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Blackout (Animated)

2012-05-03T03:06:49Z

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

[[Image:Blackoutanimated.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Not Shown: The fleeing US Army.]]

'''Blackout''' is a monstrous brute of titanic proportions, larger than any other Decepticon. Few have survived an encounter with this hulking behemoth and lived to tell the tale, but those who have survived have added his story to Decepticon lore, which tells of him single-handedly obliterating vast numbers of [[Omega Sentinel (Animated)|Omega Sentinels]], before finally falling himself at the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]]'s end.

His feet are equipped with seismic energy dischargers, reverse-engineered from an oddly-misplaced Cybertronian named [[Crasher (Animated)|Crasher]], which allow him to force nearby electronics to shut down with a single stomp.

And we're not kidding, he can destroy Omega Sentinels well. ''Real well''.

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Bumper Robinson]] (English), [[Kenta Miyake]] (Japanese)}}
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''During the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]], the [[Wrecker]]s were a major problem for the Decepticons, operating behind their lines as a commando unit. Megatron created the [[Decepticon Heavy Brigade]], of whom Blackout was a member, specifically to hunt down the Wreckers. When they finally met in battle, the Wreckers were all destroyed (including their vessel, [[Zeta Supreme]]), and Blackout was the only survivor on the Decepticon side. He continues to wear the Brigade's symbol on his shoulders, partly to honor the fallen, and partly to announce that he's a Heavy Brigade '''all by himself.'''''

''Later in the war, on [[Velocitron]], he destroyed [[Delta Supreme]], who had been rebuilt into an artillery platform. During the climax of the war in the [[Battle for Iacon]], Blackout destroyed [[Beta Supreme]] '''and''' [[Eta Supreme]]. Beta Supreme managed to inflict catastrophic injuries on Blackout, however, and he took hundreds of cycles to repair. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

[[Image:TransWarpedBlackoutAttacks.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Now to the server, I mean... space bridge.]]

Blackout, along with the other members of [[Team Chaar]], assaulted a [[space bridge]] in an attempt to capture it and conquer [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. During the battle, he descended from above, sending [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] flying and disabling the Space Bridge with a massive shock wave. After being berated by [[Strika (Animated)|Strika]] for his mistake, he apologized and reactivated the Space Bridge with another shock wave. Later, he retreated from the looming battle against the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] under the orders of [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] and Strika. {{Storylink|TransWarped}}
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===''The Cool'' comic===
[[Image:BlackoutanimatedTheCool.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Hatredcopter.]]
As [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] found themselves engaged in a rare tender moment, Blackout unwittingly ruined it by knocking the top of a skyscraper off in helicopter-mode (burying Prime in the rubble). Annoyed, Blackarachnia asked what he was doing there and Blackout explained that he was being pursued by two tenacious Autobots: [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]]. Blackout attempted to strike the twins with a buzzsaw, but they dodged his attack and swooped in for close-quarters combat. Blackout was unable to defend himself against the two small, quick Autobots, thanks to his unwieldy bulk. The twins then combined into [[Safeguard (Animated)|Safeguard]] and fought the Decepticon bruiser-to-bruiser. Blackarachnia and [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] abandoned Blackout to face the Autobots alone, realizing that the battle had become too hazardous. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 4}}

Having escaped The Elite Guard, Blackout later rejoined [[Team Chaar]] in space, secretly observing [[Team Athenia]]'s battle against a [[Rock Lord]]. {{storylink|The Cool Extra issue 2|The Cool Extra #2}}
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==Toys==
===Animated===
[[Image:Animatedtoy-BlackoutTomy.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Diabeetus.]]
*'''Blackout''' (Voyager, 2010)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TA-20'''
**''Accessories:'' Disc

:Voyager Blackout transforms into the Earth-based helicopter form Blackout would have taken if Season 4 had ever been greenlighted, rather than the beetle-like airship he appears as in "[[TransWarped]]." He shoots a disc from a weapon formed from his tail rotor. This weapon can be snapped into place over either of his wrists. During transformation to robot mode, connecting his pelvis into his torso automatically spring-releases the turbine fan behind his head. The instructions neglect to show that the over-the-shoulders missile rack can be folded back in robot mode, although it is shown on the packaging and in the picture here on the right.

:Blackout was only made available as part of [[TakaraTomy]]'s Japanese toyline. He was originally intended to be released under [[Hasbro]]'s toyline, but was canceled. Based on test shots, the Hasbro version would have different deco on the eyes and coloration for the Decepticon symbol.

==Notes==
[[Image:Animated_j_op2.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Kommander Sorscha and her warjacks.]]

* Blackout is an homage to [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] from the [[Transformers (film)|2007 movie]]. The Takara figure includes a character sheet of Blackout that mentions said homage, complete with images of the movie Voyager figure, misspelled as "moive".
* According to [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], Blackout's modified Decepticon sigil signifies he '''is''' the Decepticon Heavy Brigade.<ref>[http://www.formspring.me/DerrickJWyatt Post on Derrick Wyatt's Formspring account]</ref>
* He looks like [http://nastyish.com/images/wilford%20brimley/wilford-brimley-diabeetus.jpg Wilford Brimley.] Derrick Wyatt says he doesn't sound like Wilford Brimley (he sounds like Lurch), but he does suffer from "low-octane oil." [http://www.formspring.me/DerrickJWyatt/q/620898456]
* Blackout is armed with 4 <s>[[Zander Cannon]]s</s> [[zander cannon]]s, and [[Galva-conductor|galva conductor]]s in his [[particle blaster]]s. He also has [[astro blaster]]s and a "[[seismic energy disruptor]]".
*In the second Japanese [[title sequence]] to ''Transformers Animated'', there are two of him. This doesn't make sense to us either, [[Grindor (ROTF)|but it does follow tradition]].
*Blackout is the basis for the [[Transformers Cards]]-only character [[Grinder]] and the [[BotCon 2011]] lithograph-only character [[Venom (Animated)|Venom]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Blackout''' (ブラックアウト ''Burakkuauto'')

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

Grinder

2012-05-03T03:03:48Z

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

[[Image:Animated Grinder.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]

'''Grinder''' (グラインダー ''Guraindā'') looks similar to [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]] and holds the same rank of "Airborne Soldier", but doesn't seem to share all of his overpowering attributes. He certainly shares Blackout's rather taciturn personality, though. He works particularly well with [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]].

{{quote|[[Autobot]]s confirmed. Commencing attack.|The ever-eloquent Grinder|his ''[[Transformers Animated: The Chase|The Chase]]'' Ver.4.0 card}}

==Merchandise==
===Transformers Cards===
* '''Grinder'''
** ''Card number'': '''D-032'''

: Part of the ''[[Transformers Cards]]'' series used in the ''[[Transformers Animated: The Chase]]'' and ''[[Transformers Animated: The Shooting]]'' arcade card-reading games, Grinder is rendered as a light-gray-and-aqua version of [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]]. He was first available in Version 3.0 of ''The Shooting'', but was given new cards for both games in Version 4.0. The cards were available in packs of 5.

==Notes==
* Grinder is obviously an homage to ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]], although the [[Romanization]] on the cards uses an alternate spelling. This is kind of fortuitous, as [[Grindor (Animated)|another ''Animated'' character]] based on a "[[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]]" appeared in [[The Stunti-Con Job|later fiction]].
* The web site for the Transformers Cards series lists Oil Slick as an optimal partner-character for the 2-player ''Shooting'' game in the 3.0 series. However, the "optimal partner" data was dropped from the 4.0 listings. It is unknown if those were merely suggestions, or if they gave actual point boosts.
* Grinder has the [[Decepticon Heavy Brigade]] symbol on his engines. According to ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|Allspark Almanac II]]'', Blackout is the only surviving member. Yet Grinder has an [[Earth]] mode, not a [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] one. Hm.

==External links==
*[http://transformers.sega.jp/card.html# Sega's Transformers Cards card listing]

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[[Category:Video game-only characters]]

Starscream (WFC)

2012-05-03T02:58:57Z

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:''Starscream is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:StarscreamPrime.jpg|thumb|300px|In a cruel twist of fate, perhaps the most legitimately competent Starscream ever, but no one will take him seriously for even a minute.]]
'''Starscream''' was an Air Commander of the [[Energon]] [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s, [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s finest air warriors. His dream was to recover the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and become the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] that would return the Transformers to the [[Golden Age]], and he saw opportunity with the rebel upstart [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]. A patient and polite schemer, Starscream used to wish Megatron would drop the heroic anti-[[caste system|caste]] charade and be more honest about his lust for power.

These days, he alternatively wishes Megatron would stop being obsessed with his lust for power and chafes under having to work for such a madman. While he serves as Megatron's right-hand man, he constantly looks for a way to become the commander himself and Megatron knows it: Starscream's extremely volatile personality means he is not adept at hiding his true intent. Fortunately for Megatron, Starscream is prone to panic, cowardice and bombastic gestures, meaning that it'd take exceptional circumstances for Starscream to actually manage to get behind him to shove the knife in.

He may be a scientist, but [[Starscream (Prime)#Notes|we're not quite sure]].

{{quote|That shot was perfect, much like the one who fired it!|Starscream after achieving a headshot|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
Starscream may or may not have had a history as a scientist. Regardless of what he did prior, in the early days before the war began he was one of the leaders of the Cybertronian Air Command. When [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] fell into chaos following bombings by [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]'s [[Decepticon]] followers, Starscream was posted as [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]]'s bodyguard. He was with the Prime at [[Altihex]] Casino during a performance by comedian [[Armorhide (WFC)|Armorhide]] when the Decepticons attacked. Sentinel's attempt to flee rather than fight back made Starscream ashamed of his leader, so he had [[Skywarp (Prime)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (WFC)|Thundercracker]] take him to [[Kaon]] Prison rather than the safety of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. This earned him loyalty with Megatron, but wary of how sour a revolution could quickly turn Starscream opted not to be directly involved in the gladiator's operations, posting his Seekers at [[Moonbase One|Moon Base One]] and [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] Station. Megatron was intrigued by why Starscream wanted to occupy "that semi-sentient pile of junk" but despite [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Orion Pax]]'s research they found no clues, with information regarding the Station seemingly censored.

Whenever Starscream's Seekers were present, the Decepticons were victorious in battle against the [[Autobot]]s. Starscream however, found Megatron's strategies overly convoluted. As the war devolved into a siege of Iacon, Megatron and [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]], by probing into forgotten areas of the [[DataNet]], discovered Trypticon was a storage of [[Dark Energon]], the life essence of [[Unicron]]. When questioned, Starscream explained since even the Air Command was not sure what Dark Energon was, he had forbidden its use, fearing the damage Megatron's gladiators would unleash. Megatron forgave Starscream, noting how he "was smart enough to be afraid of it", and was granted access.

Starscream sent a message to the Autobots proposing a meeting. Optimus only granted him a communication channel. Starscream stated if the Autobots did not know what Dark Energon was (they did) they would need to find out — and asked what would he could expect from them if something happened to Megatron. Optimus replied that he sought a just peace. Starscream said he understood, broke off the conversation and flew to [[Kaon]] Prison where Sentinel was held. Starscream offered Sentinel a chance to redeem his cowardly behavior at Altihex. The ultimate aim of this road to becoming Decepticon leader was to become [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] in a peace settlement with Optimus, and lead Cybertron back to its [[Golden Age]]. Starscream then flew to Moon Base One when Megatron ordered him to Trypticon, where he found the Decepticons had invaded the Station and slaughtered and maimed his scientists.

Megatron and [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] forced Starscream to select two survivors to absorb [[Dark Energon]], for what was a successful experiment. Requiring more for the Decepticon war effort, Megatron ordered Starscream to capture the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge]], below the ruins of [[Crystal City]]. Empowered by his first taste of Dark Energon, Starscream activated the device that transmitted Energon to the Station for it to be Darkened. But the Bridge still did not produce enough, and Starscream was ordered to find the Code [[Key of Power]] and [[Key of Justice]] to the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]] underneath the [[High Council Tower]] in Iacon. Starscream decided it was time to release Sentinel, renouncing Dark Energon after realizing Megatron had turned his soldiers into addicts. Starscream found the Key of Power within the [[Hall of Justice]] and flew underground to find his plan had failed, as Megatron had mortally wounded Sentinel. He could see within Sentinel's body was the Key of Justice, but was prevented from taking it by [[Blackout (WFC)|Blackout]]. Megatron fought Starscream to a standstill, sparing him because he realized he was a better soldier than a would-be example.

As Megatron entered the Chamber, [[Teletraan-1]] activated the legendary [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] to fly it away. Aware Starscream had a better chance of escaping Omega's awakening, Megatron ordered Starscream and his Seekers to down Omega, in exchange for more Dark Energon. Giving up on his attempt to give up his addiction, Starscream gleefully accepted and they successfully blew Omega out of the sky, allowing the Decepticons to retrieve the Chamber and corrupt the [[core]]. As Cybertron became uninhabitable, the Autobots left on the largest starship ever built - the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]''. Starscream left the planet with Megatron as they gave pursuit on Trypticon, now a ''Nemesis''-class supercruiser. The two ships entered a [[space bridge]], which separated the two ships to unknown parts of space... {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

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{{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

===''Prime'' comic===
[[Image:Primecomic-Starscream.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Hey, look, a backscratcher!]]
Starscream had been on [[Earth]] at some point, but was assigned by Megatron to scour the galaxy for remnants of space bridge technology. Returning to their dead homeworld, Starscream built a weapons lab in Kaon and began building a space bridge. He was informed by his [[Vehicon (Prime)|Eradicon]]s elsewhere they had apprehended the Autobot spy [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]]. Later, after basking in the glory of successfully activating the space bridge that would return them to Earth and its [[Energon]], Starscream realized Cliffjumper was present. The Autobot claimed to be freed by his captors after defecting to the Decepticons, and warned them of [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]]: this ruse successfully distracted Starscream long enough for Arcee to activate and overload the space bridge, but he jumped in after them moments before the lab was blown sky high.

Falling to Earth, a dazed Starscream picked up a [[bunny rabbit]], commenting that [[human]]s were smaller than he remembered. [[Scanning]] a fleet of jets flying overhead, he found Cliffjumper and Arcee driving on a road and launched a missile at them. He picked up Arcee's blown off arm and started battering Cliffjumper with it, but the Autobot blew up the rock formation above them and crushed Starscream with the rubble. Having received Starscream's signal, [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] came to his rescue, and the duo pursued and overwhelmed the Autobots. Just as Starscream was about to send them back to the [[AllSpark]], Optimus jumped and landed on him, while gunning Breakdown away. As Starscream greeted his opponent, [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] tapped him on the shoulder and sent him flying. Optimus opted not to finish the job, allowing Starscream to escape and fight another day as he got Cliffjumper and Arcee to base. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (comic)|Transformers: Prime}}
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===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] (English)|[[Satoshi Tsuruoka]] (Japanese), [[Leopoldo Ballesteros]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Jin-uk Hong]] (Korean), [[Gianluca Iacono]] (Italian), [[Gerald Paradies]] (German), [[José Antonio Macías]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Nicolas Dubois]] (French)}}

[[Image:DarknessRising1-Starscreamsneer.jpg|right|thumb|300px|One look sells him as Starscream.]]
Before Starscream joined Megatron and the Decepticons, he was commander of a squadron of Energon Seekers on Cybertron. {{Storylink|Partners}} When the Decepticons arrived on Earth, Starscream scouted a old Decepticon ship called the ''[[Harbinger]]'' that had crashed landed on Earth. However he failed to record the coordinates of the crash site or find the [[Immobilizer]]. {{Storylink|Partners}} In time, [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] departed [[Earth]] to gather an army out in space, leaving Starscream in charge. Starscream spent his time sending out [[Vehicon (Prime)|Decepticon grunts]] to search for [[Energon]] deposits{{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}, and managed to set up a lucrative energon mine in secret. {{storylink|Rock Bottom}}

Three years later, one of Starscream's energon searches was interrupted by [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]]. Once Cliffjumper was defeated by the Vehicons, Starscream personally killed the Autobot. [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] alerted him to Arcee's location, and Starscream decided she would be their next target. Later, when Soundwave received a signal from deep space, Starscream hesitantly opened the space bridge for Megatron's return. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} Megatron revealed to Starscream that he'd brought back [[Dark Energon]], and Starscream provided Cliffjumper's corpse so they could test the substance's reanimation properties. When the undead Cliffjumper's signal led the Autobots to the mine, Starscream blew the facility up on Megatron's orders. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

[[Image:DarknessRising3-interrogateFowler.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"No, Mister Fowler, I expect you to be saved at the last minute!"]]
Following a test of Dark Energon on himself, Megatron took off for parts unknown, leaving Starscream in charge once more. When Soundwave picked up [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]]'s transmissions, Starscream had the human captured and began trying to extract the location of the Autobot base from him. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}} The interrogation almost succeeded, but for the arrival of Arcee, [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] who, after a standoff, forced Starscream to retreat. Once Megatron returned to the ship, he was outraged at Starscream's actions and proceeded to beat his subordinate for "delaying his plans". Starscream managed to quell his master's anger by announcing he had a way to get their plans back on course. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

[[Image:DarknessRising5-ohgeez.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Oh my God. It's called toothpaste, use it.]]
As it turned out, his plan was to send Soundwave down to use a radio dish array on Earth to set the space bridge's target. Once the bridge was properly targeted, Starscream opened it so that Megatron could throw the chunk of Dark Energon though. Starscream moved the ship back to a safe distance when the fighting on the rim of the space bridge became more intense, while imploring his master to withdraw as well. Alas, the space bridge exploded, apparently taking Megatron with it, and Starscream gave a brief eulogy before declaring himself leader. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

[[Image:Masters&Students-SoundwaveStarscream.jpg|thumb|250px|left|*ping* "FINE! FINE! I'LL WRITE A THANK-YOU NOTE!"]]
Starscream's speeches were poorly received. Intending to find more potentially-loyal warriors, Starscream took Soundwave to try to revive the long-dormant [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]]. To Starscream's disappointment, Skyquake was loyal only to Megatron, and interested only in fighting the Autobots who arrived. A signal detected by Soundwave sent Starscream to the location of the space bridge explosion, where he found Megatron's body and ripped the sliver of Dark Energon from it. He was forced by the observing [[Laserbeak (Prime)|Laserbeak]] to return the body to the ''[[Trypticon (Prime)|Nemesis]]'', where he also learned that Skyquake had been terminated by the Autobots. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

When [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] arrived on Earth, Starscream had him captured and substituted [[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]] with the mission to open the Autobot [[GroundBridge]] to let the Decepticon forces into the Autobot base. Unfortunately Wheeljack broke free before the plan could succeed, and as a result, Makeshift was expelled from the Autobot base onto the ''Nemesis'' hull with an activated grenade. Starscream vacated the hull before Makeshift exploded. {{storylink|Con Job}} After Soundwave picked up on [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System|another Autobot operation]], Starscream figured it was a good opportunity to get rid of the Autobots while they were distracted, and sent a squadron of Vehicons on a search and destroy mission. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

[[Image:DeusExMachina-Screamer grins.jpg|right|thumb|250px|"We've had too much Energon shed. I think that a cleansing is in order."]]
To Starscream's discomfort, the crew held a vote and he was obliged to call in [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] to aid in Megatron's recovery. The discovery that an [[Energon Harvester]] was located in an museum on Earth was all the excuse Starscream needed to put that on hold, and the other Decepticons soon obtained the device for him. While they were testing it in [[Greece]], Bulkhead attacked them and destroyed the Harvester. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}} Starscream was irritated by Knock Out's participation in street racing, and eventually decided to make an example of him. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

[[Image:OutOfHisHead-grabby.jpg|left|thumb|250px|That's NOT how ATB Megatron and Starscream combine!]]
Some time later, after the ship's electromagnetic shielding failed, Starscream put the Vehicons to work fixing it. Offering Knock Out a post as second-in-command, Starscream persuaded him to help convince Soundwave that Megatron was a lost cause. They were interrupted by Arcee and Bumblebee, who were doing something with Megatron's corpse, and after chasing the two Autobots off, they discovered that Megatron no longer had any brain activity. {{storylink|Sick Mind}} Overjoyed at this, Starscream began a new plan, constructing a heat ray which he attempted to use to melt a glacier to get to a huge [[energon]] deposit. Unfortunately, not only did the Autobots arrive and destroy the heat ray, but Megatron was resurrected and dragged the protesting Starscream away for punishment. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

[[Image:Shadowzone-gah.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Damn, in another [[Starscream (Movie)|continuity]] the arm comes off and they mock it in this one.]]
Starscream ended up in the infirmary as a result of Megatron's punishment, but continued undaunted in his plans. He took the chunk of Dark Energon he'd been hiding, and went to the site of Skyquake's grave, intending to resurrect the warrior as well as imbuing himself with Dark Energon. Unfortunately the Autobots arrived before Skyquake rose, and Starscream had to retreat through the Decepticon GroundBridge, albeit minus his right arm. After subjecting himself to treatment from Knock Out, Starscream returned to the site to confirm whether Skyquake had risen, only to be attacked by Skyquake's zombified right arm. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}

When Breakdown was captured to [[MECH]], Starscream's suggestion they rescue their comrade was turned down by Megatron. Starscream went anyway, and found Breakdown had already been rescued by Bulkhead, but escorted Breakdown back to the ship. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}} At an old energon mine, Megatron confronted Starscream about his many transgressions and prepared to terminate his subordinate. Starscream was only saved by the arrival of the Autobots, but on escaping the collapsed mine, realized that he would have to go back in and attempt to rescue Megatron, or face his master's possible wrath later. Venturing back inside, he ended up tangling with the Autobots, and when Megatron later found him, he had been left supporting a large boulder. {{storylink|Rock Bottom}}

[[Image:Partners-ScreamPrisoner.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Why am I always seen like this? Chest and lower body off to one side, head towards y'all....]]
Starscream was sent with [[Airachnid]] to locate the ''Harbinger'' wreck, only for the spider to leave him webbed up when it turned out the ship was broken in half and the weapon they sought was in the other half. Starscream was found by the Autobots and attempted to convince them he wanted to switch sides, even pointing them to the location of the weapon Airachnid was after. Unfortunately he let slip he'd been the one to kill Cliffjumper, provoking Arcee into attacking him. After fighting her, he was able to limp away, though he decided from then on he would be an independent. {{storylink|Partners}}

Many months later, Starscream snuck on board the ''Nemesis'' to steal [[energon cube]]s and blundered into the workroom that was being used by the recently-amnesiac Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} Starscream soon realized what was going on, but when more Vehicons arrived, he was wounded while fleeing the ship. He contacted the Autobots to exchange information for medical help. When [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] and Bulkhead arrived, it turned out they already knew about Optimus's situation, but were interested in what he knew about the space bridge, so he was able to trade the information for aid. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}}

[[Image:OperationBumblebee1 Silas meets Starscream.jpg|right|thumb|250px|]]
Tracking a signal, Starscream stumbled upon a MECH trap already sprung by Bumblebee. He was intrigued and followed the MECH helicopter and watched as they tried to install the [[transformation cog|T-cog]] they'd taken into a robot. When their attempt to make the robot work failed, Starscream revealed himself and managed to strike a partnership with them. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}} With Starscream's help, MECH secured a source of energon and Starscream was there when they used it on their robot. As Bumblebee came looking for his T-cog, Starscream helped defend it, but when it looked like Bumblebee might get it back, Starscream blasted it and left. Unfortunately Silas was less than impressed, and after a short nap thanks to MECH's weapons, Starscream woke up minus his own T-cog. {{Storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

[[Image:Crossfire Starscream injured.jpg|thumb|left|300px|]]
While scavenging for energon, Starscream found that Airachnid had been cast out from the Decepticons and obtained a pet in the form of an [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticon]]. She spurned his suggestion that they team up to defeat Megatron, and he barely escaped with his life. Wounded, he employed his previous trick to get medical help from the Autobots in exchange for information about Airachnid's activities, and even later saved Arcee from Airachnid, sparing her life like she spared his much, much earlier. {{storylink|Crossfire}}

Starscream returned to the ''Harbinger'' in search of energon, and instead found a laboratory containing five [[protoform]]s and the equipment necessary for [[cloning]]. He had soon whipped up five [[Starscream clone (Prime)|Starscream clone]]s, which he dispatched to dispatch Megatron. Unfortunately he soon discovered that he could sympathetically feel every injury they suffered, which gave him a good idea how the mission was going. When the last clone returned to report failure, Starscream sensed the clone's treachery and blasted it. Fully aware of the effect on him, he terminated the clone, screaming in their shared pain as he did. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}
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===Titan Magazines ''Prime'' comics===
Starscream accompanied [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] on a trip to [[Antarctica]] to attack the [[Yamal|NS ''Yamal'']]. He carried the [[static lance]] that Megatron intended to use to detonate the ship's nuclear reactors, and when the Autobots arrived to intercede, Starscream used the weapon to knock [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] out. He tried to do the same to [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]], but the Autobot dodged the blow and kicked him in the head. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.3|Ice Breaker}}

Tasked by Megatron with trying to draw the Autobots out, Starscream attacked and captured [[Air Force One]], taking it to the [[Grand Canyon]]. He sent a message demanding Optimus Prime's surrender in exchange for the safe return of the [[President of the United States|President]], but the Autobots turned up in force. Starscream's accompaniment of Vehicons was soon quashed, and Optimus rescued the President, whom Starscream was using as a human shield, by chopping the Decepticon's left arm off. Defeated, Starscream fled. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.6|All the President's 'Bots!}}

Starscream was appalled when Megatron revealed the latest plan—pit the Vehicons against each other in a series of deathmatches to ensure their army contained only the toughest. He was even more shocked when Megatron expected ''him'' to fight against [[Fearstorm]]. Through application of his wits, Starscream was able to defeat the much-larger Decepticon and Megatron let him return to the ship. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.7|Megatron's Law}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
{{voiceactor|[[Sam Riegel]] (English)|[[Gianluca Iacono]] (Italian), [[Leopoldo Ballesteros]] (Spain-Spanish)}}
[[Image:WFC_Starscream.jpg|thumb|300px|Where are your stupid Macross jokes now?!]]
{{quote|Have no fear, Lord Megatron. Under my leadership, Decepticon victory is assured!|Starscream being all modest|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''}}

For the last thousand years of the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]], Starscream was in charge of an orbital facility that had the capability of producing [[Dark Energon]], though they maintained only a small stockpile because of its unpredictable and uncontrollable nature. The station's force of neutral soldiers were no match for Megatron's invading forces, while Starscream and [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]]'s repeated warnings that no one could control Dark Energon had no effect on Megatron's determination. Instead, Megatron tempted Starscream with knowledge of his past, reminding him of his demotion from Sky Commander to a mere guard over an all-but-derelict station, and offered to let him join the Decepticons, something Starscream scoffed at — at least, at first. Starscream attempted to destroy the station's stock of Dark Energon before the Decepticon leader could reach it, but failed, and watched, first with amusement as Megatron entered the storage chamber...and then with shock as Megatron infused himself with the substance and bent it to his will within moments. Starscream quickly volunteered his services for the Decepticon cause, causing Jetfire to label him a traitor and leave to warn Zeta Prime. Megatron sent him with [[Thundercracker (WFC)|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (Prime)|Skywarp]] to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to reactivate the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge|Energon Bridge]]. Starscream performed the mission successfully using his trademark style, flair, and modesty, never mind Megatron's taunting and unreasonable impatience, or Thundercracker's warning him of the danger of certain courses of action, or even Skywarp's cluing in to his constant insults.

During the Battle of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon City]], Starscream led the Decepticons aerial squadrons and [[Brawl (WFC)|Brawl]] led the Decepticons' ground assault, while Megatron, [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]], and [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] went behind enemy lines and tried to secure the [[Omega Key]]. When Megatron's group met up with Brawl, Starscream refused to send Dark Energon bombers, saying that he wouldn't let Brawl waste anymore of "his ships". Megatron took issue with Starscream dubbing the bombers his, and overrode Starscream's refusal. Later that evening, while looking for the "real" Omega Key, they ran into it: [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]]. Starscream assumed Megatron was killed when Omega attacked a dropship Megatron was heading for and declared himself Decepticon commander. Shortly afterward, Megatron managed to communicate with Starscream and ordered him to attack Omega Supreme, getting the massive Autobot off of Megatron's back. By the time Megatron's group were heading for the [[missile turret]]s, Starscream was ready to sound a retreat, which Megatron overrode with the threat of marking any retreating Decepticon as "kill on sight". Fortunately, Megatron arrived moments later and managed to defeat Omega Supreme, making the retreat unnecessary. Later on, he was present at the Core of Cybertron as Megatron corrupted it with Dark Energon.

As the Battle of Iacon continued, Starscream fought through Jetfire and [[Silverbolt (WFC)|Silverbolt]], and attacked [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus]]'s group in the [[Decagon]]. However, the Air Commander was injured by Optimus's [[Energon-axe]] and forced to retreat. The wound was apparently bad enough to cause him to sit out the remainder of the conflict. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}
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===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
:''Voice actor'': Sam Riegel (English), Gianluca Iacono (Italian)
Starscream had been in control of Trypticon Space Station for years, until Megatron and his forces invaded. Megatron wished to revive the Dark Energon project to aid him in his conquest of Cybertron, but Starscream would have none of it. Megatron was able to fight his way to Starscream himself, and after a brief battle, Starscream had lost. He begged for mercy, and Megatrons spared Starscream in exchange for loyalty to the Decepticons. Starscream obliged and Megatron was taken to the core of the station.

After a test run of the Dark Energon's effects on Decepticons in Kaon Prison, Soundwave deduced the element would only destroy the host. A furious Megatron set Starscream to work on fixing the problem, with Starscream continuously bickering with Barricade over his usefullness. The problem was eventually solved in time for an attack on Iacon City. When Megatron felled Zeta Prime and found the Omega Key, the titanic Autobot Omega Supreme was unleashed upon the Decepticons, quickly crushing them with ease.

Megatron was downright furious with Starscream, declaring he had brought Omega Supreme's rampage upon them all. Starscream retorted that if it wasn't for Megatron and his blind troops, none of this would've happened. Starscream invited Megatron to kill him, but warned him it wouldn't do a thing about Omega Supreme out for their blood. Megatron for the moment let it go, and finally felled Omega Supreme, gaining total dominance over Cybertron.

Sometime later, Starscream ambushed an [[Autobot rookie|Autobot recruit-in-training]], and would've killed him if it wasn't for Optimus charging to the rescue. He wasn't seen again after that.
{{Storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}
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===''Transformers: Cybertron Adventures''===
:''Voice actor'': Sam Riegel (English), Gianluca Iacono (Italian)

Being Megatron's "right-hand man," he wonders how the war could have changed if HE were to be the leader, not Megatron. Still he was ordered by Megatron to do his dirty work, and growing jealous, he waits for the right time, to take his place, as leader of the Decepticons.
{{storylink|Transformers: Cybertron Adventures}}

===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
Starscream is stated to make a reappearance in ''Fall of Cybertron''. Statements so far state that he'll become a fugitive running from both sides, which may or may not have something to do with the fact that he tries talking [[Grimlock (WFC)| Grimlock]] into joining him while also making insults at him before possibly letting him out, resulting a beating from the angry Autobot.

==Toys==
===War for Cybertron===
[[Image:WFC_Legends_Starscream.jpg|thumb|300px|So I'm ''Cybertron'' Starscream in Generation 1 Starscream colors as ''Prime'' Starscream. Confused? ''Good!'' '''*BLAM!*''']]
*'''Starscream''' (Legends Class, 2010)

: This redeco of Legends Class [[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|''Cybertron'']] [[Starscream (Armada)#LOC|Starscream]] appeared pretty much out of the blue one day, when, without fanfare, it was offered as a promotional giveaway in the United Kingdom to those who purchased the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]'' video game from [http://www.shopto.net ShopTo.Net]. He transforms into a Cybertronic jet fighter and features hidden weapons in his wing-sections/biceps: the right arm hides a blade, while the left arm has a non-firing cannon.

: This toy was later offered as a gift to attendees at the Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong fair 2010 if they made a combined purchase of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'' toys]] amounting to more than HK$400.

: This mold was also used the make ''Cybertron'' [[Ramjet (Universe)#Cybertron|Ramjet]], [[Skywarp (Armada)#Cybertron|Skywarp]] and [[Sunstorm (LOC)#Toys|Sunstorm]], ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Ramjet (G1)#Classic Series|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)#Classic Series|Thrust]], and [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|''Dark of the Moon'']] [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#BeeStarscream|Cybertronian Starscream]].
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===Prime: First Edition===
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[[Image:Primetoy-StarscreamDeluxe.jpg|right|thumb|300px|He's got legs, and he knows how to attach them to the underside of his jetmode.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe Class, 2011)
**''Number:'' '''003'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[December 28]], 2012'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 missile pods, stand (Hasbro only)

: Deluxe Class Starscream transforms from a jet resembling a [[Wikipedia:General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon]] into a skinny robot and back! He comes with two missile pod accessories that can either attach onto tabs on the underside of his wings, or onto the rear wings on his arms in robot mode. Additionally, he has a [[5mm post|5mm peg]] hole that goes through each arm, which become the sides of his jet mode tail. This allows accessories with the same size peg to be used in either mode. Also, since the tail stabilizers fold into the sides of the tail to become the arms, the hole isn't very deep in robot mode unless you leave these fins folded out. Undocumented in either of his [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy]] [[instructions]], Starscream has a winglet on the back of each of his legs that can be deployed for slightly increased [[show-accuracy]].

: Some units have the head aerial deformed in-package due to being made of soft plastic. This is due to friction preventing it from hinging back. The aerial is supposed to fold back along the head for transformation, but can be tough enough to get in place due to simply flexing instead of changing position. His knee spikes also tend to deform.

: As with all Hasbro-release "First Edition" toys, a cardboard stand is included. The Takara release omits the stand in order to fit the toy into the bubble in robot mode.

: This mold was [[retool]]ed to make [[Skywarp (Prime)#Toys|''Prime'' Skywarp]] and [[Slipstream (WFC)#Timelines|''Timelines'' Slipstream]].

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===Prime===
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[[Image:StarscreamCommander.jpg|right|thumb|200px|]]
*'''Starscream''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2012)
**''Japanese number:'' '''EZ-03'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[March 31]], 2012
**''Accessories'': 2 "missile cannons"

: This Cyberverse-scaled Starscream is cast partly in translucent plastic so that the toy can be lit using the electronic lights featured in the larger playsets. He also comes with two translucent "missile cannon" weapons and a pack-in file card. The Hasbro release features soft, rubbery material on both the nosecone and tailfin for safety purposes, but not on the pointier missile cannon accessories. Starscream's arms can separate from the nosecone fuselage on the elbow joint for greater show-accuracy, if you ignore the giant jet pieces hanging off his arms. Or the fact that the 'con symbol on his chest is purple. Also included is a mini DVD featuring the Transformers Prime [[Masters & Students]] episode.

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*'''Starscream vs. Bumblebee''' (2012)
**''Accessories:'' 2 missile pods
: This deluxe-class Starscream is a [[redeco]] of his First Edition release in lighter gray plastic with several purple highlights, possibly intended to represent his powering up with [[Dark Energon]] in the episode [[Shadowzone (episode)|''Shadowzone'']]. Unlike the original release of this mould, this version features [[Paint operation|paint operations]] on its soft plastic parts, such as his forehead crest and missile-tips.

: Starscream comes packed-in with a redeco of First Edition Bumblebee, small unarticulated figurines of [[Silas]] and a MECH soldier, as well as a DVD containing the episodes ''[[Convoy (episode)|Convoy]]'', ''[[Sick Mind]]'' and ''[[Out of His Head]]''.

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[[Image:PrimeRIDtoy-StarscreamVoyager.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Oh, that can't be aerodynamic.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Voyager, 2012)
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[June 30]], 2012'''
**''Accessories:''
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===Bot Shots===
[[Image:Bot Shots S1 B002 Starscream.jpg|thumb|300px|Transform and <strike>Rise Up</strike> Roll Out]]
*'''Starscream''' (2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''B002'''
***''Fist strength'': '''640'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''710'''
***''Sword strength'': '''240'''

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Bot Shots]]'', Starscream is a teeny little fighter jet very very vaguely like an [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#F-22 Raptor|F-22 Raptor]] with a spring-loaded automatic transformation to robot mode triggered when his nosecone is pressed. He has a "spinner" in his chest that shows his three attack types and power levels. His head is very much like his [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Starscream (G1)|counterpart]].

: This mold was [[retool]]ed to make [[Thundercracker (WFC)#Bot Shots|Thundercracker]] and [[Acid Storm (BS)#Bot Shots|Acid Storm]].

===Generations===
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2013)

: Part of the first wave of [[2013]] ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Starscream is based on his ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)|War for Cybertron]]'' design and transforms from a robot to a spaceship and back. He appears to come with two missile launchers

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==Merchandise==
*'''Starscream''' McDonald's Happy Meal Toy (2012)
: Part of McDonald's ''Transformers: Prime'' promotion, Starscream is depicted as a non-transformable, simplified version of his jet mode, cast in light and dark gray plastic with some blue, black, and purple paint applications. Pressing the raised Decepticon symbol on the fuseage causes the cockpit to pop up on a hinge, revealing two non-firing missiles.

==Notes==
[[Image:Tfprimestarscreamjet.jpg|right|250px|thumb|''ooooo-ooooo/We fade to grey!'']]
*Starscream's backstory in ''Exodus'' is self-contradictory:
:''"Not even Starscream, who had spent much of his scientific career in the labs contained within these refracting walls..."'' (p. 78).
:''"See what?" Starscream asked. Neither Starscream nor Megatron were scientists."'' (p. 158).
:*When asked via Twitter, Exodus's writer [[Alex Irvine]] stated "Let's say he's always been scientifically curious."<ref>[http://twitter.com/alexirvine/status/36051088754868224 Twitter post]</ref>
*Despite being a [[Neutral]] before joining Megatron's cause in War for Cybertron, Starscream begins the game with his glowing details already in Decepticon purple as opposed to Neutral yellow.
*Starscream's thin body and narrow, upward-swept wings in robot mode recalls [[Starscream (Animated)|''Animated'' Starscream]], but his voice, colour scheme, Igor-like posture and subservience to Megatron recalls the [[Starscream (Movie)|live-action incarnation]]. The game design has the movie bulk but with a [[Starscream (G1)|Generation 1]] head and colours.
*Starscream's chest design is basically his live-action incarnation's head design. Now that's a visual homage.
**And an unintentional one at that, according to the New York Comic-Con Transformers: Prime panel.
*''Prime'''s Starscream has [[Starscream (SG)|a red Decepticon insignia]].
*[[Steve Blum]] said he was a fan of [[Charlie Adler]] and [[Tom Kenny]]'s portrayals of Starscream, and had Adler give him his blessing after he got the part.<ref>[http://sknr.net/2011/04/20/steve-blum-talks-transformers-prime-guild-wars-2-bulletstorm-more/ Skewed magazine Steve Blum interview.]</ref> Coincidentally, Blum, Adler and Kenny are all in Superhero Squad.
* Screamer appears to have [[Decepticon]] logos on his legs. They disappeared after "[[Masters & Students]]".
* His eyes change color from episode to episode. On some occasions, they are solid red with lighter red dots for his pupils. Other times, they are empty (like Arcee's eyes) with a solid red iris and lighter red pupils.
* For the rest of the series after [[Partners]], Starscream has a scar on his cheek from his battle with Arcee.
* Sometimes during the series, depending on Starscream's mood (usually when scared), the wings on his back in robot mode tend to droop down like an animal's ear when scared or saddended. It's quite adorable, really.
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Starscream''' (スタースクリーム ''Sutāsukurīmu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tīen-wáng-hsīng''' (Taiwan, 天王星, "Uranus"), '''Hóng Zhīzhū''' (China, 紅蜘蛛, "Red Spider")

==Footnotes==
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[[Category:Bot Shots]]
[[Category:Decepticon leaders]]
[[Category:Exclusives]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame]]
[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]
[[Category:Scientists]]
[[Category:Seekers]]
[[Category:Transformers Online Decepticons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Decepticons]]

Transformers: Generations (toyline)

2012-05-03T02:57:44Z

Interrobang: None of the new toys use "Cybertronian".

{{disambig3|Generations}}
'''''Transformers: Generations''''' is a line of figures launched in 2010. Like the earlier 2006 ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' and 2008 [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|''Universe'']] lines, along with much of the 2010 [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'']] line, it aims to recreate older Transformers characters as new toys and celebrate the history of the brand. Unlike ''Universe'', there are no series or other indications on the toys' [[packaging]] regarding which [[continuity]] the characters hail from. This seems to follow Hasbro's recent trend of leaving as much of that kind of information as possible up to the imagination of the purchaser.

The range includes designs from the video game ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]]'' with the ambiguous prefix "Cybertronian".

Early releases advertised for [[The Hub]].

==Toys==
===General retail===
====Legion Class====
=====Future Waves (2012)=====
[[Rumble (Prime)|Rumble]]
[[Frenzy (Prime)|Frenzy]]
[[Ravage (Prime)|Ravage]]
[[Ratbat (Prime)|Ratbat]]

====Deluxe Class====
=====Wave 1=====
[[Image:Generations Drift toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|RETRIBUTION!]]
* [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Cybertronian Bumblebee]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Cybertronian Optimus Prime]]
* [[Drift (G1)|Drift]]
* [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (redeco of ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Gentei! Gentei!]]'' Thrust)

{{note|Toys R Us and online retailers like Entertainment Earth and BigBadToyStore received special cases containing only Cybertronian Optimus Prime and Cybertronian Bumblebee as a promotional tie in for the release of the War for Cybertron video game before the general release of the ''Generations'' toyline.}}

=====Wave 2=====
[[Image:Generationstoy-CybertronianMegatron.jpg|right|thumb|250px|I'm just a miner.]]
* [[Megatron (Prime)|Cybertronian Megatron]]
* [[Straxus (G1)|Darkmount]]

=====Wave 3=====
* [[Soundwave (Prime)|Cybertronian Soundwave]]
* [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (retool of ''Universe'' [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]])

=====Wave 4=====
* [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (retool/redeco of Drift)
* [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (redeco of ''Gentei! Gentei!'' Dirge)

=====Wave 5=====
[[Image:Generationstoy-Thunderwing.jpg|right|thumb|250px|And that's when Hasbro ran out of [[The Transformers: The Movie|movie-era]] Decepticons.]]
* [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]] (retool/redeco of Cybertronian Bumblebee)
* [[Skullgrin]] (retool/redeco of Darkmount)
* [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]

=====Wave 6=====
* [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]
* [[Kup (G1)|Sergeant Kup]]

=====Wave 7=====
[[Image:Generationstoy-Warpath.jpg|right|thumb|250px|That's it, we're done!]]
* [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys|Thundercracker]] (redeco of ''Classics'' [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]])
* [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys|Wheeljack]] (retool of 2010 ''Transformers'' [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]])

=====Wave 8=====
* [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]

=====Wave 9=====
* [[Junkyard (G1)|Junkheap]]
* [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Sky Shadow]] (retool of Thunderwing)

=====2012 Wave 1=====
[[Image:Generationstoy-Bruticus.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''Generations'' requires constant infusion of video games to survive.]]
* [[Jazz (WFC)|Autobot Jazz]]
* [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]]

=====2012 Wave 2=====
* [[Swindle (FOC)|Swindle]]
* [[Vortex (FOC)|Vortex]]
* [[Brawl (WFC)|Brawl]]
* [[Onslaught (WFC)|Onslaught]]
* [[Blast Off (FOC)|Blast Off]]

=====2013 Wave 1=====
* [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]]

=====Future Waves (2013)=====
* [[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]]
* [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]]
* [[Ultra Magnus (Prime)|Ultra Magnus]] (retool of Optimus Prime)
* [[Fireflight (FOC)|Fireflight]] (retool of Cybertronian Shockwave)

====Voyager Class====
=====Future Waves (2012)=====
* [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] with [[Laserbeak (G1)| Laserbeak]]
* [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundblaster]] with [[Buzzsaw (G1)| Buzzsaw]]<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/botcon-2012-panel-hasbro-brand-team-the-hasbro-panel-174899/ Botcon 2012 Panel - Hasbro Brand Team - "The Hasbro Panel"] </ref>

===Asian Retail Exclusives===
{{note|The following toys were announced for Asian-only release at CybertronCon 2012. They introduce the first non-Deluxe toys in the line. <ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-generations-classics-30-35/transformers-generations--movie-series-asia-exclusives-174569/ Transformers Generations & Movie Series Asia Exclusives].</ref>}}

====Legends Class toys====
* [[Bluestreak (G1)| Bluestreak]] (redeco/retool of ''[[Reveal the Shield]]'' [[Prowl (G1)/toys| Prowl]] with a rifle.)
* [[Hoist (G1)| Hoist]] (redeco/retool of ''Reveal the Shield'' [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]] with a blaster.)
* [[Motormaster (G1)| Motormaster]] (redeco/retool of ''Reveal the Shield'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)| Optimus Prime]] with a sword.)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)| Thundercracker]] (redeco/retool of ''Reveal the Shield'' [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] with a blaster.)

====Scout Class toys====
* [[Sandstorm (G1)| Sandstorm]] (redeco/retool of ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)| Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Dune Runner (ROTF)| Dune Runner]])
* [[Laserbeak (G1)| Laserbeak]] (redeco/retool of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Skystalker (ROTF)| Skystalker]])
* [[Dead End (G1)| Dead End]] (redeco/retool of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Brakedown (ROTF)| Brakedown]])
* [[Brawl (G1)| Brawl]] (redeco/retool of ''[[Hunt for the Decepticons]]'' [[Breacher]])

====Deluxe====
* [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (redeco/retool of ''Hunt for the Decepticons'' [[Tomahawk]])
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (redeco/retool of ''[[Prime (toyline)| Prime]]'' First Edition [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]])
* [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] (redeco/retool of ''Reveal the Shield'' [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]])
* [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] (redeco/retool of ''Generations'' [[Kup (G1)|Sergeant Kup]])

====Voyager====
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (redeco/retool of ''Prime'' First Edition [[Bulkhead (Prime)| Bulkhead]])
* [[Powerdive|Power Dive]] (redeco/retool of ''Hunt for the Decepticons'' [[Highbrow (TF 2010)| Highbrow]])
* [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (redeco/retool of ''[[Universe (2008 toyline)]]'' [[Inferno (G1)| Inferno]])
* [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Generation 2 Megatron]] (redeco/retool of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]])

==Notes==
[[Image:TF2010 deluxe SpecialOpsJazz.jpg|thumb|right|150px||[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|I don't belong here,]] bitches!]]
* Clicking "War For Cybertron Toys" on Hasbro's [http://www2.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/movie-news/Transformers-War-for-Cybertron.cfm War For Cybertron] webpage brings up the whole "Generations" toyline. Looking for War For Cybertron toys? Here you go.
* Since all the toys in the Generations toyline are Deluxe-sized, the Difficulty Level bar on the front packaging (which indicates how hard it is to convert a toy from mode to mode) now denotes each individual toy's challenge level (Cybertronian Bumblebee, for example, is a Level 4, while Thrust is a Level 2).
* The plastic-coated wire twist-ties, which were normally used to secure a toy in its packaging in past toylines, have been replaced with rattan tie-downs. The paper-based tie-downs are also used in the [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'']] toy line.
* The 2010 ''Transformers'' toy line, particularly the ''[[Reveal the Shield]]'' [[subline imprint]], contains several toys with a design aesthetic similar to the Generations line. This led to confusion when fan expectations were contradicted by official Hasbro announcements. In fact, ''Generations'' Wheeljack is a [[retool]] of ''Reveal the Shield'' [[Tracks (G1)|Turbo Tracks]], and ''Generations'' [[Junkyard (G1)#Generations|Junkheap]] is a retool of ''Reveal the Shield'' [[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Transformers (2010)|Wreck-Gar]].

==Footnotes==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Franchises]]
[[Category:Generation 1 franchises]]
[[Category:Generations| ]]
[[Category:Toylines]]

Shockwave (WFC)

2012-05-03T02:54:53Z

Interrobang: /* Generations */

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{{disambig3|Shockwave}}
:''Shockwave is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:War for Cybertron Shockwave.jpg|250px|thumb|right|"When your hit percentage exceeds mine, YOU may choose the soundtrack!"]]
'''Shockwave''' was a member of the scientist caste in the industrial city of [[Kaon]]. In a reversal of the usual order, he was swayed by the ambitions of the former mining caste member turned gladiator [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]. Serving as Megatron's "pet mad scientist" and [[second-in-command]], he saw to the fighter's armament during his rise to prominence, all the while fantasizing on the prospect of ''mass producing'' such warriors. Thankfully, Megatron's more practical nature reined in Shockwave as the movement which became the Decepticons finally moved out of the shadows.

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
Shockwave was a scientist who lived on the fringes of Cybertronian society, admitting to [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Orion Pax]] he knew little of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. He was one of the scientists whose innovations allowed the mass production of stressed-crystal material used to build [[Crystal City]]. There he began his [[combiner]] experiments, creating [[Bruticus Maximus (WFC)|Bruticus Maximus]], whose lack of intelligence in combined form made him a danger to friend and foe, and he was put in [[stasis lock]]. Shockwave moved to [[Kaon]], becoming a surgeon for the gladiators, where he met [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]us. He continued his combination experiments with the three [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]s, whom Megatronus bested in combat: it was in this match that the crowd chanted a shorter name for the gladiator, Megatron. Megatron recognized two things about Shockwave: that he was bereft of any morality or ethics, and that while he was his most loyal ally, he would turn on him one day.

[[Image:WFCcomicDecepticons.jpg|thumb|300px|''We three 'Cons of Kaon are...'']]

During the [[Autobot]]-[[Decepticon]] war, Shockwave perfected his experiments with the [[Constructicon (WFC)|Constructicon]]s, creating a [[Devastator (WFC)|Devastator]] which was unleashed on Crystal City. Shockwave set up a laboratory in the ruins but was ordered to take command of the newly conquered city state [[Tarn]]. Autobot sympathizers became fodder for experiments, while Shockwave's forces conquered [[Vos]]. He quelled dissent in both cities by requesting Vos' Air Commanders [[photon missile]] strike Tarn, for which he claimed the Autobots were responsible, and then had a photon missile strike (of supposedly unknown origin) ordered on Vos, killing the Air Commanders whose true loyalty lay with [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]].

When the Decepticons captured [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] Station, Shockwave oversaw two of Starscream's scientists ingest [[Dark Energon]]: the powerful result activated a security [[gyro-inhibitor charge]] which rendered Shockwave unconscious. Shockwave later subjected the two subjects to a deprivation study, and found it necessary to muzzle them as the duo agonized as a result of Dark Energon's absence in their bodies. Shockwave also used the [[Spark]]s of those killed in the capture to turn Trypticon into a Decepticon, able to spawn drones and [[Mini-Con|Minicons]] in its corridors.

Shockwave remained on Cybertron in command of the Decepticons, while Megatron left with his elite soldiers on the ''Nemesis'' to pursue the Autobot ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]''. Shockwave promised Megatron that [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1|Cybertron would remain as he left it]], the notion of which Megatron chastised. He ordered Shockwave to rebuild Cybertron and enslave the remaining Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

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{{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3)===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Steve Blum]]''

[[Image:WFC Shockwave game.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Well done. Here come the test results: "You are a horrible person." That's what it says: a horrible person. We weren't even testing for that.]]

{{Note|Shockwave is an pre-order [[exclusive]] downloadable content character for use in multiplayer modes, and is not playable in the ''War for Cybertron'' storyline campaign. Using a preorder code to unlock him will allow the player to use Shockwave in Escalation mode, and makes his chassis available for customizing an online multiplayer character for Decepticon scientists. His chassis is labelled as "Retaliator". Shockwave was later made available alongside the other preorder-exclusive characters in the ''Transformers: War for Cybertron Map and Character Pack''. He was available for the XBox 360 and PS3 versions of the game, but not for the PC version.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' - Decepticons (DS)===
:''Voice actor:'' Steve Blum

{{Note|Shockwave is an unlockable character for the Nintendo DS version of ''War for Cybertron''. On the Decepticon version he can replace any of the other Decepticons in the campaign mode. He can be unlocked by beating Purification 6 in Arena Mode.}}

Shockwave was at the Energon Purification zone when the Decepticons had used it for their stores of Energon. Shockwave challenged Megatron and his troops to a fight, saying if they beat him, he'd join their ranks. Shockwave was indeed defeated, and somewhat reluctantly joined the Decepticon ranks.
{{Storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===

Shockwave was tasked with finding deadly new alternate forms that the Decepticons could use to further their goals. As he observed the universe, [[Earth|a small blue planet]] populated by [[dinosaur|large reptilian creatures]] caught his eye. Inspired by this, he forcibly reformatted [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] and his [[Dynobots]] into the Dinobots. He also became interested in the Insecticon swarms that had taken over much of Cybertron since the poisoning of Cybertron's [[core]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron}}

==Toys==
===Generations===
[[Image:Generationstoy-Shockwave.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"I want him in the games until he dies playing. Acknowledge." "Acknowledged, Master Control." "End of line."]]
*'''Shockwave''' (Deluxe, 2012)
: Part of the first wave of [[2012]] ''[[Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Shockwave is based on his ''[[War for Cybertron]]'' design and transforms from a robot to a spaceship and back. The front center fuselage of the spaceship appears to become a handheld weapon.

: This toy was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as ''[[Generation 1]]'' [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] in [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' comics.
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==Notes==
* In the map of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] from the "[[Binder of Revelation]]" included in ''[[Transformers Vault]]'', Shockwave came from [[Tarn]], which explains why he took control of it during the war.
* Shockwave is usable in both the Autobot and Decepticon versions of the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|''War for Cybertron'' games for the DS]]. He is used only for multiplayer, bonus missions and Arena mode in the Autobot version and used in Multiplayer, Arena mode, and campaign in the Decepticon version.
* In the XBOX 360/PS3 versions of War for Cybertron, Shockwave's left arm is his Plasma Cannon. But in the DS version, it's his RIGHT arm.
* A [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtyYt7oRMhs Gamestop commercial] describes Shockwave as second-in-command of the Decepticons, and [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] is never officially referred to as such.
* For said commercial, Shockwave was voiced by [[Corey Burton]], voice actor of [[Shockwave (G1)|Generation 1]] and [[Shockwave (Animated)|Animated]] Shockwaves. He later lamented over [http://www.coreyburton.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=853&sid=3992b18086e21d8f6face60940505757 a forum post] that the performance was so rushed and the "gag" nature so out of character, that it hardly even sounded like him:
** "Two different sessions; and while they were awfully nice to work with, I have to say that the gag line was written and directed completely off-character. Since it was all supposed to be pretty "camp" anyway, and it had to be wedged-into a space that wasn't even there in the initial cut, I just went along with it. Figured it's just a silly bit of hype, that wasn't worth taking seriously enough to fuss over."
* The aforementioned commercial also indicates that Shockwave is evidently a fan of Stan Bush.
* According to his [[Transformers Hall of Fame]] bio, Shockwave's emotions sometimes get the better of him, leading to irrational behavior. He also hopes that one day his work will let him reformat all Cybertronians to a new form of existence- and ideally become ruler of Cybertron in the process. Looks like Megatron's hunch wasn't far off...
* Although Shockwave is a Jet in the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game, he's a ground vehicle in the DS Version. Most probably because his Autobot counterpart in the mission he is unlocked is Grimlock, a Heavy Ground vehicle. Shockwave's increasable stats are, however, those of a Flying Vehicle.

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Airachnid (Prime)

2012-05-03T02:52:53Z

Interrobang: So? It's been the standard for a long time and exactly how do you expect readers to know that Japan uses the same name without noting it?

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{{disambig2|the Decepticon spider-copter|the Predacon spider-base|Arachnid}}
:''Airachnid is a Decepticon from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)| Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Airachnid-HowToDraw.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Not a fan of Breakdown/Knock Out.]]

Long ago, '''Airachnid''' was with the [[Decepticon]]s, where her cruel, cold-sparked, murderous demeanor served her well. But after the [[Great Exodus]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], she decided to go solo. Nevertheless, she still feels a sort of kinship with her former allies, so if a [[MECH|group of humans]] attempted to disassemble a [[Breakdown (Prime)|Decepticon]], she would take offense to it.

These days, Airachnid spends her time engaging in her new hobby: collecting [[Airachnid's specimens|endangered species]]. Well, parts of endangered species. Mostly the heads.

And if a species ''isn't'' endangered? Oh, they will be. She'll make ''sure'' of that. And she'll make sure it's a slow, painful process.

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Gina Torres]] (English)|[[Erica Edwards]] (Latin American-Spanish), [[Heide Domanowski]] (German)}}

[[Image:Airachnid.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Shelob gave dieting a go after seeing how much weight her director lost.]]

During the war for Cybertron, Airachnid managed to capture [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] and her partner [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]]. Quickly realizing that Arcee would resist the physical torture she used, Airachnid decided to employ a simpler threat: Tell her the attack coordinates of an impeding attack, or Tailgate dies. Arcee insisted she didn't know the coordinates, but Airachnid didn't believe her and killed Tailgate. Moments later, [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] and [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]] burst into the holding room, killing the two [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s and rescuing Arcee. Airachnid, however, escaped.

Following the [[Great Exodus]], Airachnid concluded that the war was over, meaning she needed a new way to spend her time. Abandoning the Decepticons, she decided to hunt sentient species, then wipe them out after getting a trophy. Eventually, Airachnid crash-landed [[Airachnid's ship|her ship]] on [[Earth]]. She initially laid her optics on a lone camper, but was ambushed by Arcee. While Arcee gained the upper hand, she was distracted by her human partner, [[Jack Darby]], and Airachnid webbed her to a rock. Having learned of Cliffjumper's recent demise, Airachnid decided that making Jack her next trophy would be a delicious way to hurt Arcee before finally snuffing out her [[spark]]. She chased Jack back to her ship, but discovered too late that the human had snuck out the underside. She spotted Jack ''just'' in time to see him hurl a flaming stick into a pool of [[energon]] that was leaking from her ship. Airachnid barely managed to escape the explosion, but she was wounded and ''really'' pissed. She managed to web the fleeing Jack to a tree, but before Airachnid could deliver the killing blow, Arcee came to the rescue and absolutely wiped the forest floor with the Decepticon. Deciding she had endured enough for one night, Airachnid drilled into the ground and fled. {{storylink|Predatory}}

[[Image:Crisscross-helicopter.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Finally a use for those helicopter cockpit halves on her shoulders!]]
Learning of [[MECH]]'s treatment of [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]], Airachnid engineered a distress call which lured [[Silas]] to the forest. She made a deal with the MECH agent to give him Arcee – at least, what would be ''left'' of her – if he could deliver Jack to her. Silas used the [[Internet]] to track down information on Jack and have [[June Darby]] kidnapped so Airachnid cocooned her and dangled her from a building in the disused [[Jasper]] factory MECH was occupying. When Jack arrived, Airacnid gave him six minutes to rescue his mother. She followed Jack around the factory and, when he eventually found June and claimed victory, she pointed out the task was to ''rescue'' mom, not just find her. Before Airachnid could start with the dismemberment, Arcee arrived to attack her and the two enemies fought at length around the building's structure. During the fight, Airachnid was thrown into a container and coated with concrete, but managed to get free and web Arcee to the ground. She was about to finish off Arcee when she was attacked by [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]]'s helicopters, and was forced to [[scanning|scan]] one so she could escape. {{storylink|Crisscross}}

[[Image:MetalAttraction-Airachnidcaptured.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Breakdown, you have a bug on your... um... windshield?"]]
Airachnid followed a magnetic signal and found [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] with a [[polarity gauntlet]]. Seeking to obtain the weapon, she buried him underground, but he escaped and she was forced to fight him. Then Arcee turned up with a [[Bulkhead (Prime)|new partner for her to snuff]] and she had to fight them as well. When Breakdown activated the gauntlet, she fled in alarm. She later ambushed the 'Con on his way back to the ''[[Trypticon (Prime)|Nemesis]]'', taking the gauntlet from him and reacting with disdain to his suggestion they could take it back to [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] together. The Autobots caught up with them, and Airachnid used the gauntlet to draw Arcee to her for a little one-on-one fighting. When the battle started to turn sour, however, she grabbed the gauntlet and attempted to flee in her helicopter form. Unfortunately, Bulkhead grabbed her and threw her into Breakdown. Fused magnetically to the 'Con, she was carried back to the ''Nemesis'', where she had no choice but to rejoin the Decepticons. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}}

[[Image:Partners-Immobilizer.jpg|thumb|250px|"Even shinier than the [[Polarity gauntlet]]!"]]
Immediately ingratiating herself with Megatron, Airachnid told the Decepticon leader that [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] had been keeping information to himself, such as the location of the crashed Decepticon ship, the ''[[Harbinger]]''. Megatron ordered Starscream to take Airachnid to the ship's crash site and secure the experimental weapon it contained. Once there, Airachnid discovered that the half of the ship containing the [[Immobilizer]] had broken off before impact. She webbed up Starscream and forced him to tell her the location of the aft section, but was attacked by the Autobots while leaving. After a brief fight with Arcee, Airachnid was chased off by [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]], and instead went to find the ''Harbinger''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> aft. She quickly located it and retrieved the Immobilizer, then lay in wait as Optimus's team approached the ship. She was able to freeze Bulkhead and Optimus, but some deft trickery by Bumblebee allowed him to sneak up on her and destroy the Immobilizer. She retreated back to the ''Nemesis'' where she tried to blame the loss of the Immobilizer on Starscream as well as explain why she left him behind. Unluckily for her, an enraged Megatron roared that by allowing the Decepticon second-in-command to be taken prisoner, she'd just put all Decepticon intelligence at the fingertips of the Autobots. {{storylink|Partners}}

Despite this, she was promoted to Second in Command during Starscream's absence. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}} Breakdown seemed to have developed a crush on Airachnid. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

[[Image:Tfprime Airachnid thoughts of betrayal.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Who needs Starscream?]]
When the Decepticons located the last part they needed for their space bridge in a human installation, Airachnid suggested she could burrow up under it, but Megatron announced that the time for stealth was past, so she didn't. Once they secured the power source they needed, Airachnid and Knock Out observed Megatron acting strangely and wondered if their leader was losing it. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}} While the [[Decepticon Miner|miners]] gathered up [[Dark Energon]], Airachnid hung out on the bridge and watched as [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] played back [[Unicron]]'s pulse. She reported to Megatron that the hold was full, and they should think about retreating. He responded by leaving her in charge while he went to go and talk to Unicron. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}} Airachnid returned the ''Nemesis'' to orbit to wait. When no further word came from Megatron, she told Soundwave that Megatron might not be coming back. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}}

[[Image:OneShallRise3-SoundwaveAirachnid.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''Round One. FIGHT!!!'']]
When she called the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki> crew to the bridge, she had deduced that Megatron, either deceased or deep within Unicron, had abandoned them, and with Earth falling into chaos, decided that they should relocate to [[Regulon Four]]. As none of the other Decepticons spoke out against her, Airachnid ordered Soundwave to set the ''Nemesis'' on course, however the silent Decepticon refused to comply. She attempted to assert her leadership by attacking him, only to discover that she was no match for Soundwave and his Minicon [[Laserbeak (Prime)|Laserbeak]]. The pair double-teamed her, and she was forced to yield when held underfoot. She subsequently decided to be elsewhere when Megatron did return. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

Airachnid was soon back as Megatron's subordinate, though she expressed her concern about the amnesiac Optimus Prime being allowed full run of the ship. When Arcee sneaked on board The Nemesis to find Optimus, Airachnid readily volunteered to go and deal with her, even offering to offline The Autobot. However, Megatron felt that the situation needed to be dealt with more subtly, so he sent Soundwave instead. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}}

[[Image:Crossfire Airachnid captures Arcee.jpg|thumb|left|250px|]]
Though Airachnid offered to employ her tracking skills in finding more artifacts, Megatron instead had [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] and Breakdown try to offline her. She webbed the former to a tree and dismantled the latter. Not long after, she encountered an [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticon]] which she was able to control. After an encounter with Starscream, she lured Megatron to an abandoned energon mine and set the Insecticon on him, watching the fight until she was attacked by Arcee. The Autobot pursued her as she burrowed away, but Airachnid managed to ambush her foe. She was prevented from terminating the helpless Arcee by Starscream, and instead had to flee, but this fortuitously led her to stumble on a whole Insecticon hive. {{Storylink|Crossfire}}

Detecting a beacon transmitting from the ''Nemesis'', Airachnid woke the Insecticon army to go eliminate Megatron. Their activity drew the attention of the Autobots, and though Airachnid sent Insecticons after them, Arcee relentlessly pursued her into the Insecticon hive. As they fought, Arcee managed to maneuver Airachnid onto one of the pods, which closed and put her into stasis. The stasis-locked Airachnid was taken back to [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|the Autobot base]]. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===Prime===
*'''Airachnid''' (Deluxe, 2012)
Airachnid transforms from a stealth helicopter into robot mode and back again!
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*'''Airachnid''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2013)
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==Notes==
* Her head design is reminiscent of both the Disney villain [[wikipedia:Maleficent|Maleficent]] and the similarly spider-like ''Doctor Who'' monster [[wikipedia:List_of_Doctor_Who_monsters_and_aliens#Racnoss|The Empress of the Racnoss]].
* Airachnid went her entire introductory episode without transforming into a true [[alternate mode]], only from biped-mode to spider-legs mode and back. This is due to her not scanning an alternate mode until "[[Crisscross]]".
* The said alternate mode doesn't really make sense: Airachnid scanned Agent Fowler's Bell 212 Huey helicopter, but she somehow ended up with a stealth helicopter alt-mode.
* The existence of the name "Airachnid" was first revealed when Hasbro filed an intent-to-use [http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77892423 trademark application] for the term with the US Trademark and Patent Office. However, the application was eventually denied for registration.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/beast-wars-2/case-closed---goodbye-airachnid-170451/ "Case Closed – Goodbye Airachnid"]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Airachnid''' (エアラクニッド ''Earakuniddo'')

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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Treadshot (SG)

2012-05-03T02:49:47Z

Interrobang:

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{{disambig3.5|the heroic Decepticon|his evil counterpart|Treadshot (Universe 2003)|Treadshot}}
:''Treadshot is a heroic [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Invasion-Treadshotportal.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Battle in a box"? More like "Slash in a box," amirite???]]

