we stick together, everything we do will go our way.
**And if we try, now and forever, no matter what comes next, we'll be okay.

==External Links==
*{{w|Paul Gordon (musician)|Paul Gordon at Wikipedia}}
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=4817 Anime News Network page]
*[http://www.last.fm/music/Paul+Gordon Last.fm page]
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-02-19/digimon-transformers-robots-in-disguise-musician-paul-gordon-passes-away/.98874 Anime News Network obituary]
*[http://www.thenewportbuzz.com/paul-gordon-a-native-newporter-and-member-of-the-b52s-has-passed-away/6800 Obituary in ''The Newport Buzz'']

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, Paul}}
[[Category:Musicians]]

Oil rig

2019-05-03T00:36:16Z

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An '''oil rig''' is a [[human]]-constructed device and structure used to extract the liquid energy source known as [[oil]] from the [[Earth]], often to be transported by pipelines and [[oil tanker]]s. [[Hard hat]]s are usually required headwear for humans based on oil rigs.

Oil rigs often attract the attention of [[Decepticon]]s for a variety of reasons.

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[Blackrock Enterprises]] was in possession of a [[oil-drilling platform|high-tech oil rig]] off the coast of [[Oregon]], which was assaulted by [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] and the operational Decepticons under his command, capturing it to become a temporary Decepticon base of operations. {{storylink|The Worse of Two Evils!}}

[[Category:Technology]]

Enerbot

2019-05-03T00:34:01Z

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''Enerbot is an [[Energonicon]] from the [[Angry Birds Transformers]] continuity.''

[[File:Enerbot.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Hi, um, doesn't it seem a bit like Kirby? Like, in function?]]

Unfair match, huh? Do the '''Enerbot''' and be a vampire!

Okay, someone rephrase that.

==Games==

The Enerbot is a 2-star Energonicon.

The recipe for this one is a [[Deceptigear]], [[Super Rareium]], and either a [[Badness Processor]] or a [[Birdium]]. Feed into [[Professor Pig|Professor Pig's]] machine and pray for it to land on the drone.

When activated, it will drain the health of the pigs onscreen and restore some of yours in the process, the duration depending on the level of Energon. The healing is much less than the [[Healthpack]], though.

[[Category: Angry Birds Transformers]]

Patch (episode)

2019-05-02T15:46:25Z

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{{disambig2|the ''Prime'' episode|the dog from Generation 1|Patch (G1)}}

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 50
|prev=Inside Job
|next=Regeneration (Prime)
|image=Patch Starscream dances.jpg
|caption= Everybody cut loose! Footloose!
|title="Patch"
|airdate=[[October 19]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Duane Capizzi]]
|directed by=[[Shaunt Nigoghossian]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Starscream proposes a truce with Megatron, but the Decepticon leader remains suspicious.'''

==Synopsis==
Atop the Decepticon warship, [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] asks [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] what he seeks in return for the [[Omega Key]]s, his answer being that he merely wishes to once more be a [[Decepticon]] under Megatron's command. Megatron points out that [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] is now his second-in-command, and Starscream insists he will keep to his place. Skeptical, Megatron has [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] extracted from the wall so that he can connect Megatron and Starscream with a [[cortical psychic patch]].

[[Image:PatchKnockOut.JPG|thumb|left|250px|Don't get so cocky, Knock Out.]]

By rummaging through Starscream's memories, Megatron intends to find what really drives him. Once inside, he reminds Starscream that there are no secrets, even as they watch Starscream's base consciousness obnoxiously celebrating becoming leader of the Decepticons, much to the present Starscream's embarrassment and Megatron's amusement.

He begins by reviewing the events surrounding the [[space bridge]] explosion. Megatron watches various instances of Starscream's attempts at assassination: the time he made a bunch of clones to infiltrate the ''Nemesis''; and when he tried to make a deal with Airachnid. Starscream lamely claims he was half-crazed with energon deficiency at the time, and insists he always had Megatron's best interests at heart, like removing the [[Dark Energon]] from his body so his mind did not become corrupted by it. Naturally, Megatron doesn't buy it. Upon replaying Starscream's musings when Megatron was trapped underground, he suggests that Starscream refrain from thinking out loud in the future. He also drops the hint that if Starscream fails to be convincing, the patch session will end in Starscream's termination.

