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Tranquility

2016-01-18T08:29:25Z

Hyperdudeman: /* Transformers film= */

{{disambig2|the location in Nevada or California from the live-action movie|the location in Kansas from ''Armada''|Tranquility, Kansas}}
[[Image:Tranquility location.png|right|250px|thumb|Tranquility, CA: Home to giant robots and really cool explosions.]]
[[Image:Pd042007 tranquility nevada.jpg|thumb|250px|Tranquility, NV: Home to giant robots and really cool explosions.]]

'''Tranquility''' is a city ''possibly'' located in [[Nevada]] or [[California]] (see Notes) in the [[United States of America]].
[[Sam Witwicky (Movie)|Sam]] lives there.

==Fiction==
===''Transformers'' film===
Though never explicitly named, Tranquility is where the Witwickys and [[Mikaela Banes]] live. After receiving [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s call for assistance, the [[Autobot|Autobots]] made a (semi)successful planetfall in Tranquility. Only [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] managed to land in an uninhabited area. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

===''Transformers: The Game''===
Tranquility possesses a massive police force which tends to shoot first and not bother asking questions when it comes to [[Transformer|giant robots]], ramps provided by [[Convenient Ramps Inc.]], and an amazing ability to repair itself any time nobody's looking at part of it. They are also firmly in the pocket of [[Sector Seven]]. [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] took advantage of their mentality by disguising himself as one of their number. Interestingly, the cops seemed to consider the Autobots a bigger threat than the [[Decepticon]]s, especially as [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] more actively attempted to destroy the city. Maybe it had something to do with [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] destroying the local power station twice within the space of about an hour, or [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] blowing up their station. {{storylink|Transformers The Game}}

===''Transformers: Autobots/Decepticons''===
See above, but with more cops and less Shockwave.

===''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The Game'' (console)===
Sam Witwicky's house is stated to be located in Burbank, California.

==Related characters==
===Overzealous cop===
This overzealous police officer interrogated Sam Witwicky after he was arrested, claiming that [[Bumblebee (Movie)|his car]] was [[Transformer|alive]]. The cop was convinced that Sam was a junkie, as he was found with pills on his possession, prescribed for [[Mojo]]. [[Ron Witwicky]] explained that the pills were for their dog, but the cop was still unconvinced, and when he caught Sam eyeing his piece, he threatened to "bring it". Sam asked if the cop himself was on drugs.

Despite having a [[Moustache Man|mustache]], it is currently presumed that this individual was an actual flesh and blood human, and not a [[Decepticon]] [[hologram]].

==Locations in Tranquility==
*[[Bay Demolition]]
*Tranquility Auto Row
*Porche Dealership
*Cadillac Dealership
*[[Bolivia's Finest Quality Used Cars and Petting Zoo]]

*[[Tranquility Mall]] (aka the "Metroplex Mall")
*[[Tranquility Sparks]] Baseball Field
* Tranquility Estates — future site of (under construction)

==Notes==
===Geography===
It's uncertain in which state Tranquility is actually supposed to be located. An earlier version of the [[Transformers (film)|movie]]'s script identified the city as "Tranquility, Nevada", but neither the city nor its state are actually identified by name in the movie itself.

The only official media to explicitly identify the state as Nevada [[Movie Prequel issue 4|Issue 4]] of [[IDW Publishing|IDW's]] ''[[Transformers: Movie Prequel |Movie Prequel]]'' mini-series and the [[Top Trumps: Transformers|Top Trumps Transformers book]]. Meanwhile, [[Movie Adaptation issue 1|issue 1]] of IDW's [[Transformers: Movie Adaptation|Movie Adaptation]] simply identifies it as "Tranquility, U.S.A.", and [[Transformers: Beginnings (Movie)|Transformers: Beginnings]], an "animated" version of the Movie Prequel comic available on a Wal-Mart exclusive bonus DVD explicitly has the name "Nevada" ''removed'' from a caption near the end.

Meanwhile the [[Transformers (Glu)|Glu Transformers mobile game]] shows Tranquility location on a map—in northern California. This seems to fit many elements of the movie far better, particularly [[Ron Witwicky]]'s comments about earthquakes.

It seems the writers, while originally intending to have Tranquility located in Nevada, later decided to remove all references to the state, either because [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] somehow manages to drive Sam and Mikaela from there to [[Griffith Observatory]] (which is located in California), or in an attempt to make its location more ambiguous, similar to the Simpsons' [[wikipedia:Springfield (The Simpsons)|Springfield]].

''Revenge of the Fallen'' throws an even bigger monkey wrench into the location: In [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|the film itself]], when [[The Fallen]] makes his demand for Sam, his driver's license is shown to be registered in California. In addition, when he meets Optimus at the graveyard in the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|novelization]], he states that he is from [[Wikipedia:Burbank, California|Burbank]].

* [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/tf1-signs.html Store signs in the 2007 Transformers game] indicate Tranquility phone numbers have the "460" area code; a (thus far) unallocated region-code in the real world.

*Bumblebee has a California licence plate.

*Ron Witwicky's car has a California licence plate. Duh.

[[Category:Cities in the United States]]
[[Category:Movie locations]]

Laserbeak (WFC)

2016-01-12T08:30:53Z

Hyperdudeman: /* Prime cartoon */

{{faction|decepticon|minicon}}
{{disambig3|Laserbeak}}
:''Laserbeak is a [[Decepticon]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Deployer DarknessRising3.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Origamicon.]]
Of the [[Deployer (WFC)|Deployer]]s who stand with [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]], '''Laserbeak''' may say the least, but he quickly distinguishes himself, as his powerful laser attacks can pin down an [[Autobot]] attack force... when it isn't cutting them to shreds. The only one of Soundwave's Deployers to apparently join his master on [[Earth]], Laserbeak is for all effects and purposes Soundwave's twin. Efficient, competent, and all-seeing-and-hearing, Laserbeak is a menace to even the mightiest of Autobots. He also has the honor of being perhaps the only thing his master sincerely cares about besides [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], and Soundwave will drop everything if it means saving Laserbeak.

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
Megatron despised Soundwave's minions, including Laserbeak. Regardless, Soundwave found Laserbeak more valuable than [[Rumble (WFC)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (WFC)|Frenzy]], and when Soundwave did some intense thinking, his Minicons inside got restless. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
[[Image:Laserbeakface.jpg|left|thumb|250px|This is a bird?]]
When Soundwave intercepted a message from [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]], Soundwave released Laserbeak (which was resting on his chest) to bring Fowler to the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]''. After chasing Fowler's helicopter, the drone grabbed Fowler with his tentacles and returned to the Decepticon ship. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}}

After Soundwave picked up a possible signal from [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], who was previously assumed dead, [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] went to investigate. Untrusting of Starscream, Soundwave decided to keep an eye on him by sending Laserbeak after him. After finding Megatron, Starscream intended to allow Megatron to perish, but was forced to reconsider when he discovered Soundwave's Minicon watching him. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

While proving a point to [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]], Soundwave unleashed Laserbeak, who zoomed around the ''Nemesis'' bridge and shot her a couple of times before reuniting with his master. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

[[Image:Triage Jackhammer vs Laserbeak.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Simon Furman would have a field day with this.]]
Laserbeak was dispatched to keep the ''[[Jackhammer (Prime)|Jackhammer]]'' busy while Soundwave went after an [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] relic. [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] managed to shoot the drone down, and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] hit on the plan of uploading a virus into the disabled Laserbeak to allow the Autobots to gain the Iacon database. He and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] managed to do so, planting an additional grenade as a decoy. When Soundwave retrieved Laserbeak and returned to the ''Nemesis'', the Decepticons found the grenade but not the virus, which passed into the ship's computer and began downloading the database. {{storylink|Triage (episode)|Triage}}

Once the Decepticons obtained information pointing to [[Jasper]], [[Nevada]] as the home of the Autobots' human friends, Laserbeak was put to work searching the area for the Autobots' base. This bore fruit when he located [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]], who happened to be the last of the Iacon relics. He kept Smokescreen busy until Soundwave arrived to capture the Autobot. {{storylink|Hard Knocks}} After further exploration of the area, Laserbeak presumably found the base himself, and passed the information along to his superiors, engineering the destruction of the base and the scattering of the Autobots. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

Laserbeak was dispatched to monitor the battle after the Decepticons tracked [[Jack Darby (Prime)|Jack Darby]]'s location. He was caught in the explosion when [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and Jack blew up a gas station to take out the two pursuing [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]], and Soundwave was unable to salvage any surveillance data from him. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}}

During a battle in [[Texas]], Laserbeak detached from Soundwave and was able to successfully short-out Optimus Prime's shiny new jetpack, causing the Autobot leader to crash in an undignified heap. {{storylink|Project Predacon}} Laserbeak's second attempt at downing Optimus didn't go so well, with the Autobot leader punching him out of the air. He was unable to locate Soundwave after his master was captured, but [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] had him track Fowler to the Autobots' shielded base and reactivate Soundwave with new orders—capture Ratchet. {{storylink|Minus One}}

During his rescue of Soundwave, Laserbeak's transponder was shot off by [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]], and the Autobots later used it to build an [[Chip|aerial drone]]. {{Storylink|Persuasion}}When Soundwave was trapped in the [[Shadowzone (dimension)|Shadowzone]], Laserbeak was also trapped by virtue of still being attached to his chest. {{Storylink|Deadlock}}
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===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Buzzsaw was one of the many Decepticons that pursued the Allspark to Earth. He participated in an enormous battle against the Autobots in a human settlement. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
[[Image:WFCLaserbeak.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The clearest shot of him in the whole game.]]

When the captive [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] were brought before Soundwave in the Kaon Prison, Laserbeak swooped down and perched on his master's arm. It soon turned out, however, that Prime's team had allowed themselves to be captured so they could rescue [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]], and as they escaped and made their way through the prison, Laserbeak could be spotted lurking in the shadows, watching their progress, at three different locations. By the time Prime's group made it to Soundwave's laboratory, where Zeta Prime was being held Laserbeak had reunited with his master, and joined Soundwave in battling the Autobots. Laserbeak served as Soundwave's last line of defense in the clash, ejecting from his chest and screeching across the lab at high speeds, blasting laser bursts onto the Autobots below. He was eventually downed, however, and accompanied Soundwave in a hasty retreat, but not before Soundwave fatally wounded Zeta Prime. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
Lazerbeak{{sic}} recorded a communication between Zeta Prime and the Autobots, allowing the Decepticons to pinpoint the Autobot leader's probable location so they could obtain the [[Omega Key]]. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
[[Image:FOC-pressXtopetLaserbeak.jpg|right|thumb|300px|You know you want to.]]
Laserbeak was at Soundwave's side during the assault on Autobot City that nearly destroyed the Ark. In a surprising lack of judgement, he flew past a rampaging Optimus Prime, leading the Autobot leader to where Soundwave was disguised as a light fixture. Luckily for both Decepticons, they were in such a place Optimus was unable to get a clear shot and managed to retreat.

Laserbeak was with Soundwave when the Combaticons and Starscream brought Optimus in as their prisoner. He also somehow missed the massive city-sized Autobot who snuck up on the Decepticons and proceeded to beat Megatron to death. He wisely fled with the remaining Decepticons.

Laserbeak was instrumental in reviving Megatron in Soundwave's laboratory in Kaon, recovering the Techvolt used to bring the Decepticon leader back to life. This earned him an affectionate scratch on the head from the notoriously unemotional Communications Officer. When Megatron tried to do the same, the irate Minicon nipped at him, amusing the warlord.

During the assault on the Autobot defenses keeping Trypticon prisoner, Laserbeak was with Soundwave throughout the battle. He was next seen aboard the Nemesis, Trypticon's new form. He joined Soundwave and Rumble in boarding the Ark as it fled towards a Space Bridge, successfully fending off the Autobots and destroying their anti-air cannons. This allowed the Decepticons to send in Bruticus. He wasn't seen after, though presumably he was sucked into the collapsing Space Bridge along with everyone else.
{{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
Laserbeak accompanied Soundwave, Shockwave, and Starscream on a mission to retrieve the Dark Spark from an ancient Cybertronian city. Laserbeak helped his master fend off attacking Insecticons. When they reached the chamber that held the Dark Spark, Laserbeak was dispatched by Soundwave to help the Decepticons unlock vault. When the Autobots Sideswipe and Ironhide took the Dark Spark and locked the Decepticons in the Dark Spark's chamber, Laserbeak was the only Decepticon that wasn't trapped inside, and freed his comrades. {{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark}}
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===''Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense''===
Laserbeak and the other Decepticons attempted to prevent the Autobots from constructing a [[Pulsar Dish]], which would destroy the [[Energon Drain]] that the Decepticons had built in an asteroid field. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense}}
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===''Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike''===
Laserbeak aided Soundwave in his aerial battle against Optimus Prime. Both Decepticons were eventually defeated, and subsequently sent fleeing. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike|Decepticon Strike}}

==Toys==
===Prime===
[[Image:Primetoy-HasbroTakaraTomy-Laserbeaks.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Deluxe, 2012)
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[April 28|4-28]]-2012'''
**''Series / Number'': '''1 / 004'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''AM-09'''

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Robots in Disguise (2012)|Prime: Robots in Disguise]]'' Deluxe Class toys, [[Soundwave (WFC)#Deluxe|Soundwave]] comes with Laserbeak. He pegs into Soundwave's chest via a [[5mm post|5mm-compatible post]], which also allows him to perch on top of Soundwave's vehicle mode fuselage or palms.

: The [[TakaraTomy]] version, part of the second wave of Japanese ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' product, uses [[sticker]]s for its details instead of [[Paint operation|paint]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Soundwave/soundwave.htm Hasbro Soundwave with Laserbeak at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-1501.html Arms Micron Soundwave with Laserbeak at Alfes's Toy Blog]''

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===Generations===
[[Image:Generationstoy-FOCLaserbeak.jpg|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Voyager, 2012)
**''Series / Number'': '''1 / #001'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TG13'''

: Part of the first wave of 2012-onwards ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Voyager Class toys, ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' Laserbeak is a [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] "[[data disc]]" that transforms into a robotic bird. He is capable of storing in and launching out of Soundwave's chest compartment, and features a [[Autotransformation|fully automatic, spring-loaded transformation]] to bird mode that is triggered when a button on his underside is pressed.

: The [[TakaraTomy]] version of Laserbeak, part of the fourth wave of Japanese ''Generations'' toys, uses a deeper red plastic than the [[Hasbro]] version. Both versions use the same circuit-board pattern as mold-mate [[Buzzsaw (FOC)#Toys|Buzzsaw]], but the Hasbro version mirrors the pattern along the vertical axis.

: In both markets, Laserbeak was only available with his larger partner [[Soundwave (WFC)#GenerationsVoyager|Soundwave]].

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed into [[Buzzsaw (FOC)|Buzzsaw]] and [[Sunder (FOC)|Sunder]], and was also [[retool]]ed into [[Ratbat (WFC)|Ratbat]]. This toy was also [[repurposing|repurposed]] as Generation 1 [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] in IDW's ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' comic series and as ''[[Transformers Cloud|Cloud]]'' Laserbeak.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/FOCLaserbeak/laserbeak.htm More information on Hasbro ''Generations'' Laserbeak at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-1867.html More information on TakaraTomy Soundwave and Laserbeak at Alfes Toy Blog]''
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===Beast Hunters===
[[Image:BHtoy Cyberverse Soundwave.jpg|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''3 / 005'''
**''Accessories'': Sonic Saw

: Part of the second wave of ''Prime: [[Beast Hunters]]'' [[Cyberverse#Series 3|Series 3 ''Cyberverse'']] Legion Class toys, [[Soundwave (WFC)#Cyberverse|Soundwave]] is a smaller-scale toy. Laserbeak is ''technically'' present, though as a detail permanently molded onto Soundwave's chest.

==Merchandise==

===Eaglemoss cards===
{{Charstubtoys}}

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==Notes==
*The [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|home console version]] of ''War for Cybertron'' has a trophy/achievement that is received by shooting the three hidden Laserbeaks in Kaon Prison Break.
*Laserbeak's appearance in ''War for Cybertron'' appears to be based off [[Laserbeak (G1)|his G1 counterpart's]] Cybertronian form from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]".
*Hasbro referred to the Deployer in ''Prime'' as Laserbeak at [[BotCon 2011]], though he was not named onscreen until "Triage".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Laserbeak''' (レーザービーク ''Rēzābīku'')
*''Russian:'' '''Lazernik''' (Лазерник)

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[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]
[[Category:Prime Mini-Cons]]
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[[Category:Surveillance specialists]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Decepticons]]
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Spyglass

2015-12-25T08:58:18Z

Hyperdudeman: /* Fiction */

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig2|the G1 camera component|the Animated tank component|Reflector (Animated)|Spyglass (Animated)}}
[[File:Spyglass.gif|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Comes with 35 millimeters of terror.]]
:''Spyglass is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

'''Spyglass''' is Gallant to [[Spectro]]'s Goofus. He's an eager-beaver go-getter when it comes to espionage and surveillance. He's always on board with whatever sinister scheme [[Viewfinder]] cooks up for the [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] trio, even to the point where he'll cajole the uncooperative Spectro into playing along—making sure, of course, that Spectro doesn't know too much.

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[File:Reflectormarvel.jpg|right|100px|thumb|A [[To sell toys#Hi-and-die|hi-then-die]] who didn't even get to say hi!]]
[[Spectro]], Spyglass and [[Viewfinder]] worked with the [[Decepticon medics|Decepticon medic]] to repair their fellow Decepticons. Subsequently an oddly colored Viewfinder was seen decorating the cavern floor of [[Mount St. Hilary]] after all the [[Decepticon]]s were rendered inoperable by [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]'s poisoned fuel. They didn't even get to introduce themselves in [[Introdump|painfully lengthy exposition]]. Alas, Reflector was taken away from us before his prime. {{storylink|The Last Stand}}
{{-}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
{{Note|The three individual robots are never named; they are all simply "[[Reflector (G1)#Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Reflector]]" and are all entirely identical, save for the lens aperture visible in the chest of the robot who forms the center of their camera mode. Reflector normally spends his time in this divided, triplicate state (three robots being the number required to form his camera mode), but in certain circumstances, he'll remain as one entity.}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}}}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
{{notekeepers}}
''Spyglass was part of Megatron's crew, active on Earth in the 1980s before the ''[[Ark II]]'' incident. Although he had no great love for Megatron, Spyglass was not willing to mindlessly fall in line behind [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] once their leader vanished in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]. Making an alliance with [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]—who hated Starscream and wanted to hold leadership of the Decepticons for himself until Megatron inevitably returned—Spyglass arranged to get Starscream's attention. Knowing that Starscream had recruited [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] to his cause and set up base in [[Las Vegas]], Spyglass and Skywarp made a stand at [[Hoover Dam]], deliberately bringing themselves inside Soundwave's scanning range yet refusing to answer his hails. Spyglass agreed to let Skywarp run the show, but the "negotiations" for Starscream's abdication quickly degenerated, and the fight was on. Spyglass's Reflector partners came out of hiding to join the battle, but Starscream and Soundwave quickly demolished Skywarp and Spectro, leaving them in deep [[stasis lock]]. With his loyalties being questioned at gunpoint, Spyglass wisely said, "What did Megatron ever do for me?" and knelt before Starscream in defeat. {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}}''

''Spyglass and Viewfinder did not remain loyal to Starscream for long. When Megatron returned from space with the threat of the all-powerful [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]] at his heels, he was too badly damaged to forcibly retake the Decepticons from Starscream as he had in the past. Megatron still refused to serve his former Air Commander, however, and when he abandoned Starscream and Las Vegas to deal with the problem posed by the Keepers, Spyglass and several other Decepticons did the same. They were wise to do so, because almost immediately thereafter the Keepers confronted Starscream, stole his body to use as a host for their minds, and imprisoned the remaining Decepticons loyal to him. Spyglass and the other Decepticons joined forces with the Autobots in driving the Keepers off planet Earth. {{storylink|Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation}} With Megatron back in command, Spectro was restored to full functionality and the Reflector trio were reunited. They lent their recording abilities to several efforts by Megatron to blackmail the [[President of the United States]] into keeping his nose out of Decepticon business. {{storylink|Transformers: Fusion|Fusion}}''

Spyglass was NOT part of Megatron's crew, but worked for [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with his two partners, monitoring the planet and its inhabitants for him from a central mainframe. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} They were seemingly destroyed by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] when he broke ranks with Shockwave's command structure. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}

{{note|The above contradiction was briefly alluded to in the ''Fusion'' novel, as the Terran version of Reflector identified himself as the "true" Reflector, with the Cybertronian version being an "inferior copy". This echoes the body-duplication theme seen [[Reflector (G1)|elsewhere in the multiverse]]. Still, what happened to the so-called true Reflector after ''The Transformers Trilogy'' remains a mystery.}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Early in the war, the Reflector trio tried to stop an Autobot prison break in the [[Citadel]] only to be blown away by [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]. {{storylink|Rise}}

Spyglass and Spectro were later seen aboard a Decepticon orbital outpost, terrified of walking down the same hallway as [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sixshot}}

{{note|In Spotlight: Sixshot, Spyglass and Spectro appear in their toy based character models.}}

The Reflector trio, speaking in chorus, celebrated after a successful Decepticon ambush on Earth. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}}
[[File:AHM3 Reflector Rumble.jpg|left|upright=1.67|thumb|Spyglass is probably the one with blue on him.]]
In [[New York City]], the trio observed as [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] compulsively destroyed a Volkswagen Beetle, and observed in chorus that it was a pity it wasn't [[Bumblebee (G1)|the real thing]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 3|All Hail Megatron #3}} During the Decepticons' stay in New York, Spyglass and Spectro entertained themselves by chasing down humans and offering to play games with them—games that inevitably led to the two robots breaking their playmates. This didn't discourage them too much, as they just attempted to put the humans back together again. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 8|All Hail Megatron #8}}

[[File:NewArrivalsOldEncounters-evasiveaction.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]

Three years later, Spyglass was among the Decepticons left behind on Earth after Astrotrain took most of the others off world. After joining a few other abandoned 'cons, he helped retrieve and repair a heavily injured [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 3: "Seasons in Flight"|Seasons in Flight}} Led by [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], the rag-tag group attacked several Autobot deserters, but laid down their arms when they realized they could work together to get off Earth. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 1: "New Arrivals, Old Encounters"|New Arrivals, Old Encounters}}

In the aftermath of the war with [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and [[D-Void]] on Cybertron, Spectro, Spyglass and Viewfinder were instructed by [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] to undertake a special mission beginning with the theft of [[Turmoil|Turmoil's]] time-sliding space cruiser. {{storylink|Night and the City}} Using the ship, they were supposed to locate [[LV-117]] and report its circumstances back to Shockwave, but were unprepared for the planet's erratic movement through time. Appearing out of nowhere right in front of them, LV-117 flung the Reflector trio over one hundred years into the past, depleting the ship's fuel supply and causing it to crash. {{storylink|Syndromica (2)}}

Viewfinder was killed in the crash when a large piece of the bridge's canopy shattered and impaled him through the chest. Spectro and Spyglass survived, and eventually they located [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], who had previously crashed on the same planet and had been building an escape vessel with a friendly alien. They managed to hijack the vessel shortly before it launched by threatening to kill Wheelie's friend, but the tiny Autobot removed the safety catch from his [[energon]] converter before disembarking, causing it to violently explode shortly after take-off. {{storylink|Spotlight: Wheelie}}
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===''Hearts of Steel''===
[[File:Reflectortrioandfriendrailway-HOS3.jpg|thumb|upright=0.65]]
Spyglass was one of the many Decepticons under Starscream's command during Earth's industrial revolution. Along with Spectro and Viewfinder, he helped overlook the construction of the railway that would allow The [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] to reach [[New York]]. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3|Hearts of Steel #3}}
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
{{ongoing}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}}}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1 Reflector toy.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|We three kings of orient are...Left to right: Spectro, Viewfinder, Spyglass]]
* '''Reflector''' (Mail-away, 1986/1987; wide release in Japan, 1985)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''21'''
**''Accessories:'' Spectro's "Shutter Gun", Viewfinder's "Lens Laser", Spyglass' "Optic Blaster", flash cube/missile launcher, 3 missiles, telephoto lens.
: Reflector was first sold in Japan in 1985 as an ordinary retail item. However, [[Hasbro]] delayed selling him in the US until 1986, and only then via mail-order from a [[The Autobots Have a Special Mission for:|direct-mail flyer promoting ''The Transformers: The Movie'']]''.'' (Oddly, this came just as the character was being fully phased out of the fiction.) The toy would be a common offering in [[Pack-in material|pack-in flyers]] from then on, at a cost of $10 and two [[Robot Point]]s.

: Reflector is composed of three distinct robots that combine to form a camera: Viewfinder as the central component with the lens, Spectro as the right-side component with the shutter button, and Spyglass as the left-side component with the flash. It includes a telephoto lens and old-style flashcube that doubles as a missile launcher, but of course, the Hasbro version has the spring-loaded mechanism neutered [[for safety reasons]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/SpyGlass/spyglass.htm More information on Spyglass at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Spyglass''' (スパイグラス ''Supaigurasu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Wàng-yuěn-chìn''' (Taiwan, 望遠鏡, "Spyglass"), '''Jùguāngjìng''' (China, 聚光镜, "Condenser")

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Tankor (BM)

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Hyperdudeman: /* IDW Generation 1 continuity */

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:''Tankor is a [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Tankor flames.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Go ahead and make fun of his name. He won't get it and he'll kill you anyway.]]

'''Tankor''' SMAAAAAASHHH! Tankor PULLLVERIZZZZEEE! Tankor SLAG [[Maximal|BEAST BOTS]]! Tankor is the brute force part of [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s first trio of [[Vehicon general]]s and commander of the powerful [[Tank Drone]]s. He's slow, simple-minded and immensely powerful. Lovably dim, his limited intelligence can be a drawback; he can easily be confused, misled, or even turned against Megatron, though temporarily. However, this is balanced out by his natural state of blind frustration and destructive rage, which makes getting him to listen to any cajoling a less than simple task.

Tankor is in actuality a programmed [[Shell program|shell personality]] given life by the spark of the [[Maximal]] [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]].

An alternate-universe incarnation of Tankor is also a [[Minion of Unicron]] in a vast, [[multiverse]]-spanning [[Universe War|conflict]]. He, by contrast, is based on the spark of [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]].

His command code is "pulverize".

==Fiction==
===''Beast Machines'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Paul Dobson]], [[Richard Newman]] (as [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], later Tankor) (English), [[Daiki Nakamura]] (Japanese)|[[Maurício Berger]] (Portuguese), [[Gerald Paradies]] (German), [[Claudio Fattoretto]] (Italian)}}

[[File:Mercenary Pursuits Tankor tank.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Tankor's name litt... leeter... as it sounds!"]]

When the Maximals returning to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] from the Beast Wars were infected with Megatron's [[Transformation virus|virus]], Rhinox was not as lucky as most of his comrades. While the [[Transmetal]]s were able to stay mobile for a time, Rhinox was immediately paralyzed and overtaken by Tank Drones. His spark was forcibly removed and stored in a canister in Megatron's citadel. {{storylink|Revelations Part III: Apocalypse|Apocalypse}}

When Megatron found that he needed underlings to properly control his Vehicon armies in battle, he used Rhinox's spark to power his tank general Tankor. He reasoned that if the Maximals discovered their new enemy had once been their close friend, they would be less willing to fight him. Unfortunately for Megatron, Tankor was only marginally more intelligent than the mindless drones he was created to lead. Meanwhile, Rhinox's spark/consciousness remained intact inside Tankor, albeit unable to act. {{storylink|Fires of the Past}}

[[File:Mercenary Pursuits Tankor maximals.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|The Maxies are playing with the big boys now!]]

After Megatron claimed there were ''fabulous prizes to be won!'' for whichever general got the Maximals, Tankor went after them and, after a vicious battle, actually captured them. He then took them to Megatron and demanded his reward... which would be to have his spark removed. Primal managed to use his affinity with the [[Allspark]] to contact Tankor's spark and convince him to do the right thing: the Vehicon helped them escape and went on the run with then, but Megatron was able to remote delete the tank's memories of this so he'd be their enemy again. Primal felt something ''familiar'' about that spark, though. {{storylink|Mercenary Pursuits}}

The Maximals tried to ambush Tankor to see whether drones would stop functioning without their general; the plan was ultimately unsuccessful due to Rattrap's interference. Tankor received severe damage nonetheless, and had to spend half a solar cycle in a preparation chamber. Once he was operational once more, he rushed out to defend Megatron against the Maximals. But Megatron had made a deal with Rattrap while Tankor was offline, and ordered the Vehicon general to allow the Maximals free passage out of his citadel. {{storylink|The Weak Component}}

Tankor was part of an attack against the Maximals near a spark-extraction factory. He mostly harassed Rattrap, until he lost track of the rodent. He then turned his attentions to a grounded Nightscream. The two Maximals teamed up to take Tankor out, with Nightscream using his vampiric attack to drain Tankor of his energon. {{storylink|Revelations Part I: Discovery|Discovery}}

Tankor was put in charge of overseeing cargo-transfer at a space port. He continuously ordered his drones to work faster, no matter how fast they were already working. Rattrap then got his attention by throwing an explosive his way. This of course got the reaction they had hoped out of Tankor, and the Vehicon general began chasing Cheetor and Rattrap. During the chase, Cheetor tricked Tankor into blowing up a bunch of his own drones. The chase continued until Rattrap got into position to hit Tankor with a crane. Though Tankor wasn't phased from being knocked into the distance, Rattrap managed to hop onto him, and hack into his brain. Accessing Tankor's memories, Rattrap discovered that the Vehicon general had once been his friend Rhinox. {{storylink|Revelations Part II: Descent|Descent}}

The Maximals woke Tankor's spark, but the Rhinox they got was not the Rhinox they expected. Tainted and embittered by his time inside Tankor, Rhinox rejected the Maximals and embraced Megatron's plan for a "peaceful", technologically-pure Cybertron, only with ''himself'' at its head instead of Megatron. {{storylink|Revelations Part III: Apocalypse|Apocalypse}}

[[File:TankorRhinox Spark.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Don't make me pull this spark over.]]

Tankor-Rhinox immediately began plotting against both Megatron and the Maximals. He caught and reprogrammed one of Megatron's [[Diagnostic Drone]]s, forcing it to work for him. {{storylink|Survivor}} He found the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] and, using the Diagnostic Drone, retrieved the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] from within. He then faked his own death, seeking to remove himself from both factions' suspicions. {{storylink|The Key}}. Manipulating events from behind the scenes, Tankor tricked Rattrap into activating an organic rapid-growth catalyst that would make the organics appear much more powerful and out of control, thus inspiring Megatron to take more radical measures to contain them. {{storylink|The Catalyst}} His escalating arms race gambit worked in manipulating Megatron into firing the key on a planetary scale—which would have killed all the organics, including the Maximals and Megatron, leaving Tankor to rule a pure mechanical world. Tankor's manipulations failed when he tried to attack Megatron, and a provision against doing so, hard-wired into his programming, shut him down. Due to Tankor's manipulations, however, Primal opened the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]] and Megatron fired the Key. The ensuing clash of energies destroyed Tankor's body, and his spark joined the Allspark. {{storylink|End of the Line}}

Primal met Rhinox's spark one last time within the Allspark, where Rhinox expressed regret over his recent actions. {{storylink|Fallout (episode)|Fallout}}
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===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
When the [[Herald of Unicron|Heralds of Unicron]] destabilized the [[space bridge nexus]], causing the [[space bridge]]s to become windows to other dimensions, [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] caught a glimpse of Tankor in one of portals. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}

===''Universe'' CD-ROM===
[[File:UnivCDROM TractorBeam.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"TANKOR RAAAAAAAAAPTURED."]]
On an alternate Cybertron, Tankor fought alongside the [[Decepticon]]s [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]], [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]], [[Reptilion]], and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] against [[Optimus Primal]] and his Autobots. One of these battles—the most violent of that year—was interrupted by [[Acheron|a mysterious ship]] that sucked those Decepticons up on beams of light and sped away. None of the combatants realized that it was taking its captives to Unicron for use in a massive army. {{storylink|Universe CD-ROM}}
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===3H comics===
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[[File:Cauldron-SmokescreenSmokescreen.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1| Because that's what friends do.]]

In [[Primax 208.06 Zeta|a parallel universe]], the Predacon Megatron "decimated" Cybertron's population by capturing their [[spark]]s.<ref>Obsidian's [[bio]] in [[Escape (Universe)|''Transformers Universe'' #2]]</ref> (It is unknown whether this literally means he only got one-tenth of the Cybertronians.) ''Instead of Rhinox, Tankor was created from [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]].'' Tankor served under him, a veneer of dumb, brutish loyalty secretly concealing his actual dumb, brutish loyalty to [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]], ''who arrived partway through the Spark War''. It was at the latter's bidding that Tankor terminated Megatron, allowing Obsidian to supplant the Predacon's rule with an iron-fisted tyranny of his own. Tankor became the enforcer of this new regime, knowing no purpose but the destruction of all that stood before his master. ''[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspscream]]'s Predacons, returning Maximals, the [[Mutant (BW)|Mutants]], and the [[Wrecker]]s all fought back and were met with barbarous tactics.'' The pair held the planet in fear... until Unicron decided that such a mindset would serve his own purposes, and he pulled them out of their universe entirely.<ref name=tankorbio>Tankor's [[bio]] in [[Escape (Universe)|''Transformers Universe'' #2]]</ref> ''They served him reluctantly.''

Unicron, his ruined form trapped between dimensions, sought to revitalize himself by pitting abducted [[Transformer]]s against each other within his own body, absorbing their [[energon radiation]] and, eventually, sparks. But Tankor was spared this fate, instead overseeing the [[Cauldron|deathmatch arena]] along with Obsidian, Razorclaw, Reptilion, and [[Striker]]. [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]], one of the intended victims, recognized Tankor. Obsidian confirmed the familiarity, but noted that in his and Tankor's own timeline, Silverbolt had "died screaming". {{storylink|Abduction}}

[[File:Tankorrhinoxrevelations.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Stop hitting yourself! Stop hitting yourself!]]

For all his accomplishments, Tankor still did a pretty crappy job of keeping [[Optimus Primal]] from freeing Silverbolt and dozens of other captives. {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}}

In the final battle of the Universe War, Rhinox defeated this Tankor, presumably getting some closure for his actions as his own universe's Tankor. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
{{note|Although Rhinox has appeared in the IDW Generation 1 continuity's past, there are no indications that confirm or deny that he and Tankor are the same character.}}
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[[File:NoExit-Tankor.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|"You promised us PEACE!" threatened the guy named Tankor who transforms into a tank with a giant missile launcher cannon over his shoulder and more missiles in his chest.]]
Before the war, Tankor was involved in underground gladiatorial fights. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}}

During the war, Tankor fled [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and returned there in the present day with the promise of peace. {{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}} When a submerged [[Crystal City Metrotitan|Titan]] was discovered, which declared [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] the chosen one, Tankor witnessed this along with many others. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things}} Later, Tankor helped [[Flatline (G1)|Flatline]] deal with the wounded after the [[Necrotitan|Necrotitan's]] death wave, and, having fallen in with [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]]'s religious rhetoric, he accused Starscream of being the source of the city's troubles. {{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}} When 70 billion [[Ammonite]]s struck [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Tankor was among those evacuated from the burning city. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}}

Tankor attended the public trial of [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} Six months later he was drinking at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] alongside [[Octane|another Tankor]] he had befriended. Other Cybertronians called him "Fat Tankor" to differentiate the two, though wisely not to his face {{storylink|A 'Bot and Her City}} and ''he'' thought they were calling him "Fast Tankor". {{storylink|Mistakes and Mayhem}}

At the bar the two Tankors were interviewed by [[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] on the subject of a recent attack on [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], and <strike>Fat</strike> 'Fast' Tankor was quick to point the blame at Starscream. {{storylink|Windblade issue 2|Windblade vol. 1 #2}} Windblade brought them both with her into the depths of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] to show evidence of Starscream's foul play, only for the group to be captured and imprisoned by Starscream's [[Badgeless]] thugs. Fortunately they were broken out of jail by [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], [[Sky-Byte (G2)|Sky-Byte]] and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]. {{storylink|Windblade issue 3|Windblade vol. 1 #3}}

When contact was established with Windblade's homeworld [[Caminus]] (after [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] had stepped on it), Tankor and his bar friends volunteered to help with relief efforts. During a live broadcast, Tankor grumbled about how much of a jerk Ironhide was and how nobody appreciated them, only to find the Camiens didn't know or give a damn what a Decepticon was, just being happy to see some Cybertronians.{{storylink|The Possible Light}} So of course [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|that jerk Prowl]] and [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] ruined things by demanding all Cybertronians leave Caminus on pain of death. Tankor engaged in futile battle (while yelling that he'd change his name to "Better Tankor" if ''he'' took the combiner down) even if he did manage to save Waspinator. Superion saved them but sadly not before Tankor learned people weren't calling him "fast". {{storylink|Mistakes and Mayhem}}

Later, when Swindle tried to lead a ragtag invasion of Caminus during a combiner battle, Tankor, the other Tankor, and [[Sparkstalker]] backed up Chromia in securing the space bridge. He witnessed the chaotic end of the [[Combiner Wars]] too. {{storylink|All That Remains}} More importantly, the end of Combiner Wars meant a rad party down at Blurr's! Phat Tankor killed it on the dance floor with Tall Tankor and Waspinator. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 4|Windblade vol. 2 #4}} Tankor was again hanging at Maccadam's when the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] had too much to drink and started beating everyone up. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}}
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===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
When his his co-workers at [[Axalon Trading Company]] were turned into techno-organic robots, [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] was jealous and wished ''he'' could be a cool robot, imagining he'd look like Tankor. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#LG03 Tankor Prologue|LG03 Tankor Prologue}} His wish came true when he was affected by [[Transformers sickness]] and turned into Tankor overnight. Devoted to restoring the world to how it was in the '80s when he was young, Tankor used his newfound power to terrorize [[Tokyo]] with his Tank Drones and '80s Transformation Beam, inconveniencing his co-workers by turning their modern electronics into their 30-year old counterparts. Opposing his ambition, [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] used a bomb to send Tankor and his drones flying in an explosion, though he appreciated the fact that it was at least an '''80s-like'' explosion. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 3|Bonus Edition Vol. 3}}

Tankor did not give up, however, but went on to build two robot soldiers, [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] and [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]], to aid him in his plans. He brought them to the city to continue his attack, but was annoyed that [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] claimed his new underlings were ''Transformers'' characters when Tankor had in fact based them on an [[w:Special Armored Battalion Dorvack|unrelated robot anime]] from the '80s. To his surprise, Whirl then developed a desire to be a hero and turned on him. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 4|Bonus Edition Vol. 4}} Having lost a soldier, Tankor decided to enact his "Total Humanity '80s Transformation Plan" and entrusted the '80s Transformation Beam to the loyal Roadbuster, who blasted everyone who opposed them into '80s forms. An impassioned plea by Rattrap not to get hung up on the past brought Tankor to a halt, and though he couldn't bring himself to renounce his nostalgia, the opening let Whirl and Rattrap counterattack and defeat Roadbuster. Tankor retreated with his underling and later settled down to run an '80s-themed café in [[Akihabara]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 5|Bonus Edition Vol. 5}}

At one point, Tankor ran into [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] and [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] and, seeing them as kindred spirits, tried to convert them into '80s fans as well. They both refused, causing him to grow angry and attack them. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#I'm Tankor, dana!|I'm Tankor, dana!}} During [[Christmas]], Tankor dressed up like [[Santa Claus]] and handed out [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1 toys]]. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#Christmas|Christmas}} He eventually relapsed and started attacking Tokyo with Roadbuster and a returned Whirl again, only to be defeated by the dimensionally displaced [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and revert back to the harmless Rhinox. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 7|Bonus Edition Vol. 7}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Tankor was part of a group of Decepticons who teamed up with the Autobots [[Windblade (G1)|Wingblade]] and [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] to battle the Ammonites on a distant planet. Together, they were able to drive off several Ammonite attacks, but the two factions soon started fighting one another over differing opinions. Eventually, the Autobots defeated the Ammonites and sent the Decepticons packing. Though angered by this turn of events, Tankor and the other Decepticons found consolation that the Ammonites also tasted defeat at the Autobots' hands, and returned to their starship. {{storylink|Into the Abyss}}

Tankor was one of Megatron's generals after the Predacon conquered Cybertron. When the Maximals returned to the planet, he, Thrust and Jetstorm were sent to take care of them, but failed. {{storylink|Beast Machines (Legends)|Beast Machines}}

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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsTankor.jpg|thumb|300px|right|]]
Tankor participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Beast Machines===
[[File:BM Mega Tankor toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Tankor SMASH!, Tankor CRUSH puny hum... erm BEAST BOT!]]
*'''Tankor''' (Mega, 1999)
**''Accessories:'' Projectile

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' product, Tankor transforms into a large Cybertronic tank. Aside from a spring-loaded missile launcher, he also features a light-piped "scanner eye" on his turret, and twin sawblades that spin via gear-wheel system when his tank mode is pushed along. In [[robot mode]], all of these gimmicks are retained, though the "scanner eye" is this time in his robot head.