'''Treadshot''' and [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]] developed an intimate friendship while they were trained by the weapons masters [[Treble]] and [[Gain]]. They were inseparable. ''Were'', that is, until Ultra Magnus decided to join his brother [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]]'s evil [[Autobot]] insurgency. Magnus felt betrayed when Treadshot said he could not go down that path, and Treadshot felt equally enraged when he saw what his former friend was capable of.

Again and again they clashed on the battlefield, each instance more heated than the last. Treadshot's hatred for Ultra Magnus had quickly become an obsession. He could think of nothing other than obliterating Magnus once and for all. Treadshot dreamed of beating down Magnus with his fists, making Magnus hurt like Treadshot had been hurt by him, and finally bleaching the stain of him from both the universe and his mind. Only then can Treadshot move on.

They're a lovely couple.

==Fiction==
===''Shattered Glass''===
When the Decepticons were tipped off by Optimus Prime that Ultra Magnus had escaped his prison on [[Paradron]], Treadshot wasted no time in gathering a team to hunt him down. He took [[Sir Soundwave]], [[Straxus (SG)|Straxus]], and [[Octopunch (SG)|Octopunch]] through a portal to a strange parallel universe where he encountered Magnus and his army. Here Magnus was after this universe's [[Rarified Energon]] so that he could open up a hole in space time to bring its Earth to his Cybertron, destroying them both. But when Treadshot appeared, Magnus used his stolen [[Terminus Blade]] to stage an escape.

[[Image:Invasion-Treadshotneverquits.jpg|left|thumb|300px|They kiss in <strike>my</strike>this story.]]

But Ultra Magnus could not hide from Treadshot no matter where he fled. Treadshot, with the help of that universe's heroic Autobots, fought Ultra Magnus across the entirety of their [[Ironworks]] headquarters, inflicting heavy damage on all sides. Meanwhile, Treadshot stayed in communication with Sir Soundwave as the latter attempted to halt Magnus's doomsday device. Ultimately, Soundwave was able to expand the forcefield surrounding the contraption to cover the entire planet. Treadshot and the heroic Decepticons believed this had averted the crisis, but Magnus scoffed. He wanted to destroy this Earth, yes, but he'd also set in motion the destruction of its entire universe! As Earth was pulled into orbit over their universe's Cybertron, the Earth's entire dimension was destroyed.

Magnus declared victory and retreated as Treadshot swore profusely at him. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===Timelines===
[[Image:Timelinestoy-BC2012Treadshot.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A bit more car-y than some expected!]]
*'''Invasion''' ([[BotCon 2012]] box set)
**''Accessories:'' Blaster, two speakers
:A [[Retool#Gang-molded alternate parts|pretool]] of ''[[Reveal the Shield]]'' [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Jazz]], Treadshot transforms from robot into a blue sports car that homages ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]] but with the stripe from Side Swipe's ''Universe'' redeco, [[Treadshot (Universe 2003)|''Universe'' Treadshot]]. In addition to sporting the Jazz mold's second head, which had yet to be used, Treadshot has deployable speakers in both robot and vehicle mode and a rifle. The speakers can also combine with his rifle via clips to form a super rifle, or they can be used on any other clip-compatible ''Transformers'' toy. Treadshot was released in a box set with [[Sir Soundwave|Soundwave]], [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Tracks (SG)|Tracks]], [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Gigatron]], and [[Metalhawk]].

: The original version of this mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' [[Ricochet (Headmasters)#United|Stepper]] and [[Longarm (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Longarm]], and it was retooled to make [[Kick-Off (G1)|Kick-Over]].

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2012-05-02T19:40:36Z

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== Aligned Timeline ==

I'm going to try and take a stab at creating an Aligned timeline that unites everything we know about the franchise(s) so far. Any help would be greatly appreciated. [[User:Tom Servo the Great|Tom Servo the Great]] 09:48, 17 October 2011 (EDT)

== Help Wanted ==

Hello one and all. I'm here representing a newly created Role-Playing forum that is based in the Transformers Universe. We're in the early stages yet, and are looking for people to help get the ball rolling. Since this site seems to lack a dedicated forum (where requests like these would usually be made) and I haven't seen any other way to effectively say my piece in front of a large audience, I thought that posting here was the best way to "advertise" us, as it were. I sincerely apologize if this was the wrong move on our part, or if I've breached protocol at all, but I can assure everyone that our intentions aren't malign. Those interested, please contact me using any of the ways that I have listed on my username page here on this site. I won't tempt fate by linking our website here directly =P

Once again, you all have my sincere greetings, and I hope to hear from you soon. Also, as a side note: the difference in quality between this page and the transformers wikia is amazing. [[User:Rathian Warrior|Rathian Warrior]] 23:50, 3 October 2011 (EDT)
:I'm not sure if you've crossed any lines, and frankly, you were polite enough about it that it's not a big deal, but you could always buy some ad space if you want to raise awareness of your forum. It's cheap! There's usually a link on every page around the banners, but if you didn't catch it, you can follow this link: [https://www.projectwonderful.com/advertisehere.php?id=25311&type=4 Project Wonderful TFWiki Page]--[[User:McFly|McFly]] 16:13, 8 November 2011 (EST)

== "Fictional" and "real" categories ==
I think we need to come up with a consistent way to distinguish categories of things that are real and categories of things that have appeared in fiction. So far, we've skimmed the issue by using synonyms, such as [[:Category:Companies|companies]] and [[:Category:Businesses|businesses]], but that doesn't really work for things like [[:Category:Magazines|magazines]], which is already used for real magazines. Currently, we have [[:Category:Fictional books]], [[:Category:Fictional video games]] that consider the fictional entities "different". On the other hand, we have [[:Category:Real-world events by day]] and [[:Category:Real world films]]. We focus more on the fictional aspect of Transformers, so it makes sense to not point out the fictionality in categories, but "real world" sounds awkward to some. Which one should we use? [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 00:26, 6 September 2011 (EDT)

:I thought I'd cheat and see how some of the other fictional Wikis deal with the problem. Three different approaches I saw:
:*[http://tardis.wikia.com/ Doctor Who wiki] has a [http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Real_world "Real World" category] for real world stuff and in most cases the categories for real world things are at "Real world X".
:*[http://wookiepedia.org/ Wookiepedia] goes the parenthetical route, with "Books" and "Books (real-world)". Though they also have one or two like "Real world companies".
:*[http://stargate.wikia.com/ Stargate wiki] has "Books" versus "Stargate books" for real world books.
:I kinda like the parenthetical approach that Wookiepedia have taken. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 03:11, 6 September 2011 (EDT)

::I'd favor pointing out the status of both categories, just to make absolutely clear what they are for. The words can be "Fictional" and "Real-world" (I notice both real-world categories use a different spelling. Whichever it's gonna be (if), only one spelling should be used). "Nonfictional" kinda works as an alternative, would "Real-world" be disliked. [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 04:35, 6 September 2011 (EDT)

:::If we go that route, I think "real-world" should be used, since "real world" is a lot more easier to fix than the other parsing. I like the Wookiepedia approach, but I'm not sure that's enough to change how we already do categories. The idea to label both categories sounds nice, but "Fictional X" seems incongruous with unlabeled categories, such as "weapons", "technology", etc.; considering that our main focus is the fiction, I'm leaning towards only labeling the real stuff. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 13:02, 6 September 2011 (EDT)

::::I think it would be advantageous to put a {{tl|disambig2}} at the top, so people could easily go from the fictional to the real world category too. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 16:30, 6 September 2011 (EDT)

:::::Yeah, I think I put that on [[:Category:Films]] a while ago. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 16:57, 6 September 2011 (EDT)

:::::::Speaking of this, I found we handle [[:Category:Films]] like [[:Category:Real people]], wouldn't this be some, um, confusing? It's just, somehow, reverse? (Except for the fictional films like ''Honoji'') According to the logic of how we handle [[:Category:Real people]], shouldn't we place films like ''40-Year-Old Virgin'' or ''Godzilla'' in the [[:Category:Real world films]]? --'''[[User:TX55|TX55]]'''''[[User talk:TX55|TALK]]'' 23:04, 6 September 2011 (EDT)
::::::::Godzilla doesn't go in "Real world films" because it's not a real world ''Transformers'' film. The Transformers is implied in that category name. Presumably we could have a "Real films" category for Godzilla, etc, but I'm not sure it's worth doing. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 23:53, 6 September 2011 (EDT)

::::::We shouldn't use "fictional X" for two reasons. One, there things like [[As the Kitchen Sinks]] that are fictional even within the fictional Transformers universe. Second, the wiki is written in-universe by default and putting [[Big Steve's Used Cars]] in a "fictional businesses" category would kind of break that. Within Transformers fiction, "Big Steve's Used Cars" is not a fictional company, but "As the Kitchen Sinks" is a fictional TV show. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 18:47, 6 September 2011 (EDT)

:::::::In-universe, As the Kitchen Sinks is not a fictional show. It depicts fictional events and fictional people, yes, but the show itself, as a piece of entertainment, is not fictional. I do get your point, as we actually have things like [[Frankenstein]] that are two layers of fiction removed from us. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 19:18, 6 September 2011 (EDT)

::::::::Yes, of course. I meant, in-universe, ''As the Kitchen Sinks'' is a work of fiction, whereas "Big Steve's Used Cars" is a real business that sells real used cars to real people. Have I been saying it wrong all this time? Wasn't ''Buck Rogers'' a fictional TV show? Anyway, it sounds like you got my point. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 21:14, 6 September 2011 (EDT)

:::::::::Or, judging by the fact categories like "Magazines" in used for magazines in our real life and "Companies" for companies in real life, why not just use "Film" for films (such as DOTM) in real life, while we move current contents in "Films" to "Films in ''Transformers'' fictions"? --'''[[User:TX55|TX55]]'''''[[User talk:TX55|TALK]]'' 23:04, 6 September 2011 (EDT)

::::::::::That seems like it would go counter to some of our existing naming schemes. e.g. if we split that out into films by franchise, you'd get "Films in Generation 1" rather than "Generation 1 films". Though admittedly the former title might have the advantage that it's clearer in meaning. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 23:50, 6 September 2011 (EDT)

:::::::::::I think both are equally ambiguous in their meaning. If we still need to clarify the purpose of the categories, we can always spell it out in the category's introduction. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 00:03, 7 September 2011 (EDT)

== "Transformers: " ==
We talked a bit about adding back "Transformers: " to the titles of articles [[Transformers_Wiki_talk:Community_Portal/Archive51#When_to_omit_.22Transformers.22_from_an_article_title|previously]], and the general sentiment was that people were for it or didn't have an issue with it. Does anybody else have any input in this matter? [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 00:34, 6 September 2011 (EDT)

:I'm okay with this change, but I do have three questions on execution. 1.) Whether or not "Transformers" is followed by a colon seems random in our current system. How will that be handled? 2.) If "Transformers(:)" is going to be added to every relevant page name, then what about all the extra words in the titles of Japanese stuff? 3.) What conseuqneces will this have for categories, lists, storylinks, etc? [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 04:41, 6 September 2011 (EDT)

::#I think we've had two consistent rules about that: If the title is some kind of phrase, like "Transformers United", "The Transformers Collection", or "Transformers Animated", then we don't use the colon. If the title is some kind of obvious "title: subtitle" setup ("Transformers: Armada", "Transformers: Prime"), then we use the colon. There's some borderline examples, but I think we can figure them out one by one. Official sources will help with determining colon-status. The other rule seems to apply to only games: If the title has another subtitle, then the first colon is dropped (ex. [[Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense]]). I dunno why, but we can add back the colon, I suppose.
::#I guess we add them? We could argue it for ''Victory'', since it was released in English contexts as just "Transformers: Victory".
::#I think we're just going to continue the same in relation to those. The articles will still be sorted by their subtitles in categories. Storylinks I could go either way on, but I think the trend is to drop the main title. I've been doing that for the AAII storylinks to avoid excessively long links. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 12:49, 6 September 2011 (EDT)

::::I don't see how "Transformers United" and "Transformers Animated" are any different from "Transformers: Prime". To me, all three could fall into either of your groups (phrase vs subtitle) and would prefer colons in all of those cases. Of your examples, only "The Transformers Collection" seems to really belong in the "phrase" group. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 13:22, 6 September 2011 (EDT)

:::::"United" and "Animated" are adjectives that modify "Transformers" and have official sources that omit the colon. "Transformers Prime" doesn't make sense in that way. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 14:58, 6 September 2011 (EDT)

::::I am not certain about those two "rules" for colons either. They're rather vague and bound to cause arguments and confusion. It needs to be made more obvious whether a colon should be used or not before "Transformers" can be added everywhere (a help page on the matter would also be handy in the future, me thinks).

::::I think that if we would put the cartoon at ''Transformers: Victory'', that would cause confusion with the manga, storypages, toyline and franchises, none of which were ever brought over and should thus not be named such. If moved, the ''Victory'' cartoon should best go to its Japanese name. [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 15:28, 6 September 2011 (EDT)

:::::<nowiki>*</nowiki>shrug* The first rule is mostly there for Transformers Animated, which people will be resistant to moving to have a colon (plus, obvious cases like The Transformers Collection). The second rule I really don't care about and can be tossed (it mostly only concerns the movie series of video games and online games). [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 16:04, 6 September 2011 (EDT)

:::::Are you suggesting there that Victory articles should be moved to "Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory"? I'd disagree with that, if so! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 07:25, 10 September 2011 (EDT)

::::::Why? We can't go around writing out the full names of Western franchises and stuff but not do so for the Japanese stuff. We already have "Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers" written out for the 1985 & 1986 Japanese franchises, so why not ''Victory''? [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 07:30, 10 September 2011 (EDT)
:::::::Victory (the cartoon) has been released in the West as "Transformers: Victory", to me that means that the official English name of the franchise ''is'' Transformers: Victory. Yes, we should give the full Japanese title at the beginning of the franchise page but there is no reason to move anything to that name. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 08:35, 10 September 2011 (EDT)

::::::::That was pretty much my reasoning too (also typing out the full name every time we wanted to link to it would be tedious). --[[User:Abates|abates]] 17:59, 10 September 2011 (EDT)

:::::::::Tying out "(franchise)" every time for everything is more tedious, but we still have it (for... some reason). Ditto long titles like [[The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers]] and [[Transformers Vault]]'s previous ridiculously long title.
:::::::::But I guess the general principle of "Transformers: " is acceptable to most. I'll start moving the noncontroversial pages (Western comics and cartoons with definite subtitles, etc.) if there's no opposition in the next few hours. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 18:08, 10 September 2011 (EDT)

::::::::::Is there a difference between [[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering]] and [[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Ascending|Transformers: Beast Wars: The Ascending]]? I must admit, the comma/colon distinction seems kinda arbitrary. Also, these page names seem kind of overlong and stupid, what's wrong with [[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Ascending|The Ascending]] and [[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering|The Gathering]]? It's a Transformers wiki and those are Beast Wars series; prefixing everything we possibly can with "Transformers" is only going to clog up the search box and make editing just that bit more arduous. What were the arguments in favour of this again? --[[User:Emvee|Emvee]] 16:21, 12 September 2011 (EDT)

:::::::::::That's the formatting used in the indicia. Your complaint about the search box is silly; did you really think typing "Transformers" into it yielded anything useful 99% of the time?
:::::::::::Like it or not, "Transformers: " is the part of the name of many things, and the hoops we have to go through to maintain this silly system of dropping it from article titles has gotten ridiculous and inconsistent. Adding "Transformers: " to article titles, on the other hand, adds ''clarity'' and avoids pointless disambiguation. "The Transformers: Bumblebee" is preferable to "Bumblebee (comic)", "Transformers: Sector 7" to "Sector 7 (comic)", etc. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 16:44, 12 September 2011 (EDT)

::::::::::::I get that it's useful in some cases, but it just seems like applying the rule across the board means we're overcomplicating the issue. Occam's razor has a lot going for it, and for user-friendliness I'd go for brevity. --[[User:Emvee|Emvee]] 17:11, 12 September 2011 (EDT)

::::::::::::Also on an Occam's razor tip, "Bumblebee (comic)" conveys more information in fewer characters than "Transformers: Bumblebee". I really don't understand why the latter is preferable. --[[User:Emvee|Emvee]] 14:06, 13 September 2011 (EDT)

:::::::::::::There's something to say for either argument, but as it is, we have proven to be unable to keep to one consistent "Transformers"-as-part-of-the-title policy at least since TFA. And if trying to keep "Transformers" out of the deal doesn't work, we oughta give the alternative a chance. I don't think it necesarilly makes it harder to find anything, as the search box reacts to words even if they are not the first part of a page title. And I want to have the changes in clear perspective before I might suggest deleting a few redirects, so at least for now, searches won't be any harder and we have a consistent policy. [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 14:49, 13 September 2011 (EDT)

I gotta say, I'm hating how this is working in practice. Article titles seem long and ugly to me.--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 15:46, 13 September 2011 (EDT)

:I feel the same, but it seems to be an necessary evil because "Transformers: ***" is a full title? duh. --'''[[User:TX55|TX55]]'''''[[User talk:TX55|TALK]]'' 22:45, 13 September 2011 (EDT)

::I fear the day someone decides to add full titles to disambiguation suffixes as well, e.g. "Optimus Prime (Transformers Animated)", "Grindor (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)" etc.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 13:43, 15 September 2011 (EDT)

:::That would be silly, and I'm pretty sure most people would oppose it. Putting "Transformers:" in names is a change we'd already been drifting towards for a while with, for instance, the War for Cybertron articles all doing it. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 16:32, 15 September 2011 (EDT)

::::On a related note, it's a pet peeve of mine when a writeup talks about a specific medium related to a franchise but links to the franchise as a whole instead, such as "Jetfire was released as part of wave 1 of the [[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] toyline" or "in episode 6 of the [[Energon (franchise)|Energon]] cartoon...".--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 17:29, 15 September 2011 (EDT)
:::::Would the best solution there be something like "Jetfire was released as part of wave 1 of the [[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] [[Cybertron (toyline)|toyline]]"? --[[Special:Contributions/77.99.176.103|77.99.176.103]] 03:32, 29 September 2011 (EDT) (oops, emvee not logged in)
::::::I think linking to the toyline page is sufficent. There's no need for an additional link to the corresponding umbrella franchise. The thought behind this is: "If Joe McRandom sees something that interests him and clicks a link, does he want the link to take him straight to the specific topic or to a more general overview?" I think link targets should always be as specific as necessary. If someone gets interested in a broader overview, he can always go one level up. After all, a link referring to G1 Optimus Prime leads to [[Optimus Prime (G1)]], not to [[Optimus Prime (disambiguation)]], either. In the same fashion, toyline pages should deeplink to the specific toy entries on the respective characters' pages (or even their toy pages, if applicable). Like, if Joe McRandom is on the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe (2008 toyline)]] page, sees a "Prowl" toy listed under "Deluxe Class" and wants to read more about that toy, he wants the "Prowl" link to take him straight to [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)]], not to the [[Prowl (G1)|main character page]] where he then has to scroll down to "toys", see that G1 Prowl toys have their separate page, go ''there'', ''then'' scroll down to "Universe (2008)". (It currently links to [[Prowl (G1)/toys]], which is at least halfway there.) I will fix this wherever I see it, and implement it when doing writeups.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 08:11, 13 October 2011 (EDT)

===Suggestion to creating templates===

Do we need some kinds of templates when typing contents for convenience? For my experience in Terminator Wiki, we use templates like <nowiki>{{T3}} for ''[[Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines]]'' or {{TSCC}} for ''[[Terminator: The Sarah Connnor Chronicles]]''</nowiki>. What I'm suggesting is that after we make all franchise names into full title (and we don't use redirect links), it is some how trouble some when typing the title. So we can make some templates like:
<pre>
{{tf|Armada}} -> ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Transformers: Armada]]''

{{tf|Armada|toyline|Pokeformer}} -> ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Pokeformer]]''

{{jptf|bwn}} -> ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo]]''

</pre>

If there is any user who can created complex template, we could make

<pre>
{{tf|armada|t}} -> ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Transformers: Armada]]''

parameter 1:
2010 = Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (toyline)
thm = Transformers: The Headmasters (toyline)
mf = Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (toyline)
v = Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory
z = Transformers: Zone
roc = Transformers: Return of Convoy
oc = Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination
armada = Transformers Armada
bwn = Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo
mov = Movie
rotf = Revenge of the Fallen
tfa = Transformers Animated
...and (blah blah)

parameter 2:
*default* - franchise
t - toyline
ct - cartoon
co - comic
m - manga
f - film

And, if possible:
if parameter 3 = s (for example), it will become short title like ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]''

</pre>

--'''[[User:TX55|TX55]]'''''[[User talk:TX55|TALK]]'' 21:42, 24 September 2011 (EDT)

:It's something I've thought about as well. Considering there are a lot of exceptions to the regular naming system (parts of franchises that are called something different or franchises that lack the (franchise) identifier on the wiki because it's not necessary to disambiguate it), I don't think a template can be coded to put a link together. A full list system like our TFtoon templates have could maybe work though. [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 16:08, 25 September 2011 (EDT)
::I think with the number of franchises we have, it would end up being a hellishly big template and difficult to maintain for only a minor gain. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 18:03, 25 September 2011 (EDT)

==="Fight! Super Robot Lifeform" Transformers===
With the insertion of this phrase into the Victory page titles, should it also be inserted into the titles of The Headmasters, Super-God Masterforce, and Zone? now while the immediate answer would be "No", there are some places that do include this text above the "Toransufōmā" text in each of these series's logos. An example of this would the [[Transformers Tapestry]] (which even includes it in the Operation combination logo as well) and the [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Columbia_Zone_DVD.jpg Columbia DVD of Zone]. Its inclusion in these places seems more than mere coincidence, so would we take this idea into consideration? --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] 14:33, 23 October 2011 (EDT)
:Um, that ''Zone'' DVD does not support your assertion. All of the ''actual'' media for those series (except for the Zone manga and story pages) do not include The "Fight!..." portion. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 16:58, 23 October 2011 (EDT)
::Technically the whole toyline in Japan from 1985 to 1992 was called "Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers" (as was written on the boxes), so at least the toyline pages for the series of those years would probably need the longer title than just "Transformers: ''X'' (toyline)" --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] 16:04, 25 October 2011 (EDT)
:::So you want to move the toyline pages to some made-up name? Pick one: 1) Merge all of the toyline pages to "Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)" 2) Leave the toyline pages as they are instead of stressing over naming things that technically don't exist. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 16:23, 25 October 2011 (EDT)
::::How is it "made up"? "Tatakae! Chō Robot Seimeitai" means "Fight! Super Robot Lifeform" and is written above the "Toransufōmā" text on the packages of the 1985-1992 Japanese toys. I'm not proposing we merge all those toyline pages together, but rather something akin to the [[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)|Japanese Beast Wars toyline]] page, in which the individual toylines are kept separate even though they were all collectively the same-named toyline. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] 17:25, 25 October 2011 (EDT)
:::::"Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Headmasters" and its ilk are the imaginary names. Those articles for imaginary toylines are fine where they are. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 17:53, 25 October 2011 (EDT)

==="Movie"===
There's still [[Movie (franchise)]], [[Movie (toyline)]] and more. Shouldn't that be "Transformers (2007 franchise)" and "Transformers (2007 toyline)", with the current [[Transformers (2007)]] becoming "Transformers (2007 movie)"?--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 20:44, 24 October 2011 (EDT)

:Probably. I didn't move them, since I wanted to bring it up for discussion first. The film should be moved to just "Transformers (film)", though. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 21:05, 24 October 2011 (EDT)

:"Movie (''media'')" should be moved to "Transformers (2007 ''media'')" while "Transformers (2007)" goes "Transformers (film)". --'''[[User:TX55|TX55]]'''''[[User talk:TX55|TALK]]'' 21:27, 24 October 2011 (EDT)
::That push for lexical accuracy strikes me as creating more ambiguity than it resolves. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 16:06, 25 October 2011 (EDT)

==Jungaroo==
Someone made a lovely [[Jungaroo]] gobox, but there's no page for him. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 21:23, 6 September 2011 (EDT)
:I don't think he's in any applicable fiction, but his [http://home.comcast.net/~BattleBeastSD/MGCKang.html bio card is online here]. Someone will have to translate it from Japanese first though. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 20:25, 15 September 2011 (EDT)

== Making the search suggestion work better ==

I don't know if anyone else has this problem, but I noticed sometimes when I type something in the search box, the search suggestions below it jump around and end up on a list which doesn't quite match what I typed. I think it's something to do with the speed I'm typing and the amount of time the server takes to respond to each request.

Anyway, I tweaked the javascript for grabbing the suggestions from the server so it would only trigger when I stopped typing. That seems to fix the problem for me, and as a bonus it's not nagging the server on every keypress. The downside is no instant feedback when I type, but I can live without that if it fixes the other thing.

If anyone else is having that problem and wants to have a go, just copy and paste the following into your [[Special:MyPage/monacobook.js|monacobook.js]] (caveat: only tested on Firefox and Chrome):
<pre><nowiki>
var ss_memory = null;
var ss_timeron = 0;
var ss_timer;

function DoActualSearch() {
ss_timeron=0;
var newdiv = document.getElementById("searchsuggest");
if (!newdiv) {
var newdiv = document.createElement("div");
newdiv.id = "searchsuggest";
var searchdiv = document.getElementById("searchBody");
searchdiv.appendChild(newdiv);
}
var x = document.getElementById("searchInput").value;
if (x == ss_memory) {
return;
}
ss_memory = x;
document.getElementById("searchsuggest").style.display = 'none';
if (x.length < 30 && x.length > 1 && x.value != "") {
sajax_do_call("wfAjaxSearchSuggest", [x], newdiv);
document.getElementById("searchsuggest").style.display = 'block';
}
}

function MySearchCall() {
if(ss_timeron) {
clearTimeout(ss_timer);
ss_timer=setTimeout("DoActualSearch();",500);
} else {
ss_timer=setTimeout("DoActualSearch();",500);
ss_timeron=1;
}
}

function myss_ajax_onload(){
var x = document.getElementById('searchInput');
x.onkeyup = function(){
MySearchCall();
};
}

hookEvent("load", myss_ajax_onload);
</nowiki></pre>
Unfortunately it won't fix the actual contents of the search suggestions, so you'll still get a bunch of All Hail Megatron issues when you type "Megatron", but that requires changes on the server. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 20:02, 14 September 2011 (EDT)
:Hmm. I feel like adding <tt>ORDER BY `page_counter` DESC</tt> around line 20 of ''suggest.php'' might help w/ our search results, but it's hard to say for sure given how abstracted mediawiki database calls are, someone would have ot make the change then test it. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 18:47, 15 September 2011 (EDT)
::The thought I had was to do a query on article titles starting with the search term, and then if that gives back less than 8 entries, do a second search to fill the rest of the list with titles with the term anywhere in the title. The search suggest currently supports both options, but not at the same time. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 20:07, 15 September 2011 (EDT)

==Stuff==
: Firstly, our organization of information related to the junior franchises is terrible and I'd love to do something about it, but I need feedback. We currently have most Japanese and American Go-Bots as separate characters, except for the Japanese Go-Bots from the 1-2-3 line. Though there are requests for a separate Chopper page. Should those pages be split or not? And if so, what about the figures that came with some of the toys. Kid-Bot clearly isn't the "red driver" or "blue driver", but the dog and "Gas-Bot" both have fiction in only one of the two franchises, so is it worth separating them? Also, does the unpublished coloring book count as apocrypha or not, seeing as it was mostly approved? And the human characters within, do they count as cameos like Kelly in the Dreamwave comics or separate characters? And does anyone know what the Japanese name was by which the First Transformers were released? The Go-Bots fansite has an image of Dumpkun's box featuring what looks like a G1 logo, the First Transformers logo and "初めてトランスフォーマー" written on it.
: Secondly, many disambiguation pages still mention if there's a separate page for the toys of a character. Is this system still necessary now that we use subpages to separate such stuff under? [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 17:07, 23 September 2011 (EDT)

::I think unpublished stuff is treated as apocrypha, isn't it? The character page coverage of unreleased Dreamwave issues is in notes, for instance. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 07:48, 24 September 2011 (EDT)
:::True, but we don't know if those were approved or know those weren't approved. The coloring book was approved, just not released. That makes it better comparable to Wreckers #$, which we do not consider apocrypha (though I wouldn't know if we'd do that if Wreckers #5 didn't partially canonize it). [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 11:39, 1 October 2011 (EDT)
::Just weighing in on the toy page issue: I find it useful to have these called out on the disambig pages. Being able to go directly from the disambig page to the toy page of a character saves me at least one click (if I see the suite box in time) and often some scrolling (if I don't see it). However, I won't fight too hard on this if consensus is for the removal of this feature. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 07:47, 26 September 2011 (EDT)

::Thinking some more about the Go-Bots stuff, as the Japanese version of Gas-Bot has no fiction, it probably doesn't need its own page - either link to Gas-Bot's page or just leave it unlinked in the appropriate toy sections. Same with the US version of the dog. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 21:30, 24 October 2011 (EDT)

== Facebook. ==

Is '''<nowiki>http://www.facebook.com/pages/TFwikinet/191252494230187</nowiki>''' us? Because it's the #1 link when you search for "TFWiki Facebook," and our group is nowhere to be seen. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 16:32, 12 October 2011 (EDT)

:I think our group is not showing up because you have to have a Facebook account to see it? When I go to the group's URL, I just get a page prompting me to log in to Facebook. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 17:47, 12 October 2011 (EDT)

::The link is this one: [http://www.facebook.com/groups/28226443881/ http://www.facebook.com/groups/28226443881/], which is the #3 on the search by "TFwiki site:facebook.com" on Google. --'''[[User:TX55|TX55]]'''''[[User talk:TX55|TALK]]'' 19:51, 12 October 2011 (EDT)
:::So the other one isn't ours, and we can't put a link on it pointing it to the group.
:::Annoying. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 01:01, 13 October 2011 (EDT)
::::It's a "Community page", whatever that is. Clicking on the "Create a page" button on the top right of that page does bring up some sort of form which seems like it will do something. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 01:12, 13 October 2011 (EDT)

== Halloween ==

Presuming we're deco'ing our frontpage for Halloween... does anyone have any suggestions? Monsters, ghosts, gouls? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 02:09, 27 October 2011 (EDT)
:Animated Blitzwing's random face looks sorta Jack O'Lanterny and could work as a replacement for the Autobot insignia on the site logo, assuming we can find a head-on image of it. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 02:35, 27 October 2011 (EDT)

== Moving "(Timelines)" articles ==

I'm thinking that, as we don't bother with "(Timelines)" for SG, TransTech, and Animated characters, we should apply the same across the board and only use it if necessary.

*[[Astrotrain (Timelines)]] → Astrotrain (Cybertron)
*[[Cannonball (Timelines)]] → Cannonball (G1)
*[[Cop-Tur (Timelines)]] → Cop-Tur (G1)
*[[Halogen (Timelines)]] → Halogen (G1)
*[[Side Burn (Timelines)]] → Side Burn (G1)
*[[Sky-Byte (Timelines)]] → Sky-Byte (G2)
*[[Switchblade (Timelines)]] → Switchblade (BW)
*[[Thunderblast (Timelines)]] → Thunderblast (G1)
*[[Yoketron (Timelines)]] → Yoketron (G1)

The exceptions are the Descent into Evil characters, who don't really fit in any pre-existing franchise, and the Nexus Prime characters, who don't originate from a particular universe.
*[[Buzzclaw (Timelines)]]
*[[Dirge (Timelines)]]
*[[Flareup (Timelines)]]
*[[Landquake (Timelines)]]
*[[Ricochet (Timelines)]]
*[[Heatwave (Timelines)]]

Thoughts? Or does nobody really care that much? [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 10:19, 2 November 2011 (EDT)

:Since you asked, I'll pitch 2¢ into the conversation, since I know a little bit about it. I found out the hard way that wiki "doesn't bother with '(Timelines)' for Animated." And by hard way, I mean I was clobbered over the head without a hint of explanation for proposing that a Timelines-original Animated continuity character should be at "(Timelines)." But no hard feelings. I still think "franchise of origin" and not "continuity of origin" is best for disambiguations. For reasons that have been discussed previously on the subject. TransTech and SG are treated as a kind of sub-franchises of Timelines by the wiki, so I think they are an OK exception. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 11:00, 2 November 2011 (EDT)

::The prose stories are identified as "Transformers Timelines presents a Transformers: (franchise) story". I would say that both franchises are equally valid to the stories, and the fact that non-Timelines stories (Around Cybertron, magazine comics, etc.) bleed together with Timelines stories makes the "(Timelines)" designation convoluted. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 11:12, 2 November 2011 (EDT)

:::Well, that's different. It sounds like you are calling their actual franchise of origin into question, not just their disambiguation. I don't have an opinion about their actual franchise of origin. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 11:28, 2 November 2011 (EDT)

::::I'm not denying that they're Timelines, but saying that they're better categorized under their other franchise. Like the Animated guys, it seems more instinctive to file [[Side Burn (Timelines)]] under "Side Burn (G1)" instead (not to mention that there's other Side Burn in Timelines: [[Side Burn (SG)]]).[[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 11:38, 2 November 2011 (EDT)
I'm hesitating, but let me think about the ramifications. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 11:20, 2 November 2011 (EDT)

:I'd be fine with this. Though, one thing I'd like to propose is giving the Wings Universe characters their own disambiguation suffix. Like maybe "(Wings)" or something. I know it's a part of G1, but it's kinda like its own series within the over G1 continuity family like the Japanese G1 series are (which are also given their own suffixes such as "(Victory)", "(ROC)", "(BT)" etc.).

:Though, as for the Descent into Evil characters, maybe something like "(DIE)" or "(Descent)" or even just "(Descent into Evil)". Or, if not, keep them at "(Timelines)". --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] 11:51, 2 November 2011 (EDT)

::I think the DIE guys are fine where they are (although you could argue moving [[Ricochet (Timelines)]] because of [[Ricochet (SG)]], but I don't really care). As for the Wings Universe guys getting their own disambiguation, eh... [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 12:02, 2 November 2011 (EDT)

::I am '''definitely absolutely''' against creating a (Wings) disambiguation when (G1) or (Timelines) work perfectly fine. We do NOT disambiguate by continuity except by absolute necessity within a franchise. Making up a (Wings) parenthetical just because incredibly confuses our disambiguation policy for no real reason. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 13:46, 2 November 2011 (EDT)

::And what exactly keeps the Descent into Evil guys from being tagged G1? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 14:29, 2 November 2011 (EDT)

:::Is the intermezzo period between G1 and BW considered G1 or BW?

:::It's all G1 characters... and IIRC the Insecticons were supposed ot be part of Insecticon plans which had been around for ages, so the characters weren't "BW-era only" characters...

:::I could support a G1 disambigif you talked me into it. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 15:01, 2 November 2011 (EDT)

::::DIE fiction (Descent into Evil itself and [[Intimidation Game]]) has elements of both BW and G1; it doesn't have a certain franchise placement. Dirge (Timelines) and Ricochet (Timelines) also have namesakes firmly in G1. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 15:14, 2 November 2011 (EDT)

:::::BW is both BW and G1. And G1 has been back-incorporating BW elements since, like, 1995. The fact DIE has G1 and BW doesn't mean it's part of neither. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 15:25, 2 November 2011 (EDT)

::I think that, by the nature of Timelines, it feels more natural to parse that specific set of characters by their continuity or parent-franchise of origin. Honestly, I think the Nexus components (''all'' of them) are really the best and only candidates for the Timelines parser.

::Also, I made a [http://digimon.wikia.com/wiki/Template:c quick template] that you guys could use here to simplify the coding for whenever you need to link a continuity-parsed name.[[Special:Contributions/192.249.47.196|192.249.47.196]] 15:37, 2 November 2011 (EDT)

:::Unfortunately I don't think that template would work as well here, because our articles are not consistently named by franchise. For instance [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)]], [[Flattop (Autobot)]] and [[Impactor]] are all (G1) characters but don't use (G1) in their title, so the template wouldn't work for linking to them. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 16:05, 2 November 2011 (EDT)

:I think that Timelines is a pretty clunky franchise for the purposes of this wiki, in that it covers multiple continuities. I think the proposal on the table makes sense.--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 12:31, 3 November 2011 (EDT)

== Two spaces after a period in a sentence ==

I've noticed this for a while on the Wiki. In practice, it makes no difference as the software displays one space the same way it displays one. However, I've been wondering why people do it. Now I '''know: They''' were taught so in school. '''By teachers who were taught on friggin' ''typewriters''.''' So the "two spaces after a period" rule is a leftover from the typewriter days, where it was a necessity, but it's completely obsolete on computers. [http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2011/01/space_invaders.html Source]--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 07:16, 4 November 2011 (EDT)
:The sentence spacing rules were, in fact, developed by typographers, but were not phased out via the magical introduction of the personal computer. The em-space rule exists for monospaced fonts, which were still fairly common for a great number of printers through the mid-1980s. If you would like to begin a tyrannical series of grammar-based wiki edits, I would begin by avoiding the use of prepositions at the start of sentences. I would also advise some respect for the proper use of colons and semi-colons, as typographical errors should not take priority over proper word selection and punctuation. Cheers! --[[User:McFly|McFly]] 14:20, 7 November 2011 (EST)
::Are you referring to sentences beginning with prepositional phrases for the sake of emphasis (also known as an introductory modifiers)? That's totally valid. Or do you mean idiocies such as relative clauses that are separated from the preceding main clause by a period instead of a comma? The most glaring typographic blunders I encounter on the wiki typically go hand in hand with awkwardly worded sentences and clunky terminology, so I'm inclined to assume the same person(s) is/are responsible for all of those.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 20:14, 8 November 2011 (EST)
:::I have bolded an example. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 20:14, 8 November 2011 (EST)
::::Aw, you altered your post. No fair! --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 20:16, 8 November 2011 (EST)
:::::What'd I alter? I just moved it up. Anyway... I'd call that one "deliberate departure from proper grammar for the sake of dramatic emphasis". It's about as improper as using a period after ''every. Single. Word.'' If it's obvious from the context that it's done for emphasis, I'd call it acceptable as long as it's not used inflationary. I'm sure we have a few cases of "We know it's not proper grammar, but we want to stress a point here" on the wiki. (How did the saying go again? "Know the rules first before you break them"?)--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 20:28, 8 November 2011 (EST)
:....or you can just set the bot to convert " " to " ". Since we don't output monospace font, or anything.[[Special:Contributions/192.249.47.196|192.249.47.196]] 15:22, 7 November 2011 (EST)
::Over the whole wiki, those extra spaces account for maybe 20kb of data, which I don't think is worth worrying about. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 20:21, 8 November 2011 (EST)
:::Typed text is typed text, and the double-space after a period is still correct. Shall we next be told that we're "wrong" for not having the wiki use the metric system, or for writing down dates with the month before the day instead of after it? --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 23:31, 8 November 2011 (EST)
::::Oh, and I bolded something too. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 23:36, 8 November 2011 (EST)
Due to habit, I'm gonna double-space until I die. I really don't think that needs to be considered a problem. Is that really a problem? An extra millimeter between sentences? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 23:51, 8 November 2011 (EST)

Nevermore ''is'' right about it being mostly obsolete, but for purely technical reasons: All double (triple, etc.) spaces are collapsed down to one for display in HTML. If you want the extra spaces to actually be viewable as extra blank space, you have to use <tt>&</tt><tt></tt><tt>nbsp;</tt>. So if you double-space here on the wiki, it only shows up when you edit the page. For whatever that's worth. (Not really taking sides, just presenting the info.) --[[Special:Contributions/67.252.49.31|67.252.49.31]] 06:08, 9 November 2011 (EST)

== More on the search box/"Transformers" everything ==

Typing "Energon" into the search box does not give me [[Energon (franchise)]], [[Energon (cartoon)]] or [[Energon (toyline)]] as top results. Same for "Cybertron". I assume this has to do with the recent "Transformers" prefixing for article titles. However, typing "Animated" into the seach box ''does'' give me franchise and toyline as top results, so it should be ''possible'' despite the prefixing.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 07:36, 6 November 2011 (EST)
:It's purely alphabetical, dude. ''Animated'' shows up before ''Arcee (Animated)'' because "An" precedes "Ar", whereas ''Arcee (Energon)'' comes up before ''Energon'' because "A" precedes "E". --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] 08:13, 6 November 2011 (EST)
::There's an option in the search suggest tool to limit the results to stuff starting with the search query rather than with stuff with the term anywhere in their titles, however it's not something that can be configured through MediaWiki. There's a bit of discussion about it in the "Making the search suggestion work better" section up above. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 14:36, 6 November 2011 (EST)
:::If we wanted to do ''that'', when we shouldn't have prefixed "Transformers:" before hundreds of articles 3 weeks ago. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 17:06, 19 November 2011 (EST)
::::We still have the titles without "Transformers: " as redirects though, so they'll still show up. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 17:23, 19 November 2011 (EST)

== Spam-dalism ==

Is that the neologism for it? Anyway, somehow the ReCaptcha is failing to stop the automated spam, and I'm guessing the IP's are all very different.

How old are the accounts when they do this? If they're fairly new, would it be possible to simply block IPs and new accounts from inserting new external links? If not (or if that's unworkable), would it be possible to flag such edits for review the way that wikipedia does to edits on contested pages?

Also, is there any chance these are at least coming from the same proxy? The fact that they're getting past ReCaptcha makes it seem like these are actual people doing this, unless ReCaptcha only activates on certain namespaces.[[Special:Contributions/192.249.47.196|192.249.47.196]] 14:25, 18 November 2011 (EST)
:I was using captcha with images on my phpBB installation on another site (Doctor Who related) until yesterday and getting a half dozen spammers a day signing up in despite of it. Yesterday I switched to a Question Answer challenge which asks the person registering to name the main character's time machine, and so far it has stopped the spammers dead.
:MediaWiki has [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:QuestyCaptcha QuestyCaptcha] which looks like it works in exactly the same way, and works with the ConfirmEdit extension we already have installed. If we can get that installed and set up, it might be more effective than the image-based system we use now. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 15:39, 18 November 2011 (EST)
::What would the questions be? It can't be too obvious or too obscure. [[User:Tom Servo the Great|Tom Servo the Great]] 17:31, 18 November 2011 (EST)
:::Not necessarily. The question I'm using on my Doctor Who site is obvious if you have any knowledge at all of the source material, but it seems to be working. We can always start with something easy and see how we go. Most likely all of the spammers are using bots anyway. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 17:49, 18 November 2011 (EST)
::::"What is the name of the red-and-blue semi Autobot?", "What's the name of the blue casette player Decepticon?", or "What is the name of the yellow semi Micromaster Autobot with a hydraulic crane?"[[Special:Contributions/192.249.47.196|192.249.47.196]] 17:50, 18 November 2011 (EST)
::::: "What is the fandom's usual reaction when a new franchise is announced?" :p [[User:Tom Servo the Great|Tom Servo the Great]] 17:56, 18 November 2011 (EST)
::::::<tt>If Dick has two apples and Jane has two apples, how many apples do they have? (3 letters.)</tt> -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 17:09, 19 November 2011 (EST)
::Ah, but then it would be so easy for users to use only three exclamation marks, and forget the requisite four exclamation marks and a 1.
::No but yeah, a question helps a lot. Might even be worth doing for all IP edits and new accounts, not just those with external links.[[Special:Contributions/192.249.47.196|192.249.47.196]] 15:57, 19 November 2011 (EST)
::While we're on the subject, is it somehow possible to flag certain terms or words used by IP editors and auto-block them? *coughcoughobamacoughcough*[[User:Tom Servo the Great|Tom Servo the Great]] 16:31, 19 November 2011 (EST)
:::...but we have an article on [[Barry Obama]].
:::Are you trying to whitewash the wiki? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 17:13, 19 November 2011 (EST)
:::: It was just an academic question; after all, I'm sure that you've noticed our considerable problem with a certain IP editor lately. [[User:Tom Servo the Great|Tom Servo the Great]] 17:19, 19 November 2011 (EST)
::::: Well yes... but I couldn't resist. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 17:43, 19 November 2011 (EST)
:::It's getting to the point where I'm thinking a temp ban on the whole ISP might get better results. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 17:51, 19 November 2011 (EST)
::::sooo...who would you need to talk to about getting this set up, and what exactly do you want to restrict?[[Special:Contributions/192.249.47.196|192.249.47.196]] 19:45, 21 November 2011 (EST)
:::::The guy whose IP addresses are always located in England who keeps vandalizing articles with Obama-related nonsense. Doesn't look like even banning IP ranges stops him. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 11:01, 22 November 2011 (EST)
:::::...so, there's no way to stop this lunatic? [[User:Tom Servo the Great|Tom Servo the Great]] 11:09, 22 November 2011 (EST)
:Options, in order of severity:
#Block all new uses of the word "Obama" to all anonymous editors.
#Block anonymous editors entirely.
#Destroy England.
:But really, that's a separate issue with probably a separate solution, since the guy is a some kind of being. To deal with the spamdalism, I think you guys should add a "name that Transformer-mon!" question, which should cut down heavily on automated edits, and if they still get through, look at blocking all uses of external links for anonymous or new editors. The use of the question for all IP edits is fairly standard, so it should be easy to implement, and you can look into harsher measures if the bots still make it through. However, I really think you guys should make an effort to get this setup, because the conversation keeps kind of drifting down and the vandalism keeps happening.[[Special:Contributions/98.223.102.157|98.223.102.157]] 02:29, 23 November 2011 (EST)
:: On another note... isn't it cute how he keps trying to badly pass himself off as me? I think someone has a bad case of hero-worship. [[User:Tom Servo the Great|Tom Servo the Great]] 10:09, 23 November 2011 (EST)
:::Please stop egging on vandals. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 11:05, 23 November 2011 (EST)
::: OK, on a more serious note, is anyone averse to just locking the wiki for a few days? Bulbapedia does it regularily and they don't have much of a vandalism problem. [[User:Tom Servo the Great|Tom Servo the Great]] 12:36, 23 November 2011 (EST)
Removing the "Undo" option for anons would help, at the very least. We need a regular tech person (or give abates access to the MediaWiki stuff, since he seems to know his way around). [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 14:12, 25 November 2011 (EST)
::: What if we implemented a captcha system for anon edits? I mean, it wouldn't ''stop'' them, per se, but it would make persistent vandalism wars a hassle. [[User:Tom Servo the Great|Tom Servo the Great]] 14:16, 25 November 2011 (EST)
::::I would not be opposed to that, or simple stock questions. ("Who is the leader of the Autobots?", "What is two plus three?", etc.) [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 14:23, 25 November 2011 (EST)
:::: Rodimus Prime? :p
::::: But seriously, how did Mr. Obama Guy get past the rangeblock? Because that's rather worrysome in and of itself. [[User:Tom Servo the Great|Tom Servo the Great]] 14:26, 25 November 2011 (EST)
::::::BT Internet has a lot of IP ranges. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 16:58, 25 November 2011 (EST)

Okay. Listen. 
1) CAPTCHA won't change crap. It ''might'' stop a small number of bot edits, but we have a large, active mod presence that basically polices this place around the clock, and any of those crappy ad pages can be eliminated in mere minutes, if not within seconds of their creation. 
2) There is basically '''''NOTHING''''' that can be done to ''stop'' someone who has decided that the best use of their time is constant, repeated, easily-reverted vandalism of a wiki. Well, okay there are a few options, but they're not ones any kind of wiki coding is gonna be part of. They'll find ways around bans, and all these automated things that are being suggested are basically shooting blind and wasting time. This is not remotely the first time someone has thought to do this. It won't be the last. But we've outlasted all those others. And that's all it takes. Again... that large active 24-hour admin presence that quickly and coolly reverts the vandalism ''without getting all butthurt''. That's what vandals want, to watch you get pissy and panicky and angry... ''and that's what you're giving them.'' So '''''shut up''''' and stop feeding that, then they'll eventually get bored and leave. 
3) I can perhaps get behind removing the "Undo" option for anons. I don't think though that it will really help much, since making an account takes what, a few seconds? 
--[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 18:38, 25 November 2011 (EST)
:Um. I don't want to offend anyone, but the Obama-guy thing ''really'' isn't related to this topic, although some of the solutions to the spamdalism thing might work to hinder him. The bigger issue is the guys spamming the wiki with links to knockoff viagra, sort of thing, and putting up a simple question system for anons and new editors would work to stop that almost completely, at least everywhere I've seen it in use.
:The mod presence, yeah, things eventually get cleaned up by the end of the day, but a simple, standard change like adding the question will prevent that from happening in the first place.[[Special:Contributions/99.39.88.159|99.39.88.159]] 22:44, 26 November 2011 (EST)
:Just to alleviate any concerns: In my experience, the question captcha does not prevent human edits except from the most severely uninformed editors, and it completely prevents the bot-spam, which at this point almost totally covers the RC when I happen to check it. Many other independent wikis, such as Halopedian, use the question captcha, so if you guys wanted a first-person POV on it, you could also ask them for their experiences. Basically, the captcha question should totally eliminate the bot-spam, with the only drawback being that it adds maybe a fraction of a second to anonymous human edits. So, given that, does anyone have any objections to adding the captcha question?[[Special:Contributions/192.249.47.196|192.249.47.196]] 13:09, 1 December 2011 (EST)--(same anon as throughout this topic)

== Spelling throughout the Wiki ==

I've found that, on multiple spots on the Wiki, there are UK English spellings of words. Now, I know that the Transformers Wiki is a country-spanning project, but I'd like a consensus on whether or not we should change incidences of UK spellings (like "practise" and "polarize") to their American English counterparts. A streamlined flow using only one dialect would, I believe, make the editing process much easier. However, I do not want a backlash from UK users. 
P.S.: Damn you, Webster! You and your new-world dictionary! [[User:TheMZone|TheMZone]] 18:09, 23 November 2011 (EST)
:[[Help:Style guide#National varieties of English|Here is the wiki's policy on the subject]] just so you know. I myself don't think it needs changing. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 18:20, 23 November 2011 (EST)

== Why are the IDW books in G1? ==

Going by our own Continuity Family article the concept is pretty much akin to TvTropes Broad Strokes, a rough outline of somewhat similar events. If the IDW comics are explicitly stated to be a REBOOT of G1, how do they count as part of that continuity family if Animated and the Film Series dont, which ostensibly could also be called G1 Reboots. Classic aspects, such as the Ark/Nemesis Crash Landing and dormancy , Unicron's attack as seen in the movie (which was more or less is continuity across G1) and hell, even there Beast Wars don't really sync up with past Family history. Does a reboot of G1 really count as G1? Say what you will about Dreamwave, but at least they TRIED to fir it in to some semblance of G1 Continuity, this seems to be more like a full start over, akin to Aligned or RID ((before the Japanese got to it.) -[[User:Lush City|Lush City]]
:Uggghhhhhh. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 16:09, 1 December 2011 (EST)
:Yeahhh, you not understanding the concept of Continuity Families particularly well.--[[Special:Contributions/76.28.76.206|76.28.76.206]] 16:30, 1 December 2011 (EST)

::Other continuities within the G1 continuity family also eschew some of those classic aspects. In [[Action Blast 1]], for instance, the Autobots crash on present-day Earth and they don't hang around in stasis for millions of years. I don't think there's really a template of specific events that a G1 continuity has to stick to. That would hamper storytelling too much. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 16:59, 1 December 2011 (EST)

:::Also, they share a lot of the same characters, body designs, and personalities. Granted, some of them are common across the multiverse, but things like Megatron becoming a gun and Optimus Prime as a flatnosed tractor-trailer are distinctly G1-ish. [[User:Tom Servo the Great|Tom Servo the Great]] 17:29, 1 December 2011 (EST)
::::FYI: [[Talk:IDW Generation 1 continuity#New evidence that IDW is not G1|Previous discussion here]]. Yes, on the one hand, it is G1 because it uses the G1 cast of characters for the most part, and most of those pretty much have the same personality as their G1 bio card as on their G1 counterparts (with the significant exception of their gimmicks). On the other hand, [http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=143991#143991 an artist] has said it is not G1, so it isn't entirely crazy to say it isn't G1. The universe itself doesn't seem particularly G1. It is like a different universe populated with G1 guys. The Micromasters aren't Cybertronain (I think), so a whole class of G1 Transformers aren't Transformers which sounds like a different universe. In short, it mostly makes sense for the wiki to organize it under G1 so they don't have to duplicate character pages with characters with mostly the same intro paragraph. But don't take it too seriously, it isn't official or anything. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 22:54, 1 December 2011 (EST)
::::: No, that’s not what I’m saying. What I mean is that there seems to be no CANON justification for why IDW is considered G1. Especially because it lacks the links of similar G1 works, it’s never been verified as such by the creators (as far as I know) and it’s “G1-ness” is tentative at best.

:::::IDW really doesn’t have as strong a link as or other G1 families. They all either were marketed as direct extensions to the original 80s ‘Toon and Comic adaptations (Gen 2 and Dreamwave ) established “next gen” sequels (Beast Era) Inserts into Gen 1 (Alternators and much of Japan’s stuff) Or add ons to particular points of the G1 timeline (Classics, Dreamwave) hell Timelines might count as a little bit of all of these. IDW really has no direct link.

:::::That leaves us to the creators, and when it’s referred as such by them they use the term "reboot” or the like. Hell Simon Furman, architect of a large section of G1, straight up called it an ‘Ultimate’ version in his CBR interview. And Don Fig doesn’t consider it G1 at all.

:::::Even then we look at why we call it G1 it causes all kinds of fallacies. Relying ion art style to tell families (as said in our very own article) leads to insanity, as characters change appearances across media ostensibly in eths same family all the time (for example WFC and Prime) likewise the “G1" aspects, such as personality, and looks, have been used both in the Transformers Film and Animated families, and yet we don’t consider them G1 despite both being just about the same kind of reboot on it IDW is. They incorporate a version of the Beast Ear into their timeline but assuming a connection with their main IDW addition, it’s just as differing as Aligned or Animated version of the Beast era would be.

:::::I’m not trying to rock the boat I se4riously would just like to know if there’s any official, canon, or Hasbro/Creator data that states IDW as a version of G1, because right now I’m not seeing it.

:::::Don't get me wrong, I don't want to be seen as the "young turk" coming into old pros territory and rocking the boat against guys who have been studying this since before I was born, but I just picked up a bunch of Simon Furman stuff from [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Marvelcomicscontinuity.jpg The old comics]] as well as the big two volume IDW packs and they just don't fit at all. They're as different from G1 as the Films, Animated or RID are. I don't think we should makes assumptions and leaps of logic just for convenience's sake, kind belies the purpose of a wiki, ya know? -[[User:Lush City|Lush City]]
::::::This is a ridiculous amount of navel-gazing to get past the point that IDW continuity is just G1 in new dressing and not a new franchise of its own. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 01:42, 2 December 2011 (EST)
:::::::By that terminology ALL of Transformers media is Just "g1 in a new dressing" by the virtue of G1 starting the franchise. -[[User:Lush City|Lush City]]
::::::::That is not what I mean by "franchise". Please don't be obtuse. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 02:05, 2 December 2011 (EST)
::::::::Considering new Generation 1 toys keep being made in the style of IDW design, that that firmly cements the stuff as being G1 in Hasbro's eyes. And the fact that they are constantly using Generation 1-style character aesthetics, personalizations and the freaking '''original font''' on the titles. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 02:35, 2 December 2011 (EST)
:::::::::The wiki's more confident about calling it G1 than even Hasbro, which calls the toys "Generations." Wiki organization is one thing, but we act more like it is a fact than it actually is. "Generation 1" doesn't really exist anymore. Hasbro is a little ashamed of it. Or at least doesn't want to pigeon-hole their toys and comics as being old-school. The [[IDW Generation 1 continuity]] page as a "Generation 1" logo on top. That doesn't really reflect reality which is more hazy. Maybe "Generations" is the new "Generation 1" or something. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 10:56, 2 December 2011 (EST)
:::::::::To use your Simon Furman point against you, saying that IDW is not G1 is kind of like saying that Ultimate Marvel is not part of the Marvel Multiverse. It may be fairly different, but it is undeniably the same basic characters and situations. Also, I never have figured out why anyone really cares what the creative teams think, anything they say can be overruled by Hasbro at any time. Even after it has been published. Only Hasbro's opinion really matters.--[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 11:07, 2 December 2011 (EST)
Discussed ad nauseum years ago. Nothing new has been added to the conversation since. Not changing. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 05:13, 2 December 2011 (EST)
:::::::::Aesthetics have already been disavowed as a valid ground for Continuity Pedigree, most notably with the Aligned Family. if Hasbro itself hasn’t recognized it as G1, hasn’t directly tied it to a previous G1 work, and if the writers and artists themselves don’t consider it G1, how is it legitimate to denote it as G1 based on our interpretation. Especially given such ethereal "evidence" as the looks of toys and ''fonts'' of all things.

:::::::::Hasbro has yet to give any word. And also the Marvel analogy wont work, because while Marvel has but ONE Multiverse composed of several individual universes. The TF Multiverse is a collection of Universal Streams, each roughly following the same vents with several different interpretations over key events. It's like comparing diffirent versions of the Bible as rather than like comparing the Bible against the Koran.