Starscream claims the occasional trouncing is enough to bring him back into line, and tries to play up his own generosity, bringing up the gift of [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]'s corpse for Dark Energon experimentation, and his use of his wits in dealing with the Autobots. Megatron points out his wits are usually insufficient to compensate for his arrogance: when he faced [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] while charged up on Dark Energon; or when he tried to use the [[Energon Harvester]] on [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]. The revelation that [[MECH]] took Starscream's [[transformation cog|T-Cog]] greatly amuses Megatron, though Starscream is hoping that that might be restored to him in exchange for the Omega Keys — after all, he usually transforms with such style. He points out that at the time he deserted the Decepticon cause, he was not being made to feel particularly welcome there, despite apparently learning his place. Megatron does not believe Starscream's change of heart at the time would have lasted, and replays a discussion between Starscream and Knock Out while Megatron was lying in a coma in the sick bay. In the real world, Knock Out starts to realize that Starscream's memories are going to be equally incriminating to himself. Panicking, he comes up with a plan to disconnect the patch, trapping Megatron in Starscream's mind.

[[Image:PatchKnockOutDreadwing.jpg|thumb|right|250px|That awkward moment when you find out that your thought-to-be-dead twin brother is a zombie.]]

As Knock Out goes to unplug Megatron, Dreadwing stops him and he is forced to make up an excuse. Megatron's psychic interrogation of Starscream continues, and while Starscream claims that not even Dreadwing may have been a "perfect" replacement as his second-in-command, Megatron agrees, but points out at least Dreadwing and his departed brother [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] were loyal and honorable. Starscream's memories of Skyquake's death and revival through Dark Energon are replayed, and he recalls how Skyquake was left in an undead state in some dimensional nether-realm. This revelation comes as a shock to Dreadwing, who is still watching in the lab. Megatron announces that Starscream will be allowed to rejoin the Decepticon forces proper, as they ''must'' be working as one unit if Cybertron is to be properly restored, a fact also addressed to the watching Knock Out. Shaken, Knock Out turns away from the monitor to discover that Dreadwing is no longer in the room. The second-in-command is instead on the outer hull of the ''Nemesis'', and aims a scream of rage at the sky.

==Featured characters==
(Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.) 
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* ''[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'' (6)
* ''[[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]'' (12)
* ''[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'' (13)
* ''[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]'' (14)
* ''[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]'' (15)
* ''[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]]''
* ''[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] (back of head only)
|c2=
* [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (1)
* [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (2)
* [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (3)
* [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (4)
* ''[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]]'' (5)
* ''[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]]'' (7)
* ''[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]'' (8)
* ''[[Starscream clone (Prime)|Starscream clone]]s'' (9)
* ''[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]'' (10)
* ''[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]'' (11)
* ''[[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]]'' (17)
|c3=
* ''[[Silas]]'' (16)
* ''[[MECH Commando]]s''
}}

==Quotes==
"Few things of value come without a price."
:—'''Megatron'''

"This is going to be ''juicy''."
:—'''Knock Out''' will regret that prediction.

"A word of advice? Stop thinking aloud."
:—'''Megatron'''

"Ah, I do transform with an exceptional sense of style... I said that out loud, didn't I?"
:—'''Starscream'''

"Uh oh... Does this thing have a fast-forward button? Or better yet, erase?!"
:—'''Knock Out'''

"Infighting has nearly destroyed the Decepticons during your absence. We are to operate as a united front if we are to revive and conquer Cybertron. That means each and every one of us... ''Knock Out''!"
:—'''Megatron''', swatting two flies in one hit.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* This is the first truly Decepticon-focused episode, with no Autobots appearing outside of flashbacks.
* Dreadwing learns of Starscream's attempt to revive Skyquake as a zombie minion in "Shadowzone", as well as his imprisonment in an alternate dimension at the end of that episode.
* Megatron tells Dreadwing to free Knock Out from the wall of the ''Nemesis'', which occurred in the [[Inside Job|previous episode]].

===Real-world references===
* While the Vehicons chant "All hail Starscream", he begins a hilarious victory-dance routine, with his final moves being an impression of John Travolta in ''Saturday Night Fever''. According to interviews with the crew, this was not in the script, being added in as a joke by the [[Polygon Pictures|Polygon]] animation team. After all laughing about it, the US crew decided to keep it in the actual episode.