: For reasons unknown, his name was misspelled as "Tankorr" on his instructions.

: This toy was [[redeco]]ed into ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' incarnation of Tankor. The toy was also the model for the [[Beast Era]] incarnation of [[Quake (G1)|Quake]] while the appearance of the toy itself was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as Quake's [[Tank Drone]]s.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Vehicon/Tankor/tankor.htm More information on Tankor at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BM McDonalds Tankor toy.jpg|upright=1.66|right|thumb]]
*'''Tankor''' (Happy Meal Toy, 2000)

: One of nine ''Beast Machines'' Happy Meal toys from McDonald's restaurants, Tankor transforms into a small Cybertronic tank based a bit more on the show's CGI model. This toy features a fair bit of articulation (about 8 points in robot mode), though some points are more useful than others. His head articulation, for example, is quite nice. The toy also has lightpiping through the spark and missile rack on his belly.
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*'''Tankor''' (Little Red Rooster Meal, 2001)
[[File:Rr-tankor.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|These are awesome. There should be Tank Drone redecos in these colors.]]
: The Happy Meal toy was retooled and redecoed for release in Australia, through the Red Rooster fast food chain. Aside from the original coloration, this mold was also cast in the colors of the other three molds used by Red Rooster: [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]], [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Megatron]] and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]. The retooling involved removing (and plugging up) Tankor's light piping, meaning that his neck is no longer translucent plastic. Due to the softer plastic used to construct him it can be difficult to get Red Rooster Tankor's arms to come out.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Vehicon/McTankor/tankor.htm More information on McDonald's/Red Rooster Tankor at TFU.info]''

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*'''Vehicon Tankor''' (Basic, [[March 26]] 2005)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BR-06'''
**''Accessories:'' "energy blast" missile

: Released in the second wave of the Japanese Toys "R" Us [[exclusive]] ''Beast Wars Returns'' line (the Japanese name for ''Beast Machines''), Tankor is a [[redeco]] of the Basic [[Tank Drone]], transforming into a Cybertronic four-tracked tank. Pressing the [[spark crystal]] on his cannon connects a gear-wheel system on the underside of his tank mode, spinning his barrel as he is pushed along, eventually firing a spring-loaded "energy blast" missile.

:Although the ''Beast Wars Returns'' line's aim was show-accuracy, this toy's coloration is more accurate to the Tank Drones rather than Tankor (which is ironic, given that the American Tank Drone is colored like Tankor). It even has the Tank Drones' green headlights rather than Tankor's standard yellow.

: It is highly (in fact, almost perfectly) [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] to the Tank Drones, although [[Scale|woefully out of scale]] with the other ''Beast Machines'' toys. Like the rest of the line, actually...

: This mold was also used to make [[Stockade (Universe 2003)|Stockade]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Vehicon/Tankor/tankor.htm More information on Beast Wars Returns Tankor at TFU.info]''

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===Universe (2003)===
[[File:Universe2003toy-TankorObsidian.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|We never actually met before, but here we are!]]
*'''Tankor & Obsidian''' (Ultra, 2003)
**''Accessories:'' Projectile

:Part of the first wave of ''Universe'' Ultra sets, Tankor is a redeco of the original Mega toy in an olive-green and mustard-yellow coloration with "energon surge" paint on various parts. He retains all of the [[gimmick]]ry of the original toy. He was only available in an Ultra-level two-pack with [[Obsidian (BM)#Universe (2003)|Obsidian]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/Tankor/tankor.htm More information on Universe Tankor at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:Generationstoy-Tankor.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Tankor, smashing!"]]
*'''Tankor''' (Deluxe, 2014)
**''Series / Number'': '''02 / #015'''
**''Accessories:'' Missile

:Part of the ninth wave of 2012-onwards ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Tankor is a brand-new mold that is accurate to his cartoon appearance in robot mode. In both robot mode and tank mode, he has a firing missile that is launched when the cannon barrel is pulled back. Some versions of this figure have two left elbows, preventing him from transforming into [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]].

:He comes with a copy of "[[No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6]]," which places its pages massively out of order.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Vehicon/Tankor/tankor.htm More information on ''Generations'' Tankor at TFU.info]''
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===Legends===
[[File:Legends-toy Tankor.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Tankor''' (Deluxe, [[November 29|11-29]]-2014)
**''ID number:'' '''LG03'''
:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Tankor is a redeco of ''Generations'' Tankor with some slight changes in hues and more silver paint. He comes with a leaflet featuring a character profile, tech specs and [[Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 3|volume 3]] of the ''[[Transformers Legends (comic)|Transformers Legends]] Comic: Bonus Edition'' mini-comic.
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==Merchandise==
===Robot Heroes===
[[File:RobotHeroes Cheetor VS Tankor.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|An adorable little fascist!]]

* '''Cheetor vs. Tankor''' (2009)

: Tankor is part of the fourth wave of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]] [[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' and is designated as from the "Beast Machines Series," along with his packmate [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetor]]. His sculpt is derived from his television show appearance, but his colorscheme is taken from the [[Tank Drone]] toy. Tankor has articulation at the neck and shoulders, though his left arm doesn't have good clearance with his hip.

:Rather than using the ''Beast Machines'' Maximal and Vehicon symbols, the embossed faction logos on the top of the Cheetor/Tankor packaging are the pre-existing ''Beast Wars'' Maximal and Predacon symbols found on ''Beast Wars''-themed ''Universe'' Robot Heroes packs.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Vehicon/Tankor/tankor.htm More information on ''Robot Heroes'' Tankor at TFU.info]
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==Notes==
* According to ''Beast Machines'' DVD commentary by Story Editor [[Bob Skir]], Tankor is influenced by the [[Hulk]].
* Rhinox is the only one of the original Vehicon generals who doesn't enjoy the persona and escapades of his alias.
* Skir's original intention was that Rhinox had "seen all sides of the argument, and chose to go more in Megatron's direction" in ''Beast Machines'', and that after a quiet chat, he and Optimus would part company. As Richard Newman played that scene with growling and shouting, Rhinox instead sounded not quite in his right mind after his experiences.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20071202095033/http://bigbot.com/beast-machines-transformers-bob-skir/Beast-Machines-FAQ/Fri_03_Dec_1999.html Q&A from Bigbot's "bobskir.com"] (archive copy)</ref>
* For the Japanese dub, any ambiguity or mystery surrounding Tankor's previous life was eliminated, as he spoke with Rhinox's vocal tic of ending sentences in "''-dana''". This was done to absolute excess, as entire lines of dialogue would be replaced with Tankor screaming "''DANADANADANADANADANADANAAAAA!''"

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Tankor''' (タンカー ''Tankā'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tank''' (坦克 Taiwan, ''Thǎn-khè''; China, ''Tǎnkè'')

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Devisiun (planet)

2015-12-12T11:47:34Z

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[[File:Windbladeissue6- Devisiun.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"So this is what Homeworld thinks of fusion!"]]

'''Devisiun''' is one of the thirteen [[Metrotitan (body-type)|Metrotitan]] colonies. It's populated by tiny Transformer [[twin]]s who form a [[Micromaster Combiner|single vehicle mode from a pair of robots]].

The adjective for things relating to Devisiun is '''Devisen'''.

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===

[[File:windblade_volume2_devisiun.jpg|thumb|left|350px|Adorable.]]
The Metrotitan of Devisiun did not survive making landfall on the planet. As a result, the [[Spark|sparks]] it carried were subjected to the intense gravitational forces of the system's binary stars, causing all sparks that arose there to be born in pairs. Each twin formed one half of a single [[alternate mode]], although they were not "combiners" in the true sense of the word. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}}

After returning to Cybertron, the First Titan [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] located several colonies with his sensors, including Devisiun. {{storylink|Windblade issue 2|Windblade vol. 1 #2}} While merged with Metroplex's mind, [[Caminus|Camien]] [[Cityspeaker]] [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] got a brief glimpse of life on Devisiun. {{storylink|Windblade issue 4|Windblade vol. 1 #4}}

In the aftermath of the [[Combiner Wars]], [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] and [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] made a trip to Devisiun. The natives were quite impressed by Superion's combiner technology, allowing Starscream to persuade the planet to join the growing [[Council of Worlds]]. [[Vanquish (G1)|Vanquish]] and [[Fireshot (G1)|Fireshot]] were sent to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to simultaneously represent their colony. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}}

==Notes==
*Devisiun's name is a play on "division". Clever!
*Most of the inhabitants of Devisiun seem to be based on [[Micromaster Combiner]]s. Other natives include Generation 1 counterparts of ''Animated'' [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]], and what might be [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] from the live action film series.
*The inhabitants of Devisiun all being small may point to their Metrotitan as the Titan of [[Micronus Prime]].
*The only depiction of Devisiun thus far is with a single star, which challenges the status of a binary system. But other continuities are known to use the term "star" (binary system) to describe a [[Twin Star|binary planet]]. The same depiction gives us something that looks like a moon and a queerly placed asteroid belt suggesting an inclination of 90° from the star for its rotation. The moon of Devisiun would have to be very massive in order to provoke such tidal forces, then again suggesting a binary planet instead of a star. (And thus justifying the claim that the place has very fantastic gravitational forces...)
**Or simply, the text could be right and one of the star wrongly colored as a moon.{{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}}
**An other way to interpret this same picture would be to theorize the presence of a [[wikipedia : Dyson Sphere|Dyson Sphere]].

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Titan (group)

2015-11-29T06:09:47Z

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{{disambig3.5|the tremendously huge and powerful Transformers|the ruined Cybertronian city|Metrotitan (ROTF)|Metrotitan}}
:''Metrotitans are a type of [[Transformer]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:MtMtEAnn2012-Metrotitans.jpg|450px|thumb|[[Tyrest (G1)|Gotta catch'em all!]]]]
'''Metrotitans''', or simply '''Titans''', are giant city-sized bots, created millions of years ago by the [[Knights of Cybertron]] to act as their living ships, and capable of tremendous feats such as teleporting across vast distances. [[Drift (G1)|Some]] claim they had Super [[Spark]]s that allowed them to straddle multiple planes of existence where they communed and divined, but certainly even their sparkless remains stay interconnected, allowing [[Lockdown (G1)|the]] [[Tyrest (G1)|unscrupulous]] to hunt them.

Known Metrotitans include:
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]
*[[Metrotitan (Zone)|"Metrotitan"]]
*[[Metrobase]]
*The [[Crystal City Metrotitan]]
*A Titan who would later become the "[[Necrotitan]]"

Thirteen Titans left Cybertron to establish colonies on other planets using [[hot spot]]s within their bodies. These include:
*[[Caminus]], Titan of [[Solus Prime (G1)|Solus Prime]], who settled and was incorporated into the planet of the same name.
*[[Prion]], who founded an unnamed colony.
*[[Navitas]], who founded the city of [[Delta]] on [[Velocitron]].
*[[Tempo]], who once carried truth-seeking philosophers.
*A deceased Titan who colonized [[Devisiun]].
*[[Chela]], Titan of [[Onyx Prime (G1)|Onyx Prime]], who colonized [[Eukaris]].
*[[Carcer]], who's name is now used by Tempo.

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
{{ongoing}}
Metrotitans were living starships, city-sized Cybertronians of unspeakable power who (legend has it) served the Knights of Cybertron before they departed from the homeworld of the Transformers. [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] claimed that the Metrotitans still existed on Cybertron during his time, and that he used to pray in their shadow. Sometime after the war with Mortilus, the Knights of Cybertron led the followers to the stars aboard the Metrotitans, to usher in a new era of Cyberutopia. {{Storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}} Thirteen known as the Colony Titans acted as colonizers, taking hot spots in order to populate new worlds. According to the [[Mistress of Flame]], the Colony Titans were sent into space to prepare new worlds for each Prime. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} In many cases, these colonies developed unique adaptations that set them apart from Cybertronians. {{storylink|A 'Bot and Her City}} {{storylink|Windblade issue 4|Windblade vol. 1 #4}} {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}} {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 4|Windblade vol. 2 #4}}

Over time, Metrotitans fell into the realm of myth and legend. By the time Cyclonus had become part of [[Nova Prime]]'s inner court, only two "Titans" remained on Cybertron, both in hiding. One slumbered in secret beneath [[Crystal City]], and was guarded by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. When Nova discovered the upper city and allied himself with Omega, the guardian hid the Titan's existence from the Prime. His recalcitrance paid off when Nova fell into megalomania and departed Cybertron to conquer other worlds, at which point Omega revealed the Metrotitan to Nova's more respectful former follower, [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]]. Omega explained that the Titan would only awaken in the presence of a great Cybertronian, but that it would be Dai Atlas's task to protect it until then. When the Autobot/Decepticon war subsequently broke out in the following millennia, Dai Atlas became a conscientious objector and gathered together many like-minded Transformers to form the [[Circle of Light]], and used the energies of the Metrotitan to power their departure from Cybertron. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}} Settling on the planet [[Theophany]], the Circle built a new Crystal City atop the still-sleeping Titan, continuing to use its energies to power their new home. {{Storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}}

The other remaining Metrotitan on Cybertron was called [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], "the first Titan". {{storylink|The Reluctant Specialist}} Metroplex was a long time friend of the ancient Cybertronian called Alpha Trion, and in the past they surveyed and mapped most of the planet together, including the [[Rust Spot]]. {{storylink|Omega's Conundrum}} At one point, Metroplex entered a deep slumber as the "[[Acropolex]]" of Nyon, until the early days of the Autobot/Decepticon War when the new [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], the former [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]], woke him with the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to aid him against [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Rise}} After the battles were done, {{storylink|Endgame}} he served as Autobot headquarters for some time until he departed the planet with Alpha Trion to investigate and counteract [[Regenesis|Shockwave's star-spanning project]]. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 1: Hello Cruel World|Hello Cruel World}} One group of Decepticons, led by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], attempted to follow, and travelled to a planet where he was refuelling, but [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] woke him rather than inform his superior, and prompted Metroplex to teleport onward before Bludgeon discovered his presence. {{storylink|The Hunting Party (IDW)|The Hunting Party}}

[[File:ReluctantSpecialist-LeviathansOfTheSky.jpg|thumb|left|]]
At some point afterward, [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] obtained his space bridge nodes to install them in Megatron's new body, {{storylink|Spotlight: Megatron}} apparently forcing him to travel physically through space thereafter.

Millions of years later, the few remaining Metrotitans were growing increasingly decrepit and weak from underfuelling. Believing that the ancient giants held the key to reaching [[Cyberutopia]], the supposed location of the Knights of Cybertron, Chief Justice [[Tyrest (G1)|Tyrest]] hired [[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]] to hunt down and kill Metrotitans so that he could use their parts to cobble together an antique space bridge leading directly to the Knights. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}} Lockdown and his group of [[Titan Hunter]]s tracked down the weakened Titans, killed them, then took them to be stripped down for profit before using the remains to find the next one. {{storylink|The Reluctant Specialist}} The leftovers were left on [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]], Tyrest's headquarters, in a veritable [[Wikipedia:Elephant's graveyard|elephant's graveyard]] of Metrotitan corpses. {{storylink|Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|House of Ambus}} At one point Lockdown's hunters followed a Titan signal to the ''[[Lost Light]]'', which had a sloughed-off piece of Metroplex aboard that had recently struck the ship, and aimed to use it to detect Metroplex himself, before being forced off by [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]] without their prize. {{storylink|The Reluctant Specialist}}

At some point, Crystal City was razed by Tyrest's [[Legislator]]s, leaving no sign of life, save the Metrotitan slumbering underneath. When the crew of the ''Lost Light'' arrived to investigate, a subsidence sent them tumbling into the cavern beneath the city where the Titan lay, and they decided to enter its very body so that the their resident [[mnemosurgery|mnemosurgeon]] [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] could tap its brain and hopefully find out what had befallen the Circle of Light. Doing so, Chromedome discovered that the Titan's mind was still alive and screaming in frustration—it had heard the call sent out by Cybertron upon the planet's reformatting to "come home", but having been drained by the Circle for so long, it lacked the necessary power to teleport its giant bulk across space. With the Titan willing to destroy itself to separate its [[spark]] from its body in order to return home, [[Brainstorm]] used miniaturization technology to shrink the giant down to a size that its reduced power could teleport away from the planet. {{Storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}}

[[File:PrimusAllGoodThings-MetrotitanEmbedded.jpg|thumb|250px]]
The shrunken Titan successfully quantum jumped back to Cybertron, to its old home in Crystal City, but wound up physically enmeshing its molecules into those of the city, causing a destabilization of local reality. As Autobot scientist [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] worked to contain the impending disaster, [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] and [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] got closer to the Titan, and were shocked when it awoke, crediting Starscream's presence as the reason. The Titan dubbed Starscream the conqueror who would unite Cybertron and thanked him for allowing him to awaken one last time, then bid the Transformers to depart so that they would not be destroyed along with it. The Titan was then obliterated as reality erupted in an antimatter explosion. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}}

When the ''Lost Light'' found its way to the Missing Miracle Moon of Luna 1 via a portal in space, [[Hot Rod/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] and the rest of the away team discovered Tyrest's Metrotitan graveyard and unsuccessfully tried to take refuge from Lockdown and crew inside of the huge relics. {{storylink|Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|House of Ambus}} Tyrest was finally able to activate his Titan-made space bridge, but whether or not its destination was truly Cyberutopia remains a mystery. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}}

Meanwhile on a decaying [[Gorlam Prime]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]] summoned a dormant Metrotitan to rise from the ground in order to fight off [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]]. However the combiner attack was a ruse, as the Decepticon scientist [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] desired the [[space bridge]] technology the Titan contained within its body, in order to make his way back to Cybertron. Via the marooned Titan Hunter [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] Jhiaxus took control of the Titan and teleported away. {{storylink|Homecoming (IDW)|Homecoming}}
{{-}}

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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] mused that if he had wished to conquer Cybertron or invade other planets, few could have stood in his way other than [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] or the long since vanished Titans. {{storylink|Head Games}}

==Toys==
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==Merchandise==
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==Notes==
* The existence of thirteen Metrotitan colonies seems to imply a connection to the [[Thirteen]] Primes, and/or their Thirteen Tribes, who were established to have vanished from Cybertron in [[The Crucible|issue #34]]. Though later issues revealed that Solus Prime and Onyx Prime apparently departed with two of the colony Titans, directly inspiring the cultures on Caminus and Eukaris respectively, it is evident that not all of the Thirteen each left with one of the Titans—the planets that Shockwave believed the Thirteen settled on were the worlds later seeded with Regenesis ores, and the Regenesis worlds we have seen are completely separate from the colony worlds. In addition, Nexus Prime died at the conclusion of the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]] while Alpha Trion remained on Cybertron for millions more years to come. The Mistress mentions that the thirteen colonies were an early attempt at [[Pax Cybertronia]]; presumably each Prime would control one world, but this plan fell through for reasons unknown.

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Wedge Shape

2015-11-27T00:00:19Z

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:''Wedge Shape is a [[Mini-Con]] of variable allegiance from [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] and [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family|continuity families]].''
[[File:G1-toy WedgeShape.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"I'm also an elk, a Mason, a Communist, I'm the president of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance for some reason... Ah, here it is! The Stonecutters."]]

'''Wedge Shape''' (ウェッジシェイプ ''Wejji Sheipu'') is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] turned [[Maximal]]-aligned [[Mini-Con]]. She is large and contains multitudes.

She's not actually wedge-shaped. Nor, for that matter, does she at all resemble [[Wedge]].

==Fiction==
===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Aurex 1104.30-JH Zeta]], Wedge Shape was one of the unfortunate Mini-Cons captured and reprogrammed by time-travelling [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s Predacons. She had the last laugh though: Megatron's reprogramming failed on her and she fled to the Maximals with many of his base's codes. This allowed the Maximals to storm the place, rescue the Minis, and drive out the Preds. This single victory almost decided the Beast Wars in favor of the Maximals. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Wedge Shape''' (Mini-Con, 2007)

: A [[redeco]] of the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' Mini-Con [[Dreadwing (Classics)|Dreadwing]], Wedge Shape transforms into a red mechanical eagle. Wedge Shape was an [[exclusive]] to "BIC Camera" stores in Japan. The exact details of her promotion are unknown at this time, but she is considered one of the harder-to-get promotional Mini-Cons, as few knew she even existed at the time she was offered.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Divebomb (SG)|Divebomb]] and ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Longview (Universe)|Longview]].

==Notes==
* "Wedge Shape" likely refers to the [[wikipedia:Wedge-tailed Eagle|wedge-tailed eagle]] whose distinctive tail is wedge-shaped.
* While Wedge Shape's toy is branded with a [[Maximal]] logo, her instructions claim her to be a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]. "Ask Vector Prime" used that for her backstory.
* Until Ask Vector Prime in 2015, Wedge Shape had no official gender.

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The Low Road

2015-11-12T10:41:42Z

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{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=22
|image=Low Road Rhinox fart.jpg
|caption=AKA "The Low Brow"
|title="The Low Road"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[February 10]], [[1997]]
|written by=[[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[J. Falconer]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''Rhinox is infected with a strange energon discharge virus, and if a cure isn't found, he'll destroy the Maximal base as he literally sneezes himself to death.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Low Road Rattrap Dinobot fight.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Objection!"]]
The [[Maximal]]s use their tools to garden, trimming the wild bean vines that have grown around the Maximal base and, as [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] explains, could be exploited by the Predacons. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and Dinobot get into a fight. Inside, [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] detects [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] coming to attack, but can't activate the [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] shields because of the two arguing Maximals outside. Rhinox comes down the elevator with his guns ablaze and commands the two to get inside, but they are too busy arguing to obey. Trying to cover his teammates' withdrawal, Rhinox is hit by a strange weapon from [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]. Dinobot blasts Tarantulas several times, and with the crucial shot fired, the Predacons retreat.

Inside, the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'''s computer reports on the strange effect the device had on Rhinox, giving him a [[Energon discharge virus|disease]] that causes the larger Maximal to "spontaneously discharge energy." Rhinox demonstrates this by hiccuping energy beams around the base, causing much collateral damage. It's decided a counter-virus must be found.

[[Image:Low Road Rattrap Dinobot Taratulas.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hello? You're at gunpoint!]]
Rattrap and Dinobot attempt to trail the injured Tarantulas. The two get into an argument about who is to blame for Rhinox becoming sick, which quickly degenerates into name-calling. Eventually forgetting why they started the argument, the two follow Tarantulas's scent. Running after a glimpse of the Predacon, they fall though a hole and onto a long slide—with a heavy boulder close behind them. But after they land at the bottom of the slide, the boulder actually hits Tarantulas. Rattrap and Dinobot continue bickering as they search through the underground caverns for Tarantulas's lab.

Aboard the ''Axalon'', [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus]] reveals to [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] that he paired Dinobot and Rattrap together so they could either learn to work together or kill each other. Rhinox is meanwhile kept on a life support system which drains energy from the rest of the (now heavily damaged) Maximal base.

Back at the [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon base]], [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] sends his own forces to reclaim Tarantulas so more of the virus can be developed to use on the rest of the Maximals. They head to his [[Tarantulas's lair|laboratory]] to see if they can locate the missing arachnid there. On Tarantulas's security sensors, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] notices the two wandering Maximals making their way through the caverns towards the hideout.

[[Image:Low Road Optimus Rhinox.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Hey, handsome. Come here often?"]]
Primal rallies his available soldiers for action against the Predacons to seize the antidote to Rhinox's ailment forcibly. Rhinox attempts to come along with the others, but Primal orders his friend to stay behind and consume some food to help stabilize his systems. Naturally, the first option on Rhinox's menu happens to be the wild beans conveniently surrounding the ''Axalon''.

[[Image:Low Road Megatron countervirus.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Megatron discovers what has been making his beast head go all green.]]
Back in Tarantulas's lair, Blackarachnia discovers where Tarantulas stored the counter-virus. When [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] detects the two Maximals getting closer, the Predacon goons open fire, wildly hoping to hit something, but instead just ruin any chance they have of ambushing their targets. Dinobot tries to use Tarantulas as a hostage, but this tactic doesn't work on Megatron, who has no reservations about abusing his own soldiers. However, the distraction has bought Rattrap (who was supposed to be covering Dinobot) the time to sneak through some tubes to arrive behind the Predacons, leaving him close enough to disarm them quickly.

A nasal energon-expulsion from Rhinox provides a hole for the other Maximals to enter the chamber once they finish posing heroically. Megatron mentions that he alone has the counter-virus that could save Rhinox.

But then Rhinox shoots an incredible energon fart (visible from space) that blows the Predacons far away, giving the Maximals the chance to grab the counter-virus and live happily ever after. Rattrap and Dinobot still bicker like kids, though. As for the Predacons? They landed on a dead tree in very uncomfortable positions.

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

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

==Quotes==
"Excuse me. Are ''you'' implying that the current situation is somehow... ''my'' responsibility?!" 
"Well, you did start it... ''gearhead!''" 
"I BEG to differ... cheese lips!" 
"Pre-evolved birdbrain!" 
"Eater of garbage!"
:—'''Dinobot''' and '''Rattrap''' trade insults

"Sheesh, and they call ''me'' the immature one."
:—'''Cheetor''''s response to above argument

"A bargaining chip should remain in play until the game is over, yesss." 
"Why do you always talk to yourself?" 
"Ah, I simply have a penchant for... ''intelligent conversation.''"
:—'''Megatron''' ripostes rather well to '''Blackarachnia'''.

''(Dinobot enters, holding Tarantulas)'' 
"Do not fire, Megatron! I have a HOSTAGE!" 
"Why, so you do..." 
''(Megatron shoots Tarantulas)''
:—Hostage negotiations with '''Dinobot''', '''Megatron'''-style

"This is ''certainly'' the most humiliating defeat of my entire career. Yess..."
:—'''Megatron''' after '''Rhinox''' defeats the Predacons single... erm, handedly

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* When Tarantulas first speaks, his open mouth provides a clear window through his ''entire body'', so that the mountain behind him is clearly visible.
* After the boulder hits Tarantulas, it cracks in a most unconvincing way — the cracks appear to be extremely shallow.

===Continuity notes===
*In this episode Blackarachnia mentions that Tarantulas encrypted all the information on his computers, foreshadowing that he has something to hide.
*Somehow, even in the most humiliating defeat of Megatron's entire career, yes, Waspinator still manages to get the short end of the stick.

===Continuity errors===
*When Rattrap and Dinobot fall through the trapdoor leading to the underground tunnels, Rattrap's gun is left spinning in mid-air. The next shot is upwards from underground, as they fall, and the gun is not visible. Indeed, when Rattrap lands on Dinobot, the gun doesn't fall on top of them. Later, as they approach Tarantulas' lab, Rattrap has his gun back.
*Megatron's decision to blast Tarantulas is pretty reckless and flat out moronic. Tarantulas is the one who created the virus and thus is probably the only one who knows how to make it. Megatron seems to be acting as if he holds all the cards but all he really has is the antidote. How exactly Megatron plans on infecting the Maximals with a virus using THE CURE FOR THE VIRUS isn't clear.
*When the Maximals break into Tarantulas' lab, Cheetor can be seen standing next to Tigatron holding his original "gut gun" as opposed to the alternative "rump gun" he is seen to use whenever he and Tigatron are armed and on-screen together.
*Tarantulas' lab is never seen as massively as portrayed in this episode before or since. Even the main chamber of it looks decidedly different than any other incarnation.

===Real-world references===
[[Image:LowRoad fart.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The same results can be obtained by eating at Taco Bell.]]
* Dinobot refers to a [[Silicon Valhalla]] as some kind of afterlife, dually referencing both [[wikipedia:Valhalla|ancient Norse mythology]] and [[wikipedia:Silicon_Valley|Silicon Valley]] (and at a stretch [[wikipedia:Red_Dwarf|Red Dwarf's]] [[wikipedia:Silicon_Heaven|Silicon Heaven]]).
*Some of the slapstick, particularly temporarily defying gravity, and Rattrap's gun being momentarily left in the air when they do fall, is reminiscent of classic [[wikipedia:Warner_Bros.|Warner Bros.]] cartoons, such as [[wikipedia:Road_Runner_(cartoon)|Road Runner]].
* During one of their squabbles, Rattrap refers to Dinobot as a 'pre-evolved birdbrain', riffing on the recent scientific theory that birds evolved from Dromaeosaurid dinosaurs ("raptors") like Dinobot.
*When the Maximals burst into Tarantulas's lab, Airazor is kneeling at Optimus's feet, with one hand affectionately placed on his leg. Instead of, y'know, ''pointing a gun at the bad guys.'' The shot is a parody of the stereotypical heroic entrance/posturing scene, such as found on the theatrical poster for the original ''[[wikipedia:Star_Wars_Episode_IV:_A_New_Hope|Star Wars]]'' film. Once Rattrap undermines the moment, as evidenced by the musical score, Airazor can be seen standing normally with the other Maximals. All part of the fun, folks.
*When the rhino-fart shakes the globe, the epicenter is clearly in Africa, providing more evidence for the show being set there. In fact, it appears to be in the middle of the [[Sahara]], which would have been less arid in the prehistoric time of the Beast Wars than it is today.
*Rhinox dons a beer-hat style contraption from which to sip his treatment.
[[Image:LowRoad Rattrap in hardhat.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Safety first!]]
*Rattrap wears a [[hard hat]] while undertaking repairs on the Axalon.

===Trivia===
*In the beginning of the episode, Rattrap is using one of Optimus Primal's swords to cut down the vines.
*The details of exactly ''why'' Optimus decided it was a good idea to send Rattrap and Dinobot together on a life saving mission is beyond anyone. He later confesses, "They'll either learn to work together or destroy each other. Right now I don't really care which." He apparently doesn't hold Rhinox's safety in very high regard.
*While turning around to deliver his energon fart, Rhinox's *ahem* anus is clearly visible. Now that's classy.
*The virus which infected Rhinox and which Megatron intended to use to infect the rest of the Maximals was never mentioned again. Can you blame him for washing his hands of the entire affair?
*Rattrap actually does eat garbage<ref>[http://www.tfarchive.com/toys/techspecs/beast-era/1996__Rattrap_(1996a).jpg Tech spec bio].</ref>.
*Rattrap's declaration that he and Dinobot have the Predacons under control is a bit exaggerated. He may have shot the guns from their hands, but that still leaves six Predacons with a variety of built-in weapons (Scorponok's missiles, Terrorsaur's shoulder cannons, Blackarachnia's spider-leg machine guns, etc.) against two Maximals. Either Rattrap has a lot of faith in his and Dinobot's fighting abilities, or he has an incredibly low view of Predacon skill...
*Farts are funny. Hence, this episode is very funny if you like farts. And who doesn't?
*Episode writer Bob Forward summed up the reaction to the episode thusly: "[...] After 15 Years And A Couple Of Hundred Scripts, [I] Will Be Remembered Forever For A Rhinocerous {{sic}} Fart."<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/70dc1b8dd547cba9 Post on alt.toys.transformers by Bob Forward]</ref>
*For some reason, Tarantulas seems to have one of Waspinator's arms in his lab.
*How the heck did the Maximals manage to locate Tarantulas' lair? Optimus sent Rattrap and Dinobot precisely to find it, it took nearly the whole episode for them to do just that, it was impossible for the Maximals to contact either Rattrap or Dinobot... And then suddenly they all burst inside Tarantulas' lair, as if they had always known where it was. Odd.
*Speaking of which, why is Rhinox accompanying the rest of the team when he's been explicitly ordered to stay behind ?
*A dart-riddled picture of Megatron hangs in Tarantulas's lab.
*Apparently Megatron considers the immoral act of holding hostages a Maximal ploy.
*The title "The Low Road" may be a reference to all of the toilet humor in this episode.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le Virus'''" ("The Virus")

:*''Title:'' "'''Le Virus'''" (Canada, "The Virus")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il virus'''" ("The Virus")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Stop the Kushami'''" (ストップ･ザ･くしゃみ, "Stop the Sneezing")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 25|25 February]] [[1998]]
::*A very large portion of this episode was featured in the [[clip show|clip movie]] "[[Clash! Beast Warriors]]", a segment of the ''[[Beast Wars Special Super Lifeform Transformers]]''.
::*In a prime example of how flippantly the Japanese dub would break the Fourth Wall, when Megatron begins listing places to search for Tarantulas, he also tells the Predacons to "Keep watching this TV channel!" (replacing the English line, "I want that virus!")
::*When the Maximals make their big entrance through the wall into Tarantulas's lab, Airrazor can be seen clinging submissively and femininely to Primal's leg in an homage to action movie posters. Bear in mind that Airrazor was made ''male'' for this dub, making his pose rather awkward.
::*After Rhinox farts and the energy cloud is seen from orbit, all the Predacons can be heard screaming in terror and disgust. Likewise, in the closing scene of all the Predacons dangling from the tree in defeat, they join Megatron in his cries of embarrassment.

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''O Caminho Subterrâneo'''" ("The Underground Way")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''El Subterráneo'''" ("The Underground")

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

==References==
<references />

{{DEFAULTSORT:Low Road}}
[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

The Low Road

2015-11-12T10:39:51Z

Hyperdudeman: /* Foreign localization */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=22
|image=Low Road Rhinox fart.jpg
|caption=AKA "The Low Brow"
|title="The Low Road"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[February 10]], [[1997]]
|written by=[[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[J. Falconer]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''Rhinox is infected with a strange energon discharge virus, and if a cure isn't found, he'll destroy the Maximal base as he literally sneezes himself to death.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Low Road Rattrap Dinobot fight.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Objection!"]]
The [[Maximal]]s use their tools to garden, trimming the wild bean vines that have grown around the Maximal base and, as [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] explains, could be exploited by the Predacons. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and Dinobot get into a fight. Inside, [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] detects [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] coming to attack, but can't activate the [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] shields because of the two arguing Maximals outside. Rhinox comes down the elevator with his guns ablaze and commands the two to get inside, but they are too busy arguing to obey. Trying to cover his teammates' withdrawal, Rhinox is hit by a strange weapon from [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]. Dinobot blasts Tarantulas several times, and with the crucial shot fired, the Predacons retreat.

Inside, the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'''s computer reports on the strange effect the device had on Rhinox, giving him a [[Energon discharge virus|disease]] that causes the larger Maximal to "spontaneously discharge energy." Rhinox demonstrates this by hiccuping energy beams around the base, causing much collateral damage. It's decided a counter-virus must be found.

[[Image:Low Road Rattrap Dinobot Taratulas.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hello? You're at gunpoint!]]
Rattrap and Dinobot attempt to trail the injured Tarantulas. The two get into an argument about who is to blame for Rhinox becoming sick, which quickly degenerates into name-calling. Eventually forgetting why they started the argument, the two follow Tarantulas's scent. Running after a glimpse of the Predacon, they fall though a hole and onto a long slide—with a heavy boulder close behind them. But after they land at the bottom of the slide, the boulder actually hits Tarantulas. Rattrap and Dinobot continue bickering as they search through the underground caverns for Tarantulas's lab.

Aboard the ''Axalon'', [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus]] reveals to [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] that he paired Dinobot and Rattrap together so they could either learn to work together or kill each other. Rhinox is meanwhile kept on a life support system which drains energy from the rest of the (now heavily damaged) Maximal base.

Back at the [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon base]], [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] sends his own forces to reclaim Tarantulas so more of the virus can be developed to use on the rest of the Maximals. They head to his [[Tarantulas's lair|laboratory]] to see if they can locate the missing arachnid there. On Tarantulas's security sensors, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] notices the two wandering Maximals making their way through the caverns towards the hideout.

[[Image:Low Road Optimus Rhinox.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Hey, handsome. Come here often?"]]
Primal rallies his available soldiers for action against the Predacons to seize the antidote to Rhinox's ailment forcibly. Rhinox attempts to come along with the others, but Primal orders his friend to stay behind and consume some food to help stabilize his systems. Naturally, the first option on Rhinox's menu happens to be the wild beans conveniently surrounding the ''Axalon''.

[[Image:Low Road Megatron countervirus.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Megatron discovers what has been making his beast head go all green.]]
Back in Tarantulas's lair, Blackarachnia discovers where Tarantulas stored the counter-virus. When [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] detects the two Maximals getting closer, the Predacon goons open fire, wildly hoping to hit something, but instead just ruin any chance they have of ambushing their targets. Dinobot tries to use Tarantulas as a hostage, but this tactic doesn't work on Megatron, who has no reservations about abusing his own soldiers. However, the distraction has bought Rattrap (who was supposed to be covering Dinobot) the time to sneak through some tubes to arrive behind the Predacons, leaving him close enough to disarm them quickly.

A nasal energon-expulsion from Rhinox provides a hole for the other Maximals to enter the chamber once they finish posing heroically. Megatron mentions that he alone has the counter-virus that could save Rhinox.

But then Rhinox shoots an incredible energon fart (visible from space) that blows the Predacons far away, giving the Maximals the chance to grab the counter-virus and live happily ever after. Rattrap and Dinobot still bicker like kids, though. As for the Predacons? They landed on a dead tree in very uncomfortable positions.

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

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

==Quotes==
"Excuse me. Are ''you'' implying that the current situation is somehow... ''my'' responsibility?!" 
"Well, you did start it... ''gearhead!''" 
"I BEG to differ... cheese lips!" 
"Pre-evolved birdbrain!" 
"Eater of garbage!"
:—'''Dinobot''' and '''Rattrap''' trade insults

"Sheesh, and they call ''me'' the immature one."
:—'''Cheetor''''s response to above argument

"A bargaining chip should remain in play until the game is over, yesss." 
"Why do you always talk to yourself?" 
"Ah, I simply have a penchant for... ''intelligent conversation.''"
:—'''Megatron''' ripostes rather well to '''Blackarachnia'''.

''(Dinobot enters, holding Tarantulas)'' 
"Do not fire, Megatron! I have a HOSTAGE!" 
"Why, so you do..." 
''(Megatron shoots Tarantulas)''
:—Hostage negotiations with '''Dinobot''', '''Megatron'''-style

"This is ''certainly'' the most humiliating defeat of my entire career. Yess..."
:—'''Megatron''' after '''Rhinox''' defeats the Predacons single... erm, handedly

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* When Tarantulas first speaks, his open mouth provides a clear window through his ''entire body'', so that the mountain behind him is clearly visible.
* After the boulder hits Tarantulas, it cracks in a most unconvincing way — the cracks appear to be extremely shallow.

===Continuity notes===
*In this episode Blackarachnia mentions that Tarantulas encrypted all the information on his computers, foreshadowing that he has something to hide.
*Somehow, even in the most humiliating defeat of Megatron's entire career, yes, Waspinator still manages to get the short end of the stick.

===Continuity errors===
*When Rattrap and Dinobot fall through the trapdoor leading to the underground tunnels, Rattrap's gun is left spinning in mid-air. The next shot is upwards from underground, as they fall, and the gun is not visible. Indeed, when Rattrap lands on Dinobot, the gun doesn't fall on top of them. Later, as they approach Tarantulas' lab, Rattrap has his gun back.
*Megatron's decision to blast Tarantulas is pretty reckless and flat out moronic. Tarantulas is the one who created the virus and thus is probably the only one who knows how to make it. Megatron seems to be acting as if he holds all the cards but all he really has is the antidote. How exactly Megatron plans on infecting the Maximals with a virus using THE CURE FOR THE VIRUS isn't clear.
*When the Maximals break into Tarantulas' lab, Cheetor can be seen standing next to Tigatron holding his original "gut gun" as opposed to the alternative "rump gun" he is seen to use whenever he and Tigatron are armed and on-screen together.
*Tarantulas' lab is never seen as massively as portrayed in this episode before or since. Even the main chamber of it looks decidedly different than any other incarnation.

===Real-world references===
[[Image:LowRoad fart.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The same results can be obtained by eating at Taco Bell.]]
* Dinobot refers to a [[Silicon Valhalla]] as some kind of afterlife, dually referencing both [[wikipedia:Valhalla|ancient Norse mythology]] and [[wikipedia:Silicon_Valley|Silicon Valley]] (and at a stretch [[wikipedia:Red_Dwarf|Red Dwarf's]] [[wikipedia:Silicon_Heaven|Silicon Heaven]]).
*Some of the slapstick, particularly temporarily defying gravity, and Rattrap's gun being momentarily left in the air when they do fall, is reminiscent of classic [[wikipedia:Warner_Bros.|Warner Bros.]] cartoons, such as [[wikipedia:Road_Runner_(cartoon)|Road Runner]].
* During one of their squabbles, Rattrap refers to Dinobot as a 'pre-evolved birdbrain', riffing on the recent scientific theory that birds evolved from Dromaeosaurid dinosaurs ("raptors") like Dinobot.
*When the Maximals burst into Tarantulas's lab, Airazor is kneeling at Optimus's feet, with one hand affectionately placed on his leg. Instead of, y'know, ''pointing a gun at the bad guys.'' The shot is a parody of the stereotypical heroic entrance/posturing scene, such as found on the theatrical poster for the original ''[[wikipedia:Star_Wars_Episode_IV:_A_New_Hope|Star Wars]]'' film. Once Rattrap undermines the moment, as evidenced by the musical score, Airazor can be seen standing normally with the other Maximals. All part of the fun, folks.
*When the rhino-fart shakes the globe, the epicenter is clearly in Africa, providing more evidence for the show being set there. In fact, it appears to be in the middle of the [[Sahara]], which would have been less arid in the prehistoric time of the Beast Wars than it is today.
*Rhinox dons a beer-hat style contraption from which to sip his treatment.
[[Image:LowRoad Rattrap in hardhat.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Safety first!]]
*Rattrap wears a [[hard hat]] while undertaking repairs on the Axalon.