:::::::::M Sipher, would you do an FYI link? I've seen the discussion over on IDW Continuity’s Main page and the quibbles on the main Continuity Family but never any hard decree from an authority based on reasoning any more firm than convenience. I'm simply trying to hold IDW to the standards of the other G1 works on the wiki, all of which have '''in-canon''' links to versions of G1, or else are stated as such by the Companies. -[[User:Lush City|Lush City]]

:99% of all IDW characters are G1 characters, based on their original G1 counterparts. The different origins of some characters (Arcee) are no different than varying origins between the original cartoon and Marvel Comics (Grimlock, Technobots). Compared to the Aurex universes, where only Optimus, Megatron and Starscream consistently fit the G1 character archetypes, whereas most other characters are clearly just name reuses (Red Alert, Cyclonus, Jetfire, etc). Even Malgus and Tyran, both clearly closer to the G1 continuity than Aurex, have clearly distinctive character differences. IDW Bumblebee is clearly a variation on the original G1 Bumblebee, whereas Movie 'Bee and Animated Bumblebee are approximate extrapolations, see also Ironhide, Ratchet, Jazz, and so on.
:IDW is a G1 universe that has expanded beyond the original G1 concepts, but not the characters themselves. Trying something new is not the same as abandoning the underlying foundation. --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] 11:47, 2 December 2011 (EST)
:I'm sure there are other examples, but Prowl, Sunstreaker, and Sideswipe have appeared in their Universe Classics series bodies while Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp have appeared in their Masterpiece bodies. All of those are undoubted G1 toys. Either IDW is G1 or those toys are being repurposed. All things considered it seems most parsimonious to classify IDW as a part of G1. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 11:56, 2 December 2011 (EST)
::Masterpiece is a franchise. Classics series is G1continuity family but it isn't G1franchise. Unfortunately, "G1" can mean different things. Just so everyone is on the same page, the wiki treats IDW as being part of the G1 ''[[franchise]]''. For example, on the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity]] it has the G1 franchise logo. Is that what this discussion is about, or is the discussion about if IDW is part of the G1 continuity family? - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 12:28, 2 December 2011 (EST)
:::The original poster said continuity family. I do consider IDW a different franchise within the G1 continuity family. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 12:39, 2 December 2011 (EST)
::::Oh, OK. Anyone else? Show of hands? - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 14:04, 2 December 2011 (EST)
::But does the use of Character analogous to G1 interpretations define it as a G1 series? This really comes don to whether we define continuity families as being overlays of roughly similar events (as in Tvtropes Broad Strokes) or whether we are tying versions of characters as the archetype from which it is based. If you're taking side new altmodes and differences like Goldbug and Galvatron is being "based" on G1 to a degree enough to allot status within the family? At that point we might as well make a spectrum of "G1-ness" and start arbitrarily cutting everything. As it stands now our definitions of Families are based off there uniqueness of story and universe content, and IDW differs significantly from any other G1 work. {{unsigned|158.103.0.1}}
:::So does ''Hearts of Steel''. Shall we consider that a separate family as well? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 13:11, 2 December 2011 (EST)
::::As the line of books it was from was cancled de jure that cnat really be elaborated on. (Although it's G1 staus was controversial to start with, it being the TF equivilant to a What if or Elseworlds) But HoS was never devolved as an obstensive reboot, rather an Alt-universe portyal that gets put in G1 by the same stroke as the Sg-verse. (if we diidnt have it's Universal Stream number to go by). IDW on the contrary was billed as a reboot, the same way aligned is being done now. Couple that with the radical (and debatedly unparalleled ) story alterations and you have apples and oranges. Though really teh entire "G1 by default" mindset is pretty off-putting. Heck it might even work as a really big Mirco-Contunity. Pardoxial as that sounds. {{unsigned|158.103.0.1}}
:::I was under the impression that the character archetypes were a major part of what makes a continuity family. These problems really only arise with G1 because it is the only family that has had multiple continuations and reboots and additions for decades after its debut. The RID, Unicron Trilogy and Animated continuity families have been pretty well limited to their original period of release (not ''entirely'' so but with only a few minor exceptions). --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 18:42, 2 December 2011 (EST)
:::::I think this is really down to the fact that Continuity & Franchises is just too darn confusing. Not to mention that there can be disparate continuities within a franchise and different franchises can make up a continuity, all of which fit into the over-arching Continuity Family. Obviously there must be enough in common in order to include any new franchise into an existing Family, or to take the leap and create a new Continuity Family. Does new media have to have enough in common with the progenitor of a Continuity Family to be included? Or merely use aspects of the varying franchises of said Continuity Family? With G1 ''all'' of the supporting media has strayed from the originating cartoon, but kept enough characterizations, and broad timelines within the Family. RID, Animated, Aligned, etc have all maintained aspects of 'Transformers' but been significantly different from each other to establish there places as individual Continuity Families. Whereas IDW is disparate from these Families, and other than story lines (which have to change be definition) most closely fits G1. In order to argue IDW being a new Continuity Family you would have to prove that it is different enough from other existing Continuity Families & G1, which doesn't fit given the IDW timeline, characters and mythology, it is all based off of G1 franchises.[[User:Yuppie|Yuppie]] 19:04, 2 December 2011 (EST)
::::::I just want to point out that the G1 cartoon ISN'T the "originating" source. That would be the TOYS. And the comic work came before the cartoon. So... yeah. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 19:15, 2 December 2011 (EST)
:::::::That's right. Transformers is different than other fiction on TVTropes because the toys are the originating source and not storylines. Therefore the characters derived from the toys are the important thing. Even in things you would think so, like movies. If they came up with completely different fiction with the movie toylines cast, it would be the live action movie continuity family. So I think IDW is pretty clearly G1continuity family. What else but G1 would include Roller and the Combat Deck? Nothing. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 00:04, 3 December 2011 (EST)
::::::: So the official definition is based off of the toylines? Okay, fine by me. I guess I'll edit that line somewhere on the main Family page. Would you also mind linking me to the IDW toyline page? Google brings up zippo. -[[User:Lush City|Lush City]]
::::::::Yes, yes, you're very clever and funny, ha ha. I'm so glad you're here to bring fresh new things to the table. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 05:09, 3 December 2011 (EST)
:::::::: Is sarcasm warranted? I'm not here to pick fun, and I've been respectful, so why cant you do the same? -[[User:Lush City|Lush City]]
:::::::::IDW doesn't have a toyline. IDW is a derivative work based on the original G1 toyline, just like the Sunbow cartoon and the Marvel Comic. IDW is not in the same continuity as the cartoon or Marvel, but it is in the same Continuity Family -- perhaps that's causing some of the confusion here. When we say IDW is G1, that's like saying that Ultimate Marvel is part of the Marvel Multiverse, and NOT the DC Multiverse. IDW is part of the Generation 1 Continuity Family because the characters and concepts (NOT the STORIES, mind you, but the underlying CONCEPTS) come from the G1 background and toyline, instead of from the Unicron Trilogy, Movie, or Animated background and toylines.
:::::::::Nod if you understand now, oh Nameless One. --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] 18:18, 3 December 2011 (EST)
:::::::::Okay then, but then why is something like "Wings" considered G1, when it's primary characters and concepts (The Elite Guard and Sentinel and Magnum/Magnus) draw from Animated? It's made as an insert into a form of G1, but I'm actually starting o question which takes precedence story or characters. From what I've read and from the list of G1 I've seen, they all cover a very similar story with detail changes (Unicron Trilogy covering the Mini-con Hunt, the Energon Wars and Cyber Key Search, The Film's Allspark history.) I'm saying that if ''those'' works can base themselves off a G1 characters concepts and ideas (again, drawing from the Tyran and Malgus Streams here) than why is IDW different? It can be argued that the Film and Animated storylines are just as different from G1 as IDW's is, and there charters are all clearly drawn from G1, in the absence of any official la word from Hasbro and knowing we have creators describing it as a reboot (similar terms being used for Animated and RID) why is it that they are considered separate. Is it ''because'' they have a toyline separate from the main G1 lines? Is it because of the fact that versions of them cover a wider dearth of material? Our article defines Continuity Families as "a group of distinct but closely-related individual continuities." We also set up a three step process for determining new continuities, noting that they should be “a) a fresh continuity, b) within a separate franchise, and c) significantly different in cast, theme, style, etc." IDW tests positive for a, is inconclusive for b (given its lack of a toyline) and due to the nature of c, is highly debatable. If we look at past examples continuities follow the same general structure and theme, even various permutations son the setting. Taking the origin 1984 Toyline/Cartoon/comic trifecta, we can see Dreamwave and the Beats Era serving as Sequels (leaving the original era to a vague "Camelot" level of detail as shown by the creators) while Kiss Players and Gen 2 expanded versions of the continuity. While there were inconsistences (dinobot origin, differing dates for the reformatting) they all followed roughly the same events, or modifications of those events from a central thesis (Wings, use of the Elite Guard, Heart of Steel’s age change or the Mirrorverse aspect of Shattered Glass. Not only does the IDW timeline differ from the G1 timelines enough to put it in the same breath as other confirmed continuity families. IDW's position can be seen as being akin to the initial RID reboot, while it obviously used G1 characters the (there being no others to use at the time) the storyline and aspects were utterly different (before Takara's retcon) a good way to do so would be to compare Megatron with the RID Megatron and the IDW Galvatron. Both are totally different characters, while the Tfwiki approach seems to be that they are effectively different iterations of the "same character." The Unicron Trilogy gets a shift because of the absence of Mini-cons, Energon Wars, and the different concepts of the Quintessons and Scorponok. The Animatedverse shows an entirely different Cybetronian social Order (which IDW also accomplishes, withe there casting of the war, the Tyrest accords, Megatron's origins, the "Protocols" etc.) If we were to create an ostensibly accurate definition of continuity families on a rubric of "distance" from each other, than it would not be that hard of a stretch to determine that we have an inherent fallacy between hat we let in and out of G1, as Franchises with equal relationship to G1 get casted in differing families. if the rubric lies within a different maxim (having separate toylines, character portrayals) than not only would we need to rewrite our definition of what constitutes a family, but we would also have to undergo a mass reassessment of the family set up as a whole. Currently the strongest (and only) reason for them being in G1 is that they look and act like there other G1 counterparts, which I, and others, find isn't valid enough grounds in the wake of all the other evidence. Otherwise, WFC would be G1. -[[User:Lush City|Lush City]]
::::::::::"Wings" is G1 '''because it takes place between episodes of the original cartoon.''' Oh my god. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:18, 5 December 2011 (EST)
::::::::::WFC ''is'' G1continuity family for all the reasons stated already (it features the G1 cast of characters in a new setting.) But Hasbro shoehorned it into the modern stuff, so the wiki plays along. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 16:31, 5 December 2011 (EST)
Nobody is going to read that, dude. I don't know why you're putting this much effort into something that is not going to change. Just save yourself and us the trouble and give up the conversation. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 16:23, 5 December 2011 (EST)
:Hey! There was a mini-consensus brewing that although IDW belongs in G1continuity family, it doesn't belong in the [[Generation 1 (franchise)]]. Anyone want to talk about that? - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 16:31, 5 December 2011 (EST)
::If it makes you sleep better at night, I really don't care. Nothing here is going to change and the idea of having the Wiki treat IDW G1 as its own franchise is imbecilic. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 16:57, 5 December 2011 (EST)
::: On a related note, though this is probably a question born out of my own stupidity/ignorance, but if Wings is G1, then why do we call it the Wings Universe, which implies that it is a seperate continuity family? (For the longest time, I thought it ''was'' its own little verse). [[User:Tom Servo the Great|Tom Servo the Great]] 17:02, 5 December 2011 (EST)
:::: ''We'' don't call it the "Wings Universe", Fub Pub do. In the same way one might call the Marvel comics the "Marvel universe" or the cartoon the "Sunbow universe". That's all. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 17:06, 5 December 2011 (EST)
:::::This is bit of a digression, but "Wings Universe" is used in the same fashion as "Cybertron", "Shattered Glass", and "TransTech" in the heading for their prose stories. I think that, in the lack of anything official to contradict it, "Wings Universe" is the name of that particular "franchise" (or whatever term you prefer). There's more to WU being a franchise, through parallel construction with the other Club/Timelines sub-franchises, than there is for IDW, at least. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 17:33, 5 December 2011 (EST)
:::: Ah, I see. Thanks. [[User:Tom Servo the Great|Tom Servo the Great]] 17:09, 5 December 2011 (EST)
:::::Also, further to what Interro said - yes, please, Mr. anonymous type person... just let it go. No-one is going to read that giant wall of text. I don't understand how you can't simply ''look'' at the IDW comics, and the way the characters are portrayed in them, and not understand ''why'' they are G1. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 17:08, 5 December 2011 (EST)
:::::Pardon, but why is the use of large amounts of text a bad thing? Wouldn't the use of Basic English essay format (claim, source, analyses, and explanation) to put out your points in an argument be a positive thing in an encyclopedic debate? @ Walky, yes I know Wings is explicitly set in G1, that's why I used it as an example to highlight a double standard. A reason given for why IDW was G1 was because they used G1 character traits as a base. I noted that under that rubric (characters over stories or what creators say) than Wings would count as a Malgus stream because of all the elements from Animated, regardless of its intended placement within the original cartoon as stated by the story. I'm not particularly attached to the idea of IDW being in or out of G1, I'm just noting that there is a paradox within the way we define Continuity families. Either we’d have to move IDW out of G1 (and perhaps others) to better fit in with the "definition" of a family we have now, or we'd have to reassess and probably redefine how we decide and clarify the families, otherwise we'll wind up doing classification by convenience; taking things on case by case basis by whatever "works" for the moment rather than having a single unifying maxim. If we're just going to "eyeball" to find what continuity fits where we are going to have contractions and hypocrisies, as we do now. We should move to standardize the method of continuity selection, because if we continue this method we’ll have a severe inconstancy and consistency is the lifeblood of any encyclopedic source of information. -[[User: Lush City| Lush City]] 23:58, 6 December 2011 (EST)

:::::I'm no longer sure what you're suggesting our organization should be. Are you suggesting that IDW comics are not G1 franchise (in which case we should move "Drift (G1)" to "Drift (IDW)") or are you suggesting that IDW comics are not in the G1 continuity family at all (in which case we would make an "Optimus Prime (IDW)" page)? --[[User:Abates|abates]] 00:28, 7 December 2011 (EST)

::::::What's this "we" shit? Have you actually done any work on the wiki before? And regardless of that, would you actually be willing to carry out the hours and hours of tedious work that would be required to carry out whatever it is you're suggesting? I'm gonna go way out on a limb here and guess the answer is a big ol' fat freakin' "No". Heck, just MAPPING OUT an IDW split-off would take for-freaking-ever, but you haven't even done that much. Give us a diagram, a mock up page, a sandbox, SOMETHING.
::::::We got a system that works, that makes it easy to find info on Prowl and Hardhead and Nightbeat and all their doings in the cartoons and the comics and whateverelse. There's no BENEFIT to anything you're suggesting. It would just be separating information that makes more sense, is more cohesive, and builds upon itself when it's all in one place.
::::::And dude, this is not Serious Business. It's MADE-UP GIANT SPACE ROBOTS. There are no "hypocrisies" involved. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 09:08, 7 December 2011 (EST)
::::::What major elements do you think make Wings an Animated related universe as opposed to a G1? The mere presence of an Elite Guard? That's pretty ridiculous. Look at all the characters used in those stories, they act like and take the positions of their G1 selves because they are those G1 characters. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 09:13, 7 December 2011 (EST)
:::::::Just as the IDW characters are. I think that if you're making such ridiculous claims as Wings being an Animated universe because of these elements then you are simply not understanding how continuity families work. I mean, what is so hard to understand about this? Wings is in the G1 continuity family because it features the G1 characters (in a setting explicitly derived from the backstory of the G1 cartoon). IDW is in the G1 continuity family because it features the G1 characters (in a new "Ultimate" style setting). Henkei Henkei is in the G1 continuity family because it features the G1 characters (with a movie-inspired backstory). - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 09:26, 7 December 2011 (EST)
::::::Yeah. At this point, it's pretty clear that -surprising no-one- the argument against how we have things now falls COMPLETELY apart. Wings of Honor as Animated? Oy. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 17:53, 7 December 2011 (EST)

:::::: Regardless of any continuity quibbles I'm almost certain that IDW isn't a G1 franchise. Those are decided by corporate not us (which, continuity families are, more or less). I'm also finding IDW's status as a G1 family debatable mostly because while it's characters and looks are "G1" it's story is quite different from any other G1, or at least as different from G1 as some other stories we've also made different families. It all depends on what exactly our rubric is, if we value Aesthetics , character traits and the like over plotline similarities or what creators say ,than Wings gets confusing, and Aligned is just a Clusterbomb, it might have to be split. (Or made into some bizarre "Dual Family" thing) Just shifting IDW and a few other pages to be more in line with what we already have seems far less drastic and disturbing.
:::::::: Repo, that tone is uncalled for. I'm from TvTropes, I know what it means to spend hours on a wiki, I'd also note that I would call anything that someone would ''consider'' spending hours on as "serious" business; this site has served as the primary bastion of TF knowledge for years, don't diminish that. By the same vein We shouldn't do things just because they're easier, we should do things because they're right, as it is, they way we define Continuity Families leads to inconsistencies, the largest one being IDW, I'll get to work on the mock-up, but I ''do'' find it hilarious that someone would tell me "it's not that serious" and "put several hours of work into this n00b" in the same breath. --[[User:Lush City|Lush City]] 4:38, 8 December 2011 (EST)
:::::::: '''"Then Wings gets confusing"'''
:::::::: No it does not. It will never, ever be confusing. Wings is G1. It is set in a variant of the G1 cartoon continuity. You will never, ''ever'', '''''ever''''' make a case for what you are saying by trying to hold up the Wings universe as an example of a similar (non-existent) conundrum, because it is unquestionably, unequivocally, unfalteringly, unhaltingly, utterly inarguably G1. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 04:54, 8 December 2011 (EST)
:::::::: That's my point. In the same way the Wings story is so totally G1 making it such is insane (despite the Animated influences, The IDW story is so totally ''not'' G1 that having it as such is insane (despite the G1 influences) We can either give characters our story priority, not either or.
::::::::: Simple question: How can you look at a comic full of G1 characters and say "this is not G1"? Please answer that. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 06:46, 8 December 2011 (EST)
::::::::::Your logic is idiotic. All you're doing is arguing for the sake of arguing because we will never consider IDW as not G1 in contradiction with common sense. If you don't like it, make your own wiki. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 06:50, 8 December 2011 (EST)
::::::: Wings had one character (Sentinel) and one concept (Elite Guard) that were arguably derived from Animated and not G1. The four Guard teams focused on (Thunder Clash's, Metalhawk's, Onslaught's, and Powerflash's) are all G1 characters, as are all the villains of the stories, the background characters, the setting, and the ''implicit and explicit authorial intent''. Yes, the unique nature of Transformers continuity allows for "reverse homages", as G1 influenced the creation of Animated and pieces of Animated have now influenced subsequent G1 stories, but that doesn't change the underlying nature of the entire universe. IDW is not an Animated timeline either, just because Lockdown was adopted into the universe in ''[[Transformers: Drift]]''.
::::::: G1 is the oldest and largest continuity family in Transformers and, as a result, it occasionally borrows characters and ideas from the other continuities that come and go in its wake. But across the 12 club comic issues, the 2 BotCon specials, and the 2 online prose stories, well over 150 characters have appeared. Of those, exactly THREE originated from non-G1 toylines. The remaining 99% are all G1 characters or brand-new to any universe.
::::::: Wings and IDW are both obviously G1 to anyone whose paying attention. Trying to craft an argument where it could, potentially, be re-phrased in some way that, if you squint, might make it look like they aren't G1...is ignoring common sense and the vast abundance of evidence put before you. --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] 08:27, 8 December 2011 (EST)
:If I may interject? The wiki's notion of continuity families runs parallel to the canon in-multiverse concept of [[universal stream]]s. There is a 99.999% chance that any reference to IDW continuity from a canon perspective would classify it as a positive-polarity Primax stream. That makes it part of the G1 continuity family. The movies and Animated are in the Tyran and Malgus clusters respectively. That makes them not part of the G1 continuity family. --[[User:Andrusi|Andrusi]] 08:43, 8 December 2011 (EST)

==Beast Wars Neo Sausage is gone!==
The page was deleted for some reason. It was marked as vandalism, but as I'm sure some of you know it actually existed. -- [[User:Terrortron|Terrortron]] 22:47, 2 December 2011 (EST)
:As far as I know it didn't. Are you sure you're not thinking of [[Beast Wars II Sausage]]? --[[User:Abates|abates]] 23:13, 2 December 2011 (EST)
::Do you mean the page or the product? I'm not sure the page existed, but the product itself most certainly did: [http://movies.tfarchive.com/movies/Commercials/Japanese/bwneo3.mpg TV commercial for Beast Wars Neo Sausages] --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 00:55, 3 December 2011 (EST)
:::We've never had a BWN Sausage page, no. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 01:16, 3 December 2011 (EST)
::::We had it briefly in January but it was just a vandal making [[Beast Wars Neo Sausage|a crappy page]]. Feel free to create it again if you have the info. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 01:26, 3 December 2011 (EST)
:::Man, that advert makes it look like the most awesome thing ever. If I knew Japanese I would already be making a page for it. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 19:33, 3 December 2011 (EST)

==Actor/Voice Actor's other roles==
It seems as of late that the intro sections for actors and voice actors have become mini-IMDB pages. [[Clancy Brown]] isn't really best known for being on ''Earth's Mightiest Heroes'', even if we do have a page for the [[Avengers]] to link to. [[John DiMaggio]]'s is getting to be more résumé than intro. It seems kinda silly to suggest ''removing'' content, but it's just been something bugging me.--[[User:Carrion|Carrion]] 19:03, 6 December 2011 (EST)
:No, you're quite right, and I agree. One user seems to be a bit of a voice-whore and is going around adding a lot of frivolous additional info. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 19:34, 6 December 2011 (EST)

== Character articles and redirects with titles/ranks ==

I'm of the opinion that where a character has a title or rank, there should be a redirect from their full name with their title in front of it to their article. I don't think we have any explicitly spelled out rules on how this would work though, and at the moment there are some redirects to the [[Sidney Biggles-Jones]] article marked for deletion. There's been some previous discussion about it [[Talk:Doctor Biggles-Jones|here]]. How should we treat ranks and titles? If her name was specifically parsed as "Dr. Biggles-Jones" in a comic, for instance, do we have a redirect using that name or do we just stick with writing it out as "Doctor"? --[[User:Abates|abates]] 16:58, 13 December 2011 (EST)
:My gut instinct is to have redirects for every way their name and rank is spelled out in fiction. I don't have a strong opinion on this, however. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 17:00, 13 December 2011 (EST)
::It's gramarically incorrect to use title-abbreviations in speech bubbles or inside quotes in writing. One doesn't say "Mrr Dlinn," one says "Mister Dlinn."
::I don't think we're beholden to the way such titles were parsed in the original source material; it's a distinction without meaning. But I don't mind having two redirects either. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 17:04, 13 December 2011 (EST)

== Fall of Cybertron ==

We desperately need to fix up the [[Fall of Cybertron]] related pages. The page that should remain as the definitive should be what is currently called [[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (360/PS3)]], which I recommend should be renamed simply "Fall of Cybertron" or "Transformers: Fall of Cybertron". We do not require the franchise page and the video games page, along with the PS3/X360 page, as the PS3/X360 is the only confirmed version of the game, with PC confirmed to NOT be happening, and Nintendo systems left up in the air. I wholly support streamlining the navigation for the FOC pages, and perhaps placing FOC as "sequel" in the WFC franchise navigation bar. --[[User:Kaymac192|Kaymac192]] 05:32, 20 December 2011 (EST)
:That sounds sensible to me. We can always move it back to (360/PS3) when the DS and/or Wii and/or whatever version is announced. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 16:20, 20 December 2011 (EST)

== Problems retrieving password ==

(Since this seems the best place to ask.)
Hi,
I've been reliant on a cookie for so long that I've forgotten my password. (Blushes) However when I try to get the site to email me a new one it says one has been sent but nothing has arrived in my email; nor will it allow me to make the request again for 24 hours.

Is anyone able to check the login database to see if something's gone wrong at that end? [[Special:Contributions/109.154.29.163|109.154.29.163]] 15:58, 22 December 2011 (EST)

== Account renaming ==
Is it possible to get an account renamed in this wiki? Thanks. --[[User:AutoUIMagnus299|Autu299]] 16:43, 24 December 2011 (EST)
:It's not technically possible, because we don't have the MediaWiki Renameuser extension installed. The best you could do is create a new username, stop using the old one, and put links between the two accounts on your user pages. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 17:56, 24 December 2011 (EST)
::Ok, thanks for the tip. --[[User:AutoUIMagnus299|Autu299]] 16:49, 25 December 2011 (EST)

== Mozilla Firefox 9/10 and TFWiki ==

Just an FYI, Mozilla Firefox 9 introduced a rendering error with our site, causing the sidebar to render ''below'' the content area. Mozilla Firefox's beta of version 10 carried over this error initially, but the most current beta of 10 corrects this. I was scratching my head at this one, as we don't really use anything exotic in the way of code, but it turns out this was Mozilla's problem. I am kind of not liking the rapid release schedule, if this is what results.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 15:19, 3 January 2012 (EST)
:...or it could start working properly on my Firefox 9 PC too. I'd cleared cache a few times on both PCs, so either Derik fixed this sneaky-like or I've managed to hallucinate the whole thing. I'm ''pretty sure'' it's not the latter, as I still had the sidebar issue before refreshing today.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 02:35, 4 January 2012 (EST)
::It's still happening on my copy of Firefox 9.0.1, and when I check for updates, it's not reporting any. Tilt? --[[User:Abates|abates]] 02:54, 4 January 2012 (EST)
:::No, wait, I tell a lie. I just cleared my Firefox cache and the problem's gone. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 02:57, 4 January 2012 (EST)
::::Yeah, and on both machines I experienced it, it only started doing it on Firefox 9, not 8. Worked fine in IE, and wouldn't budge through multiple cache clearings. I'd _thought_ that the very recent update to 10's beta is what cured it, but I returned home to my laptop that I never went beta on, and there it was after a refresh. Perhaps Derik could offer insight beyond digital poltergeist activity?--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 03:07, 4 January 2012 (EST)
:::::I informed Suki Brits of the Firefox rendering error as soon as I became aware of it and she took care of it accordingly. Victory for Brits! --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 12:33, 4 January 2012 (EST)
::::::Aha. See, I usually assume Derik when there's CSS muckery, but this is excellent news. Thanks, Suki! I vaguely suspect we did use a couple Mozilla flagged tags when we initially coded it, that are now fully supported in CSS proper.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 14:19, 4 January 2012 (EST)
:::::::I think the fix may have worked for Google's preview thumbnails as well, as a couple I've found show the menu where it should be. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 19:32, 5 January 2012 (EST)
::::::::I'm still having this issue. My Firefox updated itself recently, so I don't know what version it is. And clearing my cache that a) I don't know how to do and b) scares me for some reason. [[User:Bobpiecheese|Bobpiecheese]] 00:37, 10 January 2012 (EST)
:::::::::You may be able to get it fixed by holding down Ctrl and pressing F5 while on a TFWiki page. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bypass_your_cache#Mozilla_Firefox_and_other_related_browsers Wikipedia has a page on clearing the cache]. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 00:56, 10 January 2012 (EST)
:::::::::: Huzzah, the sidebar is no longer all brokey! Thanks Abates! [[User:Bobpiecheese|Bobpiecheese]] 01:16, 10 January 2012 (EST)

==Project Heat Scramble==
I just noticed that the wiki has NO data on the [http://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/tcg/ Heat Scramble TCG ]. So how should we go about this? {{unsigned|Lush City}}

== Robot Masters parsing ==

{{note|Moved from [[Talk:Robot Masters (franchise)#Parsing]].}}
This is something that's been bugging me. As far as I can tell, in all images of the official logo, the series is parsed "RobotMasters", yet all spellings on this wiki refer to it as "Robot Masters". Is there a reason we opted for two words instead of one? --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] 12:19, 10 January 2012 (EST)
:The packaging parses it as one word, while correctly spacing names like "Beast Megatron", so... I guess. Although it's debatable whether it's "Robotmasters" or "RobotMasters"; the brand's name isn't "[[:Image:Universelogo.jpg|TransFormers]]". [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 18:56, 12 January 2012 (EST)
::I'd like to avoid the CamelCase precisely because we can't usually tell from a logo whether it should "really" be written like that (as per "Transformers"), and also because I generally don't like the look of it. I do think the franchise should be one word, though. -[[User:LV|LV]] 19:44, 12 January 2012 (EST)
:::The difference here is that there doesn't seem to have been any other spelling for it aside from the CamelCase spelling, whereas the "Transformers/TransFormers/Trans Formers" logo gets re-parsed all the time. "RobotMasters" is the consistently-seen version. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] 19:48, 12 January 2012 (EST)
::::Technically, it's presented as RobotMasters and ROBOTMASTERS. I think we can be flexible. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 19:57, 12 January 2012 (EST)
:::::They still make a point to enlarge the R and M. Though, is there any other series logo that uses this kind of CamelCase just as consistently? --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] 20:33, 12 January 2012 (EST)
::::::Uh, I just pointed out one. The TransFormers logo was the standard design from 2001–2006, across six franchises and much longer than the existence of Robotmasters. I think you're putting too much stock on what is probably a stylistic choice by people who barely use lowercase to begin with. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 21:42, 12 January 2012 (EST)
:::::::What I mean is, there's multiple versions of the "Transformers" logo, which gets restyled as "TransFormers", "Transformers" and Trans Formers" as the years go by. But the one for RobotMasters is always consistently styled as "RobotMasters". Unless I'm missing something, there hasn't been any other logo for it that wrote it in any other form than "RobotMasters" with the enlarged M. Unlike "Transformers", which is one word, "RobotMasters" is two words with a space missing. The uppercase M shows the distinction that the two are separate words, but the lack of space makes the end result thus resemble a rather sci-fi sounding compound word, which works for this sci-fi themed line of children's toys. Why change what the logo says? --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] 22:10, 12 January 2012 (EST)
FYI, the second cartoon episode parses the title as TRANSFORMERS ROBOTMASTERS, so there's a bit more credence to it being one word. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 07:51, 23 January 2012 (EST)
:Cool, yay! Though, I still think there's some importance to the capitalization of the M (beyond mere stylistic choice). Like I said, it resembles a sci-fi sounding compound word, with M identifying the connection placement between the two words within the compound word. "RobotMasters" (instead of "Robotmasters") gets my vote. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] 11:35, 23 January 2012 (EST)

== SOPA and PIPA ==

Has anyone read about the SOPA and PIPA bills and how they will affect the wiki?--[[User:Megatron Prime|Megatron Prime]] 13:51, 14 January 2012 (EST)

== Tech Specs ==

On the Character Bio pages, can you please include a Tech Spec section for those characters/toys which are applicable? This would be much appreciated. {{unsigned|161.28.74.79}}
:We tried doing this at one point, but ended up removing them all in the end. Each toy listing usually has a link to their tfu.info page with the tech spec bio and numbers on anyway. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 16:47, 18 January 2012 (EST)
::It got surprisingly boring. In the end they're just stacks of numbers that frequently don't match the character portrayals. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 22:09, 18 January 2012 (EST)
:::And the bio parts are copyrighted text.
:::Could you imagine Thundercracker's toy page? 40 versions of the same basic write-up? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 00:10, 26 January 2012 (EST)

== Categories for different alt modes ==

Hello, I have a suggestion for this wiki! (Apologies in advance if this isn't the right place to post something like this...)

I think it'd be nice if there were categories for the different types of alt modes such as helicopters, tanks, etc.

Right now, you can sort of find all of the jets/seekers with this category:
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Category:Seekers

And you can find some specific alt modes by looking here:
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Popular_Earth_vehicle_alternate_modes

But I'm not aware of any way to find out the identity of all Transformers that have a specific type of alt mode. I noticed this because I was trying to find out who all of the helicopters are. I think it'd be a pretty useful addition to the wiki.
What does everyone else think?
--[[User:0x2A|0x2A]] 13:14, 23 January 2012 (EST)

:I second it. I've been thinking about this for a while. Having categories like "car altmode", "tank ~", "helicopter ~", "boat ~", "non-vehicle/object ~" etc would be convenient. I am willing to do the dirty work. -- [[User:Silver|Silvery]] 13:57, 23 January 2012 (EST)
::I don't think it would really be that useful. You would really have to lump things together to avoid having umpteen million categories. For example, does your "car altmode" category include station wagons? Or vans? Or pick up trucks? Or semi cabs? Or construction vehicles? Or SUVs? Or strange Cybertronic ground vehicles? 0x2A mentioned "jets", what about prop planes? Or Cybertronic aircraft? Or whatever the original Scourge was supposed to be (it is described as a "hovercraft" but most of the fiction portrayed it as a "spaceship", only a few minor sources show it as a ground vehicle). --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 14:34, 23 January 2012 (EST)
:::I was just throwing random examples, but I don't think categorizing Earth alt-modes would be that difficult (why not take the [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes]] page as an example and use categories such as "cars and trucks" or "military vehicles"?); another idea, better for non-Earth alt-modes, would be to categorize them in more broad categories, say, as land, water, flying and object alts. It would be extremely helpful when one would like to do a search of characters with similar alt-modes. Way more precise than just using "search" and sifting painstakingly through the results. -- [[User:Silver|Silvery]] 15:44, 23 January 2012 (EST)
::::Or alternatively, you could go to TFU.info. Then you can narrow it down by color, too, and you don't even have to start a massive new headache for the wiki editors! --[[User:Andrusi|Andrusi]] 16:33, 23 January 2012 (EST)
:::::I'm an editor, too, and I wouldn't mind doing the job. Even if nobody other than me wants to touch a new big task and I have to do it alone. And why would I want to switch to and fro between two sites, when I just want to, say, compare appearances or personalities of characters with a motorcycle alt-mode? Characters, not toys. TFU is for toy info, TFwiki is for general knowledge. Besides, TFU's search system isn't very good. -- [[User:Silver|Silvery]] 17:45, 23 January 2012 (EST)
::::::I support this idea and if you need any help doing it, Silver, I'm willing to help in any way I can. -- [[Special:Contributions/209.180.181.162|209.180.181.162]] 11:29, 25 January 2012 (EST)
::::I'm not sure it would be better than using search. A category for "cars and trucks" would contain thousands of articles. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 14:57, 25 January 2012 (EST)
This is a big can 'o worms, but I like the idea, if it is very focused. We have a subcategory named [[:Category:Functions]] that contains some interesting, less common functions like "medic", but not every single function. "Warrior" is not there since it is too common. So if there was an "Alternate modes" sub-category, it could skip "cars" and "trucks" altogether. But it could have less common, and well defined things such as "motorcycles." The can 'o worms would be narrowing down the categories everyone can agree on. I nominate "Mechanical beast modes" and "realistic beast modes" (there is already a [[:Category:Transmetals]]). - [[User:Starfield|Starﬁeld]] 15:34, 25 January 2012 (EST)

Yay, so there is some positive response. Cool. I have semi-finals in two weeks, after that I'm starting to do this. In the meantime I propose discussing categories. I can already see that the "cars" issue will be hot, haha. As for now, I propose "Motorcycles", "Boats/ships", "Hovercrafts", "Airplanes", "Helicopters", "Tanks", and something that would include objects, such as Perceptor's microscope, Blaster's boombox or Ejector's toaster alt-mode (possibly also cassettes?). Other, less thought-out propositions include: "Spacecrafts" and "Trains". -- [[User:Silver|Silvery]] 07:50, 26 January 2012 (EST)
:If you're going to do this, then I would prefer a distinction between actual things and Transformers with alternate modes based on those things. Flooding [[:Category:Aircraft]] with jet Transformers would make that category useless. And maybe place them at the end of category lists so that they can be grouped together. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 07:57, 26 January 2012 (EST)
::I want to start with a simple list in my sandbox. I'm not that quick to make changes of such caliber without a thorough discussion - and I'm not exactly a master of Wiki code yet. And what about an "Aircraft alternate mode" and then "Jet alternate mode" (I don't insist on using these exact names) subcategories in "Airplanes", for example? -- [[User:Silver|Silvery]] 08:10, 26 January 2012 (EST)
:::Probably "Aircraft alternate modes" would be the main category, with subcategories like "Prop plane alternate modes", "Jet alternate modes" and "Helicopter alternate modes". --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 08:30, 26 January 2012 (EST)
::::"X alternate modes" seems redundant in comparison to "X modes". "X modes" would be more inclusive of characters without robot modes like Ravage and Orcanoch. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 08:54, 26 January 2012 (EST)

== TF:Prime jump-fight factoid ==

I've just started to watch Prime, and so far every episode I've seen has had someone do a dramatic jump slowed down jump before landing on someone they are fighting, (and sometimes the camera). It's quirky enough that it's stood out, and I was wondering if it's worth adding to the episode guides? I just wanted to know now because I'm going to be watching the whole of season one over the next few days, and it's easier if I know now than if it's added later. Failing that, is there anything else that people desperatly want added to the Prime episode guides that I should be looking out for? [[User:LiamK|LiamK]] 17:31, 23 January 2012 (EST)
:There is a certain level of ridiculous info you can get away with adding if you're a regular contributor doing serious and consistent work on the pages, and you handle it with sufficient comedic value. Ref: [[Enter the Nightbird|Brawn vs. Soundwave]], [[Countdown to Extinction (episode)|What Makes Starscream the Leader?]], etc. This could conceivably qualify as well, but approach with caution. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 21:22, 23 January 2012 (EST)
::Fair enough. It wasn't just going to be an adding silly jokes because oh ha ha I think I'm hilarious. I was going to add anything missing to the relevent pages as well. It's just that 5 episodes in, we've had at least 4 dramatic jumps into the camera, one dramatic jump away from the camera, and several semi-dramatic jumps off to the side. It's hilarious when characters like Bulkhead are apparently able to jump 500 feet into the air. If Springer ever shows up in this continuity family, he's gonna reach orbit.[[User:LiamK|LiamK]] 19:59, 25 January 2012 (EST)

== Expandible voice actor lists ==

There's been some noise about some of the voice actor lists getting too long and the need for a way to have them hidden unless the user expands them. I've done some test code which is [http://www.aldenbates.com/vatest.html currently hosted externally] but is easily converted into something that will work on the wiki. Currently tested on Firefox 9 and 10, Internet Explorer 6 and 8, Chrome 16, and Opera 11. Feedback, anyone? --[[User:Abates|abates]] 23:41, 31 January 2012 (EST)
:Although I was expecting a show/hide like how Wikipedia does its navigation templates, I don't mind this. Still needs a "hide" option, if that's possible. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 23:46, 31 January 2012 (EST)
::I've added in a hide option. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 00:21, 1 February 2012 (EST)
:::If you set up a <nowiki>{{voiceactors}}</nowiki> template it'd be easy to hide the 'extended' cast names and have them show up automatically if you mouse over. '''<tt><nowiki>{{voiceactors|DEFAULT-TO-VISIBLE|DEFAULT-TO-INVISIBLE}}</nowiki></tt>'''
:::It wouldn't even require Javascript, it could be pure CSS. Simpler is better, IMO. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 00:26, 1 February 2012 (EST)
::::I kinda dislike the idea of it opening on mouse-over, because it can have unexpected effects on the layout of the rest of the page if you're not paying attention to where you're moving your mouse pointer. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 18:32, 7 February 2012 (EST)
:::::I dislike mouse-over anything. Hide/show is a better interface. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 18:48, 7 February 2012 (EST)
::::::Add a third dislike vote for mouse-over. If we do this which (if any) voice actors should be visible without clicking? Only the primary English performer? All English performers? All English and Japanese? None? I vote for none. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 19:40, 7 February 2012 (EST)
:::::::I vote for whatever hides the German voice actors. I'd put the English and Japanese actors on a higher tier of importance, but I'm not opposed to hiding them. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 19:48, 7 February 2012 (EST)
:::::::I think English and Japanese should always be shown, as they are the two biggest uh... markets? Whatever. Hide everything else, and DEFINITELY make the reveal a deliberate CLICK, not a mouseover. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 19:56, 7 February 2012 (EST)
Can we have this template now? I think everybody agrees that the extraneous VAs should be hidden. If people want to hide English and Japanese VAs, then that can be further discussed. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 10:48, 14 February 2012 (EST)

:[[Template:va]] (Should it be vas?)
:CSS entties which need to be added to the master file are as follows:
.tt1-voiceactorlist .tt1-extraneousFuckers{
display:none;
}
.tt1-voiceactorlist:hover .tt1-extraneousFuckers{
display:inline;
font-size:smaller;
}
.tt1-voiceactorlist.tt1-more:after{
content: "more";
padding-left:.5em;
font-size:smaller;
color:#999999;
}
.tt1-voiceactorlist:hover.tt1-more:after{
content: none;
}

:Styles are visible now if you've got [[User:Derik/kired tools|Kired Tools]] installed. Alternately you can paste the above into [[Special:Mypage/monacobook.css|your css file]] to get a look at it in action.

:If you want to make it Javascript that's beyond my remit, talk to one of the tech-guys. (Also I think it's a bad idea, but I'm against modifying the DOP for presentational purposes when there's already a markup language intended to control presentation: CSS. The wiki is currently Javascript 'light', I prefer to keep it that way.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 13:21, 14 February 2012 (EST)
::Why does it say "hiding the non English/Japanese voiceactors unless the user chooses to mouse over the list", I thought we had decided to make it use a click? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 14:19, 14 February 2012 (EST)
::# I don't have the authority or access to implement that.
::# I think it's a terrible idea.
:::By all means, feel free to install the CSS styles (some CSS styles will be required regardless) and see what you think of this implementation.
:::The underlying HTML will be the same for a Javascript implementation anyway. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 15:13, 14 February 2012 (EST)
So, er, did we come to a decision on either of these methods? I have to admit I kinda forgot about it until now. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 02:13, 5 March 2012 (EST)
:I think consensus is to use clicks, not mouse-over, despite Derik's protests. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 04:13, 13 March 2012 (EDT)

== Facebook chat ==

Did the wiki have anyone at the TF Prime Facebook chat? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 22:38, 6 February 2012 (EST)

==Moving (Prime)/(WFC)/(RB)/(FOC) to (Aligned)==
Considering that characters are part of the Aligned continuity family, like how [[Megatron (Animated)]] belong to the Animated continuity family and [[Megatron (G1)]] belongs to the Generation 1 continuity family.
:No, that's not how we do things. Disambiguations are made by franchise of origin, hence why it's [[Megatron (G1)]], but [[Terrorsaur (BW)]] rather than Terrorsaur (G1), or why it's [[Ironhide (Energon)]] rather than Ironhide (UT). This has been discussed ad infinitum but the consensus remains the same. The only exception has been that characters who debuted in WFC but also appear in Prime get (Prime) because of the slight iffyness of the Aligned family. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 10:26, 8 April 2012 (EDT)
::(Edit conflict'd by Detour) I don't think we have an especially good, logical reason for why we do that with Aligned characters, other than that it simply feels very "wrong" to label a character with a prominent, regular fictional appearance in the ''Prime'' cartoon with a disambig based on their cameo appearance in a video game tie-in novel. Honestly, given that odd nature of the whole "Aligned" idea and the fact we're already breaking our standard with this continuity family's characters ''anyway'', I'm not entirely opposed to just using (Aligned) as a much handier, self-explanatory disambig, but I don't know if anyone would agree. It ''would'' feel odd, for instance, to label the Rescue Bots with that tag. And Bot Shots are a tremendous pain in the arse - it's so annoying when we have to create articles for Aligned Roadbuster and Topspin and whoever when the Bot Shots are just clearly the movieverse characters. The whole Aligned thing can sometimes be a real wiki-headache. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 10:32, 8 April 2012 (EDT)
:::Why DON'T they just get inserted into the Movie characters sections, then? [This thing applies to a lot of Hasbro's "fuzzier" lines of late, really - stuff's matched up with what other characters in the line are part of rather than just including them in an existing article for the version they're designed after]. - [[User:Mammalian Verisimilitude|Mammalian Verisimilitude]] 10:41, 8 April 2012 (EDT)
::::I think treating Bot Shots as part of Aligned is somewhat dubious. Is there a reason it can't be viewed as using characters from multiple continuity families? --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 11:00, 8 April 2012 (EDT)
:::::We already discussed this [[Talk:Bot Shots|here]]. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 18:59, 8 April 2012 (EDT)
::::::We do that so we don't have to pick nits over where the characters belong. Bot Shots Optimus Prime could fit many of his various incarnations. I disagree with renaming them to (Aligned), somewhat because all of the (WFC) guys will eventually be moved to (Prime), anyway. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 05:48, 10 April 2012 (EDT)
But should (Prime)/(WFC)/(RB)/(FOC) be renamed (Aligned) or not?--[[User:Finister2|Finister2]] 05:43, 10 April 2012 (EDT)
:No. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 11:29, 10 April 2012 (EDT)
::Why?--[[User:Finister2|Finister2]] 13:55, 10 April 2012 (EDT)
:::It's already been explained why. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 14:40, 10 April 2012 (EDT)

== Universal, properly-translated names of the Japanese Beast Wars/Beast Machines episodes ==

Okay, this has been bothering me for a while. On each page of the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)#Episodes|Beast Wars]] and [[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)#Episodes|Beast Machines]] episode, the Japanese title of each episode is given an English translation in each page's Foreign Localization section. And on the [[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Geneon]] page, under the sections of its Beast Wars, Beast Wars Metals, and Beast wars Returns releases, the Japanese episode titles are also translated into English. What's bothering me is that certain episodes are given slightly differently-translated English names when comparing those given on the actual episode pages to those given on the Geneon page. Here's a list of each differing episode title. The episode page names are on the left, and the Geneon page names are on the right:
:"The Solitary Warrior Tigatron" vs. "Lonely Warrior Tigatron"
:"Goodbye, Rattle!?" vs. "Goodbye Rattle!?"
:"The Falcon Warrior Airrazor" vs. "Falcon Warrior Airazor"
:"Floating Island Death Match Part 1" vs. "Floating Island Deathmatch Part 1"
:"Floating Island Death Match Part 2" vs. "Floating Island Deathmatch Part 2"
:"The Destrons' Dramatic Finish" vs. "The Destrons Make Drama"
:"Two Dinobots?" vs. "There are 2 Dinobots?"
:"The Ant Warrior from Hell, Inferno" vs. "Inferno, the Ant Warrior from Hell"
:"Revive, Beast Power!" vs. "Resurrected Beast Power"
:"The Immortal Starscream" vs. "Starscream's Invulnerability"
:"Fare Thee Well, Tigatron" vs. "Farewell Tigatron"
:"The Great King of Terror Arrives!" vs. "The King of Terror Arrives!"
:"You're Under Arrest, Meow" vs. "Meyow're Under Arrest"
:"Gro~w Bigger" vs. "Groooww Bigger"
:"I Am Resurrected, Dā" vs. "I am Resurrected!"
:"Blaze, Dragon" vs. "Blazing Dragon"
:"I Hath Returned" vs. "We Have Returned"
:"Resurrection of the Legend" vs. "Rebirth of the Legend"
:"The Dearly Wished Transformation" vs. "The Transformation of a Dear Wish"
:"The Memory of a Friend" vs. "Memory of a Friend"
:"Mission of the Stars" vs. "Message of the Stars"
:"The Moment of Truth" vs. "The End"
:"Captured Souls" vs. "Capture of the Spirits"
:"The Hellish All-out Attack" vs. "The General Offensive of Hell"
:"The Course of the Future" vs. "The Fate of the Future"
Could someone who's more adept at Japanese please clarify which titles should be universally used on this Wiki, and help in an attempt to create a greater sense of unity between the individual episode pages and the Geneon page (and with any other such pages on this Wiki as well)? --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] 01:29, 10 April 2012 (EDT)
:The titles on the episode pages are more refined. Not to mention it would be easier to change the titles on a single page. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 05:58, 10 April 2012 (EDT)
::"I Hath Returned"? That's incorrect English. "Hath" was third person singular, not first person ("he hath" not "I hath"). --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 08:10, 10 April 2012 (EDT)
:::[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] translated that. I recall the intention was to capture the old-timey connotation of the original Japanese. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 08:21, 10 April 2012 (EDT)
:Something else that has me pondering are the specific choices made in spelling and grammar of a few of these titles. Like, the inclusion of a "The" where it may not need be (like in "The Solitary Warrior Tigatron" instead of just "Solitary Warrior Tigatron", or "The Falcon Warrior Airrazor" vs. "Falcon Warrior Airazor") or the use a comma (like in "Goodbye, Rattle!?" as opposed to "Goodbye Rattle!?") or a space between two words instead of making them a compound word ("Death Match" vs. "Deathmatch"), and the synonymous use of "Resurrect(ion)", "Rebirth", and "Revive". In these cases, are the titles on the episode pages truly the more precise titles, or could they also use some amending? --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] 11:20, 10 April 2012 (EDT)
::Most of those details are up to the translator's discretion. But, like I said, it's easier to just edit the Genon page rather than across multiple articles. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 11:33, 10 April 2012 (EDT)

== Category:Deceased ==
Sub-categories
*Category:Deceased (Generation 1 cartoon)
**Category:Deceased (Marvel comics)
**Category:Deceased (BW)
*Category:Deceased (Armada)
*Category:Deceased (Energon)
*Category:Deceased (Movie)
**Category:Deceased (ROTF)
**Category:Deceased (DOTM)
*Category:Deceased (SG)
*Category:Deceased (Animated)
*Category:Deceased (Aligned)

Why not?--[[User:Finister2|Finister2]] 05:52, 10 April 2012 (EDT)

:"Deceased" is a stupid idea on a wiki that focuses on fiction with multiple continuities, time periods, vague "deaths", and resurrections. All characters will inevitably die at one point. This is not a warranted category. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 05:55, 10 April 2012 (EDT)

::Vote for "No".
::A character may get killed in a sub-continuity but alive in another. Not to mention if the character will be resurrected or not. (So, we don't need Category:Resurrected characters, either.) --'''[[User:TX55|TX55]]'''''[[User talk:TX55|TALK]]'' 10:11, 10 April 2012 (EDT)
:::It is an appealing idea, to have categories for characters that are deceased "now." If they are patched up, they get removed from the category. I would have changed the categories to "Deceased (Movieverse)" and "Deceased (UT cartoon)" since they are supposed to be all one continuity. The only problem I see is vague deaths and continuity inconsistencies. People would probably disagree with me that [[Brawn (G1)]] obviously survived that shot to the shoulder. So, unfortunately, I can't fully endorse the idea. - [[User:Starfield|Starﬁeld]] 11:08, 10 April 2012 (EDT)
::::If we go by continuity, we are going to have a ''lot'' of "Deceased" categories. And you could only do it by continuity, which goes against our current methods to have categories by franchise. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 16:46, 10 April 2012 (EDT)
::I agree with you guys in regards to characters. but, what about a category for ''real'' people who have been involved with the Transformers franchise (like voice actors, designers, writers, etc.) who are deceased? --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] 11:11, 10 April 2012 (EDT)

== Scheduled downtime. ==

Our hoster is moving servers around tomorrow. One of ours is gonna be moved starting between "Thu Apr 12 23:00:00 UTC 2012 and Fri Apr 13 05:00:00 UTC 2012." So that'll happen. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 21:52, 11 April 2012 (EDT)
:I presume all the necessary backups have been made? --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 22:37, 11 April 2012 (EDT)
::Regularly, like clockwork. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 00:51, 12 April 2012 (EDT)

==Category: Cats==
Presumably we have some kind of unwritten "We don't categorise by altmode" rule in play here, so I apologise if my adding a bunch of characters to this category seemed heavy-handed but in my defence the distinction between ''Shattered Glass'' Steeljaw and G1 Ravage is, eh, pretty much non-existent, Cheetor himself says "I'm a cat", it's a subset of Characters by species and we have K-9 under Dogs, so it's hardly black and white. But my main reason for doing it was that in SEO terms, having the word "Cats" repeatedly linked a bunch of times throughout the wiki is really quite useful, as in the wider internet cats are kind of a big deal. Real effing kitten calendars and all that. Isn't that something to consider? --[[User:Emvee|Emvee]] 03:47, 26 April 2012 (EDT)
:Categorizing by alternate mode has been brought up several times, but nobody has bothered to hammer out the details and do it. I don't particularly care for it one way or another, but putting Transformers in plain categories like "Cats" and "Watercraft" based on alternate mode makes them useless to those who only want to know about actual cats or watercraft in ''Transformers''. That said, I completely fail to see the relevance of Internet memes to our categorization system. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 03:59, 26 April 2012 (EDT)
::Well, just that keywords are good for search engines, keywords that link to relevant pages even better and lots of people search for cats on the internet. I know that my girlfriend does and at a time like this (when my birthday is coming up) it's not impossible that she might search for "Transformers cats". If that led her to, say, SG Ravage's page (which is quite accessible to an internet-savvy non-fan with its twitter references and Walky's cartoons) then she may well stick around to find out more, and maybe look for more Transformers cats through the category links at the bottom of the page. At the moment our first link in a Google search is Snow Cat, who's kinda cool but you'd probably have to be a GI Joe fan to really get it. I dunno, I'm just spitballing here, but part of my job is SEO so I hope I at least know something like what I'm talking about. Anyway, that was my line of thinking. If it's problematic then that's fine, but I'm not really convinced by the "people looking for actual cats or watercraft in ''Transformers''" argument either - on a TF wiki I think they'd assume Transformers that turn into either of those things would be included by default. They are robots in disguise, after all. --[[User:Emvee|Emvee]] 14:36, 26 April 2012 (EDT)

== Google + ==
I've made a Google + for the wiki. I just need someone to link it to the main page because I don't know how. This is the link: https://plus.google.com/106006102124340784739 -- [[User:Spydersix|Spydersix]] 19:00, 30 April 2012 (EDT)

== Alt-mode listings ==

I've seen several things here discussing listing alt-modes by ''category'', but I'm looking for something a bit less complicated. I would really appreciate having each character's page at least openly list their alt-mode in the beginning; as it stands, some pages do not make it clear what that character turns into, generally only mentioning it in passing or in screenshots. I think some kind of fill-in-the-blanks template would work well, the kind they use on Wikipedia for comic book superheroes that have sections for code names, secret identities, a brief list of abilities, etc. It doesn't even have to be that thorough, just a small piece under the page's main picture that has "name, alt-mode, faction" would be a nice change of pace. [[User:Deusoma|Deusoma]] 15:15, 2 May 2012 (EDT)
:Your idea is impractical because many characters have had numerous altmodes. Listing all of them would be ridiculously long while trying to generalize them down to a single listing would be useless. For example, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. The casual fan might assume that you could just list his altmode as "semi truck" and be done with it. But he has also been a bat, a Lambourghini Diablo and a shoe. And that doesn't even get into what kind of "semi truck" he is: cab over engine like the original or long nose like the Generation 2 version. And does it have a sleeper. With or without trailer. And you still haven't covered his non-Earth modes. None of the Cybertronian forms we have seen looks anything like any of the others. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 15:29, 2 May 2012 (EDT)
::I don't care one way or the other, but we could hide the minor alternate modes, the same as we do with voice actors. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 15:40, 2 May 2012 (EDT)

Airachnid (Prime)

2012-05-02T18:06:52Z

Interrobang: Uhh?

Inner space

2012-05-02T17:20:13Z

Interrobang:

[[Image:FierceFightingOnPlanetNebulos-StraxusDecepticons.jpg|thumb|]]

'''Inner space''' is a dimension that allows for sneak attacks.

==Fiction==
===''United'' comic===
A [[Decepticon]] force led by [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] lied in wait at [[Nebulos]] and ambushed a team of [[Autobot]]s there by emerging from inner space. {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}

[[Category:Dimensions]]
[[Category:United]]

A Flash Forward, Part 2

2012-05-02T17:14:45Z

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|prev2=
|title="A Flash Forward, Part 2"
|publisher=[[Fun Publications]]
|published in=[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 44|''Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club'' #44]]
|writers=[[Jesse Wittenrich]] & [[Pete Sinclair]]
|pencils=[[Matt Frank]]
|inks=Matt Frank
|colors=[[Thomas Deer]]
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''' '''

==Synopsis==
{{comingsoon}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Turbofire]] (1)
*[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (5)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (6)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (7)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (8)
*[[Aquafend]] (9)
*[[Firecracker]] (10)
*[[Electro]] (11)
*[[Windbreaker]] (12)
*[[Manta Ray (G2)|Manta Ray]] (13)
*[[Road Rocket (G2)|Road Rocket]] (14)
*[[Rapido]] (15)
*[[Sizzle (G1)|Sizzle]] (16)
*[[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]] (17)
*[[Side Burn (G1)|Side Burn]] (29)

|c2=
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (18)
*[[Clench (G1)|Clench]] (19)
*[[Flamefeather]] (20)
*[[Sparkstalker]] (21)
*[[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] (22)
*[[Cindersaur]] (23)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (25)
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (26)
*[[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] (27)
*[[Runamuck (G1)|Rumamuck]] (28)

|c3=
*[[Dirk Manus]] (4)

|c4=
*[[Bosch]] (2)
*[[Alana]] (3)
*[[Sky-Byte (G2)|Sky-Byte]] (24)
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==

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[[Category:Wings Universe issues]]

A Flash Forward

2012-05-02T16:59:27Z

Interrobang:

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|title="A Flash Forward"
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'''Runabout and Runamuck give a history lesson.'''

==Synopsis==
:''During the [[Battle of Autobot City]], [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] crashes through a wall and enters the city. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] roars up, letting off [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], who fire a barrage of missiles at the giant. Devastator is blasted back, separated into the individual [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s. The [[Decepticon]] team picks themselves up and starts counterattacking, forcing the four Autobots to run. Red Alert hangs back to try to stall the Constructicons, but is shot in the back and falls. Further behind the conflict, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] is triumphant at their breach of the city.''

[[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] continue their story, outlining how [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] arrived and defeated Megatron, whom was later turned into [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Because Galvatron is nuts, the two [[Battlecharger]]s have stayed on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] while the other Decepticons left the planet. Their audience, [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], decides that with the information they've given him, it's clear that the time is right to begin his plan to restore the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]].

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (2)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (3)
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (4)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (5)

|c2=
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] (1)
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (6)
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]] (7)
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (8)
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (9)
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (10)
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (11)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (12)
*[[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] (13)
*[[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] (14)
*[[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] (15)
}}

==Quotes==
"And then he threw Megatron '''off a cliff!''' Can you believe it? Who does that?"
:—'''Runamuck'''

==Notes==
* The Autobot City battle pages are based on a set of storyboards for a deleted scene from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. Like, ''directly'' based on them—every panel is a copy of a storyboard frame.

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[[Category:Wings Universe issues]]

Terminus Blade

2012-05-02T13:02:43Z

Interrobang:

:''The Terminus Blade is the alternate universe counterpart of the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] from the [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] [[continuity family]].''

The '''Terminus Blade''' is a legendary weapon that can bring [[Omega Terminus]] under heel, but also connect and even ''move'' worlds. However, it doesn't seem able to keep the world from shattering and taking out the universe it came from...so remember not to accidentally use it as a can opener.

==Fiction==
===''Shattered Glass''===
[[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]] spoke of the Terminus Blade, pointing out that its location was unknown and that, without it, nobody could hope to fully control Omega Terminus. {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}}

The legendary Terminus Blade was once stored within the [[Vaults of the Unknown]], but at some point it was stolen, almost certainly by [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]]. Regardless of the thief's identity, the blade was in the depraved Autobot's possession by the time he escaped the [[Paradron]] prison planet with his band of Autobots. After having his minion [[Wheeljack (SG)|Wheeljack]] use a [[stellar spanner]] to open up a portal to the [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon]] Earth, Ultra Magnus lead his team into battle against the local Autobots at [[Ironworks Base]], and was able to deal with whatever they dished out by wielding the Terminus Blade. When [[Treadshot (SG)|Treadshot]]'s team of [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon]] Decepticons arrived on the scene, Ultra Magnus simply summoned forth a wave of light to stun the heroic Autobots and Decepticons, and disappeared. Treadshot tracked him to deep within the base, but arrived too late to prevent Magnus from using the blade to "sow the eddy"—by thrusting the Terminus Blade into a space bridge projector, he created an enormous rift in space time that soon swallowed the entire planet and moved it back to his home dimension. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}

[[Category:Blades]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass weapons]]

Invasion (issue)

2012-05-02T12:43:08Z

Interrobang: /* Featured characters */

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'''An evil Ultra Magnus and his army invade an unwitting alternate universe, threatening all existence.'''

==Synopsis==

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=SG Autobots
|c1=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
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* [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
* [[Tracks (SG)|Tracks]] (2)
* [[Ironhide (SG)|Ironhide]] (3)
* [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]] (4)
* [[Wreck-Gar (SG)|Wreck-Gar]] (5)
* [[Junkheap]] (6)
* [[Scrap Iron (SG)|Scrap Iron]] (7)
* [[Wheeljack (SG)|Wheeljack]] (8)
* [[Sunstreaker (SG)|Sunstreaker]] (9)
* [[Jetfire (SG)|Jetfire]] (42) (flashback)
* [[Ricochet (SG)|Ricochet]] (43) (flashback)
{{!}}}

|h2=SG Decepticons
|c2=
* [[Sir Soundwave]] (37)
* [[Treadshot (SG)|Treadshot]] (38)
* [[Octopunch (SG)|Octopunch]] (39)
* [[Straxus (SG)|Straxus]] (40)
* [[Galvatron (SG)|Galvatron]] (41) (flashback)
|h3=Autobots
|c3=
* [[Ironworks]] (10)
* [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (11)
* [[Kick-Off (G1)|Kick-Off]] (12)
* [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]] (13)
* [[Outback]] (14)
* [[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] (15)
* [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (16)
* [[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]] (17)
* [[Rollout (G1)|Rollout]] (18)
* [[Skyhammer (G1)|Skyhammer]] (19)
* [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]] (20)
* [[Vroom (G1)|Vroom]] (21)
* [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (22)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (23)
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (25)
* [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (26)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (27)
* [[Rad (G1)|Rad]] (28)
* [[Metalhawk]] (30)
* [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] (31)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (32)
* [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (33)
* [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (34)
* [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] (35)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (36)
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (44) (flashback)
* [[Rescue Roy]] (57)
* [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] (58)

|h4=Decepticons
|c4=
* [[Spinister]] (45)
* [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] (46)
* [[Skullgrin]] (47)
* [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Gigatron]] (48)
* [[Weirdwolf]] (59)
* [[Carnivac]] (60)
* [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] (61)
* [[Snarler]] (62)
* [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (63)
* [[Horri-Bull]] (64)
* [[Stranglehold]] (65)
|h5=Humans
|c5=
* [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] (24)
* [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (29)
* [[Holepunch (G1)|Holepunch]] (49)
* [[Tracer (Nebulan)|Tracer]] (50)
* [[Robot-Master]] (51)
* [[Simon Furman]] (52)
* [[Spider-Man]] (53)
* Power Man (54)
* Invisible Woman (55)
* Elektra (56)
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==

===Errors===

===Continuity errors===

===Real-world references===
* As storms threaten Earth's existence, modern-day South Americans worry their ancestors were right about [[2012]].

===Transformers references===
* Ultra Magnus kills Ironhide in a way similar to Ironhide's death in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]].'' "Such pitiful nonsense!"
* Ultra Magnus and the Terminus Blade were mentioned briefly in earlier stories, and both are only now being given center stage. The Stellar Spanner was also introduced earlier, but had much larger roles.
* Ratchet is still in the new body he acquired in "[[At Fight's End]]," but now it's colored like the North American release versus the Japanese release.
* The "Canada" panel on page 16 is full of tiny Marvel Superhero cameos. And Simon Furman. Also ... Robot-Master? ...and Rescue Roy???
* Octopunch mentions that he survived the Unicron War.
* There are two inverted [[Furmanism]]s. First is Magnus's "My time is about to start! Begin!" and the second is Treadshot's "Like a small, herbivorous shrew, you are nothing!"
* ''Shattered'' Straxus's speech at the end mirrors [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s reassurance at the end of "[[All Fall Down]]."
* Many visual details throughout the story cement the main setting as a Marvel-style universe, such as Blaster, Wheeljack, and Octopunch's colors and Broadside's character model. Slapdash's head is based on the round, helmeted face seen in his ''Transformers: Universe'' profile, not the square-ish helmet seen in the comics themselves.

===Covers===
* '''BotCon Edition:'''

==References==
{{reflist}}

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Talk:Flying Mind

2012-05-01T21:50:30Z

Interrobang: /* WTC */

I found a different description for the episode that is pretty much the same except it says the Nemesis becomes sentient. Shouldn't the description be changed on here?

==''Nemesis'' or Trypticon?==
So is the speaking thing supposed to be Trypticon, or the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s computer? -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 23:43, 28 April 2012 (EDT)
:It's left open to interpretation. The intelligence is not named or explained in any way, and is credited as "Warship". --[[User:Abates|abates]] 00:12, 29 April 2012 (EDT)
::The wiki seems to be assuming it is Trypticon, going by the Trypticon (Prime) page... should we be? [[Special:Contributions/118.93.48.54|118.93.48.54]] 22:36, 29 April 2012 (EDT)
:::My thoughts exactly. We do not have any confirmation that the Nemesis IS Trypticon. And it still remains fairly ambiguous whether Exiles is to be taken into account or not. [[User:Rayqui|Rayqui]] 03:18, 30 April 2012 (EDT)
::::Agreed. The Warship hasn't even been named on the show, so who knows if it is in fact "The Nemesis", yet alone Trypticon. I don't think 'EXODUS' or 'EXILES' should be viewed as the Prime 'bible', as TF novels are notorious for being ignored by other media. {{unsigned|75.118.37.154|23:06, 30 April 2012 (EDT)}}
:::::One: sign your posts. Two: get your facts right. The Nemesis HAS been named before. -- [[User:Spydersix|Spydersix]] 23:14, 30 April 2012 (EDT)
::::::But the Nemesis has never been named "Trypticon", or even alluded to, in TF Prime. The merge was really too hasty. [[User:Rayqui|Rayqui]] 08:33, 1 May 2012 (EDT)
:::::::Can further discussion of the issue please be held on [[Talk:Trypticon (Prime)]] since that's the article it concerns? --[[User:Abates|abates]] 16:34, 1 May 2012 (EDT)

==Voice actor==
Who voices the ''Nemesis'' anyway?[[Special:Contributions/71.255.166.246|71.255.166.246]] 23:54, 28 April 2012 (EDT)
:Kevin Michael Richardson. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 00:12, 29 April 2012 (EDT)

==Soundwave==
Soundwave also shows signs of sentience, since the beginning he has only showed his opposition to Airachnid's command back in Orion Pax.
Now, when Trypticon ( or the Nemesis ) gave Megs a headache just like Unicron did, and Megatron said to regain control of the vessel, Soundwave acts weirdly, he tries to set things back quickly, as opposed to everything he has done before, he does everything smoothly and without any hurrying.
Does this need to be pointed ?
--[[User:SnipinScientist]] , 29 April 2012
:Uh, when was it ever claimed that Soundwave is non-sentient? --[[User:Abates|abates]] 18:32, 29 April 2012 (EDT)

==Dark Energon==
Since Unicron has been killed, neutralised to vapor, whatever, shouldn't Dark Energon be useless ? And Why did they stop searching for other deposits and using it ? --[[User:SnipinScientist]] , 29 April 2012
:Why would Dark Energon be useless if Unicron is dead? There's no evidence it requires his will to revive the dead. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 18:34, 29 April 2012 (EDT)

== WTC ==
Sorry if this seems like a stupid question, but should it be noted that this is the first time the World Trade Center has been seen in a Transformers cartoon since 9/11? -- [[User:Spydersix|Spydersix]] 21:09, 29 April 2012 (EDT)
:Does the WTC actually appear? I don't see it in the shot of Manhattan at the end. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 22:51, 29 April 2012 (EDT)
::Look carefully at the last shot, it's over on the left side. It's the tower under construction that comes from under a cloud. -- [[User:Spydersix|Spydersix]] 22:54, 29 April 2012 (EDT)
:::It's also in the first half a second of the Tunnel Vision promo. -- [[User:Spydersix|Spydersix]] 22:59, 29 April 2012 (EDT)
::::So are we noting it? -- [[User:Spydersix|Spydersix]] 18:33, 30 April 2012 (EDT)
:::::If it can be proven with a screenshot.--[[User:Carrion|Carrion]] 16:47, 1 May 2012 (EDT)
::::::Why is this something that absolutely needs to be noted? [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 17:03, 1 May 2012 (EDT)
:::::::Carrion- Here it is. [[Image:WTC in Flying Mind.jpg|thumb|200px]] Interrobang- [[User: Abates|other]] [[User: Carrion|people]] seem to think its worthy to note, so..... -- [[User:Spydersix|Spydersix]] 17:07, 1 May 2012 (EDT)
::::::::I'm finding myself agreeing with Interrobang. There really is no reason to make a big deal out of this. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 17:09, 1 May 2012 (EDT)
:::::::::It woulda been notable if they'd accidentally used a shot with the old WTC in. The new one, probably not. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 17:23, 1 May 2012 (EDT)
::::::::::Okay. I'll still put in the picture, without the circle, just because the article needs images. -- [[User:Spydersix|Spydersix]] 17:30, 1 May 2012 (EDT)
:::::::::::Regardless, those black bars shouldn't be there in the final image. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 17:32, 1 May 2012 (EDT)
::::::::::::A contextless picture of Manhattan isn't an useful image for an episode's page. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 17:50, 1 May 2012 (EDT)

Talk:Main Page

2012-05-01T21:11:08Z

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THE FUNNY STAYS.
-The Management

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== Alternation suggestion ==

Should we get rid of "Alternation" 'cuz it's been there for two years. --[[User:Kaon Prisoner|Kaon Prisoner]] 19:36, 8 March 2011 (EST)
:Well, [[Alternation]] has only been there for two months, but I think once we get some translations for this ''United'' story that's coming out through eHobby, we could replace it with those. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 19:56, 8 March 2011 (EST)

So why haven't we done it yet? --[[User:Kaon Prisoner|Kaon Prisoner]] 16:34, 9 March 2011 (EST)

== Logo Characters ==

I've been thinking that the characters who sit behind our logo on the main page are a little boring in my opinion. Now, I know this site is not aboutopinions, but why not put some dofferent characters up there? Secifically, high pofile figures such as G1 O.P. and megatron rather than The Fallen and the colorful guy from that BotCon. Maybe change ROTF Starscream into G1 Starscream but the former is pretty well known I guess. So what I'm trying to say is: why not replace some of the lesser known characters with better known ones? --[[User:Megatron Prime|Megatron Prime]] 18:07, 14 April 2011 (EDT)
: Thank you for your input. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 18:12, 14 April 2011 (EDT)
:Ask yourself, is it reasonable to turn the tfwiki into a G1 hagiography? If anything, the front page should convey tfwiki's mentality straight up, and that is that no shit is too minor and that ''Transformers'' is respected as a brand that knows how to adapt and keep going. [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 02:08, 15 April 2011 (EDT)
::Plus the logo already has an Optimus Prime, a Megatron, a Bumblebee, a Starscream, and a Soundwave in the rotation. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 02:21, 15 April 2011 (EDT)
:::My best understanding is characters who are presently relevant (ie upcoming or just-released fiction) are put in the rotation. Prime characters and BotCon 2011 characters, basically. (hey, on that topic, shouldn't Motormaster, Wildrider and Cheetor be added to the rotation?) --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 02:42, 15 April 2011 (EDT)
Thank you for putting it into perspective. It was not my intention to convey that we should turn tfwiki into a
G1 hagiography or whatever. So is that to say that the next inductee into the Hall of Fame will be on the rotation?
--[[Special:Contributions/67.142.174.22|67.142.174.22]] 09:19, 15 April 2011 (EDT)
: We generally don't add anyone into the logo unless we get new full-body promotional art of them. That's why everyone is recent. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 09:47, 15 April 2011 (EDT)
:: Case in point: http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:TFWIKInet-SentinelPrimeDOTM.jpg --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 17:38, 15 April 2011 (EDT)

The rest of the Prime characters should go on IMHO

== Hall of Fame ==

The Hall of Fame section directly under the logo seems to me a bit outdated. How about noting Waspinator's victory now? - [[User:Queso|¡Usa El Queso!]] 22:00, 17 June 2011 (EDT)
:It's kinda more for site-relevant news. Normally it woulda been swapped out for another Hasbro Q&A, but there hasn't been one for some time. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 22:29, 17 June 2011 (EDT)
::Ah. Understood. - [[User:Queso|¡Usa El Queso!]] 19:50, 18 June 2011 (EDT)

== Crisscross ==

You guys should change the latest episode of Prime from [[Operation: Breakdown]] to [[Crisscross]]

== Dark of the Moon App ==

Please make a page for the Dark of the moon app for iDevices. I think people would like it!