===Errors===
* Starscream was not present when Skyquake was trapped in an alternate dimension in "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]", nor was that fact ever made clear to him or any other Decepticon. While it is obvious that Skyquake lost his arm (since it attacked Starscream), Starscream shouldn't have such precise knowledge of his fate.
* When Knock Out is looking around the lab to see Dreadwing is gone, the tables are empty, when Megatron and Starscream should be visible on them.

===Trivia===
* This is the second [[clip show|clip episode]], the first being "[[Grill (episode)|Grill]]".
* How ''did'' Starscream get aboard the ''Nemesis'', anyway?
* Megatron's mental projection has his original arm, not the [[Liege Maximo|dead Prime]]'s arm, just like in the [[Inside Job|previous episode]].
* For being clever enough to engineer a plan to successfully steal all four Omega Keys, Starscream didn't really think through his plan to regain Megatron's favor. He went in with no insurance policy to make sure Megatron didn't just simply scrap him and take the keys instead. Knock Out's plan to leave Megatron in Starscream's body is similarly short-sighted: Megatron would have simply taken control of Starscream's body as he did with Bumblebee, ordered Dreadwing and/or Soundwave to assist him in returning to his own, and executed Knock Out on the spot.
* So, uh... how did they get Knock Out out of the wall? And how did he expect to get put back into it?

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''In Starscreams Kopf'''" ("Inside Starscream's Head")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 25|25 February]] [[2013]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Shikkoku Henkei! Uragiri no Kage'''" (漆黒変形!裏切りの影, "Blackest Transformation! The Shadow of Treachery")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 16|16 March]] [[2013]]
:*A scene that was cut from the original Japanese dub of "[[Rock Bottom]]" is actually kept in and dubbed in this episode.

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fragmentos'''" ("Fragments")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 18|18 August]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Nella mente di Starscream'''" ("In Starscream's mind"), "'''Il Cerotto Psichico Corticale'''" (2017 airing, "The Cortical Psychic Patch")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 16|16 February]] [[2013]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 25 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 5: Advance on Cybertron ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 12: Die Entscheidung ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 2 Vol. 4: Bataille épiques ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season 2 Vol. 4: Darkest Hour (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Intégrale Saison 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Stagione 2 Vol. 4: L'ora più buia (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — The Complete Season 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — La Seconda Stagione Completa (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 

[[Category:Prime episodes]]
[[Category:Clip shows]]

Patch (episode)

2019-05-02T15:45:30Z

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{{disambig2|the ''Prime'' episode|the dog from Generation 1|Patch (G1)}}

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 50
|prev=Inside Job
|next=Regeneration (Prime)
|image=Patch Starscream dances.jpg
|caption= Everybody cut loose! Footloose!
|title="Patch"
|airdate=[[October 19]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Duane Capizzi]]
|directed by=[[Shaunt Nigoghossian]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Starscream proposes a truce with Megatron, but the Decepticon leader remains suspicious.'''

==Synopsis==
Atop the Decepticon warship, [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] asks [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] what he seeks in return for the [[Omega Key]]s, his answer being that he merely wishes to once more be a [[Decepticon]] under Megatron's command. Megatron points out that [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] is now his second-in-command, and Starscream insists he will keep to his place. Skeptical, Megatron has [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] extracted from the wall so that he can connect Megatron and Starscream with a [[cortical psychic patch]].

[[Image:PatchKnockOut.JPG|thumb|left|250px|Don't get so cocky, Knock Out.]]

By rummaging through Starscream's memories, Megatron intends to find what really drives him. Once inside, he reminds Starscream that there are no secrets, even as they watch Starscream's base consciousness obnoxiously celebrating becoming leader of the Decepticons, much to the present Starscream's embarrassment and Megatron's amusement.

He begins by reviewing the events surrounding the [[space bridge]] explosion. Megatron watches various instances of Starscream's attempts at assassination: the time he made a bunch of clones to infiltrate the ''Nemesis''; and when he tried to make a deal with Airachnid. Starscream lamely claims he was half-crazed with energon deficiency at the time, and insists he always had Megatron's best interests at heart, like removing the [[Dark Energon]] from his body so his mind did not become corrupted by it. Naturally, Megatron doesn't buy it. Upon replaying Starscream's musings when Megatron was trapped underground, he suggests that Starscream refrain from thinking out loud in the future. He also drops the hint that if Starscream fails to be convincing, the patch session will end in Starscream's termination.