===Trivia===
*In the beginning of the episode, Rattrap is using one of Optimus Primal's swords to cut down the vines.
*The details of exactly ''why'' Optimus decided it was a good idea to send Rattrap and Dinobot together on a life saving mission is beyond anyone. He later confesses, "They'll either learn to work together or destroy each other. Right now I don't really care which." He apparently doesn't hold Rhinox's safety in very high regard.
*While turning around to deliver his energon fart, Rhinox's *ahem* anus is clearly visible. Now that's classy.
*The virus which infected Rhinox and which Megatron intended to use to infect the rest of the Maximals was never mentioned again. Can you blame him for washing his hands of the entire affair?
*Rattrap actually does eat garbage<ref>[http://www.tfarchive.com/toys/techspecs/beast-era/1996__Rattrap_(1996a).jpg Tech spec bio].</ref>.
*Rattrap's declaration that he and Dinobot have the Predacons under control is a bit exaggerated. He may have shot the guns from their hands, but that still leaves six Predacons with a variety of built-in weapons (Scorponok's missiles, Terrorsaur's shoulder cannons, Blackarachnia's spider-leg machine guns, etc.) against two Maximals. Either Rattrap has a lot of faith in his and Dinobot's fighting abilities, or he has an incredibly low view of Predacon skill...
*Farts are funny. Hence, this episode is very funny if you like farts. And who doesn't?
*Episode writer Bob Forward summed up the reaction to the episode thusly: "[...] After 15 Years And A Couple Of Hundred Scripts, [I] Will Be Remembered Forever For A Rhinocerous {{sic}} Fart."<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/70dc1b8dd547cba9 Post on alt.toys.transformers by Bob Forward]</ref>
*For some reason, Tarantulas seems to have one of Waspinator's arms in his lab.
*How the heck did the Maximals manage to locate Tarantulas' lair? Optimus sent Rattrap and Dinobot precisely to find it, it took nearly the whole episode for them to do just that, it was impossible for the Maximals to contact either Rattrap or Dinobot... And then suddenly they all burst inside Tarantulas' lair, as if they had always known where it was. Odd.
*Speaking of which, why is Rhinox accompanying the rest of the team when he's been explicitly ordered to stay behind ?
*A dart-riddled picture of Megatron hangs in Tarantulas's lab.
*Apparently Megatron considers the immoral act of holding hostages a Maximal ploy.
*The title "The Low Road" may be a reference to all of the toilet humor in this episode.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le Virus'''" ("The Virus")

:*''Title:'' "'''Le Virus'''" (Canada, "The Virus")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il virus'''" ("The Virus")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Stop the Kushami'''" (ストップ･ザ･くしゃみ, "Stop the Sneezing")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 25|25 February]] [[1998]]
::*A very large portion of this episode was featured in the [[clip show|clip movie]] "[[Clash! Beast Warriors]]", a segment of the ''[[Beast Wars Special Super Lifeform Transformers]]''.
::*In a prime example of how flippantly the Japanese dub would break the Fourth Wall, when Megatron begins listing places to search for Tarantulas, he also tells the Predacons to "Keep watching this TV channel!" (replacing the English line, "I want that virus!")
::*When the Maximals make their big entrance through the wall into Tarantulas's lab, Airazor can be seen clinging submissively and femininely to Primal's leg in an homage to action movie posters. Bear in mind that Airazor was made ''male'' for this dub, making his pose rather awkward.
::*After Rhinox farts and the energy cloud is seen from orbit, all the Predacons can be heard screaming in terror and disgust. Likewise, in the closing scene of all the Predacons dangling from the tree in defeat, they join Megatron in his cries of embarrassment.

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''O Caminho Subterrâneo'''" ("The Underground Way")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''El Subterráneo'''" ("The Underground")

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

==References==
<references />

{{DEFAULTSORT:Low Road}}
[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Cryotek (RID)

2015-10-26T04:59:07Z

Hyperdudeman: /* 3H comics */

{{factions|decepticon|predacon|unicron}}
{{disambig3|Cryotek}}
:''Cryotek is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] and [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|2001 Robots in Disguise]] [[Continuity family|continuity families]].''
[[File:Cryotek.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|It's almost as if he's been doing ''too much'' science.]]

'''Cryotek''' is a gangster in [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s dangerous criminal underworld. A supply manager who served the Decepticon general [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] as the Great War came to a close, he doublecrossed his boss by leading a team of [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] rebels against him, earning him amnesty during the following peace.

Once a brilliant engineer, he turned his talents to crime, along with advancing technologies that were outlawed. He developed bodyframes that, though quite powerful and weapon-laden, qualified as legal for construction or research. His own "cryo-tank" form was as powerful as a Predacon could manage without special government clearance. With his bodyguards [[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]], [[Buzzbomb]], and [[Backslash]], Cryotek ran a tight organization that skirted the law, embarrassing the [[Maximal Command Security Force]], who could never dig up any evidence against him.<ref>Much of Cryotek's prehistory comes from his "[[Theft of the Golden Disk]]" profile available to [[Transformers Collectors' Club|fan club]] members.</ref>

Ironically, Cryotek's claim to fame would be his protégé, the rogue Predacon who would be called [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. Cryotek's greatest ideas would be co-opted by his former student, including technology for [[spark extractor]]s and even his plan for the theft of the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]]. If there's one thing Cryotek's pride cannot stand, it's his own failures.

[[Chro]] can often be seen perching on his shoulder.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====Theft of the Golden Disk====
{{voiceactor|[[Brad Venable]] (English)}}

[[File:Cryotektheft.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Step One: Teach a promising young criminal the ways of doublecrossing your superiors.]]
[[File:Cryotektheftbody.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|TFwiki.net will give its firstborn to whoever makes [[Shockblast|this toy]].]]
After gloating about his genius plan to steal data revealing the location of a sacred [[Maximal]] artifact, the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], he dispatched his star pupil [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] to carry it out. He reminded Megatron that only Cryotek was allowed to decrypt the data.

Cryotek was no fool, however, and knew that Megatron would betray him sooner or later. He alerted the authorities to Megatron's heist, expecting his protégé would take the fall. Though when [[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]] returned with the data storage box, it was empty, save for a Maximal security homing bug. Megatron had doublecrossed him! Cryotek pled for his lawyer as the [[Maximal Command Security Force]] infiltrated his secret lair. {{storylink|Theft of the Golden Disk}}
{{-}}

====3H comics====
[[File:Derodomontatus.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Button ya lip, Mugsy.]]
When [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] returned from his [[Beast Wars (event)|timelost exile on Earth]], Cryotek offered to rid him of his hated [[beast mode]], wishing to take the powerful dragon form for himself. This process, however, left Cryotek disabled for some while. Upon his recovery, he discovered that Megatron had stolen his research and conquered Cybertron.<ref>[http://botcon.com/archive/story/characters/cryotek.html Cryotek's bio at BotCon.com]</ref>

Considered an outlaw among his own kind, and with Cybertron overrun with [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]], Cryotek exiled himself to [[New Quintessa]], where he began a business partnership with [[Derodomontatus]] and the rest of the [[Quintesson]] race. Using the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] shell program that the Quintessons had used to manipulate [[Vector Sigma]] since eons ago, Cryotek and Derodomontatus manipulated several groups of survivors of Megatron's virus into running various fool's errands. One of these groups, the [[Mutant (BW)|Mutants]], were instructed by the Oracle to journey to New Quintessa itself. A trap was waiting for the Mutants, and they were devoured by [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] while Cryotek and Derodomontatus watched. The Quintesson was amused, but Cryotek, striking him, reminded Derodomontatus of his race's incompetence and hubris.

[[File:Cryotekmrrghmraghmrugghagh.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|He has taken his first step RRAGH RREERNG REAHGORAGH!!!]]
Secretly, Cryotek suspected that Vector Sigma's true voice would break out through their deceptions, and so he placed [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] into another of the surviving groups, the [[Wrecker]]s. The Wreckers traveled to [[Akalo|Archa Nine]], Cyclonus double-crossed them, and Cryotek had the object of his desire, the [[Divine Light]], delivered to him. {{storylink|Betrayal|Betrayal}} He assured his Quintesson business partners of his success, and that despite their Oracle's recent destruction amidst Cybertron's [[Great Reformatting]], he would escort them to Cybertron, their new home, which was now ripe for the taking. {{storylink|Disclosure|Disclosure}}

As he and the vast Quintesson army descended upon Cybertron, he scoffed at their arrogance in assuming that the Transformers' new [[technorganic]] forms would render them docile, facilitating the Quintessons' invasion. But this would not be the only trouble to befall the Quintessons—Cryotek himself would turn on them, and seize the Divine Light for himself. The Divine Light was a Quintesson-engineered conduit of Primus' power, and now that Cryotek possessed it, all the power of a god was now his! Having grown and mutated into a powerhouse, he battled the [[Wrecker]]s. At one early point he believed he had killed [[Apelinq]] and [[Primal Prime]], but they quickly returned, merged as one by [[Primus]], as [[Sentinel Maximus]]. However, Cryotek didn't really care, and dissolved his contract with the Quintessons by killing Derodomonatus.

[[File:Sentinelcryotekwreckersfinale.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Don't mind us exclusives, we'll be up here in this containment bubble.]]
Using his new god-level powers, Cryotek transformed Chro into a huge technorganic monster, which kept most of the Wreckers busy. While [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] were left behind to finish off Chro, Cryotek began his final face-off against the other Wreckers. He was drawn by his foes to a special chamber, at their [[Quintesson]] guide [[Al-Badur]]'s insistence. Suddenly the chamber was activated by the Quintesson scientist, locking Sentinel Maximus and Cryotek inside a forcefield containment bubble with a portal inside. The pull from the portal was strong, but Cryotek's powers were easily able to keep him from being sucked inside—at least until Cheetor and [[Hot Rod|Rodimus Major]] arrived. They were [[Matrix Templar]]s, so they were able to drain Cryotek of his powers from outside the bubble. But he needed one extra final push, which came from Sentinel Maximus, and the two disappeared through the portal.

Cryotek found himself suspended in absolute nothingness. Only a tiny fragment of the power of Primus that persisted within him was keeping him alive, but that was enough. He planned to defeat Sentinel Maximus here and somehow use what remained to engineer his escape, but it was not to be. Sentinel Maximus was called by Primus [[Balancing Act|elsewhere]], leaving Cryotek utterly alone. ...Or was he? {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

Cryotek was apparently a [[Minion of Unicron]], though it is unknown if or when he participated in the [[Universe War]]. {{storylink|Betrayal|Cryotek's ''Universe'' profile}}
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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Cryotek was the head of a crime gang. He took advantage of [[Transmutate (character)|Trans-Mutate]]'s naivete, presenting her with a narrative of absent leaders and continuing wars that fit her notes of inconsistent data in the officially prescribed history of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Using her special abilities, Cryotek had Trans-Mutate assist in illegal activities without her full awareness and, once her usefulness was exhausted, had his underlings dispose of her to cover for their escape from a heist. {{storylink|Alone Together: Perception|Perception}}

===''TransTech''===
In an interview with [[Rook (TransTech)|Rook]], [[Stungun (TransTech)|Stungun]] stated that he had been in rooms full of [[Megatron (disambiguation)|Megatron]] lookalikes, including Cryotek. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
[[File:Cryotek_Techspec.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb]]
[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], a quantum orphan from [[Primax 496.22 Alpha]] after the conclusion of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]], schemed to conquer Cybertron in [[Viron 102.0 Beta]]. He joined forces with the ruthless Predacon Cryotek, a native of this universe, to better learn about the new world he found himself in. The [[Alternity]] shepherded Megatron's contemporaries [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]], [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], and [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] to this dimension to stop Megatron's machinations. After the long and arduous "Allspark Battles", they triumphed over Megatron and his [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]]. In response to Megatron's defeat, Cryotek launched his own stratagem. Like Megatron, he sought mechanical purity, but in a different and much more drastic way. Cryotek believed that Transformers’ sparks were not their life essences, but rather symbiotic, leech-like parasites. He planned to eliminate all sparks from Transformers’ bodies and replace them with physical operating systems which he had created, based partially on Megatron's research into shell programs and spark extraction. Ominously, he had already conducted successful field tests on his own men.

Cryotek knew to be cautious in dealing with those who had defeated Megatron, and for a time settled on hit and run tactics, using Megatron's transwarp technology to attack the Autobots sporadically trough time and space with his Automatic De-Sparkers. Needing allies, he contacted [[Megatron (RID)|Galvatron]]—then active on early 21st century Earth—who offered him refuge aboard his ship, the ''[[Megastar]]'', in exchange for a body upgrade. With Cryotek's engineering, the Predacon leader become “Megatron Megabolt”. Meanwhile in the future, Optimus Primal found the victims of Cryotek’s horrendous experiments and resolved to stop him, by any means necessary. Having already perceived that a greater power was behind the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], Primal demanded it send him after Cryotek; the Alternity revealed their true form to Primal and agreed to his request, if he would join the ranks of their elite agents, the [[Protector]]s, in return. Primal accepted the offer and was sent back in time to Earth with [[Mirage (RID)|Mirage GT]] as a guide. To minimize the risk of temporal paradoxes, Primal could only assume a corporeal form to engage Cryotek; against the threat posed by Megabolt Maximus—[[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]] under control of Megatron—Primal could only act as a spirit guide. It was a tough battle, but in the end [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and Optimus Primal emerged victorious, with Megatron and Cryotek decisively defeated. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2001)===
*'''Cryotek''' (Ultra, 2001)
**''Accessories'': Missile

[[File:Cryotekridtoy.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Between us, this is actually just a hue-shifted photo of Megatron.]]
:Cryotek, a [[redeco]] of [[Transmetal 2]] [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Megatron]] in blue, teal, and purple chrome, was a Target [[exclusive]] in 2001. It transforms from a robot into a cyborg-like dragon and can launch a missile from the top of his robot head. It also has a third "dragster" mode which is best forgotten. The toy has different wing claws from Megatron, a slight [[retool]] for unknown reasons.

: If one follows the [[instructions]] and package photos, the dragon mode has Cryotek's robot head sticking plainly out on his lower back. In addition to looking strange, this also forces the dragon tail to sit parallel "above" the spine instead of joining it at the bottom. It is possible to configure the tail so that it joins properly with the spine and conceals the robot head, but this forces all the sculpted detail (scale ridges, etc.) to be upside-down.

[[File:Cryotek spark avatar.JPG|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Japanese version of Cryotek which includes "spark avatar". It looks like a tiny pre-Earth Megatron]]
: Both this mold and [[Tigerhawk]]'s mold share a gimmick that was dropped before release—a cockpit bubble where a tiny "[[spark]] figure" would have piloted the character. [[Hasbro]] dropped the concept due to it junking around with the ''Transformers'' mythos; it was feared buyers would mistake the "spark figures" as humanoid pilots for a non-sentient transforming robot, a la ''[[Diaclone]]'', instead of being representations of the spark essence of a living, breathing Transformer. The cockpit bubbles remain on both toys (and their redecos). The "USA Edition" (a limited Japanese release) of the toy includes the "spark figure".

::''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Predacon/Cryotek/cryotek.htm More information on Cryotek at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
* The name "Cryotek" was first used by [http://prysmos.wikia.com/wiki/Cryotek a hero] from Hasbro's mid-Eighties action figure line ''[[Visionaries]]''. [[Andrew Frankel]], a longtime fan of ''Visionaries'' and responsible for exclusive Transformers product at the time of Cryotek's release, assigned the name.
[[File:Bluemegatron.jpg|right|upright=0.85|thumb|Clearly a photoshop.]]
* Cryotek debuted in an eBay auction by a seller with zero feedback, packaged inside a ''Beast Wars'' Transmetals 2 Megatron box. One of the largest flame wars the fandom had ever seen erupted over this early sample as fans argued over whether the toy was merely an easy Photoshop job or if it were a real production piece.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_thread/thread/b10c751659b2305e?tvc=2&q= alt.toys.transformers—"blue bw tm2 megatron on ebay"]</ref> Even when a buyer received the "blue Megatron" from the seller and confirmed that it was, in fact, blue, claims of fraud were not silenced. Not until [[BotCon 2001]], where a few copies of this early mispackaged sample were seen in person and its authenticity (and name) confirmed by [[3H Productions]], did the fandom finally simmer down.

{{bigquote|Definitely faked, looking at the bottom of the box. There's no consistency in the brightness/readability of the fonts. Especially considering the angles of the boxes below it, for the way it would be pointing. Plus the bottom looks like it's just stuck ontop of the pic.|Brendocon|alt.toys.transformers}}

* Cryotek's CGI model in "Theft of the Golden Disk" is based on ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Shockblast]] with a new head. His voice was patterned after actor [[wikipedia:Sydney Greenstreet|Sydney Greenstreet]].
* Cryotek's fate involved being suspended in what feels like a dimension of nothingness, but he suspected he was not truly alone. He may be detecting the presence of the [[Elder God|evil extradimensional beings]] that turned [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] crazy.
* Cryotek's ''Wreckers'' profile lists him as a "Minion of Unicron", despite him being defeated before the Universe War began. Later, in "Wreckers Finale", when told his ascension to godhood would alert Unicron to Cybertron's location, he mocked the idea of Unicron's existence being a "bedtime story", since the Chaos Bringer had been destroyed for centuries. Maybe, uh, the Minions of Unicron retroactively claimed him.
* Cryotek will eat your dreams.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Cryotek''' (クライオテック ''Kuraiotekku'')

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Ambulon

2015-10-17T10:00:49Z

Hyperdudeman: /* IDW Generation 1 continuity */

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{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Autobot|the ''Kre-O'' Autobot|Ambulon (Kre-O)}}
:''Ambulon is an [[Autobot]] from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Ambulon.JPG‎|thumb|upright=2.2|"[[Pharma (G1)|Poor <s>Kenny</s> Ambulon, he was too young to die and be taken away from us.]]" "Dude, you're the one who ''[[Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|cut him in half with a chainsaw.]]''"]]
'''Ambulon''' is the ward manager stationed at [[Delphi]]. He's known to be easily offended, and his fellow Delphi medic [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] notes that he can be "a real gearstick sometimes." The gaps in his uneven paintwork reveal evidence of an earlier, buried portion of his life. Hint: He used to be purple.

Ambulon doesn't really have a complete alt mode - he turns into a leg. Just a leg. As to ''whose'' leg, we have yet to find out. Presumably there are five other people in a similar situation.

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Ambulon was a [[Decepticon]] [[M.T.O.]] created for an offensive that starts with "Operation Split Infin-". {{storylink|The Not Knowing}} As a test subject for the Decepticon prototype [[combiner]] project, Ambulon got ''a right leg''<ref>http://boards.idwpublishing.com/3/viewtopic.php?p=309412#p309412</ref> as his [[Alternate mode|alt mode]]. To escape the experiment, Ambulon went AWOL and defected to Autobots. {{storylink|How Ratchet Got His Hands Back}} Upon joining the Autobots, he participated in the [[Act of Affiliation]]. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}}

Ambulon and his team of paramedics were on duty when [[Dogfight]]'s squad arrived at Delphi after a skirmish with the [[Decepticon Justice Division]]. A soldier named [[Schema]] had taken serious fire and was Ambulon's primary concern while staff medic [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] examined Dogfight, [[Backstreet (G1)|Backstreet]] and [[Dodger]] for less-serious injuries. When First Aid began touching all their [[insignia]]s, Ambulon looked up from Schema long enough to tell Dogfight's crew that was just the medic's personal quirk. {{storylink|Bullets}}

When the [[Red Rust]] virus was unleashed, [[Pharma (G1)|Pharma]], First Aid, and Ambulon rushed to treat the infected. They were later accompanied by [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]], [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]], and [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] and while First Aid was bringing them up to speed, Ambulon worked on the wounded Backstreet. Later on, when Ratchet, Pharma, and Ambulon were exploring Delphi, they were cornered by the [[Genericon]]s, who had escaped during the outbreak of the virus. They were rescued by an angry Fortress Maximus {{storylink|Life After the Big Bang}} who made short work of the Genericons.

Pharma blamed Ambulon for the Red Rust incident, since he had been a Decepticon, but it was soon revealed that Pharma was behind this. Pharma shot the life support machine and fled through a tunnel in a [[CR chamber]], which had the medics scramble to save the failing patients. After Delphi's inhabitants of the virus were cured with the vaccine, Ambulon left aboard the ''[[Lost Light]]'' with other survivors. {{storylink|How Ratchet Got His Hands Back}}

Ambulon was working in the lost light's medical bay when he, along with nearly everyone on board of the Lost Light, was frozen in place due to one of Brainstorm's experimental weapons accidentally going off. After he recovered, he was awarded a Rodimus Star "for exceptional endurance in the face of adversity." {{storylink|The Reluctant Specialist}}

Following Fortress Maximus's psychotic episode on board the ''Lost Light'' (during which he shot five of the crew and held [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] and [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] hostage) Ambulon, along with First Aid and Ratchet, was instrumental in saving Rung's life after he was accidentally shot in the head by [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}} When a number of offline Autobots suddenly awoke and squeezed their audio sensors, Ambulon was assigned to watch over them in the medibay. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}} When Red Alert's deactivated body was retrieved and put on life support, Ambulon assisted First Aid in investigating. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}}

[[File:IDWMtMtE15-AmbulonLegOfAction.jpg|thumb|left|"Okay, so, ten out of ten for style, but minus several million for good thinking, okay?"]]
Ambulon took care of [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] following the injuries he'd sustained on [[Temptoria]]. {{storylink|Before & After}} During [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]'s rampage on the ''Lost Light'', Ambulon crashed a [[Mobile Autobot Repair Bay]] into him. It...lost the ''Lost Light'' a M.A.R.B. {{storylink|Under Cold Blue Stars}} Rewind, a casualty of the battle, stitched together a final message for [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] using footage from his database, including a recording of Ambulon saying "apart". {{storylink|The Gloaming}}

Following the disappearance of Ultra Magnus from the medibay, Ambulon was questioned as to where the [[Diagnostic Drone|medibot]] had been at the time. {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|The Fecund Moon}} Along with First Aid, Ambulon gave a pretty good effort in fighting off the [[Legislator]]s when they invaded the ''Lost Light''. {{storylink|Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|House of Ambus}} The ship was soon overrun, and both 'bots found themselves teleported to Pharma's new lab on [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]]. Unfortunately for Ambulon, he was to play a part in a med-bot contest between Pharma and Ratchet, a contest precipitated by Ambulon being horrifically sawn in half, ''lengthwise''. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}} He did not survive the experience, but Ratchet made good use of Ambulon's senseless death. By fashioning a cannon from Ambulon's bisected remains, Ratchet was able to destroy the Legislator assigned to oversee the operation. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}}

Before he left the ''Lost Light'' aboard the ''[[O Fortuna]]'', Tailgate gave First Aid a leaving present that contained a photograph of the ship's medical staff—himself, Ratchet, the [[Diagnostic Drone]] and Ambulon. {{storylink|The One Where They Go to Earth}}

===''TransTech''===
A [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]] at [[Axiom Nexus]] knew of Ambulon and did not want to share his solitary alternate mode. {{Storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter}}

==Notes==
*According to [[James Roberts]], Ambulon wasn't his original name, but he sticks to it because someone else we know goes by that name too.<ref>Letters page, "[[Under Cold Blue Stars]]"</ref>

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Candy Dispenser

2015-10-15T15:41:39Z

Hyperdudeman: Fixed incorrect link

:''Transformers Candy Dispensers are a promotional tie-in with [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]].''
[[Image:2009 candy dispenser.jpg|thumb|right|91px|Hey! Get off Tom Servo's head!]]
The '''Transformers Candy Dispenser''' or, to give it its full name, the '''M&M'S® Brand Chocolate Candies TransformersTM Candy Dispenser''', was an offer marrying [[Target]] with [[M&M's]] to coincide with ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. It was obtainable by merely buying five packets of M&M's (or Snickers) from Target and sending in your receipt with an "Official Order Form." The promotion ended on August 31, 2009.

Atop its dome, the Candy Dispenser sports a small statue of the [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] version of [[Red (M&M)|Red]].

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==External links==
*[http://transformerscandydispenser.com/ Transformers candy dispenser site]

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Transformer romance

2015-10-09T20:02:52Z

Hyperdudeman: /* Generation 1 */

[[File:Orionpax.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|"I'll spend the rest of my existence trying to save his afterburner, then he finally returns the favor by [[#Sex|plugging into me]] while I am unconscious. Ours is a healthy relationship."]]
Some will vehemently refuse to admit it exists. Others ''really'' don't care about [[Transformers brand|the brand]] beyond it. Regardless of [[Fandom|opinions]], [[Transformer]]s engaging in or pursuing interaction of a '''romantic nature''' is a well-established element in pretty much every continuity. For the most part, Transformers are observed searching for romantic partners amongst their own kind, but attraction to organic lifeforms and even non-living objects has been documented as well.

Some wonder why a species that likely does not [[Reproduction|reproduce]] sexually would participate in behavior that in other creatures exists as a means to promote sex and thereby new life. While a definitive answer to this has yet to be given, the question as to why Transformers become romantically involved with one another can be approached from a different angle. Transformers are a highly social species. This is shown through their very human-like society, interpersonal interactions, [[Relatives|familial relationships]], and even the fairly common practice of merging [[Combiner|bodies]] and minds. If these are not frowned upon, then why should social connections of the romantic kind be regarded much differently, if at all? Perhaps there is no reason for them to engage in romance, but then there is equally no reason for them not to.

Though rather obscure, there is even an official term for two Transformers in a relationship: "[[spark]]mates". Existing as a [[Fan fiction|fan term]] mostly, it has been used in two official sources, the end-of-game [[bio]] for [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]], in reference to her and [[Tigatron]], in the Nintendo 64 version of the "[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Beast Wars Transmetals]]" video game<ref>''Beast Wars Transmetals'' end-of-game bios - [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/756a36c7076a7195?dmode=source transcription]</ref> and again in [[Venus (magazine)|Venus]]. In addition, [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]]'s [[Cyber Key Codes|Cyber Key Code info]] appears to refer to Transformer marriage in stating that he and [[Joyride (Cybertron)|his lifebond partner]] "joined together under the [[Covenant of Primus]]".

Most recently the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity]] ongoing series, ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye]]'', refers to a Transformer in a committed, intimate partnership as a "[[Conjunx Endura]]",

==Orientation==
[[File:Gayforgalvatron.jpg|center|1000px|thumb|<center>[[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|It will forever be a shame he wasn't in ''Cybertron'']].</center>]]

The most common observation of Cybertronian romance is between a male and a [[female Transformer]]. Considering the general scarcity of female Transformers, and perhaps the absence of [[Reproduction|sexual reproduction]], this is a rather interesting if odd situation. Second to that are the number of noted relations between a Transformer and an organic, equally so almost solely between a (nominally) male and female. These become more frequent as the gender balance becomes less even, even if that is a direct result of Transformers allegedly being genderless. Third in line come "couples" that consist of a Transformer fawning over a not-living object, often regarding it as of the opposite gender.

Until recently, same-gender interests were comparatively rare. The Japanese version of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' had [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] as a male, making ''his'' relation with [[Tigatron]] the first known instance of a homosexual Transformer couple.<ref name="Airazorboy">The reason the Japanese ''Beast Wars'' dub had Airazor male was because Takara hoped to increase toy sales that way. Therefore, the relationship with [[Tigatron]] was initially played off somewhat differently to avoid complaints of homosexuality. Tigatron was presented as a samurai retainer with protective feelings towards his young ward, their closeness addressed in a "brotherly" sort of way. Despite that, there was still enough innuendo left over for the gender-bending to become noticeable. The end of the matter came with the sequence in "[[Other Visits (Part 1)]]" when Airazor and Tigatron stare into each other's eyes while holding hands and slowly leaning in for a kiss. Since little could be done with that scene, the dub team had Airazor fully "come out" and begin to express his affection for Tigatron just before the two of them were abducted by the Vok. Japanese magazine editors, responding to letters from confused young fans, gently explained that "some people are just like that".</ref> At a distance follow ''Energon'' [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]], who had the (unrequited) hots for [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], and Generation 1 [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], who may have been gay in the [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity]].<ref>[http://tinyurl.com/2ugos3 Matt Moylan reveals a little secret about Sunstreaker at tfw2005.com]</ref> ([[Dick Gautier]] jokingly "confirmed" that [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] is gay at [[BotCon 2002]], in response to panel-mate [[Michael McConnohie]] being asked if [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] was. This is obviously not canon.) The current IDW Ongoing Comic [[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye]] introduced several current and past romantic relationships that centred around mnemosurgeon [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], as well as floating the potential for other "canon couples" in the title.

Transformer/organic relations are not any richer in this regard. [[Paddles (character)|Paddles]] had a clear fondness of the humans [[Randall]] and [[Ed (student)|Ed]], and [[Magnificus (G1)|Magnificus]] and [[Ga'mede]] ''might'' have something going between them, but that's about it. A note could be made on the fair chance that Tigatron's [[beast mode]] represents a female tiger and was scanned from his partner [[Snowstalker]], yet that is speculation at best.

[[File:2 Transformers at the Ark-1 Memorial Statue.jpg‎|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Bender from ''Futurama'' finds a friend at the Ark 1 Memorial Statue...]]

The real-world explanation for the overall scarcity of anything specific between two of the same gender is that ''Transformers'' above all exists [[to sell toys]] to children and so has to play in on the wishes and expectations of the assumed general audience. Even if attitude is improving, heterosexuality is still the default assumption and least controversial option in all-ages fiction. Outside of an accident in translation<ref name="Airazorboy" /> and a few [[Knock Out (Prime)|sneaked-in jokes]] for older viewers, the default is still for writers to haul up Arcee or insert a new female (Transformer) to fill the romance niche than play up that sort of interaction in same gender context.

However, the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] comics have a traditionally older audience. This led to the glass ceiling being shattered when ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' depicted [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] in a millennia-long relationship, in which they were named as each other's "significant other"... and this relationship was not the first either have had, and Chromedome may or may not have been dating ''[[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]]'' before that.<ref>[http://theunderbase.libsyn.com/the-underbase-deconstructs-shadowplay "The Underbase Podcast Deconstructs Shadowplay"], 17:17 - 14:58</ref> The relationship is perhaps not out-and-out romance as humans would think or feel it, but author [[James Roberts]] has commented that this is because he imagines Transformers ''don't'' have relationships in exactly the same way humans do; he leaves no doubt that "Chromedome and Rewind each regard the other as the most important person in their life."<ref>[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=12651&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=20 James Roberts on Chromedome and Rewind on the IDW forums]</ref> That Rewind out-and-out says "I love you" in a message to Chromedome only hammers it home. Hasbro has been totally cool with IDW doing this.<ref>[http://www.fullmetalhero.com/t14540/ Moonbase2's second interview with James Roberts - 01:40:47 to 01:41:24]</ref> This measure was later followed up by the introduction of the first same-gender female couple in Transformers history, as well as the first example of attraction between members of different genders in IDW {{storylink|The Sensuous Frame}}

(And yes, there is the fact that IDW has previously established that Transformers are genderless in their continuity, but let's not kid ourselves about what we're seeing here.)
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==Sex==
[[File:KP001.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Oh, Convoy! Your shift lever is dirty," Marissa exclaims. "It must be from when I spilled soft serve ice cream on you before. I will wipe it clean for you now." (''NOTE: We didn't make that up. That actually, [[canon]]ically happened.'')]]

The [[Unofficial guidebooks#Prime Targets|hints]] are few and far between, but ''Transformers'' is not devoid of the possibility Transformers might engage in sexual activities (for recreational purposes). [[Kiss]]ing is a regularly observed sign of affection and in [[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|''The Headmasters'' episode]] "[[Return of the Immortal Emperor]]", [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] was rather thrilled he got to see [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] transform. Nevertheless, ''Beast Wars'' was the first to pick up the subject in a more direct manner: in the episode "[[The Agenda (Part 1)]]", [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] offers to take [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] to what sounds like a Cybertronian version of a strip club, and later slyly makes a double entendre regarding Silverbolt's suspected kinky activities with [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]].

Rape euphemisms are commonly inserted in the Japanese dubs of Western ''Transformers'' programs for, ''uh'', "humor". The Japanese dub of "[[Maximal, No More#Foreign localization|Maximal, No More]]" has Rattrap, thinking himself about to be stabbed by [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], ask his attacker to penetrate him "gently, because I've heard the first time can hurt." The Japanese dub of "[[Predatory#Foreign localization|Predatory]]", reworked from a slasher movie homage to a parody of Pepe Le Pew cartoons, has [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] spewing a lengthy string of sexual declarations (some thinly veiled, some not-so-much) as she amorously pursues [[Jack Darby (Prime)|Jack]] (including singing a Japanese folk song about a woman raping a man).

References and innuendoes have become increasingly more common in recent years. [[Scarlett]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] had a suggestive conversation about "riding" him in "[[Wolves]]", and in "[[The Art of War issue 3]]", Arcee promised Bumblebee to "rotate his tires" if he could beat her, to which he responded with a most enthusiastic "Wooo-Hooo!". In the Dreamwave issue "[[Infestation (Dreamwave)|Infestation]]", [[:File:Infestation crotchrot.jpg|one remark from Sunstreaker]] might suggest the existence of Transformer S.T.D.'s. In the ever-questionable ''[[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]]'' double-entendres ran rife, with one of the most disturbing involving Optimus Prime deriving pleasure from [[Marissa Faireborn]] polishing his stick shift and rubbing the rim of his gas tank, which are pretty clear metaphors for... well... y'know.

And that's about as far as we're going to broach the subject. If you ''really'' want to know more on the matter of Transformer sex, an exciting world of [[fan fiction]] awaits you. Take note that doing so will be at your own risk, and [[Main Page|TFWiki]] accepts no liability for any psychological trauma incurred.

{{See also|Reproduction#Sexual reproduction|l1=Sexual Reproduction}}

==Transformer - Transformer==
{{bigquote|But me Grimlock still taller than ''you''. That why Spider-Lady like me Grimlock best.|[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]], making sure no one else tries a move on his love interest|"[[Black Friday (episode)|Black Friday]]"}}

Most commonly, Transformers stick to their own kind when becoming romantically entangled. This is to be expected, as those of their own kind share the cultural and bio-technological mindset that makes their personalities more likely to be compatible. Despite the low number of female Transformers, most relations seen thus far are between a female and a male. What this means for Transformer culture - Are relations something rare? Is there programming or something that only connects a male to a female and vice versa? And if so, why does it exist? - goes unexplained.

In one universe, a Transformer can designate another Transformer his [[Conjunx Endura]], or significant other.

===Cases===
====Generation 1====
[[File:Disclosure CSSB-16 Devcon & co.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"I didn't know giant robots '''had''' testosterone."]]
*[[Elita One]] (Ariel) - [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (Orion Pax)
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] - [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}}
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] - [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]
*Arcee - [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]
*Arcee - [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] {{storylink|Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters}}
*Arcee - [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers: The Art of War|The Art of War}}
*[[Nancy]] - [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}
*[[Octane (G1)|Octane]] once tried to tune in an image of a [[Cheesecake robot|disturbingly sexualized unnamed female robot]]. Make of that what you will. {{storylink|Starscream's Ghost}}
*Technically or something, [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] is married to [[Giga|him]]/[[Mega|her]]self. {{storylink|Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce}}
*[[Esmeral (Victory)|Esmeral]] - [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deszaras]] who, unique to other Transformers relationships, are explicitly stated to be husband and wife. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (manga)|Victory}}
*[[Clipper (Victory)|Clipper]] - [[Holi]] {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory}}
*[[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] blushed and was a little lost on words when Clipper complimented him. Holi didn't like this. {{storylink|Planet Micro - The Mysterious Warrior}}
*[[Rescue Patrol Team|The rest of Holi's team]] is sad they don't have girlfriends. {{storylink|Resurrection!? The Decepticon Fortress}}
*[[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] found himself some [[Devcon's galpal|pleasant company]] on [[Spaceport CSSB-16]]. {{storylink|Disclosure}}
*[[San D-Go]] once had plans to marry [[Discharge]], apparently directly inspired by that aspect of [[human]] culture. Whether there was an actual romantic relationship involved is unknown. {{storylink|San D-Go|San D-Go's Micromaster toy bio}}
*[[Raker]] is a shameless flirt to female robots. {{storylink|Raker|Raker's Micromaster toy bio}}
*[[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]] is planning on getting himself a whole harem of girl-bots. {{Storylink|The Art of War issue 5}}
*[[Magnum]] has a [[:File:Magnumsgirlfriend.jpg|girlfriend]]. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}
*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] had parents when he crashed on [[Quintessa]]. {{storylink|The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson}}
*[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] once dated [[Thunderblast (G1)|Thunderblast]], and is a bit of a skirt-chaser in general. {{storylink|Flames of Yesterday}}
*[[Side Burn (G1)|Side Burn]] has a thing for fembots (specifically ones in red) and isn't above impersonating [[Dion|an elite guardsman]] to get sympathy. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 1}}
** And thinks [[Lyzack (Victory)|Lyzack]], a femicon with a sword, is hot. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 3}}
*[[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] - [[Dominus Ambus]] {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|Words Hang in the Air}}
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] - [[Pivot]] {{storylink|The Gloaming}}
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] - [[Mach]] {{storylink|The Gloaming}}
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] - [[Scattergun]] {{storylink|The Gloaming}}
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] - [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] {{storylink|Shadowplay (disambiguation)|Shadowplay}} (possibly)
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] - [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] {{storylink|Before & After}}
*[[Brainstorm]] had an unreciprocated love for [[Quark]] {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 3: Predestination: An Expert's Guide|Predestination: An Expert's Guide}}
*[[Proxima]] - [[Acceleron]] {{storylink|The Sensuous Frame}}
*[[Sparkstalker]] has gone on at least one date with [[Lightbright (G1)|Lightbright]]
*[[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] - [[Horri-Bull]] {{storylink|The Transgressors}}
*[[Greenlight]] - [[Lancer]] {{storylink|The Will of the Few}}

====Beast Era====
[[File:ScyllaMolest1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Bad touch is good humor if done by a girl.]]
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] - [[Tigatron]]
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] - [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]]
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] all had crushes on [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] had feelings towards her that we'll leave to the imagination.
*[[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]] - [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]
*[[Strika (BM)|Strika]] - [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]]<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20071202095128/http://bigbot.com/beast-machines-transformers-bob-skir/Beast-Machines-FAQ/Wed_19_Jan_2000.html ''Transformers: Beast Machines Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)'' Wed, 19 Jan 2000], by [[Bob Skir]]</ref>
*[[Scylla]] and [[Artemis]] both fancy [[Scuba]]. In turn, [[Bighorn]] has a crush on Scylla, while Artemis also likes [[Starscream (BWII)|Starscream]].
*While technically not a Transformer, [[DNAVI]] is in love with [[Guiledart]].
*[[Rāge]] - [[Stampy (BWN)|Stampy]] {{storylink|To Jellyfish with Love! Cry Out, Stampy Blade}}

====Unicron Trilogy====
*[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]] displays romantic interest in [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Energon}}
*[[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] - [[Joyride (Cybertron)|Joyride]] {{storylink|Cyber Key Codes|Downshift's Cyber Key Code info}}
*[[Shortround]] fancies [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]]. Naturally, she does not reciprocate.
*[[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] - [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Just about anybody]] [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|who's big and powerful]].
*[[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] is quite the skirt chaser. He used to have a relation with a "cute scooter",<ref>From context, the best guess is [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] was talking about a Transformer.</ref> but eventually dumped her. {{storylink|Landmine (episode)|Landmine}} He also harbored a secret crush on [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]], {{storylink|Cyber Key Codes|Ransack's Cyber Key Code info}} and tried to win over Thunderblast by winning the [[Speedia 500]]. {{storylink|Beginning}}
*[[Buzzsaw (Cybertron)|Buzzsaw]] tried to cheer up the ''[[Upstart]]'''s crew by reminding them of the perks of seeking out the colony worlds. Starting his list came "naive small planetoid femme-bots." ...Yes. Let's hope that when he closed his speech with "all of it untouched for centuries or more... until we show up," he was only talking about the energon reserves at the end of the list. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}
*[[Vector Prime (Cybertron)|Vector Prime]] and his bodyguard [[Scorpia]] had a love that bypassed rank but, in the end, his duty meant he had to leave her. Answering questions about this leave him quiet, and sad. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

====Live-action movies====
*[[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] claims to have a mother and a father. Primus knows what [[Relatives|that]] means, but we might as well try to be complete about this list. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
* In her spare time, [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] runs a lonely-hearts ad column called Arcee's soulmates. Many 'bots write letters in for it mostly expecting replies from other 'bots. {{storylink|Star Screams}}
* In the letters page of the comic of the films, [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] flirts right back with a cop-cycle OC called Hotwire.