[[Special:Contributions/24.11.137.121|24.11.137.121]] 18:52, 7 July 2011 (EDT)

== Loading errors ==

I always have problems with the site. It shows the error page constently. Please help me!

[[Special:Contributions/24.11.137.121|24.11.137.121]] 19:06, 7 July 2011 (EDT)

== Social Networking icons ==

I added [[Ravage (SG)]] to the social networking icons. The HTML code to overlay the text int he dead space to the left of him uses absolute positioning (a tch hacky) but browsershots.org shows it works in every major browser (as well as dozens I've never heard of.) Sooo... I'm leaving it. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 18:33, 26 August 2011 (EDT)

== TLAP Day ==

I just wanted to note how awesome this wiki looked today. Hurrah! - [[User:Queso|¡Usa El Queso!]] [[User talk:Queso|Complain here]] 00:09, 20 September 2011 (EDT)

...Now it's stuck on TLAP Day... possibly forever... [[Special:Contributions/69.19.14.26|69.19.14.26]] 16:33, 21 September 2011 (EDT)

::I doubt it will lart forever, matey.--[[User:Primo|Primo]] 18:09, 21 September 2011 (EDT)

Ye be right! We bein' back to normal, mateys! [[Special:Contributions/66.82.9.100|66.82.9.100]] 14:09, 22 September 2011 (EDT)

English (US) translation

You're right! We're back to normal, guys! [[Special:Contributions/66.82.9.100|66.82.9.100]] 14:09, 22 September 2011 (EDT)

== Facebook link ==

It no longer seems to work. Did the Facebook get deleted or something? --[[User:Abates|abates]] 22:23, 5 October 2011 (EDT)
:It works fine for me. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 00:43, 6 October 2011 (EDT)
::Hmmm, maybe it's because I don't have a Facebook account then. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 00:52, 6 October 2011 (EDT)

== Exiles ==
Shouldn't Exiles go on the "current releases" info-thing? [[User:BattleBlade|BattleBlade]] 20:09, 7 October 2011 (EDT)
:Yes, it should. I'm not sure where though. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 06:23, 8 October 2011 (EDT)
::Under United? That last area in that module ''was'' intended as sort of a miscellaneous catch-all for any new releases that don't fit the other categories. Alternatively, maybe under Prime? Isn't it in the same Aligned continuity? --[[Special:Contributions/67.252.49.31|67.252.49.31]] 10:20, 8 October 2011 (EDT)

== Tfwiki.info? ==

The link's pretty useless. Have you ever overlooked that problem? --[[Special:Contributions/66.82.162.19|66.82.162.19]] 15:56, 20 October 2011 (EDT)

::I concur with this. Is there another reason why that link is still up there? (Sorry if I'm overlooking something) --[[User:AutoUIMagnus299|AutoUIMagnus299]] 03:33, 20 November 2011 (EST)

== gathering ==

The page for Beast Wars The Gathering has been deleated. Why is that? ([[Special:Contributions/184.56.18.164|184.56.18.164]] 20:13, 4 November 2011 (EDT))
:It's still there at [[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering]]. Derik just got the link wrong when he got his bot to change all the links after it moved. I already brought it up on his talk page. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 20:24, 4 November 2011 (EDT)

== Logo Change ==

I think it wouldn't hurt if you changed the wiki logo in the top left corner from its current ''Animated'' look into a more ''Prime''-esque logo. {{unsigned|68.147.45.66}}
: I agree! Given that Aligned/Prime is the main continuity it would be fitting. I'd happily knock something up, but graphics is not my forte. - [[User:Yuppie|Yuppie]] 19:12, 2 December 2011 (EST)
I rather like the white/blue/red look we have now. Why? Because you can tell from a glance that we sure ain't that damn terrible Wikia site. Redoing this site in a Prime theme would necessitate a lot of darks and blacks, and that would get rid of that distinction. We've branded. I'd like to hem close to the brand we've established. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 19:34, 2 December 2011 (EST)
:[[Image:User_Yuppie_Test_TFWiki_Prime_Logo.jpg|right]]I agree the overall theme is great and instantly you know where you are, I wouldn't want the whole page to be changed, I just thought that it would be nice if the main logo was updated, even if it was just the 'TransFormers Wiki' part, i.e. leave the Autobot symbol. The Prime word logo would fit, and like with the current Animated one change the 'Prime' wording to 'WIKI', I've had a go on Paintbrush, apologies for quality, {{unsigned|Yuppie}}
::Our current logo also has "TFWIKI.NET" on it, but I'm hard pressed to see how to fit that in the Prime logo without it looking bad. Also I feel compelled to mention that the logo's restricted in size due to placement, and shrinking that logo down to fit makes the word "WIKI" nearly unreadable anyway. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 17:11, 3 December 2011 (EST)
:::What if we replaced the Prime-logo "Transformers" with "TFWIKI" (single line) and the light-slash-through-it "Wiki" with ".Net"? Use the fonts to actually depict our name. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 23:06, 3 December 2011 (EST)
::I didn't know this was a Transformers WtKt. --[[User:Andrusi|Andrusi]] 10:18, 8 December 2011 (EST)
Speaking of logo changing, i wanna know how u do that. Im having problems with my title in my own wiki & i need to know how to change it--[[User:Jazzerprime|Jazzerprime]] 2:45, December 19, 2011
:If it's on Wikia, they have a different way of doing it to how we do it here, so you'd be better off asking on their community central wiki. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 02:05, 19 December 2011 (EST)
::Thank u [[User:Jazzerprime|Jazzerprime]] 5:04, 19 December 2011

I'm not sure what it's called, but on the left hand side of the browser tab there is a little image of a G2 Autobot symbol. Before BotCon 2010 and its Generation 21: Redux that was a normal Autobot symbol. Is there any way to change it back to the original symbol? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 16:11, 1 May 2012 (EDT)
:No, our "favicon" was always a G2 Autobot symbol, since the beginning of time. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:27, 1 May 2012 (EDT)
::Huh. That's weird. I distinctly remember it being the other one. Oh well. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 16:49, 1 May 2012 (EDT)
:::It was the original Autobot symbol on Wikia. When we moved to our own hosting, we changed it to the G2 one. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 17:11, 1 May 2012 (EDT)

== Fall of Cybertron in Nav Bar? ==

I'm thinking we should add Fall of Cybertron to the Nav Bar once all the pages relating to the games have been cleaned up from their current state (streamlined is the word, as there are too many useless pages to navigate relating to the FOC "franchise"). Also, maybe add some FOC characters to the cycling picture on the main page too. Dark of the Moon came out months ago, and sure the toyline is still going, but it's about to be replaced by the "Movie Trilogy" line. I say replace DOTM with FOC, or leave it and add FOC on a new slot. --[[User:Kaymac192|Kaymac192]] 22:47, 19 December 2011 (EST)
: We can add FOC dudes to the cycling logo image once we have clean versions of them. As of now, we don't, probably because it's not coming out for another year. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 22:53, 19 December 2011 (EST)
:: I understand, but what of the Nav Bar? How many slots are allowed, or is it unlimited? I started wondering since I noticed WFC's slot got changed to Rescue Bots. And while that's well and good, perhaps FOC can have a slot, as we are getting more and more information each day it seems. --[[User:Kaymac192|Kaymac192]] 22:57, 19 December 2011 (EST)
:::Potentially we can have as many as we like, with the caveat of course that stuff underneath gets moved down further. Would be cool maybe to change the skin to have collapsing sections like Wikipedia's Vector skin does. I'm all for adding a Fall of Cybertron link once the Fall of Cybertron pages are streamlined. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 21:36, 21 December 2011 (EST)

== italics vs. quotation marks ==

I know I'm probably being a pain in the butt, but why every title in the "current releases" navbar is in quotation marks - except "Dark of the Moon" and "Switching Gears"? I'd change it, but since it's the main page, I'd rather ask first. Also, Happy New Year, guys. - [[User:Silver|Silvery]] 11:30, 31 December 2011 (EST)
:Here is {{SITENAME SHORT}}'s [[Help:Style guide#Titles|style guide on the subject]]. It doesn't list novels like Switching Gears, but I think they should be italicized. - [[User:Starfield|Starﬁeld]] 12:40, 31 December 2011 (EST)
::Thanks. I could've thought of checking guides... Anyway, I think we could add the books/novels sub-clause to the guide. - [[User:Silver|Silvery]] 11:08, 1 January 2012 (EST)

== Transformers Day ==

Though it may not be worth mentioning, a lot of Transformers shows and movies aired to day. First, Rescue Bots on the Hub at 11:30 am est. Then Revenge of the Fallen at 6:00 pm est on FX. Then season 2 of Prime and The Transformers: The Movie on the Hub.

My point is that so much Transformers was on today, it should be called Transformers Day. Was there any other day like this ever before with Transformers media?[[Special:Contributions/71.162.103.239|71.162.103.239]] 23:20, 18 February 2012 (EST)
:The Hub called today "Transformers Mega Saturday", but I think the FX airing of ROTF was a happy coincidence. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] 23:30, 18 February 2012 (EST)
::There have been times when on FX, Revenge of the Fallen is on, and on TNT, the first movie is on, at the same time.[[Special:Contributions/71.162.103.239|71.162.103.239]] 23:47, 18 February 2012 (EST)
::: In fact, it's happen twice.[[Special:Contributions/71.162.103.239|71.162.103.239]] 23:49, 18 February 2012 (EST)
::::Different networks do different things. The live action movies are popular films to air on TV. Such coincidental happenings are not uncommon. FX just happened to air ROTF on this day. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] 00:08, 19 February 2012 (EST)

== Fall of Cybertron Release Date ==
I thought the official release date for Fall of Cybertron was August 28? So why does it say August 31 in the schedule? -- [[User:Spydersix|Spydersix]] 18:00, 7 April 2012 (EDT)

== Google+ ==
Until [[User:Derik|Derik]] puts the G+ link in the picture, I'm going to put the link in the sentence above it. -- [[User:Spydersix|Spydersix]] 21:56, 30 April 2012 (EDT)
:People use Google+? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 22:12, 30 April 2012 (EDT)
::Haha, very funny. -- [[User:Spydersix|Spydersix]] 22:37, 30 April 2012 (EDT)

Talk:Starscream (Movie)

2012-05-01T21:06:46Z

Interrobang: Removing chatter.

==Accuracy disputes==
I've noticed that there is some argument about the accuracy of Starscream's toy. Some think that the vehicle mode is accurate, while others think not. Judging from the toy gallery on Seibertron.com, it looks very accurate except for the blasters formed from his hands, which are severly oversized compared to both the movie model and the toy itself. Other than this though, the majority of the figure seems to be pretty accurate.

:If you know anything about fighters, then you'll know its an appallingly bad representation of an F-22 Raptor (has details closer to a YF-22, if I recall correctly). Hasbro/Takara have unfortunately produced better F-22-type planes in the past with Energon Starscream, and the cancelled NATF swing-wing version of the fighter with G2 Hooligan. I'm not really surprised that most Transformers fans can't tell the difference, as they generally aren't that well-versed in military hardware. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 23:32, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
::Yeah, we tend to be more focused on consumer goods. --[[User:Andrusi|Andrusi]] 02:42, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

::To be perfectly honest, I will agree that it fits closer to the submodel than the main fighter, but at the same time I was looking at the two pictures side-by-side. In cases such as this, color is irrelevent considering Gen 1 Starscream was originally considered a highly unlikely paint-job for an F-15... until they adopted it. Admittedly, the arms and undercarriage do make the toy itself look less like the actual jet than the movie model, but they are also grossly different; Starscream's triple guns on his hands in the movie are MUCH smaller, and had to be enlarged for the toy to meet safety regulations. And while I do not exactly have a degree in the field, I do like to study up on military hardware, especially jets, tanks, and some of the newer guns (the XM-8 in particular). I was kind of hoping they'd go with the newer F-35B, but I think it was still in the experimental stage when the movie was being scripted. [[User:Dracokanji|Dracokanji]] 03:39, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
:::G1 Starscream's own hull colour is very similar to the grey they used on F-15s of the 80s. I don't recall that the USAF used any of G1 Starscream's decos, did they? As I explained on [[Talk:Starscream (G1)|G1 Starscream's talk page]], Classics Starscream's colour scheme was made up from photos of the F-15 prototype that the Air Force doctored... for some reason. Real one was light blue with rather bright orange.

:::The F-35 is a piece of overpriced crap compared to the Raptor. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 08:03, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

::::And you're SURE these photos are doctored, and they don't just have a few or even a single fighter in that color scheme (especially since it was a prototype)? if you can cite documented proof with a link specifically saying so, I'll accept it. I might add that while not a seperate series, G2 Starscream had a more salmon/coral and bluish color scheme than G1 did (pretty much what I saw on the F-15 photos). While the detailing isn't exactly the same, the colors are fairly close. I will also clairify that I didn't mean the Air Force didn't adopt the color scheme BECAUSE of G1, but they just happened to use a similar paint scheme at one time.
::::I'll also remind you that your OPINION of the F-35 is not a fact, but regardless of that I stand by my statement on it.
[[User:Dracokanji|Dracokanji]] 12:28, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

:::::Yeah, I am sure. One of the moderators over at Macross World (pretty much chock full of fighter enthusiasts there) provided me with a photo of an F-15 prototype in its original, ugly colours. Same pattern as Classics Starscream, but with a light blue hull colour and orange where red is. G1 SS's own hull colour is close to FS 36375, the main grey used on real F-15's of the 80's.

:::::As for my opinion on the F-35 Lightning II, its fine here on this talk page because its not in the actual article. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 16:26, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

== Barrel Roll Blaster ==

It's merchandise released to coincide with the movie, yes, but the jet mode isn't particularly based on the design of Movie Starscream, and the hand is pretty clearly based on G1 Starscream. Should the Barrel Roll Blaster be considered a toy for G1 Starscream instead of for Movie Starscream?

(And while we're at it, same thing for the [[Optimus_Prime_(Movie)#Merchandise|Big Rig Blaster]]--the trailer's very G1, the truck cab is halfway between G1 and Movie, and the hand's clearly G1.)

After all, Optimash and the Robot Heroes are getting listed among their G1 counterparts. Are the Nerf guys more G1 or movie?

[[User:Awa64|Awa64]] 08:15, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
:Amazing, almost as if the movie were part of the g1 continuity family... -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 08:26, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
::Not particularly, no, considering the design elements that ARE clearly movie or ARE clearly G1 are fairly distinct from one another. I'd say it's more like they were handled by a design team external to the Transformers brand... say, the Nerf team... and weren't given particularly clear instructions on whether to follow a G1 or a Movie aestetic. However, that's just baseless conjecture and is getting off-topic from the question at hand.--[[User:Awa64|Awa64]] 08:45, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
:::I'd say the real reason is they want to use these sculpts after the movie for other lines. I figger that's why the Prime one is some weird place between a flatnose and a longnose semi. You make the fist inside one of those movie claws, and that's gonna be incongruous if you redeco it for Animated or whatever. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 14:58, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
::::That makes just as much sense, if not more. But in any case... does that make them more G1 Character toys than Movie Character toys? --[[User:Awa64|Awa64]] 16:26, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
:::::No. Prime's got the flames, and Starscream's in solid gray. Movie roleplay. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:30, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
:::Way to harsh my hellow. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 08:51, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

==Mission City battle details==
In [http://transformers.wikia.com/index.php?title=Starscream_%28Movie%29&curid=13176&diff=76575&oldid=76454 this revision], FFN added several details including some stuff about the RBFATE that I wanted to get confirmation on: First, that Starscream ''rejoined'' the human raptor squardon and himself fired upon Megatron. Second, that this assault from the jets damaged Megatron's armor, providing a place for Sam to shove the All Spark in. Granted I've only seen the movie twice, but, I didn't pick up on either of those things, even remotely. Are those details from the novelization or comic adaptation? I feel like we should indicate in some way when expanding on movie synopses with supplemental material. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 00:18, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
: The last missile assault we see shows direct hits on the front of Megatron's chest, and pieces fly all over. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 00:32, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
:: However, although it's entirely possible that Starscream takes part in that attack, I don't believe there is enough evidence to state it conclusively in the wiki as it currently appears. It is spec. [[User:Swift|Swift]] 23:04, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
:::Watching the flick for the 3rd time I specifically looked for this... and dudes, I really don't think it's there. When bombarding Megatron, the F-22s are onscreen for about 1.5 seconds and at a pretty good distance. I didn't see any way to tell any of them apart, let alone identify one of them as Starscream. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 18:49, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
:::: From what i have seen there is some credebility to the claim. While there is no way to verify if Starscream fired on Megatron i beleive that after Starscream transforms into his altmode for the last time you see him barrel roll to the right as an order to pursue him is given. Immediately after the entire squadren pursues a raptor that is smoking. As far as I can tell that is not Starscream and the military haslost sight of him and mistakenly assumed that due to the heavy beating he has just taken that he must be the most damaged raptor. It trivially worth mentioning that Starscream appears to be fine in his last appearace and no such damage as would indicate that he actually was that plane. Addtionally I would just like to mention one thing, treating this as f it were all true; Starscream tricked the United States military into shooting down one of their own and might have then used that to his advantage to assassinate Megatron. I take back anything and everything i said about movie Starscream being out of character. {{unsigned|68.194.98.116}}

:What you describe here is that the film is ''consistent'' with the idea that Starscream participated in the attack. That is ''very differenet'' than if the film actually ''supported'' that viewpoint. From what have seen, including your description here, there is nothing in the film to support the idea. It is simply one of infinitely many things that are "possible" to have happened offscreen. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 07:01, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
::I should note that at the time of rewriting the fiction section, I did not originate the 'Starscream shooting Megatron' bit. I was unsure so I just left it there. I personally don't believe it until somebody officially confirms it. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 17:06, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

==Masterpiece==
Shouldn't the Masterpiece Starscream section be on the G1 page? -- [[User:Dark T Zeratul|Dark T Zeratul]] 02:13, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
:''"Though the toy is based on G1 Starscream, and the design has been used in appalling G1-universe fiction, it serves double duty as movie Starscream thanks to the Sector Seven alternate-reality game."''
:--[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 02:18, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
::But doesn't that mean that Grimlock, VW Bunblebee, Kickback, and Laserbeak should also get linked to the movie section? They were in the Sector 7 clips too.--[[User:Carrion|Carrion]] 02:43, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
:::I think those things should all be included as trivia notes, nothing more. Listing Masterpiece Starscream as one of Movie Starscream's toys seems highly dubious to me. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 02:48, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
:::Starscream's a unique instance, as he's a real movie character. But ff we had a page on N.B.E. Whatevernumber, I'd think that linking him to the G1 toy wouldn't be out of line. [[User:Chip|Chip]] 03:25, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

::::I kinda agree. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 03:03, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
:::::Weird that they have the same toy though, almsot liek the movie was part of the Generation 1 Continuity Family... -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:11, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

:::::You agree There should be a page for every NBE number, listing them as a seperate character?
:::::That doesn't sound like you Walky. -03:28, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Technically there isn't actually anything internal to the ARG that says that the NBE who was cited multiple times in 1982 is the same character as Movie Starscream, is there? --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 03:38, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

==Why Are We Including Stolen Toys?==
No, really, why? I thought it was against the rules to put up stuff that we only know about because somebody stole it. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]]
:Because I like to keep toy sections updated, and if I don't do it now, I'd forget and nobody else would bother. I almost forgot about the Vardia Starscream until I saw DS Starscream. Also, I don't think Hasbro really cares. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 04:57, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
::"Nobody else would bother" is utter bullshit. And WE care. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 05:18, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
:::No slight upon the contributions of other members or yourself, but the toy sections on this wiki that are largely neglected beg to differ with you. In fact, toys are among the most neglected sections of character articles on a wiki, which is understandable in a way (because people are here to read or write about the fiction, mostly). But neglected toy sections also does a disservice given how important toys are to Transformers, which is why I devote most of my time here on writing about the toys. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 06:55, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
::FFN, please adhere to [[Help:Coming_soon|our established policies]]. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 05:27, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
:FFN, I feel your pain. But use a HTML comment.
:'''<tt></tt>'''
:That way it's hidden from view, but even if you DO forget about it, the note is still there and some future editor'll un-hide it when they see it. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 05:25, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
::That policy needs some kind of time limit. Otherwise, [[:Category:Unreleased_toys|we seem kinda silly]]. [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 08:46, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
:::Which part now? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 13:00, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
:::I don't understand what you're getting at. That category is for toys that we know were planned, but for which any reasonable time-of-release is long passed. Granted I don't know how exactly quantifies that - except that most of those characters are from lines that have ended. If by some (not so) bizarre circumstance they end up being released later, we can always edit the relevant entries. --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 13:05, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
::::My point is that the policy is so broad that it applies to a lot of unreleased toys. "Any leaked toys [...] should not be included". It needs clarification, that's all. [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 20:15, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

==Present Tense==
I thought we had decided to keep present tense in the episode summaries and comic issue articles, not in the actual character articles themselves? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 17:07, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
:I believe you're right. I was overly ambitious, and apologize. I'll reset it.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 17:17, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

== Fighter Markings ==

I'm not sure if this belongs here, but the Deep Space Starscream toy section mentions Starscream's fighter markings as being those of an F-22 from Langley; while I haven't seen the toy in question, if it has the same markings as the high-res promo render picture, they're wrong. The tail markings are indeed Langley AFB, but the fuselage insignia is that of the 71st, an F-15 squadron (probably a G1 homage). This is setting aside the fact that he shouldn't have Langley markings at all - theoretically got his alt-mode from a Raptor prototype, which would put him at Edwards with the 412th (and indeed in the movie he's shown at Edwards).

==Quote==

Should we have one that's a bit more reflective of the profile? [[User:Eire]] 02.01 UTC April 29th 09
Seriously, the first doesn#t suit the profile and that veiled threat one is horrible [[User:Eire]] 20.05 April 29 09 (UTC)
:I'd favor dumping both if we could find a quote that's representative of his character. The problem is he has almost ''no'' lines in the movie, and his dialog in RoS is too self-serving to be representative. We'd end up with something like "you know what conquest is made of," as a fanboy-pleasing quote that illuminates nothing about the character. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 15:15, 29 April 2009 (EDT)

=="poorly edited"==

''His manual's main picture (at least in Europe) is a badly edited one.''

I can't see anything wrong with any of the main pictures in the manual. Feel free to correct me though. [[Special:Contributions/82.41.72.10|82.41.72.10]] 19:18, 1 August 2009 (EDT)

== starscream's intro ==

i just want to know, how is he a hero at all. the whole hero on the wrong side thing is wrong. starscream is a bad guy he will kill to get what he wants. just watch the movies
i didnt see no hero there. {{unsigned|75.30.105.232}}
:Read IDW's comics. That's where the hero part is introduced. [[User:Metal Gear NOIZE|Metal Gear NOIZE]] 20:59, 1 August 2009 (EDT)

ok, the makes some sense then, but isnt he evil and this is the movie page, he was clearly a bad guy in the movie. i guess i think it is poorly stated. maybe a hero gone bad or hero turned villain would make more sense to his character i think. {{unsigned|75.30.105.232}}
:The "Movie" in the page title is because he is the character from the movie franchise. The article also covers the character's appearances in the tie-in comics and has to take them into account in the intro. Also, please sign your talk page comments. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 21:52, 1 August 2009 (EDT)

== Battle for the Allspark toys out ==

When this page is deemed unprotectable, can someone update the Battle for the Allspark section under Merch? This is out now (at least its in a Target near me).--[[User:SuzyP|SuzyP]] 23:36, 1 August 2009 (EDT)
:It's only protected against unregistered and new users. You should be able to edit it. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 23:54, 1 August 2009 (EDT)

== Picture ==

Alright, who changed the mainpic? --[[User:-Blackout-|-Blackout-]] 11:53, 4 September 2009 (EDT)
:No, really, what happened to the pic of Starscream's ROTF body? That one looked slightly better. --[[User:-Blackout-|-Blackout-]] 12:21, 12 September 2009 (EDT)

:That was me. I overided the first image, and then I changed it back, and forgot to upload the new image.[[User:Homey|Homey]] 11:51, 2 October 2009 (EDT)
::You guys should have left it alone. It is our general policy to use images of a character's most well-known body over the latest one. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 13:00, 2 October 2009 (EDT)
::Also, file size dude. 271 KB. Really? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 13:04, 2 October 2009 (EDT)
:::Great. Another Big Gay Edit War.
:::Since our staff didn't object the last time it was changed back to the original image (when Homey uploaded ROTF renders over our original images, which is a big no-no) it can be assumed that people like it the way it was. Besides, this was evidently done months ago. Why fiddle with it now? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 13:19, 2 October 2009 (EDT)
::::The ROTF version is the same body, just greebled, and it has more pleasing proportions. The TF2007 promo renders of Starscream were universally fugly. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 15:01, 2 October 2009 (EDT)
:::::I'm all for the new image of Starscream myself, however -Blackout- shrunk it down waaaay too much, so I took the original and scaled it down less. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 15:37, 2 October 2009 (EDT)
::::::Well, I did take at least 30% height and 30% width off it, so yeah. I shrunk it down too much. --[[User:-Blackout-|-Blackout-]] 03:05, 3 October 2009 (EDT)

:::::: Did I really start all this? The newer picture is the same body with tatoos, and isn't as blurry anyway.[[User:Homey|Homey]] 20:24, 3 October 2009 (EDT)

==Split?==
Can someone split off the toy section, please? It's about time. [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 03:49, 15 November 2009 (EST)
==Reign of Starscream==
I retract what I said. Forgive the waste of time and space.--[[User:Chipmonk328|Chipmonk328]]

== The article doesn't say why it is in [[:Category:Repurposed toys]]. ==

The article doesn't say why it is in [[:Category:Repurposed toys]]. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 13:42, 9 June 2010 (EDT)

== Head vents ==

He is also the only Starscream to never have those "vents" on the sides of his head in-fiction.--[[User:Primo|Primo]] 16:30, 26 April 2011 (EDT)
:[[Starscream (Prime)]] doesn't have head vents either. -- [[User:Semysane|Semysane]] 18:26, 26 April 2011 (EDT)
::Look closer, he actually does.--[[User:Primo|Primo]] 20:00, 27 April 2011 (EDT)
:::It's easy to see [[:Image:DarknessRising1-Starscreamsneer.jpg|here]]. --[[User:Primo|Primo]] 20:02, 27 April 2011 (EDT)
::::[[:Image:Girlyscream1.jpg|Hello.]] --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 20:29, 27 April 2011 (EDT)
:::::And Marvel G1 Starscream consistently only had one vent, not two, when he was drawn by Jose Delbo. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 20:42, 27 April 2011 (EDT)

[[:Image:Starscreammovieheadshot.jpg|Pretty blatant cheek-vents there.]]--[[User:Carrion|Carrion]] 22:45, 27 April 2011 (EDT)
::::DAMMIT!I just wasted space writing that first thing.... --[[User:Primo|Primo]] 22:53, 27 April 2011 (EDT)
::Then that mean [[Starscream (BWII)]] is the only one without head vents...--[[User:Primo|Primo]] 18:22, 28 April 2011 (EDT)
:::I'm not sure why it friggin' matters, dude. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 18:28, 28 April 2011 (EDT)
::::Seriously. Add stuff that's at least somewhat interesting, not just because you can. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 19:00, 28 April 2011 (EDT)

==Suggested Fair Game Date==

Who suggests the suggested fair game date? Can someone else suggest tht it be later than the release of the movie? some of us who dont want to sit in the bottom right corner of the crouded theatre on opening day still dont want spoilers.
Even though you'd be stupid to read the Dark of the moon section if you dont want spoilers, once it's there, the info spreads to trivia and the intro paragraph and there's no escaping it.
Maybe try white-on-white spoilers. Use white font colour on the white page so people have to highlight it to read it. That;s what some wikis do. and restrict the spreading of spoilers to other sections.
[[Special:Contributions/96.50.210.249|96.50.210.249]] 02:33, 29 June 2011 (EDT)
: If you don't want movie spoilers, avoid all movie pages. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 02:50, 29 June 2011 (EDT)

Talk:Flying Mind

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Bluestreak (G1)

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:''Bluestreak is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]. He is also known as '''Silverstreak'''.''

[[Image:G1 Bluestreak boxart.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I'm f***ing PONDEROUS, man. PONDEROUS, f***in' PONDEROUS.]]
'''Bluestreak''' is a talker. He talks a lot. Any subject, any time of the day, his lips are flapping while his Autobot comrades are rolling their eyes. Could be about things on Earth, could be about things on Cybertron, could be about just about anything, but the point is, y'know, he's talking. Words are coming out of his mouth in a near constant prattling stream. Some think he's vapid, that his mouth just moves a billion times faster than his brain, if his brain is moving at all. Or they imagine that he's a fool who doesn't know when to shut up, that he drones on and on and on and on because maybe he just likes to hear himself speak or something.

His friends realize, however, that his jabbering hides a deeper pain. At the beginning of the [[Great War (G1)|war]], Bluestreak's [[Praxus|home city]] was totally destroyed by [[Decepticon]]s. He was the only survivor. It's as if by talking he tries to drown out his own fears and memories somehow. "There's some demons runnin' loose inside that boy," says [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], "and sometimes I think they grab hold of him and won't let him go." He hated war, he still does, but ever since, he's hated Decepticons even more. It is odd to see a bot of peace so willingly take up arms, but Bluestreak's got a score to settle.

Talk may be cheap, but it keeps him sane.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
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[[Image:Bluestreakandthereshallcome.jpg|left|150px|thumb|"The War Within" forgot about this design... thankfully!]]
''Millions of years ago on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Bluestreak was escorted by [[Fusion]] on a mission to deliver shatter bombs to the Autobot military commander [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Fusion was focused on picking off the Decepticon jets which were hounding his partner when a blast from one of these Decepticons killed Fusion. Bluestreak was able to complete the mission thanks to his friend's efforts, but he swore revenge. {{storylink|And There Shall Come...a Leader!}}''

[[Image:Miragebluestreakfirst.jpg|right|250px|thumb|You can taste his sarcasm. To be fair, nobody likes Mirage.]]
Bluestreak arrived on [[Earth]] with his fellow Autobots four million years ago and remained inactive until 1984. Along with [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]], Bluestreak was one of the less sympathetic of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'s crew when it came to humans. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} In an early mission in the [[United Kingdom]], he provided covering fire for an Autobot convoy, using his sharpshooting skills to knock [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] out of the sky with '''one shot'''. Don't mess. {{storylink|Man of Iron (story)|Man of Iron}}

He suggested repairing the Ark and simply abandoning Earth's people to the Decepticons after learning that [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] had allegedly provided their foes with a fuel conversion process while he was their prisoner. Despite their conflicting views, Optimus Prime still recognized Bluestreak's skill as a sharpshooter and chose him to be one of the five Autobots recharged in the [[Chambers of Transference]], in the hopes that at least some Autobots would be at full capacity when the inevitable Decepticon attack came. When it did, Bluestreak was brazen enough to attack [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] himself, head-on. Despite their temporary victory, the battle-weary Autobots were blindsided by the returning Decepticon [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], who knocked them all down with a single blast. {{storylink|The Last Stand}}

Bluestreak was next seen being hung from the ceiling of the Ark, prepared by Shockwave to be used as spare parts for the next generation of Decepticons. {{storylink|The New Order}} [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], the only surviving Autobot, managed to re-secure the Ark, and Bluestreak was subsequently rebuilt. {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}}

[[Image:Bumblebeebluestreakbrainstorm.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Will talk without end for forever about nothing at all, yet doesn't mention that Prowl is speaking from Ratchet's body.]] Ratchet was able to rebuild Bluestreak and the others after he retook the Ark, with help from the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}} During a mission to stop [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] from broadcasting a transmission to their Decepticon brethren back on Cybertron, Bluestreak was one of the first Autobots to confront the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. This effort almost ended badly when the Constructicons revealed they could merge into the mighty [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], but Bluestreak and the others were saved by Huffer and the human trucker [[Bomber Bill]]. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}} It soon became apparent to the Autobots that [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]'s life was in danger so long as he carried the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] while the Decepticons kept hostage the head of Optimus Prime, so Bluestreak and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] were assigned to guard him. Bluestreak's embarrassing line of questioning about what [[Kiss|kissing]] entailed was interrupted when he and Bumblebee were assaulted by the Decepticon prototype warrior [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. After he suffered heavy wounds, his life was saved once again by a human; Buster Witwicky used the power of the Creation Matrix to disassemble Jetfire before their eyes. {{storylink|Brainstorm!}}

[[Image:Newyorkunderbase.jpg|right|150px|thumb|And the rest... is silence.]]
While Bluestreak and Bumblebee were helping Buster, Optimus Prime had been restored, but not without cost to the Autobot ranks. To help offset this, Bluestreak and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] assisted with the [[Rite of the Autobrand]] on Jetfire, whom Optimus Prime had recently given life. {{storylink|Rock and Roll-Out!}}

''During the Dinobot Hunt, Bluestreak was sent with [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] to [[Doonstown]] to capture the berserk [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], but they were surprised to find Grimlock locked in battle with [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]. Bluestreak was the first member of the team down, deactivated by the crazed Dinobots before he had a chance to react.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}}

During Grimlock's command, Bluestreak watched Grimlock fight [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]] for Autobot leadership. Bluestreak left the Ark to cheer beside the other Autobots. {{storylink|Totaled!}} He battled the [[Underbase]]-empowered [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] in [[New York City]], but not before some choice words. Starscream noted that Bluestreak spoke "freely, but foolishly," and ended his life, and others', with little effort. {{storylink|Dark Star}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Casey Kasem]] (English), [[Kōki Kataoka]] (Japanese) [[Katsumi Suzuki]] ("Attack of the Autobots" and "Day of the Machines" only), [[Ulises Cuadra]] (Latin American)

[[Image:MTMTE3 Bluestreak rescues Ironhide.jpg|thumb|right|240px]]
Bluestreak was one of the original crew members of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] when it set off from Cybertron in search of new sources of fuel and energy. Attacked en route by the Decepticon flagship ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', the Ark crashed into a volcano, and the Autobots lay dormant for millions of years. When the volcano erupted and activated [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] in 1984, Bluestreak was reformatted into a Datsun 280Z. Shortly after Hound and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] discovered [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s plans, Bluestreak was part of the Autobot battle group dispatched to follow Megatron's raid on an off-shore oil rig, despite not having been ordered to do so. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

After rescuing the humans, he was also among the Autobots who responded to the Decepticon attack on [[Sherman Dam]] and the [[ruby crystal mines of Burma]]. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}}. Then, when the Decepticons managed to extricate themselves from the mine explosion, Bluestreak and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] took to the air and engaged in a dogfight with [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. He avoided injury, but abandoned the chase when Ironhide was shot down and managed to drag his friend to safety after a water landing. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}

[[Image:G1 Prowl Bluestreak Rollforit.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Prowl always dreads the family reunions.]]
After Megatron was seemingly lost forever inside the [[space bridge]], the Autobots thwarted an ill-planned Decepticon attack on yet another hydroelectric power plant under the command of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]. Chasing after the escaping Decepticons, Bluestreak managed to damage both Starscream and Thundercracker significantly with a single blast from his shoulder cannons. He and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] followed the fleeing villains to a human aircraft hangar, from which the Decepticons were scavenging parts. Bluestreak accused Starscream of having a [[manifold]] for a mouth. It was hilarious, but both Autobots were outnumbered when Soundwave unleashed Ravage. Fortunately, their human friend [[Chip Chase]] took control of Prowl's systems and sent the Decepticons packing. {{storylink|Roll for It}}

Bluestreak accompanied Ironhide, [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]], and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] to Cybertron to get a [[cosmitron]] for the dying [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. He was attacked by the [[Rainmaker]]s' [[acid rain]] just outside of [[Wheeljack's workshop]] and was nearly deactivated. Once given a pep talk by [[Chip Chase]], he shot down the Rainmakers, enabling the Autobots to get the cosmitron. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}} Bluestreak was present during the unveiling of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and responded in awe. Later on, he was with the Autobots during the Decepticon ambush at the [[Great Falls]]. He shot at [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], but was unable to hit him. Defeated, the Autobots were all tied up by the Decepticons. [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] used Bluestreak's bolt gun to give the Autobots an instant recharge {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}} Bluestreak was in the Autobot group who flew with [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] to [[Peru]]. He fried Laserbeak during one of the skirmishes, and used his lights so Skyfire could see Wheeljack. {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain}} When the New Dinobots were created, Bluestreak was one of the Autobots selected for a mock battle against [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]. He was defeated along with the rest of the group and jokingly commented on the battle saying they would have won if it was real... Maybe. {{storylink|War of the Dinobots}}

[[Image:UltimateDoom2 Bluestreak and Windcharger.jpg|thumb|right|260px]]
Bluestreak's skill as a gunner was frequently employed in combat. On one occasion, [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] was trying to fly off with [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], and Bluestreak was able to target and shoot one of the tin turkey's legs without hitting Spike to free him. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} When the Autobots surfed towards the Decepticons, he was the first to notice the tidal wave about to engulf the group. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 3}} He was present with the rest of Autobots during the staged battle between Optimus Prime and Megatron. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

Some of Bluestreak's spare parts were used on Sparkplug's [[Autobot X]], including one of the door-wings. Later Bluestreak was one of the Autobots that went to go help Autobot Spike during his confusion. {{storylink|Autobot Spike}} Bluestreak was one of the Autobots that reacted to a Decepticon attack at a mining colony and also present at the Ark when Megatron's solar needle caused an avalanche. He had to run away from a boulder to avoid being crushed by it. {{storylink|Changing Gears}} Bluestreak accompanied Optimus Prime to [[New York City]] to stop Megatron from converting the city into his base. He was the first to notice Prime's missing arm on top of the [[Empire State Building]] and later blasted a subway car piloted by Frenzy. {{storylink|City of Steel}}

[[Image:Bluestreakg1.jpg|left|240px|thumb|You get the feeling Blurr trained under this guy at some point.]]
Bluestreak was a victim of Megatron's [[personality destabilizer device]] that was placed in the Autobots' recharging chambers. Once under Decepticon control, Bluestreak attacked Bumblebee and tried to make him recharge, but was disabled by [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]. After regaining consciousness, he was the first to be brought back using Sparkplug's new invention, the [[attitude exchanger]]. Afterward, he accompanied Jazz and Sparkplug to return the other Autobots to normal. When they needed to get Skyfire's attention, Bluestreak fired at him with the results they wanted. {{storylink|Attack of the Autobots}}

Bluestreak was present in the Ark when Cliffjumper first accused Mirage of being a traitor and also present later when Mirage was being repaired and Cliffjumper was accusing him again. {{storylink|Traitor}} Bluestreak was the second Autobot to be hit by the Immobilizer when the Autobots went to retrieve it. {{storylink|The Immobilizer}}

[[Image:Immobilizer Bluestreak immobilized.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Bluestreak participated in the Autobot race for charity. He was hit by the [[Transfixatron]], rendering him unable to transform. Then [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] disabled him. He was later one of the first to be restored by the [[anti-transfixation grenade]]. {{storylink|The Autobot Run}} Bluestreak assisted with the Autobot attempt to recapture the irreplaceable robot ninja [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]] for the famous scientist [[Doctor Fujiyama the Famous Scientist|Doctor Fujiyama]] after the Decepticons turned her against humanity. Optimus Prime was insistent the Autobots not shoot or harm Nightbird, but Bluestreak saved Prime anyway from the attacking ninja by cleanly shooting Nightbird's laser sword out of her hands. {{storylink|Enter the Nightbird}}

Bluestreak was around when the Autobots were confused about who was the real Optimus Prime when Megatron's clone infiltrated the Autobot base. {{storylink|A Prime Problem}} He was part of the attack against the Decepticons to try to get [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] on the Autobot side. He succeeded in knocking all three seeker jets out of the sky with a missile barrage, but was later kicked down by Devastator. {{storylink|The Core}} Bluestreak suddenly appeared in the group of Autobots that attacked the Decepticons in [[South America]]. {{storylink|Microbots}} Bluestreak was present when Optimus Prime thanked Spike, Carly, and the Dinobots for what they did for the Autobots. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}}

Bluestreak was in the group of Autobots that responded to the distress call from the [[Haley Observatory]]. They were late and Megatron got away with the [[Voltronic Galaxer]]. {{storylink|Blaster Blues}} Bluestreak was part of the second Autobot group that tried to attack the electrum-covered Decepticons, but was defeated. He was later present in the battle at the golden lagoon, which ended in victory for the Autobots {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon}} When [[Kremzeek]] attacked Bluestreak was one of the many Autobots deactivated before [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] was able to coat a few with insulating foam. {{storylink|Kremzeek!}}

[[Image:TripleTakeover Bluestreak Altmode.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Bluestreak entered [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]'s zone defense around the football stadium, but was severely damaged and built into a throne by [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}} When the Decepticons took control of the [[Key to Vector Sigma]], Bluestreak left the base when the Autobots left to attack them. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

[[Image:TransEuropeExpress riding Wildrider.jpg|thumb|right|240px]]
Along with several fellow Autobots, Bluestreak participated in the [[Europa 2000]], an international charity race stretching from Paris to Istanbul. When the arrogant racing driver [[Auggie Cahnay (G1)|Auggie Cahnay]] cut across Bumblebee, an indignant Bluestreak helped his understandably angry friend catch up to the American and attempt to teach him some manners. Later, after running afoul of the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], Bluestreak learned of Megatron's plan for the [[Pearl of Bahoudin]] from [[Teranova|Professor Teranova]] and deduced that the missing Autobots must have been disabled by the Stunticons. After Cahnay's car was stolen by the Decepticons to use as raw materials for a weather control machine, Bluestreak allowed the hotshot driver to race him to victory at the finish line. Together, Bluestreak, [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] and Bumblebee headed out to confront the Decepticons, but when the Pearl was lost in a tornado, Megatron unleashed [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] onto the Autobots. Ironically, it was Cahnay who defeated Menasor by sacrificing his car, much to the Bluestreak's surprise. {{storylink|Trans-Europe Express}} Bluestreak was at the Autobot base after the Stunticons were captured by the other Autobots. {{storylink|Masquerade}}

In the year 2005, Bluestreak helped [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] move a roadblock on [[Lookout Mountain]], just before [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] crashed through it. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

{{note|The noticeable lack of shoulder cannons means the [[Character model|animation model]] used for Bluestreak's brief appearance in ''The Transformers: The Movie'' was actually Prowl's.}}

====''Story of Binaltech''====
[[Image:BinaltechStreakBoxArt.jpg|thumb|250px|Doors of silver, nerves of steel.]]
Suffering from the [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] virus, Bluestreak was one of the first Autobots reconstructed using [[Binaltech]] technology. Alongside [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], he helped [[Earth Defense Command]] drive the Decepticons off of Earth. Bluestreak continued serving on Earth at Autobot City, under [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]'s overall command. {{storylink|Binaltech Is...}}

As the conflict raged on, thanks to the time- and space-warping actions of both [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and a mysterious entity known as [[Optimus Primal|The Protector]], the events of the Binaltech conflict were branched off to become their own, distinct parallel universe (the "BT World") separate from the "mainstream" timeline. {{storylink|Binal Time}}

{{Note|At this point, the original timeline was retroactively restored and the events of the ''Story of Binaltech'' diverged into a parallel universe. Exactly how many (if any) of the events related in this section, even prior to the divergence, occurred in the original unaltered timeline are unknown.}}

When the spark of Prowl from the "BT World" was lost in interdimensional [[subspace]], it re-emerged in the mainstream timeline, and was discovered by Bluestreak and the other Autobots. Soon after, a strange energy surge came across the dimensions from the "BT World" and made contact with Prowl's spark, driving into a dangerously unstable state. To save the life of this Prowl he had never even known, Bluestreak tracked the energy back across the dimensions and traveled to the "BT World", meeting up with the local versions of [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and "[[Prowl II]]" (a duplicate Prowl housing the consciousness of [[Chip Chase]]). The pair brought him back to the Autobots' headquarters, where he explained the situation to Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Unfinished Business, Part 1}}

Jazz used the data Bluestreak had brought with him to pinpoint the source of the energy surge. During the subsequent raid, Bluestreak and the Autobots discovered that the surge was the work of [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] and the [[Concurrence]], who were using a subspace node to drain energy from Prowl's spark, which they then used to power a giant robot made of synthetic [[electrum]]. Once Jazz had taken out the node, Bluestreak took down the robot with some well-placed shots. They were then contacted by [[Overdrive]] from Bluestreak's dimension, who reported that Prowl's spark had stabilized, but that it would be too dangerous to send it back through subspace unshielded. Instead, Chip's consciousness was removed from the "Prowl II" body and returned to his human frame, and the Binaltech shell was then taken back across the dimensions by Bluestreak so Prowl's spark could be implanted in it. {{storylink|Binaltech|Unfinished Business, Part 2}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
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When the Autobot/Decepticon war first erupted over 8.7 million years ago, Bluestreak's home city-state of [[Praxus]] was utterly destroyed. ''The entire population of Praxus was killed, with Bluestreak, who had been protected by [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]'s troops, being the sole exception. This was a deliberate action on Megatron's part, as he wanted a sole survivor to bear witness to his power, and spread his message of terror.'' {{storylink|Hardwired}} Originally a merchant, Bluestreak then joined the Autobot army. 500,000 years later, he visited his friend [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optronix]] at the [[Vaults]] and related [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s death, {{storylink|The War Within issue 1}} and later served in the last-ditch attempt to defend [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] from [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s forces. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}}

7.4 million years ago, Bluestreak remained with the Autobot faction after the apparent death of Optimus Prime. He and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] remained at [[Autobase]] while [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] led a task force against [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. While there, they met [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and apprised him of the current situation on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Devastation}} 1.4 million years later, Bluestreak and an Autobot/Decepticon/[[Ultracon]] force helped defend a peace ceremony at [[Tyger Pax]] from the [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]]. They were successful against the Predacons, but soon fell before the return of Megatron, and his [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]], ushering in the Age of Internment. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}}

Bluestreak was among the crew of the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' when it crashed on [[Earth]] 4 million years ago, and awoke in 1984 to battle the Decepticons. After years of fighting, Bluestreak and the other Autobots took part in [[Operation Liberation]] in 1998, a joint human/Autobot operation that defeated and captured the Earth-bound Decepticons. However, the ''[[Ark II]]'', which was meant to convey the Autobots, the captured Decepticons, and a number of humans back to Cybertron, was sabotaged by General [[Robert Hallo]], sending Bluestreak and his comrades to the bottom of the [[Arctic Ocean]].

Bluestreak was later recovered by the sinister [[Lazarus]], and his deactivated form was used to power [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron's]] deadly metal virus weapon, after the Decepticons broke free of Lazarus's control. By the time he was rescued by Optimus Prime, Bluestreak's energy had been almost fatally depleted. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}}

''Bluestreak recovered, however, and rejoined his newly active comrades. He was with Optimus Prime and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] in Tokyo, Japan, trying to rebuild their rep with the humans when Megatron attacked. During the battle, a lattice of red and blue energy struck down from the heavens, scooping up the four Transformers and over 200 humans in the immediate area, blasting them back out into space. Their hosts were a group of enigmatic beings known as the [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]], who were transporting them through deep space to their base of operations, the [[Labyrinth]]. During their travels, Bluestreak was forced to experience a full-sensory recreation of Praxus, and its last hours before Megatron destroyed it. The Keepers also showed Bluestreak, for the first time, how Megatron used him as a messenger of doom. Horrified at the part he unwittingly played in the Decepticon war engine, Bluestreak swore to destroy Megatron.''

''In the Labyrinth, the Keepers forced the Transformers to participate in battledome combat, fighting alien opponents and each other, with their lives and the lives of the humans taken with them hanging in the balance. Bluestreak and Jazz were forced to fight each other to the death amidst a random assortment of humans, held in place around the battledome by the Keepers' power. Failure to continue the battle resulted in a "penalty", where the Keepers would callously murder the humans to keep the Autobots fighting, but the fighting itself was just as potentially dangerous for the civilians in the arena. The battle only ended when Bluestreak deliberately took a critical blast from Jazz's [[photon rifle]] in order to save one of the humans from certain death. The Keepers forced Jazz to finish the job, executing his friend at point blank range to avoid any additional deaths. Bluestreak died consoling Jazz that he had done the right thing.'''

''But he did not die for long. After the Keepers were revealed as vast techno-organic lifeforms, Optimus Prime was able to manipulate the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] to help bring him, Megatron, Jazz and the surviving humans back home. Unfortunately, the Keepers came too, having assembled a menagerie of host bodies for themselves in order to more directly interact with other beings. One of those host bodies was Bluestreak's animated corpse. {{storylink|Hardwired}}''

When Shockwave came to Earth and announced that the Autobot/Decepticon wars were over and that the two factions had been united, Bluestreak was more than skeptical, suggesting it was a trick. The memory of his destroyed home-city still haunted him, and he would not believe the same beings who killed innocents could change their ways. His views clashed those of with [[Gears (G1)|Gears]], who did not see the point in fighting wars that had been ended. {{storylink|New World Order}} Despite his objections, Bluestreak was among the Autobots who joined Optimus Prime in surrendering to Shockwave's lieutenant, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} Ferried back to Cybertron by [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], Bluestreak and the others were imprisoned and scheduled for execution, but were freed by [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] and taken to an underground hideout. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} He fought in the battle to retake Iacon and witnessed Shockwave activating the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. Victorious, Bluestreak and his comrades began to rebuild their planet. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

Shortly after Ultra Magnus recovered from injuries he suffered when the Autobots overthrew Shockwave, Bluestreak and the rest of the Ark's crew were approached by Prowl about returning to Earth. {{storylink|Original Sin}} Prowl wanted to establish a more permanent Autobot presence on Earth, due in part to some curious data he had come across while researching the clone entity known as [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]. Bluestreak was by far the most talkative of the Autobots at the meeting, weighing in on both sides of the discussion as the debate over returning raged back and forth. Unfortunately for Bluestreak, no one was listening to a word he said. {{storylink|Atonement}} Prowl eventually convinced all of the Ark's crew to return with him and begin construction of [[Autobot City]] on Earth, and they departed from Cybertron shortly thereafter. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}}

===Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' comics===
[[Image:GIJoevsTF5_Autobots.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]
Bluestreak was among the deactivated Transformers found, rebuilt and reprogrammed by [[Cobra]], who proceeded to use the alien robots for their plan to conquer the world. Along with Prowl, Bluestreak now transformed into a Cobra [[Firebat]] jet, but was eventually freed from the humans' control by [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack's]] tampering. Joining Prowl, [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Gears (G1)|Gears]], he confronted [[Cobra Commander]] and fought against his [[S.N.A.K.E.]] guards. Bluestreak was horrified when [[Storm Shadow]] killed Trailbreaker during the fight, but the shock quickly turned to anger, and he and his comrades attacked the human and ripped his mech apart. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}} Bluestreak was later seen fighting Decepticon [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] in the sky when the [[SPS Satellite]] went out of control and started firing at [[Cobra Island]] randomly. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 6|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6}}

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===IDW ''Hearts of Steel'' comics===
Bluestreak was among the Autobot forces who fought the Decepticons on Earth in the distant past until an incoming ice age threatened to deactivate all the Transformers. Both sides went into hiding underground until the danger had passed, remaining in stasis until the mid-19th century. When they woke up, the war against the Decepticons started anew, though Bluestreak was not seen partaking in any of the action. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}}

=== IDW comics continuity ===
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Early in the Cybertronian civil war, Bluestreak was part of an extraction team led by [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] that retrieved a damaged Jazz and Tracks from their skirmishing with the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s. Bluestreak's sharpshooting skills took out [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] just in time to keep Jazz on-line. {{storylink|Spotlight: Jazz}}

Silverstreak would become the longest-standing patient of Autobot psycho-analyst [[Rung]], presumably due to his survivor's guilt over the destruction of [[Praxus]]. {{storylink|Bullets}}

Four million years ago, <strike>Bluestreak</strike> <strike>Silverstreak</strike> good ol' Streak was present at a victory celebration after the Autobots successfully prevented a supply of energon from reaching the enemy camp. He was too busy getting drunk on energon to really heed [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]'s security concerns about a [[Axer|suspicious-looking Autobot]] at the party. {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

Roughly 500 years ago, Bluestreak was on Blaster's orbital array during the Decepticons' post-[[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] advance, shortly before the planet was abandoned, and fought against their final big push. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

Much later, Bluestreak was in command of the Autobot tactical response unit, seen briefly on the Autobots' orbital command hub. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1}} On [[Varas Centralus]], in the Kol system, Bluestreak's unit was joined by the [[Wrecker]]s during Phase Six. The Wreckers assaulted the Decepticon [[Infiltration protocol|siege mode armature]], but Bluestreak kept his own squad out of the fighting, citing the planet as a lost cause. [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] attempted to talk Bluestreak into attacking the Decepticons with the Wreckers, before Springer's crew were pulled from Varas Centralus to deal with the crisis created by the revival of [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]. The final fate of Varas Centralus is unknown, but probably could be categorized as "not good". {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2}}

Bluestreak later returned to [[Autobot Orbital Command Hub]] in order to greet [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] personally upon his revival. Because he had been present on the orbital array when Blaster was first attacked and went missing centuries ago, however, Bluestreak was one of the Autobots (along with [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] and Mirage) suspected of trying to assassinate Blaster. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

[[Image:IdwBluestreakSilverstreak.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Oh, come on!]]

At some point, Bluestreak changed his name to "Silverstreak" and ended up on Earth. He was among the Autobots who grew sick of hiding on the planet and joined [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] when he defected. {{storylink|New Arrivals, Old Encounters}} Despite this, he was seen with the Autobots who stayed behind, cheering for [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] when he was chosen to lead them. {{storylink|The Hanging Sword}} Silverstreak helped with the construction of the space cruiser alongside Hot Rod and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]'s united faction. {{storylink|Seasons in Flight}}

{{note|Bluestreak's appearance in [[The Transformers: Bumblebee]] may simply be an error. Another possibility, though less likely, is that Bluestreak and Silverstreak are two different characters in IDW, much like Bumblebee and [[Goldbug (IDW)|Goldbug]] or [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]].}}

Like many Autobots, Silverstreak had some difficulties working with the Decepticons. He got suspicious when Swindle and the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] spent so much time working to repair [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]], the latest Decepticon they had rescued from [[Skywatch]]. Hot Rod (now calling himself "Rodimus") told him to let the old mistrust between the factions go, but Silverstreak proved to have good instincts—Swindle had installed combiner technology in the Stunticons, creating the menace of [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] which he turned against their new Autobot "comrades". {{storylink|Enemies of the System}} After Menasor was defeated, Silverstreak chastized Rodimus for failing to predict someone named "Swindle" might be less than trustworthy. As Rodimus fled Earth in Ultra Magnus's shuttle, Silverstreak, [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and the rest of the splinter faction apparently rejoined Bumblebee and the rest of the Autobots. {{storylink|Earthworks}}

After the Autobot factions reunited, they formed an alliance with Skywatch. When the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] were causing trouble in [[South Korea]], several Autobots were sent to fight them while Silverstreak was left behind in a Skywatch hangar, where he was forced to listen to [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] complain about not being picked. He decided to give his "unpleasant" comrade some constructive criticism, telling him that nobody likes angry and moping whiners. On the other hand, everybody loves optimists, like for example Silverstreak! Somehow, this didn't improve Brawn's mood any, so Silverstreak went back to drinking with [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]. {{storylink|International Incident Part 3: "Hawk Among the Sparrows"}} When the Autobots in Korea were faced with the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], Silverstreak was horrified that he couldn't help them, and asked [[Kyle Pennington|Pennington]] what a "nightmare" was so that he could properly compare the situation to one. The battle was eventually won, though it led to the secret Autobot-Skywatch alliance getting revealed to the world. Silverstreak and Brawn stood by Bumblebee as he tried to calm the human crowds, but failed to protect him from a human assassin with an energy gun. {{storylink|International Incident Part 4: "All My Sins Remembered"}}

Things only went downhill from there. The human riots continued, the energy gun appeared to be none other than Megatron himself, the plane carrying the Korea team home was shot down, and finally the Decepticons returned to Earth and attacked the Skywatch base where Silverstreak and the others were based. The Autobots were incapacitated by [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]'s sonic attacks and failed to stop the Decepticons from freeing their captured brethren. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 1: The Demolished Man}} Ultra Magnus took command and had the base evacuated, though Silverstreak worried about moving an injured Pennington around. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 2: Altered Carbon}} As they fled towards [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], the Autobots were attacked by more angry humans with energy guns (now known to only be replicas of Megatron's alternate mode) and Silverstreak sustained damage to a tire. Then things went downhill again, with Megatron himself showing up in a new, more powerful form and defeating the entire Autobot convoy single-handedly. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 3: Woken Furies}}

The injured Autobots were dumped in [[Albuquerque]] to be held hostage by additional armed, paranoid humans. They were saved, but at the cost of Jazz killing one of the humans, which only served to further ruin their reputation amongst humanity. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 4: Burning Chrome}}

Some six weeks later, Silverstreak was shocked to learn that Rodimus had returned to Earth with the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and several Autobots who were thought dead or long lost, and brought these news to a repaired Bumblebee. After relaxing with [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], he joined the rest of the Autobots in volunteering to return to Cybertron and fight [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix}}

On the way home, Silverstreak listened to Ironhide tell the story about the time he met [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]. {{storylink|Chaos Part One: Lamentations}} On Cybertron, as the battle against Galvatron's [[Sweep]]s raged on, he bore witness to Megatron's battle with the monstrous "[[Deceptigod]]". {{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis}} Bluestreak later wandered around a crowd of NAILS.{{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson}} Bluestreak stood patrol in a Decepticon work factory and stood at the crime scene of Skydive's murder. {{storylink|Devisive}}

===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in comic===
Silverstreak and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] were unwittingly both chasing the same Decepticon, the [[Triple Changer]] [[Octane]]. Once he revealed himself, the two Autobots teamed up against Octane. Silverstreak got buried face-first in the fight, but Sideswipe drove off their attacker. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 6|Henkei! Henkei! #6}}

==Games==
===Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons===
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops from the Decepticons, Bluestreak could come to Optimus Prime's aid, helping him navigate more quickly through the Decepticons' maze-like base. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1 bluestreak toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I know I don't wear much blue, but if you know your history, it really does make perfect sense.]]
*'''Bluestreak''' (Autobot Car, 1984/1985)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''08'''
**''Accessories:'' Beam Rifle, left & right missile launchers, 3 missiles

: The original Bluestreak toy was based on the ''[[Diaclone]]'' "Fairlady Z" toy and transforms into an accurate replica of a [[wikipedia:Nissan_280ZX|Datsun Fairlady Z]]. The all-silver deco for the mold was unique to its ''Transformers'' release, not a carry-over from ''Diaclone'' <ref>[http://diaclone.net/orid/dia042/index.html Fairlady Z at diaclone.net] (Japanese)</ref> though it was heavily based on the second version of his ''Diaclone toy''. Reused photography and artwork of Bluestreak's Diaclone incarnation led to considerable confusion in that it retained a blue and gray paint scheme not seen in the American toyline. The doors can open in car mode, but the vehicle mode lacks any kind of automotive interior. As with most Generation 1 toys of the time, he was constructed partially of die-cast metal and had rubber tires.

: In robot mode, Bluestreak has the classic "car hood-chest" design also featured on fellow Autobots like [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], and is armed with a vacuum-metalized laser rifle and two shoulder-mounted rocket launchers that can each fire one of the three included projectiles.

: This mold was retooled to make [[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl]], and again for [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Autobot/Bluestreak/bluestreak.htm More information on Bluestreak at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:G1toy anime streak.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
* '''Streak (anime version)''' (December 2002)
**''Accessories:'' Beam Rifle, left & right missile launchers, 3 missiles

: An [[exclusive]] to [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s [[e-Hobby]] shop, this version of Bluestreak was sold bundled in a set, though not packaged together, with a gold-plated version of [[Jazz (G1)|Meister]]. Often called "Anime Streak" by fans and collectors, this toy used the color scheme from the second version of his ''Diaclone'' toy (which was used as the basis for his cartoon and comic character model), with a black roof and hood instead of the original Transformer toy's silver.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Cybertron/Bluestreak/bluestreak.htm More information on Anime Streak at TFU.info]''

{{-}}{{anchor|Chrome}}[[Image:G1Chromestreak toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I come in every color except blue.]]
* '''Streak Silver Chrome''' (2003)
**''Accessories:'' Beam Rifle, left & right missile launchers, 3 x missiles

: Also an e-Hobby-exclusive, this version of Bluestreak was almost entirely vacuum-metalized, much like the gold-plated Jazz, but in silver. Like the gold Jazz, the Chrome Streak emulated a "campaign car" prize item from the original ''Diaclone'' line. <ref>[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/reissue_frame.php?art=Chromestreak Article Chromestreak at TF-1.com]</ref>

: Pre-orders for this toy closed on [[September 26]], and orders were shipped out in December.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Cybertron/ChromeBluestreak/bluestreak.htm More information on Chrome Streak at TFU.info]''
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===Commemorative Series===
{{anchor|TRUComm}}[[Image:G1toy commemorative silverstreak.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
* '''Silverstreak''' (2004)
**''Accessories:'' Beam Rifle, left & right missile launchers, 3 missiles

: Bluestreak was released as part of the third wave of [[Hasbro]]'s Toys "R" Us-[[exclusive]] "[[Commemorative Series]]" range of reissues in the same colours as his original 1980s release, although his packaging pictures depict Takara's "Anime Streak" version. For this release, he was redubbed "Silverstreak" due to Hasbro's apparent inability to secure the [[trademark]] for the name "Bluestreak". Due to [[For safety reasons|safety reasons]], the springs in his rocket launchers were removed, and because of changes in the plastics used, his laser rifle and projectiles were not vacuum-metalized, instead being cast in more durable matte-black plastic.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/Silverstreak/silverstreak.htm More information on Commemorative Series Silverstreak at TFU.info]''
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===Alternators===
[[Image:AlternatorsSilverstreak toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Why did the [[Smokescreen (G1)|other guy]] get to be blue?]]
*'''Silverstreak''' (Alternator, 2004)
**''Alternator ID number:'' '''4'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BT-03'''
**''Accessories:'' Intercooler/beam rifle

: The second Subaru Impreza toy released in the ''[[Alternators]]'' line was actually the first to be developed, but due to marketing suggestions, the more eye-catching Smokescreen was released first. Silverstreak transforms into a very accurate and fully-licensed silver 2003 [[wikipedia:Subaru_Impreza_WRX|Subaru Impreza WRX]], with opening hood, trunk, and all four doors as well as a detailed interior. He also features working steering (not connected to the steering wheel, though) and rubber tires.

: His robot mode is based upon his original toy as well as his cartoon model, but with changes made to reflect modern standards of Transformers toys, as well as his new vehicle mode. He is armed with a laser rifle formed from his turbo intercooler and has the capacity to mount two spring-loaded rocket launchers on either side of his shoulders, though these were only included with the [[retool]] of ''Binaltech'' Smokescreen.

: Unusual for an ''Alternators'' release, Silverstreak was fully painted silver, similar to his ''Binaltech'' release. The silver paint on Silverstreak is more flat compared to the sparkled paint of the Binaltech version.

: The first shipment of the Alternator version used the right-side steering like the Japanese release. Soon afterwards, a modified version was released with the steering wheel on the left side of the vehicle.

: This mold was also used to make [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]] and ''[[Binaltech Asterisk]]'' [[Red Alert (G1)|Alert]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/AltSilverstreak/silverstreak.htm More information on ''Alternators'' Silverstreak at TFU.info]''
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[[Image:Bluestreak BT19.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Finally! I became blue at last. [[:Image:Titanium RM Smokescreen.jpg|Wait a minute]].]]
*'''Bluestreak''' (Binaltech, 2008)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BT-19'''
**''Accessories:'' Intercooler/beam rifle

: One of the initial releases of the reborn ''Binaltech'' line, Bluestreak is a redeco of ''Binaltech'' Silverstreak, using the "civilian" model of Subaru. As his name suggests, Bluestreak's body is almost completely blue... making him look suspiciously like a de-sponsored Smokescreen.

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===Universe===
[[Image:UniverseSilverstreakSpy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|New name, old colors]]
*'''Silverstreak''' (Spy Changer, 2004)
**''Accessories:'' Beam Rifle

: A redeco and slight retool of ''[[Robots in Disguise (toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Side Swipe (RID)|Side Swipe]], ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' Silverstreak is based upon his pre-G1 release "blue" color scheme, with a silver hood. He is armed with a small gun that is disguised as a tailpipe in vehicle mode.

: The original release of this toy (and the others in the assortment), [[exclusive]] to Kay-Bee stores, came on cards that lacked a sub-line designation. Later releases that were also available through chains like Dollar General were put on ''Universe'' cards.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/SpySilverstreak/silverstreak.htm More information on ''Universe'' Silverstreak at TFU.info]''
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===Smallest Transforming Transformers===
[[Image:STFStreak toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Not even the tiniest bit of blue]]
*'''Streak''' (2004)
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''GTF X-3'''

: A retool of ''[[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]'' Prowl, STF Streak is a much simplified, much smaller replica of his original toy. Although resembling his original Generation 1 form, he has less articulation and his wheels do not roll. Streak was one of two [[chase figure]]s in the second wave of the line.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Cybertron/SmallestBluestreak/bluestreak.htm More information on "Smallest" Streak at TFU.info]''
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===Universe (2008)===
====Classic Series====
[[Image:Universe2008 Silverstreak toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Are you sure you're not [[Camshaft (G1)|Camshaft]]?]]
*'''Silverstreak''' (Deluxe, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' "Volt Beam Blaster"

:Part of the third wave of [[Universe (2008 franchise)|2008 ''Universe'']] Deluxes, Silverstreak is a retool and redeco of the [[Prowl (G1)|2008 ''Universe'' Prowl]], transforming into a modified [[wikipedia:Nissan_350Z|Nissan 350Z]]. He features twin non-removable and non-firing "rocket launchers" that can swing over his robot-mode shoulders. His fold-out "Volt Beam Blaster" stores in the car mode's undersides.