Starscream claims the occasional trouncing is enough to bring him back into line, and tries to play up his own generosity, bringing up the gift of [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]'s corpse for Dark Energon experimentation, and his use of his wits in dealing with the Autobots. Megatron points out his wits are usually insufficient to compensate for his arrogance: when he faced [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] while charged up on Dark Energon; or when he tried to use the [[Energon Harvester]] on [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]. The revelation that [[MECH]] took Starscream's [[transformation cog|T-Cog]] greatly amuses Megatron, though Starscream is hoping that that might be restored to him in exchange for the Omega Keys — after all, he usually transforms with such style. He points out that at the time he deserted the Decepticon cause, he was not being made to feel particularly welcome there, despite apparently learning his place. Megatron does not believe Starscream's change of heart at the time would have lasted, and replays a discussion between Starscream and Knock Out while Megatron was lying in a coma in the sick bay. In the real world, Knock Out starts to realize that Starscream's memories are going to be equally incriminating to himself. Panicking, he comes up with a plan to disconnect the patch, trapping Megatron in Starscream's mind.

[[Image:PatchKnockOutDreadwing.jpg|thumb|right|250px|That awkward moment when you find out that your thought-to-be-dead twin brother is a zombie.]]

As Knock Out goes to unplug Megatron, Dreadwing stops him and he is forced to make up an excuse. Megatron's psychic interrogation of Starscream continues, and while Starscream claims that not even Dreadwing may have been a "perfect" replacement as his second-in-command, Megatron agrees, but points out at least Dreadwing and his departed brother [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] were loyal and honorable. Starscream's memories of Skyquake's death and revival through Dark Energon are replayed, and he recalls how Skyquake was left in an undead state in some dimensional nether-realm. This revelation comes as a shock to Dreadwing, who is still watching in the lab. Megatron announces that Starscream will be allowed to rejoin the Decepticon forces proper, as they ''must'' be working as one unit if Cybertron is to be properly restored, a fact also addressed to the watching Knock Out. Shaken, Knock Out turns away from the monitor to discover that Dreadwing is no longer in the room. The second-in-command is instead on the outer hull of the ''Nemesis'', and aims a scream of rage at the sky.

==Featured characters==
(Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.) 
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* ''[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'' (6)
* ''[[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]'' (12)
* ''[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'' (13)
* ''[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]'' (14)
* ''[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]'' (15)
* ''[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]]''
* ''[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] (back of head only)
|c2=
* [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (1)
* [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (2)
* [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (3)
* [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (4)
* ''[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]]'' (5)
* ''[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]]'' (7)
* ''[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]'' (8)
* ''[[Starscream clone (Prime)|Starscream clone]]s'' (9)
* ''[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]'' (10)
* ''[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]'' (11)
* ''[[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]]'' (17)
|c3=
* ''[[Silas]]'' (16)
* ''[[MECH Commando]]s''
}}

==Quotes==
"Few things of value come without a price."
:—'''Megatron'''

"This is going to be ''juicy''."
:—'''Knock Out''' will regret that prediction.

"A word of advice? Stop thinking aloud."
:—'''Megatron'''

"Ah, I do transform with an exceptional sense of style... I said that out loud, didn't I?"
:—'''Starscream'''

"Uh oh... Does this thing have a fast-forward button? Or better yet, erase?!"
:—'''Knock Out'''

"Infighting has nearly destroyed the Decepticons during your absence. We are to operate as a united front if we are to revive and conquer Cybertron. That means each and every one of us... ''Knock Out''!"
:—'''Megatron''', swatting two flies in one hit.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* This is the first truly Decepticon-focused episode, with no Autobots appearing outside of flashbacks.
* Dreadwing learns of Starscream's attempt to revive Skyquake as a zombie minion in "Shadowzone", as well as his imprisonment in an alternate dimension at the end of that episode.
* Megatron tells Dreadwing to free Knock Out from the wall of the ''Nemesis'', which occurred in the [[Inside Job|previous episode]].

===Real-world references===
* When the Vehicons "All hail Starscream", he begins a hilarious victory-dance routine, with his final moves being an impression of John Travolta in ''Saturday Night Fever''. According to interviews with the crew, this was not in the script, being added in as a joke by the [[Polygon Pictures|Polygon]] animation team. After all laughing about it, the US crew decided to keep it in the actual episode.

===Errors===
* Starscream was not present when Skyquake was trapped in an alternate dimension in "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]", nor was that fact ever made clear to him or any other Decepticon. While it is obvious that Skyquake lost his arm (since it attacked Starscream), Starscream shouldn't have such precise knowledge of his fate.
* When Knock Out is looking around the lab to see Dreadwing is gone, the tables are empty, when Megatron and Starscream should be visible on them.