====Transformers Animated====
[[File:TFA Black Friday ME GRIMLOCK IN LOVE.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|In case you needed visual recognition that he has the hots for her.]]
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] used to date [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1]] until, [[Along Came a Spider|well...]] {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac}}
*[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]], [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]], [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] and [[Wasp|Wasp/Waspinator]] each have (had) a one-sided crush on [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]].
*Blackarachnia and [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] seem to have feelings for each other. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}}
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] flirted with [[Slipstream (Animated)|his female clone]] upon meeting her. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}
*[[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] once considered [[Afterburn]] dreamy. It is unclear if this opinion is to be attributed to her dormant Transformer half though. {{storylink|Transformers Animated (Titan)|Transformers Animated}}
*[[Strika (Animated)|Strika]] - [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]]. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 24|Strika's tech spec bio}} {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac}}
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] has an unnamed girlfriend from [[Crystal City]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac}}
*[[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]] once believed [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] wanted to go steady with him. {{storylink|Human Error, Part II}}
*[[Botanica (Animated)|Botanica]] - [[Rattletrap]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}
*[[Flareup (Animated)|Flareup]] - [[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}
*[[Glyph (Animated)|Glyph]] and [[Volks (Animated)|Volks]] used to date long ago. And Volks is something of a Ladiesbot217-type. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

====TransTech====
*[[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] is obsessed (but very unlucky) with fembots. Among his unsuccessful projects are [[Roulette (Universe)|Roulette]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]]. {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}
*[[Crystal Widow]] had an unnamed lover before becoming stuck in [[Axiom Nexus]]. {{storylink|Withered Hope}}
*One of the ways [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] can be bribed is by "providing her with a handsome companion", according to Crystal Widow. {{storylink|Withered Hope}}
*[[Swindle (G1)#TransTech|Swindle]]s of [[Swindle, Swindle & Swindle]] has hinted that all three of the Swindles are in some kind of polyamorous relationship. One of them tried dating a different [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]], but one of the other Swindles took a dislike to the newcomer and the relationship went nowhere. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Swindle's Spiel|Swindle's Spiel}}

====Shattered Glass====
*[[Elita-One (SG)|Elita-One]] - [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]] {{storylink|Blitzwing Bop}}
{{--}}

====Prime====
* [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] once expressed feelings for [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}} Looks like even [[Cybertronian]] love hurts too. {{storylink|Crossfire}}
* Ratchet, in a [[Synthetic Energon]]-induced daze of strength and adrenaline, flirtatiously winked at Arcee, causing a very awkward response from the latter. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}
* [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] hinted at an infatuation between each other until [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] killed the moment. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

==Transformer - organic==
{{bigquote|We don't have to be the same outside to share the same feeling inside.|[[Alana]] speaks words every Autobot Commander dreads|"[[Sea Change]]"}}

Perhaps because [[reproduction]] does not seem to be a motivation for them to become romantically involved or perhaps because finding a proper partner among their own kind is not always an easy task, more than one Transformer at one point in their life made nice with an organic lifeform. However, virtually nothing is known about how the long-term cases worked out, what with physical differences such as size, [[Life cycle|lifespan and aging]], and [[Transformer#Culture|cultural differences]] - up front the constant influence of the war.

As to why organic lifeforms sometimes get head-over-heels for beings that can't fulfill the very reason they seek out partners, is another matter. In the case of humans, [[fan fiction|several authoritative works]] have been written on relevant aspects of their biology. Readers are advised to seek them out for further reference.

===Cases===
====Generation 1====
[[File:Pgalove.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Powerglide (G1)|PG]][[Astoria Carlton-Ritz|A]] PDA]]
*[[Skids (G1)|Skids]] and [[Charlene (cowgirl)|Charlene]] {{storylink|Showdown!}}
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] took a deep liking to [[Joy Meadows]] {{storylink|The Transformers (Marvel comic)|UK Marvel comics}}
*[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] believed [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s care for [[Cindy Newell]] was of the "nudge. nudge. wink. wink." variety. {{storylink|Fire on High!}}
*[[:File:Nomates.jpg|While Cloudburst clumsily tried to explain the First One ''why'' he wasn't interested in her]], [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] got cozy in the next room with several other [[Femax]]ians. {{storylink|Recipe for Disaster!}}
*[[Stranglehold]] had a dream involving two ladies there for his affections. They are supposedly organic-based, because while Stranglehold's humanoid appearance is his [[Pretender]] shell, female Transformers officially don't exist in the Marvel continuity, so it's not likely they are Pretenders. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}
*[[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] - [[Astoria Carlton-Ritz]] {{storylink|The Girl Who Loved Powerglide}}
*[[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] - [[Alana]] {{storylink|Sea Change}}
*[[Michelle]] totally got it on with [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus]]. Though to be fair, he was human at the time. {{storylink|Only Human}}
*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] had a thing for [[Papika (Headmasters)|Papika]]. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}
*[[Lander (Masterforce)|Lander]] once was in the middle of a date but unceremoniously ditched [[Madonna (Masterforce)|his partner]] after he got an emergency-call from [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]]. {{storylink|Rise Up!! Pretenders}}
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] quite fell for [[Jenny (G1)|Jenny]]'s charms. {{storylink|Full Throttle Scramble Power!}}
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] - [[Marissa Faireborn]] {{storylink|Transformers: Generation 1 (Dreamwave) |Generation One}}
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] - [[Scarlett]] {{storylink|Transformers/G.I. Joe}}
*[[Glide]] is known to pick up cute human girls and give them rides on his motorcycle mode. {{storylink|Glide|Glide's Micromaster toy bio}}
*[[Autorooper]] - [[Atari Hitotonari (KP)|Atari Hitotonari]] {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players}}
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] - [[Shaoshao Li (KP)|Shaoshao Li]] {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players}}
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] - [[Marissa Faireborn]] {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players}}
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] drives faster if he smells [[Junko Shiragami (BA)|Junko Shiragami]]'s marigold-scented hair. Make of that what you will. {{storylink|The Transformers: Binaltech Asterisk|Binaltech Asterisk}}
*[[Paddles (character)|Paddles]] took a deep liking to [[Randall]] and [[Ed (student)|Ed]]. {{storylink|Paddles (story)|Paddles}}

====Beast Era====
*[[Tigatron]] - [[Snowstalker]]
*''Possibly, [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] once fell for a female gorilla.'' {{storylink|A Greater Ape}}
*When [[Diver (BWII)|Diver]] was singing, he attracted a lot of female frogs out of his expectation. {{storylink|Demolish the Superdreadnought Tank!}}

====Unicron Trilogy====
*[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] - [[Alexis Thi Dang (Armada)|Alexis]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada}}

====Live-action film series====
[[File:ROTF-Wheeliedryhumpsaleg.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|See it like this: rather a leghugger than a [[Matrixspawn|facehugger]].]]
*[[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] thought that [[Mikaela Banes]] was hot. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
*He later shifted his attentions to [[Carly Spencer]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

====''Prime''====
*In the Japanese dub, [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] is head-over-heels in love with [[Jack Darby (Prime)|Jack]], even going so far as to aggressively propose marriage to him (Jack, incidentally, does not reciprocate the affection). {{storylink|Predatory#Foreign localization|Mystery Insect Transformation! Forest of the Spider Woman!}}

{{--}}

==Transformer - non-living object==
{{bigquote|And when we get back home, I want Bumblebee to meet my brother's convertible. We call her Juanita, and I think the two of them will get along just fine.|[[Luisa]], quite likely one of the very few humans who does not find this an awkward subject|"[[Fire on the Mountain (episode)|Fire on the Mountain]]"}}

While the ability to at least exchange thoughts can explain the interest some Transformers have for beings not belonging to their own kind, that pretty much doesn't go for the interest some of them have for non-living objects. Unless the fact they often treat them as if alive has something to do with it. This is possibly not as odd as it seems: Transformers are, after all, [[Alternate mode|part object themselves]], some even having been upgraded from a mere piece of machinery. In that sense, it is perhaps harder to understand why it doesn't happen more often. Fancy that sleek piece of car? Oh, so it's one of those ''not'' talking back? [[Sacred implement|Nothing that can't be helped!]] Or alternatively, it comes very close to the real thing and one can be certain not to be rejected by it.

===Cases===
====Generation 1====
*[[Luisa]] wanted to introduce [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] to her brother's convertible "Juanita". Bumblebee seemed to appreciate that plan. {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain (episode)|Fire on the Mountain}}
*[[Iguanus (G1)|Iguanus]] and [[Pretender|his own Pretender shell]] {{storylink|Iguanus (G1)|Iguanus's toy bio}}
*[[Rook (Universe)|Rook]] and the [[Running Cogs Award for Captivating Journalism]] {{storylink|Around Cybertron #17}}

====Robots in Disguise====
[[File:Sideburn's Obsession Sideburntricycle.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|'Burn tricycle]]
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] has a thing for pretty red sportcars.

====Unicron Trilogy====
*[[QuickFire]] - [[Starheart]] {{storylink|Lonesome Diesel}}

====Live-action movies====
* Dialog from their [[trans-scan]] of new [[alternate mode]]s may suggest [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] had sexual thoughts towards their new alternate modes.<ref>Mudflap: "This is my booty call right here. Time to get my sexy on with the green. (beatboxes)" {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}</ref>

====Transformers Animated====
*[[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] and [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] like sportcars almost as much as Side Burn does. {{storylink|Rise of the Constructicons}}
{{--}}
==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Transformer culture]]

Sweep (G1)

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{{disambig2|the [[Unicron]]-created clones of Scourge|the janitor from an alternate timeline in the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] comics|Sweep (IDW)}}
:''Sweeps are [[Decepticon]]s from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:TVM0287Sweeps.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|Noticeably not involved in a heart-warming musical number with Dick van Dyke and Julie Andrews.]]
'''Sweeps''' are the minions of [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] created by [[Unicron]]. Sweeps are visually indistinguishable from Scourge himself, although Sweeps do not necessarily have identical voices. While only a few are seen initially during Unicron's threat, there appears to be an inexhaustible supply of them later on. That's actually a good thing, as [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] tends to shoot them.

Like, all the time.

Only three Sweeps have been graced with defined personalities and identifiers, namely Sweeps [[Sweep Two|Two]], [[Sweep Six|Six]] and [[Sweep Seven|Seven]].

{{quote|Dumb Sweep.|[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] calling the kettle black|"[[Webworld]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Jack Angel]], [[Dick Gautier]], [[Jerry Houser]], [[Aron Kincaid]], [[Chris Latta]], [[Hal Rayle]], [[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japanese)|[[Holger Schwiers]], [[Reinhard Brock]], [[Imo Heite]], [[Hans-Rainer Müller]], [[Ulrich Bernsdorff]], [[Gerhard Acktun]], [[Bernd Simon]], [[Gernot Duda]], [[Thomas Rau]], [[Gerd Wiedenhofen]] (German)}}

Two Sweeps were created by Unicron from the fallen Decepticons [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]], though seconds later there were suddenly more of them. They soon followed [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] to [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], where one Sweep was destroyed by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]' [[fire-breath]]. The [[Autobot]]s fled the city, but Galvatron's troops followed suit, and the Sweeps killed [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] on the [[Junkion (planet)|planet of Junk]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

{{note|The Sweeps’ involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, was also chronicled in the comic mini-series “[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]” and the "Special Edition The Transformers: The Movie extra page" of "[[Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe]]."}}

{{note|One of the great continuity problems within the G1 animated series concerns the minions of Unicron. Namely, Cyclonus, Scourge, and the Sweeps. The issue stems from the original script never specifying which Decepticons were thrown off Astrotrain and remade into Galvatron’s followers essentially rendering them [[generic]]s. As the third season episodes were most likely made using the script and not the as-yet-unfinished film, the Insecticons regularly reappeared in later episodes as well as later on in the movie itself. Much scuttlebutt has been made about who has been turned into whom, but ultimately, it falls on the viewer to decide who were the genuine article and who were Decepticons that simply looked like these characters.}}

[[File:FFOD3 Sweeps.JPG|left|upright=1.55|thumb|A rare moment of not being shot by Galvatron.]]
After Galvatron's defeat at the hands of [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]], the Sweeps followed Scourge and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] in their search for him. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} They eventually discovered him on the planet of [[Thrull]], only to be attacked by their crazed leader. Galvatron sent every single Sweep crashing into the planet's plasma pits, and the only one that fought back did no damage whatsoever to his leader. They all survived, though, and followed Galvatron's commands after he regained his senses (kind of). {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}}

One of them got shot in the face by [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], and promptly crashed into a storm on the surface of [[Jupiter]], screaming all the way down. As this Sweep died an agonizing death, the last thing he likely heard was his own commander calling him a big baby. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} Next, Galvatron led the Sweeps to the planet [[Goo 8739B|Goo]] and ordered them to fire on all Decepticons who were following the [[Quintesson]]s instead of him. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} After Galvatron joined forces with the Quintessons, the Sweeps participated in an all-out attack on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] sent one of them spinning out of control, causing a bunch of them to crash into each other (and Cyclonus). {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

[[File:StarscreamsGhost Sweeps.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"They're mongrels. No spots! No spots at all!"]]
Some Sweeps were part of the Decepticon armada that pursued an Autobot ship. They pursued the ship to an [[Autobot Mausoleum]], where they were fought off by the resurrected [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}} Much later, three Sweeps hunted the Decepticon exile [[Octane (G1)|Octane]] alongside Scourge and Cyclonus, and cornered him in a [[Decepticon Crypt|crypt]] on Cybertron. When Scourge ordered the Sweeps to enter the crypt, all three cowardly refused to be the first one in, until Cyclonus got fed up with it and offered to fight whoever was the last one in. The Sweeps were suddenly very quick on their feet after that. {{storylink|Starscream's Ghost}}

Cyclonus and Scourge were accompanied by some Sweeps when they followed [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] to a [[Lost Cybertronian Storage Asteroid|storage asteroid]]. Ultra Magnus turned up to rescue Daniel, and made short work of the Sweeps. {{storylink|Surprise Party}} Scourge was later possessed by the ghost of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], and the Sweeps briefly fell under the command of Cyclonus. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (episode)|Ghost in the Machine}}

[[File:Webworld Sweeps.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3|Don't be fooled by the dynamic camera shot, they get beaten up shortly.]]
More Sweeps were unfortunately enough to be with Galvatron during a battle over [[isidrite]], and were bashed around by their leader nearly as much as by the Autobots. {{storylink|Webworld}} Cyclonus was accompanied by a number of Sweeps as he investigated strange activity on Junk. Once the [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]]s had been fried from the influence of the Quintessons, they sent Cyclonus and hsi men packing. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}} They later helped Galvatron temporarily take possession of a [[Quintesson Journal]], at least until the Quintessons themselves arrived and took it back. {{storylink|The Quintesson Journal}}

[[File:Dweller-in-the-depths-sweep-lastmanstanding.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|A Sweep in its default state: cowering in fear of Galvatron.]]
A number of Sweeps followed Galvatron when he was tricked by the [[Quintesson]]s into releasing the dangerous [[Trans-Organic]]s sealed beneath Cybertron's surface. They didn't fare too well against the monsters, and even worse against the one known as the "[[Dweller]]". As Galvatron fled from the beast, he threw the remaining Sweeps at its horde of [[energy vampire]]s in order to slow them down. The Sweeps all became energy vampires themselves, but were later cured by a massive power surge. {{storylink|The Dweller in the Depths}}

During a battle with the Autobots on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]], "Sweeps [[Sweep Six|Six]] and [[Sweep Seven|Seven]]" made an attack run on the enemy position. This is the only known occasion when the Sweeps received any form of individual identification. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}} The Sweeps took part in a couple of attacks on [[Japan]], but were beaten back by the Autobots both times. {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}} When the madness-inducing [[Hate Plague]] spread throughout the universe, the Sweeps were among its numerous victims. At least one of them was shot down by Galvatron as they chased him across [[Chaar]]. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

After the great war, Perceptor noted that the Sweeps possess a limited form of the Insecticon cloning ability, thus accounting for the seemingly limitless number observed. {{storylink|The Transformers Menagerie}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Thief in the Night}} {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}} {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
[[File:HM6 Galvatron, Scourge and Sweeps.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|The one on the right is actually Scourge.]]
Peeking their heads out to see if Galvatron was still kill-crazy, two Sweeps joined Scourge in sabotaging Autobot rescue operations after [[Metamorphose]] twisted the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s into a mess. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}} Several Sweeps were also seen on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] during [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s grand declaration of leadership. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}}
{{-}}

=====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''=====
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5}}}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
Cyclonus, Scourge, and his Sweeps surrounded an [[Autobot shuttle]] during a surprise attack. They temporarily lost track of the shuttle when it disappeared into a nebula, but eventually found it again and blasted their way into it. Unfortunately, what they found inside was five ''very'' angry [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], who promptly tore the Sweeps apart. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}

[[Serpentor]] was created from the discarded body of a Sweep. {{storylink|A Common Foe|Serpent O.R.'s ''Wings Universe'' profile}}

===Marvel coloring books===
{{groupstub|{{storylink|Hot Rod's Escape}}}}
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
The Sweeps were created by Unicron to be a pack of hunters for the sole purpose of hunting Autobots and their human allies. Their leader is Scourge. {{storylink|The Transformers Universe|Scourge's ''Universe'' profile}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Dreamwave sweeps.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Izzy wizzy, let's get busy!]]
Created by Unicron before he entered a period of hibernation and released into space to seek out information, the "first wave" split up and headed in different directions to cover as much of the galaxy as possible. The "alpha drone" (a.k.a. Scourge, or the "first herald") discovered Cybertron in the middle of the [[Great Shutdown]] and inadvertently awoke [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], leading to his own capture. Later, Unicron began work on a second, improved wave of drones, this time [[Cyclonus's Armada|resembling]] (and presumably including) [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. {{storylink|Generation 1 issue 0|Generation 1 #0}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' continuity===
[[File:GIJoeVsTFII3 Sweeps.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
In a dystopian future where the Decepticons had conquered Earth, Sweeps patrolled the ruins of [[New York City]]. They discovered a group of time-displaced [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joes]] and [[Cobra]] members, but were taken out by the [[Dreadnok]]s. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #3}} Some time after that timeline was averted via [[time travel]], the Sweeps were seen among [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]]'s forces on Cybertron, fighting back against a combined Autobot/[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] strike force. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
On [[Gorlam Prime]], [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] tossed the dying [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] into a [[solar pool]] and using the power of the [[Darkness (G1)|Heart of Darkness]], brought him back to full strength. The pool, which also contained the remains of denizens from the [[Dead Universe]], reformatted the bodies into clones of Scourge, who would be their master. Galvatron was incensed that the Sweeps were not created in ''his'' image. Scourge, his Sweeps and [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] then began to aid Galvatron on his new quest. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 14|Rebirth}} Their first mission was to scour Gorlam Prime for its inhabitants, who had disappeared without a trace. While Galvatron, Scourge and Cyclonus went underground and found [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], the Sweeps were apparently all busy searching other parts of the planet. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 1|Heart of Darkness #1}}

The Sweeps accompanied Galvatron as he traveled the galaxy raising the dead to form an army with which to oppose [[D-Void]]. Among the many planets they visited was [[Spindrift]]. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 3|Heart of Darkness #3}} They were present when Galvatron fought [[Nova Prime|Nemesis Prime]] on the planet [[Dykayra]], and several of them were killed when Scourge ordered them to attack D-Void-powered menace. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 4|Heart of Darkness #4}} Over time, members of Galvatron's undead army were gradually turned into additional Sweeps until the army consisted of nothing but identical soldiers, a change likely brought about by the Heart of Darkness. {{storylink|A Better Tomorrow}}

In a universe where a [[zombie]] virus collectively called [[Undermind]] was attempting to spread to other universes, four portals opened that depicted scenes from four separate universes. In one of these portals, an infected Sweep or two was seen amongst zombified robots and humans. {{storylink|Infestation issue 1|Infestation #1}} The infection had occurred when Galvatron's ship encountered a space-time anomaly on its way to [[Earth]]. He ordered three Sweeps to retrieve a frozen chunk of wreckage that had been flung from the anomaly, but when it was brought on board, zombie humans and robots erupted from it, infecting the three Sweeps. Eventually, the ship crash-landed on Earth, where the infected Sweeps scattered through [[Las Vegas]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: Infestation issue 1|The Transformers: Infestation #1}}

After the zombie threat had been dealt with, Galvatron took his army with him to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], their first line of defense against D-Void. As the Sweeps were sent out to scout the planet, one of them discovered [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]. Noting that they were [[Slingshot (weapon)|armed]], he broke Galvatron's orders by engaging the Autobots, and was subsequently shot down by Wheelie. Galvatron used the Darkness to heal the Sweep's injuries and scolded him, telling him that all Transformers needed to work together. The other Sweeps then tried and failed to stop Rodimus's starship from leaving Cybertron. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 4|Heart of Darkness #4}} {{storylink|Space Opera Act 2: Out of the Silent Planet}}

Under the command of Cyclonus, a large number of Sweeps invaded [[Kimia Facility]] in order to take control of it for Galvatron's use. Their numbers easily overwhelmed the Autobot defenders, and some of them were even seen ''eating'' their enemies. Meanwhile, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] arrived on Cybertron but refused to join Galvatron's army, and several Sweeps were sent to destroy him and his landing party. They were all killed, and [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] used one of the corpses to clobber Galvatron. {{storylink|Chaos Part One: Lamentations}} While a number of Sweeps defended Kimia from aerial Autobot forces, most stayed behind with Galvatron until Wheelie tried to snipe him only to kill a Sweep instead. An enraged Galvatron sent his entire Sweep army at him and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], who in turn called for reinforcements, leading to a large-scale battle between the Sweeps and Optimus Prime's troops. Wheelie and Cliffjumper were almost overrun, but were suddenly saved by [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers}}

Megatron, heavily upgraded and very unhappy, took on hundreds and hundreds of Sweeps on his own with little trouble. Together with Megatron's Decepticon forces, the entire Sweep army then came under the influence of D-Void, causing them to combine into an enormous monster. {{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings}} Megatron challenged this "[[Deceptigod]]", blowing huge chunks of Sweeps off its body with his blasts and ultimately defeating it. When Galvatron gave up the Heart of Darkness and D-Void began to enter the universe, the Sweeps began disintegrating and returned to being dead. {{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis}}

After Galvatron was defeated and Cybertron was "reset" into a primordial state, Sweep corpses could be found littering the planet. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} The less-than-balanced [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] used some of them as stress relief, mutilating the dead bodies and stringing them up on walls. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|How to Say Goodbye and Mean It}} Later, [[Sky-Byte (G2)|Sky-Byte]] found some of them and was reminded of someone he once knew. {{storylink|A Better Tomorrow}} Megatron was carrying several Sweep heads when he reemerged months after his battle with them. {{storylink|City on Fire}}

A number of Sweeps survived the destruction of the Heart of Darkness by being sent to the Dead Universe alongside the defeated Galvatron. Falling under the command of Galvatron's superior, [[Nova Prime]], they acted as guards for his citadel. {{storylink|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|The Dead Are Not Enough}} Orion Pax, [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]], Cyclonus and [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] fought their way through them in their bid to rescue [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] from Nova's clutches. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} The others held the Sweeps at bay while Orion dueled and ultimately killed the Prime. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Legends''===
The Sweeps were loyal troops under [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. After their leader's demise, they opposed [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s bid to grab leadership. {{storylink|The Coronation of Starscream}}

Either Scourge, or one of his Sweeps, fell victim to a bear-like Trans-Organic when Galvatron was tricked into attacking the resting grounds of the Dweller. {{storylink|Dweller in the Depths}}

==Toys==
===''Timelines''===
[[File:Timelinestoy-SweepsWoH.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Why are all the armybuilding versions of this mold rare exclusives?]]
*'''Sweeps''' (multipack, [[2009]])
**''Accessories:'' Six wings/blades (left and right), three yellow [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]]-style [[Cyber Key]]s

:Sweeps [[Sweep Two#Toys|Two]], [[Sweep Six#Toys|Six]] and [[Sweep Seven#Toys|Seven]] came in an [[exclusive]] three-pack at [[BotCon 2009]], all three being identical [[redeco]]s of the ''Timelines'' [[Scourge (G1)#Timelines|Scourge]] toy available at the same convention. The mold is a [[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' [[Sideways (Armada)#Cybertron|Sideways]] with a new head, transforming into a teal and white alien spacefighter with yellow detailing. The Sweeps are armed with "battle shields" with Cyber Key-activated pop-out blades. Their wings can also detach from their ankles and also be used as blades, with both [[5mm post|pegging]] into their hands, either with one blade in each hand, or with both blades pegging into the top and bottom of a single hand, forming a double-bladed weapon. They come with three yellow Planet X-style Cyber Keys with teal deco.

:The Sweeps were later repurposed as ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Scourge (SG)|Scourge]]. The original version of this mold was also used for the Japanese DVD-exclusive [[Noisemaze Mass Production Type Version#Galaxy Force|Noisemaze Mass Production Type Version]] and ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Ratbat (G1)#Universe (2008)|Ratbat]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/BCSweeps/sweeps.htm More information on Sweeps at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
[[File:Scourge and Sweeps.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Imaginaaaaation-land!]]
*While there have been no ''official'' toys of the Sweeps that were mass-released, and no official toys ''at all'' prior to 2009, anyone interested in [[army-building|building a Sweep army]] is not without options! As the Sweeps are physically identical to Scourge, enterprising fans, like the one who created the scene pictured at right, can purchase multiples of the Scourge toy of their choosing and make pretend.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Sweeps''' (スウィープス ''Suīpusu'')
*''Italian:'' '''Incrociatori'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Sǎodàng Duì''' (扫荡队, "Sweep Team")

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Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II

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{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II''
|image=AllSparkAlmanacIIcover.jpg
|caption=This is where Hasbro's planning to ultimately release Blackout.
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|written by=[[Jim Sorenson]] and [[Bill Forster]]
|date=[[June 30]], [[2010]]
|illustrated by=
|continuity=[[Animated cartoon continuity]]
|pagecount=224
|price=$19.99 USD
|prev=Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac
|next=The AllSpark Almanac Addendum
|ISBN=ISBN 1600106838 
ISBN 978-1600106835
}}

{{bigquote|Now listen up all you palookas out there! Yer gonna shell out yer dough, yer gonna buy this here book and yer gonna like it. Capish?|[[Dirt Boss (Animated)|Dirt Boss]], the rear cover of The AllSpark Almanac II}}

'''''Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II''''' is proof of a loving, nonspecific deity that delights in shattering readers' pants and brains. Again.

==Contents==
*Foreword, by [[Matt Youngberg]]
*Introduction by the Authors
*Chapter 1: [[Autobot]]s
*Interstitial A: [[Scale|Size Comparison Charts]]
*Chapter 2: [[Decepticon]]s
*Interstitial B: [[Transformers Animated (franchise)#Japanese release|''Animated'' in Japan]]
*Chapter 3: Events
*Interstitial C: Style Guides
*Chapter 4: Culture
*Interstitial D: [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)#Episodes|Shorts]]
*Chapter 5: [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]
*Interstitial E: Deleted Scenes
*Chapter 6: Settings
*Interstitial F: [[Transformers Animated: The Game|The Video Game]]
*Chapter 7: [[Project Omega]]
*Interstitial G: [[Transformers Animated: The Arrival]]
*Foreword by [[Eric Siebenaler]]
*Section I: Toy Design
*Section II: Animation
*Section III: Season Four
*Section IV: Toy Gallery
*Section V: Packaging Art
*Section VI: The Cast
*Afterword, by [[Aaron Archer]]
*Acknowledgments

==Chapter 1 - Autobots==
Chapter one covers all Autobots who appear in the third season of the cartoon and beyond.

{{collist|3|
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|"Wingblade" Optimus Prime]] by Megatron
*[[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] by Jetstorm
*[[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] by Jetfire
*[[Safeguard (Animated)|Safeguard]] by Sentinel Prime
*[[Yoketron (Animated)|Yoketron]] by Jazz
*[[Alpha Trion (Animated)|Alpha Trion]] by Sentinel Prime
*[[Kup (Animated)|Kup]] by Optimus Prime
*[[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] by Shockwave
*[[Wheeljack (Animated)|Wheeljack]] by Perceptor
*[[Mainframe (Animated)|Mainframe]] by Wheeljack
*[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] by Kup
*[[Brawn (Animated)|Brawn]] by Ironhide
*[[Hot Shot (Animated)|Hot Shot]] by Red Alert
*[[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert]] by Hot Shot
*[[Grandus (Animated)|Grandus]] by Rosanna
*[[Beachcomber (Animated)|Beachcomber]] by Rattletrap
*[[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]] by Shockwave
*[[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]] by Flareup
*[[Dug Base]] by Wheelie
*[[Dai Atlas (Animated)|Dai Atlas]] by Ultra Magnus
*[[Sky Garry (Animated)|Sky Garry]] by Alpha Trion
*[[Rattletrap]] by Warpath
*[[Seaspray (Animated)|Seaspray]] by Sentinel Prime
*[[Autotrooper (Animated)|Autotroopers]] by Alpha Trion
*[[Botanica (Animated)|Botanica]] by Tracks
*[[Wheelie (Animated)|Wheelie]] by Seaspray
*[[Pipes (Animated)|Pipes]] by Huffer
*[[Huffer (Animated)|Huffer]] by Pipes
*[[Cosmos (Animated)|Cosmos]] by Bulkhead
*[[Tracks (Animated)|Tracks]] by Beachcomber
*[[Powerglide (Animated)|Powerglide]] by Blitzwing
*[[Mirage (Animated)|Mirage]] by Cliffjumper
*[[Glyph (Animated)|Glyph]] by Volks
*[[Tap-Out (Animated)|Tap-Out]] by Glyph
*[[Chase (Animated)|Chase]] by Carrera
*[[Freeway (Animated)|Freeway]] by Sedan
*[[Searchlight (Animated)|Searchlight]] by Furão
*[[Volks (Animated)|Volks]] by Tap-Out
*[[Carrera (Animated)|Carrera]] by Bumper
*[[Furão]] by Chase
*[[Hubcap (Animated)|Hubcap]] by Freeway
*[[Sedan (Animated)|Sedan]] by Hubcap
*[[Bumper (Animated)|Bumper]] by Searchlight
*[[Flareup (Animated)|Flareup]] by Warpath
*[[Lightbright]] by Dug Base
*[[Lickety-Split]] by Lightbright
*[[Rosanna (Animated)|Rosanna]] by Grandus
**[[Steeljaw (Animated)|Steeljaw]]
**[[Zaur]]
**[[Ramhorn (Animated)|Ramhorn]]
*[[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] by Ratchet
*[[Wasp]] by Bumblebee}}

===Transformers references===

* Pg 16 - [[Yoketron (Animated)|Yoketron]] has learned and subsequently taught the arts of [[Crystalocution]], [[Diffusion]], [[Tekkaido]], and [[Circuit-Su]].
* Pg 17 - The art of [[Kup (Animated)|Kup]] depicts him with a [[Cigar#IDW Generation 1 continuity|cy-gar]].
* Pg 18 - [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] comments on sitting "not ten [[Units of length|mechanometers]]" across from [[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] in [[Autobot High Council#Transformers: Animated|High Council]] meetings.
* Pg 19 - [[Mainframe (Animated)|Mainframe]] is credited with solving [[Extempaxia]]'s fourth conjecture.
* Pg 20 - Kup refers to [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Hot Rod's]] flame deco as making him look "like he's the [[Pit]]-Damned [[The Fallen|Fallen]]."
* Pg 22 - In [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide's]] anecdotes about [[Brawn (Animated)|Brawn]], he makes mention of the [[Tower of Pion]], [[ballobot]]s, and [[Widow's Cafe Cybertronian|Widow's Cafe]].
* Pg 23 - [[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert]] says that a "fractured anterior torso-strut" is no laughing matter. Sounds like [[Hot Shot (Animated)|somebody]] hurt their [[JaAm|ShOuLdEr]].
* Pg 24 - [[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert's]] hand has been replaced with a [[Transfer Interlink]]. She graduated top of her class at [[Polyhex|Polyhex Medical Mechanical]] and created the vaccine for [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]].
* Pg 25 - Rosanna's song about Grandus is from [[Blaster (G1)#The Headmasters cartoon|Twincast]] Productions.
* Pg 26a - Reportedly, [[Beachcomber (Animated)|Beachcomber]] is into [[syk]], [[simultronic]]s, [[Angolmois]], and [[Crysmagnetal|crysmag]], among other substances.
* Pg 26b - Shockwave recounts the last meeting he had with [[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]] in the [[Manganese Mountains]].
* Pg 29a - [[Rattletrap]] can apparently get unlicensed [[Shock Pop]] datatrax and forged [[S.T.A.R.S.]] idento-cards for the right price.
* Pg 29b - [[Seaspray (Animated)|Seaspray]] fought in the War of the Waves on [[Antilla]].
* Pg 30a - [[Botanica (Animated)|Botanica]] rid [[Daffodil II]] of a [[Morphobot]] infestation.
* Pg 30b - [[Wheelie (Animated)|Wheelie]] was found orphaned in [[Quintesson]] territory.
* Pg 33 - Most of [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper's]] run-up on [[Mirage (Animated)|Mirage]] portrays a [[Traitor|major lack of trust]].
* Pg 34 - [[Glyph (Animated)|Glyph]] apparently studied the technological evolution of the inhabitants of the [[Gorlam Prime|Gorlam system]].
* Pg 36a - [[Tap-Out (Animated)|Tap-Out]] accuses [[Volks (Animated)|Volks]] of being a "[[Sam Witwicky (Movie)|LadiesBot217]]-type."
* Pg 36b - [[Carrera (Animated)|Carrera]]'s run-up mentions [[Cybertronian sport#The Iacon 5000|the Iacon 5000]].
* Pg 36c - [[Furão]]'s name means "ferret" in [[Old Malignus]]. He was stationed aboard the ''[[Flash Frenzy (Cybertron)|Flash Frenzy]]''.
* Pg 37 - [[Bumper (Animated)|Bumper's]] ship crash-landed on [[Bhul]].
* Pg 38 - [[Lickety-Split]] is a fan of the [[Galactic Olympics]], and would like to win a [[Golden Disk (disambiguation)|Golden Disk]] in the Tour de [[Orgenon Cluster|Orgenon]].
* Pg 41 - [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] mentions Project: [[Powermaster]].
* Pg 42-43 - [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari's]] built-in upgrades include twin [[Master Blade (Masterforce)|Master Blades]], a [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]], [[Azusa]] energy skates, and [[Micron Booster]]s.

===Real-world references===
* Sari yapping on and on about "vampire movies" is a reference to the ''Twilight'' book/film franchise.
* [[Lickety-Split]] seems to have a thing for a certain [[Buzz Lightyear|space ranger]].

==Chapter 2 - Decepticons==
Chapter two covers all Decepticons who appear in the third season of the cartoon and beyond.

{{collist|3|
*[[Wasp]]inator by Blackarachnia
*[[Strika (Animated)|General Strika]] by Lugnut
*[[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]] by Cyclonus
*[[Cyclonus (Animated)|Cyclonus]] by Scalpel
*[[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]] by Megatron
*[[Spittor (Animated)|Spittor]] by Oil Slick
*[[Dirt Boss (Animated)|Dirt Boss]] by Scrapper and Mixmaster
*[[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave's Avatars]] by Prowl
*[[Ratbat (Animated)|Ratbat]] and [[Laserbeak (Animated)|Laserbeak]] by Soundwave
*[[Reflector (Animated)|Reflector]] by Blackarachnia
*[[Straxus (Animated)|Lord High Governor Straxus]] by Strika
*[[Slapper (Animated)|Slapper]] by Swindle
*[[Stretch]] by Porter C. Powell
*[[Flip Sides (Animated)|Flip Sides]] by Blurr
*[[Scalpel (Animated)|Scalpel]] by Perceptor
*[[Magnificus (Animated)|Magnificus]] by Starscream}}

===Transformers references===

* Pg 48 - [[Strika (Animated)|Strika]] carries a small reserve of [[Forestonite]] to achieve high velocity in tank mode.
* Pg 49 - [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]] has concocted both [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|cosmic rust]] and the [[Reverse Evolution virus]]. As Cyclonus begins to talk about how he wants to see Oil Slick killed, he cuts himself off and says "this interview is [[Furmanism|over, finished]]".
* Pg 50 - [[Cyclonus (Animated)|Cyclonus]] was discovered by the Decepticons, muttering about somebody called "[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]".
* Pg 52 - [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]]'s feet were reverse-engineered from [[Fracture (Movie)|Crasher]], an [[GoBots (franchise)|oddly-misplaced Cybertronian]].
* Pg 54 - [[Spittor (Animated)|Spittor's]] tendril weapons are identified as [[Legion (KP)|Legion]] Tentacles. ''Eugh.''
* Pg 55 - [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] and [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] have been working on a "[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]."
* Pg 57 - [[Ratbat (Animated)|Ratbat's]] electro-echolocation allows him to "pinpoint objects the size of a [[Scraplet]] from a dozen hics away."
* Pg 58 - [[Reflector (Animated)|Reflector]] can create hard-light holographic duplicates of the Spectro/Viewfinder models, which have little intelligence and can't transform, but make great [[army-building|army-builders]]. [[Reflector (G1)|The original Reflector]] often did the same thing in early episodes of ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]''.
* Pg 59 - [[Slapper (Animated)|Slapper]] once utilized [[Vrobian]] powder on his brothers.
* Pg 61 - [[Scalpel (Animated)|Scalpel]] is also known by the nickname [[Scalpel (ROTF)|The Doctor]].

===Real-world references===
* Pg 52 - [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]] is armed with wrist-mounted [[Zander Cannon|zander cannons]].

==Chapter 3 - Events==
*[[TransWarped]] as Shockwave and Starscream's Internal Logs, Ratchet and Optimus Prime's Autobot Incident Reports, Bumblebee's Private Journal, and the Headmaster's [[Yatter]] page
*[[Three's a Crowd]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Bulkhead and Lugnut's Internal Log
*[[Where Is Thy Sting?]] as Autobot Incident Reports by [[First Aid (Animated)|First Aid]] and Bumblebee
*[[Five Servos of Doom]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Prowl
*[[Predacons Rising (Animated)|Predacons Rising]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Sentinel Prime and a message in a bottle by Waspinator
*[[Human Error, Part I]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Optimus Prime
*[[Human Error, Part II]] as a fairy tale/"Wizard of Oz" type of story
*[[Decepticon Air]] as Sentinel Prime's Private Journal
*[[This Is Why I Hate Machines]] as an issue of the ALTernity Today magazine
*[[Endgame, Part I]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Optimus Prime
*[[Endgame, Part II]] as Megatron's Encrypted Internal Log

===Transformers references===
* Pg 64 - The icon on top of Headmaster's Yatter is [[Moon (BWII)|Moon]], next to which is the code "C-131", which is [[Raiden (Headmasters)|Raiden]]'s ID number. His top trackers include [[Furg|in_your_face_Furg]], [[Abdul Fakkadi (G1)|President_For_Life]], [[Maggie Madsen|Maggie_M_999]], and [[Ravage (SG)|ravagekitteh]]. Trending Yatts are [[Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction (G1)|Digital Doom]], [[Ear Fungus]], [[Wrecker|WrecknRule]], [[David Willis|Shortpacked!]], [[FIRRIB]] (and RIBFIR), [[I Risk My Life for Earth]], [[DEATH BY CHOCOLATE|Darque Chocolate]], [[Battle Protocol]], [[I, Robot-Master!|ThisManThisMayonnaise]], and [[Cyber-slash tail weapon|RotateBlade]].
* Pg 77 - On a pole are three "missing dog" notices: [[Patch (G1)|Patch]], [[Pis]], and a certain unnamed [[Murdered puppy|puppy]]. Their chances of being found do not look hopeful.
* Pg 79 - ALTernity Today refers to [[Aero-Bot]]'s expedition to the [[X-Dimension]], [[Sector Seven]], [[Thadius Braxis|Doctor Thadius Braxis]], [[Smokejumper]] and [[Dreadwind (RID)|Dreadwind]], [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]], and [[Alexis Thi Dang (Armada)|Alexis Thi Dang]]. An insurance company is owned by [[T-AI (RID)|T-AI]].
* Pg 79b - [[Ulchtar]] (a preliminary name for [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]) from [[Unicron Trilogy|Aurex]] 603.0 Kappa [[Starscream's Brigade|stole personality components for five renegade Autobots]]. The five Autobots are [[Screechwing]], [[Spiketail]], [[Nightprowler]], [[Albitron]], and [[Leatherhide]]. Christening them "[[Combatibot]]s", he intends to have them transform into a gestalt called "[[Toxitron (Zone)|Toxitron]]". The story is printed on page [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|G2]].
* Pg 80 - Astroscope signs include [[Xal]], [[Void]], [[Shokaract]], [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]], [[Golden Disk (disambiguation)|Golden Disk]], and [[Aquarius (SG)|Aquarius]]. There is also a warning about the [[Devastator Winds]].