:As with several recent ''Transformers'' vehicles with a metallic silver body colour, ''Universe'' Silverstreak's silver car body panels are painted metallic silver rather than being left as bare silver plastic.

: This mold was also used to make ''Universe'' [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] and ''[[Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Rapido#Timelines|Rapido]], while the original Prowl mold was used for ''[[Timelines (franchise)|Timelines]]'' [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/TFUSilverstreak/silverstreak.htm More information on ''Universe'' Silverstreak at TFU.info]''
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===Henkei! Henkei!===
[[Image:Henkei Streak toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Silver paint ''and'' silver chrome? Damn.]]
*'''Streak''' (Deluxe, 2008)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-10'''
**''Accessories:'' "Volt Beam Blaster"

:The Japanese ''[[Henkei! Henkei! (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' release of ''Universe'' Silverstreak is a redeco of the original, swapping the black plastic on his hood and paint applications on his roof with dark gray, the maroon plastic to bright red, changing the red on the wheels to dark gray, as well as adding [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum-metallized]] silver on his Volt Beam Blaster, his shoulder rocket launchers and his spoiler. His face was also changed from white to silver, the blue on his waist to silver, and the Autobot symbol on his chest is smaller on the Henkei release. In some versions of this toy, the windows have a more transparent clarity and consistency than the somewhat foggy application used for the Universe version, although some have both foggy and transparent variants.

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===Speed Stars===
[[Image:StealthForce_Silverstreak_toy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Oh god, someone's mutilated him!]]
*'''Silverstreak''' (Basic, 2010)

:''[[Speed Stars]]'' Silverstreak is part of the "Stealth Force" subline, consisting of vehicles without robot modes, but with plenty of flip-out panels with hidden weapons. The toy is a silver sports car similar to ''Universe'' Silverstreak's modified Nissan 350Z altmode, and features non-firing weapons in its hood, trunk and doors.
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==Merchandise==
===Decoy===
[[Image:Decoy_bluestreak.jpg|right|thumb]]
*'''Cybertron Hero Collection 22''' (multi-pack, 1986)
*'''Defeat Dinosauruer Strategy Game''' (board game, 1986)
:Bluestreak was among the many characters rendered by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] as part of their series of 1.5" ''keshigomu'' figurines. Like all the Autobots in the series, Bluestreak was molded in soft red rubber, and featured a number sculpted into his back that was the sum total of his [[Tech Spec]]s, for use in the various games that could be played with the figurines. Bluestreak was available as part of a 22-piece box set of Autobot figures, as a playing piece in the "Defeat Dinosauruer Strategy Game", and later, in a peach coloration randomly packed as part of various other box sets.

*'''Bluestreak''' (1987)
**''Decoy number:'' '''23'''
:The Bluestreak 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. Like all Autobot Decoys, he was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot]]s, [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] and [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Decoys/Bluestreak/bluestreak.htm More information on Decoy Bluestreak at TFU.info]''
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===Transformers - Mini Bust===
[[Image:Bluestreak statue.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Stop! or my mouth will shoot...off.]]
* '''Bluestreak''' (Diamond Select, 2009)

:Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2009, Bluestreak was sculpted by [[Mark Wong|Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 250 pieces. Bluestreak, along with his "brothers" [[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl]] and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], is exclusive to online retailer Toyrocket.com. The bust features Bluestreak's beam rifle and twin missile launchers. The missile launchers can be attached via magnets on either side of his head. The missile launchers given to Bluestreak closely match Smokescreen's animation model rather than his own. It is unknown if this change was intentional or a mistake.
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==Notes==
[[Image:Bluebluestreak.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Sadly, we can't just put this note in the "Does not exist" category.]]
* One of the longest-running [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers|myths about Transformers]] is the existence of the "blue-sided Bluestreak". This misconception has its origins in Bluestreak's [[Package art|box art]] and [[Instructions|instruction sheet]], as well as the original 1984 [[Catalog|toy catalogs]],<ref>[http://tfarchive.com/toys/catalogues/generationone_catalogue/84a_catalog.jpg Transformers catalog, circa 1984 (Autobots)]</ref> all of which used the blue-sided ''[[Diaclone|Diaclone]]'' variant of the Fairlady mold. No sealed samples of the blue-sided Bluestreak in a ''Transformers'' box have ''ever'' been found. Oddly enough, numerous other Transformers toys from that era were depicted in both catalogues and packaging art with colors they were never released in —[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], for example— yet Bluestreak is the only one to be (mis)remembered in this manner, perhaps because his name is Bluestreak, so he had to have been blue, right?

* Compounding the confusion, a second Diaclone variant exists, with a black hood and silver sides. Oddly, it does not seem as sought after as the blue side variant, despiting being less common ''and'' the basis for Bluestreak's animation model (and thus more screen accurate).

* The Bluestreak/Prowl head design was used as the basis for the head of [[Natron]], the Autobot [[Tyco]] [[Electric Racing Set]] car.

* In recent years, toys based on the Bluestreak character were renamed "Silverstreak" for [[trademark]] reasons, because a company named Gendron held the trademark for "Toledo 'Blue Streak'" in the "toys" category until 2009. While Hasbro regained the trademark and released a ''[[Speed Stars]]'' [[Bluestreak (Speed Stars)|Bluestreak]] toy in 2010, the "Stealth Force" toy of Generation 1 Bluestreak released around the same time remained "Silverstreak".

* [[Aaron Archer]], as Orson, when asked about the ''[[Commemorative Series]]'' Silverstreak's deco, said the figure was based on the 1984 version of the figure rather than the 2002 [[e-Hobby]] "Streak" release due to his desire to give collectors a version closer to the one released in 1984. While this is most likely true, it may also have to do with [[Hasbro]]'s inability or desire not to release figures too similar to e-Hobby exclusives, thus a required change for Silverstreak from e-Hobby Streak.

* The deco for Hasbro's retool of the ''[[Alternators]]'' Acura RSX mold was originally designed with Bluestreak in mind, specifically the original Diaclone deco mentioned above. Early leaked packaging samples even sported an abbreviated form of the name "Bluestreak" on their license plates. Ultimately, however, Hasbro decided to rename the toy and release it as "[[Camshaft (G1)|Autobot Camshaft]]" instead, possibly because they already had a representation of the Bluestreak character in the ''Alternators'' line (Silverstreak).

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Streak''' (ストリーク ''Sutorīku'')
*''French:'' '''Jaseur''' (Canada, "Chatty")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Kékvillám''' ("Blue Lightning")
*''Italian:'' '''Ariete''' ("Ram")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Raio Azul''' (Portugal comic, "Blue Ray"), '''Raio''' (Brazil comic, "Ray")
*''Russian:'' '''Molnievik''' (Молниевик, "Lightning-Maker")

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.toybin.org/search.php?q=1984+Autobot+Bluestreak ToyBin Bluestreak Toy Gallery]
* [http://www.tfu.info/1984/Autobot/Bluestreak/bluestreak.htm Bluestreak at TFU.info]
* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Bluestreak Bluestreak's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Sari Sumdac (Animated)

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{{disambig2|the good character from the Animated television show and elsewhere|the evil character from an obscure lithograph|Sari Sumdac (SG Animated)}}
:''Sari Sumdac is a techno-organic humanoid from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Sari_Animated.JPG|thumb|150px|[[Isaac Sumdac|Daddies]], don't let your babies grow up to be [[Kiss Player]]s.]]
'''Sari Sumdac''', the [[technorganic]] daughter of robotics genius [[Isaac Sumdac]], used to not get out much. She spent all her time within her father's laboratories, receiving her education from [[Tutor Bot|robots]]. Despite this, she doesn't seem like a shut-in. She's curious, excitable, adventurous, and knows that crying can sometimes get her what she wants. She's just never known what it's like to be around other kids. Fortunately, she has [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] to help with that, and she claims that 'Bee is the best friend she's ever had. In fact, she's become very possessive of all her robotic friends.

It was believed that Sari was a normal human, until it was revealed that she was made from a [[protoform]] and her father's DNA. Hence, the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] viewed her with great regard, bestowing upon her a [[AllSpark Key|key]] with miraculous powers (though her guardian, the robotic dog [[Sparkplug (robot dog)|Sparkplug]], thought it was just another chew toy).

Since discovering her true origin, she has absorbed the power of her AllSpark-powered Key to gain incredible Cybertronian powers and abilities such as enhanced strength, speed, and the ability to create destructive spheres of pure white, glowing energy with her hands, as well as the power and ability to transform into an armored form with several technological weapons (most of which [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] was forced to seal away after she proved unable to control them). She also owns a scooter which can transform into a jet pack.

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
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:''Voice actor:'' [[Tara Strong]] (English), [[Satomi Akesaka]] (Japanese), [[Tanja Schmitz]] (German), [[Agnieszka Wajs]] (Polish), [[Tosawi Piovani]] (Italian), [[Flora Paulita]] (Portuguese), [[Vanesa Silva Santiago|Vanesa Silva]] (Latin American Spanish, season 1 and 2), [[Shirley Marulanda]] (Latin American Spanish, season 3), [[Adeline Chetail]] (French), [[Park Sinhui]] (Korean)

[[Image:TransWarpedProtoform.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Megatron was also a cute little protoform like this once. Makes you think, doesn't it?]]
Sari's origins are shrouded in mystery. She came into existence when a [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] [[protoform]] appeared in Isaac Sumdac's laboratory. The baffled scientist reached out to touch the small, liquid metal creature, and received an electric shock that knocked him unconscious. When he awoke, the protoform had scanned his [[DNA]] and reconfigured into a techno-organic creature that appeared to be a human baby. Sumdac "adopted" the robot child and named it "Sari", and raised it as his own daughter over the next eight years. Understandably, Sumdac was reluctant to let Sari out into the world, and instead kept her mostly confined to [[Sumdac Tower]], educating her with [[Tutor Bot|robot tutors]] and creating robotic companions like her pet Sparkplug to keep her company. {{storylink|TransWarped}} Precisely ''how'' the protoform that became Sari appeared in Sumdac's lab is unknown; Sari herself seems to believe that she was one of the protoforms stolen from the [[Cyber-Ninja Corps]] by [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] millions of years ago and stored aboard the ''[[Nemesis (Animated)|Nemesis]]'', but given that those protoforms were [[blank]]s, and that it was a different size and shape to all the other protoforms seen, this seems unlikely. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}

[[Image:SariLayingDown1.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Yūki Ōshima]] is drooling as we speak.]]
One day, when Sparkplug stole her security key card, Sari chased it outside and was confronted by the Autobots [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]], who hadn't quite yet fathomed what humans were, and spoke to her as if she were Sparkplug's pet. Naturally, she freaked out, but quickly befriended Bumblebee once he saved her from a giant bug that had grown from her father's [[nanite]] experiment gone awry. Stowing away on Bumblebee and coming aboard the [[Teletran-1|Autobots' ship]], she came across the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]], which infused part of its power into her security key, creating the [[AllSpark Key]]. This allowed her to heal [[Transformer]]s, such as the injured [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]], earning her brownie points with the 'Bots. She also managed to talk the police down from shooting the Autobots, saying they were friendly (except [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]], who was grumpy, but not evil). Sari later helped teach the Autobots about [[Earth]] and [[human]]s, explaining their method of reproduction to a ''very'' startled [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]].

[[Image:Sariprime.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Prime was never the same after this.]]
During the unveiling of her father's new transit system, [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] arrived and attacked. Bumblebee took a shot meant for Sari, allowing Starscream to capture him, Professor Sumdac, the Mayor, and [[Captain Fanzone]]. Sari came up with the idea to distract Starscream while she and Prowl rescued the others (even faking some tears to make it happen). The Key later saved Optimus Prime's life when she used it, in concert with the AllSpark itself, to revive his [[Spark]]. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}}

Sari would go on to be Bumblebee's usual partner in crime, encouraging him to engage in such questionable activities as high-profile wrestling matches {{storylink|Total Meltdown}} and installing rocket boosters to make him go faster. {{storylink|Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec}} Sari likely hangs out with Bumblebee because she knows she can scare the holy be[[Primus]] out of him. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}}

[[Image:Saricostume.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Trivia: Transformers [[Generation 1 (franchise)|used to]] look like this.]]
On Sari's eighth birthday, the only other kids who turned up were the children of her dad's employees. None of them really wanted to be there and soon focused their attention on the Autobots. Sari was left alone and shunned along with Bulkhead, both morose that the kids didn't like them. Her father's present, a music robot called [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]], cheered her up, and she soon began neglecting her friendship with Bulkhead in favour of her new toy. Repeated uses of the Key turned Soundwave into a malevolent, sentient being who tried to enslave Humanity, and she learnt she'd been wrong to ignore her friend. {{storylink|Sound and Fury}}

When the [[Decepticon]]s [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] and [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] arrived on Earth, they manhandled the Autobots. Although they survived, it made apparent the fact that more would come looking for the AllSpark, so the Autobots decided to repair their ship and leave Earth. Sari's reaction to this was displeasure (in the form of a high pitch shout of NO!). However, they needed the Key to assist Ratchet in repairing the ship. Sari was unwilling to help them leave, and neither was she pleased to work with a grouch like Ratchet (who was not that keen on working with a [[Protoform]]), but they managed to get her to the ship. While alone with the AllSpark, Sari decided to try and sabotage the ship, thereby keeping the Autobots on Earth (and dooming her species to enslavement and/or extinction) but the Key repaired the damage. After that, the AllSpark showed her an image of [[Megatron (Animated)|a giant Transformer]]. In her panic, Sari opened the air lock, nearly drowning, but Ratchet saved her. Ratchet then explained that they were leaving because they couldn't risk anything happening to Earth or her. Swayed by his compassion, Sari used the Key to reactivate the Autobot ship's decommissioned weapons, reducing Blitzwing and Lugnut to pieces. {{storylink|Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found}}

Eventually, [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] decided that the Key was no longer safe in Sari's hands, and he ordered Ratchet to take it from her. Distraught, Sari ran off crying, only to be captured later by [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]], who was looking for the Key herself. Sari basically told her "too little, too late," and the two seemed to have a heart-to-heart about their gripes with the Autobots. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 1}}

[[Image:Megatron_Rising_Sari_chomp.JPG|thumb|left|175px|Isaac isn't the world's best dad, but he does know a good dentist.]]
While Sari was actually misleading Blackarachnia in circles around the frozen [[Lake Erie]], she was grabbed by Ratchet as he brought the Autobots' ship out of the lake. She was ticked that Ratchet had lost the Key and that her dad had helped rebuild [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], but the blame game ceased after the ship crashed on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]]. Prime told the Sumdacs to stay with the ship while they went to fight off Megatron. Fearing that they might die, Isaac Sumdac said that there was something that he needed to tell Sari, but she was more interested in finding something else the AllSpark could charge. The AllSpark refused to respond, other than cryptically displaying an image of a DNA strand. Suddenly, Megatron and Prime burst through the hull of the ship, and during their fight, the Key once again fell into her hands. Sari tossed it to Optimus Prime, who used the Key to partially destroy the AllSpark and disperse its energy. Acknowledging that he had been wrong in taking from her, Optimus Prime gave the Key back to Sari, saying that it was the strongest most powerful Cybertronian artifact in existence, it was too important to be left in the hands of an Autobot.

Unfortunately, all was not well, for Sari could not find her dad... as he was now a prisoner of Megatron. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

[[Image:Dramatic_change_in_plot.jpg|thumb|The tide has turned!]]
After her father's disappearance, Sari took over running [[Sumdac Systems]]. Board chairman [[Porter C. Powell]] opposed her, saying that she was too young and wasting company resources searching for her father. When the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] arrived, Sari was cut off from the Autobots and her only source of emotional support. She soon needed them, as police drones coming out of a Sumdac assembly line began to malfunction, and Powell was unwilling to do anything about it. Sneaking aboard the [[Steelhaven (Animated)|Elite Guard flagship]], Sari put the fear of god into [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] before Bulkhead explained that Sari was okay (and Bumblebee explained that [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] was a jerk). With Optimus, Prowl, and Jazz's help, Sari managed to get into the plant's assembly line and shut down the systems. When she returned home, she found that she had been locked out of her office, as Powell was now CEO and Chairman of Sumdac Systems. Insisting that it was still her company, Sari was shocked when Powell revealed that she had no birth certificate, no adoption papers, and no social security number. Powell's smug revelation made Sari realize that not only was there no proof that she was Sumdac's daughter, there was no legal proof she even existed. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}}

After that, Powell kicked Sari out of Sumdac Tower, took Tutor Bot and Sparkplug, and gave her room to [[Headmaster (Animated)|Henry Masterson]] as an office. With nowhere else to go, she went to Autobot headquarters. Bumblebee and Bulkhead tried their best to cheer her up, employing such methods as loud music, inedible food, and unedifying teaching lesson. All they did was make things worse. Eventually, Prowl put the two bots in their place and told them to ''listen'' to her. Sari opened up about all her frustrations, such as her missing father, being kicked out of her home, her fear of Powell ruining her father's company, and the fact that there was no record of her existence. Bumblebee promised that they were there for her, no matter what, and Sari finally started to feel a little better. {{storylink|The Return of the Headmaster}}

[[Image:MissionAccomplished-Fanzoneindressinggown.jpg|thumb|left|Peekaboo!]]
And then [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] decided that the Autobots couldn't be there for her, as the Decepticons had begun attacking the fringes of Autobot space, so Prime's crew were needed elsewhere. The Autobots decided that Captain Fanzone was the best human with whom to leave her. (Granted, their list of known humans was rather short and included [[Meltdown (Animated)|Prometheus Black]] and [[Nanosec]].) Before anything close to adoption could occur, they managed to convince Magnus that there were Decepticons on Earth (mostly because Starscream fell out of the sky and landed about ten feet in front of them), allowing them to stay on planet. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}}

Sari amused herself after settling in with the Autobots by hooking up illegal satellite TV, which she used to watch pay-per-view races. (The races were also illegal, as the Autobots found out from Fanzone.) When Bumblebee wanted to join the races to compete against a mysterious blue car, Sari came along with him. Sari discovered that man in charge of the races, [[Master Disaster]], had a remote control containing an AllSpark fragment, which he used to control the blue car. Blitzwing showed up to take the fragment, so and Bumblebee had to run for their lives. Eventually, she used the remote to get rid of Blitzwing, allowing the Autobots to get the AllSpark fragment. After that, Bumblebee severed her satellite connection, saying that he had to set a better example for her. Sari advised him not to try too hard, or she wouldn't recognize him. {{storylink|Velocity}}

[[Image:Rise_Constructicons_Sari_no_pigtails.jpg|thumb|Don't mess the 'do.]]
Sari was awakened from her night's rest by the loud cavorting of the [[Constructicon (Animated)|"Constructobots"]]. A game of flattened-oil-barrel frisbee severed her trademark pigtails, which left her none too pleased. {{storylink|Rise of the Constructicons}} Subsequently she proved that she was still more mature than Bumblebee in a number of ways, warning him off of taking on villains solo just to prove a point. Sadly he wouldn't realize this until the Decepticon behind the villains' success, [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] was revealed. By then it was too late, and she had to team up with those same villains to take his immobilized chassis to Sumdac Tower. Alarmed that the receptionist robot was now declaring it to be Powell Tower, she utilized the Key to rectify that little situation before heading off and successfully disabling Swindle's technology jamming device. {{storylink|SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy}}

A while after, Prowl and Sari were honing their agility using the factory's old assembly line. Sari claimed she could complete the exercise at full speed, like Prowl, but it was set to a quarter-speed, which proved to be too much for her at that and got a massive whack upside the head for her pains. After the Autobots discovered the return of the [[Constructicon (Animated)|Constructicons]], Sari was left at the base at the command of Optimus, who told reminded her that they had almost decapitated her [[Rise of the Constructicons|the last time they met]]. Also, he doubted she would be able to take on a pair of two-story robots. At first Sari sulked at her situation, before realizing that she was completely alone in the base and did what any eight-year-old kid would do in an abandoned factory: raid the vending machines, use cranes as miniature G-force slings and try to take on Prowl's obstacle course at full speed (which went as well as last time).

[[Image:SariNoOne%27sHome-Mixmaster%2CScrapperandSari.jpg|thumb|left|200px|They're here to kick aft and drink oil. And they're all out of oil.]]
While listening to her music, Sari failed to notice the alarms going off, which heralded the invasion of the Constructicons who were looking for [[Oil|a drink]]. After the two louts accidentally crushed her cell phone and left her with the option of sneaking to the communications room to call the Autobots for help, Sari decided—after a council of war with her teddy bear—to take on the two bots using her trusty hockey stick (which shatters soon after she strikes them with it). She escaped and made it to the communication room, contacting Bumblebee who told her to hide and wait until they finish fighting off the recently appeared [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], who was also looking for the Constructicons. Sari concluded that it would be too long and set up a trap for the two invaders, using three barrels of oil to trip them up and the plant's assembly line to knock them around for a while, forcing [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] and [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] to flee. The Autobots returned to find the place in ruins, but Sari showed them that she was all right. Optimus both apologized for his previous comments and lauded her for her bravery, and all was well for Sari—if she could just explain away the mountain of candy wrappers Optimus discovered.... {{storylink|Sari, No One's Home}}

Sari later posed for a Picasso-style picture done by Bulkhead. The results were...interesting, to say the least. After criticism by the Autobots, a depressed Bulkhead walked out, and Sari and Bumblebee went to cheer him up. During a walk in the park, Megatron attacked them, carrying an imprisoned Isaac Sumdac with him, and Sari realized that Megatron had kidnapped him all those months ago. (Apparently, that hadn't occurred to anyone else.) While she looked on helplessly, Megatron managed to kidnap Bulkhead. When she returned to the plant, she heard the Autobot [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] reveal that Professor Sumdac was helping the Decepticons build a [[space bridge]] to conquer Cybertron. Sari refused to believe that her father was willingly helping the Decepticons and got a promise out of Optimus Prime to bring him home alive. Heading to Dinobot Island, Ratchet and Sari worked to bring the Autobots' ship back online. Ratchet realized that they would need riskier repairs to bring achieve their goal. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}

[[Image:TFA_ABTC_Sari_spoilers.jpg|thumb|150px|It's a strange thing when the human companion's story arc is more interesting than the robots.]]
As Ratchet worked, he explained that the ship was an Autobot who had sacrificed his spark two million years ago. Sari was doubtful that it would come back online... until it spoke to her. She proceeded to use the Key on several of the ship's systems, under Ratchet's direction, until it was able to take off. Taking it to the mine where the Decepticons were based, Sari managed to give the ship enough power to transform into its robot mode, [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]]. The massive Autobot turned the tide of the battle, but sacrificed himself to save the others from being sucked into the space bridge. The Autobots managed to escape, with both Sari and Isaac in tow, and Isaac revealed that he had been forced to work with the Decepticons. Overjoyed that her father was safe and still a good guy, Sari dubbed Isaac Sumdac the most honest and trust-worthy guy that anyone could hope to find. It was at that point that everyone assembled noticed that the skin on Sari's elbow had torn away, revealing robotic circuitry underneath. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

Although Sari was at first scared by this strange discovery, her fear quickly gave way to anger at her father for having kept the secret that she was a robot from her for years. As they returned to Detroit, Sumdac explained how he had found Sari in his lab years before, but the girl remained incredulous, and things only got worse when the pair confronted Porter C. Powell and Henry Masterson back in Sumdac Tower. When the two men refused to vacate the building, Sari's strained patience snapped, and her hands suddenly transformed into energy projectors, which created a shock wave that knocked the pair of do-badders into the elevator. Struggling to comprehend her true nature, Sari went with the Autobots to their headquarters, unable even to be in the same building as the man she could no longer even think of as her father. Optimus Prime did his best to patch up the damaged family relationship by tricking Sari into meeting with Sumdac at [[Burger Bot]], but it wasn't until Masterson returned with his Headmaster unit attached to Starscream's body that the bonds between father and daughter were repaired, as Sari and Sumdac defended each other from the villain.

[[Image:TransWarpedSariFocus.jpg|thumb|left|Okay Sari, focus. Let go of old thinking, focus on the transformation within. The key is finding the balance in yourself. Then, and only then, can you truly say...]]
Sari quickly began to get a handle on her new Cybertronian powers and abilities, learning to channel and project beach ball-sized spheres of pure white, lightning-like energy from her hands, but the Autobots still refused to allow her to accompany them into battle against a rock-like alien creature that had just [[transwarp]]ed into the middle of Detroit. Seeking a means to strengthen and increase her powers and abilities, Sari turned her Key upon herself and underwent a surprising metamorphosis: In exchange for several years of her life - she now appeared to be a teenager - she sprouted powerful battle armor equipped with jet-skates, arm blades and an energy sledgehammer.

[[Image:TransWarpedSariUpgrade.jpg|thumb|150x200px|"...I am transformed!"]]
Although Sari's new powers and abilities amazed the Autobots when she made short work of the rock-alien, things soon started to go wrong, as the Key's energy began overloading Sari's circuitry, causing her to run out of control. Unable to control her own body and causing objects around her to explode with her merest touch, Sari nearly killed Bumblebee by stabbing him with one of her blades before the Autobots were able to remove the key from her system. Even with the Key extracted, Sari's energies were still running wild, and she was in danger of exploding and destroying the entire city before Ratchet knocked her out with his EMP generator. Once they returned to the Autobot base, he bypassed the circuitry responsible for her overload.

[[Image:TransWarpedBumblebeeSari.jpg|thumb|left|''You've been hit by/ You've been struck by/ A smooth criminal'']]

As Sari convalesced, her father at her side, Megatron returned to Earth in control of Omega Supreme. Optimus Prime was forced to contemplate undoing the repairs done to Sari and using her to stop the rampaging superweapon as a last-ditch desperation play. When Starscream took control of Omega away from Megatron and locked down all the entrance hatches to prevent the Autobots from infiltrating the robot (again), he came to the point of ordering Ratchet to do so. Fortunately for Sari's (and Detroit's) continued existence, Ratchet refused, and the Autobots ultimately transwarped the threat off Earth. Soon after, Sari awoke and apologized to her friends for her foolishness, while her father apologized to her for holding back the truth for so long. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

After convalescing, she was next seen on [[Christmas]] Eve, making some [[oilnog]] for the Autobots and warning them to stay off Santa's naughty list. When they went to bed early, thanks to a [[Sound Wave]] toy spiking the 'nog, she called them a bunch of party-poopers, but wished them a Merry Christmas and went home.

The next morning, she wasn't happy to receive another Sound Wave toy from her father, given [[Sound and Fury|what had happened with the last one]], and was further disappointed when she was given a motor scooter rather than a car... until she found out that it transformed into a jet pack. Overjoyed, she transformed to her robot mode and flew off to show Bumblebee. When she arrived at the Autobots' base, she found it apparently deserted, and was further puzzled when the base's scanners showed their energy signatures in the factory itself. The appearance of a [[Laserbeak (Animated)|creepy robot bird]], leading a number of Sound Wave toys from an elevator in the floor (which she'd not known about before), didn't help matters, so she used her palm blasters on them and took the lift down.

In the basement, she found the Autobots wired into a VR machine by a fully rebuilt Soundwave. With most of her weaponry offline, she was no match for him and his instruments when she tried to stop him. She was forced to retreat, promising to come back for her friends.... {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}

While she was flying back to Sumdac Tower, Soundwave decided to take over the whole city of Detroit, using the small Sound Waves to carry his hypnotic tunes, since reprogramming the Autobots was taking too long. As such, she arrived back to find a Sound Wave toy blaring hypnotic music at her... and kicked it out of the way. Soundwave deduced that her techno-organic nature made her immune to the music, and he shifted focus to trying to force everyone ''else'' to kill her, starting with her father!

After reluctantly dropping a shelving unit on her dad to make her escape, she flew to Dinobot Island for help. Her initial foray met with little success, since [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] and [[Swoop (Animated)|his pteranodon comrade]] refused to help, tried to kill her, then left her alone when she blasted at them. Grimlock's mention that the third member of his group had been kicked out for becoming someone's "pet" raised her curiosity, though, and she soon found Scrapper, separated from the other two Constructicons by [[Three's a Crowd|a big explosion]], on the island's shore playing with "[[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]]", and she managed to conscript the two into rescuing the other Autobots.

On their way back to the mainland on a makeshift raft, [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]] abruptly popped up from the lake's bottom and immediately became the fourth member of the troupe of [[Substitute Autobot|Substitute Autobots]]. Once they were ashore, Sari's chaotic attempt to get them to transform and roll out nearly had them leave her behind, but it became moot before too long when Soundwave flew out of the ground, followed by the brainwashed Autobots. Initial attempts by her group at fighting them went badly, as the Substitute Autobots proved incapable of working at a team, while the zombie-Autobots acted as a single, elegant machine under Soundwave, and Soundwave could even control her own jet pack. Sari then changed tack, abandoning efforts to co-ordinate her group and ordering them to attack as individuals. Soundwave's single, elegant machine had trouble multitasking, apparently leading to Prowl saving Sari from death at Bumblebee's stingers in an attempt to deliver his own blow.

This lasted until, with four Autobots down, only Optimus Prime remained... whereupon Soundwave could concentrate on controlling just one Autobot properly. As a result, Sari was almost killed by the enslaved Optimus—but was saved again by Prowl, who openly revealed that he'd broken Soundwave's control in knocking Ratbat away from him. Shortly after, Soundwave was again shattered into many pieces, and Sari could once again concentrate on celebrating Christmas with her adopted family and her father. {{storylink|Human Error, Part II}}

[[Image:TFA-DecepticonAir-SariHands.jpg|thumb|Ghost in the Shell? Don't you mean [[Ghost in the Machine]]?]]
When Bulkhead and her father belatedly completed the space bridge they'd been working on (after the purpose they'd been making it for had been accomplished), Sari objected that they would have gotten it working sooner if they'd let her help. They scoffed and went back to bickering about the final tweaks... so Sari took it upon herself to head over to the console, where her eyes glowed white, her hands separated into wires, and she finished the setup in seconds. When Optimus asked just ''how'' she'd managed that, she replied that she didn't know how, she just... had. Further, when Sentinel Prime sent an encoded message to Optimus that things had gone horribly wrong on the Elite Guard's ship, Sari managed to lock onto the transwarp signature of Swindle's personal storage dimension to get Optimus aboard, after Bulkhead wasn't sure it was even possible.

[[Image:TFA-DecepticonAir-SariKnowsStuff.jpg|thumb|left|"I'm Sari Sumdac. I know stuff."]]
Later, after Swindle had departed the ship and Bulkhead wasn't sure he could retrieve Optimus, she claimed she could fix it and that she'd figured out why, guessing she must have upgraded her "processor... or brain or whatever" as part of her wider upgrade. However, putting it to the test wasn't necessary, as the ship dropped off Optimus at Sumdac Tower, safe and sound. {{storylink|Decepticon Air}}

When Optimus Prime abruptly decided he needed a jetpack of his own, Sari, along with Ratchet and her dad, was called into service to make it happen, which included Sari diagnosing a problem just by touching it. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}} The flight pack soon got its baptism of fire when Megatron unleashed a trio of [[Lugnut Supreme]]s on Detroit. Initially, Sari wanted to confront the giant Decepticons with Optimus and Prowl, but Optimus told her no. As she began to throw a hissy-fit about being kept back for her own safety again, he cut her off and told her he wanted her to help protect her "fellow organics" with the other Autobots. Embarrassed, she backed down.

Later, when Ratchet, Bumblebee and Bulkhead were about to depart for the Moon in an attempt to take back the original Omega Supreme, she insisted on transwarping there with them. Her worried father attempted to forbid her, but she told him that she knew there was something there she needed to do, and flew into the space bridge. Once there, Sari could hardly believe she was really on the Moon, but her amazement was soon tabled when Ratchet spotted Arcee, leading to the quartet being ambushed by [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]]. While Bumblebee and Bulkhead held the shape-shifting Decepticon off, Sari and Ratchet headed into Omega Supreme's inactive body with the damaged fembot and found the lab Shockwave had been using. Although slightly freaked out by the female robot's mindless repetition of lessons for young Cybertronian 'bots, Sari was able to use her technopathy to tell Ratchet how to restore her mind. Shortly after Arcee came fully back online, Bumblebee and Bulkhead came in with news for Sari. They took her down into the hold of the [[Nemesis (Animated)|Decepticons' ship]], where several blank protoforms lay. Believing that this was where she had come from, Sari reached out to touch one of the protoforms, confirming for herself that there really had been a reason for her to be there.

Meanwhile, Ratchet and Arcee had broken Lugnut's hold over Omega Supreme and reactivated the giant Autobot, and Sari joined the others in flying back to Earth aboard the ship. As he fought with his purple duplicates, those inside were shaken about. After a particularly hard hit from the last clone standing, which forced Omega to transform to ship mode and crash-land, he checked that those inside were all right, whereupon Sari noted that "all Autobots, half-bots and almost-bots" were present and accounted for. Shortly afterward, Prowl gave his spark to shield the city from the last Omega-clone's detonation, and Megatron was defeated and arrested. Sari accompanied the Autobots back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to share in their triumphant return and learn of her true origins. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}

After arriving on Cybertron, Sari remained in her "transformed" state and accompanied her Autobot buddies to the latest performance of [[Team Stunticon]], where she and her friends were honored with a special box seat. {{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}}

===''Be the Hero'' books===
{{Note|As the following stories are [[multipath adventure]]s, details will vary depending on the path taken. See individual pages for information on alternate paths.}}
====''Prime Suspect''====
When Optimus Prime was framed for a break-in at [[HomeTech]], Sari had the idea to break into the police station to look for clues. Teamed up with [[You|another kid]], she was almost caught, but the Autobots rescued them at the last moment. The pair then entered HomeTech's laboratory to look for the security tape on which Prime's image had been captured, and they found a vital clue which led them to HomeTech's main warehouse. There Sari was interested in the [[Pixie-6]] robots HomeTech was due to release, but was menaced by Blitzwing, the real perpetrator of the break-in. She was able to utilize her key to zap Blitzwing via the controller he was using on the Pixie-6 'bots. {{storylink|Prime Suspect}}

====''Quest for the AllSpark''====
Distraught after the Autobots went missing without telling her, Sari visited their base on the urging of another kid she'd just met. After being attacked by a rogue cleaning 'bot, she found Bumblebee, who revealed that Megatron had taken control of Detroit's fleet of robot workers and the Autobots had come up with a plan to keep the AllSpark safe, but the rest of the Autobots hadn't reported back. Sari and her new friend helped Bumblebee track down the others and defeat [[Crush-A]], a clearance 'bot Megatron was using to try to obtain the AllSpark. {{storylink|Quest for the AllSpark}}

====''Web of Deception''====
Sari was testing one of her father's inventions, the [[Sumdac Aquaskimmer Mk 1]], on Lake Erie with a young friend when they were attacked by a [[Sparkseeker]] torpedo. After a quick rescue by the Autobots, the group found the Autobot ship offline and Optimus Prime missing. Ratchet's scans revealed the involvement of Lockdown, and Sari and her friend accompanied Bumblebee, Prowl and Bulkhead in an attempt to rescue their leader. After tangling with Lockdown, the two humans caught up with Blackarachnia, who'd hired the bounty hunter in order to get her revenge on Optimus. Sari used her key to shock the Decepticon before she could complete her plan. {{storylink|Web of Deception}}

===Titan Magazines===
[[Image:Bumblebeepizza_Titan25.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Why said pizza didn't fly out of the box is another story.]]

When Starscream and [[Starscream clone (Animated)|his clones]] seized the Autobot base, Sari immediately went to Dinobot Island to get help. She found out the Dinobots were being made grouchy by the constant rain, so she promised they could stay in the Autobot base until it stopped if they drove out the Decepticons. That made Sari Grimlock's friend and left the Autobots crying when they saw the weather forecast. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17|Dino-MIGHT!}}

Being present for [[Quake-Maker|Quake-Maker's]] first attack on Detroit, she got to see the arrival of shiny new hero [[Afterburn]]. She was smitten at first sight. {{storylink|Animated Comic issue 1|Burnout}} She even got to hang with him on a mission to Dinobot Island! As well as be stunned by his ace moves, she used her Key to heal a wounded Grimlock and suffered emotional abuse when Ratchet faked his death to test Afterburn. {{storylink|Animated Comic issue 2|Ratchet & Grimlock Are DEAD?}}

Later, while watching a basketball game, Sari had to help stop an attack on the city by the villainous [[Crossroads]]. She'd met the supervillain when he'd worked at [[Sumdac Systems]] but his awesome disguise of a blue strip of cloth on his head threw her for a few minutes. Once she'd worked it out, she was able to inform the Autobots he was heading for [[Sumdac Tower]] and helped see to his defeat. {{storylink|Animated Comic issue 3|Crossroads!}}

Sari hit on a solution to Bumblebee and Prowl's macho posturing, setting up a race between the two in [[Crazy Coyote Canyon]] to determine who was the fastest. And she drew [[:Image:CoyoteCanyonmap.jpg|an adorable little map]] of the race track. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|The Race}}

===''The Cool'' comic===

[[image:PrimeSaritheCoolHuggies01.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Hug Players]]

While roaming aimlessly around the middle of the street, Sari was nearly run over by a fleet of vehicles. To her astonishment, they transformed into robots. Terrified, she asked who they were, and [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] introduced them as the heroic [[Autobot]]s. Suddenly, [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] and [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] attacked, attempting to steal the [[AllSpark#Animated|AllSpark]]. Prime scooped Sari up, protecting her from a violent explosion as the Autobots and the [[Decepticon]]s clashed. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 1}}

Starscream eventually succeeded in stealing the AllSpark from [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] and nearly made off with it. Prime, however, stopped him by releasing all the energy within it. Prime plummeted to the ground and died, but was instantly revived by Sari's [[AllSpark Key|key]]. Sari and Prime then properly introduced themselves as Sari wept and gave Prime a big, snuggly hug. Unbeknownst to Sari, though, she was being observed via closed circuit TV by the disembodied head of [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], who was very interested in the power of her key. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 2}}

[[Image:TheCoolSariRatchetIssue08.jpg|thumb|200px|right|]]

A good deal of time later, as the Autobots fought to keep the [[space bridge#Animated cartoon|Space Bridge]] out of Decepticon hands, Sari joined [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] in piloting the ''[[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Orion]]'' into battle, desperate that their allies could hold out until their arrival. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 7}}

They arrived just in time and transformed the ''Orion'' into [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]]. They trounced the competition and won the day. After being reunited with her father, Sari suggested they all go home. However, her joy was short-lived, as Bumblebee pointed out to her that she had some robotics sticking out through her flesh. Sari turned to her father, who admitted he had a very important story to tell her.{{storylink|The Cool Episode 8}}

[[Image:SariTheCoolSailorScout01.jpg|left|thumb|100px|"In the name of Detroit, I will punish you!"]]

After a full body-scan at Autobot HQ, and a heart-to-heart with her dad, Sari learned that she was originally a Transformer [[protoform]] that had scanned DNA from Professor Sumdac, resulting in an entirely new lifeform. Sumdac begged for her forgiveness and Sari was quick to give him a big hug, assuring him that no matter what, he'll always be her dad. Then, suddenly, [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] attacked in Omega Supreme's body! Sari decided that now was the time to join the fray with her friends and, using her key, upgraded herself into a teenager! Firing an energy-ball from her hands at the Decepticon, she then proceeded to use her newfound powers to flee in mortal terror as Starscream fired missiles at her, completely unaffected by her attack. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 9}}

At an unknown point after that, a gleeful Sari joined the Autobots in defending Detroit from an invasion of [[Lugnut Supreme]]s. {{storylink|The Cool Extra issue 1}}

Upon Megatron's defeat, Sari accompanied the Autobots back to planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where they were all hailed as heroes by the citizenry and even [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel]]. {{storylink|The Cool Episode Final}}

===''Transformers Generations 2011''===
[[Image:Generations_2011_animated_illustration.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Something's going down.]]
Sari, along with Optimus Prime, faced against [[Motormaster (Animated)|Motormaster]] and her [[Sari Sumdac (SG Animated)|evil counterpart]]. {{storylink|Transformers Generations 2011#Volume 1|Transformers Generations 2011 Vol. 1}}
{{--}}

==Games==
===Transformers Animated: The Game===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Tara Strong]] (English)
[[Image:TFAnimated Game Sari.jpg|thumb|right|96px]]
Sari was at the Autobot base when they decided to do some training, and offered up the services of [[AllSpark Key|her key]] to repair them if need be. She got a call from a [[Sumdac Systems]] factory, alerting them to the fact that the robots there had started going haywire, and accompanied [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]], [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] to the plant to help them quell the robot resistance. She kept them updated on the drone problems, including when a bunch of them escaped, and let them know there were AllSpark fragments at the factory when they were in need of some to power up Megatron's Space Bridge.

After Bumblebee was accidentally left behind when Optimus and Bulkhead transwarped to Cybertron, she pointed him to some more AllSpark fragments. His fragments were stolen by [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]], so he and Sari had to hunt the bounty hunter down so he could get them back. Once they'd done so, they went to the Decepticon mine lair, and Bumblebee fought his way to the Space Bridge terminal. Though Sari was keen to see Cybertron, Bumblebee was responsible enough not to let her go, and she had to ride back to base on Prowl, an event sadly not visually recorded. After Optimus's team returned victorious from Cybertron, Sari enticed Bumblebee into some gaming by revealing she had a prerelease copy of ''[[Mage Master Maze Knight]]''. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Game}}

==Notes==
[[Image:TFA_Sari_Sumdac_prelim_promo.JPG|thumb|left|120px|NOT show accurate.]]
[[Image:Sari_tbob_trike.jpg|thumb|right|I d-d-don't think th-this is s-such a g-g-good idea, Scott!]]
* A promotional image of Sari from the [[Cartoon Network]] ''Transformers Animated'' press kit showed her with different shoes, a different Key design, and a slightly darker skin tone.

* In a preliminary version of the [[title sequence]], Sari appeared riding on a tricycle which she used the AllSpark Key to transform into a jet pack. The footage was dropped from the finished credits, but was screened at conventions and was later included on the DVD packaged with the Optimus Prime and Megatron "The Battle Begins" action figure two-pack. The concept was later recycled as a Christmas present from her father in "[[Human Error, Part I]]"; instead of a tricycle, she has an orange scooter which transforms into a jet pack compatible with her robotic body. She may have been gone for four episodes, but now she can fly!

* Sari's pigtails do ''not'' grow back overnight... or do they?

* Sari has a transformation noise shared only with her scooter/jetpack, likely because of her rather unique origin.

* Sari did not appear for four episodes in season 3—between "[[Three's a Crowd]]" and "[[Predacons Rising]]"—after her almost-disastrous upgrade, the longest time she had been absent in the series. Well, considering the shift in focus... not to mention [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]]'s presence on Earth for three of those episodes, perhaps it's just as well. He'd probably have totally freaked out as soon as he saw her.

* Ever since her "[[TransWarped]]" upgrade, she has what appear to be [[articulation]] lines on her sleeves and stockings/socks.

* Sari's hands can transform into several different modes, two of which pay homage to the anime ''Ghost in the Shell'' and ''[[Iron Man]]''.

* From "[[TransWarped]]" onward, her eyes are an inverted version of Autobot eyes, with the lighter shade of cyan as the "whites" and the darker shade as the "iris".

* Despite the controversial [[AllSpark Key]] being written out of the series, it can be argued that in the third season, Sari was slowly turning into a ''deus ex machina'' just like it in her own right, merely by virtue of [[Decepticon Air|"knowing stuff" crucial to the storyline]] (often ''without'' a proper explanation), as well as being able to diagnose mechanical problems [[Endgame, Part I|merely by touching a given machine]].

* Sari's Cybertronian nature was planned from the very beginning.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/236269-botcon-2009-animating-animated-panel-coverage.html BotCon 2009]</ref>

* Sari is one of two Transformers with a [[Alice|human alt-mode]] and is one of three techno-organic Transformers in the ''Animated'' continuity, the other two being [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] and [[Wasp|Waspinator]].

* In "TransWarped", Sari showed off her skills with twin white energy blades that came from her forearms and an energy hammer. After being knocked out by Ratchet's EMP, those weapons vanished for the rest of the series, leaving her with only her energy sphere-throwing attack.

* According to ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]'', Sari's post-upgrade weapons and tools include Master Blades (a reference to [[Grand Maximus]]'s [[Master Blade (Masterforce)|weapon]] in ''[[Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Masterforce]]''), a Hyperspace Hammer, Azusa Skates (a reference to the ''[[Timelines (fiction)|Timelines]]'' [[Azusa|starship]]), and a [[Skyboom (Animated)|Skyboom Shield]] (which, like [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel]]'s, is a reference to the ''[[Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Skyboom (Armada)|macguffin]]). She also uses [[Micron Booster]]s to make powered jumps.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Sari Sumdac''' (サリ・サムダック ''Sari Samudakku'')

==References==
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Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)

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{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=29
|image=Coming of the Fuzors 2 Predacons sunset.jpg
|caption=Let the battle begin!
|title="Coming of the Fuzors" (Part 2)
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[November 9]], 1997
|written by=[[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[Cal Shumiatcher]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''The outnumbered Maximals must defend their base from a Predacon assault while Rhinox takes a dangerous journey.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Coming of the Fuzors 2 Dinobot Rattrap.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Powerlinxing gone horribly wrong]]
[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], [[Rattrap]], and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] attempt to hold off six Predacons some distance from their base, to allow [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] to complete his mission to travel through the [[Allspark|Matrix]]. When [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] orders them to take no survivors, [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] protests, saying they should let the Maximals surrender, only to be struck by the irate Predacon commander. When Silverbolt is perplexed by their resistance, Megatron realizes that they are keeping them from their base. He orders [[Waspinator]] and Silverbolt to head to the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''. Cheetor takes to the air, and Rattrap converts to vehicle mode, ordering Dinobot to hop on and provide cover fire (disgusting the former Predacon).

[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], however, is using the psychic link to force [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] to search for information on the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden]] [[Golden Disk (Vok)|Disks]]. While she searches through the files, she discovers something of importance, but refuses to show Tarantulas. When Tarantulas is rendered unconscious by a boulder, Blackarachnia downloads the information, then destroys the computer, claiming that it was boobytrapped.

[[Image:Coming of the Fuzors 2 Silverbolt staff.jpg|right|200px|thumb|No organic lifeforms were harmed in the making of this episode. Several Cybertronian lifeforms were.]]
Reaching the ''Axalon'', Silverbolt is shot down by the [[autogun]]s, and captured by the Maximals. Dinobot prepares to destroy him, but Rattrap and Cheetor prevent him, instead taking him in to repair him. Rhinox, who has finished, tells the Maximals they must hold the Predacons off for a little while longer. Inside the ''Axalon'', a charge hits the device Rhinox was connected to, heading to a [[stasis pod]] with a [[blank]] [[protoform]]. Outside, the shields fail under the fire, and the Maximals engage—to discover that they are out of ammo. The Predacons seriously injure the Maximals.

[[Image:Coming of the Fuzors 2 Optimus Primal.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Check out my new pec-implants. I only had to sell my old body to get 'em."]]
Having waited a long time for their victory, the Predacons approach, prepared to deliver the killing blow. Before they can finish the Maximals off, there is an explosion in the hull of the ''Axalon''. When the smoke clears, the Maximals and Predacons alike are shocked to see the cause of the explosion—[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]]. The Predacons attempt to destroy him, but Primal, now with his own [[Transmetal]] body, causes the Predacons to scatter. Primal takes to the air, dispatching the rest of the Predacons. Megatron attempts to kill Primal, but Silverbolt knocks Megatron off a cliff, defecting to the Maximals.

After the battle and some repairs, Primal inquires as to how the new bodies do with absorbing energon. Rhinox remarks that all the energon within the area either detonated or was converted to [[Energon cube|Energon cubes]], so it isn't really a problem right now. They'll have to wait for [[Tigatron]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]]'s report on the rest of the planet. In the meantime, Primal remarks that he has to put his house in order, such as get to know the new additions, and remove Rattrap's personal effects from his quarters.

[[Image:Coming of the Fuzors 2 Blackarachnia.jpg|right|200px|thumb|She's got a twinkle in her eye.]]
At the [[Darksyde|Predacon base]], Blackarachnia tells Megatron that Dinobot stole the Disks and destroyed the computers. Megatron and Tarantulas ask if anything from the back ups can be recovered, and when Blackarachnia reveals that it was totally destroyed, Megatron smashes Tarantulas into the wall in rage. Megatron then declares that the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] has entered a new phase, while, unseen, binary code flashes across Blackarachnia's eyes.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s
|c1=
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (4)
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (5)
*[[Rattrap]] (6)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (8)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (10)
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (12)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s
|c2=
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (1)
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (2)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (3)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (7)
*[[Waspinator]] (9)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"Prepare for a full attack!" 
"What? We outnumber them more than two to one." 
"Yes..." 
"We have twice their firepower." 
"Yes..." 
"We should give them a chance to surrender!" 
"Mmm...''no''." [''bashes him aside'']
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Silverbolt''' have a tactical disagreement.

"To think, that a warrior must become a... a ''rat'' patrol." 
:—'''Dinobot''' on having to ride Rattrap.

"Eh, we would've been here sooner if Dinobutt wasn't such a porker." 
"The vilest ride of my life!"
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Dinobot'''

"Bahhh! Maximal sentiment! Oh, I must've been defective to defect."
:—'''Dinobot'''

"Am I back?" 
"Well, the machine said so. Oh, but you had me worried for a second. Where'd ya go, anyway?" 
"Where all are one." 
"Oh, where all are– what?!"
:—'''Rhinox''' and '''Rattrap'''

"Comes... the dawn." 
"And...''[Dinobot's arm falls off]''...our doom."
:—'''Rhinox''' and '''Dinobot'''

"Move out, Predacons; we've waited a long time for this. Yeeeess...let us be close enough to ''enjoy'' it."
:-'''Megatron''' prepares to finish the Maximals in the most overly dramatic way possible: point-blank execution.

"Well, that's just ''prime''!"
:-First line of the new Transmetal '''Optimus Primal'''.

''(Silverbolt knocks Megatron off a cliff)'' 
"Consider that my resignation from the Predacons, Megatron! ''(to Primal)'' I know now that my place was always with the Maximals. May I join you?" 
"Well...I like your résumé."
:—'''Silverbolt''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*When Megatron opens fire on the Maximals the second time in this episode, his middle, ring, and pinky "fingers" are shown clipping through his cannon.
*While in pursuit of Rattrap and Dinobot, Megatron transforms from his beast mode in mid-flight and continues to attack from the air, yet his VTOL engines are inactive on his back rather than deployed.
*Before the Maximals begin getting hammered by the Preds, Rhinox is on top of Rattrap, with him either clipping through Rattrap's rear wheel, or the wheel has no interior.

===Continuity errors===
* Tarantulas and Waspinator arrive again mid-battle, despite having already arrived at the end of the previous episode.
** Tarantulas and Waspinator are also seen at the very beginning when the Predacons first open fire, despite only arriving (again) later. Megatron's line "Excellent! Reinforcements have arrived" only makes the continuity error all the more glaring.
* Silverbolt claims that the Predacons outnumber the Maximals "more than two to one". The term "more than" implies that there are more than six Predacons present, when in fact there are only six.
* Waspinator and Silverbolt take off for the Maximal base twice, clearly going over the Maximals' heads a second time after the commercial break; the Maximals then reassert the danger of the situation in different phrasing than before. Presumably such a flagrant "error" is a sly stylistic reference to older cartoons which would often repeat actions between acts and episodes, sometimes in [[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2|contradictory ways]].
* Funny things happen with ammunition:
** Dinobot says his weapon is depleted, despite clearly having ammunition bandoleers criscrossed over his torso. The weapon gets fired more times before the episode ends, anyway.
** There's no real in-story reason for the Maximals to run out of ammunition before the Predacons, who have been unloading ordnance at them all night. Rhinox in particular should have fully loaded weapons when he enters the fight. This was almost certainly an intentional choice by the writers, to fit the episode's thematic homage to spaghetti western serials.
* An earlier script revision called for the elevator into the Maximal base to be destroyed during the fight, giving Primal a more practical reason to blow a hole in the side of his own base.<ref>[http://bwtf.com/bw/tvshow/episodes/seasontwo/cotftwo/cotftwoscript.pdf "Coming of the Fuzors" (Part 2) script at Benson Yee's site]</ref> Oh well, maybe the big guy was in a hurry.

===Transformers references===
[[Image:Rubber ducky cotf2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|How many Starscreams are there on this planet, anyway?]]
* While Blackarachnia is searching through Megatron's stuff, a gray model of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s head is in the pile. (It's too small to be the real thing, given that Beast Warriors are shown later in the series to be much smaller than Generation 1 characters.)
* Other items in the pile include a model Supermarine Spitfire, a model helicopter, a number of books, the [[wikipedia:Holy Grail|Holy Grail]], three identical spiky planets, a model rocket, a pocket-watch, and a [[Rubber Ducky|rubber ducky]].
* During one of Rhinox's trips through the [[Allspark|Matrix]], near the end of the episode, the [[Autobot]] [[Matrix of Leadership]] is seen floating.
* When Rattrap asks where Rhinox went, he describes the Matrix as "[['Til all are one|where all are one]]".
* Rattrap filled Optimus's quarters with his things, despite the latter's warning not to do so in "[[Other Voices, Part 2|Other Voices]]".

===Real-world references===
*''[[wikipedia:The Rat Patrol|The Rat Patrol]]'' was a 1960s TV show about a group of Allied soldiers fighting Rommel's Afrika Corps on the North African front during World War II.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Nouveaux Arrivants - 2e partie'''" ("New Arrivals - 2nd Part")

:*''Title:'' "'''Fuzors 2'''"

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Lo sbarco - Parte 2'''" ("The Landing - Part 2")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yomigaere Convoy'''" (よみがえれコンボイ, "Convoy Reborn")

'''Malaysian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fuzor Baru 2'''" (New Fuzors Part 2)

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''A Chegada dos Fuzores Parte 2'''" ("The Coming of the Fuzors Part 2")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''La Llegada de los Fuzors (Parte 2)'''" ("The Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)")

:*''Title:'' "'''Los Recién Llegados Segunda Parte'''" ("The Newcomers Second Part")

===Trivia===
*After Rattrap throws a rock in the air as an example of what would happen if they moved away from the cover of the boulder, it's blasted into a tiny pebble and hits the ground. All three Maximals' "eyes" then pop out of their heads towards the rock in the fashion of the eyeball gag in classic Tex Avery cartoons.
* Blackarachnia's theft of the Golden Disk data would have consequences carrying through the remainder of the series.
* Though neither admits it, it seems likely that both Tarantulas and Megatron see through Blackarachnia's sleight-of-hand with the backup data tracks. Blackarachnia tells Megatron that the computer was destroyed by Dinobot... after telling Tarantulas that it was destroyed because it was booby trapped. Tarantulas says nothing to contradict this lie to Megatron, and later interrogates her when the chance presents itself in "[[Bad Spark]]". Megatron likewise guesses the truth and attempts to strong-arm the data from her in "[[The Agenda (Part III)]]".
* This episode continues the Spaghetti Western film references, especially when Optimus fights Inferno.
* Speaking of Inferno, there were plans to have him be a reborn version of Megatron,<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/bc8e54e9165e0823?hl=en&q=inferno+megatron 1997 Bob Forward interview on ATT]</ref> but those plans obviously never came to be. This abandoned plot was hinted when the two flyers crash into one another, and recover only to find their heads on the wrong bodies, which Inferno found hilarious. Megatron was capable of using Inferno's body during this mix-up to punch Inferno's head.
* As of the end of this episode, four of the eight members of Primal's team have spent time as Predacons, one way or another. Dinobot was originally a Predacon, but left [[Beast Wars (Part 1)|in the first episode]], Rattrap briefly defected in "[[Double Jeopardy]]" as part of an infiltration, Rhinox was forcibly converted (and subsequently restored) in "[[Dark Designs]]", and Silverbolt was duped into joining Megatron's side in [[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)|the previous episode]].
* In the Canadian broadcasts of this episode Tarantulas calls Blackarachnia "Widow" rather than "Witch".
*After the Maximals run out of ammo and the Predacons launch a full gunfire barrage, Dinobot stands up roaring at them, only to get shot in the crotch by Waspinator (You can hear his weapon go off right beforehand), bending over slightly and groaning from the pain.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Series 2 / Volume 1 ([[wikipedia:Siren Visual|Siren Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars'' — Optimus Lives! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Robots-Bêtes'' — L'Empreinte D'Optimus (Alliance Atlantis) — French audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Convoy Reborn ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 5 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Second Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Dado (Prime)

2012-05-01T13:10:02Z

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

{{mainpic}}

'''Wanigame''' (ワニガメ) is an [[Arms Micron]].

==Toys==
===Prime===
*'''Wanigame''' (Micron, 2012)

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==Notes==
*"Wanigame" is the Japanese name for the [[Wikipedia:Alligator snapping turtle|alligator snapping turtle]]; it is a preliminary name for this character.

[[Category: Arms Microns]]
[[Category: Prime Decepticons]]
[[Category: Toy-only characters]]

Arms Micron

2012-05-01T13:04:24Z

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:''The Arms Microns are a [[Mini-Con]] subgroup from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Tf2012-armsmicron-logo (c) TakaraTomy.png|right|200px|]]

The '''Arms Microns''' (アームズマイクロン ''Āmuzu Maikuron'') were once ordinary weapons. However, a bizarre interaction with [[Earth]]'s energon mutated them, giving the weapons the [[spark]] of life and the ability to transform!<ref>''Figure-Ō'' magazine, March 2012</ref>

This new breed of [[Mini-Con]] assists the larger Transformers in the battlefield, combining their powers to form amazing new weapons.

==''Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Prime'' cartoon==

{{storylink|Arms Micron Theater}}

==Toys==
===Prime===
The Arms Microns were only released in Japan. Due to the... interesting variety of Arms Microns, they will be tackled here as groups.

====Promotional campaign Arms Microns====
[[Image:MicronVectorOracleWebsite.jpg|thumb|300px|Vector Oracle]]
The first Arms Microns made available were released as giveaway [[exclusive]]s, usually with the purchase of larger toys. All of these Microns are [[redeco]]s of prior toys.

* [[Aimless (Prime)|Aimless]], [[Blowpipe (Prime)|Blowpipe]] and [[Peaceman (Prime)|Peaceman]] were the first batch released, redecoes of three ''[[Power Core Combiners]]'' [[Mini-Con]]s, available exclusively on [[December 28|28 December]] [[2011]] at various Japanese stores with the purchase of 3000 yen's worth of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' "First Edition" toys (see individual pages for store availability).
* [[Firebolt (Prime)|Firebolt Clear Yellow Ver.]] was a World Hobby Fair exclusive, given away to kids on [[January 15]] [[2012]].
* [[Vector Oracle]] was available at [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] on [[February 25]] 2012 with the purchase of 3000 yen's worth of ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Darkside Moon]]'' toys.
* Autobot Firebolt, a redeco of the prior Firebolt, was made available as a preorder bonus for ''Prime'' [[Optimus Prime (Prime)#Powerizer|AM-01 Optimus Prime]] through numerous online outlets, with an ordering window from [[March 1]]st through [[March 30]]th 2012.
* [[Pinpointer (Prime)|Pinpointer]] was another ToysЯUs exclusive, this time given away with the purchase of 4000 yen's worth of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' toys on [[March 31]] 2012, the day the ''Prime'' toys hit the shelves.
* Transparent-black "Shadow" versions of four pack-in Microns (see below) were made available in [[April 28]] 2012 at different stores. [[C.L.#Shadow|Shadow C.L.]] was available at ToysЯUs with the purchase of 3000 yen's worth of ''Prime'' toys. [[R.A.#Shadow|Shadow R.A.]] was available at Aeon toy departments with the purchase of AM-01 Optimus Prime. [[Gora#Shadow|Shadow Gora]] was at both Joshin and Bic Camera stores with a 3000 yen ''Prime'' purchase. And finally [[Balo#Shadow|Shadow Balo]] was available at Yamada Electronics, Yodobashi Camera, and Ideon stores with a 3000 yen ''Prime'' purchase. Whew!

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====Pack-in Arms Microns====
[[Image:ArmsMicronPackin-TakTomSite.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
The Arms Microns are the primary [[gimmick]] of the Japanese ''Prime'' toyline. All Deluxe and Voyager-scale releases came with their own Arms Micron, replacing the accessories from the [[Hasbro]] versions, and now sport numerous 5mm peg-hols for them to attach to. Each Micron transforms into a weapon modeled after the character's in-show weapon (with a few exceptions for non-show and repeat characters), and all feature numerous [[5mm post]]s and holes allowing for the creation of any number of "Combo Weapons" and "Super Combo Weapons", like the [[Star Saber (Arms Micron)|Star Saber]] formed by [[O.P.]], [[B.2]] and [[R.A.]].

On the downside, each one comes out of the package as an unpainted, unassembled series of parts on plastic runners like a model kit.

The Autobot Microns all transform from weapons to humanoid robots. Their names are (mostly) initials based on two English letters of their partner's name. The Decepticon Microns, however, all transform from weapons to one-eyed animalistic robots, and are given names based on their animal-form.

'''Released toys'''
{{collist|3|
* AM-01 [[O.P.]] (with [[Optimus Prime (Prime)#Powerizer|Optimus Prime]])
* AM-02 [[B.2]] (with [[Bumblebee (Prime)#Revealer|Bumblebee]])
* AM-03 [[C.L.]] (with [[Cliffjumper (Prime)#Revealer|Cliffjumper]])
* AM-04 [[R.A.]] (with [[Ratchet (Prime)#Revealer|Ratchet]])
* AM-05 [[Gora]] (with [[Megatron (Prime)#JapanDeluxe|Megatron]])
* AM-06 [[Balo]] (with [[Skywarp (Prime)#Toys|Skywarp]])
}}

'''Upcoming releases'''
{{collist|3|
* AM-07 ??? (with [[Starscream (Prime)#Powerizer|Starscream]])
* AM-08 [[Jida]] (with [[Cliffjumper (Prime)#Terrorcon|Terrorcon Cliffjumper]])
* AM-09 [[Zori]] (with [[Soundwave (Prime)#Prime|Soundwave]])
* AM-10 [[B.H.]] (with [[Bulkhead (Prime)#Powerizer|Bulkhead]])
* AM-11 [[Arc]] (with [[Arcee (Prime)#Revealer|Arcee]])
* AM-12 ??? (with [[Breakdown (Prime)#Powerizer|Breakdown]])
* AM-13 ??? (with [[Knock Out (Prime)#Revealer|Knock Out]])
* AM-14 ??? (with [[Vehicon (Prime)#Revealer|Vehicon]])
* AM-15 Gora II and [[Hades]] (with [[Megatron (Prime)#Voyager|Megatron Darkness]])
* AM-16 ??? (with [[Vehicon (Prime)#Jwt|Jet Vehicon]])
* AM-17 ??? (with [[Swerve (Prime)|Swerve]])
* AM-18 ??? (with [[Airachnid]])
* AM-19 ??? (with [[Unicron/toys#Prime|Gaia Unicron]])
* AM-20 ??? (with [[Ironhide (Prime)|Ironhide]])
}}
{{comingsoontoy}}

====Gashapon Arms Microns====
A completely new set of molds were created for a set of Arms Microns distributed mainly through Gashapon "capsule toy" machines. A ten-piece "[[Arms Micron Box]]" containing all four molds was released in May.

*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee Blade]]
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead Knuckle]]
*[[Bumblebee (Prime)#ArmsMicron|Bumblebee Sword]]
*[[Gob]]
*[[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron Cannon]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)#ArmsMicron|Optimus Prime Blaster]]
*[[Wanigame]]
*[[Zad]]

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====AMW series====
A secondary line of individually-packaged Arms Microns sold without any larger companion figure, seemingly a callback to the [[Micron Booster]] releases. These vary between redecos of existing molds and all new molds; the latter of which combine to form weapons as groups of three.

{{collist|3|
* AMW-01 ??? (manta ray)
* AMW-02 ??? (bird)
* AMW-03 ??? (alligator)
* AMW-04 ??? (redeco of C.L.)
* AMW-05 ??? (redeco of Balo)
* AMW-06 ??? (redeco of Jida)
* AMW-07 ??? (sword)
* AMW-08 ??? (axe)
* AMW-09 ??? (spear)
* AMW-10 ??? (redeco of Zori)
* AMW-11 ???
* AMW-12 ???
}}
{{comingsoontoy}}

==Arms Up Mission game==
Every Arms Micron (well, every one that was specifically designed for the ''Prime'' toyline, at least) has a socket made for a clear-plastic "[[Energon]] Crystal", laid over a small foil [[sticker]] showing the Micron's [[insignia|allegiance]]. The shape and color of the Crystal plays into a point-based online battle game called "Arms Up Missions".

Aside from the usual eight [[tech spec]] stats, every large AM-series robot has an additional three stats: '''HP''' (Hit Points), '''SP''' (Speed Points), and '''AP''' (Attack Points), though these are rated using thousands rather than ones. By equipping Arms Micron weapons, the Microns' point values are added to their larger partner's.