===Trivia===
* This is the second [[clip show|clip episode]], the first being "[[Grill (episode)|Grill]]".
* How ''did'' Starscream get aboard the ''Nemesis'', anyway?
* Megatron's mental projection has his original arm, not the [[Liege Maximo|dead Prime]]'s arm, just like in the [[Inside Job|previous episode]].
* For being clever enough to engineer a plan to successfully steal all four Omega Keys, Starscream didn't really think through his plan to regain Megatron's favor. He went in with no insurance policy to make sure Megatron didn't just simply scrap him and take the keys instead. Knock Out's plan to leave Megatron in Starscream's body is similarly short-sighted: Megatron would have simply taken control of Starscream's body as he did with Bumblebee, ordered Dreadwing and/or Soundwave to assist him in returning to his own, and executed Knock Out on the spot.
* So, uh... how did they get Knock Out out of the wall? And how did he expect to get put back into it?

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''In Starscreams Kopf'''" ("Inside Starscream's Head")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 25|25 February]] [[2013]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Shikkoku Henkei! Uragiri no Kage'''" (漆黒変形!裏切りの影, "Blackest Transformation! The Shadow of Treachery")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 16|16 March]] [[2013]]
:*A scene that was cut from the original Japanese dub of "[[Rock Bottom]]" is actually kept in and dubbed in this episode.

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fragmentos'''" ("Fragments")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 18|18 August]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Nella mente di Starscream'''" ("In Starscream's mind"), "'''Il Cerotto Psichico Corticale'''" (2017 airing, "The Cortical Psychic Patch")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 16|16 February]] [[2013]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 25 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 5: Advance on Cybertron ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 12: Die Entscheidung ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 2 Vol. 4: Bataille épiques ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season 2 Vol. 4: Darkest Hour (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Intégrale Saison 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Stagione 2 Vol. 4: L'ora più buia (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — The Complete Season 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — La Seconda Stagione Completa (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 

[[Category:Prime episodes]]
[[Category:Clip shows]]

Legacy (episode)

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{{disambig3|Legacy}}

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 46
|prev=The Human Factor
|next=Alpha/Omega
|image=Legacy-ohcrap.jpg
|caption=[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQC89ig-SdQ I'M A WHAT!?]
|title="Legacy"
|airdate=[[September 21]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Marsha Griffin]]
|directed by=[[Shaunt Nigoghossian]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Jack is assigned to help Smokescreen adapt to life on Earth while Megatron tries to secure the Star Saber without letting the Autobots know of its existence.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Legacy-cellphonecamera.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|No pictures, NO PICTURES!!!]]

[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] race down a Nevada road in search of an [[energon]] signal. Though Bumblebee tries to encourage Smokescreen to slow down, the rookie breaks the speed limit and almost runs into another vehicle. The driver jumps out to threaten Smokescreen, who promptly [[transformation|transforms]] and threatens him back. Bumblebee transforms to stop Smokescreen and the truck driver takes the opportunity to snap a picture of the pair. Back at base, [[Jack Darby|Jack]] locates the picture on the [[Internet]] and says [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] can deal with it later. The other [[Autobot]]s lecture Smokescreen about the concept of secrecy and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] says they need to help Smokescreen acclimate to [[Earth]] through learning about [[human]] society. Jack is duly assigned to help Smokescreen and the pair head out, though [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] complains that she thinks Jack will be at risk because Smokescreen has the most obvious [[alternate mode]] ever.

Driving through [[Jasper]], Jack tries to educate Smokescreen on traffic lights, though Smokescreen is unable to stop joking around. When [[Vince]] hauls up beside them, Jack attempts to be inconspicuous, but Vince notices anyway and throws a burger at them. Smokescreen soon talks Jack into some retribution, and when they arrive back at base laughing, Jack has a photo of Vince's burger-covered car. Arcee isn't impressed with their progress so far.

[[File:PrimeLegacySmokescreen.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|Though many tried for the sword with all their strength, none could move the sword, nor stir it.]]