===Real-world references===
* Pg. 64 - One of Headmaster's top trackers is "Sacred Palutena", a goddess from ''[[wikipedia:Kid Icarus|Kid Icarus]]''.
** "Where_am_I_Hibiki" references Ryouga Hibiki, the 'eternal lost boy' from ''[[wikipedia:Ranma ½|Ranma ½]]''
* Various fictional businesses are featured on ALTernity Today's stock exchange numbers on pages 80-81.
** Umbrella Corp. is from ''[[wikipedia:Resident Evil|Resident Evil]]''
** Spacely Sprockets is from ''[[wikipedia:The Jetsons|The Jetsons]]''
** Strickland Fuels is from ''[[wikipedia:King of the Hill|King of the Hill]]''.
** Sirius Cyb. is Sirius Cybernetics from ''[[wikipedia:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''.
** S-Mart is from the ''[[wikipedia:Evil Dead|Evil Dead]]'' movies
** Biffco is from ''[[wikipedia:Back to the Future|Back to the Future]]''
** Rossum is probably a reference to the play ''Rossum's Universal Robots'', the origin of the word "robot".
** Blue Sun is from ''[[wikipedia:Firefly|Firefly]]''.
** Gizmonic is a reference to the Gizmonic Institute from ''[[wikipedia:Mystery Science Theatre 3000|Mystery Science Theatre 3000]]''.
** Ziktor Industries is from ''[[wikipedia:VR Troopers|VR Troopers]]''.
** Yoyodyne is a popular fictional company name first appearing in the works of Thomas Pynchon, but is more likely referring to the use of the name in ''[[wikipedia:The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension|The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension]]''.

==Chapter 4 - Culture==
* [[Human Error, Part I|Automen]] by Bulkhead
* [[Rock Lord]]s by Bumblebee
* [[Space bridge]]s by Megatron
* [[Ninja Gladiator]] by Sari
* [[Christmas]] by Optimus Prime
* Scooter / Jetpack by Isaac Sumdac
* Thanatos-class ships by Strika
* [[Great War (Animated)|The Great War]] (the game)
* [[Electronic paint job|Electronic Paint]] by Bumblebee
* Helmets by Swindle
* [[Protoform]]s by Yoketron
* [[Cloning]] by Swindle
* The [[Cyber-Ninja Corps]]
* Prototype Minions by Soundwave
* The [[AllSpark]] Reconstituted by Optimus Prime

===Transformers references===
* Pg 93 - One of the playable characters in ''Ninja Gladiator'' is the [[hideous giant brain guy]], referred to as "HGBG".
* Pg 98 - "The Great War - The Game" is chock-full of references. Spaces include:
** "Unexpected Delays at [[Combatron (planet)|Combatron]]"
** "[[Paradron]] resistance"
** "[[Inferno (Animated)|Inferno]] protects the royalty"
** "[[Underbase]] lost"
** "[[Squadron X]] defeated at [[Pova]]"
** "[[Straxus (Animated)|Straxus]] [[The Smelting Pool!|smelts Scrounge]]"
** "[[Sideways (Animated)|Sideways]] enters this dimension"
** "[[Mini-Con|Minicons]] pledge neutrality"
** "[[Gold Plastic Syndrome]] cured"
** "[[Wheeljack (Animated)|Wheeljack]] develops [[Wheeljack Instant Immobilizer|Immobilizer]]"
** "[[Frenzy (Animated)|Frenzy]] infiltrates resistance"
** "[[Devcon (Animated)|Devcon]] captures [[Cryotek (Animated)|Cryotek]]"
** "[[Sideswipe (Animated)|Sideswipe]] spots enemy ship"
** "[[Sunstreaker (Animated)|Sunstreaker]] captured"
** "[[Runabout (Animated)|Runabout]] accidentally shoots Autobot double agent"
** "[[Runamuck (Animated)|Runamuck]] forgets to encrypt signal"
** "Atlas War on [[Combatron (planet)|Combatron]]"
** "[[Machine Wars: Transformers|Machine Wars]] on [[Vehicon (planet)|Vehicon]]"
** "Pangea Wars on [[Gigantion]]"
** "Asphalt Wars on [[Velocitron]]"
** "War of the Dunes on [[Praum|Praun]]"
** "[[3D Battle-Card Game#Energon Wars|Energon Wars]] destroy Paradron"
** "[[Time Wars]] in Salvvatan System"
** "[[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] on [[Animatron]]"
* Pg 106 - Soundwave's prototype minions are [[Buzzsaw (Animated)|Buzzsaw]], [[Sunder (Animated)|Sunder]], [[Garboil (Animated)|Garboil]], and [[Wingthing (Animated)|Wingthing]]. These were all partners of [[Soundwave (G1)|G1 Soundwave]] or redecoes of [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]].

===Real-world references===
* ''Ninja Gladiator'''s character roster includes [[Snake-Eyes]], Hudson from ''Gargoyles'', Felina Feral from ''SWAT Kats'', Big Boss from ''COPS'', Giizmo from ''Superbook'', Miles Mayhem from ''MASK'', Steelgrave from ''Starriors'' and Turbo-Teen. The "secret code" is the famous [[wikipedia:Konami Code|Konami Code]].

==Chapter 5 - Cybertron==
* Cybertron and its moons by Ultra Magnus
* The [[Hadeen System]] by Cosmos
* Stellar Cartography by Swindle
* [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] by Captain Fanzone
* The [[Metroplex (Animated)|Metroplex]] by Alpha Trion
* [[Longarm (Animated)|Longarm]]'s office by Cliffjumper
* Infirmary by Arcee
* [[Fortress Maximus (Animated)|Fortress Maximus]] by Sentinel Prime
* [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] by Brawn
* [[Cyber-Ninja Dojo]] by Lockdown
* [[Space bridge nexus|Spacebridge Nexus]] by Bulkhead

===Transformers references===
*Pg 110 - Cybertron's two moons are called [[Moonbase One]] and [[Moonbase Two]].
*Pg 112 - Planets in the Hadeen System include [[Dread (planet)|Dread]] and [[Thrush]]. There is also an [[Autobot Mausoleum]].
*Pg 114-115 - Planets/sections in the galaxy include the [[Benzuli Expanse]], [[Mumu-Obscura]], [[Gorlam Prime]] and Protos, the location of the lab of [[Primacron (Animated)|Primacron]].
*Pg 122-123 - Ultra Magnus's predecessor is [[Powered Convoy (Animated)|Powered Convoy]].
*Pg 125 - On the menu for Maccadam's there are several pictures of the heads of various Transformers characters from across the multi-verse. These include Sky Lynx, Barricade, Chromia, Stampy, Hellbat, Cy-kill, Antagony, Blaster, Tarantulas, Clipper, Mindwipe, Cheetor represented as remold of Blurr with new head pieces representing two ears, and Sky-Byte as a freaky grinning four eyed shark. One of the weeknight drink specials is the Latta Collins. [[Chris Latta]] was a voice actor for the G1 cartoon, and sometimes went under "Christopher Collins". Furthermore, under 'Oils and Other Fuels', there is a drink called 'Michelobay.' This is a reference to the director of the live-action Transformers movies, [[Michael Bay]].
*Pg 128 - [[Space bridge nexus|Spacebridge Nexus]]'s full name is the "[[Xaaron|Emirate Xarron]] {{sic}} Spacebridge Nexus".

===Real-world references===
* Pg 112-113: There are numerous references here, many of them to classic sci-fi and fantasy.
** Aouda Fogg is the wife of Phileas Fogg, the main character of ''[[wikipedia:Around The World in Eighty Days|Around The World in Eighty Days]]''. Tom Ayrton was a character in ''[[wikipedia:The Mysterious Island|The Mysterious Island]]''. Both are works by [[Jules Verne]].
** Frehley's Comet was a band headed by [[wikipedia:Ace Frehley|Ace Frehley]], a member of [[wikipedia:KISS|KISS]].
** Thuvia, Kerchak and Kala are all characters created by [[wikipedia:Edgar Rice Burroughs|Edgar Rice Burroughs]]. The former is from the [[wikipedia:Barsoom|Barsoom]] novels (she was introduced in the eponymous novel ''[[wikipedia:Thuvia, Maid of Mars|Thuvia, Maid of Mars]]''), while the latter are characters from the ''[[wikipedia:Tarzan|Tarzan]]'' novels.
** Tsathoggua and Eibon are from the [[wikipedia:Cthulhu Mythos|Cthulhu Mythos]]. The latter is a priest of the former, and both were created by [[wikipedia:Clark Ashton Smith|Clark Ashton Smith]].
** Belegaer is a sea from ''[[wikipedia:The Lord of the Rings|The Lord of the Rings]]'' by [[wikipedia:J. R. R. Tolkien|J. R. R. Tolkien]].
** Thulsa Doom is a character created by [[wikipedia:Robert E. Howard|Robert E. Howard]] and is most well known as the villain from the film ''[[wikipedia:Conan The Barbarian|Conan The Barbarian]]''. All of the planet's moons are the names of Howard creations, with "Gwalhar" derived from the land of Gwalhur.

* Pg 114-115: There are dozens of references to fictional planets on these two pages alone.
** Rimmerworld, a planet from the ''[[wikipedia:Red Dwarf|Red Dwarf]]'' [[wikipedia:Rimmerworld|episode of the same name]] inhabited solely by backstabbing weasely smeg head clones, appears here.
** Marklar is a reference to a planet in the ''[[wikipedia: South Park|South Park]]'' episode "[[wikipedia:Starvin' Marvin in Space|Starvin' Marvin in Space]]".
** [[wikia:c:tardis:Skaro|Skaro]] is the home planet of the [[Dalek]]s. [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] comments about needing a Mark III Travel Machine, the shell of a Dalek as named in their origin story "[[wikia:c:tardis:Genesis of the Daleks|Genesis of the Daleks]]".
** Nintenduu LXIV is a reference to the planet Nintendu 64 in Fry's segment of the ''[[wikipedia:Futurama|Futurama]]'' episode "[[wikipedia:Anthology of Interest II|Anthology of Interest II]]", itself a reference to the Nintendo 64 console.
** Zeotopia and the subsequent comments by Swindle about the Sectoids and Reptosaurs are all reference to the now defunct [[Hasbro]] toyline called [http://www.16bit.com/xevoztoys.asp Xevoz]. If you don't get these references, [http://www.shortpacked.com/blog/2005/11/09/xevoz/ you are a monster.]
**Thundera is a reference to the original home world of the [[wikipedia:ThunderCats|ThunderCats]].
**[[wikipedia:Eternia|Eternia]] is the setting for [[wikipedia:He-man|He-Man]] and the [[wikipedia:Masters of the Universe|Masters of the Universe]].
**Ceti-Alpha VII is likely a reference to the system of planets from the Star Trek universe most noted for being the system in which [[wikipedia:Khan Noonien Singh|Khan]] was stranded.
*** Sarpeidon is the location of the penultimate episode of the original ''Star Trek''.
**Thra and its valuable crystals are a reference to the planet that provides the setting for ''[[wikipedia:The Dark Crystal|The Dark Crystal]]''
**Druidia is a reference to the planet in ''[[wikipedia:Spaceballs|Spaceballs]]''
**Necronom IV, is a reference of the painting of the same name by Swiss surrealist artist H. R. Giger, done as concept art for the Xenomorph in the origonal [[wikipedia:Alien (film)|Alien]] film.
**Yautja, is a reference to the species name of the [[wikipedia:Predator (alien)|Predators]]. The message written below is in the script of the Predators, as seen most famously on their self-destruct devices.
** Tencton is the home planet of the Tenctonese from ''[[wikipedia:Alien Nation|Alien Nation]]''.
** Ork is the home of Mork from ''[[wikipedia:Mork and Mindy|Mork and Mindy]]''. The nearby planet of Melmac is the home of Alf from his [[wikipedia:Alf|titular television show]].
** Fleed is the home planet of Duke Fleed, pilot of the giant mecha [[wikipedia:Grendizer|Grendizer]] and star of that series
** Magrathea is from ''[[wikipedia:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]].
** Krankor is the home of the Phantom of Krankor from ''[[wikipedia: Prince of Space|Prince of Space]]'', which was presented on ''Mystery Science Theatre 3000''.
** Hala is the home world of the Kree from [[Marvel Comics]], who indirectly gave [[Ms. Marvel]] her powers.
** Fhloston refers to Fhloston Paradise, from the film ''[[wikipedia:The Fifth Element|The Fifth Element]]''.
** Giedi Prime is from the novel ''[[wikipedia:Dune|Dune]]'' by [[wikipedia:Frank Herbert|Frank Herbert]].
** Z'ha'dum is from the television series ''[[wikipedia:Babylon 5|Babylon 5]]''.
** Maxie's World refers to an animated series [[wikipedia:Maxie's World|of the same name]] created by [[Hasbro]].
** Reptizar is a world from the television show ''[[wikipedia:ShadowRaiders|Shadow Raiders]]''.
** Arus is the home planet of the giant robot ''[[wikipedia:Voltron|Voltron]]''. Planet Doom is the enemy world nearby.
** Vhoorl is another reference to the Cthulhu Mythos — namely, the planet of the titular god's birth.
** Tau Ceti Center and Qom-Riyadh are references to the ''[[wikipedia:Hyperion Cantos|Hyperion Cantos]]'' by author Dan Simmons.
** SR388 is the home planet of the Metroids from the [[wikipedia:Metroid|video game series of the same name]]. The planet being listed as destroyed is a reference to the final events of ''[[wikipedia:Metroid Fusion|Metroid Fusion]]''.
** Kinmoku is the home planet of the Sailor Starlights and Princess Kakyuu in Sailor Moon.

==Chapter 6 - Settings==
* Cyberspace by Prowl
* [[Burger Bot]] by Sari Sumdac
* [[Tigatron Stadium]] by Lugnut
* [[Fossil Fuel]] by Dirtboss
* Soundwave's lab by Sari
* Unknown locale by Blackarachnia

===Transformers references===
* Pg 135 - Burger Bot's mascot is [[B.O.T. (G1)|B.O.T.]]. Some of the presidents are [[Tommy Kennedy (Animated)|Tommy Kennedy]], [[Elaine Nakamura]], and [[Walter Barnett (Animated)|Walter Barnett]]. Also, [[Cobra Commander]]'s face is on [[Mount Rushmore]].
* Pg 136 - Lugnut complains about [[Tigatron Stadium]], lamenting that he misses the [[Jekka Amphitheatre]].
* Pg. 139 - Blackarachnia wonders "where the [[Pit]] am I?".

===Real-world references===

==Chapter 7 - Project Omega==
* [[Omega Laboratory]] by Ratchet
* Autobot workers by Blitzwing
* [[Sigma Supreme|Steelhaven]] by Ultra Magnus
** Steelhaven cargo by Swindle
** Steelhaven brig by Sunstorm
** Steelhaven infrastructure by Optimus Prime
** Steelhaven Energon storage by Jazz
** Steelhaven schematics by Perceptor
* [[Lugnut Supreme]] by Starscream

===Transformers references===
* Override Prime is an homage to [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Transformers: Cybertron]].''
* Kappa Supreme's codename, Chromia X, is a reference to the [[Chromia 10|pursuit ship]] used by [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] in [[Dawn of Future's Past]].
* The name of Alpha Supreme's ship mode is the ''Axalon'', the name of the ship used by the Maximals in ''Beast Wars''. His mentor bot also happens to be Primal Major, a reference to the Maximal leader Optimus Primal from the same series.
* Big Bang Prime is an homage to the ''very'' obscure [[Big Bang]] from ''[[Transformers: Return of Convoy (franchise)|Return of Convoy]]''.
* Zeta Supreme's designation, the ''Xantium'', and the Autobot he was bonded to, Impactor Major, as well as him being home to the Wreckers, are all references to the Generation 1 [[Wrecker]]s, their former leader, [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]], and their starship, the ''[[Xantium (G1)|Xantium]]''.
* A comic strip called "[[Boxtron]]" is seen, written by a [[Donny Finkleberg|D. Finkleberg]].

===Real-world references===

==Section I - Toy Design==
Details the processes behind designing each toy, and how Hasbro, Takara, and Cartoon Network worked together to make them possible.

==Section II - Animation==
This section is about the general production of the series, including design, the first treatment for the show, how the show evolved from season to season, casting, scripts, post-production, and of course, animation.

==Section III - Season Four==
Contains info on what would have happened if season four was made. Hasbro and Cartoon Network collaborated extensively on what such a thing would be like.

*The season's theme would be energon, since the Allspark left energon deposits all over Detroit and the surrounding area.
*There would be more on Sari's origin and Blackarachnia would have a growing army of Predacons.
*Sari and Bulkhead would stay on Cybertron to continue Sari's education and to protect the energon farms from Decepticons.
*Among the main characters, Ironhide would receive an Earth mode and replace Bulkhead, and Jazz would replace Prowl.
*Bludgeon would have appeared, as a pirate.
*Ultra Magnus was planned to go offline after being attacked by [[Shockwave (Animated)|our favorite double agent]] back in Season 3.
*Some episode proposals were listed:
** "The Trial of Megatron" - Three-part season premiere; Sari wants to learn more about her origins, Sentinel tries to become Magnus, Bulkhead's hometown is targeted by Decepticons, Megatron relocates Kaon to Earth using his trial as a distraction, and there is a spectacular prison break.
** "Allspark-alypse Now!" - Sentinel comes to Earth and intends to use the AllSpark to kill Megatron, as Prowl's ghost inhabits Cybertronians powered by AllSpark fragments, telling Optimus about the consequences of Sentinel's ideas.
** "S.T.E.A.M." - The Autobots are forced to save their detractors when the steampunk tool-using, anti-technological Luddites of "Save The Earth And Mankind" run afoul of Soundwave.
** "Mirror, Mirror" - Bulkhead and Sari enter [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|a mirror universe with evil Autobots and heroic Decepticons]].
** "Gremlins in the Gears" - The Minicons who run Kaon disassemble all machinery in Detroit, and Ratchet and Fanzone have to stop them.
** "It Came from Planet Cybertron" - Cosmos has an important message for Optimus, and comes to Earth to tell him. He loses his memory after scanning a prop flying saucer from a B-movie's set, and hi-jinks ensue.
** "Turf War" - The Constructicons battle with the Decepticons over control of the energon in Detroit.
** "Megatron Must Be Destroyed!" - The two-part season finale (series finale?) would have had Megatron's machinations threaten the entire planet. Optimus gathers as many allies as imaginable to defeat Megatron once and for all.

Three rejected toy concepts were shown: Marauder Megatron (Megatron in a new body, and as a [[Triple Changer]]), Hot Shot (an Earth-mode toy inspired by his [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 Universe]] figure), and Powermaster Optimus Prime (would have combined with a trailer and a Minicon to improve his size and power, looking similar to the original Powermaster Prime). Hot Shot and Megatron made it as far as the prototype stage, but Powermaster Prime existed only as concept art. There is a note from Hasbro outright stating that they will never be released, despite their wishes.

==Section IV - Toy Gallery==
[[Stock photography]] of every toy released in the [[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated toyline]], including some that were completed, yet not released. There is a note from Hasbro stating that some of the unreleased toys might see the light of day in some form.

==Section V - Packaging Art==
Discusses and shows off each toy's "action" package art (mass released and otherwise), drawn by [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] and [[Marcelo Matere]].

==Section VI - The Cast==
Presents information and photos of the main members of the voice cast: [[David Kaye]], [[Tara Strong]], [[Corey Burton]], [[Bumper Robinson]], [[Jeff Glen Bennett|Jeff Bennett]], [[Bill Fagerbakke]], [[Tom Kenny]], [[Cree Summer]], [[Townsend Coleman]], and [[Phil LaMarr]].

==Interstitials==

==Literary elements==
Including the copyright information, title page, foreword and afterwords, notes from the authors and acknowledgments.

==Notes==
* Cover artist [[Marcelo Matere]] recreates some of his own [[package art]] on the cover. That's probably a first.
* [[Hiroyuki Otoboto]]'s quote contains 「思ったよりも本のサイズが大きくてびっくり！」 ("I was amazed—the book was even bigger than I expected!"), which was manga artist [[Naoto Tsushima]]'s reaction that he tweeted after importing the [[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|first volume.]] <ref>[http://twitvideo.jp/00VMB Tsushima's TwitVideo with "The AllSpark Almanac"]</ref>
* This book is terribly inconsistent about whether it's volume "2" or "II". It says "2" on the spine, "II" on the front cover, "2" in the indicia, and "II" on the title page. The "most legal" title is probably the one in the indicia, "TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED: THE ALLSPARK ALMANAC, VOL. 2". For the title of this page, we went with the cover title.

===Errors===
* The cover depicts Bumblebee playing with Roll Out Command Optimus Prime, but the box beside him is that of Prime's Voyager-sized toy. It also depicts the Leader Class Bulkhead's buzzsaw on the wrong arm.
* On the back cover, the quote for Hiroyuki is mistakenly written as 「小さい頃、超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマーの本この本に等しかったな。懐かしいない... 思ったよりも本のサイズが大きくてびっくり！」 ("When I was young, [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]] did have a book that was something like this. I didn't miss it... I was amazed—the book was even bigger than I expected!"). The correct form should have been 「小さい頃、『超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー』の本この本に等しかったない。懐かしいな... 思ったよりも本のサイズが大きくてびっくり！」 ("When I was young, 'Super Robot Lifeform Transformers' didn't have a book that was something like this. How nostalgic... I was amazed—the book was even bigger than I expected!").
* On p. 12, "splitting" is misspelled "spitting".
* On p. 48, Blackarachnia's name is misspelled "Blacharachnia".
* On p. 52, the text says that [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]] "bristles with ordinance". "Ordinances" are local laws; "ordnance" is weaponry.
* On p. 58, "posses" is misspelled "poses".
* On p. 114, in the text at the top, "[[Vestial Imperium]]" is misspelled "Vestal".
* On p. 128, "Xaaron" is misspelled "Xarron".
* On p. 139, "primitive" is misspelled "primative".
* On p. 217, "Sunstreaker" is misspelled "sunstreak"

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.angelfire.com/anime2/digipedia/annotatedalmanac2.html The Annotated AllSpark Almanac II], a 98% complete listing of the hidden references in the book

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Brian Dobson

2015-09-06T09:06:22Z

Hyperdudeman: /* Armada */

{{disambig3|Brian}}
[[Image:DobsonOppenheimerSkeletorTeamup.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Nyeh!" "Nyeeh!" "NYEEEH!" "NYEEEEH!! ]]
'''Brian Dobson''' (born [[May 7]], [[1973]]) is a Canadian voice actor, and is the brother of fellow voice actors [[Paul Dobson|Paul]] and [[Michael Dobson]]. Some of his roles include Skeletor from the 2002 ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'', the [[Thing]] from ''[[Fantastic Four|Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes]]'', Uncle Dumpling from ''Pucca'', [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]] from ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe: Spy Troops]]'' and ''G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom'' and Martin Dacosta from ''Gundam Seed''.

==Voice Roles==
===''Armada''===
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]
*[[Sentinel Minor (Armada)|Sentinel Minor]]

===''Cybertron''===
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]
*[[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]]

===''Timelines''===
*[[K-9]]

===Transformers: Go-Bots===
*[[Silver-Bot]]
*[[Strong-Bot]]

==Convention guest==
* [[BotCon 2005]]

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0229889/ Brian Dobson at the Internet Movie Database]

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Johnny 5

2015-09-02T06:36:10Z

Hyperdudeman: /* Notes */

:''Johnny 5 is a robot from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Animated Johnny 5.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Shockwave (G1)|It doesn't get happy, it doesn't get sad, it just runs programs!]]]]

'''Johnny 5''' is a robot of unknown alignment.

==Fiction==
===''The AllSpark Almanac''===
Johnny 5 must have been very popular at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]], as he was on their menu. {{Storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}} After [[Natasha Pyraniac]]'s timeline alterations were undone, he was replaced on the Maccadam's menu by [[Discord (animal)|Discord]]. {{storylink|The Complete AllSpark Almanac}}

===''Ask Vector Prime''===
When asked why Johnny 5 was in the Transformers multiverse, [[Vector Prime (Cybertron)|Vector Prime]] responded: "Why are you in the multiverse?" {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

==Notes==
*Johnny 5 is the main character of ''[[Wikipedia:Short Circuit (1986 film)|Short Circuit]]''.

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Starscream (G1)/toys

2013-08-18T20:38:05Z

Hyperdudeman: /* Encore */

{{suite}}[[Image:MP Starscream book cover art.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Next person who says '[[Dull surprise]]' gets a null-ray to the face!"]]
Many toys have been made of [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] '''[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]''', enough to warrant this page!

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Starscream toy.jpg|right|400px|thumb|[[Skywarp (G1)/toys|Then]] [[Sunstorm (G1)|about]] [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys|eight]] [[:Image:G1BlackStarscream toy.jpg|million]] [[Seeker (body-type)|redecos]] [[E-HOBBY|followed]].]]
* '''Starscream''' (Decepticon Jet, 1984/1985/1986)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''22'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null-rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear

: Starscream's first toy began life as "Jet Robo" from the ''[[Diaclone]]'' line, transforming into a grey, red and blue F-15 Eagle fighter jet. To transform Starscream, one must essentially take most of his plane parts off and transform his body, then reattach most of plane parts on again, along with the addition of two blue fists. If you don't mind being fiddly, though, transformation can certainly be achieved by only removing the fists, weapons and landing gear (which can store in Starscream's cockpit). Owing to the modular nature of his design and the fact that it is impossible to store all the parts in either mode, it can be quite difficult to find an intact original set of this toy.

:Starscream is armed with a pair of missile launchers that mount on his arms in robot mode, and under his wings in jet mode, with a pair of specialized projectiles for each. In jet mode, two short "[[cluster bomb]]" projectiles are fitted into the launchers to make them resemble the drop tanks a real F-15 carries, while in robot mode, they are replaced with the long barrels of Starscream's [[null-ray]]s. The original ''Diaclone'' version of the mold featured spring-loaded firing mechanisms in these launchers; while this feature was removed for the [[Hasbro]] release of the toy, it was left intact for the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] version, and all subsequent reissues.

:The ''Diaclone'' version of the Starscream mold featured tailfins with solid tips and solid fists, and both these features carried over to the earliest ''Transformers'' edition of the future. Soon, however, the ''Transformers'' mold was modified to add hollow tips to the fins, and tabs to the insides of the fists to allow them to hold onto his arms tighter, resulting in a visible slit on either side of each one. These altered versions became the standard for all subsequent reissues of the mold. Like all his 1984 brethren, a [[rubsign]] was added to Starscream in 1985.

: Starscream's mold was [[Redeco|redecoed]] into the concurrently-available [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)/toys|Skywarp]]. It would later be redecoed again to make [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], and [[Retool|retooled]] into [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]. On top of this, given his role as a major Generation 1 character, Starscream himself would be reissued many times down the years; this article strives to list each reissue of the figure under its own header. The long lifespan of his toy actually began in 1986, when Starscream remained part of the assortment for that year despite the departure of nearly every other 1984 toy from store shelves.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on Generation 1 Starscream at TFU.info]''
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[[Image:G1toy_goodbye_megatron.jpg|right|thumb|300px|More of a "See ya later", really]]
* '''Good Bye Megatron''' (Multi-pack, 1986)
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear

:The second release of Starscream's toy came with this Japanese-exclusive two-pack, which saw him packaged alongside [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]], in commemoration of the Decepticon leader's passing ([[Galvatron (G1)|of sorts]]) in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. Starscream himself was ''actually'' dead, but where was his "Good Bye Starscream" set, eh?

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[[Image:PretenderStarscream toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|You can tell he's evil because he's spiky.]]
* '''Starscream''' (Classic Pretender, 1989)
**''Accessories'': 2-part Pretender shell, helmet, left & right wings, left & right "lasers"/tail wings, rifle
:The first new Starscream toy since the original brought the treacherous Air Commander back as a [[Classic Pretender]]. He still transforms into a grey, red and blue F-15 fighter jet, though his vehicle mode now borders on the [[super deformed]]. He is armed with a pair of blue lasers, which become his tail fins in jet mode.

:Starscream's two-piece [[Pretender]] shell resembles a human in a teal, grey and brown space armored suit with a removable helmet. The shell is armed with a large blue rifle, and while Starscream is stored inside it, his removable grey wings store in holes on the shell's back. There is, however, nowhere to store Starscream's tail fins.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on Classic Pretender Starscream at TFU.info]

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[[Image:G1toy_legends_starscream.jpg|right|thumb]]
* '''Starscream''' (Legends, 1989)
**''Accessories'': Left & right wings, left & right "lasers"/tail wings

:The inner robot of Pretender Starscream was also sold as a [[Kmart]] [[exclusive]] "[[Legends (G1)|Legends]]" figure, sans its shell and its accessories. It was otherwise identical to the Classic Pretender release.
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[[Image:G1toy_japanese_legends_giftset.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Odd 'Con out]]
* '''Hero Set''' (Multi-pack, 1989)
**''Accessories'': Left & right wings, left & right "lasers"/tail wings

:Released exclusively in Japan ''instead'' of the individual Classic Pretender figures, rather than in addition to them, this giftset contained the "Legends" versions of Pretender Starscream and his fellow Classic Pretenders, [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Legend|Bumblebee]], [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Legend|Jazz]], and [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Legend|Grimlock]]. This version of Starscream featured a silver face, as opposed to the Hasbro version's black.

:In Italy, [[GiG]] also forewent releasing the individual Classic Pretenders, and instead released their own version of the Hero Set named "Set Commandos". These versions of the toys were identical to the Japanese "Hero Set" versions.

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[[Image:ActionmasterStarscream toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|He loved the gray helmet so much, he used it again.]]
* '''Starscream''' (Action Master, 1990)
**''Accessories:'' Turbo Jet, rifle, 2 missiles

: [[Action Master]] Starscream is a non-transforming action figure based loosely on his cartoon [[character model]], but using a color scheme derived from the Pretender toy. His main accessory is the [[Turbo Jet]], a small personal attack craft that Starscream can set astride like a motorcycle. The Turbo Jet rolls on three small wheels, and can transform into a gun emplacement.

: This mold was [[Redeco|redecoed]] as [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#ActionMaster|Action Master Thundercracker]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on Action Master Starscream at TFU.info]''
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[[Image:G1toy_2001_starscream_reissue.jpg|right|thumb|300px|In a box, no one can hear you 'Scream]]
*'''Starscream''' (Re-issue, 2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''22'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear

:The first of numerous reissues of the original Generation 1 Starscream toy in the 21st century, this Japanese release of the figure included functional spring-loaded launchers, and was also simultaneously available as three different exclusive redecos, listed below.

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[[Image:GhostStarscream toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Wait a minute. Since when do ghosts have painted metal chests?]]
* '''Starscream Ghost Version''' (e-Hobby Exclusive, 2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''22'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear

: Available concurrently with the 2001 reissue of the original Generation 1 Starscream figure, "Starscream Ghost Version" is an [[e-HOBBY]] [[exclusive]] redeco of the 2001 Starscream reissue, cast almost entirely in translucent plastics (except for those parts made of die-cast metal) in homage to Starscream's tenure as a ghost in the third season of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]]. To make the toy further match Starscream's cartoon appearance, it features a notably lighter shade of blue, and a translucent orange cockpit as opposed to the traditional smoky grey. The toy came in unique monochrome-blue window box packaging featuring [[CGI]] artwork of Starscream.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Decepticon/StarscreamClear/starscream.htm More information on Starscream Ghost Version at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:G1BlackStarscream toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Who am I again?]]
* '''Starscream Black Version''' (e-Hobby Exclusive, 2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''22'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear

: The second e-Hobby-exclusive redeco available concurrently with the 2001 reissue of the original Generation 1 Starscream toy, "Starscream Black Version" sports a color scheme loosely based upon ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers|Machine Wars]]'' [[#Machine_Wars|Starscream]], despite the only real point of similarity being that they're both black. The toy's [[bio]] makes a rare fictional reference to ''Machine Wars'', describing the events of the series in the past tense. The toy shared the window-box packaging of the "Ghost Version" (see above), except it's box was monochrome-black.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Decepticon/StarscreamBlack/starscream.htm More information on Starscream Black Version at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:Secret Starscream.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Songs are made of mystery... and clouds are made of moonbeams... Secret Starscream.]]
* '''Starscream Secret Version''' (Lucky Draw figure, 2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''22'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear

: The third exclusive redeco of the original Generation 1 Starscream toy released alongside the 2001 reissues, "Starscream Secret Version" was available through the [[Lucky Draw figure|Lucky Draw]] contest held in conjunction with the first edition of ''[[Transformers Generations]]'' (with a ''[[Super Collection Figure]]'' Skywarp figurine as second prize). The figure was limited to only ''five'' pieces, making it one of the rarest officially-released ''Transformers'' toys in the world, and to cap it off, the toy was not actually ''shown'' during the contest, hence its "Secret" moniker. Given its amazingly limited availability, it was not even 100% known ''what the toy looked like'' until a picture of it appeared in ''[[Transformers Generations 2009]]'', showing it as being primarily clear and colorless. Prior to this appearance, it was suggested that both this toy and the ''SCF'' Skywarp were ''not'' officially released, due to the bankruptcy of ''Generations'' publisher [[Keibunsha]]. Whether or not this scenario is accurate is still unknown at this time, as no one has publicly translated the text regarding the figure from ''Generations 2009''.

::*''[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1219/Collectors+Edition+Japanese/Secret+Starscream.html More information on what is probably Starscream Secret Version at Transformers @ The Moon]''
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===Generation 2===
[[Image:G2Starscream toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|With my camouflaged wings, I'll appear to be merely a fuselage flying through the sky!]]
* '''Starscream''' (Decepticon Jet, 1993)
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear, 2 missile launchers, 3 missiles, sound/light energy unit

:Starscream's ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' release is a slight [[retool]] of his original toy, armed with new, functional spring-loaded launchers and missiles, and an electronic light-and-sound "energy unit" in the shape of a tank. The electronic box lights up with the press of either button, and emits electronic "machine gun" or "jet engine" noises. In robot mode, the box attaches to Starscream's back; in jet mode, it plugs into his tail-end.

:The new accessories were also used, in different colors, for ''Generation 2'' Ramjet.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on Generation 2 Starscream at TFU.info]''
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[[Image:G2toy_ATB_megs_and_screamer.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Transforms from backstabber to backpack and back!]]
*'''Megatron''' (Unreleased)
**''Accessories'': 12 missiles, 2 missiles launchers

: A planned-but-canceled redeco of ''Generation 2'' [[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]], "Advanced Tactical Bomber" Megatron would have come with Starscream, a redeco of Dreadwing's partner [[Smokescreen (G2)|Smokescreen]]. The pair could combine into the "flying wing" Advanced Tactical Bomber, while Starscream coud detach to become a smaller solo jet, leaving Megatron to transform into a treaded tank mode. According the Toy Fair 1995 Transformers presentation, the toy's missiles were intended to glow in the dark.

: This toy's deco (but not the glow-in-the-dark missiles) was used to make ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars II]]'''s [[BB]] and [[Starscream (BWII)|Starscream]] out of the same mold-set. This mold was also used to make ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Dreadwind (RID)|Dreadwind]] and [[Smokejumper]], while Starscream's mold was sold separately during the ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]'' line as [[Smokesniper]].

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===Machine Wars===
* '''Starscream''' (Ultra, 1997)[[Image:MWStarscream Toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I have no mouth and I must Starscream.]]
**''Accessories:'' 10 missiles
: Starscream's ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers|Machine Wars]]'' incarnation is a redeco of the [[Predator (subgroup)|Predator]] [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]], transforming into a large bomber jet based vaguely upon an SR-71 Blackbird. The main feature of the toy is its "carpet bombing" gimmick; each wing contains a drum that holds up to four missiles, which drop out as the drum is rotated. A further two missiles can also store on each wing, and one on each side of his fuselage, but while Skyquake came with enough missiles to fill all these ports, Starscream only comes with ten. The short length of the missiles necessary for this gimmick to function means that Starscream does not come with Skyquake's firing missile launcher, since the missiles are shorter than [[for safety reasons|safety reasons]] allow, although it is incorrectly shown on his packaging. Starscream also lacks Skyquake's [[Megavisor]] gimmick.

:Starscream is known to have come with either pale grey missiles, better fitting his new color scheme, or bright green missiles like Skyquake's.

: This mold was later redecoed to make [[King Atlas]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on Machine Wars Starscream at TFU.info]''

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===Transtech===
[[Image:Starscream-transtech.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Obscure both by design and by accident]]
* '''Starscream'''

: Starscream would have been made available in the aborted ''[[Transcendent Technomorph|Transtech]]'' series in 2001. Control art and early [[Prototype]] images have surfaced, showing that the toy would have been at the Deluxe scale and featured internal lighting mechanisms that changed color depending on its mode. The toy is clearly a homage to his ''Machine Wars'' body, which at the time of ''Transtech's'' intended release would have been the last form Starscream had inhabited in American markets.

: In 2008, this design would be [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as the [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTech]] universe's [[Starscream (TransTech)|Starscream]].

: This design was revived by [[Draxhall Jump]] when they were contracted to create the ''[[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] Megamorphs'' line for Toy Biz; Starscream ultimately became the [[Iron Man]] toy.

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===Commemorative Series===
[[Image:G1toy_commemorative_starscream.jpg|right|thumb|300px|He's back, with a big boost of confidence.]]
*'''Starscream''' (2003)
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null-rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear

:The first reissue of the original Starscream toy in North America since the Generation 1 toyline reached its end, this "[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]]" edition of the figure was a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive. It featured functional missile launchers for the first time on a Hasbro version of the toy, but because the launchers now worked, both sets of missiles had to be lengthened [[for safety reasons]]. This didn't work out ''so'' badly with the null-rays, but the cluster bombs just wound up looking ''stupid''.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/CSStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Commemorative Series Starscream at TFU.info]''
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===Transformers Collection===

*'''Starscream''' (2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''9'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null-rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear, two-piece gun-mode Megatron, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] fist

:As another in an increasingly large number of reissues of the original Generation 1 Starscream toy, this entry in the Japanese-exclusive ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' line of reissues decided to mix things up by giving the figure a full-scale redeco into [[show-accuracy|show-accurate]] colors. His blue plastic became much lighter, while his cockpit was made bright orange, and even featured new grey paint applications running across it. Several of his stickers were replaced with new, show-accurate paint applications, including new wing-stripes and [[tampograph]]ed Decepticon symbols on his wings and nosecone (of course, Starscream didn't have one on his nosecone in the cartoon, so it isn't perfect!).

:Starscream's fists were remolded with new circular peg-holes so he could wield his missile launchers in his hands, which also worked in conjunction with a new tab on the fists' undersides to allow him to hold his new accessory: Megatron in gun mode. This miniature Megatron splits into two pieces at the handle, with each half plugging into the new hole and tab added to each of Starscream's fists. Megatron can also plug into Starscream's underside in jet mode, replicating the time the characters linked up in this fashion in the cartoon episode, "[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]". The set also came with a remolded fist for the original Optimus Prime toy, allowing him to hold the Megatron accessory, and a DVD featuring a trailer for the upcoming Playstation 2 video game ''[[The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers]]'' and Japanese toy [[commercial]]s for Optimus Prime, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Destron/AnimeStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Transformers Collection Starscream at TFU.info]''

===Smallest Transforming Transformers===
[[Image:STFStarscream toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I will rule all the redecos, Megatron!]]
* '''Starscream''' (2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''GTF-03'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers/cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tailfins

: Standing at only two inches tall, ''[[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]'' Starscream is a ''very'' small-scale simplification of the original Starscream toy. It retains a surprising amount of the larger toy's functionality and accessories, except its tail fins and wings are combined into single pieces, and his null rays and landing gear are left out.

:This mold was, of course, redecoed into ''Smallest Transforming'' versions of Skywarp and Thundercracker, and retooled into Thrust.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Destron/SmallestStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Smallest Transforming Starscream at TFU.info]''

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===Robotmasters===
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RM-12'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 null rays, 2 missile pods[[Image:RobotMastersStarscream toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I have thighs?]]

: Starscream's ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]'' toy is a re-imagining of the original Generation 1 figure, retaining its basic transformation scheme, but designed to be closer to the animation model, with greater articulation and integrated parts that do not require detachment during transformation. The only pieces that now need to be removed are Starscream's null ray rifles, which move from his wings to his arms. He has three peg-holes on each arm, allowing the null rays to be mounted on his shoulders, on his forearms, or in his fists. These holes are also designed to accommodate the generic spring-loaded missile launcher weapon included with ''Robotmasters'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Robotmasters|G1 Convoy]], [[Optimus Primal/toys#Robotmasters|Beast Convoy]] and [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Robotmasters|Beast Megatron]].

:Starscream came with two "missile pods" based on weapons Starscream used but once, in the Generation 1 cartoon episode "[[Fire on the Mountain]]". These chromed accessories plug into the square holes in Starscream's chest, and feature opening covers that reveal (non-firing) missiles within.