There are three different Crystal shapes, each one signifying which of the three battle stats the Micron boosts the most.
* Trapezoid — '''HP Crystal'''
* Round — '''SP Crystal'''
* Hexagon — '''AP Crystal'''

Crystals can also come in one of six (so far) different colors:
* Blue — '''Pure'''
* Orange — '''Fast'''
* Clear — '''Natural'''
* Amber — '''Mad'''
* Purple — ???
* Green — ???

By combining Mini-Cons of the same crystal color, the combined mode is designated a "Super Combo Weapon" and has an even greater point bonus.

:*''[http://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/toy/play/armsupmissions/ Arms Up Missions game at TakaraTomy's Transformers website]''

==Notes==
* While the "weapons turned into living robots" backstory was given in specific reference to the pack-in toys, it's pretty safe to assume that it holds true for all characters labeled "Arms Micron".
**How the hell this works with toys like Optimus Prime Blaster and Bumblebee Sword is anybody's guess.

==External Links==
* [http://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/toy/search/armsmicron/ Takara promotional galleries for pack-in Arms Microns]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category: Arms Microns| Arms Microns]]
[[Category: Mini-Cons]]
[[Category: Prime subgroups]]

Megatron (WFC)

2012-05-01T13:02:09Z

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{{faction|decepticon|hofsilver}}
{{disambig3|Megatron}}
:''Megatron is the [[Decepticon]] leader from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:PrimeMegatron.jpg|thumb|400px|Lord of the [[Dark Energon]] wraiths.]]
The awesomely powerful '''Megatron''' is, in many ways, a fallen hero. He rose up from the oppressed lower working castes of [[Kaon]] to become a champion in the region's illegal [[gladiatorial combat|deathmatches]], cast aside his designation of '''D-16''' and took the legendary name '''[[The Fallen|Megatronus]]'''<ref>Megatron was an abbreviation, so it'd be easier for the masses to chant his name; ''Transformers: Exodus'', Chapter 3</ref> as his own, he called for an end to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s decrepit [[caste system]] and told the downtrodden that freedom of self-determination was the right of all sentient beings!

But absolute power corrupts absolutely, and Megatron's Decepticon revolution, like many such movements, ended up becoming a whole new tyranny. Powerful, charismatic, violent, and full of rage for any who would stand in the way of his ambition and drive, Megatron brought Cybertron ''past'' the brink of destruction. Now he and his former brother-in-arms [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] fight on other worlds. Megatron will never forgive Optimus for "betraying" him, stealing from the Council the rank of Prime which was rightfully his. He has reserved for his old friend the greatest honor possible: glorious death at his hands.

Megatron has been gone for three years, but now he's returned. He's brought the monstrous [[Dark Energon]] to Earth, and quite possibly left his sanity in space.

{{quote|I... am the Dominator, I... am the Destroyer, I am '''Megatron!'''|Megatron|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
[[Image:WFCcomicD16.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Alright! What's the square root of pi?! What's the capital of Sierre Leone?! What's... awww, this 'ask questions later' thing doesn't work at ''all''."]]
Megatron nicknamed himself D-16 after the sector of the mine where he performed demolition operations. As a gladiator, in killing others he began to appreciate the value of life, and in between matches he became something of an intellectual, debating the castes with other miners. After bosses requested he lose a few fights, D-16 killed them and took over Kaon and [[Slaughter City]]. After murdering one boss in front of his employees, D-16 declared himself Megatronus, whom he considered the greatest of the [[Thirteen]]. After hearing his preaching on the [[Communication Grid]] against the [[Guilds of Cybertron]], the concerned [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]] sent [[Bumper (WFC)|Bumper]] and [[Fastback (WFC)|Fastback]] to investigate. Megatronus killed them, believing two lives were worthless compared to the millions doomed by the castes Sentinel created.

After a victorious battle with the [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticon]]s, in which the crowd redubbed him Megatron, the gladiator was contacted by the [[Iacon (polity)|Iaconian]] [[Hall of Records|records monitor]] [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Orion Pax]], and they began exchanging their ideas in intense but friendly philosophical discussions. Megatron encouraged Orion to learn self defense and invited him to visit Kaon, which he did to a warm welcome from Megatron (and from none of his gladiators). By this point Megatron was planning to call his movement the Decepticons, and he had begun sending his followers on a search for artifacts of the Primes, as their discovery would be signs their cause was just. His followers began bombing Cybertron, and Megatron distanced himself from their extremism to gain credibility. Orion and his mentor [[Alpha Trion (Prime)|Alpha Trion]] believed him, but the latter was well aware Megatron might have gained a taste for violence after the attention it earned him. Soon enough, Megatron accepted the gift of a kidnapped Sentinel Prime from [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]].

[[Image:WFCcomicHalogendies.jpg|thumb|250px|]]

Alpha Trion organized a hearing for Orion and Megatron with the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]]. They protested involvement in Sentinel's disappearance. When confronted with the phrase "Decepticon", Megatron denied any knowledge of it but accepted his followers' term wholeheartedly, stating deception was necessary sometimes for the corrupt to see the truth. When [[Halogen (WFC)|Halogen]] revealed Megatron's followers had been trying to locate the [[Matrix of Leadership]], he declared that Orion should become the Prime that he desperately wanted to lead Cybertron into the new [[Golden Age]], and find it. Incensed, Megatron killed Halogen, and when Optimus prevented the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] from attacking Megatron, the ungrateful gladiator declared Optimus had fallen into the trap of power the High Council had given him. He declared Optimus was no longer his brother (though he would continue to refer to him as such privately), and that the Matrix would be his.

In the subsequent war with Optimus' [[Autobot]]s, the Decepticons took control of eighty-five percent of the planet. Wherever Starscream's [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] aided, they were victorious. Megatron was initially merciful to neutrals, but he let Shockwave take control of [[Tarn]] and torture Autobot sympathizers there. When the [[Praxus|Praxians]], a progressive city-state who were disappointed with the direction Megatron took, allied with the Autobots, Megatron decided he would no longer try to convert followers and launched the first genocide of the war, slaughtering all in [[Nova Cronum]] who would not submit to the Decepticons as they attacked.

As the war dragged into a siege of Iacon, Soundwave's spying bore fruit as he discovered [[Dark Energon]], the essence of [[Unicron]], was aboard [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]]. Megatron forgave Starscream for hiding its existence from him, acknowledging its potentially dangerous nature. To ensure loyalty, Megatron's gladiators stormed the Station slaughtering and maiming Starscream's scientists. He forced Starscream to pick two test subjects to be Darkened, and following an astonishingly successful result, Megatron absorbed some, invigorating him. Soon Darkened Decepticons appeared on the battlefield, but it proved to be an inefficient resource and they would have to flee if a battle was prolonged. Megatron needed more, and even Starscream's activation of the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge]] didn't provide enough. Megatron felt he would kill all the Decepticons before he was deprived of Dark Energon and turn rabid.

Fortunately, Soundwave revealed the existence of the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]] within [[Teletraan-1]], which required the [[Code Key]]s of Power and Justice to activate it. Starscream recovered the Key of Power, while Megatron and his best soldiers searched for the Key of Justice below the [[High Council Tower]]. Sentinel Prime emerged, to Megatron's surprise. Sentinel confronted him about Bumper and Fastback, and the two dueled. Megatron disarmed and sliced open Sentinel, revealing the Key of Justice within. Starscream made a grab for it, exposing that he had released Sentinel to kill Megatron and take leadership for himself. After fighting Starscream to a standstill, Megatron pardoned him as he found him a better soldier than would-be example, and used the Keys to open Teletraan-1: which activated [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] to fly the Chamber to safety.

The Seekers shot Omega Supreme out of the air, causing him to crash. Optimus's Autobots arrived to fight the Decepticons, but the more they killed them the more Dark Energon left their bodies and empowered Megatron. He was able to knee Omega Supreme and turn him on his back, tearing the Chamber out of his chest. Using the Chamber, Megatron poisoned the [[core]] of Cybertron and Darkened the entire planet. But then the core stopped producing Dark Energon, and Megatron learnt Optimus had gone to the core and received the Matrix. As the Autobots attempted to flee Cybertron via the last [[space bridge]], Megatron used Trypticon to fire on their ships, and used his and Orion's old frequency to criticize Optimus for fleeing. He added he never believed in individual freedom for every Cybertronian, only the illusion of freedom that he as leader would provide and that the Guilds did not. Optimus responded that Megatron had turned his soldiers into addicts and they would turn on him, and used the ''[[Eight Track (WFC)|Eight Track]]'' to board, sabotage and crash Trypticon.

As the Autobots left on the completed ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'', the Decepticons fully invaded Iacon. Megatron ordered Trypticon to transform into the ''Nemesis'', boarding it with Starscream, Soundwave, [[Lugnut (WFC)|Lugnut]] and other elite soldiers, leaving Shockwave in charge. He used his old frequency once again to warn Optimus that he would hound him through the stars and finally kill him for the Matrix. He explained they were still brothers, as they were bonded for life despite their enmity. Optimus was just glad his hunt would get him off Cybertron. The two ships entered the last [[space bridge]] together, and when the ''Ark'' emerged, the ''Nemesis'' was gone. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

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{{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English)|[[Keiji Fujiwara]] (Japanese), [[Sean Long]] (BotCon 2011), [[Juan Carlos Lozano]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Ja-hyeong Gu]] (Korean), [[Tony Fuochi|Antonio Fuochi]] (Italian), [[Hans-Jürgen Wolf]] (German), [[Gerardo Vásquez]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Antonio Moreno]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Paweł Szczesny]] (Polish)}}

[[Image:OneShallRise3-corresponding.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"I'm a fox!" "I'm a hound doooog!"]]

In the waning years of the [[Golden Age]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Megatronus (who named himself after [[The Fallen|one of the original thirteen Primes]]) was a gladiator who fought in the [[Kaon]] arena and noticed there was a disparity in freedom among the classes of his race, and that the ruling class was corrupt and all-powerful. In drawing attention to this inequity, he inspired a [[Hall of Records]] clerk named [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Orion Pax]], and the two joined forces to end corruption and bring equality to the masses. Soundwave also helped them. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}} Orion and Megatronus became close allies, almost like brothers, but soon Megatronus's ideals would become corrupted, and the two would become bitter enemies. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

[[Image:DarknessRising2-Megsflashback.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Things were very red in those days.]]

Megatronus shortened his name to Megatron before he and Orion Pax appeared before the [[High Council]]. Shocking his colleague with his true intentions, Megatron stated that he would overthrow the High Council by force and instate himself as the next [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], but it was Orion's speech that drew their attention. Jealous, Megatron left the council and Orion behind and began his conquest with his growing army of followers which he would name "Decepticons" and vowed to find the [[Matrix of Leadership]] which was denied to him by the council. At an unknown point in the war, Megatron created the [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] army to serve him, recruited Soundwave into his army. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}} and also recruited Starscream, the Seeker's air commander as his second in command. {{Storylink|Partners}}

During the war, Megatron took the city of [[Kaon]] which contained the very area he fought in as a gladiator and used it as a capitol, although was completely unaware that the legendary [[Vector Sigma]] (a device that also contained the Matrix's power) was right below his feet. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}}

In a battle at [[Tyger Pax]], Megatron captured Autobot Bumblebee and interrogated him for information, but the scout's stubbornness provoked Megatron to crush his voice box. While Autobots invaded the location and saved Bumblebee, the scout himself was left without a proper voice. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}}

The war resulted in countless casualties and left the [[Core]] of Cybertron itself [[Dark Energon|poisoned]]. Although he was denied the [[Matrix of Leadership]] by the High Council, Megatron became obsessed with finding it. When Orion Pax was given the Matrix by the Core itself, and Orion became Optimus Prime. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}} Eventually, the war left Cybertron in ruin and forced the whole Transformer race into exile into space. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}} Megatron would not leave the planet unguarded and placed a few [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticon]] guards in stasis on the planet, should the enemy return. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

Over the following years, Megatron and Optimus fought many battles, such as the [[Battle of Technar]], where Megatron ordered [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] to assassinate Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Masters & Students}} After his failure, Megatron came to believe only he should finally terminate Prime. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}
[[Image:DarknessRising2-MegatronDarkEnergon.jpg|right|thumb|250px|We can relate. We're just like this with our [[BotCon]] toys.]]

Eventually, Megatron and his armies arrived on Earth with Starscream, Soundwave, [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]], [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]], [[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]], and [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] to search for Energon and powerful weapons that were found during the war. Megatron withdrew to space to search for more troops, leaving Starscream in charge. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} Before leaving, Megatron set up several mining sites with [[Decepticon Miner]]s to dig for Energon. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}} He placed several Decepticon soldiers, such as Skyquake, in charge of deposits not yet ready for mining. {{storylink|Masters & Students}} Searching the void for three years, Megatron found something better than mere warriors: he discovered a new source of Dark Energon, the "blood of [[Unicron]]", with which he could reanimate fallen Transformers as an army of the undead. Returning to Earth and resuming command of the Decepticons, Megatron tested the Dark Energon on the deceased Autobot [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]], reviving him as a [[zombie]] "[[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcon]]" that slaughtered several [[Decepticon Miner]]s, but which posed no threat to Megatron himself. Unfortunately for Megatron, this partial reactivation of Cliffjumper's lifesigns drew Optimus Prime's Autobots to the Decepticons' mining operations. Deciding it was not yet time for a confrontation with Prime, Megatron withdrew aboard the [[Trypticon (Prime)|''Nemesis'']] and continued to brood over the Dark Energon.

[[Image:darknessrising3_Megatronglowy.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Megatron, you fool! Rave glowsticks aren't candy!]]
Megatron's inability to control the zombie Cliffjumper convinced him that he needed to integrate the Dark Energon into his own body in order to control the undead legions he planned to create. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}} Thrusting a shard of the material into his spark, he was filled with its power, feeling as though he was connected to Unicron's very thoughts. Requiring a test run for his new power, Megatron headed to the site of an ancient Cybertronian battle on Earth, one full of the remains of fallen warriors, where he was confronted by Optimus and [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]]. Using Dark Energon to raise the dead Transformers as Terrorcons, Megatron successfully found he had complete control of the undead horde, and send them against the two Autobots. [[Image:DarknessRising4-Megatron.jpg|right|thumb|250px|I chew scenery while the zombies chew ''you''.]] {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}} While Optimus and Ratchet fought their way through the Terrorcons, Megatron flew off before they could reach him, satisfied with his test results and ready put his plan into action—to open a [[space bridge]] to Cybertron and use Dark Energon to revive all the dead. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}} Despite the Autobots' best efforts to damage the ''Nemesis'' and prevent the bridge from opening, Megatron succeeded in his plans, and then had his showdown with Optimus Prime atop the bridge itself as he waited for the Terrorcon legions to pass through to Earth. While the two old foes battled, the other Autobots sabotaged the bridge, causing it to explode and destroy both the Terrorcon army and seemingly Megatron himself. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}[[Image:Masters&Students-Megatronstasis.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Well, it's better than just [[Megatron (Animated)|being a head]] I suppose.]]

The Autobots were not so lucky, however: the Dark Energon in his spark allowed Megatron to survive the explosion, but just barely. When Starscream found his leader floating in space, he tore the Dark Energon from his body in the hope that he would expire, but was caught in the act by [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]]'s [[Deployer (Prime)|Deployer]], [[Laserbeak (Prime)|Laserbeak]], and forced to take Megatron back to the ''Nemesis'', where he was placed in [[Stasis lock|stasis]] in the sick bay. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

Starscream was content to leave Megatron in this state to recover or expire as fate saw fit, but the crew of the ''Nemesis'' disagreed, and voted to bring in the Decepticon medic [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] to help heal their wounded leader. But the discovery of an [[Energon Harvester]] forced them to push off Megatron's recovery.{{storylink|Deus ex Machina}} Even with Knock Out's expertise, it seemed unlikely that Megatron would recover, but his assistant [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] gave his body a good buffing nonetheless, and Starscream approved, as it meant their ex-leader would look his best for the memorial service. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

[[Image:SickMind megs and bee.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Hey, [[Megatron (Animated)|you]] really ''are'' [[Transform and Roll Out|uglier from this angle]]!]]

When Optimus Prime was infected by cybonic plague, Arcee and [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] boarded the ''Nemesis'' to search for an antidote. While they failed to find one in the database, the two Autobots did discover Megatron in stasis, and Bumblebee mind-linked with the Decepticon leader via a [[cortical psychic patch]] to try and pluck the cure from his sleeping brain. Bumblebee found himself within Megatron's mind, which took the form of [[Kaon]], where the Decepticon's subconscious was spending its time killing endless visions of Optimus Primes. Unfortunately, Bumblebee's intrusion only caused Megatron to become aware of his situation when he found he was unable to kill Bumblebee. Learning what had befallen Optimus, Megatron initially refused to give up the cure until Bumblebee convinced him that he would gain greater satisfaction from finishing his enemy off with his own two hands. Megatron offered the cure in exchange for Bumblebee's help in escaping his mental prison, but Bumblebee double-crossed him, withdrawing from his mind as soon as the cure was in Autobot hands. At the last moment, Megatron was able to effect his own escape, leaping into Bumblebee's mind along with him. {{storylink|Sick Mind}} [[Image:OutofhisHead megatron revived.jpg|left|thumb|250px|IT'S... AAALLLLLIIIIIIIIVE!]] Recalling the sliver of Dark Energon Starscream had removed from his body, Megatron took full control of Bumblebee's body a short time later and used the GroundBridge to return to the ancient battlefield where he had raised his original Terrorcons, recovering the Dark Energon shard he had used to do so. He returned to the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]], where he dealt with Ratchet and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] before again GroundBridging to the ''Nemesis'' and using the Dark Energon to restore his body and return his mind to it. Storming out of the ''Nemesis'' to find Starscream, Megatron snatched his subordinate out of the air in the middle of a battle with Optimus Prime and took him back for his punishment. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

[[Image:Shadowzone-MegsStarscream.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Lulz.]]
Despite his treason, Megatron decided not to terminate Starscream, viewing him as no real threat and taking perverse amusement in his repeated failures. {{storylink|Rock Bottom}} Instead, Megatron proceeded to beat Starscream only to ''near'' death, then had him placed in the infirmary, occasionally visiting to gloat. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}

When Breakdown was captured by the humans of [[MECH]], Megatron refuted Starscream's suggestion that they rescue him, announcing that if Breakdown had allowed himself to be captured by those weaker than him, then he deserved whatever he got. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}} Breakdown did manage to escape, however, and in his wounded pride, volunteered to recover a [[polarity gauntlet]] for Megatron in order to prove his worth. Megatron was disappointed when his minion returned without the gauntlet, but was placated with the revelation that he had instead brought back [[Airachnid]]. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}}

[[Image:RockBottom-Starscreamprays.jpg|thumb|250px|left|]]
Discovering that Starscream was still attempting to mine energon for his personal use without his knowledge, Megatron determined that the amusement had come to an end. Taking him to the mine in question, Megatron revealed that he had been aware of Starscream's previous transgressions the whole time thanks to Soundwave, and was about to execute his grovelling lieutenant when [[Jack Darby]] and [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] walked in. In the firefight that followed, stray shots from Megatron's fusion cannon brought the mine down on top of them all, with Megatron being completely pinned by rubble. Jack happened upon the Decepticon leader with a mining drill, and Megatron, knowing that the human would not help him, instead urged Jack to finish him off. Jack refused, saying that wasn't what Optimus would do, and left, but the opening he had created allowed Megatron to begin his escape. After finally extricating himself, Megatron came upon Starscream trying to keep a large rock from crushing him. Starscream insisted that he had come to rescue Megatron, and begged the Decepticon leader to spare him, and Megatron acquiesced with a smirk. {{storylink|Rock Bottom}}

Though Megatron allowed Starscream to live and continue as his second-in-command, he was furious to learn from Airachnid that Starscream had kept the location of the ''[[Harbinger]]'' from him. He ordered Starscream to lead Airachnid to the crash site and retrieve an [[Immobilizer|experimental weapon]] that was inside. Much to Megatron's fury, Airachnid returned not only without the weapon, but with the news that Starscream had been captured by the Autobots as well. {{storylink|Partners}}

[[Image:StrongerFaster-KnockOutMegatronRatchet.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Steroids?" "Yup." "Ah."]]
When a formula for [[Synthetic Energon]] was transferred from a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]] into the mind of the Autobot [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], Optimus Prime petitioned Megatron for the return of the cylinder so they could extract the formula, after which they would willingly hand it over. Megatron briefly considered the proposal, but instead sent Knock Out and Breakdown to capture Bulkhead and dared Prime to fight for the cylinder. When his Vehicon troops were defeated, Megatron simply crushed the device and took flight. {{storylink|T.M.I.}} The synthetic energon formula helped the Autobots counter Megatron's next tactic: causing the Autobots to burn through their energon supplies at an accelerated rate by leading them on wild goose chases. Juiced up on the "SynthEn", Ratchet attacked Megatron and Knock Out while they were surveying an energon mine, and sent the Decepticon leader flying with one punch. Unfortunately for Ratchet, Megatron swiftly recovered and subdued the Autobot medic with ease. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

[[Image:PrimeEp23-Megatronjetmode.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Hold still, jet mode, so we can screencap you, dammit!]]
Convinced by Dark Energon-induced visions that an impending prophecy detailed his own destiny, Megatron stepped up the Decepticons' work in constructing a new space bridge so they could obtain more Dark Energon. When they located the last component they needed, Megatron went in personally, grievously wounding Raf with a blast of Dark Energon on the way and creating an unintended distraction that allowed him to make off with the power source he needed. Soon after, Megatron lured Optimus Prime to a volcano he had seen in his visions, and during their battle, it erupted with Dark Energon, imbuing Megatron with the power he needed to fell Prime. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}} [[Image:OneShallFall-visionfulfilled.jpg|thumb|255px|right|Look, Prime! Look at the fireworks! Aren't they splendid?!]] The intervention of the other Autobots saved Prime's life, but this was of little concern to Megatron, who now had all the Dark Energon he needed and set his miners to work gathering it up. When Soundwave detected a spark-beat coming from within the Earth, Megatron felt it pounding through his brain and realized what his visions had meant: the lifeforce of Unicron himself dwelt within Earth. Leaving Airachnid in command, Megatron flew into the volcano to address Unicron, but did not receive the power he had hoped the chaos-bringer would bestow on him, instead receiving Unicron's displeasure at the fact that Optimus Prime still lived. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

Spurned, Megatron instead went to the aid of Optimus and his Autobots, who were under attack from Unicron's stone avatars. He offered Optimus his services—he intended to lead them to Unicron's real form so that Optimus could use the [[Matrix of Leadership]] on the Chaos God. While the Autobots returned to base, Megatron kept the giant stone Unicrons busy, and Prime eventually accepted Megatron's offer. On arrival in the Autobot base, Megatron encountered a couple of humans he recognized, Raf and Jack, as well as a [[Miko Nakadai|new loud one]]. Megatron was first to step through the GroundBridge into the Earth's core, and as the Autobots followed, he warned them that Unicron already knew they were there. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}}

[[Image:OneShallRise3-together.jpg|thumb|255px|left|"Just this once, we work together! Mortal enemies working together for the common good!" "Be quiet!"]]
Despite the persistent influence of Unicron, Megatron led the Autobots through Unicron's insides, even helping them fight off [[Unicron's antibodies|antibodies]]. The Dark Energon he was imbued with allowed him to enter Unicron's spark chamber with Optimus, though at that point Unicron's influence became so great that the Chaos God was able to commandeer his body. After Optimus unleashed the power of the Matrix, apparently extinguishing Unicron's spark, Megatron went to kill Optimus, only to discover his foe had lost his memory and now believed himself to be Orion Pax. Megatron convinced Optimus that the other Autobots were enemies, and the pair returned to the ''Nemesis'', where Megatron introduced "Orion Pax" to his men. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

[[Image:Orion-Pax-Part-1-OP-Megatron.jpg|thumb|250px|right]]
Megatron wasted no time in spinning a tale of Autobot warlord Ratchet and the destruction of Cybertron, and put Orion Pax to work decoding data from the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] archives for a [[Project Iacon|project]] of the same name. Though aware that at some point Orion would find out the truth, Megatron made all precautions to make sure that didn't happen before Orion finished his work. Knock Out was ordered to set up Orion's work station a mere few inches away from the Energon storage vault.

During Orion's decoding, the archivist noted several references to Starscream as being Megatron's second in command. As part of his deception, Megatron claimed Starscream to be dead, and ordered Soundwave to carefully remove Arcee from the ship with a GroundBridge. Arachnid offered to destroy the bike bot herself, but Megatron feared that Orion would become weary of their activity's should he bare witness to an Autobot's destruction. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}}

Megatron attempted to cover for a surprise visit by Starscream when he managed to sneak aboard the ship. Orion asked why Megatron lied, but the con leader stated that Starscream as "dead" to their cause for joining the Autobots. However, Starscream's visit caused Orion to uncover the truth and find out that he was, in fact, Optimus Prime, the so called leader of the Autobot "invaders". Soundwave notified Megatron of Orion finding information on Optimus Prime, and Megatron realized that harsher methods would be necessary to complete [[Project Iacon]]. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}}

[[Image:OrionPax3 Megatron threatens Orion.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Do you see what's in your teeth ''NOW''?!]]
Megatron payed Orion a visit to expose Orion's findings. Orion demanded to know the full truth, but Megatron refused, causing Orion to delete his findings. Fortunately, Soundwave had recorded his findings, and the data was saved. Soundwave also informed Megatron of the activity at the space bridge and went there to find that the Autobots had taken control of it, and that one of their [[Insecticon (Prime)|traps]] on Cybertron was activated. Megatron ordered the guards to watch Orion while he went out and threatened to kill the archivist if he had not completed the project. Megatron realized that the Autobots must have been searching for a way to restore Orion to Optimus. Megatron arrived at the space bridge and defeated the trio of Autobots present, and waited for Arcee to return from the open space bridge with the Matrix in her possession. When Orion had overpowered his guards and came to attack Megatron, Orion declared his loyalty to the Autobots, pulled out his blades, and attacked Megatron. The amnesiac Autobot was no match for him. While the Decepticon leader was subsequently kept busy by Arcee, Jack returned the Matrix to Orion, who regained his memory and left with the Autobots, leaving Megatron screaming furiously at his failure. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

[[Image:OperationBumblebee1 spark extractor.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Now ''I'' have [[The Touch]].]]
Following the first of the artifact coordinates left by Orion, Megatron and his men unearthed the [[spark extractor|Spark Extractor]]. While Megatron was bringing it back through the GroundBridge, it was taken from him by Bumblebee. He then ordered Knock Out and Breakdown to retrieve another artifact before Bulkhead and Bumblebee did. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}} Megatron was pleased when Knock Out returned with a force field generator, quickly demonstrating the object's power with a cannon-blast. Megatron himself joined the mission to get the third artifact, and managed to secure the [[Forge of Solus Prime]] by holding a prone Bulkhead hostage. Unfortunately, he discovered that the Forge wouldn't work without the power of a Prime behind it. {{Storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

When [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] arrived on Earth, Megatron filled him in on what had happened to his brother Skyquake, but warned him not to seek revenge on his own. When Dreadwing did anyway, Megatron figured that would be the last they saw of him, although he was glad that Dreadwing both survived and learned his lesson. {{storylink|Loose Cannons}}

[[Image:Crossfire Megatron and Insecticon close together.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Reminded of Airachnid's past treachery, Megatron tasked Dreadwing with ridding them of her. Dreadwing not only failed, but returned minus Breakdown, much to Megatron's disgust. Megatron responded to Airachnid's later communication by attempting to get rid of her himself. Although she set an [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticon]] on him, the mighty Megatron eventually prevailed against it. The fight took all of his strength, and he was subsequently surrounded by Autobots. With Dreadwing's help, he escaped and made Dreadwing his new [[second-in-command]]. {{storylink|Crossfire}}

Megatron responded to reports of Starscream on the ship and found not one but four [[Starscream clone (Prime)|Starscreams]] on the bridge. After attempting to appeal to their treacherous nature, he took advantage of a diversion to offline three of them before the fourth escaped. The diversion turned out to be a mass Insecticon attack, but after a fight, the Insecticons suddenly stopped and announced they were loyal to him. Then the ''Nemesis'' crashed. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}

{{spoiler|Flying Mind|May 5, 2012}}
Megatron got the ship moving again using Dark Energon, but when it exhibited its own intelligence and refused to follow his orders, he tried to shut it down, only to be put into stasis lock. He only awoke when the kids reversed the energon flow. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}
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===Commercial appearances===
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English)}}

Megatron, [[wikipedia:Dan Vs.|Dan]] and [[My Little Pony|Pinkie Pie]], a pony, sang a collaborative group song while the scene quickly shifted between a variety of strange alternate universes. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime|The Hub summer promo 2011}}
{{quote|Are you ready for the summer? Are you ready for the hot <strike> nuts </strike> nights?|Megatron}}

At some point he ended up in detention at a school because he had "anger issues". {{storylink|Commercial/Prime|The Hub promo}}

He later joined back up with Pinkie Pie as well as other ponies Rainbow Dash and Applejack, and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] in scatting "[[wikipedia:Deck the Halls|Deck the Halls]]"{{storylink|Commercial/Prime|The Hub Carolers}} and singing "[[wikipedia:Jingle Bells|Jingle Bells]]". {{storylink|Commercial/Prime|The Hub Carolers (Second spot)}}

He also demanded that viewers vote for him in the Hub's 2010 "Naughty or Nice" contest. They must have been listening, because he was eventually voted the "Naughtiest" villain on the Hub that year.

===Titan Magazines ''Prime'' comics===
Under Megatron's leadership, the Decepticons conquered many city states including [[Kalis]], [[Tarn]] and [[Vos]]. When the time came to strike against [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Megatron led a five-con team in under the cover of darkness to bomb the [[Iacon Energon Refinery]]. They had barely planted the first bomb when they were spotted and fired on. After the other three Decepticons were shot down, Megatron gave Soundwave a bomb and set about causing a distraction while his second-in-command went to plant it. When Soundwave was also shot down, Megatron flew into action, helping up the rest of his team and carrying Soundwave as they retreated under the cover of an exploding bomb. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.2|War Story}}

With a new plan, Megatron took [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] to attack the [[Yamal|NS ''Yamal'']], a Russian icebreaker near [[Antarctica]]. He intended to use a [[static lance]] to cause the ship's reactors to meltdown exposing energon deposits beneath the ice. Unfortunately Optimus got wind of the plan and came storming in. As Megatron detailed his plan during their one-on-one fight, Optimus took possession of the lance. Megatron attempted to take it back, only for Optimus to hit him with it. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.3|Ice Breaker}}

Megatron and Soundwave somehow slipped some code into ''[[Invasionauts II]]'' to hypnotise Raf into opening the GroundBridge so they could send Vehicons through. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.4|Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!}} Irritated at Starscream's failure to end the Autobot problem, Megatron demanded his subordinate try and lure the Autobots into a trap instead for fruitlessly searching for them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.6|All the President's 'Bots!}}

Now infuriated at his army being constantly bested by the Autobots, Megatron took the ''Nemesis'' to the [[Erta Ale volcano]] where he had his troops fight in a series of deathmatches to apply the principal of survival of the fittest. He forced Starscream to fight [[Fearstorm]], and when Starscream won, seemed happy enough to let his lieutenant return to the ship. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.7|Megatron's Law}}

====Mega-Mouth====
Megatron occasionally takes time out from conquering the universe to...answer fan mail? He also sometimes seems [[Megatron (Movie)|confused]] about which [[universal stream]] he hails from, as he claimed he attacked [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel]] {{storylink|Transformers_Comic_issue_4.1#Mega-Mouth|Mega-Mouth #1}} he also explained why he wore a cowl in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'' {{storylink|Transformers_Comic_issue_4.4#Mega-Mouth|Mega-Mouth #4}} and he also said he survived ''Dark of the Moon'', after some fan asked how Megatron could be answering those fanmails. {{storylink|Transformers_Comic_issue_4.5#Mega-Mouth|Mega-Mouth #5}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
{{voiceactor|[[Fred Tatasciore]] (English)|[[Oliviero Corbetta]] (Italian), [[Juan Carlos Lozano]] (Spanish)}}
[[Image:WFC_Megatron.jpg|thumb|350px|He wants the whooole wooorld, in his hand!]]
During the early war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Megatron found reference to an energy source called [[Dark Energon]], which had impressive potential as a weapon, and became determined to claim it for himself. One of the few places it was made was in a station in orbit around Cybertron, guarded by a politically neutral force led by [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]]. With this knowledge, he took a ship and launched an assault on the station.

The ship was badly damaged in the attack, and so he ordered [[Barricade (Prime)|Barricade]] and [[Brawl (WFC)| Brawl]], piloting it, to ram the station. He and many of his soldiers survived the impact and escaped the core's detonation. They were then confronted by Starscream, who informed them that they would not allow them to take what he had guarded for ten thousand years. After surviving a trap of sentry guns, Megatron, Barricade, and Brawl were reinforced by more of Megatron's troops, and set out on their way to find the station's Dark Energon stores and claim them for the war effort. They encountered significant resistance, but managed to shoot their way through, with directional aid from [[Soundwave (Prime)| Soundwave]]. Barricade noted that the station itself seemed quite primitive; Megatron noted it was very old, and that he intended to modernize it... At one point, the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] confronted Megatron nonviolently, asking him to give up his quest, as Dark Energon would result in only horror, death, and destruction, to which Megatron sneered, "You say that as if it were a bad thing."

[[Image:WFC-MegatronmeetsStarscream.jpg|left|thumb|300px|At last we meet, my punching bag.]]

Along their way to the Dark Energon, they found that a large portion of the station had been blasted clean off, the debris field traversable but sparse enough to allow easy viewing of Cybertron itself. Soundwave soon found records indicating that a small amount of Dark Energon lost containment and was the sole cause of the destruction, underscoring Megatron's desire for it. When Barricade asked how he expected to control it when no other had, Megatron said that such power was only for the strong, that he was the strongest, and not to question him again.

When they finally reached the storage chamber, and Megatron averted Starscream's destruction of it, he calmly entered into a container full of raw Dark Energon, while Starscream watched and gloated at his imminent destruction...only for him to walk out, not only unscathed, but crackling with power, which he further bestowed upon Barricade and Brawl. A single blast of Dark Energon was enough to destroy an entire company of station security forces, the last line of defense between Megatron and Starscream and his companions.

Jetfire again tried to warn Megatron about the dangers of Dark Energon, but Starscream interrupted, asking to join the Decepticon leader. Megatron asked what Starscream could offer that he could not simply take. Starscream revealed the station's supply of Dark Energon was almost spent, and he knew how to manufacture more—and as luck would have it, there was a dormant [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge]] which could be used to power it. Jetfire retreated to inform [[Sentinel Zeta Prime| Zeta Prime]]; Megatron let him go, seeming pleased by the notion of letting the Autobots tremble in advance of their actions, and sent Starscream, [[Thundercracker (WFC)| Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (Prime)| Skywarp]] to activate the bridge.

Megatron repeatedly mocked what he perceived as Starscream's slowness in his simple mission, but the Seeker did what he said he could. With a steady supply of Dark Energon, Megatron launched an attack on Iacon City, intending to take a device called the [[Omega Key]] and use it to enter the Core of Cybertron. This time, he took [[Breakdown (Prime)| Breakdown]] and Soundwave with him. The trio took the less-guarded way in—which, since the Autobots were not complete fools (as even Megatron would admit), still had significant military presence. During the attack, Starscream noted that Dark Energon was proving every bit as potent as Megatron had promised. Breakdown let Megatron know of his misgivings about the Sky Commander; Megatron admitted he was treacherous and untrustworthy, but he had useful talents, and his cunning and ambition was intriguing.

The Omega Key had been taken from its normal resting place, however, by Autobot leader Zeta Prime, and so Megatron took his squad on an assault on Zeta's headquarters. They met Brawl, leading an attack on the doors to Zeta Prime's armory, along the way. Even Megatron's touch of Dark Energon could not breach the vault doors, however, and so he called in [[Dark Energon Bomber]]s. When they were shot down, Brawl suggested they take out the Autobots' air defense guns, after which bombers were called in again; Megatron's troops then held off a massive assault from what seemed like the entire Autobot army while waiting for the bombing run to finally arrive.

[[Image:WFC Megatron Vs ZetaPrime.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Zeta Prime, you might be more egotistical than me. I mean really, a huge holographic version of you and smaller holograms doing what you can't do without your pointy stick thing?]]

After the vault doors were breached, they reached Zeta Prime himself, who had constructed several layers of security while he waited. An invincible energy field protected him, while he could drop portions of the ceiling with pistons to crush anything beneath them, and construct endless holographic clones of himself outfitted for melee combat, which Megatron personally found nauseating. However, his defenses were not without flaw: periodically, the power core would need to disperse waste heat, and Megatron's team survived long enough to destroy it during this stage. Zeta fell, buried under the wreckage of his own defenses, and Megatron took the device he'd carried...which started to make electronic chirping noises. Zeta, with black humor, noted that the device was not the Omega Key. It merely ''activated'' the Key, which would come to them...

Searching for the Key in the skies aboard another ship, Megatron, with Soundwave and Breakdown at the controls, were abruptly confronted by a massive ship, [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]], who knocked them out of the sky, causing them to crash back in Iacon. There, they played a cat-and-mouse campaign in a desperate attempt to survive the enormous Autobot's vast firepower, though Soundwave noted that the weaponry they bore had little chance of penetrating Omega Supreme's armor. Megatron, for his part, at least contrived to appear unafraid, claiming that if it came to a real fight, the brute wouldn't stand a chance against Megatron's intellect. However, Omega's attacks drove them underground and left them unable to immediately transmit counter to Starscream, who declared Megatron dead and announced he was taking control. Even when they re-established contact, Starscream's aerial forces only briefly distracted Omega, who dispensed large numbers of troops, sucked up Decepticons with a tractor beam, fired weapons of mass destruction, and mined the roads Megatron and his squad were using.

Soundwave, however, had come up with a suggestion—there were weapons emplacements higher up that had the ability to damage Omega Supreme. Taking them from the Autobots was a battle in and of itself, but nothing compared to the fight against Omega Supreme, who could unload entire squadrons of Aerialbots. Nonetheless, Megatron's boldness and tactical acumen finally shot Omega Supreme out of the sky.

[[Image:WFC-hearmynameandtremble.jpg|left|thumb|300px|I stand on your crotch!]]

Gloating, Megatron found that the behemoth was still not defeated, and indeed was drawing power from Cybertron itself to repair his systems, making him stronger, if anything. However, by corrupting the energon batteries with which he was using to feed himself with Dark Energon charges, they were able to weaken him to the point where they could finally blast away his last defenses and brought him to heel. With Omega Supreme defeated, Megatron went underground, directly to the Core, and corrupted it with a massive infusion of Dark Energon, finally bringing Cybertron itself more completely under his control.

At this point, Megatron was clearly convinced, and for good reason, that he'd won, making propaganda broadcasts extolling his greatness and how he had taken away the Autobots' burdens of "liberty" and "choice". When Starscream was defeated and the Decagon retaken, however, he realized the Autobots were not yet going to roll over for him, and sent a distress signal from Zeta Prime, whom he had kept alive in the Kaon prison camp, in order to provoke a rescue attempt from the Autobots. His old acquaintance Optimus took the bait, and Megatron confronted him, telling him that the war could be over tomorrow if Optimus took the Autobots and left. Optimus refused, so Megatron consigned him and his team to the prisons. When they managed to stage a mass breakout, an enraged Megatron ordered his troops to prevent their escape at any cost, to the point of tearing apart portions of Kaon.

This was not enough, however, and they escaped, journeying to the Core, where they kickstarted the cleansing of Megatron's corruption. Doing so, however, would take the Core millions of years of shutdown, rendering Cybertron uninhabitable. Whether Megatron knew this or not, when he saw the Autobots leaving after Optimus's refusal of his earlier offer, he apparently took offense. His earlier plans of renovating Starscream's station had come to fruition; now, it mounted a powerful superweapon, capable of destroying entire structures in one shot. He had it fire upon the Autobot transports as they left. When a team of Aerialbots attempted to disable or destroy it, he called Jetfire, now one of them, and taunted him about his past. He further mocked them when they destroyed the plasma coolant system without apparently having accounted for backups. Finally, during the attack he came into possession of information on Optimus Prime's location, and ordered Trypticon—the name of the weapon, for it was actually a Cybertronian—to fire upon it.

Trypticon, however, was forced into his natural form and defeated after he crash-landed on Cybertron. Megatron's reaction to this went unrecorded. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
Megatron was the Decepticon Leader during the final days of the Great War. After capturing an Autobot facility, and killing a cadet, Megatron revealed his plan to his troops. Megatron intended to conquer Trypticon Space Station, which had the means and power to manufacture Dark Energon: a variant of Energon which greatly increased the stamina and strength of its host. Megatron fought his way through the station to its commander, the Autobot Starscream. Upon Starscream's defeat, Starscream offered his services and the Dark Energon if he was spared. Megatron agreed, and Starscream joined the Decepticons.

After a test run of the Dark Energon in Kaon Prison, Soundwave deduced the element would only kill the host, but Starscream was able to find a way to fix it. Megatron then decided the time was right, and led his army to the inner levels of Cybertron. He was able to activate the uplink to channel energy from the Core of Cybertron itself to Trypticon Station, but he needed the Omega Key to access it once it was shut down with a firewall.

[[Image:WFCDS Defeat Omega Supreme.jpg|thumb|left|256px|Simple enough... OH GOD BULLETS.]]
Megatron learned through a recording from Laserbeak that Autobot Leader Zeta Prime had the Omega Key in his possession and had holed up deep within Iacon. Megatron led a full-scale assault on the city, totally devastating Iacon, until he found Zeta Prime at last. After a hard battle, Zeta fell, and Megatron obtained the Omega Key. However, immediately upon taking it, alarms went off, and Iacon itself was shaking. Zeta Prime, despite being mortally wounded, laughed at Megatron's face, saying the Omega Key was only the key to the ''true'' key: the city-sized Autobot Omega Supreme.

Omega immediately attacked the victorious Decepticons, and quickly decimated their presence in Iacon, save for Megatron's team and a few others. By this point, Megatron was absolutely furious at Starscream: Megatron declared it was he who led them to Omega Supreme and the devastating onslaught he carried out. Starscream bitterly retorted even if Megatron killed him, Omega Supreme would still be out for his blood, helping nothing whatsoever. Megatron angrily let it go for the time being, and led his army to battle. His troops' confidence beginning to falter, Megatron declared they would either be kicking themselves for not acting for the rest of their lives, or heroes in a historic event. His men followed him to battle Omega, and the titan fell. Megatron was free to corrupt the Core of Cybertron with Dark Energon, and obtain near-supremacy of Cybertron.

That kind of went downhill when the new Autobot leader, Optimus Prime, extinguished the Dark Energon and destroyed Trypticon Space Station, didn't it? {{Storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: Cybertron Adventures''===
{{voiceactor|[[Fred Tatasciore]] (English)|[[Oliviero Corbetta]] (Italian)}}

Early in the war, when the Autobots learned of the existence of the orbiting superweapon [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]], Megatron sent waves of Decepticon forces to keep them from discovering more about it. Megatron, happy to see the destruction Trypticon was creating, ordered Starscream and Skywarp at gunpoint to return to Trypticon and clean up after it, while he took his troops into battle to scour the area for Autobots to kill. Few Autobots other than the medic, [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]], were spared Megatron's initial assault.

When Megatron found out that Starscream had left his post at Trypticon, Megatron grew angry. But the Autobots had infiltrated the [[Datacore]], so Megatron focused his efforts there instead. Bumblebee was captured, and information useful for the taking of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] was pulled from his mind. Megatron assigned Skywarp the task of the initial Iacon assault. The traitorous Starscream returned to Megatron's focus, and the Air Commander was ordered to infiltrate the Core of Cybertron to reactivate the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge]]. But Starscream took too long, discovering Megatron had already reached the Core by the time he arrived. In a foul mood, Megatron would test Starscream's loyalty by putting him on the Iacon assault's front lines.

The assault went as planned, and Iacon crumbled. As Barricade and Starscream reached an empty Council Chamber, Megatron alerted them to the evacuation of the surviving Autobots. Three Autobot ships positioned themselves to escape, and so Megatron ordered Thundercracker and Skywarp to take them down.

Though Iacon fell, the Trypticon orbiting superweapon was destroyed by the Autobots... but not before Megatron ripped the datacore from its brain so as to salvage its information on Dark Energon. Megatron was pleased. Despite his loss, he still had the upper hand. {{storylink|Transformers: Cybertron Adventures}}

===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3)===
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==Toys==
===Generations===
[[Image:Generationstoy-CybertronianMegatron.jpg|thumb|right|300px| Fashionably asymmetrical.]]
*'''Cybertronian Megatron''' (Deluxe, 2010)
**''Accessories'': clear purple missile, fusion cannon

: This toy is based on Megatron's appearance in the video game ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]'', transforming into a Cybertronian self-propelled gun. The treads of his vehicle can be positioned in either a vertical configuration like a traditional tank or in a horizontal, hovertank configuration. Megatron's spring-loaded cannon can attach to either arm. He also has an insignia on his back, but unlike Optimus, his is not hidden by kibble. Like [[Soundwave (Prime)|''War for Cybertron'' Soundwave]], his head has a light-piping gimmick that has been neutered by his painted eyes.

: Some units of the figure have Megatron's left internal shoulder strut misassembled, preventing that side of the tank-mode from becoming properly flush to the body when transforming. This can be corrected by unscrewing and separating the outer shoulder structure, flipping the strut 180 degrees, and reassembling the shoulder covering.

: Also, the packaging image for his tank mode is flipped.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed into ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' [[Megatron (G1)/toys#United|Megatron Cybertron Mode]] and [[Darkside Megatron]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/GenerationsMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Cybertronian Megatron at TFU.info]''

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===Prime: First Edition===
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[[Image:Primetoy-MegatronEP.jpg|right|thumb|300px|His jet mode needs a little scarf attached to the robot head.]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs Megatron''' (First Edition 5 figure gift set, 2011)
**''Accessories'': [[Fusion cannon]]

: This Deluxe-Class version of Megatron transforms into his alien ship mode. He comes with his Fusion Cannon, which can either be held with his hands in robot mode, or peg onto his jet mode by folding the handle in and pegging it behind his exposed, peeking head. It is also in this latter configuration for the cannon that the otherwise useless groove and tab on the cannon and its handle can be pegged onto the tab and otherwise useless socket on his right arm, giving him the classic, arm-mounted, yet ''strangely undocumented'' Fusion Cannon configuration shown in his [[stock photography]].

: Speaking of undocumented features, his [[instructions]] show a noticeably different "completed" vehicle mode when compared to his stock photos. Specifically, the instructions completely neglect the extra steps to flip his wings out and form a more [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] vehicle mode, opting instead for a more slender, wingless vehicle mode. To achieve this undocumented form, his underside leg panels must be opened, flipped around and over to the top of the ship, be pegged onto a tab on the side of his intakes, and his pointy wingtips must be flipped out from underneath. He also has some clearance issues when transforming. His intakes and the panel that surrounds his head in vehicle mode tend to collide when the intakes are snugly angled into and out of the panel, often resulting in the intakes popping off the (detachable) plastic hinges that they're on. He also comes somewhat mis-transformed in the package, with the positions of the intakes and the panel on his back being switched around, with the panel being placed ''after'' the intakes, instead of ''before''.

: He comes with a similarly-scaled [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] and PVC figurines of [[Miko Nakadai]], [[Jack Darby]] and [[Raf Esquivel]], as well as a DVD of the "Series Premiere" episode "[[Masters & Students]]".

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*'''Megatron''' (First Edition Deluxe, 2011)
**''Accessories'': Fusion Cannon

: The Japanese release of Deluxe class Megatron was packaged by itself on a card. The instructions show the proper vehicle mode, how to attach his fusion cannon to his arm, and the figure is transformed correctly in the box.
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===Prime===
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[[Image:TF-Cyberverse-Commander-Megatron.jpg|right|thumb|300px|.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2012)
**''Accessories'': "Cyber sword"
: This Cyberverse scaled Megatron is cast partly in translucent plastic so that the toy can be lit using the electronic lights featured in the larger playsets. He also comes with a translucent "cyber sword" weapon and a pack-in file card. Rare for a Hasbro product, his sword is both hard plastic, and pointy. Also included is a mini DVD featuring the Transformers Prime [[Masters & Students]] episode.

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[[Image:PrimeRIDtoy-MegatronPowerizer.jpg|right|thumb|300px|And it's like the sky is new.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Voyager, 2012)
**''Accessories'': "Cannon", "Combat Claw"

: Like the Cyberverse version, this Megatron has a fair amount of translucent purple plastic in the torso and forearms, and a similar general design to his other ''Prime'' toys of the line in both modes, although the plastic is a little more matte than in the stock photo. He comes with two weapons; the arm cannon is a MechTech-like weapon, where pushing a plunger at the back swings two blades out from either side and pushes a third one forward, combining to make a larger one below the cannon's mouth. At the same time, a red LED swings out and activates, shining through the plastic blades. The cannon can be mounted on either arm, either in the classic elbow port or from one on the wrist, and the blade can be locked in place by manually swinging the blades out while holding the plunger back.

:He also comes with a combat claw, which mounts on the wrist point on either hand and has a piece which rests in the hand to appear more as if it's being held. The claw can also be mounted in front of the cannon, which does not interfere with the cannon's blade gimmick. Both weapons can also be stored on the back when not in use, and it is possible to trigger the cannon's LED gimmick and lock it on while on the back without unfolding the blade much, resulting in the LED shining through and making the inner chest glow red.

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* '''Megatron''' (Deluxe, [[March 31|3-31]]-[[2012|12]])
** ''Japanese ID Number:'' '''AM-05'''
** ''Accessories:'' "Gora" Arms Micron

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*'''Megatron Cannon''' (Micron, 2012)

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===Transformers (2010)===
[[Image:TRURageOverCybertronCybertronianMegatron.jpg|thumb|300px|Nobody makes fun of Megatron's lovely skirt. Not more than once, anyway.]]
*'''Rage over Cybertron''' (Multipack, 2011)
**''Accessories'': Fusion cannon, missile

:A [[redeco]] of Cybertronian Megatron with purple parts, a translucent purple cannon and purple and red paint details resembling the effects of [[Dark Energon]], available in a [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] three-pack with Cybertronian Optimus Prime and Cybertronian Bumblebee.

:The [[stock photo]] to the right has his vehicle mode mis-transformed. His treads are left almost untransformed as his arms, but with his hands folded inside the treads, and the top panel on his left shoulder hasn't been rotated and pegged between his shoulders/tank front. His robot mode is also mis-transformed, with his back panel not being pegged into his back and being left hanging behind his thighs.
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===Bot Shots===
[[Image:Bot Shots S1 BP004 Megatron.jpg|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Nemesis Prime / Megatron / Acid Storm''' (Multi-pack, 2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''BP004'''
***''Fist strength'': '''170'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''820'''
***''Sword strength'': '''625'''

:''[[Bot Shots]]'' Megatron is a teeny tank that borrows some elements from both the ''War for Cybertron'' and ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Megatron designs. He has a spring-loaded automatic transformation to robot mode triggered when his front is pressed and a "spinner" in his chest that shows his three attack types and power levels. He was only available in a three-pack with [[Nemesis Prime (BS)|Nemesis Prime]] and [[Acid Storm (BS)|Acid Storm]].

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*'''Megatron Launcher''' (Launcher, 2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''BL002'''
***''Fist strength'': '''530'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''900'''
***''Sword strength'': '''210'''

:A redeco of the ''Bot Shots'' tank Megatron mold in bronze with a large "trailer" tank body extension that transforms into a battle station with a launcher mechanism. The large, non-firing cannon on the launcher has detailing reminiscent of the original [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s [[fusion cannon]].

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*'''Megatron''' (Bot Shot, 2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''Super Bot 003'''
***''Fist strength'': '''???'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''???'''
***''Sword strength'': '''???'''

:Cast in translucent dark green plastic, "Super Bot" Megatron is a new figure using a mix of Bot Shots Optimus, tank Megatron, and all new "trailer", robot chest, and grill parts. It transforms into a semi-truck with trailer, taking inspiration from the ''[[Kre-O]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'' Megatrons. Like the rest of the line, it has a spring-loaded transformation and a spinning stat dial in its chest. As a Super Bot, it was packed one per case and had higher stats than an average Bot Shot figure.

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*'''Battle for the Matrix''' (Multi-pack, 2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''???'''
***''Fist strength'': '''???'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''???'''
***''Sword strength'': '''???'''

: This version of Megatron is a multi-pack release of the Megatron Launcher in black and gold.

: The set also comes with [[Optimus Prime (Prime)#BotShotBattleForMatrix|Optimus Prime with his launcher]], [[Brawl (WFC)#BotShotBattleForMatrix|Brawl]], and [[Bumblebee (Prime)#BotShotBattleForMatrix|Bumblebee]], as well as a [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] prize.

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==Merchandise==
===Mcdonald's===
[[Image:Primetoy-MegatronHappyMeal.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Megatron''' (Happy Meal, 2012)
:*''McNumber:'' '''2'''
:Happy Meal Megatron is a nontransformable space jet! A spring-loaded paddle is launched when his robot mode head is pressed down, and when the fusion cannon on the back of the vehicle is pushed forward, a yellow LED shines out the front of it. An on/off switch on the jet's underside enables or disables the light feature.
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==Notes==
[[Image:Tfprimemegatronjet.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Too fast for screen caps.]]
*As revealed in [[One Shall Rise, Part 3]], Megatron used to have blue optics.
*Megatron's designation as an energon miner was "D-16".<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/play/details.cfm?guid=7fd5ecd9-19b9-f369-1041-a7635be83172 War for Cybertron timeline].</ref> Megatron's original [[Japanese ID number list|Japanese ID number]] was "16". Takara would eventually change the numbering system using a "D" to denote [[Decepticon|Destrons]]. So Megatron's Japanese ID number could retroactively be considered "D-16".
*In ''Transformers: War for Cybertron'', Megatron has multiple glitches when controlled by the computer, among them shrinking (quite hilariously), losing his Fusion Cannon, and having his Tank mode cannon stick straight up (also humorous). He may be the most glitchy character in the game.
*The show design of this version of Megatron takes visual cues from both Generation 1 (the ever-famous [[Megatron (G1)|buckethead]] and lower legs resembling a pistol's handgrip) and [[Megatron (Movie)|the movie version]] of the Decepticon leader (the sharp angles and bits on his shoulders, along with two-toed feet and a demonic-looking face with sharp shark-like teeth), even including the jet mode the latter version appeared in.
*The ''Prime'' staff used the rationale that Megatron would not scan an Earth mode out of disgust at humans.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/botcon-2010-transformers-prime-panel-coverage-170054/ BotCon 2010 Transformers Prime Panel Coverage]</ref> According to Cybertronian Megatron's packaging bio, Megatron often changes his alternate mode, probably in an attempt to explain why he's a tank in the game and a jet in the cartoon.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Megatron''' (メガトロン ''Megatoron'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Megaton''' (Taiwan, 密卡登 ''Mìkǎdēng''), '''Wēi Zhèn Tīan''' (China, 威震天, "Extremely Prestigious", literally "Heaven-shaking Might")

==References==
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Bulkhead (Prime)

2012-05-01T13:00:41Z

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:''Bulkhead is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)| Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:Bulkhead-Prime.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Miss me?]]
'''Bulkhead''' looks huge and menacing, but he's only the former. Once you get to know him, he has a gentle soul. He's afraid of hurting things smaller and more fragile than him, but his new [[human]] friend, [[Miko Nakadai]], has helped him grow past that. He has a low tolerance for jerks and bullies, and is quite happy to let people like that stew in the trouble they've made for themselves, but his better impulses—or at least, needling from those around him—always sway him into helping in the end.

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

==Fiction==
===''Exiles''===
Bulkhead was a Wrecker and one of the last Autobots to get on the [[Ark (WFC)|''Ark'']].
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===''Prime'' comic===
[[Image:PrimeComicBulkhead.jpg|Right|thumb|200px|]]
Bulkhead was present at the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]] when [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]] and [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] arrived for the first time. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (comic)|Transformers: Prime}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Kevin Michael Richardson]] (English)|[[Takashi Nagasako]] (Japanese), [[Karl Schulz]] (German), [[Pietro Ubaldi]] (Italian), [[Yeong-Ung Jeong]] (Korean), [[Salvador Serrano]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Salvador Reyes]] (Latin American-Spanish)}}

Originally Bulkhead was a construction worker. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}} During the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]], he joined the [[Wrecker]]s, and battled alongside [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] and many others. {{storylink|Con Job}} He also had rivalry with [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]]. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}} Bulkhead left the Wreckers early on in the war to join [[Team Prime]]. {{storylink|Con Job}}

Soon after the Autobots arrived on Earth, Bulkhead accidentally stepped into some power lines. Arcee was impressed with the dance he did as a consequence. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}}

[[Image:Bulkhead-Primevehicle.jpg|left|thumb|200px|And then [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s engineers get a headache.]]
Bulkhead was pulled away from a woodland area to back up [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]], but when the team arrived at the battle site, Cliffjumper and the [[Decepticon]]s were gone. Sometime later, Bulkhead scared off some [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s, who were fighting [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] and [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]]. Bulkhead returned to base, and was there when three humans were brought in. Miko questioned him at length about how cool he was. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} During a subsequent visit by Agent [[William Fowler|Fowler]], Bulkhead crushed one of [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]]'s tools as part of a demonstration, much to his comrade's annoyance. Bulkhead was part of the ultimately unsuccessful mission to retrieve Cliffjumper from a Decepticon [[energon]] mine. After they returned to base empty-handed, Optimus assigned Bulkhead to watch over [[Miko Nakadai]]. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

[[Image:DarknessRising3_disembulkhead.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''No'', Bulky, the slogan is get some ''nuts''!]]
Miko managed to persuade Bulkhead to do some off-roading on the way back to base. Once there, Optimus and Ratchet left on a mission, placing Arcee in charge. Arcee promptly left to go patrolling with Bumblebee, leaving Bulkhead in charge. During an impromptu visit by Fowler, Bulkhead managed to prevent him reporting the three kids, but when Fowler was subsequently captured by the Decepticons, Bulkhead was compelled to mount a rescue mission. He [[GroundBridge]]d to the ''[[Trypticon (Prime)|Nemesis]]'', only to find the three kids had followed him. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}}

[[Image:DarknessRising4-BulkheadandMiko.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Be thankful she didn't do more than heave on your car parts.]]
After trying to make sure the kids were safe, Bulkhead climbed aboard the ''Nemesis'' and began trashing Decepticons before discovering Miko had stowed away inside his chest compartment. Inside the ship, the pair eventually ran into Arcee and Bumblebee, who'd rescued Jack and Raf from some more guards. The three Autobots stuck the kids in a store room while they located Fowler in the brig and chased off [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]]. Mission accomplished, they returned to base, where Optimus told off Bulkhead. After Jack decided he was better off without the Autobots in his life, Bulkhead took Miko to visit him. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

[[Image:DarknessRising5-BulkheadMiko.jpg|thumb|250px|D'awwww.]]
Once the Autobots pinpointed the location of the Decepticon [[space bridge]] in orbit, Optimus, Arcee, Bumblebee and Bulkhead traveled there by GroundBridge, though the height made Bulkhead nervous. They battled hordes of flying Decepticons, until [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] figured out a way to destroy the space bridge, and Arcee, Bulkhead and Bumblebee did so while Optimus kept [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] busy. They safely GroundBridged back to Earth moments before the explosion. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

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

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

[[Image:ConJob-Fistbump.jpg|thumb|300px|left|"Guy love, that's all it is, Guy love, He's mine, I'm his, there's nothing gay about it in our eyes."]]
Bulkhead was overjoyed when Wheeljack arrived on Earth, however Wheeljack's uncharacteristic silence during Bulkhead's war stories made the latter Autobot suspicious. After Bulkhead questioned Wheeljack on the [[Battle of Darkmount Pass]] and Wheeljack got an important detail wrong, the new arrival was unmasked as a Decepticon imposter. The real Wheeljack arrived and he and Bulkhead threw the imposter out via the GroundBridge. Bulkhead turned down Wheeljack's offer to go exploring the galaxy. {{storylink|Con Job}}

[[Image:Convoy-Bulkheadmace.jpg|thumb|300px|"You go on, Bulk, we'll cover the rear."]]
Bulkhead took part in a convoy when Fowler needed transport for a hi-tech [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System]] device. When the convoy was attacked by [[MECH]], he reluctantly remained in vehicle mode in accordance with Optimus's orders, but when they were attacked by flying Vehicons, the Autobots were forced to use their robot modes anyway. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

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

[[Image:OutHead-BulkheadBreakdown.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Wheeljack is gonna be so jealous.]]
Bulkhead covered poorly for [[Jack Darby|Jack]] and Bumblebee when the pair went street racing, and was forced to go with Arcee to find them. He got to fight Breakdown again, flattening the Decepticon with a lamp post. {{storylink|Speed Metal}} Bumblebee and Bulkhead played basketball together in the base, though Bumblebee's behavior was very odd. Bulkhead, Optimus and Arcee traveled to the Arctic to find a lens the Decepticons had stolen from a telescope in [[Hawaii]], and ended up tangling with a heat ray the Decepticons had built with it. They succeeded in destroying it, though it turned out Megatron had been resurrected in the meantime. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

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

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

[[Image:MetalAttraction-stuck.jpg|left|thumb|250px|]]
Bulkhead and Arcee, inadvertently joined by Miko, investigated a magnetic disturbance. They came across Breakdown and [[Airachnid]] fighting over a [[polarity gauntlet]], and during the battle, Bulkhead and Arcee were magnetically fused together by the device. They followed the Decepticons to an abandoned gas station, where another fight broke out, and the two Autobots came unstuck. Airachnid tried to escape in her helicopter form, but Bulkhead grabbed her and threw her at Breakdown. He and Arcee returned to base triumphantly with the gauntlet. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}}

[[Image:RockBottom-Bulkheadpassion.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
Arcee and Bulkhead investigated an [[Stripped energon mine|abandoned energon mine]] with the kids. Bulkhead protected Miko from a cave in, but ended up having to support the ceiling. Miko banged a rock on his foot to attract help, but instead they were found by Starscream. Things looked grim for Bulkhead until Arcee came to his rescue, and the two Autobots and the kids escaped the mine. {{storylink|Rock Bottom}} Bulkhead joined the others in investigating a [[Harbinger|wrecked Decepticon ship]] and found Starscream all webbed up. Offering to defect, Starscream pointed them to the other half of the crashed ship, where they were attacked by Airachnid, wielding an [[Immobilizer|experimental Decepticon weapon]] that froze Bulkhead in his tracks. Bulkhead was locked in position until the Autobots retrieved the weapon and Ratchet used it to unfreeze him. {{storylink|Partners}}

[[Image:TMI-Mikojogsmemories.jpg|thumb|left|300px|This is art!]]
Miko and Bulkhead sneaked into a monster truck rally together. A week or so later, during a mission to secure a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]], Miko accidentally discharged the cylinder into Bulkhead's brain. Though at first Bulkhead seemed fine, he began writing complex equations for synthetic energon, and it rapidly became clear that the cylinder's energy was overwriting his mind. While the other Autobots attempted to secure the cylinder, Miko tried to help Bulkhead retain his memories by taking him to the monster truck track. They were found there by Knock Out and Breakdown, who tried to take Bulkhead's head, but during the attempt, Miko again triggered the energy to discharge from Bulkhead into the sky. Bulkhead was left in a comatose state until Miko managed to wake him with her guitar playing. {{storylink|T.M.I.}}

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

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

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

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

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Bulkhead and Bumblebee were responding to an ancient Autobot signal separately, but when Bulkhead arrived, he found Bumblebee unable to transform as his [[transformation cog|T-cog]] had been taken. They quickly worked out MECH was responsible. Bumblebee later talked Bulkhead into taking him on another mission, on which they ran into Knock Out and Breakdown. Bulkhead got to fight his arch-nemesis again while Bumblebee chased Knock Out. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}} He almost had to perform T-cog transplant surgery, but was judged unfit by Ratchet. He did get to go on an artifact retrieval mission, and spent some time hitting Breakdown before getting hold of the [[Forge of Solus Prime]] and using it to knock the Decepticon flying. Unfortunately moments later Bulkhead was bushwhacked by Megatron who got away with the Forge. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

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Bulkhead was overjoyed when Wheeljack returned to Earth, but when his fellow Wrecker decided to recklessly go after [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]], Bulkhead opted to go along. The encounter ended with Bulkhead a hostage with a bomb on his chest as a lure to draw out Optimus. Though Wheeljack tried to defuse the bomb, Bulkhead opted to go the self-sacrifice route, and was only stopped from doing so by Wheeljack, who had realized Optimus was right. Wheeljack and Optimus forced Dreadwing into defusing the bomb, saving Bulkhead's life. {{storylink|Loose Cannons}} Bulkhead accompanied Ratchet as they got more information from Starscream. This led to an Optimus-led mission to an abandoned energon mine in [[South America]], where they found Megatron fighting an [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticon]]. When the fight was finished, the Autobots surrounded the exhausted Megatron, but were prevented from finishing him off by the arrival of Dreadwing. Though they trashed a bunch of Vehicons, Megatron and Dreadwing escaped them. {{storylink|Crossfire}}

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

{{spoiler|Flying Mind|May 5, 2012}}
Bulkhead took part in an attack on it with the [[spark extractor|Spark Extractor]], only to be put into stasis by its weapons. He recovered back at base when the kids disabled the ship. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}
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===Titan Magazines ''Prime'' comics===
[[Image:Titan4.1 Ratchet Bulkhead practise.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"I need practise like Optimus needs a face."]]
As Ratchet unveiled the [[Safe]], Bulkhead was unimpressed that he thought they needed more training. He threw himself into it though, deciding that the best defense was to smash everything he could. In doing so, he inadvertently uncovered and activated a nuclear missile which had been hidden in the base. Unimpressed, Optimus ordered him to hold up the ceiling while Ratchet and Raf dealt with the missile's warhead. Afterwards, Ratchet suggested Bulkhead and Raf design a new Safe. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|The Safe and the Failsafe}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

==Toys==
===Prime: First Edition===
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[[Image:Primetoy-BulkheadVoyager.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Let's hope those aren't truck nutz.]]
[[Image:PrimeFEtoy-BulkheadTakaraTomy.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Any color green is good, right?]]
*'''Bulkhead''' (First Edition Voyager, 2011/2012)
**''Number:'' '''002'''
**''Accessories:'' "[[Energon]] battle mace", stand

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' "First Edition" Voyager-Class toys, Bulkhead transforms into an SUV. He comes with an "energon battle mace" that can either [[5mm post|peg]] into his hands, or replace one of his hands when either is flipped into his arm, thus switching it out for a wrist peg-hole. These peg-holes have additional sculpted detail matching the [[Character model|animation model]] of Bulkhead's stubby arm-blasters, indicating an undocumented "firearm mode" configuration for the toy's wrists, akin to "First Edition" [[Cliffjumper (Prime)#Toys|Cliffjumper]]'s guns. The mace itself also features a plain peg-hole at the top, and is stored in vehicle mode by pegging it onto the trunk. The patch of clear black [[light-piping]] plastic ([[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] to the rest of his [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] clear black parts) on his head is neutered by having his eyes painted, in equally show-accurate light blue. As with all First Edition toys, he features a cardboard stand.