On the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] has finished decoding another set of coordinates from the Iacon database. [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] gets a decoy ready. Thus when Optimus is also almost finished decoding the same coordinates, the base sensors pick up an Iacon locator beacon in [[China]]. Optimus takes Arcee, Bumblebee and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] to investigate. Meanwhile, Megatron has [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] and [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] busy excavating the real relic. Hoping it is of Decepticon origin, Megatron is shocked to see it is the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]]. Desperate to keep it from Optimus, Megatron tries to pull it free, but his efforts are to no avail and it remains firmly entrenched in the rock. Even trying to destroy the rock fails, as the sword's energy is rendering it invulnerable. Realizing that it will only respond to a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], Megatron intends to uproot the entire mountain if necessary.

[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] picks up the signal from the Saber, but is unable to contact Prime. Prime's team is trying to track the first signal, unaware that it's the decoy being carried around by Soundwave. Smokescreen and Jack arrive back at base having pulled a prank on Jack's boss. When Ratchet reports the situation, Smokescreen volunteers to check out the second signal, and takes Jack along with him in secret. They find the Decepticons trying break the mountain down to a smaller size, and Smokescreen recognizes the Star Saber. Despite Jack's concerns, knowing that something is up if Megatron hasn't pulled the sword out, Smokescreen charges in as the Decepticons are preparing to lift the remaining rock with the ''Nemesis''. The Autobot proves as successful in extracting the sword as Megatron was, and is promptly captured by the Decepticons. While Jack tries to notify Ratchet, he is soon found and pursued by Insecticons. Ratchet gets enough from Jack's message to know what they've found and they're in serious trouble, and [[GroundBridge]]s to Optimus's location just as the team there are realizing they were being led on a wild goose chase.

[[File:Legacy-PrimeStarSaber.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|It's an elegant weapon for a more civilized age.]]
As the ''Nemesis'' starts lifting the massive rock holding the Star Saber, Megatron begins interrogating Smokescreen with little effect. Prime's team suddenly arrives and starts laying into the Decepticons troops. Megatron looks around for Optimus himself, and spots the Autobot leader rapidly scaling the mountain in pursuit of the Star Saber, so he and some jet Vehicons take off to try to intercept. The other Autobots finish off the rest of the Decepticon troopers and Arcee rescues Jack from the Insecticons. Despite the best efforts of Megatron and his troops, Optimus manages to grab hold of the Star Saber which activates and pulls free of the rock. Megatron orders the rock dropped on him, but even as the other Autobots shout warnings, Prime merely uses the Star Saber to slice the whole thing in half. In shock, Megatron helplessly looks on as Prime follows up by taking a swing, unleashing a wave of energy at the ''Nemesis'', destroying part of its engine array and nearly causing the ship to crash into the mountainside. The Decepticons hastily retreat as their leader laments over his failure and believes it is now their darkest hour.

The Autobots return to base, where Arcee is very unhappy with Smokescreen and Jack. She has Ratchet send the latter home and Optimus makes plain to the former that endangering humans is forbidden. As he reminds them of the importance of protecting humans, the sword begins to glow on its own, and Optimus goes into a trance-like state. Stating that he's receiving a message, Prime identifies the caller: [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]].
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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (1)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (2)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (5)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (6)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (7)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (8)

|c2=
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (10)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (11)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (12)
*[[Decepticon Miner|Miners]] (13)
*[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] (14)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (15)
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (16)

|c3=
*Truck driver (3)
*[[Jack Darby]] (4)
*[[Vince]] (9)
}}

==Quotes==
"...I just pulled a [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]]."
:—'''Jack'''

"All this leg-work is giving me itchy fists!"
:—'''Bulkhead''' is back on form.

"We Decepticons... now face our darkest hour."
:—'''Megatron'''

"We must never lose sight of the fact that upon this earth we are titans, and such power must be used wisely."
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Yet another picture of the Autobots ends up on the internet, and again Bumblebee is in it, as in "[[One Shall Fall]]" and "[[New Recruit]]".
* Arcee mentions that [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] is in the process of relocating [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] and his family since the Decepticons learned where he lives in [[The Human Factor|the previous episode]].
* Bulkhead has now fully recovered from the injuries he received in "[[Toxicity]]".
* Jack asks Arcee if she still remembers Vince since her first encounter in "[[Speed Metal]]".
* Ratchet is reluctant to send Smokescreen by himself to investigate the second relic, but concedes since he has no other choice. Although [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] is still on-world, Ratchet [[New Recruit|previously expressed]] that the stunt Wheeljack pulled with Miko in "[[Hurt]]" made him untrustworthy.
*Another relic of [[Solus Prime]] is uncovered; the first was the [[Forge of Solus Prime]] found in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]", and the second was the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]] found in "[[Triangulation]]".
* Bulkhead returns the favor to Smokescreen from the previous episode.
* Optimus receives a message from Alpha Trion, who was first mentioned by Smokescreen in "New Recruit".
* This is the first time we hear Megatron refer to Optimus as just "Prime" when he flies off to intercept him.