: This mold was redecoed into ''Robotmasters'' [[Skywarp (G1)/toys|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys|Thundercracker]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Destron/RMStarscream/starscream.htm More information on ''Robotmasters Starscream'' at TFU.info]''
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[[Image:Robot Masters black starscream.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Okay now I feel used. That's much better.]]
*'''Starscream Limited Black Version''' (Deluxe, 2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RM-12'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 null rays, 2 missile pods, Jamming Trident

: Available only via mail-order through ''[[Figure Ō]]'' No. 80, the "Limited Black Version" of Starscream is just that: a straight [[black repaint]] of the Starscream toy, replacing the original toy's blue, red and the grey of his wings with black. He comes with all his original accessories, as well as a gold-chromed version of the "Jamming Trident" [[Solitarium]] weapon that came with [[Wingstun]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Destron/HHStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Starscream Limited Black Version at TFU.info]''

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===Masterpiece===
[[Image:MasterpieceStarscream toy.jpg|right|375px|thumb|And the fandom complained (and rejoiced).]]
* '''Starscream''' (2006)
**''ID number:'' '''MP-3'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 null rays, 2 missile racks, Doctor Arkeville pilot figurine, gun clip, two-piece display stand

:The second new mold in [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece| Masterpiece]]'' line, this highly-detailed version of Starscream is the "odd man out" of the series, eschewing the slavish cartoon-accuracy of the other ''Masterpiece'' figures in favor of creating as accurate an F-15 Eagle alternate mode as possible, with a somewhat more stylized robot mode. The toy features several unobtrusive built-in gimmicks, including ''numerous'' opening panels on his jet-mode surface (highlighting the attention this mode received), flip-up panels in his chest that reveal missile racks based on the weapons seen in the Generation 1 episode "Fire on the Mountain", and a rotating face that allows Starscream to switch his expression from stony-faced to sneering. Owners of the toy are given quite a few customization options, as Starscream comes with an extensive sheet of sticker decals, including variously sized Decepticon symbols, and squadron numbers and markings, including one of [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]!

:In addition to his built-in features, Starscream comes with several accessories. He is armed with both his traditional null-ray rifles, but his familiar cluster bombs are replaced with a rack of (slightly inaccurate) Sidewinder missiles. He also comes with a clip that mounts under his nosecone, allowing him to hold the Megatron pistol accessory that came with [[Optimus_Prime_(G1)/toys#20th_Anniversary.2FMasterpiece|''20th Anniversary'' Optimus Prime]] in emulation of the way the characters linked up in "S.O.S. Dinobots", and a small figurine of [[Doctor Arkeville]], his partner in crime from several first-season episodes of the Generation 1 cartoon, which can fit in his cockpit. Finally, he includes a two-piece, reconfigurable display base that allows the figure to be posed in mid-flight in either jet or robot mode, and can store Starscream's accessories while they are not in use. [[Control drawing|Control art]] for ''Masterpiece'' Starscream which showing the figure wearing his [[Transformer clothing|Crown of Leadership]] (as seen in the coronation scene of the original animated movie) and a pair of otherwise-pointless flip-out notches in the finished toy's shoulders indicated that Takara planned for a set of clip-on coronation gear. Ultimately, it would take ''six years'' before these accessories were finally released.

: ''Masterpiece'' Starscream's creation was overseen by famed Japanese mecha designer [[Shōji Kawamori]], who was particularly intent on hiding the robot-mode details on the underside of the fighter mode. The first prototype for the figure was essentially an upgraded, more complex version of the original toy, with much more accurate robot and jet modes, but Kawamori's desire to avoid simply making a new version of an old toy saw the figure go through a major redesign into its finished form. Perhaps the most notable change was the repositioning of Starscream's tail-fin structures from his legs to his hips, with the intent of creating the feel of a samurai wearing a pair of swords at his waist (presumably, if somewhat oddly, based on the then-recent ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' cartoons' portrayal of their [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] as a noble swordsman). Even so, Kawamori was still unhappy with the amount of robotic parts visible underneath the plane, but conceded that too many changes would essentially not make the toy look like Starscream in robot mode. In this pursuit of realism, the most visible concession to the Starscream's design was the abandonment of his traditional color scheme, replaced with an all-over greenish-tinged grey. Given that this color is inaccurate to most real F-15 fighters (whose Gunship Gray coloration is ''much'' closer to Starscream's traditional shade), the question of why it was changed at all is not an unreasonable one. However, there are instances of [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6VLv-xwhhag/TZ7hPg5UX-I/AAAAAAAAAXo/UW1469Fm19M/s1600/F-15_three_shipper.jpg F-15 Strike Eagles] that actually utilize this (seldom seen) color scheme.

:This mold was later retooled into the ''Masterpiece'' versions of [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Thundercracker]], and was recolored by Hasbro into a [[#MasterpieceUS|more cartoon-accurate Starscream color scheme]] released under their ''[[#Classics|Classics]]'' line as well as redecoed into Hasbro's version of Masterpiece [[Skywarp_(G1)/toys#Universe_.282008.29|Skywarp]] under the [[Transformers:_Universe_(2008_franchise)|Universe]] line. It was also redecoed and retooled to create the eleventh ''Masterpiece'' figure, [[#MP11|Starscream]].

:Though not stated on the package, Starscream is in fact a 1/60 scale F-15. The same scale used by many popular Japanese mecha toys including Kawamori's own Macross Valkyries. Coincidence?

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/MPStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Masterpiece Starscream at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:Masterpiece ghost starscream.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Starscream Ghost Version''' (2010)
**''ID number:'' '''MP-3G'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 null rays, 2 missile racks, Doctor Arkeville pilot figurine, gun clip, two-piece display stand

:Cast almost entirely in translucent plastic, this "Ghost Version" ''Masterpiece'' figure is yet another callback to Starscream's spectral tenure from the Generation 1 cartoon. When purchased from [[e-HOBBY]], buyers will receive an [[MP-3G Destron Air Commander / Starscream Ghost Ver.|exclusive comic]] packaged with the figure.

:Like Gentei Ghost Starscream, Masterpiece Ghost Starscream is cast in light purple translucent plastic instead of just colorless clear plastic like the G1 Ghost Starscream figure.

:This figure was also released in [[Australia]], as an [[exclusive]] through [[Toys"R"Us]], in late [[2010]].

:Surprisingly Ghost Starscream comes with the same sticker sheet as the original MP-3 Starscream, only with the numbering designation changed.

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[[Image:Masterpiecetoy coronation starscream.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Starscream''' (2012)
**''ID number:'' '''MP-11'''
**''Accessories:'' Crown, pauldrons (left and right), cape, 2 null rays, hologram pilot figurine

:Following up on the original plan for the ''Masterpiece'' Starscream figure six years after the fact, MP-11 decks Screamer out in his coronation gear from ''The Transformers: The Movie'', including crown, twin shoulder pads, and a sculpted plastic cape (rather than a fabric one). In addition to his new accessories—which also includes a new hologram pilot figure in place of Doctor Arkeville—Starscream features some extensive retooling to wind his ''Masterpiece'' design back into Kawamori's original, more Generation 1-accurate look, with most of the robot mode being newly tooled parts, including chunkier legs that now incorporate his tail-fins, [[retool]]ed shoulders and wingtips that no longer curve into one another, a new head (with collapsible head fins), new heel spurs that flip out for added support in robot mode, and re-engineered null rays attached to extending armatures that mean they no longer have to be [[Partformer|removed]] for transformation. Despite the similarity to the original MP-3 prototype, the retooled parts are in fact a whole new design heavily based on the original concept. This new version of the mold was redecoed into [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] and (without the coronation gear) into Hasbro's [[Thundercracker_%28G1%29/toys#Transformers_.282010.29|Thundercracker]] and [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]].

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===Classics (2006)===
[[Image:ClassicsStarscream toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Fear my extra-long null rays!!!]]
* '''Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' 2 null-ray cannons (left and right), 2 missiles

: Like the other entries in the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' series, Starscream is a faithful "modernizing" of his original Generation 1 form, updating his original toy with modern standards of toy engineering, transformation, sculpting detail and articulation (not dissimilar in principle from his ''[[#Robotmasters|Robotmasters]]'' incarnation, but with less of an adherence to his cartoon [[character model]]). Sharing many design elements with his ''[[#Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' toy, Starscream still transforms into an F-15 Eagle, but has the nose of an [[wikipedia:F-14_Tomcat|F-14 Tomcat]] fighter jet. His color scheme is, of course, based on the traditional Starscream palette, but seems to owe its new layout to [[wikipedia:Image:F-15A_first_prototype_2.jpg|the original F-15 prototype]].

:As usual, Starscream is armed with his familiar null-rays, which can mount under his wings, on his shoulders, or in his fists, and fire spring-loaded projectiles. The large size of his null-rays (necessary for safety reasons) restrict his arm movement somewhat in robot mode, as they bump into his wings. Like all ''Classics'' figures, he has a heat-activated rubsign on his left wing. Certain parts of Starscream, like his back panel and tailfin assemblies, are made of unusually rigid gray plastic that is slightly prone to cracking or breaking, and should be handled with care.

: Later versions of Starscream saw a [[retool]] in the jet intake area, which involved the slope of his shoulders being decreased, and a fifth small rectangle being added to the vertical area. This version of Starscream is the harder to find of the two, but was redecoed to create Starscream's ''[[#Henkei! Henkei!|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' counterpart, ''Classics'' [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Classics|Skywarp]] (on whom the retool was first observed), ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys|Thundercracker]], as well as ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]] and ''[[Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Bitstream (G1)|Bitstream]], [[Hotlink (G1)|Hotlink]] and [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]. The toy was also more significantly retooled to create ''Classics'' and ''Henkei!'' [[Ramjet (G1)#Classics|Ramjet]], and ''Timelines'', ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)#Gentei! Gentei!|Gentei!]]'', ''Generations'' [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]. Phew.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/ClassicsStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Classics Starscream at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:Hasbro Masterpiece Starscream toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Wait, you say the ''Hasbro'' version is the slavishly 'toon-accurate one? Your credibility is on shaky ground, Wiki.]]
* '''Masterpiece Starscream''' (2007, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' 2 null rays, 2 missile racks, Doctor Arkeville pilot figurine, gun clip, display stand

: A [[Walmart]] exclusive, Hasbro's Masterpiece Starscream is an ''extensive'' redeco of the previous year's ''Masterpiece'' figure from Takara, recolored to resemble the character's animation model, down to the orange canopy and the silver nosecone, although the cartoon-accurate silver paint on the nosecone actually covers ''toy''-accurate blue plastic.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/radicons-customs/206593-clean-mp-ss-cleanscream-blue-nosecone.html Clean MP SS - Cleanscream(blue nosecone) - tfw2005.com]</ref> In an effort to bring out detail in the sculpt, he has also been given an extensive paint wash to bring out his panel lines. His colors were not the only thing changed, however; the tips of his vertical stabilizers were shortened and rounded, and the plastics used overall have greater resilience to impact and damage than the fragile Japanese release.

:Starscream includes the same accessories as the Takara version of the toy, including a two-piece display stand, null rays, sidewinder missiles, a small figurine of Doctor Arkeville (which now has the correct skin color), and a clip to hold 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime's Megatron gun while in jet mode. Starscream was finally given the correct tech spec stats he was originally supposed to have back in 1984 for this release, which had been mistakenly given to Skywarp instead.

:Takara got in on the act the following year when they released Hasbro's version of Masterpiece Starscream as a "[[USA Edition]]", adding a Japanese sticker to the Hasbro ''Classics'' packaging. This version of the toy was not without a few changes: the original mold for the tail fins was used, an extra Decepticon symbol was added to Starscream's nosecone (which was present on his original toy, but not his animation model), and his black "scorch mark" [[paint operation]]s were dialed back, and those that remained were switched to a lighter gray.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/MPStarscream/starscream.htm More information on ''Classics'' Masterpiece Starscream at TFU.info]''
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===Titanium Series===

[[Image:TitaniumHeroesWWStarscream toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"How ''dare'' you make ''me'' a redeco?! Do you know who I am?!"]]
* '''Starscream''' (6" Cybertron Heroes, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Display stand

:Perversely enough, ''Titanium'' Starscream is actually a redeco of ''Titanium'' [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Thundercracker]], instead of the other way around. Based on the Seekers' [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] forms as seen in the [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] comic series ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]'', this version of Starscream transforms into Cybertronian "tetra-jet", as designed by [[Don Figueroa]]. As a ''Titanium'' figure, Starscream is made in large part from die-cast metal, and comes with the generic display stand shared by all of the 6" "Cybertron Heroes", with a unique removable nameplate.

: This mold was redecoed into ''Titanium'' versions of [[Sunstorm (G1)#Titanium Series|Sunstorm]], [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Skywarp]], and [[Thrust (G1)#Titanium Series|Thrust]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/TitStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Titanium Starscream at TFU.info]''
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===Sports Label===
[[Image:Sports_label_starscream.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Sportscream? Shoescream? So many possible nicknames...]]

*'''Starscream featuring Nike Free 7.0''' (unreleased)
**''Accessories:'' Gun

:This red and black redeco of the ''[[Transformers Sports Label|Sports Label]]'' [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Sports Label|Megatron]] figure (itself a retool of the ''Sports Label'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Sports Label|Optimus Prime]]) appeared on eBay in mid-2007, identified by the auctioneer as Starscream. More pictures followed from a different source a month later, but after that, this strange little redeco quietly vanished, never released, and never even officially ''acknowledged'' by [[TakaraTomy]]. Was it a [[knockoff|knock-off]], or an abandoned official product? We may never know.

:As a redeco of the one communal mold used for all the ''Sports Label'' toys, Starscream, if that's who he really was, would have transformed into an undersized Nike sneaker with real fabric shoelaces, and would have been armed with a modular two-piece gun that split and stored inside each half of the large sneaker "shell" that made up a big chunk of his alternate mode.

::*''[http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=11499 Gallery of Sports Label Starscream picture on Seibertron.com]''

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===Encore===
[[Image:Encore_starscream.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Meet the new box, same as the old box.]]
*'''Starscream''' (2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''04'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null-rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear

:A new series of reissues means a new release of the original Generation 1 Starscream figure, and Takara's ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' series proved no different. This edition of the figure featured no extra accessories, with its only notable change from past versions being a pale yellow window instead of dark gray, and the inclusion of [[tampograph]]ed Decepticon insignias on its wings and nosecone, rather than stickers (similar to the [[#Transformers Collection|Transformers Collection]] reissue before it but not flipped like the animation and metallic purple and silver instead of glossy purple and white).
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===Henkei! Henkei!===
[[Image:Henkei Starscream toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|He feels much better in the boring ol' stripes.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2008)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-02'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 missile launchers (left and right), 2 missiles
: ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' Starscream is a redeco of ''[[#Classics|Classics]]'' Starscream, decorated in entirely different colored paint applications to more closely mimic a more detailed version of the original ''Generation 1'' cartoon model. Like all ''Henkei'' toys, he lacks the heat-sensitive rubsign that the ''Classics'' counterpart featured, but has two [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum-metallized]] barrels on his missile launchers.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/ClassicsStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Henkei Starscream at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:Henkei ghost starscream.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Starscream's transparency; sometimes it isn't just figurative.]]
*'''Starscream Ghost Version''' (Deluxe, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' 2 missile launchers (left and right), 2 missiles
: Available only as a mail-away exclusive offered through ''[[Transformers Generations 2009]]'' Vol 2 that was released in November 2009, this redeco of Starscream is the second in the character's history to pay homage to his time as a ghost in the third season of the Generation 1 cartoon by casting him almost entirely in traslucent colored plastic. Parts of the figure made in softer plastic, like his thighs, remain opaque.

: Starscream Ghost Version uses the altered version of the ''Classics'' Starscream mold that originated with Classics [[Skywarp (G1)/toys|Skywarp]] and was last seen with [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]] (down to the 2006 copyright date stamped on it), rather than the modified version first used on ''Universe'' Starscream and the iterations that followed ([[#Universe (2008)|see below]]). He has the date K0409 (11/04/2009) etched into the inside of his leg.

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===Universe (2008)===
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[[Image:Universe2008-toy LegendsG1Starscream.JPG|right|300px|thumb|On casual Fridays, Starscream prefers to wear his wings down.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Legends Class, 2008)
**''Series'': '''Classic Series'''

: The first ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' toy of Starscream is a [[Redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' [[Legends Class|Legends]] [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]], transforming into an SU-37 fighter jet.

: This mold was also used to make the ''Classics'' Legends-class [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and ''Universe'' [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/LegendsUniStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Universe Classics Starscream at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:Universe2008 deluxe G1Starscream.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Yep, he's still feelin' good in the stripes.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2009)
**''Series'': '''Generation 1 Series'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 missile launchers (left and right), 2 missiles

:The second ''Universe'' Starscream toy is a redeco of ''Classics'' Starscream, with a considerably lighter gray base color, more vibrant red paint, his face painted in dark gray compared to ''Classics'' Starscream's flat gray plastic color for the face and a deco more faithful to Starscream's original ''Generation 1'' toy, very similar to the ''Henkei! Henkei!'' release. Several minor changes were made to the sculpt for this release: his launcher pegs were widened, and the peg-holes for them on his shoulders and wings were modified in order to accommodate them, while his air intakes were further modified (on top of the changes made to the mold for ''Classics'' Skywarp) so that the bottom-most rectangle goes completely across the air intake's surface rather than just the center. This modified version of the mold was used for ''Henkei! Henkei!'' [[Skywarp (G1)/toys|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys|Thundercracker]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TFUStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Universe Generation 1 Starscream at TFU.info]''

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===Alternity===
[[Image:Alternity starscream.jpg|right|thumb|300px|And the fandom shall dub thee "Carscream", and complain (and rejoice).]]

*'''Starscream White Pearl''' ([[May 29|5/29]]/2010)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''A-04'''

:The <s>first</s> [[Action Master|second]] Starscream toy not to turn into a jet, ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' Starscream transforms into a licensed 1:32 scale [[wikipedia:Mitsuoka_Orochi|Mitsuoka Orochi]]. Like the other toys in the line, he features [[die-cast]] metal parts and rubber tires, as well as an opening hood, trunk and doors. This is also currently the only ''Alternity'' mold to feature [[Kibble#"Faux-parts"|a fake kibble chest]].

:In car mode, small wings are ''supposed to'' be able to flip out from under Starscream's rear wheels, giving him the appearance of a flying car. Unfortunately, this [[gimmick]] suffers from a rather nasty [[design flaw]]: there is simply not enough clearance under the car for the wheels to be able to pass and hinge through, and attempting to do so will result in the plastic reinforcement struts underneath ''deforming the rims and chipping the tires''. His door panels also tend to detach from their [[ball joint]]s ''very easily''.

:This mold, with a different head sculpt, was also used to make the simultaneously released ''Alternity'' [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Alternity|Skywarp]], and later [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Alternity|Thundercracker]] and [[Banzai-Tron (G1)#Alternity|Banzai-Tron]] as well.
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===Transformers (2010)===
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[[Image:TF2010-toy StarscreamLegends.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]
*'''Starscream''' (Legends Class, 2010)

:[[Legends Class]] Starscream is a new sculpt based on his Generation 1 jet appearance with many fuselage details borrowed from the [[#Masterpiece|Masterpiece version]]. This is the first Starscream in many years to attempt an entirely new transformation for him, with the arms now forming the rear of the jet and the legs folding under the wings. Amusingly, he has ''two'' cockpits, with the one that is actually part of his jet mode folding ''right behind'' the [[kibble#faux-parts|fake]] one on his chest in robot mode. As part of the "[[Reveal the Shield]]" [[subline imprint]], Starscream sports a [[rubsign]].

: Early samples of the toy feature an unpainted gray-plastic helmet, a comparatively rare [[variant]]. This variant is the one featured in the Hasbro [[stock photography]].

: The "Reveal the Shield" Legends figures saw exceedingly limited release at large-scale retail chains in the US. Throughout 2011, they eventually started appearing in discount stores like Ross, TJ Maxx, Marshalls and Tuesday Morning, with perhaps the largest and most consistent outlet being Five Below stores.

:This sculpt was also used to make ''[[Transformers Chronicle|Chronicle]]'' [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Chronicle|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Chronicle|Skywarp]], as well as ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Generations|Thundercracker]].
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*'''Starscream''' (Legends Class, 2012)
:*''Accessories:'' Two guns (running change variant only)
:The "[[Reveal the Shield]]" [[Legends Class]] Starscream sculpt in the deco from the first ''[[Transformers Chronicle|Chronicle]]'' EZ Collection wave (see below) was released as a "Dollar Store" exclusive (available at stores such as Dollar General and Big Lots) in generic 2010 ''Transformers'' packaging alongside [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#DollarLegends|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#DollarLegends|Bumblebee]] and [[Megatron (G1)/toys#DollarLegends|Megatron]]. A later [[variant#running changes|running change variant]] featured the new tooling originally used for ''Generations'' Legends Class [[Thundercracker_(G1)/toys#Legends|Thundercracker]], with not only the retooled hands and holes inside his wings compatible with [[C joint|3mm posts]], but also Thundercracker's gun accessories.
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===Chronicle===
[[File:EZCollectionStarscreamToy.jpg|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Starscream''' (EZ Collection, 2011)

:''[[Transformers Chronicle|Chronicle]]'' Starscream is a redeco of the Legends Class Starscream toy. This version of the figure is nearly identical to the painted helmet variant of the Hasbro release, except ''the entirety'' of his head is painted black (making it look strange in F-15 mode) and his heat sensitive symbol is replaced with a [[Tampograph|tampographed]] Decepticon symbol on each wing. Like many Japanese "EZ Collection" toys, Starscream was [[blindpacking|blindpacked]].
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===Generations===
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[[Image:Generationstoy-FOCStarscream.jpg|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2012)
**''Series / Number'': '''1 / #010'''
**''Japanese number:'' '''TG09'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 assault cannons

{{note|This toy was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as Generation 1 Starscream in [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' comics.}}
: Part of the third wave of [[2012]]-onwards ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class toys, ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' [[Starscream (WFC)#Generations|Starscream]] transforms into a Cybertronian jet fighter. He comes with two spinning, triple-barreled "assault cannons" which can combine to form a larger hand-held weapon that is geared to spin its two triple-barrels together, and resembles the [[Neutron assault rifle]] from ''Fall of Cybertron''. Each of the weapon halves features two [[5mm post]]s, as well as a peg-hole on their hollow sides, while the combined form features another peg-hole at the top, but makes the peg-holes on the hollow sides inaccessible. Starscream features numerous 5mm peg-holes, such as his hands, forearms, lower legs, and wing undersides.

: In an undocumented feature, Starscream's tail-fin is attached via a 5mm post on its underside, and can be detached to reveal three additional peg-holes, with two of these peg-holes being just the right distance to accommodate the two pegs found on the underside of the combined assault cannons/rifle, with the tail-fin pegging on the rifle's top peg-hole. This allows the weapon to mount on top of the vehicle mode, and store on his back in robot mode.

: He was later redecoed into ''Fall of Cybertron'' [[Skywarp (WFC)#Generations|Skywarp]] and ''Thrilling 30'' [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Thrilling30|Thundercracker]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/FOCStarscream/starscream.htm More information on ''Generations'' Starscream at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Generationstoy-T30-LegendsStarscreamWaspinator.jpg|thumb|300px|Doctor Arkeville was traded for someone more used to abuse.]]
*'''Starscream & Waspinator''' (Legends Class, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''02 / #003'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 null ray cannons

:Part of the fourth wave of 2012-onwards ''Generations'' Legends Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Starscream is a new mold that is roughly the same size as a ''[[Cyberverse]]'' Commander Class toy. He transforms from his usual F-15 style jet, features [[5mm post|5mm-compatible]] hands, and back/roof, and has [[C joint|3mm-compatible]] upper arm ports. He comes with two removable null rays that have both 5mm and 3mm pegs.

: Alluding to the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[Possession]]", Starscream is partnered with [[Waspinator (BW)#Generations|Waspinator]], who can transform into a wasp, a robot with 3mm-compatible hands, and a gun with 5mm handle. He has an [[autotransformation]] feature that folds up his wings when his gun barrel is extended.
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===United===
[[Image:United_Starscream_toy.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Fifth time is the charm.]]
* '''Seekers: Aces''' ([[December 21]], 2012)
**''Accessories:'' Left & right launchers, 2 missiles
:''[[Transformers United|United]]'' Starscream is a fifth redeco of the ''Classics'' Starscream mold, and the first time he is offered with both of his wing mates [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]].
: This version of Starscream is heavily based on his cartoon appearance. He features a light gray (lighter than the Henkei! Henkei! figure), shiny metallic blue paint on most of his blue plastic, an amber cockpit, and shiny metallic red paint on his torso. Paint operations found on the Henkei! Henkei! release were shuffled around for the sake of cartoon accuracy.

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==Merchandise==
===HG Toys===
[[Image:Hgtoys_starscream_products.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]

Licensor [[HG Toys]] released quite a few piece of ''Transformers'' merchandise in 1984, including several sculpted in Starscream's likeness. All of these items shared the same basic sculpt, modified to fit the piece of merchandise in question.

*'''Stamp Bot''' (1984)

:A small, non-poseable figurine of Starscream with a rubber stamp on the base. An alternate version of Starscream was also available with fewer paint applications and ''Autobot'' symbols on its wings!

*'''Zippper Clip''' (1984)

:A smaller version of the Starscream sculpt, designed to be attached to a coat zipper.

*'''Clip On''' (1984)

:A pocket clip depicting Starscream.
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===3-D Jigsaw Stand Up Puzzle===

[[Image:Standup_starscream_puzzle.jpg|right|300px|thumb]]

*'''Starscream''' (1984)

:This piece of Starscream merchandise was a jigsaw puzzle in disguise! The puzzle was of a battle scene of the Seekers battling Optimus Prime, [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], but once broken down, the puzzle pieces could be assembled into a three-dimensional model of Starscream in either robot or jet mode—a progenitor of the [[3D Battle-Card Game]] in many respects!
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===Transformers Milk Caramel===
[[Image:Milk caramel starscream.jpg|right|thumb]]
*'''Starscream''' (1985)
:One of [[Kabaya]]'s first Transformers [[candy toy]] lines, the ''Transformers Milk Caramel'' series featured small rubber figures, similar to the later-released [[Decoy]]s, but smaller, flatter and based more on the toys, rather than their animation models. Starscream was available in numerous different colors.
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===Transformers Choco===
[[Image:Kabaya gashapon starscream.jpg|right|thumb|300px|No, no, no, I said green ''screen!'']]
*'''Starscream''' (1985)

:One of the first of many snap-together candy toy model kits released by Kabaya during the Generation 1 era, this small version of Starscream was available as in various solid colors as part of the ''[[Transformers Choco]]'' range, coming packaged with small "Chocolate Dots". Owing to its diminutive size, it could only transform between robot and jet modes by being disassembled and put back together in different configurations. The figure was apparently also available through capsule machines.
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===Transformers Gum===
[[Image:Kabaya gum starscream.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Starscream''' (1985)
**''Accessories:'' Left and right fists, 2 missile launchers, landing gear

:Starscream was also available as part of the larger ''Transformers Gum'' range of figures. Released in the first wave of the series and standing at about four inches tall, he was moulded from red, black and grey plastic and featured stickers for detail. Unlike his smaller ''Choco'' counterpart, as was standard for the ''Gum'' figures, he is fully transformable, essentially being a scaled down version of the actual Starscream toy.

:This Starscream figure was later re-released in 1997 by a Korean company named [[Toon Town]], in a two-pack with the "Transformers Gum" version of [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]].
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[[Image:Kabaya-Starscream.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Starscream''' (2011)
:Released in the third wave of the revived ''Transformers Gum'' series in 2010, this transforming model kit of Starscream is made from red, blue and silver plastic, with stickers for detail. He's based on the ''Henkei'' Starscream release.
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===Decoy===
[[Image:Decoy_starscream.jpg|right|thumb|Not a mis-colored Skywarp]]
*'''Destron Hero Collection 22''' (multi-pack, 1985)
: This small purple rubber figurine of Starscream was released in Japan as part of a large multi-pack of similar figures, which were used as playing pieces for ''Transformers'' board games. The figure features a number etched into its back which is the sum total of Starscream's [[Tech Spec]] ratings, which served some function in the gameplay the figures were used for. A peach-colored version of the figure could be found packed in various other multi-packs the following year.

*'''Starscream''' (1987)
**''Decoy number:'' '''35'''

: The Starscream figurine was later brought over to [[Hasbro]] markets as part of the [[Decoy]] promotion, largely identical to the Japanese release except for the fact that the number on his back was replaced with a simple "checklist" number (35, in Starscream's case). Like all Decepticon Decoys, he was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot]]s, [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] and [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], and was, very early on in the promotion, available in an alternate red coloration that was only packed in with the Throttlebots. Unsurprisingly, this red figurine is much rarer.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Decoys/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on Decoy Starscream at TFU.info]''
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===Parody Deformed===
[[Image:Pd_starscream.jpg|right|thumb|"Don't push me, Megatron, my desire for cuteness is as great as yours!"]]
*'''Starscream''' (1990)

:A small red and white, non-transforming [[super deformed]] model kit of Starscream was available as part of [[Kabaya]]'s "[[Parody Deformed]]" line of [[candy toy]]s. The tenth figure in the series, he came with a "[[Transformers PD Type]]" comic about himself, "Good Luck! Starscream!!", and something that could charitably be described as "chocolate".
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===Super Collection Figure===
[[Image:Hoc_starscreams.jpg|right|thumb]]

* '''Starscream''' (2000)
: A three-inch tall [[plastic|PVC]] figurine of Starscream was available as part of the first wave of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Super Collection Figure]]'' line. Like all the figures in the wave, it was available as both a standard full color figure and a clear plastic version, one of each of which was available in a standard case of twelve [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] figures.

:This figure was redecoed into ''Super Collection Figure'' Thundercracker and Skywarp, and retooled to become Thrust, Ramjet and Dirge.

* '''Ghost Starscream''' (2001)
: Starscream's figurine was recast in translucent colored plastic to represent his ghostly form from the third season of the Generation 1 cartoon, and re-released as a rare chase figure in the fifth wave of the ''Super Collection Figure'' series.

* '''Coronation Starscream''' (2002)
:Starscream was retooled for a third and final release in the eight and last wave of the ''Super Collection Figure'' line. Like the ghost figure, "Coronation Starscream" was only available as a rare chase figure, and features a new head and arms with the crown, shoulderpads and cape from his cornation scene in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
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===Heroes of Cybertron===
When the ''Super Collection Figure'' series was imported to become Hasbro's ''[[Heroes of Cybertron]]'' line, the figures were all cast entirely in translucent colored plastic, then painted over, save for the eyes and a small patch on the back of their heads, giving them all a [[light-piping]] gimmick. Unlike the Japanese figures, they were sold in individual blister packaging, with character profile cards.

* '''Starscream''' (2002)
[[Image:HoC 3H Seeker Set.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Leader of the pack.]]
:A first-wave ''Heroes of Cybertron'' release of the first ''Super Collection Figure'' Starscream figure.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Decepticon/HoCStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Heroes of Cybertron Starscream at TFU.info]''

* '''Starscream with Crown''' (2002)
:This ''Heroes of Cybertron'' release saw the ''SCF'' chase figure of Starscream in his coronation gear reach a much wider audience. It came packaged with the left leg of the fifth wave's [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] "build-a-figure".

* '''Starscream''' (OTFCC exclusive, 2003)
: The original Starscream figurine was re-released again in this six-pack of figures available exclusively at [[OTFCC 2003]]. He came packaged with ''Heroes of Cybertron'' versions of Thundercracker, Skywarp, and three [[Air Warrior]]s.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/OTFCCStarscream/starscream.htm More information on OTFCC Starscream at TFU.info]''
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===Mega Super Collection Figure===
[[Image:Mega SCF Starscream.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Just keep it away from any [[Galvatron (G1)|reformatted megalomaniacs]].]]
* '''Starscream''' (2002)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MegaSCF TF 07'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 open hands (left & right), 2 clenched fists (left & right), right fist w/ Megatron, 2 shoulderpads (left & right), cape, alternate head w/ crown

:''Mega Super Collection Figure'' Starscream is a highly articulated non-transforming PVC action figure. Standing at five inches tall, Starscream features several interchangeable fists, including one clutching Megatron in gun mode, and a full compliment of coronation gear, including two shoulderpads, a real fabric cape that attaches to them, and an alternate head wearing his Crown of Leadership.

:This mold, minus accessories, was supposed to be used to make [[Skywarp (G1)/toys|Skywarp]], but the figure was never released.
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===Hard Hero===
[[Image:HardHero Starscream bust.JPG|right|thumb|Caught mid-pelvic thrust.]]
* '''Starscream''' (2002)

:A cold-cast porcelain Starscream bust measuring six inches in height with a nine-inch wingspan. The bust was fifth in [[Hard Hero]]'s main series of ''Transformers'' busts, and was limited to 5000 pieces. An additional 100 pieces were signed by sculptor [[Jason Ray]].
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===MyClone===
[[Image:Myclone Starscream.jpg|right|thumb|Every Transformers fangirl owns this.]]
* '''Starscream''' (2003)
**''ID number:'' '''MTF003'''
**''Accessories:'' Display base

: Released in the third wave of the ''[[MyClone]]'' line of Transformers PVC figures, this adorable little Starscream comes with a hexagonal red display stand, which can link up with the identical stands included with other ''MyClone'' figures. Starscream's modular design is common to all ''MyClone'' figures, allowing his parts to be mixed and matched with those of any other figure.

: This mold was also used to make ''MyClone'' Thundercracker.
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===Q-Robo Collection===
[[Image:Qrobo starscream.jpg|right|thumb]]
*'''Starscream''' (2003)

:A super-deformed PVC of Starscream was released as part of the ''[[Q-Robo Collection]]''. Like all the figures in the series, it was sold blindpacked in a plastic capsule, featured articulation in the neck and shoulders, and was also available in a translucent purple color scheme.

::*''[http://snakas.web.fc2.com/figure/q_robo1.htm More information on the Q-Robo Collection at Autobase Aichi]''
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===Generation 1 Figure-Collection===

[[Image:Kabaya_bottlecap_starscream.jpg|right|thumb|"Hey! Hey! ...Betcha can't guess who I am!"]]

*'''Starscream''' (2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-2'''
**''Accessories:'' Display base

:At only one inch in height, this Starscream "bottlecap" figurine (so named because its display base is the size of a bottlecap) was one of fourteen blindpacked figures available in Kabaya's Transformers [[Generation 1 Figure-Collection]]. The figure was rendered in a "retro" black and white color scheme, and came with a leaflet, personalized with cartoon screen captures.

::*''[http://snakas.web.fc2.com/misc_item/kabaya_bottle.htm More information on the Bottlecap Collection at Autobase Aichi]''
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===History Collection===

[[Image:History_collection_starscream.jpg|right|thumb]]

*'''Starscream''' (2004)
**''Accessories:'' Display base

:Takara produced this PVC figurine of Starscream as part of their [[History Collection]]. Despite its diminutive size, this two-piece full-color figure features articulated shoulders.

::*''[http://tfkenkon.com/collection/act234/ More information on the History Collection at TFKenkon.com]''
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===Palisades===
* '''Starscream''' (Palisades, 2005)

[[Image:PalisadesStarscream.jpg|thumb|]]

:Starscream is a six-inch-tall polystone statue with articulated head and arms. He can stand normally or use a stand to take on a "hovering" pose. Starscream was sculpted by [[3L Creation Group]] from a design by [[George Tremarco]].

:This statue was later [[redeco]]ed as Skywarp, Sunstorm, Thundercracker, and the Ghost of Starscream.
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* '''Ghost of Starscream''' (Palisades, 2005)

[[Image:PalisadesGhostStarscream.jpg|thumb|]]

:A ''Previews''-exclusive clear redeco of the Starscream statue, the Ghost of Starscream is a six-inch-tall polystone statue with articulated head and arms. He can stand normally or use a stand to take on a "hovering" pose. Limited to 300 pieces, Ghost of Starscream was sculpted by [[3L Creation Group]] from a design by [[George Tremarco]].[http://web.archive.org/web/20051017011253/http://previews.diamondcomics.com/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=23&s=132&ai=22313]
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===Titanium Series===
[[Image:TitaniumRM Starscream.jpg|right|thumb|Stop, in the name of love...]]
* '''Starscream''' (3" Robot Masters, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' Pistol, "cloud" base, Display stand

: Released in the second wave of "Robot Masters", ''[[Titanium Series]]'' Starscream is a small, non-transforming die-cast metal figurine, based upon his Generation 1 cartoon appearances. He is sculpted holding a pistol in his left hand (Why? He's got guns on his arms!) and holding up his palm outward with his right, while using his jets to fly up.

: This mold was also used to make ''Titanium'' Thundercracker.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/TitStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Titanium Starscream at TFU.info]''
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===Kiss Players===
[[Image:Atariscream_pvc.jpg|right|thumb|This may explain ''[[Slipstream (Animated)|her]]''.]]
*'''Atari-scream''' (2007)

:A redeco of the PVC figurine of [[Atari Hitotonari]] released the previous year, this black-costumed version of the figure represents Atari while she was possessed by Starscream, as seen in the ''[[15 Go! Go!]]'' manga. It was available only as an online-order exclusive from [[Dengeki Hobby]] magazine.
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===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:RH Mirage vs Starscream.jpg|right|thumb|300px|He's cute when he betrays you.]]
* '''Starscream''' (Mirage Vs Starscream, 2007)
: Starscream is a two inch high figure sculpted in a super deformed style and articulated at the shoulders. This figure was later redecoed into (guess what) Thundercracker for the Jazz vs. Thundercracker set, and Skywarp for the "Decepticon Sneak Attack" set.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/RHStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Robot Heroes Starscream at TFU.info]''
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===Boss Coffee===
[[Image:Boss_coffee_starscream.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Starscream''' (2008)

:A non-transforming PVC figure of Starscream was released as part of a promotion by [[Boss Coffee]]. The small figure was randomly included with single cans of the company's "Rainbow Mountain Blend" coffee, contained in a plastic capsule affixed to the top of can which then became a display base for the figurine once removed. Starscream features articulation at the shoulders and waist, and came with a small catalog leaflet that could be folded up and attached to the lid/base to form a diorama background for added display value.

*'''Starscream''' (2008)

:A larger, metallic gold version of Starscream was also part of the promotion. Nearly twice as tall as the smaller figure, it was not merely an upsized version, but an entirely different sculpt, with a notably broader wingspan. This Starscream was randomly included with two-packs of Rainbow Mountain Blend coffee cans, which featured a double-wide plastic capsule to hold him.
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===Attacktix===
[[Image:Attacktix g1starscream.jpg|right|thumb|Elephantiasis of the blaster]]
*'''Starscream'''

: The ''[[Attacktix]]'' Starscream game piece was to be a small figure depicting on his robot mode. A missile-type piece, he would have featured an oversized null-ray missile launcher on his right arm. Starscream would have been a Captain-class piece worth 30 points.

: Hasbro displayed Starscream at a few conventions, but he was ultimately canceled alongside the rest of the ''Attacktix'' line.

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===3D Battle-Card Game===
[[Image:3DBattleCard ClassicStarscream.jpg|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Classic Starscream''' (2007)

: A 42-point "rare" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, "Classic" Starscream "transforms" into a grey and red fighter jet with a color scheme based on his ''Classics'' toy. He uses the same parts layout as [[Transformers (film)|Movie]] [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]], [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]] and [[Jetfire (Movie)|Jetfire]], and Generation 1 [[Skywarp (G1)/toys|Skywarp]] and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]].
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===Revoltech===
[[Image:Revoltech Starscream.jpg|right|thumb|Let's just hope [[Pat Lee]] didn't get royalties from this.]]
* '''Starscream''' (2008)
**''Yamaguchi Series number:'' '''046'''
**''Accessories:'' Megatron gun mode, 2 closed fists (left & right), open right hand, pistol grip right hand, pointing left hand, display stand

:A non-transforming but ''highly'' articulated Starscream action figure, ''[[Revoltech]]'' Starscream uses the ''Revoltech'' "revolver joints" for maximum articulation. It comes with his twin null-ray cannons, a gun-mode Megatron, a posing stand, and three extra hands (a Megatron-holding right hand, an open-palmed right hand, and a left hand for pointing or disco-dancing).
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===Transformers - Mini Bust===
[[Image:Starscream statue.jpg|right|thumb|Only half here and I still look this good.]]
* '''Starscream''' (Diamond Select, 2008)
:Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2008, Starscream was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 1,000 pieces.

:This bust was retooled and redecoed into [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]].

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[[Image:Coronation statue.jpg|right|thumb|Coronation Starscream? This is [[Main Page|bad comedy]].]]
* '''Coronation Starscream''' (Diamond Select, 2008)
:Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2008, Coronation Starscream was an exclusive to on-line retailer Action Figure Xpress. He was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 600 pieces. It features Starscream decked out in the royal crown, cape, and big honkin' shoulder pads he wore (albeit briefly) in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
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===Mighty Muggs===
[[Image:MightyMuggs_Starscream.jpg|right|thumb|Bet that they got it wrong because of the faction symbols?]]
*'''Starscream''' (2009)
**''Accessories:'' Wings

: This [[super deformed]], non-transformable PVC figure uses the standard [[Mighty Muggs]] body template, with swivel joints in Starscream's neck and limbs. Although Hasbro stock photography (right) shows him with his wings pointing down, they are detachable and are meant to be put in the standard upwards position.