: In an effort for him to fit in his [[packaging]], he is usually mis-transformed: the panel on his back is hinged up to his head, while the wheels connected to his panel-chest, normally splayed out as a pair of "[[Kibble|wings]]" and tabbed into the sides of the back panel, are left folded up and untabbed on his sides. His headlights, normally swiveled and angled up on his chest, are also left untransformed. The soft, black, slotted struts his hood panels are attached to also aren't pegged ''completely'' into the tabs below his front windshield-chest, with the results being that his crotch piece tabs only lightly to his waist, detaches easily, dislodges when the front bumper is hinged forward into the indent on its back, and that many packaged Bulkheads are encountered with their flies open.

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

: First Edition Bulkhead never made it to shelves in the United States, forcing US fans to import the Hasbro version from Canada.

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===Prime===
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[[Image:Cyberverse_commander_bulkhead.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Bulkhead''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2012)
**'''Accessories''': "Battle mace"
: This Cyberverse-scaled Bulkhead is cast partly in translucent plastic so that the toy can be lit using the electronic lights featured in the larger playsets. He also comes with a translucent "battle mace" weapon and a pack-in file card (the card is only present in the US release).

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[[Image:PrimeRIDtoy-BulkheadVoyager.jpg|right|thumb|300px|At this point, one wonders if we're buying a figure with an accessory or an accessory with a figure.]]
*'''Bulkhead''' (Voyager, 2012)
**'''Accessories''': Light-up weapon

: This toy of Bulkhead is a new-mold Voyager Class figure, and, in keeping with the other "Robots in Disguise" Voyager figures, will include a light-up weapon.

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*'''Bulkhead Knuckle''' (Micron, 2012)

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==Merchandise==
===Mcdonald's===
[[Image:Primetoy-BulkheadtHappyMeal.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Tastes like cardboard! ...oh, it ''is'' cardboard.]]
*'''Bulkhead''' (Happy Meal, 2012)
:*''McNumber:'' '''5'''
:Happy Meal Bulkhead is a nontransformable offroad vehicle! He comes with three paper discs which can be inserted under his hood. When the roof is pulled back, one is expelled.
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==Notes==
[[Image:Bulkheadsmile.jpg|thumb|It's really weird the longer you look at it.]]
* Bulkhead is of course an homage to ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]], even using a wrecking ball-like mace.
* When [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] was briefly brought in early in the design process of ''Prime'', Bulkhead was originally intended to be [[Ironhide (Prime)|Ironhide]]. However, as the show evolved, the writers said they realized that they were essentially writing a new Bulkhead, and the character was brought in.<ref>http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/site-updates-18/wtftfw-podcast-episode-123-with-derrick-j-wyatt-now-online-171018/ </ref> Later, on a featurette on the ''Transformers: Prime Season 1'' Blu-Ray, [[Rik Alvarez]] admitted that because of the death of [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)| Dark of the Moon]]'', they didn't want to confuse kids with a living Ironhide. <ref>http:www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/transformers-prime-season-1-blu-ray-review-174448/</ref> It's likely that the former story was a cover for the latter, for spoiler reasons.
* For such a big guy, he runs really ''fast''.
* Bulkhead's chin piece is actually a cover for his lower lip, as is evident whenever he smiles.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bulkhead''' (バルクヘッド ''Barukuheddo'')
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.hubworld.com/transformers/shows/prime/characters/bulkhead Bulkhead's character page @ Hubworld.com]

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Arcee (WFC)

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:''Arcee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Arcee_Prime_stockimage.jpg|thumb|200px|Raise your hand if you know what "Ar'''cee'''" means!]]

A former scout on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] before the [[Great Exodus]], '''Arcee''' is the least physically-imposing of [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]]'s crew, but she's also Optimus's most reliable soldier, his go-to [[Female Transformer|gal]] when he needs someone he can count on.<ref>[http://www.hubworld.com/transformers/shows/prime/characters/arcee The Hub's profile page for Arcee]</ref> Whatever she lacks in physical form she more than makes up for it in force of personality. She is tough as nails at all times, always ready with a snarky quip even in the face of deactivation, not afraid to bend the rules every now and then, and seemingly never, ever scared.

And while that is largely true, and makes her an incredibly dangerous opponent (especially in melee combat, her specialty), that force of will ''is'' also a bit of a front. The loss of [[Tailgate (Prime)|a partner]] back on Cybertron rattled her, leading her towards a path of going it alone. And when she finally started opening up to [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|another partner]] on [[Earth]], losing ''him'' shook her to her core. To then be immediately saddled with the task of being the "guardian" for [[Jack Darby]], one of the locals accidentally caught up in the struggle on Earth, well, let's just say she was less than thrilled about that.

Okay, she was openly verbally hostile to Jack over the whole thing, but her loyalty to Optimus kept her from refusing the task. Like it or not, she's his guardian, and she's going to protect that boy's life... with her own, if she has to.

Slowly, but surely, Arcee is coming around again and facing her past demons. Jack's bravery and ingenuity even when in mortal peril is growing on her. Who knows. He might make a good partner.

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' comics===
[[Image:PrimeComicArcee.jpg|Right|thumb|200px|]]

Before the war, Arcee had been spying in [[Kaon]], and sometime during it she had been rescued by [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]]. When Optimus ordered the Autobots to [[Earth]], her ship had been destroyed, and she was willing to wait as she detected the Decepticons had returned to Cybertron and they were planning something ''big''. There, she entered a base and annihilated the [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] there, inadvertently returning Cliffjumper's favor. She hacked into the Decepticons's communications signal there, and found their weapons lab in Kaon. Arcee found Cliffjumper a brash soldier inappropriate for her stealthy mission, but he convinced her Kaon was too dangerous and that she could use his ship to go to Earth.

The duo entered the city through the maintenance tunnels Arcee had once explored, and she found a secret staircase by activating an Autobot symbol on the wall. There they discovered [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] had rebuilt a [[space bridge]] to travel to Earth. Concerned by the repercussions of the Decepticons's discovery of how to build space bridges, Arcee wanted to destroy it, but Cliffjumper convinced her it was their way off Cybertron. Distracting Starscream with a ruse, Arcee activated the space bridge and overloaded its systems, jumping through it with him before it blew up.

[[Image:Arceeprimecomictransform.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Arcee, transform and—geeeaaaheeeewwww!!]]

Landing on Earth, the duo scanned their alternate modes and traveled to find a population center where they could build a scanner and find Optimus. Starscream attacked, having also jumped through the space bridge, blasting Arcee's arm off. Cliffjumper fought him and tried to get Arcee to safety, but she refused, telling him to leave her and find Optimus. Optimus and [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] appeared, fending off Starscream and [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]]. Optimus carried Arcee through a [[GroundBridge]] to base, where [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] reattached her arm. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (comic)}}
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===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Sumalee Montano]] (English)|[[Shizuka Itō]] (Japanese), [[Rosa Campillo]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Seon Lee]] (Korean), [[Sonia Mazza]] (Italian), [[Martina Treger]] (German), [[Rosalba Sotelo]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Márcia Regina]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}

[[Image:Predatory-Airachnidscratch.jpg|thumb|250px|left|]]
During the Great War, Arcee was partnered with [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]]. After one mission, she was talking to Tailgate over the comm when she was captured by [[Airachnid]] and taken for interrogation. She refused to talk, but when Airachnid revealed she had also captured Tailgate, she revealed she knew nothing, and Tailgate was killed by the Decepticon. Arcee was subsequently rescued by Bumblebee and Cliffjumper, though Airachnid herself escaped. {{Storylink|Predatory}}

Soon after the Autobots arrived on Earth, after Bulkhead accidentally stepped into some power lines. Arcee was impressed with the dance he did as a consequence. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}}

[[Image:DarknessRising1-thisisjasper.jpg|thumb|300px|He's gonna ride her like a Harley on a bad stretch of road.]]
Old friends with Cliffjumper and a long-term agent on Earth, Arcee was engaged in casual banter with her friend when Cliffjumper was ambushed by Decepticons: by the time Arcee and the others got there, his body was missing and his lifesigns had ceased. While [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] said they should not dwell on negative emotions, Arcee claimed she'd go back on duty protecting humans; but when targeted by a [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] duo and forced to rescue [[Jack Darby|human youth Jack Darby]], she showed an irritable, seething nature, attacking the Vehicons with angry cries of vengeance for Cliffjumper.

She ignored most of Jack's questions, initially threatened him to forget what he'd seen, and wasn't that concerned with humans witnessing the battle afterwards. To her annoyance, Optimus then ordered her to bring in Jack and the other human witnesses to [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]], so the Decepticons couldn't target them. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}}

[[Image:DarknessRising2-girltrouble.jpg|left|thumb|250px|She transforms into the world's largest motorcycle.]]
When the Autobots headed to the Decepticon Energon mines to locate Cliffjumper, Arcee found the broken and [[Dark Energon| Dark Energon-corrupted]] body of Cliffjumper moving, and tried to save him. She grabbed his hand, but was horrified when the body turned out to be a [[zombie|mutated ''thing'']] bent on attacking, and dropped him. When [[Starscream (Prime)| Starscream]] arrived to drop a bomb into the area to destroy the mines, the Autobots were forced to retreat without Cliffjumper through the [[GroundBridge]]. Once inside their base, Arcee began to feel dizzy, much to the surprise of Jack, Miko and Raf. It was due to contact with a miniscule amount of the Dark Energon that had corrupted Cliffjumper.

Arcee, despite her "illness", was given the task of taking Jack Darby home, and angrily snapped at him when he said he was sorry for her loss, demanding to know what he'd know about such losses; the argument was interrupted when [[June Darby|Jack's mother]] arrived and promptly began questioning him about the mysterious blue bike. The next morning, Arcee snappily woke Jack up and dragged him to Central Command... but demanded he write a note so his mother wouldn't worry. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

On the way back, Arcee showed off some motorcycling tricks. They reached the base, only for Optimus to leave her in charge and go off on a mission with [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]]. Arcee was disgruntled and, leaving [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] in charge, immediately went out on patrol with Bumblebee. The pair patrolled the nearby Nevada desert until they got a call from Bulkhead to say Fowler had been kidnapped, and he'd gone to the Decepticon ship to mount a rescue. Arcee tried to contact base to get bridged back, but no one was there, and she and Bumblebee had to put "the metal to the pedal". {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}}

[[Image:DarknessRising4-Arceestandoff.jpg|220px|thumb|"No, ''I'm'' ****ing Blue Death from above."]]
They arrived at the Decepticon ship to find Bulkhead had already dealt with the guards. Within, they rescued Jack and Raf from a pair of Decepticons, and quickly caught up with Bulkhead and Miko. The three kids being a liability in a fight, the Autobots cleared out a room for them to shelter in. A short time later, they found the brig. Arcee slipped in through a shaft in the ceiling to get the drop on Starscream, but he threatened to shoot the prisoner. Fowler caused a distraction and the Autobots opened fire. Starscream inconsiderately blasted Arcee with his jet exhaust as he fled. With Fowler rescued, the Autobots picked up the kids and returned back to base, where they faced some pointed questions from Optimus. Jack, however, was sick of the constant danger and decided he wanted no more to do with the Autobot/Decepticon conflict. Arcee reminded him to keep the conflict secret, and as he left by GroundBridge, she was sad to see him go. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

She later paid Jack a visit and managed to talk him into returning to the Autobot base. When they did so, it was to find that Ratchet had discovered the location of the space bridge, and Arcee and the other Autobots headed up into orbit to try and prevent Megatron from sending the Dark Energon through. They reached the space bridge terminal, but came under attack from flying Decepticons. Ultimately they were unable to prevent Megatron's plan from going ahead, and the only way to prevent the zombies coming through from Cybertron was to destroy the space bridge itself. Arcee, Bulkhead and Bumblebee followed Ratchet's instructions, feeding the space bridge's power back on itself, but were attacked by Megatron just as they completed the job. Arcee was hit and knocked off into space. Luckily Bumblebee had the presence of mind to grab her as the Autobots retreated through the GroundBridge just before everything exploded. Back at base, Arcee seemed in a bad way, but after some concern from Jack, she was able to stand up again. She, Bulkhead and Bumblebee could later be seen hanging out with the three kids. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

Arcee attempted to help Jack with his science project, a motorcycle engine, despite not knowing anything about Earth auto-mechanics. Her role was usurped by Ratchet anyway. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

[[Image:Scrapheap-huddleforwarmth.jpg|thumb|300px|left|"I wish we'd chosen the sauna."]]
After Bulkhead and Bumblebee found a pod in the [[Arctic]] and brought it back to base, Optimus and Arcee went back to the Arctic to check for clues as to the pod's origin. After some time searching, the temperature sensors Ratchet had given them went off, but they were unable to raise base so they could GroundBtidge back. The pair sought shelter, but as their temperatures slowly dropped, things looked grim. Arcee decided to keep warm by blaming Bulkhead for their predicament. Just as they were losing hope, the GroundBridge opened and ejected Bulkhead and the swarm of [[Scraplet]]s that had been causing havoc at base. The Scraplets froze in the cold air and the three Autobots were subsequently able to return home. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}}

Arcee was amused by Bulkhead's exuberant job when they were contacted by [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]], one of Bulkhead's old friends, though she was initially worried the signal could be a 'Con trap. She, Bulkhead and Bumblebee GroundBridged out to Wheeljack's landing site in time to see him take out a bunch of Vehicons. They returned to base where the Autobots celebrated, though Arcee mainly sat on the sidelines with Jack. When Bulkhead began to grow suspicious that Wheeljack wasn't all he seemed, Arcee tried to allay his fears, and when he directly confronted Wheeljack, Arcee urged him to keep calm. He turned out to be right. After everything was resolved, Arcee again took part in the partying, mostly by standing around watching the others dance. She also turned out to see the real Wheeljack off when he returned to space. {{storylink|Con Job}}

[[Image:Convoy-kablooie.jpg|thumb|upright|250px|"My bad" won't cut it with Optimus this time.]]

When Fowler asked for help transporting the [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System]], Arcee took part in the Autobot convoy, concealed in Prime's trailer along with the D.N.G.S. When [[MECH]] goons broke the back of the trailer open, she zoomed out in her cycle mode and blew up one of the MECH cars. She helped pass the D.N.G.S. over to a train, but a short time later the Autobots were attacked by Vehicons, and she, Bumblebee and Bulkhead spent the rest of the whole affair fighting them. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

When an [[Energon Harvester]] was located in a museum, the Autobots surrounded the building while the kids went in to steal it. [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] appeared at the front of the museum to attack Optimus, and as Breakdown charged at the museum, Bumblebee and Arcee attempted to stop him. A missile from Breakdown sent Arcee skidding into Bumblebee. After the Decepticons obtained the Harvester, Arcee made a token effort to chase them. She, Bumblebee and Prime later attempted to track down the Decepticons before the Harvester could be used, but they ended up coming to Bulkhead's rescue after he found and stopped the Decepticons himself. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

[[Image:ArceeThey'reRacing.jpg|250px|left|thumb|[[Wikipedia:Himself_(Bill_Cosby_album)|"I want you... to go upstairs... and ''kill that boy''."]]]]

As Arcee and Jack were leaving school, they encountered Sierra, who asked if she could take Jack up on his offer of a ride. They were interrupted by [[Vince]], who challenged Jack to a race. Arcee reminded her companion of the rules, however when Vince made disparaging remarks about her motorcycle mode, she decided that he needed to be taught a lesson. Arcee and Jack completely smoked Vince at racing, though she made Jack swear not to tell any of the other Autobots. When Jack agreed to another race, Arcee flatly refused to take part, and later found out he'd talked Bumblebee into helping him instead. Furious, she dragged Bulkhead out to help her find Jack and Bumblebee, only to reach them just as Knock Out was abducting Vince. The three Autobots tracked the Decepticons to a storage facility, where Arcee attempted unsuccessfully to retrieve Vince from Knock Out, and ended up chasing the 'Con. She was unable to catch him, but Optimus turned up to lend a hand and rescue the human, and he demanded an explanation from his ashamed soldiers. Afterwards, Arcee was willing to allow Jack to give Sierra a ride, but just once. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

[[Image:AirachnidUpsideDown.jpg|right|thumb|250px|"So... Is this the part where we [[Spider-Man|kiss?]]"]]
On a routine energon scouting mission, Arcee and Jack stumbled on a crashed spaceship in the wilderness. Arcee recognized it as belonging to [[Airachnid]] and found she was unable to contact base. After dropping Jack a safe distance away, she hunted Airachnid, interrupting her foe's attack on a lone camper. They fought, but Jack's reappearance distracted Arcee long enough for Airachnid to get the upper hand and stick the Autobot to a nearby rock with webbing. Airachnid played on how Arcee had a habit of losing partners before starting to chase Jack. Haunted by her previous meeting with Airachnid, Arcee eventually managed to break free using her motorcycle mode, and caught up with Jack in time to save him by delivering a brutal pounding to Airachnid, who managed to flee underground. Arcee was left with a new respect for how Jack had handled the situation, and was happy to call him her partner. {{Storylink|Predatory}}

[[Image:Arceeandherblaster.jpg|thumb|200px|left|]]

After Optimus was infected by [[Cybonic plague]], Arcee and Bumblebee GroundBridged aboard the ''[[Trypticon (Prime)|Nemesis]]''. They found Megatron's body in stasis lock, and Arcee formed a [[cortical psychic patch]] so Bumblebee could find the cure in the Decepticon leader's mind. She hid with Bumblebee's unconscious body in a vent, but time began to run out when [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]], [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] entered the room and discussed pulling the plug on their commander. Soundwave noticed the cortical link and Starscream began following it to the vent, but Bumblebee had located the cure and the two GroundBridged off the ship. Arcee sent a parting gift by shooting at Megatron, and the Decepticons found Megatron's mind was blank... {{storylink|Sick Mind}}

Arcee was unsure if she'd successfully offlined Megatron. She was unenthusiastic when it turned out they had to return to the Arctic after the Decepticons stole a telescope lens. There, she and Bulkhead fought Breakdown as a diversion while Optimus snuck on board the Decepticon ship to destroy the heat ray they'd built the lens into. Her success in fighting breakdown was limited, but they kept him busy for long enough, and were knocked flying by the shockwave from the heat ray exploding. They were surprised when Megatron subsequently turned up alive and well to stop Starscream from finishing off Optimus. {{Storylink|Out of His Head}}

[[Image:ArceeFailstonoticekidsenteringSpacebridge.jpg|thumb|200px|right|]]

When a Dark Energon signature was detected, Arcee was left at base on GroundBridge duty because Optimus wanted Ratchet's Dark Energon knowledge handy. She failed to notice the three kids sneaking after Optimus's team, and only later spotted that they were gone. She attempted to GroundBridge them back, but interference resulted in an explosion and the kids vanished en route. After Bulkhead's attempt to phone Miko failed, Arcee tried to ring Jack, but there was too much interference for them to talk. They eventually discovered the kids were trapped in an alternate dimension, and when Ratchet used the GroundBridge to rescue them, Optimus, Arcee and Bulkhead went to make sure they were safe from Starscream. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}

When Breakdown was captured by MECH, Arcee and the others were surprised when Optimus insisted that they rescue the Decepticon, though it turned out he was concerned that Cybertronian technology would fall into MECH hands. The team arrived in [[Kamchatka Peninsula]] and followed an energon signal Ratchet had detected. The trace led them to find Breakdown's eye and a MECH bomb. After they avoided being blown up the bomb, the team tracked down Bulkhead in time to chase off Starscream and some Vehicons. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}}

[[Image:Crisscross-callmeArcee.jpg|thumb|left|200px|It's the equivalent of a guy introducing his mom to his girlfriend.]]
Jack's alter-school activities resulted in his mom forbidding him from using his motorcycle. Jack pointed out to Arcee that this would mean she would have to stay in the garage for several weeks, but she instead promised that she would try to be back before Jack's mom got home at night. The next day Arcee and Bumblebee were fighting some Vehicons when Jack called her to warn her that mom was on her way home early. Arcee failed to get back in time, and had to sneak in via GroundBridge. Later on that evening, she managed to get back before June Darby did, but it turned out that was because mom had been abducted by MECH. Arcee and Jack followed Silas's instructions, proceeding to a deserted factory, and were shocked to find that Airachnid was involved. Arcee was webbed and rendered unconscious, but while MECH was preparing her for "surgery", she recovered and escaped. She managed to catch up with Airachnid before the 'Con could do anything to Jack or his mother, and the pair fought at length around the building. She eventually succeeded in knocking Airachnid into a container and pouring concrete on top, but as she was moving to rescue June, was webbed to the ground by the still active Decepticon. Relief came in the form of Agent Fowler and three helicopters, which forced Airachnid to retreat. Arcee and Jack subsequently took June to the Autobot base to meet the team. {{storylink|Crisscross}}

[[Image:TFP_ep18_tag_team.jpg‎|thumb|right|300px|]]
Arcee was scheduled to do some routine maintenance with Jack, but June's well-meaning questions drove Arcee batty, and she instead opted to accompany Bulkhead on a mission to find a magnetic anomaly. Miko managed to sneak along on the mission, and Arcee again found herself as the third wheel, but when they reached the source of the magnetic disturbance, it turned out to be Airachnid and Breakdown fighting over a magnetic weapon. During the ensuing fight, Breakdown used the weapon, a [[polarity gauntlet]], to magnetize the two Autobots, and Arcee became stuck to Bulkhead's back. With the only choice to retrieve the gauntlet, Arcee ordered Miko to return to base, and she and Bulkhead tracked the 'Cons to an old gas station. After some more fighting, Arcee managed to become unstuck from Bulkhead, and briefly used the gauntlet to polarize everyone. In the end, the Autobots triumphed and returned to base with the gauntlet, where Arcee received an apology from June for the earlier questioning. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}}

Bulkhead and Arcee were assigned to check out an [[Stripped energon mine|old energon mine]]. When Miko ran into the mine, Jack persuaded Arcee to let him take a look inside too. She and Jack stumbled on Megatron and Starscream, and during the firefight that ensued, she shot Megatron's arm, causing him to blast the ceiling and causing a cave in. After the floor fell away, she lost track of the others, but eventually found the kids, and was able to rescue Bulkhead from Starscream. The two Autobots and the kids escaped the mine and briefly considered ending the Decepticons then and there before deciding it wasn't what Optimus would have done. Though Arcee still looked tempted. {{storylink|Rock Bottom}}

[[Image:Partners2_Arcee_talk_to_rock.jpg‎|250px|thumb|left|]]

Standing at Cliffjumper's graveside, Arcee pledged she would find the 'Con who killed him. When the Autobots were on their next mission to check out a signal from a buried Decepticon wreck, they ran into Airachnid, and Arcee attempted to take the opportunity to settle the score for Tailgate, only for Airachnid to get the better of her. After coming to her rescue, Optimus reminded her that revenge was never profitable. When their captive, Starscream, claimed to want to switch sides, Arcee spoke out to say they should take him with them. Arcee was left guarding the prisoner, however when he inadvertently revealed that it was he who had killed Cliffjumper, she became enraged and attacked him. Though she eventually got the upper hand and was about to finish him off, she realized that Bumblebee was watching the fight, and reluctantly let Starscream limp away. Later at base, her injuries were healed, but she blamed herself for ruining their chance to gain access to Starscream's knowledge. {{storylink|Partners}}

Arcee accompanied Prime and Bumblebee as they tried to retrieve a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]] before the Decepticons did. During the fight she was tackled by Knock Out. Ultimately the Decepticons made off with the cylinder, and later Arcee listened as Ratchet told them the cylinder's contents had ended up in Bulkhead's brain, and wondered aloud what the formula Bulkhead was writing was—the Autobots were excited to find it was a set of equations for synthetic energon. Arcee found it weird when Bulkhead was in "brainiac mode", and as it turned out the data was eating Bulkhead's mind. Bumblebee and Arcee accompanied Optimus on an unsuccessful attempt to get the cylinder back from Megatron, and they ended up fighting a bunch of Vehicons. Later they came to Miko and Bulkhead's aid to save the pair from Knock Out and Breakdown, and Arcee was present when Miko managed to rouse the comatose Bulkhead. {{storylink|T.M.I.}}

[[Image:StrongerFaster-surrounded.jpg|thumb|right|250px|]]

During a mission to intercept Knock Out and Breakdown, Arcee sped over a road block caused by Vehicons, separating herself from the other Autobots despite Prime's orders. She soon found herself surrounded by Vehicons, but was surprised when Ratchet came through the GroundBridge and single-handedly bashed the lot of them. Ratchet later revealed that he had injected himself with the synthetic energon he'd been working on, and Arcee was keen for them all to try it, however Ratchet began exhibiting personality changes that disturbed her. During their next mission, Ratchet accused Optimus of not being pro-active enough, bringing up Cliffjumper's death which angered Arcee to the point of threatening violence. When Ratchet took off to tackle Megatron on his own, Arcee and the other Autobots were forced to come to his aid. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

When an ancient prophecy looked like it was imminent, Arcee and Bulkhead wonder how seriously they should take it. They accompanied Optimus to a military base to stop the Decepticons attacking it, but when they were faced with Raf being gravely injured, Optimus ordered Arcee to accompany him and Bumblebee back to base. While Ratchet fought to save the boy's life, Arcee had to keep Bumblebee calm. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}}

Arcee accompanied Bulkhead and Ratchet on a mission to rescue Prime from an area rich in Dark Energon, though at one point she appeared to become mesmerized by the sight of a volcano spewing Dark Energon. Once they got Optimus back to base, they set about investigating the cause of the natural disasters that had begun plaguing the planet, and realized that [[Unicron]] lay at the center of the Earth. Arcee and the other Autobots began checking out the sites of the tremors. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

Though Optimus ordered the other Autobots to remain at base, Arcee, Bulkhead and Bumblebee joined him anyway. They fought increasingly larger stone Unicrons, until they encountered a colossal one that knocked Bulkhead and Bumblebee aside, then sent Arcee likewise tumbling along the ground. As it moved to crush Optimus underfoot, help came in the unlikely form of Megatron, who offered to help them fight Unicron. After they returned to base, Optimus gave the trio the choice of whether to accompany him and Megatron to Earth's core, and Arcee opted to go for Jack's sake. She, Bumblebee and Bulkhead greeted Megatron to the Autobot base by aiming their guns at him, and when they were ready to GroundBridge to their new destination, she insisted Megatron go first. Before long, they were standing within Earth's core. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}}

As the Autobots battled [[Unicron's antibodies]], Arcee was briefly separated from the others, and had to ride one of the antibodies to catch up with them again. She, Bulkhead and Bumblebee remained outside Unicron's spark chamber to fight off the antibodies. After Unicron's defeat, they entered the chamber only to discover that Optimus had lost his memory and was leaving with Megatron. They subsequently had to GroundBridge back to base minus their leader and explain what had happened to the others. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

The Autobots tried fruitlessly to find a way to get Optimus back. Arcee even managed to get on board the ''Nemesis'' by slipping through the Decepticon GroundBridge after Knock Out and Breakdown. She searched through the ship, fighting Vehicons, only to be expelled from the ''Nemesis'' by Soundwave. It didn't help matters that she didn't even manage to determine if Optimus was on board, let alone where the ship was. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} Arcee and the others scoured the globe fruitlessly for the space bridge until they got information on its whereabouts from a undisclosed source which Arcee immediately figured out was Starscream. The Autobots stormed the energon mine housing the bridge before sending Jack and Arcee through to Cybertron, where they began using Jack's [[Key to Vector Sigma|key]] to search for [[Vector Sigma]]. {{Storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}} On their arrival at [[Kaon]], they were attacked by an [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticon]] which Arcee attempted to keep busy while Jack headed onwards. She was rendered unconscious for a time, but came around and retrieved Jack from the Vector Sigma chamber. On their return to Earth, she was forced to fight Megatron to distract him while Jack uploaded the Matrix information into Optimus. Mission successful, they returned to base for the big reunion. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

Arcee was impressed by Bumblebee's retrieval of the [[spark extractor|Spark Extractor]], and when his [[transformation cog|T-cog]] was later stolen, knew immediately it was MECH. Unfortunately her racing around in vehicle mode didn't do much to make Bumblebee feel better about his lack of a cog. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}} She was unhappy about being asked to do the transplant between Ratchet and Bumblebee, but luckily didn't get the chance, as she had to rush off with Optimus and Bulkhead to try and secure an artifact. She and Prime proved unable to penetrate Knock Out's force field, and as a result, Megatron got away with the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

[[Image:Crossfire Airachnid captures Arcee.jpg|thumb|left|250px|One day, she'll learn not to run off after Airachnid on her own. This is not that day.]]
Arcee and the others came to Wheeljack's aid when he returned to Earth to battle [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]]. {{storylink|Loose Cannons}} Arcee was part of an Optimus-led mission to an abandoned energon mine in [[South America]], where they found Megatron fighting an Insecticon. Arcee was more interested in the fight's observer, Airachnid, and immediately attacked her old foe. After chasing her through tunnels, Arcee stumbled into a web trap and ended up dangling cocooned from a tree. Her life was only saved by Starscream, who chased Airachnid off and cut Arcee down, though she still had to ask the other Autobots for help. {{storylink|Crossfire}}

When Fowler was attacked by a truck resembling Optimus, Arcee chased the interloper and was run down by him. She recovered at base, and they discovered that the truck was a MECH-built clone of Optimus. The Autobots located the MECH base, but as they explored it, [[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|Nemesis Prime]] took them out one by one. After Optimus prevailed, the Autobots returned to base for repairs. {{storylink|Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime}} Optimus, Bumblebee and Arcee responded to strange activity and found Airachnid in the process of unleashing a swarm of Insecticons. Leaving the others to fight the Insecticons, Arcee chased Airachnid, eventually reaching the Insecticon hive. Though she was tempted to finish off Airachnid, Arcee tricked her foe into stepping onto one of the Insecticon pods, resulting in Airachnid being put in stasis lock so she could be safely taken back to base. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}

{{spoiler|Flying Mind|May 5, 2012}}
After the ''Nemesis'' crashed, Arcee took part in an attack on it with the [[spark extractor|Spark Extractor]], only to be put into stasis by its weapons. She recovered back at base when the kids disabled the ship. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}
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===Titan Magazines ''Prime'' comics===
Arcee took part in the testing of Ratchet's newly-developed [[Safe]] training room, though she was amused by the medic's interest in making things explode. After Bulkhead broke through a wall, Arcee alerted the others to the rather large nuclear missile he'd accidentally uncovered and activated. A Vehicon scouting party showed up looking for the source of the energy signature the bomb was giving off, so Optimus, Arcee and Bumblebee went out to trash them. The trio returned to base a short time later to find Fowler had arrived to deal with the bomb. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|The Safe and the Failsafe}} Optimus took the other Autobots, including Arcee, on a trip to [[Valley of Fire State Park]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.2|War Story}}

Arcee roundly mocked Bulkhead as he attempted to decorate a [[Christmas]] tree. Unfortunately for her, after Fowler reported that the Decepticons had taken over a [[Yamal|nuclear-powered ship]], she found herself left at base with Bulkhead. The kids suggested she and Bulkhead try to find something they both liked, but progress was slow until they discovered their mutual love of ice skating. They subsequently turned the base into an ice rink and skated around it until the other Autobots came back. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.3|Ice Breaker}}

She and Jack scouted out [[Franklin High School]] when schools in the region began unexpectedly exploding. It paid off when [[MECH]] turned up, however while Arcee was on the comm to Optimus, Jack sneaked inside the school. Arcee crashed inside to rescue him from MECH, though he insisted on following the baddies up to the roof. Silas got away anyway, and Arcee had to get Jack off the burning building. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.5|School Is... Out!}} After the [[President of the United States]] was kidnapped, the Autobots traced the culprit, Starscream, to the [[Grand Canyon]]. Bumblebee and Arcee teamed up to take out the cannons manned by Vehicons that Starscream had brought along. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.6|All the President's 'Bots!}}

====Mega-Mouth====

Arcee occasionally takes time out from defending the universe and protecting the planet Earth in disguise to...answer fan mail? {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|Mega-Mouth}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
[[Image:WFCArcee.jpg|thumb|350px|Four wheels good, two wheels ''better!'' Four wheels good, two wheels ''better!'']]
:''Voice actor'': [[Kari Wahlgren]] (English)
{{Note|Arcee is not a playable character in the storyline campaign. However, she can be unlocked for Escalation mode and for customization in online multiplayer as an Autobot scout. Her chassis type is listed as "Sprinter".}}

Arcee was one of the many Autobots who were captured and placed in [[Kaon]]'s prisons complex. She was freed from her imprisonment when [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] and [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] allowed themselves to be captured in order to rescue [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]]. During their rescue attempt, they opened all of the Kaon cells, allowing the prisoners, Arcee included, to escape. The freed prisoners were all led to transport ships, overseen by [[Air Raid (WFC)|Air Raid]], in which they used to escape the complex. Arcee herself helped direct her fellow prisoners to the ships, whilst Optimus's team kept the Decepticons busy.
{{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}
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==Toys==
===Prime: First Edition===
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[[Image:Primetoy-ArceeNYCC.jpg|right|thumb|300px|If real men wear pink, what's Arcee's excuse?]]
*'''Bumblebee and Arcee, Includes Raf Esquivel and Jack Darby''' (NYCC 2011 exclusive)
**''Accessories:'' Two arm blades/motorcycle panels

:Arcee is a [[redeco]] of Deluxe Class Arcee (see below) in pink and white [[Arcee (G1)|''Generation 1'' Arcee colors]] and comes with a New York taxicab [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] and NY-themed [[Jack Darby]] and [[Raf Esquivel]] figurines. They were sold exclusively at New York Comic-Con 2011.

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[[Image:Primetoy-ArceeDeluxe.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Gimmicks include: plug-in arm blades, conservation of mass between modes.]]
*'''Arcee''' ("First Edition" Deluxe Class, 2011)
**''Number:'' '''002'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[December 28]], 2011
**''Accessories:'' Two arm blades/motorcycle panels, stand

: Part of the first wave of "First Edition" Deluxe Class toys, Arcee transforms from blue motorcycle to robot and back. Arm blades stow in vehicle mode and can be plugged under Arcee's forearms in robot mode. Like all "First Edition" toys, a cardboard display stand comes assembled within the packaging.

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===Prime===
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[[Image:Cyberverse_legion_arcee.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Arcee''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)
**''Series/Number:'' '''2/003'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[April 28]]th, 2012'''
**''Japanese Number:'' '''EZ-09'''
**''Accessories:'' Snap-on blaster

: Part of the first wave of ''Prime'' [[Cyberverse]] Legion Class toys, Arcee transforms from motorcycle to robot and back. Her blaster (which is the same as the one that comes with Legion [[Bumblebee (Prime)#Cyberverse|Bumblebee]]) is made of rubbery translucent pink plastic and has both pegs and a peghole so that it can be combined with other Cyberverse weapons. Likewise her vehicle mode, which is largely scale-accurate with the Deluxe and Voyager toys in vehicle mode, has multiple peg-holes for Cyberverse weapon mounting. In robot mode, she has permanently-deployed battle blades on her arms.

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[[Image:PrimeRID-ArceeDeluxe.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Arcee''' (Deluxe, 2012)
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[April 28]]th, 2012'''
**''Japanese Number:'' '''AM-11'''
**''Accessories:'' Blaster & blade (Hasbro only), Arms Micron (Takara only)

: Part of the second wave of "Robots in Disguise" ''Prime'' figures, this is an entirely-new Deluxe Class Arcee figure, different from the "First Edition" version. Like others in the line, her transformation relies slightly more on fake kibble than the earlier Deluxe toy. The entirety of the front of the bike now stores on her back, though the rest of the toy transforms very similarly (but not identically). Arcee is smaller than her earlier version as well, but makes up for it with a large weapon which can separate into its blade and blaster components. This weapon (or weapons) can plug into her in either mode in a variety of configurations. Additionally, two thinner pegs are on either side of her vehicle mode so that these blades can mount there.

: The Japanese release has new [[5mm post|5mm post-hole]] attachments, to go along with the [[Arms Micron]] system. As such, she loses the blaster and blade combo, and instead has her own Arms Micron that transforms into a weapon somewhat resembling her arm-blade. Most of her [[paint operation]]s also have been removed, replaced with [[decal]]s from a separate sheet.
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*'''Arcee Blade''' (Micron, 2012)

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==Notes==
[[Image:DarknessRising3-Arceesizechange.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The motorcycle transforms into her leg and then the rest of her robot mode hops over and attaches to it.]]
*In [[Alex Irvine]]'s apocryphal "[[Bumblebee at Tyger Pax]]" short story, Arcee launched the [[AllSpark]] into space.
*In the ''Prime'' cartoon, Arcee's [[hologram|holographic]] driver is named "[[Sadie]]."<ref>[[Darkness Rising, Part 1]]
</ref>
* All of the Autobots in ''Prime'' [[size changing|change size]] between [[alternate mode]]s, but it's way more noticeable with Arcee's [[Prowl (Animated)|transformation from a vehicle the size of a human to a robot the same general size as the rest of the Autobots]]. Her tires do not change size when she transforms. One can see a little regular-sized tire in her back, and small half-tires on her calves.
*In "[[Crisscross]]" her [[Nevada]] license plate reads "396571."
*Arcee's chest panels [[:Image:PrimeArcee PinkParts.jpg|fluctuate]] in color from episode to episode. Sometimes, they're pink; other times, they're clear. They seem to be clear more often than pink, though.
*Arcee is the only character to appear in every episode of ''Prime'' to date.
* Arcee's show model is the basis for the non-toy character [[Akiba Prime]].
*In the Japanese dub of ''Transformers: Prime'', Arcee's catchphrase of "scrap" was rendered "saiaku" (最悪), a phrase that literally translates to "the worst". It is often used by young women as an expression of frustration or irritation.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Arcee''' (アーシー ''Āshī'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Arms Microns]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Letters page answerers]]
[[Category:Prime Autobots]]
[[Category:Spies]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Autobots]]

Dado (Prime)

2012-05-01T12:58:34Z

Interrobang: New page: {{faction|decepticon}} :''Wanigame is a Decepticon-allied Mini-Con from the Aligned continuity family.'' {{mainpic}} '''Wanigame''' (ワニガメ) is an Arms Micron. ==T...

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

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'''Wanigame''' (ワニガメ) is an [[Arms Micron]].

==Toys==
===Prime===
*'''Wanigame''' (Micron, 2012)

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==Notes==
*"Wanigame" is the Japanese name for the [[Wikipedia:Alligator snapping turtle|alligator snapping turtle]].

[[Category: Arms Microns]]
[[Category: Prime Decepticons]]
[[Category: Toy-only characters]]

Ultra Mammoth

2012-05-01T11:25:50Z

Interrobang: We don't know a single thing about this character, which is why I specifically didn't make this page.

{{factions|maximal}}
:''Ultra Mammoth is a Transformer from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
{{mainpic‎|April 30, 2012}}
'''Ultra Mammoth''' is a robot with a [[mammoth]] alternate mode who may or may not be related to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] in some way.

==Toys==
===Timelines===
*'''Ultra Mammoth''' (Ultra, 2012?)
**''Accessories:'' Cannon, two missiles, two hook missiles, [[Energon Matrix]]

: Ultra Mammoth is a light blue and white redeco of ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (toyline)| Beast Wars Neo]]'' [[Big Convoy]] and is a shellformer, as practically all of his beast mode components are shells that fit around the compressed robot to form this mode.

: In robot mode, Ultra Mammoth is absolutely chock-full of weapons and gimmicks. First and foremost, the spring-loaded Big Cannon, formed out the beast head, can fire two missiles from two barrels in succession with a rotating dial. It is held in his hands and can be stored on his back, though doing this may cause some stability problems owing to its weight. Secondly, he has flip-out tonfa melee weapons in his forearms. Thirdly, the two beast panels on the sides of his legs feature two spring-loaded missile launchers that fire anchor-shaped projectiles. Last, but certainly not least, his chest panel flips down, revealing a removable Matrix toy accessory in vacuum-metalized sliver with a transparent blue center. This accessory can be held by any figure with standard 5mm fist holes.

: The main body has a similar color scheme to Ultra Magnus's "Super Mode" (Though with more white), and his head has the color scheme of regular Magnus.

: Ultra Mammoth is one of the first six [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] [[exclusive]] figures to be offered via the Figure Subscription Service in 2012.
{{comingsoontoy}}

[[Category:Timelines characters]]
[[Category:Transformers with three modes]]

Talk:Flying Mind

2012-05-01T11:19:04Z

Interrobang: This is not a forum.

User talk:Jazzerprime

2012-05-01T11:18:48Z

Interrobang:

{{welcome}}

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{{captionbastard}}

It is ridiculously backwards to add someone to a list and then label him as "that guy who isn't that other guy". Especially when done four times in a row. Seriously. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 04:32, 21 June 2011 (EDT)

I apologize, Mister Tour. Please correcteth my faults in a more appropriate way, sir Tour.--[[User:Jazzerprime]]

==Minor warning==
Dude, please stop editing your user page if you aren't going to earn a user page by making useful edits. And you might want to watch your user page's tone, because it makes you seem rather arrogant. [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 06:47, 21 June 2011 (EDT)

==Featured Articles==
Making an article featured only requires banner to be placed on top, BUT that banner has to be earned. TFA Bumblebee's page is incomplete. See that stub template down at the cartoon continuity section? There's no information whatsoever on Bumblebee's appearances in ''The Arrival'', and te page could do with more images. Until that's don, it doesn't deserve a FA template. [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 08:19, 23 June 2011 (EDT)

Thank you, sire wunling of Geerdom--[[User:Jazzerprime]]

==Hall of Fame voting==
Thank you for participating in the 2012 Hall of Fame voting! However, you cannot vote for Prime Starscream, as he is already inducted into the Hall of Fame. Please reconsider your vote. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 07:56, 27 February 2012 (EST)
:Also, you have put in two submissions of entries on the voting page. Remove one entry and replace Starscream. --[[User:AutoUIMagnus299|AutoUi299]] 03:15, 28 February 2012 (EST)

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Longarm (SG)

2012-05-01T11:17:36Z

Interrobang:

{{disambig3|Longarm}}
{{faction|sgAutobot}}

:''Longarm is an evil [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:LongarmSG.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Hypothesis: Perhaps this manner of speech gives me away.]]

'''Longarm''' is an [[Autotrooper (SG)|Autotrooper]] officer. He was always kind of a wet blanket, but recently he's been acting really strangely and disappearing for long stretches of time without explanation. He's even started saying stuff like "Interrogative" and "Conclusion" before his sentences. Weird, huh?

==Toys==
===Timelines===
*'''Shattered Glass Longarm''' (Customization Class Exclusive, BotCon 2012)
**''Accessories:'' "Blaster," two speakers, alternate Shockwave head, alternate Shockwave gun

: Shattered Glass Longarm is a redeco of "Special Ops Jazz," available only at the [[BotCon 2012]] customization classes. He transforms from a robot into a purple sports car. The speakers can also combine with his rifle via clips to form a super rifle, or they can be used on any other clip-compatible ''Transformers'' toy. Longarm also comes with an alternate Shockwave head and gun arm, which one can use instead of the proper head and hand. Neither fits during transformation.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' [[Ricochet (Headmasters)#United|Stepper]], the alternate-headed version of the mold was used to make [[BotCon 2012]] [[Treadshot (SG)|Treadshot]], and was retooled to make Botcon 2012 [[Kick-Off (G1)|Kick-Over]].
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==Notes==
[[Image:Invasion-MagnusFlashback.jpg|right|thumb|200px|GIVE ME YOUR IDENTITY.]]
* Longarm's ability to disguise himself as Shockwave is an homage to ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]], who infiltrated the Autobot ranks as [[Longarm (Animated)|Longarm]].
* There is disagreement over Longarm's actual identity. Customization class mastermind [[Shawn D. Tessmann]] created Longarm originally as a ''Classics''-style [[Shockwave (G1)|Generation 1 Shockwave]] toy, and wrote the bio accordingly. However, everything-else mastermind [[Pete Sinclair]] has other plans apparently, and says he's [[Shockwave (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Shockwave]] in disguise. Fight it out, boys!
* [[Dan Khanna]] made it a personal mission to fit Longarm somewhere into that year's convention comic. And he did draw him in. However, he got colored as a [[Ricochet (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Ricochet]]. Not in ''Shattered Glass'' Ricochet's ''actual'' colors, mind, but in inverted [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Generation 1 Ricochet-inspired]] colors. Whoops.

[[Category: Customization class toys]]
[[Category: Security officers]]
[[Category: Shattered Glass Autobots]]

Talk:Flying Mind

2012-05-01T11:12:11Z

Interrobang: Take it to a forum.

Talk:Transformers Online (2012 video game)

2012-04-30T17:13:56Z

Interrobang: /* New names from where? */

==Guys, Thundertron==
http://tf.91.com/guide/map/map.shtml
Yup, that blue and silver guy is Thundertron, which means we have a faction symbol for the Star Seekers too. This game is ''amazing.'' [[User:Antimatter|Antimatter]] 01:40, 16 March 2012 (EDT)
:I think you mean [http://tf.91.com/guide/feature/ldjh/#zy here]. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 01:44, 16 March 2012 (EDT)
:: I am completely positive that Thundertron's name is on my link, too. Granted, your's has the proper picture. [[User:Antimatter|Antimatter]] 01:46, 16 March 2012 (EDT)
:::"that blue and silver guy is Thundertron" is kind of misleading when there's no guys, period, on the page you linked to. But this is a great find, nonetheless! --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 01:54, 16 March 2012 (EDT)
::::Fair enough, apologies. Very excited! Haven't helped the wiki this much before. [[User:Antimatter|Antimatter]] 01:57, 16 March 2012 (EDT)

== Character names ==

''Moved and continued from [[User talk:TX55#Chinese MMO?|User talk:TX55]]''

:Before we start making pages, shouldn't the names we use be the original phonetic Chinese, NOT the English translation? I mean, we don't call the [[Trainbot]]s "[[Getsuei|Moonshadow]]" and "[[Shoki|Devil-Queller]]" and whatnot. Just wanna nip that one in the bud. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]]

::Using the original phonetic Chinese +1, since we've used phonetic this [[Mueikyaku|rule]] [[Chōryūken|for]] a long while. Not to mention there is no official English name by far.

Awww. Why do you hate the glory that is Fakie Men? These names are so fun. But if we must be stodgey, serious ol' spoil sports, we have to at least make sure all the translated names are there in the pages and maybe as redirects even. --[[Special:Contributions/76.28.76.206|76.28.76.206]] 14:53, 16 March 2012 (EDT)

:Well, Notes exist for a reason. [[User:Antimatter|Antimatter]] 15:00, 16 March 2012 (EDT)

::Two or three is funny. Nearly 80 is fucking stupid. It's ''Family Guy''-level END THE JOKE FIVE MINUTES AGO unfunny. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 15:27, 16 March 2012 (EDT)

:::Will we be keeping the accent marks used in Pinyin or disregarding them in article titles? [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 17:13, 16 March 2012 (EDT)
I agree with Antimatter notes are important --[[User:Shockwave1704|Shockwave1704]] 15:34, 16 March 2012 (EDT)

::::My Thoughts: Which is easier, clearer, and more useful for us and the users of the wiki? 20+ fairly long, meaningless (to non-speakers) and easily confusable phonetic names like "'Hùanyǐng Xīnxīng" or 20+ well translated (obviously) versions of those names that are just as acurate but also unique, easily memorable and evocative, like "Phantom Nova" If both are equally acurate, true representations of the characters Chinese names then I vote for the translated versions that mean something and are memorable for each character. I'm fine if the Wiki decides otherwise, but just personally thinks this is the better option so wanted to say so. :) --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 18:57, 16 March 2012 (EDT)

:::::I am not at all comfortable with "translating" Chinese character names to fit our convenience. We don't do it for Japanese names and wouldn't do it for other languages. The game is not in English; we are just going to have to deal. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 19:32, 16 March 2012 (EDT)

::::::In a vacuum, I'd prefer translated names. But we don't translate Japanese character names that are in Japanese, and at least some Chinese names for "imported" characters are basically English, so the consistent thing to do is use the names in Chinese. Which also obviates the need for arguments over what is or isn't a good/accurate/appropriate/Transformery enough name translation. -[[User:LV|LV]] 20:17, 16 March 2012 (EDT)

:::::::No. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 20:29, 16 March 2012 (EDT)

:::::::: That's cool too. :) Not a big deal. I just like the more evocative translations. Maybe we'll get lucky and some of them will show up in some fan-aimed English fiction someday. Stranger things have happened. --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 20:33, 16 March 2012 (EDT)

::::::::: I don't think the situation is entirely analogous. Regarding the Trainbots argument, most Japanese characters have straight phoneticization of English names, even the original Japanese-exclusive guys. Therefor, Trainbots or Dinoforce having Japanese names are noteworthy. Further, they've been referred to as such in some official English-language publications.

::::::::: The situation doesn't seem to be the same in the case of Chinese character. Characters who have less fanciful names tend to have straight translations: Dà Huáng-fēng (大黃蜂, "Bumblebee"). Tzáng Tǐeh (藏鐵, "Iron hiding"). Pái-húai (Taiwan, 徘徊, "Prowl"). (Or Jǐng Chē (China, 警車, "Police Car")). Lìeh-chǐuan (Taiwan, 獵犬, "Hound"). (Or Tan Zhang (China, 探長, "Chief Detective")). Admittedly, more fanciful names tend to have less literal translations. It seems to me that translating the names would be in-line with historic norms. After all, we call ブレイバー 'Braver,' not 'Bureibā.' That is, in fact a translation.

::::::::: There are, after all, a LOT of new characters, and as is pointed out above, the phoneticized Chinese is going to be very difficult for anyone to use in any kind of meaningful way. I think the utility of translating the names, along with the historic trends both in Chinese nomenclature and how this wiki handles foreign names lends weight to the idea that we really should be using translations. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 10:21, 18 March 2012 (EDT)

::::::::::: Just to throw in a practical example, when I was trying to refer to the post I made on Phantom Nova's talk page down below in the next section I could not remember or hope to spell his untranslated Chinese name to make the reference. I couldn't even get close enough spelling wise to look it up on our search. I had to search Phantom Nova. Now imagine your looking for any random one of this huge batch of new characters when we get them all in. I would have to click on every single chinese name in the catagory till I hit a particular one by trial and error because they're like 40+ indistinguishable, big long meaningless (to us) jumbles of Chinese. That's honestly a terrible thing for users. Listing them by accurate translations would be infinately more useful for 99% of our users.--[[Special:Contributions/71.233.191.25|71.233.191.25]] 10:54, 18 March 2012 (EDT)

::::::::::::[http://obscuretf.com/CNTransExample.jpg Whose accuracy do you have in mind?] --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 11:17, 18 March 2012 (EDT)

:::::::::::::But all translations of anything are ALWAYS that way always. The translator picks which ever possibility he thinks fit best using his own judgement. That's how anything is translated. They are ALL accurate and true. So we pick one, which or why doesn't matter because they're all true and accurate, and then we note on the page that it is an "unofficial translation". Then we are making it useable, and helpful for our users and keeping a true accurate translation, AND being honest about it being unofficial, just like we do with officially unnamed characters like "Big Red". That's the best model to follow in this case, IMO.

<s>[http://www.mediafire.com/?8eisaktmdg9pcrd File updated] (Male Autobots done)</s>old version --'''[[User:TX55|TX55]]'''''[[User talk:TX55|TALK]]'' 21:29, 16 March 2012 (EDT)

:I don't know if these will help, but it looks like [http://www.microsofttranslator.com/ Bing Translator] and [http://babelfish.yahoo.com/ Babelfish] use different algorithms to translate Chinese - Hùanyǐng Xīnxīng is "Phantom Star" at Bing, "Illusory Image Nova" at Babelfish, and "Phantom Nova" at Google Translate, so it might be worth comparing the results between different translators if something doesn't make sense at one of them. (I do the same thing with Japanese between Google, Babelfish, and Infoseek Japan.) Unfortunately, I can't get the MMO's sidebar to go away when translating pages with Bing, but the page text can be copied and pasted fine.

:By the way, should we move this discussion to the Transformers Online talk page? --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 23:19, 16 March 2012 (EDT)

::According to my and my friends' experience, translators are not really reliable. They make mistakes frequently. (At least in situations such as CH/EN, CH/JP, EN/CH, EN/JP, JP/CH, or JP/EN translation) They can be just for references.
::The term "新星" (''lit.'' New star) is the Chinese word for "Nova", definitely not "Star". However, "幻影" is much complicate, it can be "Mirage", "Phantom", "Illusion", even "Vision" (like "I have a vision") depend on situation where the word is used.
::Not a problem! (The contents have been moved.) :D --'''[[User:TX55|TX55]]'''''[[User talk:TX55|TALK]]'' 06:14, 17 March 2012 (EDT)

:::Hm. Well, TX, could you comment on some of the changes I made? When I looked up "chāonéng" (超能) for Chāonéng Jīanbīng and Chāonéng Yóujíshǒu, I saw that it was "super, ultra, incredible" rather than "psychic", which my searches told me was "chāonéng lì" (well, chāo néng lì). Was that right?
:::I also changed Zhòng Chúi Tǐe Wèi to "Heavy Hammer Iron Guard" from "Heavy Hummer Iron Guard"; [[wikipedia:Ch%C3%BAi|wikipedia]], at least, says that Chúi is a traditional type of hammer weapon. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 09:10, 17 March 2012 (EDT)

Mind, even I have to translate CHS to CHT, as I learned using Taiwan's system. As for name's, half are basically based on how it sounds in English (look at G1 Megatron as an example) as noted earlier. Translating them would result in funky names (G1 Optimus' as another). I'm for having the accent marks/macrons present, because all it takes is for one change in pitch to change a word/character/meaning. --'''lonegamer78, not logged in'''

:I use translate.google.com to convert the pages and such thing didn't happen as all words (including names) remain the same except they became Traditional Chinese. And I vote for having macrons, too. --'''[[User:TX55|TX55]]'''''[[User talk:TX55|TALK]]'' 06:14, 17 March 2012 (EDT)

<s>[http://www.mediafire.com/?8eisaktmdg9pcrd File updated] (Female Autobots done)</s>Old version --'''[[User:TX55|TX55]]'''''[[User talk:TX55|TALK]]'' 14:03, 17 March 2012 (EDT)

[http://www.mediafire.com/?8eisaktmdg9pcrd File updated] (All done) --'''[[User:TX55|TX55]]'''''[[User talk:TX55|TALK]]'' 12:15, 18 March 2012 (EDT)

===Alternate translation===
The Allspark's Meister79 has started doing his own set of translations.

[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=85740&view=findpost&p=2031656 http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=85740&view=findpost&p=2031656]

He understands the language as well, so definitely worth checking out. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 12:22, 17 March 2012 (EDT)

:Yeah it's good to have those. A lot of translation from any foriegn language is always personal interpretations and trying to catch complex and subtle feelings and connotations and recast them in an entirely different "medium." I might suggest linking these alternate takes in the notes of this page or the characters themselves. The more translations we have to compair I think the closer we can understand the full text. --[[Special:Contributions/76.28.76.206|76.28.76.206]] 12:58, 17 March 2012 (EDT)

Hi people! I just completed translating all 4 pages of the bios today.
I think I have the gist of what they mean, and tried to express them in more conventional English.
The names are still a bit wonky, though. This is because the Chinese usually give their own names to characters, and literal translation will not get us the intended name. Eg: 红蜘蛛(Red Spider) is supposed to be Starscream. - Meister79

:How is "红蜘蛛" pronounced? Is the idea to approximate "Starscream" phonetically, ignoring the literal Chinese meanings of the characters, or is it just a new name with no connection to the name "Starscream"? -[[User:LV|LV]] 10:51, 18 March 2012 (EDT)

::It is ''Hóng Zhīzhū''. The name is use because 1) Starscream is red 2) Chinese think spider is bad (and Starscream is a bad guy). --'''[[User:TX55|TX55]]'''''[[User talk:TX55|TALK]]'' 12:17, 18 March 2012 (EDT)

:::Oh. Huh. Well, thanks. -[[User:LV|LV]] 12:35, 18 March 2012 (EDT)

::::You're welcome. --'''[[User:TX55|TX55]]'''''[[User talk:TX55|TALK]]'' 12:45, 18 March 2012 (EDT)

:Thanks Meister. :)I asked over on Phantom Nova's (can't remember or spell his Chinese name) page If maybe we should put both translations on the character's talk pages as references. So people can see a little of the variable meanings you cab get translating the original Chinese. Thought iy might be a good idea to pose here to. Thoughts?--[[Special:Contributions/76.28.76.206|76.28.76.206]] 07:56, 18 March 2012 (EDT)

::Perhaps we can create a source page like [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)/src]] and place available translations with original Chinese material there as a reference. --'''[[User:TX55|TX55]]'''''[[User talk:TX55|TALK]]'' 09:41, 18 March 2012 (EDT)

I see that you guys are creating pages for the characters with their names in original phonetic Chinese. I have updated all my translations with the original phonetic Chinese names (of both the character and the vehicle name) in brackets. They can be found here:-
http://www.allspark.com/content/view/10079/20/
Hope that helps. - Meister79

==Why can't I shake the feeling...==
...that these characters might be, at most, NPCs filling space and not fighting anything? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 09:02, 19 March 2012 (EDT)
:Generally if you've played MMOs you know they tend to have lots of NPCs with random punctuation marks over thier heads for you to interact with (well, to be lazy and send you on fetch quests they really should be able to do themselves and then give you random or unrealistic rewards for doing it for them.) That's probably these guys. Though it occurs to me, we've read that there will be 3 factions in this game: Bot, Con, and Pirate... I think it's interesting that they posted a ton of Bot/Con NPCs but no Star Seeker ones. Maybe they won't be a playable faction after all? --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 09:27, 19 March 2012 (EDT)
::Yeah. I'm even not prepared to reject the idea that they aren't from the game at ALL, and are instead just examples of each body type. But it's more likely that they'll be random questmasters. There might be a boss or two in here, but those are more likely to be non-player-type characters, I would think. -LV, not logged in

== New names from where? ==

A bunch of new Con names were added in the last edit. Did a new page of characters fo up somewhere? --[[Special:Contributions/76.28.76.206|76.28.76.206]] 13:00, 30 April 2012 (EDT)
:No. It's the Decepticon females. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 13:13, 30 April 2012 (EDT)

Transformers Online (2012 video game)

2012-04-30T11:18:25Z

Interrobang:

[[Image:Transformers-Online-Factions.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]
'''''Transformers Online''''' (变形金刚在线 ''Biànxíng Jīngāng Zàixìan'') is an upcoming [[Wikipedia:MMORPG|MMORPG]]. It is being developed by Chinese company [[NetDragon]], and it is based on ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Transformers: Prime]]''. Players can choose to be an [[Autobot]], [[Decepticon]], or a member of the [[Star Seeker|Star Seekers]]. [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] opened a [[Space bridge]], sending [[Tyger Pax]] off of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and towards [[Earth]]. Split into two pieces, one half fell into the ocean, another orbiting Earth, with only government agencies and a few other humans aware of the occurrence and the Transformers themselves. The remains of Tyger Pax, along with the Autobots and Decepticons are hunted by the third faction. <ref>http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/video-games-17/transformers-evolution---asian-market-mmorpg-details-images--gameplay-footage-174591/</ref>

This game should not be confused with the American ''[[Transformers Universe]]''.

==Characters==
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*[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Chāonéng Jīanbīng]]
*[[Chāonéng Yóujīshǒu]]
*[[Chìhóng Léitíng]]
*[[Chìlìe Fēi Huǒ]]
*[[Defensor (Prime)|Defensor]]
*[[Fēiqí Zhànjǐng]]
*[[Fēngbào Zhàngē]]
*[[Hùanyǐng Xīnxīng]]
*[[Jísù Pīlì]]
*[[Jìngfēng Bīao Lún]]
*[[Kup (Prime)|Kup]]
*[[Lièhuǒ Liúxīng]]
*[[Nù Xīng Zhàn Lún]]
*[[Nùhuǒ Shǎndiàn]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Shēnlán Lüèyǐng]]
*[[Suì Xīng Tiě Bì]]
*[[Tiě Bǎo Nù Quán]]
*[[Tiě Yì Fēi Jiàn]]
*[[Wúwèi Tiānzūn]]
*[[Xīng Mén Shǒuwèi]]
*[[Xīngchén Mànyóuzhě]]
*[[Xīnghé Lièshǒu]]
*[[Yínhé Guāngyàn‎]]
*[[Yínhé Qíshǒu]]
*[[Yínsè Qíbīng]]
*[[Yīnsù Yóuxiá]]
*[[Yǐtài Xíngzhě]]
*[[Zhòng Chuí Tiě Wèi]]
*[[Zhòngjiǎ Xiānfēng]]

|c2=
*[[Àn Néng Biànxīng]]
*[[Àn Xīng Xuánwō]]
*[[Ànyǐng Shāshǒu]]
*[[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]]
*[[Bruticus (Prime)|Bruticus]]
*[[Chì Yàn Mèiyǐng]]
*[[Èzhào Zhī Yì]]
*[[Fēnliè Zàibō]]
*[[Gāng Yá Tiě Shòu]]
*[[Hēidòng Màichōng]]
*[[Huǐmiè Xuànwō]]
*[[Hùndùn Shāxīng]]
*[[Jí Guāng Xīng Rèn]]
*[[Jíguāng Fēichí Zhě]]
*[[Jù Xióng Hànjiāng]]
*[[Jùfēng Lièrén]]
*[[Kǒngjù Xiāojiāng]]
*[[Kuángbào Shāshén]]
*[[Kuángbào Chǐlūn]]
*[[Léitíng Tiě Yì]]
*[[Léiyún Qíshì]]
*[[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]
*[[Mòrì Tǒngshuài]]
*[[Nù Fēng Zhàn Rèn]]
*[[Piāoyí Shǎndiàn]]
*[[Shǎnyì Kuángbēn Zhě]]
*[[Shēnkōng Xīng Hén]]
*[[Shì Xīng Luóxuán]]
*[[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]]
*[[Tiān Shà Mèiyǐng]]
*[[Xīng Bào Yán Liú]]
*[[Xīngchén Hán Yàn]]
*[[Xīngyún Sīlièzhě]]
*[[Xuánfēng Wǔzhě]]
*[[Yè Míng Wǔzhě]]
*[[Zāihuò Zhī Yì]]
*[[Zhàn Rèn Xuányì]]
*[[Zhàn Yì Dāofēng]]
*[[Zhóngjiǎ Pòhuàizhě]]
*[[Zhóngyā Měngzhě]]

|h3=[[Star Seeker]]s|c3=
*[[Thundertron]]

}}

==Gallery==
<center><gallery>
Image:TFOnlineBigBlue.jpg
Image:TFOnlineBigBlue2.jpg
Image:TFOnlineBlueFem.jpg
Image:TFOnlineBlueFem2.jpg
Image:TFOnlineBruticus.jpg| If Hasbro is smart, there WILL be toys.
Image:TFOnlineTank.jpg
Image:TFOnlineConBruiser.jpg
Image:TFOnlineMaybeTankor.jpg|Tankor smash?
Image:TFOnlineJeepDude.jpg
Image:TFOnlineFemaleCon.jpg|Dark [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]]? Rule 63'd [[Deadlock]]? Who the heck knows.
Image:TFOnlineMaybeMagnus.jpg|Can he deal with it? We have no idea until the game comes out.
Image:TFOnlineTruck.jpg
</gallery></center>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://game.icafe8.net/news/news201105250008.html Press release] (in Chinese)
*[http://tf.91.com/ Official site] (in Chinese)

{{stub}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Online}}
[[Category:Online games]]
[[Category:Prime media]]

File:Transformers-Online-Factions.jpg

2012-04-30T10:56:24Z

Interrobang:

A collage representing the [[Autobot]]s, the [[Star Seeker]]s, and the [[Decepticon]]s in [[Transformers Online]]. Artist unknown.
{{unknown artist}}
{{hastak}}

Transformers Online (2012 video game)

2012-04-30T10:55:31Z

Interrobang: No, it isn't!