===Transformers references===
* Jack mentions "[[Robots in Disguise (disambiguation)|robots in disguise]]".
* This episode marks yet another use of the phrase "[[darkest hour]]", only this time it's the Decepticons who get to use it.
* The first "[[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]]" sword was the combined form of the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Mini-Con Team]] in ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Transformers: Armada]]'', while the [[Thirteen]]-affiliated iteration was first mentioned in "[[The Coming Storm: Part 1]]". Technically, the name originated from [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]], the Autobot [[Supreme Commander]] from ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (franchise)|Transformers: Victory]]''.
* The Star Saber had previously been mentioned in the Aligned continuity family by way of the novel ''[[Transformers: Exiles]]''. There, Optimus Prime traveled to a wide variety of Transformer-inhabited worlds searching for what he believed would lead him to the Star Saber.

===Real-world references===
* The Star Saber's location and its inability to be removed except by a Prime is a reference to ''{{w|Excalibur#Excalibur and the Sword in the Stone|Excalibur}}''.
* The truck driver referred to Smokescreen's alternate mode as from the [[Indy 500]], a motor racing competition. Even though Smokescreen's altmode is nothing like an open-wheel Indy car.
* Smokescreen broadly references the American Humane Association's familiar disclaimer "No animals were harmed in the making of this Motion Picture".

===Errors===
* When Optimus is explaining why it was all their fault the incident had occurred in the beginning of this episode, you can see the side parts of his back pass through his arms on both sides.
* Smokescreen has the same [[license plate]] as [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] and [[June Darby|June]].
* As the Autobots prepare to enter the Groundbridge, Optimus' battle mask slowly and silently deploys as he orders his team to roll out.
* During the excavation of the Star Saber, one of the Insecticons transporting rocks suddenly loses a leg.
* Megatron notes that the Star Saber is making the rock it is embedded in "impermeable", he probably means "impenetrable" or "invulnerable".
* Arcee's right arm silently changes into a blaster as the Decepticons begin firing at the Autobots at the pod site.
* When Smokescreen is brought to Megatron, as he asks "Who wants to know?", a red part of Smokescreen's mandible clips through the gray part.

===Trivia===
* Bumblebee warns Smokescreen about the speed limit, but apparently didn't think it was important to warn him that he's driving into oncoming traffic.
* Vince's behavior hasn't changed since the events of "Speed Metal". Some people just don't learn their lessons.
* The fact that Team Prime seems reliant on Raf for their data manipulation is a bit weird, given Fowler's presumed government contacts. Makes you wonder what they did before the kids turned up.
* Optimus, looking up at Megatron watching from the ''Nemesis'', gives him a wink.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Megatrons dunkelste Stunde'''" ("Megatron's darkest Hour")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 19|19 February]] [[2013]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Senkō Henkei! Tokihanate! Densetsu no Ken'''" (閃光変形!とき放て!伝説の剣, "Flash Transformation! Unleashed! The Legendary Sword")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 16|16 February]] [[2013]]
:*The Star Saber is renamed the Matrix Saber, and this episode's ''[[Arms Micron Theater]]'' and [[From the Cybertron Satellite, Transformers Division|Cybertron Satellite]] segments explain this new weapon is in fact the same as the one included with the [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Weaponizer|Arms Master Optimus]] toy. This doesn't make a whole lot of sense seeing as how the toy Matrix Saber is a combination of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], which has always been within Optimus, and [[R.A.]], who was brought to life on Earth in recent times.

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''O Legado'''" ("The Legacy")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 28|28 June]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Eredità'''" ("Inheritance"), "'''L'Eredità'''" (2017 airing, "The Inheritance")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 12|12 February]] [[2013]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 23 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 11: Die Omega-Schlüssel ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Ultimate Autobots (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 4: Unclear Objectives ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season 2 Vol. 3: Toxicity ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 2 Vol. 3: La course aux reliques (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Stagione 2 Vol. 3: Il Tox-En (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Intégrale Saison 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — The Complete Season 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — La Seconda Stagione Completa (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 

[[Category:Prime episodes]]