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===G.I. Joe and the Transformers===
[[Image:StarscreamSkystriker.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A whole lotta [[Chris Latta|Latta]].]]
*'''Starscream Skystriker with Cobra Commander''' (2011)

: An [[exclusive]] release for [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2011, this is a [[redeco]] of the 2011 new-[[mold]] ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' [[Skystriker]] meant to represent Starscream. It includes [[Cobra Commander]] in a flight suit, wielding a [[Megatron (G1)/toys#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|"human-scaled" Megatron pistol]]. After more than a quarter of a century, it represents just the [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|second official mingling]] of the ''G.I. Joe'' and ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' franchises in toy form.

: The last one of us alive will have the privilege of being buried with it.

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==Notes==
[[Image:G2BlackDeathStarscreamMockup.jpg|thumb|200px]]
[[Image:G2BlackDeathStarscreamProductionColor.jpg|thumb|200px]]
[[Image:G2SSJungleprotojet.jpg|200px|thumb|]]
*A hand-painted mock-up and accompanying artwork for what seems to have been a proposed ''Generation 2''-era redeco of Starscream appeared in auctions on [[eBay]], amongst similar items put up for sale from the collection of a former [[Hasbro]] employee. The mock-up features the words "Black Death" on its nosecone, which would probably lead fans to refer to the figure as "Black Death Starscream" if anyone were aware of it existing.
**Somewhat confusingly, there appear to be two different pieces of artwork related to this redeco concept: one is simply a palette-swapped version of Starscream's [[:Image:G2StarscreamPackageArt.jpg|''Generation 2'' artwork]] (down to having the exact same color stickers), while the other features numerous alterations, among them new foot, knee, and shoulder intake detailing, differently positioned wings, and the missile launchers included with the ''Generation 2'' releases of Starscream and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]. Though unconfirmed, it is thought that the second piece of artwork was meant to go with the final release.
**Speaking of the final release: in 2012, it was revealed that "Black Death Starscream" was ''much'' further along in production than the fandom had previously suspected when a sticker-less test shot was discovered on the Chinese auction site TaoBao (from a seller also possessing loose ''Generation 2'' [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], and a production-colors [[Sandstorm (G2)|Sandstorm]]). The test-shot differs from the package art and mock-up by possessing black missiles instead of blue ones and having no Decepticon symbols on the rear stabilizers (although it's possible those were meant to be stickers).
**The actuality of the figure being intended as Starscream is uncertain. In fact, the "desert" redeco of Ramjet discovered at the same time has been revealed as having been intended as [[Sandstorm (G2)|a separate new character]] and not an alternate version of Ramjet as had been assumed. It very well may be that this toy was likewise intended as a new character with the working name "Black Death," and not Starscream at all, but without confirmation of this it may as well remain listed here.
*A second unproduced redeco of Starscream for the ''Generation 2'' line was found in 2007, also in an auction on eBay. It is known to the fandom as "Jungle Attack Starscream", although just as with "Black Death Starscream", it is unclear if it was intended to actually be another Starscream toy.

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==References==
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[[Category:Action Masters]]
[[Category:Attacktix]]
[[Category:Classics Decepticons]]
[[Category:Convention exclusives]]
[[Category:Decoys]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Henkei! Henkei! Decepticons]]
[[Category:KB Toys exclusives]]
[[Category:Machine Wars Decepticons]]
[[Category:Mail order exclusives]]
[[Category:Masterpiece]]
[[Category:MyClone]]
[[Category:Pretenders]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]
[[Category:Robotmasters Decepticons]]
[[Category:Titanium Series]]
[[Category:United Decepticons]]
[[Category:Universe (2008)]]

Luisa

2013-08-13T06:14:07Z

Hyperdudeman:

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

[[File:Luisa.jpg|300px|thumb|So, what are those? Pancakes?]]
'''Luisa''' is a teenage girl living in a Peruvian mining town near an ancient Incan temple that housed the legendary [[Crystal of Power]]. She helped the [[Autobot]]s defeat the [[Decepticon]]s when they attempted to use the Crystal for nefarious reasons.

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Mona Marshall]] (English), [[Masumi Gotō]] (Japanese)

When the Decepticons uncovered the Crystal of Power in the temple near her village, Luisa recognized what it was. Her grandmother feared it was the ancient god coming back to punish the villagers. Ha ha, stupid old foreign people! When the Decepticons raided the town, [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] rescued her. She led them to the temple, where the Autobots were able to stop the Decepticons. When Bumblebee drove her back to the village, Luisa hoped to introduce Bumblebee to Juanita, the convertible owned by her brother. {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain}}

==Notes==
*Luisa is not named onscreen, but is identified in the episode's script. But we knew her name before that even became available, 'cause it was in [[The Transformers Sticker Book (1986)|some Dutch sticker album]], or something.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Luisa''' (ルイザ ''Ruiza'')

[[Category:Cartoon-only characters]]
[[Category:Generation 1 humans]]

Ghost 1

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Hyperdudeman: /* Ghosts of Yesterday */

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:Ghost 1 ''is a [[human]]-constructed spaceship from the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

Retroengineered from half-understood (at best) [[Megatron (Movie)|Ice Man]]-derived technology, the experimental '''''Ghost 1''''' was created by [[Sector Seven]] in the late 1960s. It is theoretically capable of traversing the [[solar system]] to [[Jupiter]] and back to [[Earth]] in a time frame of about six months (a rate of travel unimaginable for Earth-based technology), but even its builders don't know what its capable of. ''Ghost 1'' is single-staged, sleek and winged, with noticeable un-aerodynamic bulges and technology protruding in various places. To [[Transformer]] optics it is of very noticeable [[Decepticon]] design (although simultaneously strangely primitive in construction). ''Ghost 1'' possesses some weapons which, although vastly more primitive, are powerful enough to make Transformers wary, and the ship even has a rudimentary artificial intelligence.

The ship is crewed by:
*[[Samuel Walker]] - Commander
*[[Craig Clarkson]] - Systems engineer
*[[Jacob Thompson]] - Second-in-command/Pilot
*[[Michael Avery]] - Science officer
*[[Maria Gonzalez]] - Communications

==Fiction==
===''Ghosts of Yesterday''===
''Ghost 1'' was launched using the [[Apollo 11]] moonshot as a cover. Its mission was a test flight beyond Jupiter and back. The six-month tour was thrown for a loop while attempting to recreate [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Slingshot_effect an episode of Star Trek] and it ended up pulling a [[wikipedia:Farscape|Farscape]] instead. Arriving in a distant star system, the crew were confronted with the sight of the ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]'' and a trio of [[Autobot]]s who emerged from it. After powering up their weapons as a precaution, [[Samuel Walker|Captain Walker]] made the decision to retreat to a nearby planet.

On the harsh desert world, the crew were mislead by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], resulting in them taking the ship into combat against [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]. The two Autobots' retreat and lack of return fire clued the ''Ghost 1'' crew in to the fact that Starscream was being untruthful, and they fobbed the Decepticon off with the excuse that they needed time to run diagnostics on the ship before they could continue. When he left, and they tried to lift off, the ship failed to reach take-off velocity before the ground gave way and it crashed through the ground into a cavern.

There, it was found by Optimus and Bumblebee. The humans, who'd realised their earlier mistake in trusting Starscream, opened communications with the pair. The Autobots helped the crew get the ship out of the cavern, and they finally managed to contact Mission Control. Their plan had been to use the wormhole they'd originally come through to get back to Earth, but that carried the risk of leading the Decepticons back home with them. Instead the crew opted to aid the Autobots. Though they hung back in a safe position during the space battle that followed, when Starscream had Optimus on the verge of defeat, they stepped in. The ''Ghost 1''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> weapons, though primitive, inflicted enough damage to Starscream, that he was forced to break off his attack on Optimus and retreat. Unfortunately, before he did so, he took a minute to obliterate the ''Ghost 1'' with a final barrage. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

===''Convergence''===
[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] monitored the launch of the Ghost 1 craft, believing it to be of greater importance than the Apollo 11 moon mission, but his guess proved incorrect: Thanks to Soundwave's being distracted, astronauts [[Neil Armstrong]] and [[Buzz Aldrin]] were able to carry out the first brief excavation of the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}

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Title sequence

2013-08-05T09:34:35Z

Hyperdudeman: /* English version #2 */

[[File:Targetmasters.jpg|300px|thumb|''Mooooooom!'' Crosshairs and Pinpointer are making a title sequence!]]

A '''title sequence''' is the animation that accompanies the [[theme song]] or opening narration of a television series, introducing the audience to the show's characters and storyline on a visual level. Title sequences are usually composed of original animation commissioned solely for the sequence, a collection of clips from actual episodes, or a mixture of both. Oftentimes, the original animation commissioned for the title sequence is of vastly superior quality to the animation seen in the actual program. ''Oftentimes'', but not always. These sequences can range from thirty seconds to a minute and thirty seconds, depending on the length of the theme song or opening narration.

==Generation 1 (English)==

:'''Theme song:''' "The Transformers" by [[Anne Bryant]] and [[Ford Kinder]].

Each season of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1]] cartoon boasted an original title sequence with varying performances of the original ''Transformers'' theme song. Seasons 1 and 2 each offered original performances of the theme song, while from season 3 onward, a third and final version was performed and used exclusively. For the reruns on the Sci-Fi Channel's [[Cartoon Quest]] and [[Animation Station]] blocks (as well as some syndicated reruns of season 2), the season 2 animation was combined with the season 3 version of the theme.

===Season 1===

:'''Animation:''' ''[[Toei]]''

[[File:G1season1intro01.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Prime at perhaps his wussiest.]]

The [[Autobot]] and [[Decepticon]] insignias fly by as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and several of his troops transform. After the title flips to different faction colors, the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s transform and fire upon several Autobot cars. Optimus Prime and [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] join the battle. [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] clashes with [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] and judo-flips him, but Jazz transforms to car mode, lands, drives back and returns to robot mode, punching Skywarp in the face. [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] unleashes several of his cassette troops while Megatron transforms to gun mode and fires on the Autobots. Both sides then fly into the air and behind a mountain, where the title pops out.
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===Season 2===

:'''Animation:''' ''[[Toei]]''

[[File:G1season2IntroGrid01.jpg|200px|thumb|"Hand-drawn version of computer-generated grids. How ironic!"]]

The Autobot and Decepticon insignias come flying out from space and across the landscape of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] before the scenery changes to that of [[Earth]]. The "Transformers" title then appears and is snatched in the jaws of [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]], where it morphs into [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]. Grimlock releases Thrust as the rest of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s transform and fire upon [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]. Blitzwing transforms to tank mode and makes the mistake of firing upon [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], who transforms to robot mode and squashes him beneath his heel. [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] picks up the remains of Blitzwing, and Omega fires on the approaching [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], who transforms to space shuttle mode just as the tracks drop off into a pit of lava. Down in the lava, the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s are swimming about for some reason. The lava then changes into a ''Tron''-like grid where Optimus Prime and Megatron clash before sinking into a wormhole as the title explodes onto the screen.
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===Season 3 ("Five Faces of Darkness")===

:'''Animation:''' ''[[AKOM]]''

:''This title sequence was used only for the "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]" episodes.''

[[File:Season3AlternateIntro01.jpg|left|200px|thumb|The valiant Springer leaves Rodimus to die.]]

The Autobot and Decepticon insignias glide across the landscape of Cybertron, passing over several battered Decepticons dogpiling on top of a single [[Energon cube]]. As the Decepticons fight over the Energon, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] choose this strategic time to blast their helpless foes with laser fire. [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] then drives up and transforms to robot mode within a wall of flames as the title appears on his chest. The scene shifts to [[Thrull]], where [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] emerges from his plasma bath and fires on a nearby planet, destroying it. Beneath the planet, back on Cybertron, [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] is confronted by [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], only to be rescued by [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. Then, on [[Quintessa]], Ultra Magnus, Kup and Spike are dropped into a [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]] pit and swim away in fear from one of the approaching beasts. The faction insignias then go racing again through space, this time to the planet [[Goo]], where the Autobots are stuck in slime. [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] transforms to helicopter mode and rescues everyone but Rodimus Prime, who gets sucked into a giant spaceship. Rodimus blasts his way out of the ship as several letters scramble together to form the title.
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===Season 3===
:'''Animation:''' ''[[AKOM]]''

[[File:Intro3 4 with error.jpg|200px|thumb|Remember that bit about title sequences having ''better'' animation than the show itself...?]]

A vector grid forms the disembodied head of [[Unicron]], orbiting Cybertron. [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] flies through his eye as the scene shifts to the landscape of Cybertron and an army of [[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]]s in tank mode. One of them fires a blast at the audience which blows up the title. Out in space, [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] is chasing a unit of [[Sweep]]s and a miscolored [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] through a field of space debris. Amid the debris is a TV set that shows Metroplex battling Trypticon. Grabbing Trypticon by the shoulders, Metroplex whirls him around into a crudely drawn tornado. That tornado then becomes the rings of Saturn, upon which are driving [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]. Wheelie's spinning tire becomes the barrel of Galvatron's cannon, aimed directly at the audience. The Decepticon insignia on his chest then rises up, becomes an Autobot insignia and then situates itself onto the chest of [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]], who is engaged in a battle on Earth. Blaster transforms to boom box mode and emits several ripples representing sound or radio waves. Those waves then become the ripples in a pool of water filled with Sharkticons. A Sharkticon swims toward the audience, and the darkness in its mouth becomes a space background and a platform. Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus and Kup (with Springer's head) come running over the platform and toward the audience. The platform is then revealed to be the title.
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===Season 4===

:'''Animation:''' ''[[Toei]], [[AKOM]]''

:''This title sequence is composed of animation commissioned for several Transformers toy [[commercial]]s as well as a few clips recycled from the season 3 title sequence.''

[[File:Scorponok-Rebirth.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"I'm ready for my closeup, Mr. DeMille."]]

Rodimus Prime and Blurr race across a wall and through an electrical field, where they meet a distraught Kup. [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] then unites beautifully with his head. Elsewhere, the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]]s unite into [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]. [[Flywheels]] then transforms to robot mode and fires. Blitzwing appears with the title in front of his cannon in tank mode and blows it up (''recycled season 3 footage''). Above Cybertron, [[Triggerhappy]] and [[Blowpipe (G1)|Blowpipe]] fire and land on the ground. Triggerhappy is immediately tackled by [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]]. [[Spoilsport]] and Blowpipe transform out of gun mode and clash. As they do, [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] and [[Pinpointer (G1)|Pinpointer]] arrive in vehicle mode and transform, only to be immediately tackled by [[Misfire]] and [[Aimless (G1)|Aimless]]. On another planet, ship-mode [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] blasts the approaching [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s. The scene shifts to the barrel of Galvatron's cannon as his Decepticon insignia rises and becomes Blaster's Autobot insignia (''recycled season 3 footage''). Back on Cybertron, Sureshot and Triggerhappy are still going at it. On Earth, Metroplex transforms from battle station mode to robot mode as he's fired upon by [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. The scene shifts to the platform in outer space, as Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus and Kup (with Springer's head) run across it, revealing it to be the title (''recycled season 3 footage'').
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===Season 5===

:'''Animation:''' ''[[Toei]]''

:''This title sequence is composed of animation commissioned for several Transformers toy [[commercial]]s as well as a few clips recycled from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.''

[[File:G1season5titlesequence01.jpg|thumb|200px|Give us a screenshot of this without watermarks and video fuzz, and we'll give ''you'' something very explicit.]]

Hot Rod runs through a valley carrying Daniel Witwicky, transforms to vehicle mode and places Daniel in the driver's seat (''recycled Movie footage''). The Headmasters roll-out from a [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] city. A shuttle blasts off from planet Cybertron and into space. On the planet of [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], Springer and the Junkions run from Galvatron and Cyclonus, who are sparying them with laserfire (''recycled Movie footage''). In [[Autobot City]], Optimus Prime transforms from vehicle to robot mode, rocketing himself into the air and shooting several Decepticons beneath him while the title appears, slanted, on the screen (''recycled Movie footage''). Megatron blasts his [[fusion cannon]] while Starscream strafes Springer, who fires back (''recycled Movie footage''). The [[Targetmaster|Double Targetmaster]]s transform from vehicle to robot modes and fire. In the sky, Triggerhappy and Blowpipe transform to robot and gun mode and open fire. In Autobot City, Devastator tears through a wall, on Cybertron, [[Unicron]] smashes his hand down on the planet, back on Earth, Megatron and the Decepticons evacuate a burning Autobot shuttle and both Megatron and Starscream open fire (''recycled Movie footage''). On Cybertron, Crosshairs and Pinpointer arrive in vehicle mode, transform to robot mode and skid to a stop. The Autobot [[Pretender]]s exit their Pretender shells and rise up into the air in robot mode. On [[Quintessa]], Hot Rod punches a Sharkticon in the face (''recycled Movie footage''). Inside Unicron, Hot Rod opens the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and reveals the show title, outside, Grimlock claws his feet into Unicron, at Autobot City, Megatron ignites his energon saber, leaps into the air and is felled by an uppercut from Optimus Prime that causes the title to appear on the screen (''recycled Movie footage'').

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===Generation 2===
:'''Animation:''' [[Lamb & Company]]

:''Rather than sport a theme song, the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (cartoon)|Generation 2]]'' series featured new CG animation accompanied by narration.''

[[File:G2CartoonIntro01.jpg|200px|thumb|G2 Prime was too extreme for his own good sometimes.]]

Optimus Prime drives over a bridge on some alien planet with two moons in the sky and transforms to robot mode as the narrator describes him as "More than meets the eye, he's a robot in disguise!" Optimus is then strafed by [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] in jet mode. The narrator describes him and the Decepticons as "going ballistic to destroy the Autobots". Ramjet transforms to robot mode and fires a missile into Prime's chest, damaging it, and then shoves him against the side of a cliff. Prime kicks Ramjet away and punches the fallen Ramjet square in the face before he can stand back up. (Way to fight fair, Prime.) Prime then begins stomping on the defeated Ramjet repeatedly with his foot while triumphantly firing his rifle into the sky. (''Jeez, man''.) The narrator then explains to the audience the "Magic of the [[Cybernet Space Cube]]" and introduces the "computer-enhanced stories of the Transformers".
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==Generation 1 (Japanese)==
===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers''===

====Title sequence #1====
:'''Animation:''' ''[[Toei]]''
:'''Theme song:''' ''"[[Transformer (song)|TRANSFORMER]]" by [[Satoko Shimonari]]''

:''The first Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers title sequence consisted of the animation used for the English season 1 sequence with additional clips from "[[More than Meets the Eye (episode)|More than Meets the Eye]]" to pad out the full minute-and-twenty-second length.''

[[File:FSRLTitleSequence01.jpg|left|200px|thumb|]]

The Autobot and Decepticon insignias fly by as Prime, atop the Autobot one, transforms from truck to robot mode. The Japanese title then appears floating in space. The Seekers fly down and transform to robot mode, attacking several Autobot cars who transform to robot mode and fire back. Prime and Megatron join the battle as the two sides clash. Skywarp judo-flips Jazz, who transforms to car mode as he lands, drives back, transforms to robot mode and punches Skywarp in the face. Soundwave unleashes several of his cassette warriors as Megatron transforms to gun mode and fires upon the Autobots (recycled from the English season 1 title sequence). Prime then commands a full line-up of Autobots to transform, and they roll out over the desert (recycled from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3]]"). Underwater, [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] causes an earthquake that begins destroying a dam. On top of the dam, Prime and Megatron battle with [[Energon-axe]] and [[Energon mace]], only for Prime to be knocked off the ledge (recycled from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]"). At the ruby crystal mines of [[Burma]], an explosion sends truck-mode Prime tumbling down the side of a mountain (recycled from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]"). Out in the desert, Prime transforms from truck mode to robot mode and rushes toward the audience. Megatron transforms to gun mode and is caught by Skywarp as Soundwave unleashes several of his cassette warriors (recycled from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3]]"). A trio of [[Air Warrior]]s transform to jet mode and fly off (recycled from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]"). On Cybertron, [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] transforms to his pre-Earth saucer mode (recycled from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]"). In the desert, Soundwave and Rumble watch as [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] transforms to jet mode and flies off into the distance (recycled from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]"). The Autobots and Decepticons then go flying behind a mountain. Where the words creating the title would have popped out from behind the sides of the mountain in the English version, the Japanese title pops out from over top of the mountain (recycled from the English season 1 title sequence).

====Title sequence #2====
:'''Animation:''' ''[[Toei]]''
:'''Theme song:''' ''"[[Transformer (song)|TRANSFORMER]]" by [[Satoko Shimonari]]''

:''The second Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers title sequence consisted of the animation used for the English season 1 and 2 sequences with additional clips from various other episodes (mostly the same clips used in the US season 2 closing credits sequence) to pad out the full minute-and-twenty-second length.''

The Autobot and Decepticon insignias fly through space toward the planet Cybertron. The Japanese "Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers" logo appears. Grimlock and the Dinobots open fire on Blitzwing, who transformers and attempts to shoot down Omega Supreme. Omega Supreme squashes Blitzwing (who is salvaged by Scrapper) and then opens fire on Astrotrain. Astrotrain transformers and retreats as the "camera" falls into a pit of lava containing the Insecticons (US season 2 title sequence footage). Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp transform from jet to robot modes and open fire on Wheeljack, Bumblebee and Mirage. Optimus and Megatron both lead their respective factions in a charge into battle. Various robots grapple before the Decepticons fly off with the Autobots ont he ground shooting at them (US season 1 title sequence footage). [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] transform to robot mode ("[[The Master Builders]]"), [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] transforms to robot mode ("[[A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court]]"), Blitzwing transform to tank mode (??), [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] transform to dinosaur modes (??), [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] transforms to jet mode ("[[Dinobot Island, Part 1]]"), [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] and Grapple transform from vehicle to robot modes (??), Starscream transformers to jet mode and flies off ("[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]"), Smokescreen, [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] and Wheeljack transform to vehicle modes (??), Optimus Prime transforms from truck to robot mode while Megatron transforms from robot to gun mode ("[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3]]"). Optimus and Megatron square off on a computerized grid in outer space and promptly sink into the grid (US season 2 title sequence footage). The grid then explodes and turns into the Japanese "Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers" logo.

===Scramble City: Mobilization===
:'''Animation:''' ''[[Toei]]''
:'''Theme song:''' ''"[[Transformer (song)|TRANSFORMER]]" by [[Satoko Shimonari]]''

:''The "[[Scramble City: Mobilization]]" title sequence consisted of the animation used for the English season 2 sequence with additional clips from "More than Meets the Eye" to pad out the full minute-and-twenty-second length.''

[[File:ScrambleCityTitleSequenceSoundwave01.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Laserbeak: Eject. Operation: Destroy the departing sky!"]]

The Autobot and Decepticon insignias fly across the landscape of Cybertron, which becomes the landscape of Earth. The English title appears and is bitten by Grimlock, then morphs into Thrust. Grimlock releases Thrust as the Dinobots transform and fire upon Blitzwing. Blitzwing transforms to tank mode and fires on Omega Supreme, who squashes him beneath his foot. As Scrapper hauls off Blitzwing's remains, Omega fires on Astrotrain, who transforms to shuttle mode above a pit of lava. Down in the lava, the Insecticons are swimming around for no apparent reason (recycled from the English season 2 title sequence). On Cybertron, three [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s (including [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]) attack Bumblebee and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] with a flamethrower (recycled from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]"). On Earth, a quake rumbles the crashed [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and knocks Optimus Prime into the repair beam of [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]], who converts him into a truck (recycled from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]"). Soundwave ejects [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], who chases after [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], blasting the former off of a cliff (recycled from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]"). A vector grid then appears with both Autobots and Decepticons charging over top of it. Prime and Megatron clash and sink into a pit as the English title explodes onto the screen (recycled from the English season 2 title sequence).

===''Transformers 2010''===
:'''Animation:''' ''[[Toei]]''
:'''Theme song:''' ''"[[Transformer 2010|TRANSFORMER 2010]]" by [[Shō Hirose]]''

:''Rather than recycle any of the crude animation from the English season 3 title sequence, the ''Transformers 2010'' title sequence was cobbled together from multiple toy [[commercial]]s and clips from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. Oddly, ''The Transformers: The Movie'' would not be released in Japan until 1989.''

[[File:TF2010TitleClip01.jpg|200px|thumb|It was a choice between "Cross of heat" or "BURNING HEART!" This won out.]]

Unicron's head orbits Cybertron as the Japanese title pops out of his broken eye (recycled from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''). On an Earth highway, Ultra Magnus and several Autobots appear. Magnus transforms and fires his missiles at the approaching Galvatron and multiple Decepticons. Galvatron flies right through the flames, only to be socked in the jaw by Magnus. Galvatron transforms to cannon mode and returns fire. Elsewhere, Trypticon is approached by the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]]s, who transform and open fire on the city. Trypticon transforms first to battle station mode, then dinosaur mode. The Protectobots combine into [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] as Trypticon breathes fire in their direction. Metroplex arrives in mobile battle station mode and is attacked by Bruticus. Metroplex transforms to robot mode and returns fire (footage from the Metroplex commercial, also used in the English season 4 intro). In some other desert, [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] and [[Sandstorm (G1)|Standstorm]] show off their three transformations as they battle Blitzwing and Astrotrain. And yet elsewhere, the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s mow down [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] and then pose on a cliff before combining into [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]. Inside Unicron, Rodimus Prime gives Galvatron the "end of the road" speech, picks him up and hurls him out into space. On Cybertron, Rodimus rallies a line-up of Autobots as the Japanese title appears (recycled from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'').
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===''The Headmasters''===
:'''Animation:''' ''[[Toei]]''
:'''Theme song:''' ''"[[The Headmasters (song)|The Headmasters]]" by [[Hironobu Kageyama]]''

:''The first completely original title sequence commissioned by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]. Beginning with "[[Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger]]", the Decepticons in the sequence would flash on and off as a tie-in with the light-gun game [[Video Challenger]].''

[[File:HeadmastersTitleSequence01.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Apply directly to the footage!]]

[[File:GalvyChallenger.gif|thumb|200px|Captain Powermaster and the Robots of the Future!]]

As the sun is eclipsed by a planet, the title appears on the screen. [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s head-on and fly toward the audience. Above Earth, the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]] transforms and deploys [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Twincast]] and the [[Trainbot]]s. On the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], Spike and Daniel Witwicky hop along the surface in their [[Exosuit]]s as [[Sixshot]] and the Decepticon Headmasters fly up behind them. In space, Galvatron, [[Scorponok (G1)|Mega Zarak]] and the Decepticon Headmasters open fire on the Trainbots, who combine into [[Raiden]]. The Autobot and Decepticon Headmasters then engage in a massive outer space firefight with lasers flying all over the place. Rodimus Prime is struck by a laser and injured, but is quickly shielded by Chromedome, who then blasts [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundblaster]] in the chest and sends him flying. [[Skullcruncher]] then attacks Chromedome with his sword, but is immediately deflected. The Terrorcons then arrive on the scene but are all blown up by the combined efforts of Raiden and the recovered Rodimus Prime. Sixshot and the remaining Decepticons are then driven back by a blast from [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]. The Autobot insignia then appears, and every Autobot that matters lines himself up in front of it, with Chromedome taking center point.
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===''Super-God Masterforce''===
:'''Animation:''' ''[[Toei]]''
:'''Theme song:''' ''"[[Chōjin Masterforce no Theme]]" by [[Toshiya Igarashi]]''

====Title sequence #1====

[[File:Masterforce opening 1.jpg|225px|thumb]]

At a drive-in movie theater, [[Shūta Gō]] and [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] prepare a computer, which projects the rest of the opening sequence onto the big screen for the theater's patrons. The title is revealed, standing atop a pedestal with spotlights illuminating it, before cutting away to a blue-tinged shot of human-mode [[Metalhawk]] racing across a field of anime speed-lines. The image is soon replaced with one of him in his [[Pretender]] armor, quickly joined by [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]], [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] and [[Lander]] in theirs. The four Pretenders transform into robot mode and then fly into the screen. Jet-mode Metalhawk and Phoenix fly around [[Ginrai]]'s [[trailer]] in battle station mode as the [[Trainbot]]s soar by in the background, all in the sky above the Autobots' mountain headquarters. [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] and [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] fly by a dark castle in jet mode, and inset boxes appear onscreen revealing their names, ages and nationalities, before they engage Metalhawk and Phoenix in a dogfight. As Shūta and Minerva look on, worried, the two Decepticons merge into [[Darkwings]]. On the ground below, [[Lightfoot]], [[Ranger]] and [[Road King]] come speeding into action, as an inset gives Lightfoot's details to the audience. Lightfoot races into a tunnel, where he is confronted by Pretender-mode [[Dauros]], [[Gilmer]] and [[Blood]], the latter transforming to robot mode and opening fire. As Minerva cheers, Lightfoot transforms into robot mode and fire back, nailing Blood. Elsewhere, humans run in panic as a [[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]] rampages through their city before combining with its fellow [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] to form [[King Poseidon]]. Ginrai comes rolling onto the scene with the requisite inset box, transforms into robot mode and leaps into the air, avoiding King Poseidon's cannon fire and flattening the combiner with a kick. The projection ends with Ginrai and the four Autobot Pretenders standing on Ginrai's battle station, and the camera pulls back out to show Minerva and Shūta watching. The five Transformers onscreen leap towards the camera, and the two kids fall over as they come ''out'' of the screen and land in front of them. Shūta and Minerva right themselves and cheer.
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====Title sequence #2====

[[File:Masterforce opening 2.jpg|left|225px|thumb]]

Ginrai and the [[Headmaster Junior]]s come running towards the audience on a white field ([[Cab]] swings in on a rope), which dissolves to reveal the image of the Autobots' mountain headquarters. The quartet turn stage-left and jump into the air as flames fill the screen, segueing to the title on a background of green spotlights. Ginrai very dramatically dons his [[Godmaster]] armor just before King Poseidon comes bursting through a field of ice and shoots at him, prompting him to leap into the air and merge with his [[Transtector]] to become Super Ginrai. [[Mega]] and [[Giga]] appear against a black field, surrounded by rainbow-colored energy, then combine with their Transtectors into [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]. Human-form Road King, Lightfoot and Ranger slide across a sparkly green background, and their vehicle-mode Transtectors roll by below them. Each one of the three fades away as his Transtector lines up below him, transitioning into close-ups of their cockpits, with their armored drivers now behind the wheel. The three Godmasters drive off the top of waterfall and transform into robot mode before they hit the ground below. Back at the battle, Ginrai flips King Poseidon and slams him into the tundra, where he explodes dramatically. Ginrai then turns, and the scene changes to a city, where Overlord shields himself against a blast from Ginrai's cannon. Overlord unleashes his own weapons, but Ginrai leaps over the volley and kicks Overlord in the face. Overlord spins and launches his "Mega Child" jet-shield to pursue Ginrai, but the Autobot whips around and knocks it out of the air before blasting Overlord some more, then finally bringing him down with a rain of punches and kicks. Cab, Shūta and Minerva are then seen driving [[Godbomber]] into action, and the drone launches into the air, linking up with Ginrai to form God Ginrai. A long pan up God Ginrai's body concludes with the Headmaster Juniors jumping from Godbomber's cockpit and being joined by Ginrai. They all join hands and run forward, with the images of God Ginrai and their mountain base in the background.
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===''Victory''===
[[File:Victory title sequence.jpg|thumb]]
:'''Animation:''' ''[[Toei]]''
:'''Theme song:''' ''"[[Transformer V]]" by [[Kōji Kaya]] and Morinoki Children's Chorus''
The [[Brainmaster]]s roll across a blue grid and transform into robot mode, quickly followed by the [[Breastforce]] doing the same, only on a red grid. A glowing "V" descends into shot, and the scene transitions to the show's title, with the V in place as part of the logo. [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] flies in space above the [[Earth]], as [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] wreaks havoc in a city down on the planet's surface. Star Saber [[stock footage|transforms to robot mode]] and lunges into battle with Deathsaurus, while the Brainmasters clash with the Breastforce. Elsewhere, the [[Dinoforce]] attack the Autobots' [[Rocket Base|Shuttle Base]], but are repelled by [[Galaxy Shuttle]]. [[Jean Minakaze]]'s face then fills the screen, and the camera zooms out to show him standing on a green grid, with an image of Earth hanging in space in the background. Galaxy Shuttle and the Brainmasters jump down from off-screen to join him, and then Star Saber's face fills the whole screen. The camera zooms out again, and the grid and other characters are gone, leaving only Star Saber standing before the Earth. He swings his sword and poses dynamically.
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===''Zone''===
:'''Animation:''' ''[[Toei]]''
:'''Theme song:''' ''"[[Transformer Z no Theme]]" by [[Ichirō Mizuki]]''

[[File:Zone title sequence.jpg|left|225px|thumb|Is he union?]]

[[Emusa]] cues the beginning of the sequence by popping up with a clapperboard. The [[Jet Patrol Team]] and [[Sunrunner]] come flying out of the sunset, over the ocean, followed by the huge form of [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]], who fills the whole screen. By the time Dai Atlas has passed, the scene has changed to a shot of [[Micro|Planet Zone]] from space, before the title card appears. [[Violen Jiger]] whirls in space, and from the folds of his cloak, the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] emerge. Dai Atlas transforms from jet to robot mode, while [[Sonic Bomber]] destroys some kind of flying monster, then transforms to robot mode himself. The [[Rescue Patrol Team]], [[Battle Patrol|Battle Patrol Team]] and [[Race Car Patrol|Race Car Patrol Team]] prepare for action. The [[Rocket Base]]'s Galaxy Rocket flies through space, flanked by the Jet Patrol Team, while on Zone's surface, the other [[Micromaster]]s ride the Rocket Base itself into battle. [[Moonradar (Zone)|Moonradar]] and [[Rabbicrater]] pose in front of a large "Z", then drive through a field, just behind [[Cain]] and [[Akira Serikawa]], who are hand-in-hand. [[Zone Base]] transforms into battle mode as Cain, Akira and Emusa leap through the air excitedly, while Dai Atlas dodges his way around a series of explosions. He emerges from the dust of the explosions in drill tank mode and lunges towards the monster that is attacking him, drilling right through and destroying it. Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber land in front of Zone Base, Cain and Akira pop up in front of them, and then Emusa reappears with his clapperboard to signify that it's all over.
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==Beast Wars (English)==
:'''Animation:''' ''[[Mainframe Entertainment]]''
:'''Theme song:''' ''"Beast Wars Theme" by [[Robert Buckley]]''
===Season 1===

===Season 2===

===Season 3===

===Rhino home video versions===

==Beast Wars (Japanese)==

===Beast Wars===
:'''Animation:''' ''[[Mainframe Entertainment]]''
:'''Theme song:''' ''"[[War War! Stop It|WAR WAR! STOP IT]]" by [[Banana Ice]]''

===Beast Wars Metals===
:'''Animation:''' ''[[Mainframe Entertainment]]''
:'''Theme song:''' ''"[[Tamashī no Evolution]]" by [[Hironobu Kageyama]]''
:'''Theme song:''' ''"[[Sen'nen no Soldier]]" by Hironobu Kageyama''

===Beast Wars II===
====Title sequence #1====
:'''Animation:''' [[Production Reed|Ashi Productions]]
:'''Theme song:''' ''"[[Get My Future|GET MY FUTURE]]" by [[Cyber Nation Network]]''

:''Most of the first ''Beast Wars II'' title sequence is composed of clips from "[[The New Forces Arrive!]]", along with [[stock footage]] of transformations and special attacks.''

[[File:Bwii title sequence1.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Invisible hot metal flooring.]]

Glowing, yellow outlines of the individual letters of the ''Beast Wars'' logo fall into shot in front of the silhouette of [[Gaea]], shifting to full color as a large "II" rises up behind them, followed by the "Super Lifeform Transformers" logo. Light dawns on [[Lio Convoy]], who turns around to face the approaching vehicle-mode [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]. [[Megastorm]] fires a blast that sends [[Bighorn]] sprawling off the top of the ''[[Galvaburg II]]'', and Lio Convoy unleashes his wrist cannons and fires back before jumping down to a rocky shoreline and looking up to watch the ''[[Yukikaze (BWII)|Yukikaze]]'' fly by overhead. Scenes of the ''Yukikaze'' coming under fire when it arrived on Gaea and the Maximals leaving the damaged craft in escape pods play, followed by shots of Lio Convoy in lion mode posing heroically, the ''Galvaburg'' drifting in front of the [[Moon (moon)|moon]], and [[Scuba]] carrying [[Diver (BWII)|Diver]] and [[Tasmania Kid]] through a body of water. [[Moon (BWII)|Moon]] and [[Artemis]] appear, and when Moon tries to crowd Artemis out of shot, she clobbers him with her hammer. Stock footage of [[Apache]], Bighorn, Diver, Scuba and [[Starscream (BWII)|Starscream]]'s transformations follow, after which Starscream rides tank-mode [[BB]] into battle and the Maximals return fire. The heroes are then bombarded by bolts of purple lightning fired by the ''Galvaburg II'', and Lio Convoy leaps to their aid. The camera pans out on a still shot of the assembled Predacons, Scuba and Diver unleash their special attacks, and the camera pans out on a still shot of the Maximals.
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====Title sequence #2====
:'''Animation:''' [[Production Reed|Ashi Productions]]
:'''Theme song:''' ''"[[Super Voyager|SUPER VOYAGER]]" by Cyber Nation Network''

[[File:ArtemisMoonNAVIBWIITitleSequence02.jpg|thumb|250px|This is a Transformers show? Are you sure?]]

The ''Beast Wars'' logo fades into shot, followed by the II symbol. The logo then shifts from grey to yellow. A small shooting star appears, revealing the "Super Lifeform Transformers" logo. Against the background of a far-off galaxy, [[Lio Junior]], [[Skywarp (BWII)|Skywarp]] and [[Santon]] transform. The three are then fired from the ''Yukikaze'' in the form of streams of light. The camera pans out from a translucent Galvatron. Lio Junior draws his weapon and swings it. He is then seen alongside Santon and Skywarp in their light forms, about to enter Gaea's atmosphere. Artemis, Moon and [[NAVI]] briefly flash on screen. Gigastorm rears up, surrounded by rays of sunlight. Shots of Lio Convoy and Galvatron transforming are shown, followed by Lio firing his wrist missiles. From a still shot of drill-mode Galvatron, the camera pans up to reveal Gigastorm and the ''Galvaburg II''. This is followed by stock footage of Apache, Bighorn, Tasmania Kid, Diver and Scuba transforming. Lio Convoy appears in a field, transforms to beast mode, and begins to run. He is joined by Lio Junior and the other Maximals. The Lios are then shown on a windy cliff, staring out across a valley, with a close-up of Lio Convoy's face, followed by an underside shot of Skywarp rising towards the sun. [[Magnaboss II|Magnasboss]] combines against a background of stars. This is followed by a panning shot of [[Max B]], [[Dirgegun]], [[Thrustor]] and [[Hellscream]]. Stock footage is shown of [[Tripledacus]] and [[God Neptune]]. Galvatron is then shown in his dragon mode. This followed by Gigastorm running in place in front of a background featuring Galvatron's face and dragon form. Water erupts from the ground as the [[Tako Tank]] rises up. The camera then pans out of a group shot of all the Maximals, followed by Lio Convoy turning to face the camera.

===Beast Wars Neo===
====Title Sequence 1====
:'''Animation:''' [[Production Reed|Ashi Productions]]
:'''Theme song:''' ''"[[Love For Ever: Kimi wo Mamoru Tame ni|Love For Ever —Kimi wo Mamoru Tame ni—]]" by [[M.C.R.]]''

[[File:BigConvoyTitleSequencePoint01.jpg|thumb|left|250px|]]

A planet similar to Gaea is shown. The screen goes black before revealing a spotlight on Big Convoy's back. He is then shown flying through the sky. Magmatron appears, translucent against a background of space, firing random laser blasts. This is followed by stock footage of Big Convoy firing his Big Cannon. The "Beast Wars" emblem flies into the middle of the screen, followed by the "Super Lifeform Transformers" and "Neo" logos. In space, the ''Gung Ho'' launches the Maximals at a planet. They are shown walking through a valley, before looking shocked against an anime speedline background. [[Guiledart]] and [[Saberback]] appear in their beast modes. The camera then pans across the Predacons in their robot modes, with flames in the foreground. The Maximal emblem appears. A line drawing of Big Convoy is superimposed over it and then filled with colour. Superimposed over this are shots of the heads of Landsaur, Skysaur and Seasaur, with Magmatron appearing in front of these. Recycled episode footage of Big Convoy and the Maximals fighting Magmatron and the Predacons is show. Big Convoy points at the audience. The screen splits to reveal a group shot of the Maximals.

====Title Sequence 2====
:'''Animation:''' [[Production Reed|Ashi Productions]]
:'''Theme song:''' ''"[[Love For Ever: Kimi wo Mamoru Tame ni|Love For Ever —Kimi wo Mamoru Tame ni—]]" by [[M.C.R.]]''

[[File:LoveIsHere01.jpg|thumb|250px|Love is here... and it BUURRNSS!!]]

A sun is shown. As flames rise from it, one dissipates as a heavily shadowed [[Big Convoy]] passes through it and flies at the screen. The camera closes on his face as the shadow disappears. The ''[[Gung Ho]]'' passes by the screen and warps away as shots of the Maximals pan across screen. The "Beast Wars" emblem flies into the middle of the screen, followed by the "Super Lifeform Transformers" and "Neo" logos. On a planet with no atmosphere, Big Convoy in his mammoth mode faces off against [[Magmatron|Landsaur]]. The camera then pans over Magmatron's three beast modes before revealing the upper torso of his robot mode. [[Break]] dives into some water, [[Cohrada]] strikes at the screen from some grass, and [[Stampy (BWN)|Stampy]], [[Heinrad]] and [[Longrack (BWN)|Longrack]] run at the screen. Stock footage of Big Convoy and Magmatron transforming is shown, which moves partway through Magmatron's transformation into a mosaic of all the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] and [[Blendtron]]s transforming. Cohrada then shoots flames at the top left of the screen against a background of anime action lines. Stock footage of the Maximals including [[Mach Kick]] transforming is then shown against a background of space, before panning across head shots of the original ''Gung Ho'' crew. Big Convoy and Magmatron then appear, battling in space above a planet before Big Convoy pushes them both into the atmosphere. Break bursts from an iceberg and fires missiles at the screen, followed by Longrack doing the same in a field. Big Convoy in space blasts Magmatron. The camera shows the [[Energon Matrix]], followed by Big Convoy drawing the [[Big Cannon]] and firing. Big Convoy is then shown in the foreground with his crew in the background left.

==Beast Machines==
:'''Animation:''' ''[[Mainframe Entertainment]]''
:'''Theme song:''' ''"[[Phat Planet]]" by [[Leftfield]]''

===Japanese version (Beast Wars Returns)===
:'''Animation:''' ''[[Mainframe Entertainment]]''
:'''Theme song:''' ''"[[Phat Planet]]" by [[Leftfield]]''

The ''Beast Wars Returns'' title sequence is identical to the ''Beast Machines'' title sequence used in Western broadcasts of the show. The only visual difference is a new Japanese language logo. Though "Phat Planet" was retained as the theme, hearing it would be a challenge, as every broadcast of the ''Beast Wars Returns'' intro featured the cast of characters chatting amongst themselves, typically engaging in silly conversations or saying things that somehow related to the plot of the episode.

==Robots in Disguise==
:'''Animation:''' [[Studio Gallop]]
:'''Theme song:''' ''Robots in Disguise'' theme by [[Shuki Levy]] and [[Kussa Mahchi]]

:''The ''Robots in Disguise'' opening is composed entirely of clips taken from the series. The only new material is superimposed on existing footage: the show's logo and two pairs of inset windows.''

[[File:Rid titlesequence.jpg|left|thumb|225px|Through the magic of the Cybernet Space... Dodecahedron?]]

The ''Robots in Disguise'' logo unfolds as the camera zooms through the subterranean tunnels of the [[Global Space Bridge]]. [[R.E.V.]], [[Crosswise (RID)|Crosswise]] and [[Ironhide (RID)|Ironhide]] transform and drive forward. The [[Autobot Brothers]] drive through a loop on the Global Space Bridge roadway. [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and the Autobot Brothers transform to robot mode one after the other, and [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] runs towards the camera. [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] swoops out of the sky, scattering the [[Commando]]s, followed anachronistically by the Commandos transforming to robot mode. Stock footage of [[X-Brawn]] and [[Midnight Express (RID)|Midnight Express]]'s transformation sequences play in small windows overlaid on top of a shot of Optimus Prime posing. R.E.V. emerges from his billboard hiding place and transforms to robot mode. [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] transforms to shark mode and grabs up the [[Plutonium Energy Generator]] in his jaws. [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] transforms to dragon mode and shoots bolts of flame at Optimus Prime. Inset windows containing clips of [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] and [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]]'s transformation stock footage appear over footage of Megatron's transformation to bat mode. [[Gas Skunk]] fires his left laser, and [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] and X-Brawn dodge it. Optimus Prime fires his shoulder-mounted missile launchers, then launches his [[Flying Fist]] over Koji's head, and a blast sends Megatron sprawling. Optimus Prime stands behind the show's logo, as the three Autobot Brothers jump down to stand beside him and they all pose together.
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===Car Robots===
:'''Animation:''' [[Studio Gallop]]
:'''Theme song:''' ''"[[Honō no Overdrive: Car Robot Cybertron|Honō no Overdrive ~Car Robot Cybertron~]]" by [[Kōji Wada]]''
[[File:Carrobots titlesequence.jpg|thumb|225px|BURNING CGI JUSTICE]]
Silhouettes of [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]], [[X-Brawn]], [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] and [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] scroll past a pair of wailing red siren strobe lights. A shot of Optimus Prime in vehicle mode speeding down a city street towards the camera is followed by a slow pan across the rooftops of the city, on top of which the ''Car Robots'' logo appears. Optimus Prime continues on his way, coming face to face with a [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] dragon-mode [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]], while the [[Autobot Brothers]] zoom into the [[Global Space Bridge]] on their way to join him. Prime (briefly rendered in CGI himself) transforms to robot mode and opens fire on Megatron, then is attacked by the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]] and retaliates by blasting [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] with his "Blaze Baster" attack. Prime transforms into [[Super Mode]] and holds [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] and [[T-AI]] in his hand, while CGI versions of the Autobot Brothers arrive on the scene and transform. [[Team Bullet Train]] are shown driving along, and the CGI Megatron transforms into robot mode, before the sequence ends on a group shot of Prime, the Autobot Brothers and Team Bullet Train standing on a starfield, with Super Mode Prime superimposed on the background.

{{note|A slightly modified version of this opening was introduced with "[[Sideburn's Obsession]]" that [[:Image:Carrobots cgi intromod.jpg|replaced the cel-animated renditions of Team Bullet Train]] towards the end of the sequence with CGI counterparts.}}
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==Unicron Trilogy (English)==

===Armada===
{{bigquote|The war between the Autobots and the Decepticons rages on as they struggle to retrieve the prized Mini-Cons. There are new and more powerful Mini-Cons surfacing every day. If the Decepticons prove victorious, then Megatron and his enslaved Mini-Cons control the universe. The Earth's only chance at a peaceful cosmos is for Optimus Prime and the Autobots to destroy their enemy and free all Mini-Cons. Now, get ready for a new battle...|The narrator|[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'s opening credits}}

The intro shows the audience a battle in space between the Autobots and the Decepticons until. A ship containing the Mini-Cons enters a space bridge. On the other side, the ship crash-lands on the moon, sending a part of the ship hurtling towards Earth. The ship part ejects the Mini-Cons all across the globe before crash-landing into the planet. The environment around the piece changes around it before the camera pans out to a shot of the Earth from space. The Autobot logo appears, ending the intro.

In some early episodes, this intro was used:

{{bigquote|Hi! My name's Rad, and I want to tell you about the Transformers: mechanical beings from another world! There's the Autobots, the good guys, and the Decepticons, a bunch of bullies. They're all fighting over a tiny race of robots called the Mini-Cons, who crash-landed on Earth thousands of years ago, and they're scattered all over the planet! The Decepticons want to collect them and use to increase their power, but the Autobots will put a stop to ''that'' evil plan!|[[Rad White]]| The alternate intro}}

===Armada: The Unicron Battles===
{{bigquote|The battlefield has shifted! The Autobots and the Decepticons are racing through space to face the greatest evil they have ever encountered. The have entered... The Unicron Battles!|The narrator|''The Unicron Battles'' opening credits}}

Beginning with the episode "Depart", this title sequence was used to promote the [[The Unicron Battles|Unicron Battles]] subline imprint in late 2003.

Super-Mode Optimus fires a Maximum Blast from his rifle, followed by the Autobot and the Decepticons insignias turning into Optimus and Megatron, respectively. Optimus knocks the Star Saber out of Megatron's hands, and Hot Shot catches it and twirls it around as Sarscream attacks him. As the Autobots and Decepticons float through space towards Unicron, Megatron is reformatted into Galvatron, while Starscream and Hot Shot receive new armor. Galvatron attacks Optimus with the Star Saber, but Optimus blocks the attack with his hand. Jet Optimus then flies at the screen as Megatron emerges from the ground. A rainbow-colored rain falls on Cybertron as Optimus flies upward into a fire. The intro ends as the title logo appears.

===Energon===
The title kicks off with a cloud of energy that disappears and super-mode Optimus Prime unleashes an Energon Blast, destroying a swarm of Terrorcons. Hot Shot then prepares to Powerlinx with someone as Inferno transforms into robot mode and fires on a group of Terrorcons that are attacking an Energon Tower. Ironhide rushes towards an enemy, but the scene jumps to Optimus, Hot Shot, Inferno, Ironhide, and Jetfire all lined up, and they each transform one by one. As a Battle Ravage Terrorcon lands on an Energon Tower, Optimus and company travel through a Space Bridge. Inferno then combines with Hot Shot, forming the lower torso. Super Optimus then poses and the title appears before the screen fades to black.

===Cybertron===
{{bigquote|Our worlds are in danger! To save them and the galaxy we ''must'' find the four Cyber Planet Keys before the Decepticons can use them for evil. ''It'' is our ''mission.'' Hot Shot! Jetfire! Vector Prime! Landmine! Scattorshot! Optimus Prime! Transform and roll out!|Optimus Prime|''Cybertron'' opening credits}}

The intro starts out with a shot of the Black Hole, followed by images of Earth, Velocitron, Animatron, Gigantion, and Cybertron. Images of the four Cyber Planet Keys, followed by a river of lava erupting. Megatron and Starscream are shown in the Fire Dimension as the Black Hole destroys a planet. Images of Hot Shot, Jetfire, Vector Prime, Landmine, Scattershot, and Optimus Prime are shown before the images are replaced by clips of the aforementioned characters transforming into vehicle mode.

On Velocitron, Override transforms and skids to a halt. Hot Shot transforms into car mode as Starscream collides with Jetfire. Thundercracker and Ransack change into robot mode as Optimus fires his blaster. Brief shots of Hot Shot, Landmine, Scattershot, Overhaul, Vector, and Optimus are shown, followed by Optimus and Megatron locking fists, causing the ground to quake. Vector Prime assumes robot mode, and the title logo appears, ending the intro.

==Unicron Trilogy (Japanese)==

===''Micron Legend''===
====Title sequence #1====
:'''Animation:''' [[Raretrick]]
:'''Theme song:''' ''"[[Transformer: Dream Again|TRANSFORMER -Dream Again-]]" by [[Psychic Lover]]''

====Title sequence #2====
:'''Animation:''' [[Raretrick]]
:'''Theme song:''' ''"[[Transformers: Kōtetsu no Yūki|Transformers ~Kōtetsu no Yūki~]]" by [[Hideaki Takatori]]''

===''Super Link''===
:'''Animation:''' [[Studio A-CAT]]
:'''Theme song:''' ''"[[Taiyō no Transform!!|Taiyō no transform!!]]" by [[Hiroshi Kitadani]]''
[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]], and [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] all fly to the audience in vehicle mode. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] comes too, and transforms. Optimus combines with the [[Prime Force]], and the title appears. [[Alpha Quintesson]] appears and creates the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]]s. [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] and Ironhide come running on a field. Kicker is then shown riding his bike, as scene in [[Cybertron City (city)|Cybertron City]]. Kicker and [[Misha Miramond]] are shown in a field. They try to kiss, but they go through each other. [[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] gives Optimus and Hot Shot the [[Spark of Combination]]. Ironhide shows off his. Stock footage of Hot Shot, Inferno, Ironhide, and Jetfire are shown along with the other humans, then Hot Shot and Inferno [[powerlink]]. Kicker transforms in his Energon mode. Then, he goes inside Jetfire as they fly toward a ''planet sized'' [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. Optimus, with the Prime Force, gets in a sword fight with, um... Megatron. A portrait of all the transformers is shown.

===''Galaxy Force''===
====Title sequence #1====
:'''Animation:''' [[GONZO]]
:'''Theme song:''' ''"[[Call You... Kimi to Boku no Mirai|CALL YOU... Kimi to Boku no Mirai]]" by [[Shinji Kakijima]]''

====Title sequence [[Savage#Trivia|#2]]====
:'''Animation:''' [[GONZO]]

====Title sequence [[Ice#Trivia|#3]]====
:'''Animation:''' [[GONZO]]

====Title sequence [[Critical#Trivia|#4]]====
:'''Animation:''' [[GONZO]]
:'''Theme song:''' ''"[[Ignition!|IGNITION!]]" by [[CHINO]]''

====Title sequence [[Titans#Trivia|#5]]====
:'''Animation:''' [[GONZO]]

==Animated==
===English version===
:'''Animation studio:''' [[Studio 4°C]]
:'''Theme song:''' [[Andy Sturmer]] and [[Sebastian Evans II]]
:''This title sequence combines animation originally commissioned for promotional purposes with clips from the first few episodes of the series. The promotional animation (the "Mighty Orbots" tunnel sequence) was screened at conventions and released on the DVD packaged with the Optimus Prime and Megatron "The Battle Begins" two-pack.''

[[File:BumblebeeAnimatedUSTitleSequence01.jpg|thumb|left|250px|]]

The Autobot insignia falls through a computer-generated grid, followed by the title "Transformers Animated". The "camera" then travels down a tunnel, first passing [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]], standing with his arms folded (followed by clips of him transforming and fighting). Next we pass [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]], who is surprised to see the ground-level camera zooming toward his legs (followed by clips of him transforming and fighting). Passing under Ratchet's crotch, we stumble upon [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]], who is sitting on the ground, drinking and then eating a whole barrel of oil (followed by clips of him transforming and fighting). Further down the tunnel we spot [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]], clinging to a wall. Prowl leaps down with a ninja-flip and lands in a stylish pose (followed by clips of him transforming and fighting). [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] then comes speeding by in vehicle-mode, transforms and dangles in midair (followed by clips of him transforming and fighting). The Decepticon insignia then shatters through a computer-generated grid, leading to clips of [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]], [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] and [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] transforming and fighting. We return to the computer-generated grid where now all the Autobots are making macho poses, ending with a group shot and the title logo.

:''The uncut promotional footage of the tunnel sequence ends with the reveal that the "cameraman" zooming past everybody is actually [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]] on a tricycle. She plants her [[AllSpark Key|key]] in the trike, turning it into a jetpack and proceeds to disappear down the end of the tunnel.''

===Japanese version #1===
:'''Animation studio:''' [[Barnum Studio]]
:'''Theme song:''' ''"[[Transformers Evo.|TRANSFORMERS EVO.]]" by [[JAM Project]]''

[[File:TheHoodedClaw01.jpg|left|thumb|300px|I'll get you, Penelope Pitstop!]]

The camera swoops through the depths of space, panning past planet after planet, finally settling on a view of [[Earth]] from space. The spectral form of a [[cloaked mystery villain]] appears over the planet, spreading its arms and then vanishing, leaving the planet surrounded by a glowing red miasma. Bolts of lightning strike the planet, dispelling the glow, and from the bolts the title appears. It moves forward into the camera, and the sun rises over Earth.

[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (in jet mode) and [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] fly over an ocean. Tank-mode [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] bursts out of the ground, and [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] speeds in front of him. [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] descends into shot in spider-mode, supporting by a net of webbing, which she promptly rips through, transforming to robot mode and landing neatly. The image of Elita-1 is superimposed over her with a bolt of red lightning, and then she gestures, prompting the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]] to burst out of the scenery behind her and charge forward.

[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]], [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] and [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] appear side-by-side in front of [[New York City]]'s Flatiron Building, transform, and drive into the camera. In [[London]], [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] enters stage right and also transforms, driving past [[Elizabeth Tower]], followed by [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] and [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]], who fly alongside him. [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]], [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] and [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] appear one after the other against streaky blue anime speed lines, the shot ending on a close-up of Sentinel as he deploys his battle mask. [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] stomps his foot and poses dramatically on a highway, then transforms to truck mode after still shots of the other Autobots appear. The camera pans over the silhouetted form of [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]], only shining a little light on him as it passes over his head, to reveal a teasing glimpse of [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|the Autobot spaceship]].

[[File:Japanese animated intro.jpg|thumb|300px|Wildest graduation photo shoot ever.]]

Starscream appears in [[France]] and transforms to robot mode, revealing the [[AllSpark]] fragment in his forehead. He dogfights with Bumblebee (who is using his [[turbo booster]]s) in front of the [[Eiffel Tower]], while Prowl and Lockdown duel close to the [[Wikipedia:Tsūtenkaku|Tsūtenkaku]] tower in Osaka, [[Japan]]. Lugnut fires bullets in front of the [[Russia|Moscow Kremlin]], Bulkhead unleashes his wrecking ball from the Great Wall of [[China]], and Blitzwing flies through the skies of [[Egypt]], firing a volley of ice missiles before switching to tank mode, landing in front of the [[pyramid]]s, and launching a flame blast. This blast, er, apparently makes it to [[Australia]], where it harmlessly bounces off Ironhide's steel skin as he jumps in front of the Sydney Opera House. Arcee and Blackarachnia grapple underwater, as do Ratchet and [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm]], and then out of a water spout, Starscream's army of [[Starscream clone (Animated)|clones]] emerges. The clones fly into the sky in jet mode, then descend back into shot in robot mode, over a red sky with a Decepticon symbol in it, with [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]] getting a close-up. The male clones gesture dramatically as the towering form of [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] in [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] mode appears, and Slipstream lands on his shoulder. Megatron's face fills the screen, and red lightning from his eyes lances out, striking the assembled [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] in front of the [[Washington, D.C.|Washington Monument]]. With the White House in the background, Optimus Prime blocks the blast with his hand, and then dons his battle mask. Ultra Magnus activates his [[Magnus Hammer]], creating a surge of energy that surrounds Optimus. [[Burning justice|Glowing with blue energy]], Optimus flies into the sky and collides with the silhouetted, glowing form of Megatron (now in his Earth body). The resultant flash of light fills the screen, and the sequence ends with a still shot of the assembled Autobots (now including [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]]) standing on a different version of the logo.

===Japanese version #2===
[[File:Animated j op2.jpg|left|thumb|250px| Maybe the other Blackout is [[Grinder|''Animated'' Grindor]]!]]

Beginning with "[[The Return of the Headmaster|Headmaster, Once Again!]]", the Japanese opening sequence was modified, replacing the scene of Cybertronian-mode Megatron and the Starscream clones with new footage and using the second half of the song. This new clip shows Megatron in his helicopter alternate mode, as one after the other, [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]], Electrostatic Soundwave, and [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] jump into and out of the shot. Soundwave appears from the left in car mode, transforms, and fires some sonic pulses from his shoulder speakers; Electrostatic Soundwave appears from the right, transforms to robot mode, and clutches guitar-mode [[Laserbeak (Animated)|Laserbeak]]; and Swindle appears in the center from below the shot, transforms to robot mode, and deploys all his weapons and gadgets. Swindle's head fills the screen as he leaps into the camera, and when he has passed out of view, Megatron has transformed to robot mode, with two rather diminutive Cybertron-mode [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackouts]] flanking him. The Blackouts transform as the camera swoops in on Megatron's face, and red lightning bursts from his eyes, linking the new sequence up to the remainder of the original.

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==Prime==
===English version #1===
:'''Animation studio:''' [[Polygon Pictures]]
:'''Theme by:''' [[Brian Tyler]]
[[File:PrimeTS-Autobots.jpg|300px|thumb|Light of the Moon.]]
Introduced in the 2011 episode "[[Masters & Students]]", the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' opening sequence shows [[Team Prime]] driving down a speedway at night before [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] transforms and is flanked by his four teammates in robot mode. It quickly fades to [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]] and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] jumping into a transforming [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] getting inside [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Jack Darby|Jack]] jumping onto [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and driving through the [[GroundBridge]]. [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] is then seen on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] firing his [[fusion cannon]], while [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] transforms to jet mode and fires at Optimus, who runs past the explosion while firing his [[ion blaster]] as Megatron attacks him with his fusion cannon. Optimus and Megatron then greet each other with a punch that flashes into the title card.
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===English version #2===
:'''Animation studio:''' [[Polygon Pictures]]
:'''Theme by:''' [[Brian Tyler]]
Introduced in the 2013 episode "[[Project Predacon]]", the altered ''Prime'' opening shows the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] symbol and then [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] breathing fire at [[Team Prime]], who drive away on the speedway. Optimus and Bumblebee's redesigns are altered accordingly for the subsequent identical shots of Team Prime transforming and heading for the GroundBridge, though [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] and [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] have not been included. Megatron fires his fusion cannon, now accompanied by Starscream and [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], while Predaking fires on Optimus and swoops to greet his punch with a bite.
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===Japanese version #1===
:'''Animation studio:''' [[Polygon Pictures]]
:'''Theme song:''' "[[FEELING]]" by [[BIGBANG]]

The intro begins with the members of Team Prime (with [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] replacing [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]) driving through various locations before transitioning to a shot of the team driving through a space bridge with the words "ROBOTS IN DISGUISE" appearing over the action, before absorbing on themselves. The intro then uses several clips to showcase [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]], Bulkhead, and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] before cutting to a shot of Cybertron back in the Golden Age. The Autobot symbol appears and switches to the Decepticon symbol, cutting to clips showcasing [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]], and [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]; when each character is introduced, their name and an image of them is showcased over the action. This is utilized in every intro from here, onwards.

The camera then cuts to a shot of one of Optimus' eyes opening with the words "MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE" being superimposed over it. Inside a Decepticon mine, the Autobots prepare to open fire on the Decepticon before cutting to an image of the Great War. On Cybertron, Starscream fires at Optimus, who runs past the explosion while firing his [[ion blaster]] as Megatron attacks him with his fusion cannon. Optimus and Megatron then greet each other with a punch that flashes onto a highway where the Autobots are driving until Optimus transforms and is flanked by his teammates as the title appears. The intro ends with another shot of Cybertron back in the Golden Age.
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===Japanese version #2===
:'''Animation studio:''' [[Polygon Pictures]]
:'''Theme song:''' "[[TRANSFORMERZ]]" by [[m-flo]]

Introduced in [[Out of His Head|Counterattack Transformation! The Resurrection of Megatron]], this intro begins with Team Prime and Megatron's crew driving/flying through various locations, followed by a montage of the Autobots transforming to robot mode in various locations. This is then followed by another montage showcasing Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Ratchet, and Arcee. The Autobot logo appears and switches to the Decepticon symbol to showcase Megatron, Starscream, Soundwave, [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] and [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]], and [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]. Megatron then fires at the camera, Bulkhead and Breakdown duel in the Arctic, the kids flee from [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcon]] [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]], Airachnid and Arcee duel by the light of the moon in a construction yard, Team Prime evades missile fire in vehicle mode, a Dark Energon-infused Megatron celebrates the Dark Energon-spewing volcano erupting, Optimus and Megatron each clock each other in the face with their punches, [[Unicron]]'s eyes light up from inside the Dark Energon volcano, Optimus and Megatron fight side-by-side in Unicron's body, and Team Prime (minus Ratchet) transform into robot mode and grind to a halt as a gigantic Unicron emerges in front of them as the title card appears. The camera then zooms through the galaxies before stopping at a shot of the now-dead [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], ending the intro.
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===Japanese version #3===
:'''Animation studio:''' [[Polygon Pictures]]
:'''Theme song:''' "[[TRANSFORMERZ 2.0]]" by [[m-flo]]

Introduced in [[Orion Pax, Part 1|Forgotten Transformation! Optimus Has Become a Decepticon]], this intro begins with Team Prime, Wheeljack, and the Decepticons (minus [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]], but adding in some [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticons]] and [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]]) driving/flying through various locations (with Optimus Prime doing an introduction). A montage is then shown of Team Prime, Megatron, and [[Jack Darby]], travelling through Ground Bridges, the Autobots firing at enemies, [[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|Nemesis Prime]] firing at the camera, Optimus donning his mouthplate before preparing to open fire on an enemy with Arcee and Bumblebee, Starscream's clones emerging from their stasis pods, Wheeljack facing Dreadwing, an Insecticon awakening inside its stasis pod, Soundwave sending Arcee through a Space Bridge, Bulkhead battling Breakdown, Bumblebee attacking an Insecticon, [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] battling [[Silas]], and Megatron smashing through Unicron's head. Nemesis Prime assumes robot mode, Silas sits in his control chair, Optimus prepares to unleash the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] onto Unicron as a Unicron-controlled Megatron prepares to fire on him, brief clips of the kids are shown, and Agent Fowler salutes Jack before the latter heads through a Ground Bridge.

The camera then starts up another group of clips showcasing the members of Team Prime, adding in Wheeljack (despite him not being a team member). The Autobot symbol appears and switches to the Decepticon symbol to start another montage of the main Decepticons, adding Dreadwing to the mix. Jack watches [[Vector Sigma]] flare to life and Team Prime stands in front of a Ground Bridge as the title appears. A brief shot of Optimus is shown and the intro ends with a shot of the Autobot symbol on the floor of the Autobot base.
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===Japanese version #4===
:'''Animation studio:''' [[Polygon Pictures]]
:'''Theme song:''' "TRANSFORMERZ 2.0" by m-flo

Introduced in [[Triage|Sonic Transformation! Ratchet's Recipe]], this intro begins with Team Prime (now with Smokescreen), Wheeljack, the Decepticons (minus Airachnid), C.Y.L.A.S., a group of Vehicons, and [[Hardshell (Prime)|Hardshell]] driving/flying through various locations (with Ratchet doing an introduction). Arcee, Smokescreen, Bulkhead, and Bumblebee watch the [[Omega Lock]] flare to life, Team Prime (minus Ratchet) emerges from a Ground Bridge and defends the Omega Lock (with Optimus and Arcee using the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] and [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]], respectively), Megatron commands his new armada, Starscream dons the Apex Armor, Dreadwing stands on the deck of the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' in the pouring rain, screaming, a swarm of Insecticons attacks the camera, C.Y.L.A.S. rolls down the window of his vehicle mode to address a US officer, C.Y.L.A.S. shows off his right eye (no longer covered up by an eye-patch), Wheeljack knocks Soundwave in the face with his head, Bulkhead attacks Hardshell, [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] prepares to fire his arm cannon, Arcee struggles against an enemy, Optimus jumps at the camera, Miko talks with Wheeljack inside the ''[[Jackhammer (Prime)|Jackhammer]]'', Arcee and Miko gaze at each other by the sunset, Arcee and Cliffjumper grab hands, Smokescreen shakes Optimus' hand, Smokescreen and Bulkhead do a hi-five, the kids and Agent Fowler celebrate, Optimus uses the Star Saber for the first time, and Ratchet watches Optimus, Bumblebee, Arcee, and Bulkhead transform and drive into the Ground Bridge (a sequence occasionally interrupted by brief shots of Bumblebee, Bulkhead, and Arcee with [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]], and Jack.

Another montage ensues to showcase the Autobots, with Smokescreen being added to the mix. As Megatron utilizes the [[Dark Star Saber]] for the first time, the Autobot symbol appears and switches to the Decepticon symbol to showcase Megatron, Starscream, Soundwave, Knock Out, and Dreadwing. Bulkhead, Bumblebee, Arcee, and Smokescreen emerge from a storage unit in the Autobot base, each carrying a previously uncovered relic, (a scene briefly interrupted by clips of Optimus staring at the Star Saber, Megatron slashing the Dark Star Saber at the camera, and the two battling each other with their respective weapons. Optimus then runs at the camera with the Star Saber in hand and utilizes it as the title appears, and Optimus stares at a glowing object, ending the intro.
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==Rescue Bots==
:'''Animation studio:''' [[Atomic Cartoons]]
:'''Theme by:''' [[Starr Parodi]] and [[Jeff Eden Fair]] (music); [[Nicole Dubuc]] (lyrics); [[Josh Ramsay]] (vocals)
[[File:Rescue Bots cartoon title screen.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
The [[Rescue Bot]]s' ship flies through space with the crew in tubes, before landing on Earth and its crew disembarking. On [[Griffin Rock]], [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] talks to them over the monitor. The Burns family stands ready. The Rescue Bots work with the Burns family—[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] shakes [[Cody Burns|Cody]]'s hand, [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] sprays water with [[Kade Burns|Kade]], [[Charlie Burns]] presents the Rescue Bots and their partners at the dedication. [[Boulder]] scans his vehicle mode. The Rescue Bots roll out as Cody observes on the monitors. [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] dodges light fixtures, transforms and jumps over the [[robo-landscaper]]. Cody stands in front of the four Rescue Bots, Boulder uses his seismic sensors, Heatwave and Blades crash through things. The Rescue Bots transform in four-way split-screen. The main cast stand in front of the ''Rescue Bots'' logo before fading to just show the logo and main credits.
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[[Category:Media]]

Minus One

2013-08-04T08:51:06Z

Hyperdudeman:

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 62
|image=MinusOne-facereflection.jpg
|caption=It took a Decepticon to show him the truth: Ratchet DOES have crazy-looking eyes.
|prev=Evolution
|next=Persuasion
|title="Minus One"
|airdate=[[July 5]], [[2013]]
|written by=[[Michael Cassutt]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''The Autobots question a captured enemy for information regarding Megatron's plans.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] explains to [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] that the combination of elements in the [[Cyber Matter]] that was accidentally created in his lab would allow them to [[Eco-structuring|cyberform]] entire planets. [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] mocks what sounds like another "Shockwave plan", until Shockwave grabs him with an angry reminder about how Starscream recently left him to the mercy of the [[Autobot]]s. Megatron does not object as Shockwave forces Starscream's face closer and closer to a jagged protrusion of Cyber Matter. Scrambling for a defense, Starscream notes that his actions made their current situation possible. Shockwave accepts the logic of this and lets Starscream go. Without missing a beat, Megatron asks Shockwave why the Cyber Matter appears so chaotic, and the scientist pledges to correct the instability of the elements. Megatron notes that they will require a launch mechanism from which to use the Cyber Matter, and declares that they will focus their resources on reconstructing the [[Omega Lock]].

[[File:MinusOne-UltraMagnus.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Oh no! My Me Time hand!]]

At the [[Hangar E|Autobot base]], [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] finishes his repair of [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]]' mangled right hand. Due to a lack of equipment and spare parts, the repair consists of an unsightly hook appendage that Ratchet says will be functional, but potentially unfit for battle. [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] tries to assure [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] that Ultra Magnus will overcome this setback. [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] bets that the hook will become Magnus' signature, making a comparison to [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'s [[voice box]] that the scout doesn't appreciate. Bumblebee buzzes angrily and storms off. [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] explains to [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] and [[Jack Darby|Jack]] that Bumblebee still misses the sound of his old voice. [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] tries to lighten the mood by focusing on the defeat of the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] cloning project, but [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] reminds them all of [[Predaking (Prime)|the Predacon who recently revealed his abilities in transformation]].

Aboard the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', Megatron tells Predaking that they will soon punish the Autobots for destroying his brethren. Predaking vows that revenge will come, but that Project Predacon was only ever a starting point. He says that if Megatron truly wishes to restore [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], this should include resurrecting the entire Predacon race from the remains that lie there, so that Predaking can lead them against their shared enemies. Megatron regards this request with skepticism.

Shockwave reports that they've salvaged the wreckage of the Omega Lock, but that the damage was severe, and Earth technology will be needed to retrofit its systems. Megatron orders Starscream to acquire whatever materials Shockwave requires.

The next day, [[William Fowler|Fowler]] reports that [[Decepticon]]s stole twenty tons of control rods from a nuclear plant during the night. Optimus wonders gravely what they're attempting to build.

Shockwave reports to Megatron that the [[Synthetic Energon|synthetic energon]] formula provided by [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] is incomplete, resulting in the instability of the Cyber Matter. Megatron tells him to complete it quickly, citing the need for enough Cyber Matter to restore Cybertron and cyberform [[Earth]]. Shockwave respectfully asks what the logic is in ruling two planets, to which Megatron replies that the two are linked, one [[Unicron]] and the other [[Primus]], and to rule only one would be ruling neither.

Fowler reports another Decepticon theft in progress. Ratchet opens a [[GroundBridge]], but stops Ultra Magnus when he tries to go through, citing the need for further rehabilitation. Optimus says that Ratchet has the final word in medical matters, to which Ultra Magnus reluctantly agrees. Wheeljack watches the exchange with discomfort.

[[File:MinusOne-staredown.jpg|right|thumb|300px|So, you Autobots about ready to give up yet?]]

The Autobots arrive on the scene and immediately advance on squad of [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s, who are carrying away their spoils. [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] emerges from the sky in alt-form, opening a GroundBridge directly in front of the retreating Vehicons. [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] is deployed, and Optimus transforms and takes to the air with his jet pack to engage them both. The Vehicons escape through the bridge, but Optimus' gatling gun is able to bring Soundwave crashing to the ground. Laserbeak escapes, and Optimus contacts Ratchet to let him know they will be returning with a prisoner.

At the Autobot base, Soundwave finds himself secured to a table. Ratchet notes that the base's shielding will prevent the Decepticon from contacting his ship. Wheeljack gleefully says that they have all the time in the world to make Soundwave talk, and Miko wonders if he even does talk.

On the ''Nemesis'', Starscream asks Megatron if he's worried about what the captive Soundwave might say. Megatron states his confidence in Soundwave's ability to withhold information.

[[File:Soundwave Mocks.jpg|thumb|left|I punch those numbers into my calculator and it makes a happy face.|250px]]
Optimus asks Soundwave why the Decepticons have been stealing human technology. Soundwave mockingly plays back a remix of the question set to music, and punctuates it with a smiley face emoticon on his visor. Optimus threatens a less civil method of interrogation, and Soundwave broadcasts a sonic pulse throughout the room that causes humans and Autobots alike to double over in pain. Ratchet angrily suggests opening Soundwave up to get the information they need, but the Decepticon responds by erasing data directly from his own drives. With a final taunt spoken in his own voice, he says, "Soundwave superior, Autobots inferior." His visor blinks out and he slumps down on the table, off-line. An astonished Ratchet reports that the Decepticon's vital signs are stable, but that he crashed his own drives rather than allow them to be read.

Shockwave locates the only item on Earth with enough raw tonnage to power the rebuilt Omega Lock; a particle collider synchrotron. However, his efforts to complete the synthetic energon formula have met with less success. Megatron recalls that Knock Out obtained the formula from Ratchet, and muses that the simplest solution is to recruit him. Shockwave says that Laserbeak can upload the order to Soundwave after reconnecting with him, but Starscream notes that they don't know the location of the Autobot base. Shockwave recalls that Soundwave kept surveillance records on all the Autobots' human allies, not just the children.

From his car phone, Fowler tells Optimus that he's on his way to a meeting with [[Bryce|General Bryce]] about the recent Decepticon heists, and that he'll be back to the base as soon as possible. Behind the car, Laserbeak follows from the sky.

Megatron orders Predaking to be present at the Decepticons' next objective, as they expect the Autobots will interfere. Predaking says that he looks forward to facing the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] again. This cavalier attitude enrages Megatron, who screams at the Predacon about their dwindling forces. Predaking merely states that he will have to fight twice as hard.

On his way back to the base, Fowler contacts the Autobots and reports that the Decepticons are attacking the Solaris particle collider project at the South Pole. Optimus readies the Autobots for action. Ratchet attempts to hold Ultra Magnus back again, but Wheeljack declares that the commander is ready. Wearily, Ratchet relents and opens a GroundBridge. Optimus commands Bulkhead and Smokescreen to stay behind and help Ratchet guard Soundwave, then he and the others depart. While the younger Bots comment on the prone Decepticon, Ratchet wonders what Megatron wants with a device powerful enough to open a [[black hole]].

Outside, Fowler parks in front of the base, still followed by Laserbeak.

It dawns on Ratchet that enough power to swallow a world could also be enough power to create one. He contacts Optimus at the South Pole and relays his suspicion that Megatron plans to rebuild the Omega Lock. He wonders if they should let him, but Optimus knows Megatron will use the Lock to cyberform Earth as well as Cybertron. Disappointed, Ratchet says he understands.

Just then, Predaking strikes from the sky, firing blasts of flame breath that send the Autobots scattering. Optimus returns fire and orders the Autobots to stop the Decepticons from obtaining the collider while he faces the Predacon alone. As the Autobots race to the Solaris building, Optimus draws his gatling gun and engages in an aerial duel with the Predacon. Optimus pours on the firepower, but is unable to keep the beast at bay. With a final, savage swipe of his tail, Predaking sends Optimus crashing down to the ground far below.

Inside the building, the other Autobots find a squad of Vehicons lying in wait for them. As the two groups exchange fire, Shockwave oversees the retrieval of the particle collider in the next room.

At the Autobot base, Smokescreen is trying to convince Ratchet that they'll restore Cybertron somehow when Fowler walks in. He is followed a moment later by Laserbeak crashing through the window. The [[Deployer (Prime)|Deployer]]'s lasers keep the Autobots at bay long enough for him to sever Soundwave's bonds. Smokescreen returns fire, hitting Laserbeak's wing, but is unable to prevent the bird from reuniting with his master. Soundwave springs back to life and effortlessly dispatches Smokescreen, Bulkhead, and Fowler with his tentacles before advancing on Ratchet.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (4)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (5)
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (6)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (7)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (8)
*[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] (9)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (10)
*[[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] (11)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (2)
*[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] (3)
*[[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] (15)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s (17)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (18)
*[[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] (19)

|c3=
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (12)
*[[Jack Darby]] (13)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (14)
*[[William Fowler]] (16)
}}

==Quotes==
"Master! Are you going to allow one lieutenant to harm another? Master?!" 
"I'm thinking."
:—'''Starscream''' discovers that '''Megatron''' has been reading The Hands-Off Manager.

"I am tempted to force you to share my perception of things."
:—'''Shockwave''' really hates or really loves having one eye, as he tells Starscream.

"Exemplary teamwork."
:—'''Megatron''', after Starscream convinces Shockwave not to share his perspective.

"It has taken me quite some time to fully comprehend that Earth and Cybertron have always been linked. Two halves of one whole; Primus and Unicron. And that to rule only one, would be to never truly rule either."
:—'''Megatron''' on the significance of Earth.

"Whoa. Optimus Prime, the remix."
:—'''Miko''' comments on Soundwave's DJ skills

"Can't we throw a tarp over him? He's creeping me out." 
"Yeah, it's like he's watching. No matter where you go."
:—'''Bulkhead''' and '''Smokescreen''' are intimidated even by a deactivated Soundwave.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*After the Vehicons get away during the Autobots first call out, the other Autobots sit motionless in vehicle mode while Optimus engages Soundwave and Laserbeak, only transforming after Soundwave is shot down. What are they doing?
*[[Captain Fanzone's car|Fowler must have a bunch of the same car.]] It was wrecked back in "[[Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime]]", but the one he's seen driving sports the same [[license plate]].
*Smokescreen damages Laserbeak's wing, but the damage disappears once Laserbeak reattaches to Soundwave.

===Continuity notes===
* The [[Omega Lock]] was destroyed by Optimus the last time Megatron tried using it to cyberform Earth, in "[[Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour]]".
* Ratchet managed to give Ultra Magnus a replacement hand (well, claw), which was mangled by [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] in the [[Evolution|previous episode]].
* The story of how Bumblebee lost his vocoder was established in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1]]" and the novel ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]''.
* Megatron recalls how the formula for synthetic energon was collected from Ratchet in "[[Stronger, Faster]]".
* Unicron was discovered to be buried within the Earth in "[[One Shall Rise, Part 1]]".
* The Decepticons tried to extract the location of the Autobot base from Fowler in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 3]]".
* Ultra Magnus still wears the back hook for the [[Forge of Solus Prime]] as Optimus used for the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]], the latter having been made by Ratchet in "[[Alpha/Omega]]".
* Optimus has learned his lesson about letting Laserbeak sneak up behind him as he did in "[[Project Predacon]]".

===Transformers references===
* Speaking with his own voice for the first time in the entire series, Soundwave paraphrases one of his most famous lines, directly from the [[The Transformers: The Movie|1986 movie]]. His voice is the same Dr. Claw-esque tone used for his [[Soundwave (ROTF)|live-action counterpart]] in the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|second]] and [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|third]] films. The Soundwave from ''Transformers Animated'' states the same line only backwards, "Autobots inferior, Soundwave superior," in the episode "[[Human Error, Part I]]", and Aligned Soundwave previously uttered it in the ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' video game.

===Trivia===
*Ultra Magnus appears unable to use the blaster in his right arm with his hand destroyed.
*Laserbeak can reboot Soundwave's operating system.
*Fowler wields a fire extinguisher against Soundwave, previously Jack's weapon of choice in both "[[Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap]]" and "[[Convoy (episode)|Convoy]]".
*The particle collider base has halls high enough to [[Petra (Earth)|accommodate Transformers]].
*Transformers rear-view mirrors in their vehicle modes function as [[Sensors|optical sensors]]. This has previously been seen in episodes such as [[Darkness Rising, Part 1]] and [[Speed Metal]].
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