''For the American'' Transformers ''massively multiplayer online game, see:'' [[Transformers Universe]].

[[Image:Transformers-Online-Factions.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]
'''''Transformers Online''''' (变形金刚在线 ''Biànxíng Jīngāng Zàixìan'') is an upcoming [[Wikipedia:MMORPG|MMORPG]]. It is being developed by Chinese company [[NetDragon]], and it is based on ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Transformers: Prime]]''. Players can choose to be an [[Autobot]], [[Decepticon]], or a member of the [[Star Seeker|Star Seekers]]. [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] opened a [[Space bridge]], sending [[Tyger Pax]] off of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and towards [[Earth]]. Split into two pieces, one half fell into the ocean, another orbiting Earth, with only government agencies and a few other humans aware of the occurrence and the Transformers themselves. The remains of Tyger Pax, along with the Autobots and Decepticons are hunted by the third faction. <ref>http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/video-games-17/transformers-evolution---asian-market-mmorpg-details-images--gameplay-footage-174591/</ref>

==Characters==
{{featuredcharacters|nonumbering=true
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Chāonéng Jīanbīng]]
*[[Chāonéng Yóujīshǒu]]
*[[Chìhóng Léitíng]]
*[[Chìlìe Fēi Huǒ]]
*[[Defensor (Prime)|Defensor]]
*[[Fēiqí Zhànjǐng]]
*[[Fēngbào Zhàngē]]
*[[Hùanyǐng Xīnxīng]]
*[[Jísù Pīlì]]
*[[Jìngfēng Bīao Lún]]
*[[Kup (Prime)|Kup]]
*[[Lièhuǒ Liúxīng]]
*[[Nù Xīng Zhàn Lún]]
*[[Nùhuǒ Shǎndiàn]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Shēnlán Lüèyǐng]]
*[[Suì Xīng Tiě Bì]]
*[[Tiě Bǎo Nù Quán]]
*[[Tiě Yì Fēi Jiàn]]
*[[Wúwèi Tiānzūn]]
*[[Xīng Mén Shǒuwèi]]
*[[Xīngchén Mànyóuzhě]]
*[[Xīnghé Lièshǒu]]
*[[Yínhé Guāngyàn‎]]
*[[Yínhé Qíshǒu]]
*[[Yínsè Qíbīng]]
*[[Yīnsù Yóuxiá]]
*[[Yǐtài Xíngzhě]]
*[[Zhòng Chuí Tiě Wèi]]
*[[Zhòngjiǎ Xiānfēng]]

|c2=
*[[Àn Xīng Xuánwō]]
*[[Ànyǐng Shāshǒu]]
*[[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]]
*[[Bruticus (Prime)|Bruticus]]
*[[Èzhào Zhī Yì]]
*[[Fēnliè Zàibō]]
*[[Gāng Yá Tiě Shòu]]
*[[Huǐmiè Xuànwō]]
*[[Jù Xióng Hànjiāng]]
*[[Kǒngjù Xiāojiāng]]
*[[Kuángbào Shāshén]]
*[[Kuángbào Chǐlūn]]
*[[Léiyún Qíshì]]
*[[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]
*[[Mòrì Tǒngshuài]]
*[[Nù Fēng Zhàn Rèn]]
*[[Shēnkōng Xīng Hén]]
*[[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]]
*[[Zhàn Rèn Xuányì]]
*[[Zhàn Yì Dāofēng]]
*[[Zhóngjiǎ Pòhuàizhě]]
*[[Zhóngyā Měngzhě]]

|h3=[[Star Seeker]]s|c3=
*[[Thundertron]]

}}

==Gallery==
<center><gallery>
Image:TFOnlineBigBlue.jpg
Image:TFOnlineBigBlue2.jpg
Image:TFOnlineBlueFem.jpg
Image:TFOnlineBlueFem2.jpg
Image:TFOnlineBruticus.jpg| If Hasbro is smart, there WILL be toys.
Image:TFOnlineTank.jpg
Image:TFOnlineConBruiser.jpg
Image:TFOnlineMaybeTankor.jpg|Tankor smash?
Image:TFOnlineJeepDude.jpg
Image:TFOnlineFemaleCon.jpg|Dark [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]]? Rule 63'd [[Deadlock]]? Who the heck knows.
Image:TFOnlineMaybeMagnus.jpg|Can he deal with it? We have no idea until the game comes out.
Image:TFOnlineTruck.jpg
</gallery></center>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://game.icafe8.net/news/news201105250008.html Press release] (in Chinese)
*[http://tf.91.com/ Official site] (in Chinese)

{{stub}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Online}}
[[Category:Online games]]
[[Category:Prime media]]

Thundertron

2012-04-30T10:54:58Z

Interrobang: Not what Thundertron looks like, apparently.

:''Thundertron is a [[Star Seeker]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

'''Thundertron''' is the leader of the Star Seekers and Captain of the ''[[Tidal Wave (Prime)|Tidal Wave]]''. He proclaims to be "the mightiest freebooter on the spaceways". Asides from being a merciless pirate, he has an unquenchable hatred for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and its inhabitants, which seems to stem from Cybertron allowing the [[space bridge|Space Bridges]] to collapse and separate from the Cybertronian colonies. He vows to hunt down any who come from Cybertron and kill them. He doesn't seem to be any more merciful with anyone else who would get in his way.

Thundertron has been described as 'king-sized' with blue and silver armor and brow plates and blue spiky protrusions on his head. The yellow spikes and claws on his armor and the leonine face in the center of his torso may indicate a [[beast mode]]. One of his most noticeable features is that one of his legs has been replaced below the knee by a long steel strut.

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
Sensing the energy trail of a [[Ark (WFC)|Cybertronian ship]], Thundertron had his ship land on [[Velocitron]]. He quickly questioned [[Override (Prime)|the planet's leader]] if there were any Cybertronians there. She said there were none, but the leader's refusal to divulge where they were, her insolence in asking the fault of being Cybertronian, and [[Ransack (Prime)|her rival]]'s insistence that she was Cybertronian quickly made Thundertron lose his temper and ordered his crew to attack.

Following the energy trail, they traveled through a [[space bridge]] to [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]], where he found not only the Cybertronian ship, but [[Trypticon (Prime)|another]]. While the Cybertronians were fighting each other, Thundertron met with the [[Wreck-Gar (Prime)|leader]] of the [[Junkion (species)|locals]]. He quickly forced the Junkions to repair his ship and attach a space bridge to it. He had [[Cannonball (Prime)|two]] [[Brimstone (Prime)|crew members]] show the Junkions they meant business by killing [[Arclight|one of them]]. As soon as the space bridge was attached, Thundertron ordered the Star Seekers to attack the Cybertronians. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Online''===
{{storylink|Transformers Online}}
{{comingsoon}}

==Toys==
===Prime===
*'''Thundertron''' (Voyager, 2012?)
{{comingsoontoy}}

==Notes==
*Thundertron's status as a captain of a independent ship, his apparent peg leg, and his unending quest for vengeance harken to Captain Ahab from the classic novel, ''Moby-Dick''. [[Longtooth|He isn't the first.]]
*Thundertron makes use of the [[universal greeting]] when he first speaks with the natives of Velocitron and Junkion. Of course, he doesn't act friendly very long afterwards.
*The Star Seeker pirates were first previewed to fans at BotCon, showing all new versions of familiar characters. This, combined with the way ''Exiles'' purposely hides their Captain's identity for an extended period, leads to something of a disconnect when, in what is clearly written to be a big dramatic reveal at the end of the book we find out the Captain IS... a new character we've never heard of?

===Foreign names===
*''Mandarin:'' '''Pò Tiān Léi''' (破天雷)

[[Category:Pirates]]
[[Category:Prime Transformers]]
[[Category:Transformers Online characters]]

The Transformers: Target: 2006

2012-04-30T10:36:45Z

Interrobang:

[[Image:IDWTarget2006tpb.jpg|thumb|200px|]]

In April 2007, [[IDW Publishing]] began to release reprints of the original [[Marvel UK]] issues [[Target: 2006|#78-88]] under the title '''''The Transformers: Target: 2006'''''. Much like the ''[[The Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' reprint title, ''Target 2006'' was published with multiple covers—one depicting a key scene of the issue and one with new art by [[Nick Roche]], with colours by [[Josh Burcham]] and [[Liam Shalloo]].

==Creative team==
'''Writer:''' [[Simon Furman]] 
'''Pencils:''' [[Jeff Anderson]], [[Geoff Senior]], [[Will Simpson]], [[Ron Smith]] 
'''Inks:''' [[Tim Perkins]], [[Geoff Senior]] 
'''Lettering:''' [[Richard Starkings|Starkings]] 
'''Colors:''' [[Tony Jozwiak]] 
'''Editor:''' [[Ian Rimmer]]

==Issues==
{{Note|[[Rob Ruffolo]] is incorrectly credited with colouring the covers for these reprints.}}

* '''Issue 1:''' Released April 18, 2007
*'''IDW issue #1 cover A:''' Galvatron, Scourge & Cyclonus arrive in 1986, art by [[Nick Roche]], colors by [[Josh Burcham]]
*'''IDW issue #1 cover B:''' Galvatron, Scourge & Cyclonus arrive in 1986, by [[Jeff Anderson]].
*'''IDW issue #1 Retail Incentive cover A:''' sketch of cover A, by Nick Roche.
*'''IDW issue #1 Retail Incentive cover B:''' panels of UK issue #78, by Jeff Anderson.
<center><gallery>
Image:IDWTarget2006 1A.jpg|'''IDW issue #1 A'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 1B.jpg|'''IDW issue #1 B'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 1RIA.jpg|'''IDW issue #1 RI-A'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 1RIB.jpg|'''IDW issue #1 RI-B'''
</gallery></center>
{{-}}

* '''Issue 2:''' Released May 9, 2007
*'''IDW issue #2 cover A:''' Cyclonus & Ultra Magnus fight by Hound's prone body, by Nick Roche, colors by [[Liam Shalloo]].
*'''IDW issue #2 cover B:''' Galvatron's ultimate weapon, by Will Simpson colors by [[Tony Jozwiak]].
*'''IDW issue #2 Retail Incentive cover A:''' sketch of cover A, by Nick Roche.
*'''IDW issue #2 Retail Incentive cover B:''' panels from UK issue #81, by Jeff Anderson.
<center><gallery>
Image:IDWTarget2006 2A.jpg|'''IDW issue #2 A'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 2B.jpg|'''IDW issue #2 B'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 2RIA.jpg|'''IDW issue #2 RI-A'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 2RIB.jpg|'''IDW issue #2 RI-B'''
</gallery></center>
{{-}}

* '''Issue 3:''' Released June 13, 2007
*'''IDW issue #3 cover A:''' the Wreckers, art by Nick Roche, colors by Liam Shalloo.
*'''IDW issue #3 cover B:''' Wreck & Rule!, by [[Ron Smith]].
*'''IDW issue #3 Retail Incentive cover A:''' sketch of cover A, by Nick Roche.
*'''IDW issue #3 Retail Incentive cover B:''' panels from UK issue #82, by Ron Smith.
<center><gallery>
Image:IDWTarget2006 3A.jpg|'''IDW issue #3 A'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 3B.jpg|'''IDW issue #3 B'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 3RIA.jpg|'''IDW issue #3 RI-A'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 3RIB.jpg|'''IDW issue #3 RI-B'''
</gallery></center>
{{-}}

* '''Issue 4:''' Released July 5, 2007

*'''IDW issue #4 cover A:''' Brawn choked by a zombie-controlled Jazz, by Nick Roche, colors by Rob Ruffolo.
*'''IDW issue #4 cover B:''' Galvatron riding Ultra Magnus, by Geoff Senior.
*'''IDW issue #4 Retail Incentive cover A:''' sketch of cover A, by Nick Roche.
*'''IDW issue #4 Retail Incentive cover B:''' panels from UK issue #86, by Will Simpson.
<center><gallery>
Image:IDWTarget2006 4A.jpg|'''IDW issue #4 A'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 4B.jpg|'''IDW issue #4 B'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 4RIA.jpg|'''IDW issue #4 RI-A'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 4RIB.jpg|'''IDW issue #4 RI-B'''
</gallery></center>
{{-}}

* '''Issue 5:''' Released August 22, 2007
*'''IDW issue #5 cover A:''' Ultra Magnus versus Galvatron, art by Nick Roche, colors by Josh Burcham.
*'''IDW issue #5 cover B:''' Starscream is obliterated, by Jeff Anderson, colors by Tony Jozwiak.
*'''IDW issue #5 Retail Incentive cover A:''' sketch of cover A, by Nick Roche.
*'''IDW issue #5 Retail Incentive cover B:''' panels from UK issue #88 by Will Simpson.
<center><gallery>
Image:IDWTarget2006 5A.jpg|'''IDW issue #5 A'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 5B.jpg|'''IDW issue #5 B'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 5RIA.jpg|'''IDW issue #5 RI-A'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 5RIB.jpg|'''IDW issue #5 RI-B'''
</gallery></center>
{{-}}

==Trade paperback==
*'''IDW TPB cover:''' reuse of IDW issue #5 cover A.
<center><gallery>
Image:IDWTarget2006tpb.jpg|'''IDW TPB'''
</gallery></center>

{{DEFAULTSORT:Target: 2006, The Transformers}}
[[Category:Generation 1 comic compilations]]
[[Category:IDW titles]]

Main Page/schedule

2012-04-30T09:54:26Z

Interrobang:

* '''[[Template:May|5–??]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'' [[More than Meets the Eye issue 5|#5]] and ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Robots in Disguise issue 5|#5]] are released in the US by [[IDW Publishing]]. [[TakaraTomy]] releases the gashapon [[Arms Micron]]s [[Optimus Prime (Prime)#ArmsMicron|Optimus Prime Blaster]], [[Bumblebee (Prime)#ArmsMicron|Bumblebee Sword]], [[Gob]] and [[Zad]].
* '''[[May 5|5–5]] —''' [[Free Comic Book Day]] featuring [[Simon Furman]]'s ''[[The Transformers: Regeneration One|Regeneration One]]'' [[Counterpoint|#80.5]]. The ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Tunnel Vision]]" and ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' episode "[[Deep Trouble]]" premiere on [[The Hub]].
* '''[[May 12|5–12]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Triangulation]]" and ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' episode "[[Return of the Dino Bot]]" premiere on [[The Hub]].
* '''[[May 19|5–19]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Triage]]" and ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' episodes "[[The Other Doctor]]" and "[[The Reign of Morocco]]" premiere on [[The Hub]].
*'''[[May 25|5–25]] —''' ''[[Transformers: The Ride]]'' opens in Universal Studios Hollywood.
*'''[[May 28|5–28]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Bulkhead (Prime)#PrimeVoyager|AM-10 Bulkhead]] and [[Arcee (Prime)#Revealer|AM-11 Arcee]], and ''[[Legends Class|EZ Collection]]'' [[Wheeljack (Prime)#Cyberverse|Wheeljack with ''Starhammer'']], [[Ironhide (Prime)#Cyberverse|Ironhide]], and [[Dreadwing (Prime)#Toys|Dreadwing]].
* '''[[Template:June|6–??]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'' [[More than Meets the Eye issue 6|#6]] and ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Robots in Disguise issue 6|#6]] are released in the US by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[June 13|6–13]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'' Volume 1 is released in the US by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[June 28|6–28]] —''' ''[[The Transformers Classics UK]]'' [[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 3|Volume 3]] is released in the US by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[June 30|6-30]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)| Prime]]'' [[Starscream (Prime)#|AM-07 Starscream]], [[Breakdown (Prime)|AM-12 Breakdown]], [[Knock Out (Prime)|AM-13 Knockout]], [[Vehicon (Prime)|AM-14 Vehicon]], and ''[[Legends Class|EZ Collection]]'' [[Evac (Ride)|Evac]] and [[Breakdown (Prime)#Cyberverse|''Prime'' Breakdown]].
* '''[[Template:July|7–??]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: Regeneration One]]'' [[Regeneration One issue 81|#81]], ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'' [[More than Meets the Eye issue 7|#7]] and ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Robots in Disguise issue 7|#7]] are released in the US by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[July 11|7–11]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: Autocracy]]'' is released in the US by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[July 18|7–18]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' Volume 1 is released in the US by [[IDW Publishing]].
*'''[[July 31|7–31]] —''' ''[[One Shall Stand|Transformers Prime: One Shall Stand]]'' is released on DVD by [[Shout! Factory]]
* '''[[August 28|8–28]] —''' ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]'' is released.
* '''[[September 22|9-22]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[Transformers United|United EX]]'' [[Combat Master]], [[Jet Master]], and the [[Roller Master]] vs [[Chopper Master]] set.
* '''[[June 29|6-29]]-[[2014|14]]''' — ''[[Transformers 4]]'' is tentatively scheduled to be released.
* '''[[August 17|8–17]]–[[2014|14]] —''' "[[Hell Day]]": The Decepticons led by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] invade [[Earth]] with [[Teletran 3]]'s teleportation ability, and devastate the planet. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3|G.I Joe vs. the Transformers II #3}}

<noinclude>[[Category: Main Page templates]]</noinclude>

James Remar

2012-04-30T08:33:28Z

Interrobang:

[[Image:JamesRemar.jpg|right|350px|thumb|"Just because some jerk named Cyrus wants a conclave and a truce, doesn't mean that it's a good thing. I'm sick of hearing about Cyrus."]]

'''James Remar''' (born [[December 31]], [[1953]]) is a American screen and voice actor. He is probably best known for his live action roles as Dexter's father Harry Morgan on ''Dexter'', Ajax from ''The Warriors'', Richard, the on-off tycoon in ''Sex and the City'', Albert Ganz in the 1982 comedy/thriller ''48 Hrs.'', Dutch Shultz in ''The Cotton Club'', and Lord Raiden in ''Mortal Kombat: Annihilation''.

In the realm of voice acting, he has been the evil alien Vilgax in ''Ben 10: Alien Force'' and ''Ultimate Alien'' (a role he took over from [[Steve Blum]]), the Carter Hall Hawkman, and The Manhunters in ''Justice League'', Chef Larousse in Pixar's ''Ratatouille'' (which stars [[Patton Oswalt]] and features [[Brad Garrett]]), Two-Face in ''[[Batman]]: The Brave and The Bold'', Black Mask in ''The Batman'', Icicle Sr. in ''Young Justice'', and Walter Hardy in ''The Spectacular [[Spider-Man]]''.

==Roles==
===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon''===

*[[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]]

===''Transformers: Prime''===

*TBA <ref>[http://press.discovery.com/media/ugc/press/hubacq.pdf THE HUB TAPS POPULAR TALENT FOR UPCOMING ORIGINAL SERIES, August 6, 2010]</ref>

===''Transformers: The Ride''===

*[[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]]

==Footnotes==
<references/>

==External link==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001664/ James Remar at IMDb]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Remar, James}}
[[Category:English voice actors]]
[[Category:DreamWorks]]
[[Category:Hasbro Studios]]

Flying Mind

2012-04-30T07:54:43Z

Interrobang: /* Notes */

{{picsneeded}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 37
|prev=Armada (episode)
|next=Tunnel Vision
|image=
|caption=
|title="Flying Mind"
|airdate=[[April 28]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Bob Skir|Robert N. Skir]]
|directed by=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''When the ''Nemesis'' becomes sentient, it threatens humanity and Raf, Jack, and Miko are the only ones who can stop it.'''

==Synopsis==
With the ''[[Trypticon (Prime)|Nemesis]]'' down, [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] discovers an Autobot was responsible for the crash. Despite [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]]'s protests, Megatron infuses [[Dark Energon]] into the ship's power core. Meanwhile, the [[Autobot]]s feel this might well be the time to strike. [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] decides on using the [[spark extractor|Spark Extractor]].

The Dark Energon infusion of the ''Nemesis'' works, powering up the ship. The energy is detected by the Autobots, who immediately set out with [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]]. They arrive to find the 'Con warship already airborne, and it begins firing on them. The Autobots attempt to get close enough to use the Spark Extractor, but the ship hits them one by one with a stasis beam, sending them into [[stasis lock]]. Megatron is pleased at being able to get the Spark Extractor back, but when he orders the ship to move closer, it abruptly changes course. When Megatron demands the ship be overridden, the [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] at the helm is electrocuted. The ship itself announces it is in charge and on a mission. Knock Out notes it's decoding the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] database. Furious, Megatron demands they retake control, but when [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] attempts, he's sent into stasis. Beams of energy sweep through the ship, disabling the Decepticons.

Back at base, Fowler notes that the ''Nemesis'' is heading towards North America, and the decision is made to try and contact Megatron to see what's up. On the warship, Knock Out is put into stasis while checking on the Iacon data, and Megatron attempts to disable the ship's power core, only to be put in stasis as well. When Ratchet contacts the ''Nemesis'', the ship itself responds and helpfully lets them know its mission is to find the missing Iacon artifacts. [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] and the humans believe it's the opportune moment to download a copy of the Iacon database, so Fowler and the kids [[GroundBridge]] on board the ship. They find the [[Project Iacon]] console, and clambering up Knock Out, plug the [[transfer drive]] Ratchet gave them in. [[Jack Darby|Jack]] notices the ship is heading for [[New York City]], the location of the first relic. While trying to change the ship's course, Fowler is shocked into unconsciousness, but the ship, still scanning for Cybertronian-based life forms, is unable to detect the kids.

Though Ratchet wants to bridge the kids back, Jack realizes they have to do something now, and head to the ship's power core. There they find the frozen Megatron, and Jack discovers that the manually-operated fuel injection valve is too large for them to operate. While he's still trying, the ship detects [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]]. As a manipulator arm starts chasing them, they hide among the [[energon cube]]s, but the arm moves the containers aside, eventually exposing them. Jack manages to attract its attention and trick it into hitting Megatron. The Decepticon leader topples over, dragging the lever down and reversing the [[energon]] flow. Though the ship tries to use the manipulator arm to move the lever back, it's not fast enough to do so before its intelligence returns to stasis. As the ship shuts down, the Decepticons begin recovering, and the kids make all haste back through the corridors. While Miko and Raf help Fowler through the GroundBridge, Jack goes after the transfer drive, but he's still struggling with it as Knock Out comes back online. Jack's saved from an untimely end when Ratchet appears through the GroundBridge and clobbers Knock Out, taking Jack and the transfer drive. Megatron is unhappy with Knock Out.

Ratchet gives the now-recovered Optimus the good news about the data they retrieved, but they realize they must act quickly, as the ''Nemesis'' is even now bearing down on Manhattan.

[[Tunnel Vision|To be continued]]...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (4)
* [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (11)
* [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] (12)
* [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] (13)
* [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] (14)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (2)
*[[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] (3)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (5)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (6)
*[[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticons]] (15)

|c3=
* [[Miko Nakadai]] (7)
* [[Jack Darby]] (8)
* [[Raf Esquivel]] (9)
* [[William Fowler]] (10)

|c4=
* "[[Trypticon (Prime)|Nemesis]]"
|}}

==Quotes==
"Doc Knock is ''knocked out''."
:—'''Miko''' makes the joke we've all been waiting to hear.

"Say ''Ahhh''!"
:—'''Knock Out's''' dentistry leaves something to be desired.

"I'm here to offer a second opinion!"
:—'''Ratchet''' gives Knock Out the hint that he might want to consider going back to medical school.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*When Megatron orders for an update on his vessel, his eyes are red as they have been in previous episodes. However, when he decides to power the ship with Dark Energon, his eyes suddenly become purple.

===Continuity errors===
* In the previous episode, Bulkhead drove from the ''Nemesis'' crash site back to base rather than use the GroundBridge, suggesting the crash occurred not far away. In this episode, Fowler says the ''Nemesis'' is crossing the Atlantic Ocean and heading for North America.
* How does Jack on the ''Nemesis'' talk to Rachet back at base without a cell phone? He appears to be using an earpiece, but there's no indication that he received one.
* When stasis-locked Megatron gets knocked over, his hand, still clutching the release lever, opens to allow him to fall all the way. The rest of him stays completely stiff even upon hitting the ground.

===Continuity notes===
* The Insecticons joining the Decepticons, Bulkhead's damage to the ''Nemesis'' power core and the ship's crash all took place in the previous episode.
* The Decepticons found their Dark Energon supply back in "[[One Shall Rise, Part 1]]".
* Soundwave has been trying to decrypt the Iacon database since Optimus Prime recovered his memory in "[[Orion Pax, Part 3]]", and has apparently made very little progress.
* Though the ''Nemesis'' is established in ''[[Transformers: Exiles]]'' to be a stasis-locked [[Trypticon (Prime)|Trypticon]], its identity is left unstated here.
* The Autobots attempt to use the [[spark extractor]], which they aquired in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1]]".

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===
* The Nemesis's stasis beam uses the same sound effect of the Zat'ni'katel or Zat Gun from ''Stargate SG-1'' which was, itself, a stunning weapon.

===Trivia===
* The ''Nemesis''' voice is listed only as "Warship" in this episode's credits.
* The background music playing when Jack faces the manipulator arm is from the ''War for Cybertron'' video game.

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

BotCon 2012

2012-04-30T07:51:45Z

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'''BotCon 2012''' will be held in the Hyatt Regency Dallas in Dallas, Texas from [[April 26]] to [[April 29]], [[2012]].

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==Run-up==
* [[September 7]], [[2011]], BotCon's Twitter feed started hinting at BotCon 2012's exclusive toys. <ref>http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=82117</ref>
* The Diamond-exclusive version of "[[The Stunti-Con Job]]" had a full page ad advertising BotCon 2012, and hinted at the mold of one of its box set toys. <ref>http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/484645-teaser-botcon-2012-rid-more-classics.html</ref>
* On [[December 5]], 2011, the date, location, and hotel for BotCon 2012 were announced.
* On [[December 24]], 2011, the brochure went live.
* On [[December 27]], 2011, "[[BotCon 2012: Figure Reveal!]]" revealed the first images of Gigatron.
* On [[December 30]], 2011, ''Shattered Glass'' Tracks was revealed.
* On [[January 3]], [[2012]], ''Shattered Glass'' Soundwave was revealed.
* On [[January 5]], [[2012]], registration was intended to go up, but required more testing. Instead, ''Shattered Glass'' Treadshot was revealed.
* On [[January 6]], [[2012]], at 6:22pm EST, registration for attending packages went live. Both (larger) customization classes were sold out within minutes, Primus sets were 50% sold and "Golden Tickets" 70% sold by 10pm. <ref>https://twitter.com/#!/BotCon/status/155485771095224320</ref> To apologize for the registration's lateness, art turnarounds of Metalhawk's new head were posted online. Those numbers were at 60% and 80% by the following day. <ref>https://twitter.com/#!/BotCon/status/155817892166893569</ref>
* On [[January 18]], [[2012]], Iacon Packages were available for purchase. A few hours later, BotCon's Twitter status stated that 50% of the Iacon Packages were sold. Primus Packages were 85% sold.

==Venue==
[[Image:BotCon2012-dallayshyattregency.jpg|right|thumb|300px|When you're done giggling at the giant you-know-what, you can point out your window to where Kennedy was shot! Hours of fun for the whole family.]]

The Convention Center of the Hyatt Regency Dallas is home to BotCon 2012. It's "one of the city’s most consistent AAA Four Diamond Dallas luxury hotels," full of restaurants and shopping opportunities, and it's smack dab in the middle of downtown Dallas, Texas. This 28-floor hotel is three blocks from the [[John F. Kennedy|JFK]] Memorial and across a parking lot from a giant Playstation Move controller. In the summer, they have AnimeFest there, host to overpriced Pocky, [[Scott McNeil]], and all manner of [[David Willis|unwashed webcartoonists]]. But unlike AnimeFest, BotCon 2012's dealer room probably won't be partially out in the hallways.

The hallways are very extravagant.
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==Merchandise==
===Convention-exclusive toys===
[[Image:Timelinestoy-BC2012Soundwave.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Be excellent to each other... and party on, dudes!]]
'''Transformers: Invasion box set ($340, bagged $250)'''
*''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]], a retool of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'']] [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
*''Shattered Glass'' [[Tracks (SG)|Turbo Tracks]], a redeco of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'']] [[Tracks (G1)|Turbo Tracks]]
*''Shattered Glass'' [[Sir Soundwave|Soundwave]], a retool of [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|''Universe'' Classics Series]] [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
*''Shattered Glass'' [[Treadshot (SG)|Treadshot]], a retool of ''Transformers'' [[Jazz (G1)/toys|Special Ops Jazz]]
*''Classics'' [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Gigatron]], a retool of [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|''Revenge of the Fallen'']] [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]]
*''Classics'' [[Metalhawk]], a retool of [[Transformers: Generations|''Generations'']] [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]

'''At show souvenir packages'''
*''Shattered Glass'' [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] and ''Classics'' [[Kick-Off (G1)|Kick-Over]], the former being a redeco of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'']] [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]] and the latter being a retool of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'']] [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Jazz]]
*''Shattered Glass'' [[Octopunch (SG)|Octopunch]] and ''Classics'' [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]], redecos of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'']] [[Sea Spray]] and [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|''Dark of the Moon'']] [[Vortex (ROTF)#Dark of the Moon|Vortex]]
*''Shattered Glass'' [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] ([[Wreck-Gar (SG)|Wreck-Gar]], [[Scrap Iron (SG)|Scrap Iron]], [[Junkheap]])

'''Customization Exclusive'''
*[[Longarm (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Longarm]]

'''Attendee-Only Bonus Exclusive'''
*[[Straxus (SG)|The Bard of Darkmount]], a redeco of ''Generations'' [[Straxus (G1)#Generations|Darkmount]]

'''Hasbro'''

====Other merchandise====

===Fiction===

==Guests==

===Hall of Fame inductees===

===Voice actors===
*[[Garry Chalk]]
*[[David Kaye]]
*[[Dan Gilvezan]]
*[[Buster Jones]]
*[[Peter Cullen]]

===Writers===

===Fun Publications===
===Hasbro employees===
===Hasbro Studios employees===
===IDW Publishing comics===
===High Moon Studios & Activision===
===TakaraTomy employees===

===Autobots===
==Events==

===Wednesday===
===Thursday===
===Friday===
===Saturday===

===Sunday===
==Notes==
* BotCon 2012 is the first year to offer the "Golden Ticket" level of registration. For an additional $300, a Primus-level attendee can pick up his box set early, buy souvenirs early (and up to three each), sit in the front row in panels, attend an exclusive meet-and-greet with the convention's invited guests, and receive an additional $2000 in fake money for the Casino Night. These were limited to 75.
* For the first time, any unlicensed material touching on Hasbro's IP was officially banned from sale at the convention. This included not only all third-party unlicensed toys but also all fan art of Hasbro characters. As Botcon had specifically advertised tables for fan art sale in a special "artists' alley," this was likely a last minute change in policy by Hasbro legal. After an outcry from the community, Hasbro revised their policy to allow the sale of fan art.<ref>http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/botcon-2012-fan-art-ban-reversed-174744/</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
[[Category: Conventions]]

Starscream clone (Prime)

2012-04-29T20:08:27Z

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:''The Starscream clones are [[Decepticon]]s from the [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Armada-clonessurroundMegatron.jpg|thumb|350px]]

A '''Starscream clone''' is one of an armada of physically [[cloning|identical copies]] of [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]]. They have all of his abilities (current and [[Transformation|former]]) with the added bonus of being extremely disposable. They also have all aspects of his personality, including his cunning and ambition. To make matters worse, any damage they sustain is felt by the original Starscream.

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
Searching for [[energon]] in the ''[[Harbinger]]'', Starscream stumbled on a laboratory containing five [[protoform]]s and the necessary equipment for him to clone himself. Before long, he had turned the protoforms into five exact copies of himself, albeit with working [[transformation cog|T-cog]]s, thanks to his genetic code. Starscream sent the five clones to eliminate [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]], and the quintet followed the ''Harbinger''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> tracking information to the ''[[Trypticon (Prime)|Nemesis]]'' where they split up.

One of the clones ran into [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], who was merely after a way off the ship but ended up terminating the clone. The other four managed to lure Megatron to the bridge, where they surrounded him. He attempted to interest them in killing Starscream instead, in exchange for becoming [[second-in-command]], but the clones were unable to be swayed from their mission. It wasn't until an attack by [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticons]] caused a diversion that Megatron turned the tables, eliminating three of the clones. The fourth got away, escaping the ship and returning to the ''Harbinger'' with the intent of eliminating the original Starscream, only for his progenitor to blast him instead. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}

==Notes==
*Their protoform bodies resemble [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]].

[[Category:Clones]]
[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]

Star Wars (franchise)

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[[Image:StarWars_Logo.jpg|center|500px]]

The '''''Star Wars''''' franchise is a landmark in science fiction, starting as a massively popular [[1977]] movie and progressing in sequels over a span of more than twenty years. It has also spawned a universe of cartoons, comics, novels, toys, and more that continue to this day. Its influence on modern science fiction is incalculable, and the [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'' franchise]] has been no exception.

{{Wookiee|Star Wars}}
==Involvement with ''Transformers''==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:R2d2 c3po.jpg|left|150px|thumb|"Oh R2, I know he's probably braver than me, but you don't have to ''say'' it."]]

While no official connection between the two franchises existed in the ''[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' era, ''Star Wars'' was a frequent influence on illustrators and production artists, who would slip ''Star Wars'' character designs into backgrounds or use ''Star Wars'' sound effects in animation. For example, [[The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber|an episode]] of the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|''Victory'' anime]] shows [[wikia:starwars:Ewok|Ewoks]] and [[wikia:starwars:Jawa|Jawas]] among the inhabitants of [[Iron Town|an alien settlement]], and the iconic droids [[wikia:starwars:C-3PO|C-3PO]] and [[R2-D2]] make a very brief cameo in [[Battle Up of Wrath!!|another episode]].

In the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|American cartoon]], no visual references are made, but the names of two film-actor characters ([[Harold Edsel (G1)|Harold Edsel]] and [[Karen Fishook]]) are plays off of the real-life ''Star Wars'' actors [[Wikipedia:Harrison Ford|Harrison Ford]] and [[Wikipedia:Carrie Fisher|Carrie Fisher]]. In the audio production, the ''Star Wars'' sound-effect library was put to use throughout the series; for example, the [[TIE Fighter]] and [[Millennium Falcon]] engine-roars are commonly heard from jets and spaceships. Battle sounds include the swish and hum of a [[wikia:starwars:Lightsaber|lightsaber]] and even the [[Death Star]] destroying the planet [[wikia:starwars:Alderaan|Alderaan]]. This sampling process even led to a bit of ''dialogue'' getting inadvertently reused: when a laser blast sound effect was lifted from a scene in ''[[wikia:starwars:Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back|The Empire Strikes Back]]'' in which C-3PO gets shot, a portion of the character's overlapping cry of "NO!" came along with it. Thus, when the sound effect was used in "[[Starscream's Ghost]]", "[[Only Human]]", and "[[The Rebirth, Part 1]]", Threepio's lingering yelp of "-O!" could be heard as well.

[[Image:HoistHollywood Edsel Fishook.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Ladies and gentlemen, the ''Generation 1'' [[wikia:starwars:The Star Wars Holiday Special|Holiday Special]].]]

In the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comic series]], the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s are seen using a [[Ark shuttlecraft#"Slave I"-type|shuttle]] that looks very much like [[Boba Fett]]'s ''[[Slave I]]'', and the C-3PO design might have inspired some background characters in [[The Smelting Pool!|two]] [[Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?|issues]]. Incongruously, [[Rollie Friendly|a filmmaker]] in [[Monstercon from Mars!|another issue]] actually mentions to the "Star Wars" movies.

''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' was [[The Transformers: The Movie promo|marketed]] as "conceived in the epic tradition of Star Wars", and it's not hard to make comparisons between the two. [[Hot Rod (G1)|The brash, young hero]] aided by [[Kup (G1)|a wizened elder]] in a quest to destroy [[Unicron|a planet-killer]] with the last-minute assistance of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|a ghostly mentor]]? Somehow [[Luke Skywalker|that]] [[Yoda|seems]] [[Death Star|a little]] [[Obi-Wan Kenobi|familiar]]. The on-package [[bio]] for [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], one of the movie characters, even described his sword as a "light saber", though it never remotely resembled the ''Star Wars'' weapon.

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===''Universe''===
The exclusive toys at [[BotCon 2002]] were branded as "[[Expanded Universe]]", which was clearly inspired by [[wikia:starwars:Expanded Universe|the ''Star Wars'' concept of the same name]], indicating material not within the primary [[canon]]. After that BotCon, more toys and comics were produced in the same vein, but the name was shortened to ''[[Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]''.

===''Attacktix''===
[[Image:Megatronvsluke.jpg|left|125px|thumb|"If you strike me down, I shall become [[Galvatron (disambiguation)|more powerful]] than you could possibly imagine."]]

Hasbro launched its ''[[Attacktix]]'' figure-battle game using ''Star Wars'' characters, and Transformers soon followed. The figures were completely compatible in gameplay, and in fact an "Intergalactic Showdown" crossover pack pitted characters from the two franchises directly against each other. No fiction was provided to explain the circumstances; moreover, the Transformers involved came from multiple universes: the [[Unicron Trilogy]], ''Generation 1'', ''[[Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'', and (if ''Attacktix'' hadn't been cancelled) the [[live-action film series]]. And by the end, even [[Marvel Comics]] superheroes had joined the fray.

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===''Crossovers''===
In 2006, Hasbro launched the ''Star Wars Transformers'' toyline, later rebranded ''[[Crossovers]]''. Strictly speaking, this is only a "crossover" in terms of physical design, with ''Star Wars'' vehicles (or "[[mech]]s") turning into humanoid robots piloted by ''Star Wars'' characters. The story information in the [[bio]]s and packaging blurbs only relates to the ''Star Wars'' universe, not ''Transformers''.

The toys from 2006 through 2008 all feature little pilot mini-figures that sat in the toys' cockpits. Originally, this was done to make sure kids would not be confused and think that the giant robots were ''not'' piloted mecha but living robots like the Transformers. Starting with the ''[[Crossovers]]'' rebranding in 2009, however, the pilot mini-figures were dropped from the toys, and the "carryover" older toys were packed with the pilot figures already in the cockpits. Hasbro cited this as being both a cost-saving measure (thanks to rising manufacturing costs) and a move born of their discovery through play-testing that kids really weren't getting "piloted mech" and "living robot" confused <ref>[http://www.actionfigs.com/index.php?categoryid=12&p2_articleid=1916 Hasbro ''Star Wars'' Q&A on ActionFigs.com], August 15th 2008</ref> (also the likely reason such figures were not included for the Marvel Comics ''Crossovers'' toys).

===Live-action film series===
In ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'' (the title itself uncannily similar to [[wikia:starwars:Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith|a ''Star Wars'' movie released just a few years earlier]]), R2-D2 appears hidden in a pile of "desert junk," making this his [[wikipedia:Star Trek (film)|second film cameo appearance in 2009]].

The marketing for [[Transformers (2007)|the first ''Transformers'' live-action movie]] included [[Sector Seven (game)|an alternate-reality game]] that stated [[Reggie Simmons]] and [[John Ho]] had attended the premiere of ''[[wikia:starwars:Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope|Star Wars]]'' at [[wikipedia:Grauman's_Chinese_Theater|Grauman's Chinese Theater]] on [[May 25]], 1977. However, this is of dubious relevance to the universe presented in the actual ''Transformers'' films, since the ARG also claimed that the ''Transformers'' movie was part of a counter-intelligence campaign by Simmons' [[Sector Seven]] organization to discredit claims of the existence of alien robots. Make of that what you will.

==Toys==
===Attacktix===
'''Intergalactic Showdown''' (Multi-pack, 2006)
* AT-RT with [[Clone Pilot]]
* [[Darth Vader]]
* [[Luke Skywalker]]

===Crossovers/Star Wars Transformers===
'''Bounty Hunters'''
* [[Cad Bane]] / Xanadu Blood | 2010
* [[Boba Fett]] / Slave 1 | 2006
* [[Jango Fett]] / Slave 1 (redeco of Boba Fett) | 2007

'''Galactic Empire'''
* [[AT-AT|AT-AT Driver]] / AT-AT | 2007
* Darth Vader / TIE Advanced Fighter | 2006
* Darth Vader / TIE Advanced Fighter (2-pack light-gray repaint) | 2007
* Darth Vader / Sith Starfighter (retooled redeco of Obi-Wan Kenobi) | 2006
* Darth Vader / Death Star | 2007
* [[Palpatine|Emperor Palpatine]] / Imperial Shuttle | 2006
* Emperor Palpatine / Imperial Shuttle (black deco) | 2009
* [[AT-AT|Imperial Trooper]] / AT-AT (Endor 'forest stain' deco) | 2009
* [[TIE Fighter|TIE Pilot]] / TIE Bomber | 2008

'''Jedi Order'''
* [[Ahsoka Tano]] / Jedi Starfighter (retooled redeco of Saesee Tiin) | 2009
* [[Darth Vader|Anakin Skywalker]] / Jedi Starfighter (retooled redeco of Obi-Wan Kenobi) | 2006
* Anakin Skywalker / Jedi Starfighter (retooled redeco of Saesee Tiin) | 2008
* Anakin Skywalker / The Twilight | 2010
* Anakin Skywalker / Y-Wing | 2010
* [[Kit Fisto]] / Jedi Starfighter (retooled redeco of Saesee Tiin) | 2009
* [[Mace Windu]] / Jedi Starfighter (retooled redeco of Obi-Wan Kenobi) | 2007
* [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]] / Jedi Starfighter (Episode III model) | 2006
* Obi-Wan Kenobi / Jedi Starfighter (2-pack blue repaint) | 2007
* Obi-Wan Kenobi / Jedi Starfighter (retooled redeco of Saesee Tiin) | 2008
* Obi-Wan Kenobi / Jedi Starfighter (single-pack version of the blue repaint) | 2008
* Obi-Wan Kenobi / Jedi Starfighter (repackage of the first toy) | 2008
* Obi-Wan Kenobi / Jedi Starfighter (new retooled redeco of Saesee Tiin) | 2010
* [[Plo Koon]] / Jedi Starfighter (retooled redeco of Saesee Tiin) | 2009
* [[Saesee Tiin]] / Jedi Starfighter (Episode II model) | 2007
* [[Yoda]] / Republic Shuttle | 2010

'''Rebel Alliance'''
* [[Han Solo]] and [[Chewbacca]] / [[Millennium Falcon]] ([[combiner]]) | 2007
* [[Luke Skywalker]] / X-wing Fighter | 2006
* Luke Skywalker / Snowspeeder | 2007

'''Galactic Republic'''
* [[Rex|Captain Rex]] / AT-TE | 2009
* Captain Rex / Freeco Bike | 2010
* [[Clone Pilot]] / ARC-170 Starfighter | 2006
* [[Clone Pilot|Clone ARC Pilot]] / ARC-170 Starfighter (tigershark redeco) | 2006
* Clone Pilot / Republic Gunship | 2007
* Clone ARC Pilot / Republic Gunship (tigershark redeco) | 2008
* Clone Pilot / Republic Gunship (redeco and retool without gunner pods) | 2009
* Clone Pilot / V-19 Torrent Starfighter | 2009
* Clone Pilot / V-wing Starfighter (redeco and retool of Shock Trooper) | 2009
* [[Cody (SW) |Clone Commander Cody]] / Turbo Tank | 2007
* [[Shock Trooper]] / V-wing Starfighter | 2009
* [[Y-wing|Y-wing Pilot]] / Y-wing | 2010

'''Confederacy of Independent Systems'''
* [[battle droid|Battle Droid]] / AAT | 2009
* [[Grievous|General Grievous]] / Wheel Bike | 2006
* General Grievous / Grievous's Starfighter | 2008
* [[MagnaGuard]] / MagnaGuard Starfighter | (2009)

'''Sith Order'''
* [[Darth Maul]] / Sith Infiltrator | 2006

==Notes==
* While ''Transformers'' fiction is chock-full of ''Star Wars'' references, there is very little of the same in the opposite direction (outside of the ''Crossovers'' toys, of course). The only known direct reference is the name "[[Wikia:Starwars:Project Starscream|Project Starscream]]", given to a plan by the [[Empire]] to breed super-soldiers.

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
* [http://www.starwars.com The Official Star Wars Website]
* [[wikia:c:starwars|Wookieepedia, the Star Wars wiki]]

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[[Category:Crossovers]]
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Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)

2012-04-29T19:59:41Z

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[[Image:Ridcartoon.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Optimus and Koji valiantly protect T-AI from becoming part of Kiss Players. But it's still [[Ai Kuruma|too late]].]]
'''''Transformers: Robots in Disguise''''' is the first dubbed Transformers show ever broadcast for a US audience. (Rather [[Omni Productions|questionable English dubs]] of the Japan-exclusive G1 cartoons were produced in Asia, but have never aired in the US).

:''Brazilian name:'' '''Transformers: A Nova Geração''' ("Transformers: The New Generation")
:''Latin American name:'' '''Transformers: Nueva Generación''' ("Transformers: New Generation")
:''Korean name:'' '''Brave Hero of Justice Car-Bot'''

==Overview==
''Car Robots'', the original Japanese series from which it was adapted, premiered in Japan in 2000. Originally the series was not going to be imported from Japan, but when Hasbro scrapped the planned ''[[Transtech]]'' line at the eleventh hour the ''Car Robots'' line and its attendant cartoon were imported to fill the void until a new replacement could be designed.

''Robots in Disguise'' was produced and dubbed by [[Saban Entertainment]], and aired from September 2001 to March 2002. It was something of a return to roots for Transformers fiction, in the sense that many characters transformed into realistic, modern Earth vehicles instead of animals or abstract/futuristic vehicles, as was standard in the [[Beast Era]]. It also marked the return of the [[Autobot]] faction and sigil for the good guys. (The villains, initially, remained [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]], though the [[Decepticon]]s are eventually added to their ranks as well, as a sub-group.)

[[Image:RiD Cartoon Intro Title.JPG|left|210px|thumb|There's the signpost up ahead... your next stop: The T-AI-Light Zone.]]
Animation in the series was cel-based, moving away from the CGI that had been a hallmark of Transformers television series in the US since 1996. It features many standard anime light-comedy stylings, and is replete with overdone facial expressions, comic effects like sweat drops surrounding a character's head to signify confusion or consternation, and the traditional streaked background behind the character for high-action shots or [[stock footage]] transformation/attack sequences.

Takara at the time tended to aim their Transformers line and its fiction at younger audiences than Hasbro, resulting in a more light-hearted, comedic tone overall. Storylines were typically light or goofy and sometimes relied on bad jokes, absurd imagery and slapstick. Many fans appreciated the series' humorous approach, and others did not, but comic foil [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] became a fan-favorite character.

Most of the voice actors, though veterans of other Saban properties (basically, ''everyone'' from ''Digimon''), had never worked on a Transformers series before — with the conspicuous exception of [[Michael McConnohie]], one of the series voice directors and himself the voice of [[Hot Shot (RID)|Hot Shot]]; McConnohie had provided voice talent for [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] in the original ''The Transformers'' cartoon.

All 39 episodes were scheduled to run during the afternoon Fox Kids programming block on the Fox television network. The third episode, "[[Bullet Train to the Rescue]]", was scheduled to air on [[September 11]], 2001, but was preempted in most areas because of the terrorist attacks in America that day. Areas where "[[Fox Kids]]" was aired on a secondary station (like KDFI 27 in Dallas/Fort Worth, TX) aired the episode that day. Later episodes were re-edited to remove scenes that might be jarring to a newly sensitive viewing public, causing these episodes to air out-of-order. Other episodes were cut entirely and were not seen in the US. Disney now owns the cartoon through their acquisition of Saban.

''Car Robots''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s opening song is "[[Honō no Overdrive: Car Robot Cybertron|Honō no Overdrive ~Car Robot Cybertron~]]" and ending song is "[[Marionette]]".

==Cast==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Autobot#Robots in Disguise|Autobots]]|c1=
* [[Omega Prime]] ([[Daniel Riordan]])
** [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Neil Kaplan]])
** [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] ([[Kim Strauss]])
* [[T-AI]] ([[Sandy Fox]])
* [[Skid-Z (RID)|Skid-Z]] ([[Michael Lindsay]])
* [[Tow-Line (RID)|Tow-Line]] ([[Lex Lang]])
* [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]] ([[Steve Blum]])
** [[Emissary|The Emissary]]
*** [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]] ([[Steve Kramer]])
;[[Autobot Brothers]]
* [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] ([[Wankus]])
* [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] ([[Wally Wingert]])
* [[X-Brawn]] ([[Bob Joles]])
;[[Team Bullet Train]]
* [[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]] ([[David Lodge]])
** [[Railspike (RID)|Railspike]] ([[Mike Reynolds]])
** [[Rapid Run (RID)|Rapid Run]] ([[Keith Diamond]])
** [[Midnight Express (RID)|Midnight Express]] (David Lodge)
;[[Spy Changer]]s
* [[Hot Shot (RID)|Hot Shot]] ([[Michael McConnohie]])
* [[R.E.V.]] (Steve Kramer)
* [[Crosswise (RID)|Crosswise]] ([[Dan Woren]])
* [[W.A.R.S.]] (Steve Blum)
* [[Ironhide (RID)|Ironhide]] (Michael McConnohie)
* [[Mirage (RID)|Mirage]] (Wally Wingert)
;[[Build Team]]
* [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] ([[Michael Reisz]])
** [[Wedge]] (Michael Reisz)
** [[Heavy Load (RID)|Heavy Load]] ([[Daran Norris]])
** [[Hightower (RID)|Hightower]] ([[Keith Anthony]])
** [[Grimlock (RID)|Grimlock]] ([[Tom Wyner]])

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]|c2=
* [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron/Galvatron]] (Daniel Riordan)
* [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] ([[Peter Spellos]])
* [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] ([[Peter Lurie]])
* [[Gas Skunk]] ([[Jerry DeCapua]])
* [[Dark Scream]] (Steve Blum)
;[[Decepticon]]s
* [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] ([[Barry Stigler]])
* '''[[Commando]]s'''
** [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] ([[Bob Papenbrook]])
*** [[Mega-Octane]] (Bob Papenbrook)
*** [[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] (Neil Kaplan)
*** [[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] ([[Richard Epcar]])
*** [[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] (Michael Lindsay)
*** [[Movor]] ([[Robert Axelrod]])

|c3=
* [[Koji Onishi]] ([[Jason Spisak]])
* [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Kenneth Onishi]] ([[Kirk Thornton]])
* [[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] ([[Philece Sampler]])
* [[Dorie Dutton]] ([[Tifanie Christun]])
* [[Karl]] ([[Joshua Seth]])
* [[Jenny (RID)|Jenny]] ([[Colleen O'Shaughnessey]])
|nonumbering=true
}}

== Premise ==
The Predacons attack (a just-slightly futuristic) Earth and kidnap a famous scientist. The Autobots, who'd already established themselves in secret on Earth are ready for them and together with the scientist's son, [[Koji Onishi|Koji]], fight to stop the Predacons from finding the ancient hidden secret they've come to Earth to claim.

== Connections to other fiction ==
The ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon was the first total reboot of Transformers fiction. As the first official material not set in any Generation 1 universe it established the first alternate continuity family in the line's history. Many episodes of ''Robots in Disguise'' featured references to characters and events from earlier ''Transformers'' series. These were typically not written by the dub team but, rather, were added by Hasbro employee [[Andrew Frankel]] after the scripts were submitted to the company for broadcast approval. These "easter egg" continuity references lead some fans to speculate on possible connections between the ''Robots in Disguise'' universe and previous franchises; but this died down as the series progressed, as the fact remains that despite these easter egg references, much of the ''Robots in Disguise'''s story is too different from any existing Generation 1 universe for it to fit well together.

The first ''Car Robots'' toy catalog established Optimus Prime/Fire Convoy's crew as a "Dimensional Patrol" that followed the Predacons/Destrongers from another dimension to 21st-century Earth. This concept does not seem to have been played up in the Japanese version of the show — if it was mentioned at all — to the point that ''Robots in Disguise'' was able to dub entirely around it.

Things got more complicated in 2006, however, when a [[retcon]] performed by [[TakaraTomy]] through online timelines and flowcharts, and [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|more detailed printed material]] from the [[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|''Kiss Players'' franchise]], retroactively established ''Car Robots'' as part of the Japanese Generation 1 animated continuity, occurring in the year 2000. Broadly speaking, this was accomplished by exploiting the somewhat-unresolved ending of the manga, ''[[Transformers: The Battle of the Star Gate|The Battle of the Star Gate]]'', which had ended with the majority of Transformers on Earth disappearing for some time, thereby allowing ''Car Robots'' to slip in with minimal opposition. Most connections between ''Car Robots'' and other aspects of the fiction center on [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]], who was tied into important events from ''[[Robot Masters (franchise)|Robot Masters]]'', ''[[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]]'' and ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (franchise)|The Headmasters]]''.

''Robots in Disguise'', mind you, remains unconnected to the Western Generation 1 universe, and is still a separate continuity family there. And that's despite the fact RID contains more references to the Generation 1 universe than the original (and now in G1 continuity) ''Car Robots'' show because of the aforementioned easter eggs. Your head can start to hurt now!

==Episodes==
{{main|List of Robots in Disguise episodes}}

The three clip shows of ''Robots in Disguise'' differ between the English and Japanese versions. Both are listed at the appropriate numbers.

{{collist|4|
#[[Battle Protocol!]]
#[[An Explosive Situation]]
#[[Bullet Train to the Rescue]]
#[[Spychangers to the Rescue]]
#[[The Hunt for Black Pyramid]]
#[[The Secret of the Ruins]]
#[[Sideburn's Obsession]]
#[[Secret Weapon: D-5]]
#[[Mirage's Betrayal]]
#[[Skid Z's Choice]]
#[[Tow-Line Goes Haywire]]
#[[The Ultimate Robot Warrior]]
#[[Hope for the Future]] [[Gigatron's Ambitions Revealed!]]
#[[The Decepticons]]
#[[Commandos]]
#[[Volcano]]
#[[Attack from Outer Space]]
#[[The Test (episode)|The Test]]
#[[The Fish Test]]
#[[Wedge's Short Fuse]]
#[[Landfill (episode)|Landfill]]
#[[Sky-Byte Saves the Day]]
#[[A Test of Metal]]
#[[Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus]]
#[[Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!]]
#[[Lessons of the Past]] [[Assemble! New Troops]]
#[[The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus]]
#[[Power to Burn!]]
#[[Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus]]
#[[Koji Gets His Wish]]
#[[A Friendly Contest]]
#[[Peril from the Past]]
#[[Maximus Emerges]]
#[[The Human Element]]
#[[Mystery of the Ultra Magnus]] [[Gelshark's Blues]]
#[[Mistaken Identity]]
#[[Surprise Attack!]]
#[[Galvatron's Revenge]]
#[[The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle]]
}}

==Home video releases==
===''Car Robots''===
[[Image:Tf car robots vol 01.jpg|thumb|150px|]]
{{main|Pony Canyon}}
The ''Car Robots'' version of ''Robots in Disguise'' was released on VHS and DVD by Pony Canyon in [[Japan]] while the series was still on air.
*''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 1 (2000)
*''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 2 (2000)
*''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 3 (2000)
*''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 4 (2000)
*''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 5 (2000)
*''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 6 (2001)
*''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 7 (2001)
*''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 8 (2001)
*''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 9 (2001)
*''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 10 (2001)
{{-}}

===''Robots in Disguise''===
[[Image:RiD Box Set 1.jpg|thumb|150px|]]
{{main|Maximum Entertainment}}
Maximum Entertainment, in association with [[Fox Kids|Jetix]], released the entire ''RiD'' series in the UK... several times.
*''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Volume One (2004)
*''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 1 of 2 (2004)
*''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 2 of 2 ([[April 15]] 2005)
*''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Battle Protocol (2007)
*''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Evil Intent (2007)
*''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Battling the Predacons (2007)
*''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — 3 DVD Mega Pack (2007)
*''Transformers: Robots in Disguise / RoboCop: The Animated Series / M.A.S.K.'' (2007)
*''Transformers: Robots in Disguise / Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation / Action Man'' (2007)
*''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Special Edition 2-Disc Set (2007)
*''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season One (2007)
*''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season Two (2007)
*''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (2008)
{{-}}

==External links==
*[http://www.ridforever.info RiD Forever]

*[http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC_%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AD%E3%83%9C%E3%83%83%E3%83%88 Japanese Wiki '''Transformers Car Robots''' article]

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[[Category:Television series]]

Flying Mind

2012-04-29T19:01:30Z

Interrobang: Undo revision 711993 by 108.56.241.82 (Talk)

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 37
|prev=Armada (episode)
|next=Tunnel Vision
|image=
|caption=
|title="Flying Mind"
|airdate=[[April 28]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Bob Skir|Robert N. Skir]]
|directed by=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''When the ''Nemesis'' becomes sentient, it threatens humanity and Raf, Jack, and Miko are the only ones who can stop it.'''

==Synopsis==
With the ''[[Trypticon (Prime)|Nemesis]]'' down, [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] discovers an Autobot was responsible for the crash. Despite [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]]'s protests, Megatron infuses [[Dark Energon]] into the ship's power core. Meanwhile, the [[Autobot]]s feel this might well be the time to strike. [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] decides on using the [[spark extractor|Spark Extractor]].

The Dark Energon infusion of the ''Nemesis'' works, powering up the ship. The energy is detected by the Autobots, who immediately set out with [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]]. They arrive to find the 'Con warship already airborne, and it begins firing on them. The Autobots attempt to get close enough to use the Spark Extractor, but the ship hits them one by one with a stasis beam, sending them into [[stasis lock]]. Megatron is pleased at being able to get the Spark Extractor back, but when he orders the ship to move closer, it abruptly changes course. When Megatron demands the ship be overridden, the [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] at the helm is electrocuted. The ship itself announces it is in charge and on a mission. Knock Out notes it's decoding the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] database. Furious, Megatron demands they retake control, but when [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] attempts, he's sent into stasis. Beams of energy sweep through the ship, disabling the Decepticons.

Back at base, Fowler notes that the ''Nemesis'' is heading towards North America, and the decision is made to try and contact Megatron to see what's up. On the warship, Knock Out is put into stasis while checking on the Iacon data, and Megatron attempts to disable the ship's power core, only to be put in stasis as well. When Ratchet contacts the ''Nemesis'', the ship itself responds and helpfully lets them know its mission is to find the missing Iacon artifacts. [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] and the humans believe it's the opportune moment to download a copy of the Iacon database, so Fowler and the kids [[GroundBridge]] on board the ship. They find the [[Project Iacon]] console, and clambering up Knock Out, plug the [[transfer drive]] Ratchet gave them in. [[Jack Darby|Jack]] notices the ship is heading for [[New York City]], the location of the first relic. While trying to change the ship's course, Fowler is shocked into unconsciousness, but the ship, still scanning for Cybertronian-based life forms, is unable to detect the kids.

Though Ratchet wants to bridge the kids back, Jack realizes they have to do something now, and head to the ship's power core. There they find the frozen Megatron, and Jack discovers that the fuel injection valve is too large for them to operate. While he's still trying, the ship detects [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]]. As a manipulator arm starts chasing them, they hide among the [[energon cube]]s, but the arm moves the containers aside, eventually exposing them. Jack manages to attract its attention and trick it into hitting Megatron. The Decepticon leader topples over, dragging the lever down and reversing the [[energon]] flow. Though the ship tries to use the manipulator arm to move the lever back, it's not fast enough to do so before its intelligence returns to stasis. As the ship shuts down, the Decepticons begin recovering, and the kids make all haste back through the corridors. While Miko and Raf help Fowler through the GroundBridge, Jack goes after the transfer drive, but he's still struggling with it as Knock Out comes back online. Jack's saved from an untimely end when Ratchet appears through the GroundBridge and clobbers Knock Out, taking Jack and the transfer drive. Megatron is unhappy with Knock Out.

Ratchet gives the now-recovered Optimus the good news about the data they retrieved, but they realize they must act quickly, as the ''Nemesis'' is even now bearing down on Manhattan.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (4)
* [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (11)
* [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] (12)
* [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] (13)
* [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] (14)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (2)
*[[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] (3)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (5)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (6)
*[[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticons]] (15)

|c3=
* [[Miko Nakadai]] (7)
* [[Jack Darby]] (8)
* [[Raf Esquivel]] (9)
* [[William Fowler]] (10)

|c4=
* "[[Trypticon (Prime)|Nemesis]]"
|}}

==Quotes==
"Doc Knock is ''knocked out''."
:—'''Miko''' makes the joke we've all been waiting to hear.

"Say ''Ahhh''!"
:—'''Knock Out's''' dentistry leaves something to be desired.

"I'm here to offer a second opinion!"
:—'''Ratchet''' gives Knock Out the hint that he might want to consider going back to medical school.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
===Continuity errors===
* In the previous episode, Bulkhead drove from the ''Nemesis'' crash site back to base rather than use the GroundBridge, suggesting the crash occurred not far away. In this episode, Fowler says the ''Nemesis'' is crossing the Atlantic Ocean and heading for North America.
* How does Jack on the ''Nemesis'' talk to Rachet back at base without a cell phone? He appears to be using an earpiece, but there's no indication that he received one.
* When stasis-locked Megatron gets knocked over, his hand, still clutching the release lever, opens to allow him to fall all the way. The rest of him stays completely stiff even upon hitting the ground.

===Continuity notes===
* The Insecticons joining the Decepticons, Bulkhead's damage to the ''Nemesis'' power core and the ship's crash all took place in the previous episode.
* The Decepticons found their Dark Energon supply back in "[[One Shall Rise, Part 1]]".
* Soundwave has been trying to decrypt the Iacon database since Optimus Prime recovered his memory in "[[Orion Pax, Part 3]]", and has apparently made very little progress.
* Though the ''Nemesis'' is established in ''[[Transformers: Exiles]]'' to be a stasis-locked [[Trypticon (Prime)|Trypticon]], its identity is left unstated here.
* The Autobots attempt to use the [[Spark extractor]], which they aquired in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1]]".

===Transformers references===
===Real-world references===
* The Nemesis's stasis beam uses the same sound effect of the Zat'ni'katel or Zat Gun from ''Stargate SG-1'' which was, itself, a stunning weapon.

===Trivia===
* The ''Nemesis''' voice is listed only as "Warship" in this episode's credits.

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[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Vehicon (Prime)

2012-04-29T18:43:17Z

Interrobang: /* Prime cartoon */

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Vehicon}}
:''Vehicons are [[Decepticon]] [[drone]]s from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)| Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:Eradicons_Group_Darkness_Rising_2.jpg|thumb|450px|There are many copies, and they have a plan: to look ''bitchin'.'']]
'''Vehicons''' may be [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]]'s cannon fodder, but they do possess sweet alternate modes, be they sports cars or jets. Whether they are individuals or drones with unique programming remains unclear.

They are also called '''Eradicons'''. It's a bit confusing.

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
The ''[[Nemesis (Prime)|Nemesis]]'' had a complement of Vehicons, who were knocked unconscious by the ship's explosive [[space bridge]] journey. They were some of the last crew members to awaken in the aftermath. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

===''Prime'' comic===
[[Image:Three Vehicons.jpg|thumb|250px|]]
Vehicons were stationed on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], building [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]]'s space bridge. They captured [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]] and were visibly agitated when he refused to translate [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]]'s encrypted message for them. They were prevented from executing him when [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] came and killed them all. The rest of Starscream's troops in [[Kaon]] were killed when she blew up the space bridge. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (comic)|Transformers: Prime}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] (English), [[Kevin Michael Richardson]] (English), [[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Daran Norris]] (English), [[Josh Keaton]] (English), [[Yūki Tai]] (Japanese)|[[Jaime Roca]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Klaus Lochthove]] (German), [[Uwe Jellinek]] (German)}}

[[Image:DecepticonTrooperCar.jpg|thumb|left|Possibly the most beautiful [[army-building|army-builder]]s ever.]]
[[Airachnid]] had a couple of Vehicons at her disposal on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. They captured [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]], and were later blasted by [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] during Arcee's rescue. {{storylink|Predatory}}

When Starscream arrived on Earth, he brought a ''scrapload'' of Vehicons with him. A large squad of them jumped Cliffjumper and took him prisoner, and two were later sent to take out Arcee. They proved quite powerful opponents when it came to physical combat, able to get both Arcee ''and'' Bumblebee on the ropes without much difficulty; only [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead's]] arrival caused them to withdraw. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}}

[[Image:Bulkhead_Eradicon_Darkness_Rising_3.jpg|thumb|250px|Drones are people too!]]

When first Bulkhead and later other Autobots made an assault on the ''Nemesis'', the drones did their best to hold them off but, while still doing damage, were taken down after a drawn-out battle. One managed to capture [[Jack Darby]] and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], while another came close to murdering the kids. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}} {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

When Megatron wanted to defend his space bridge, he sent in a squad of Vehicons with space-jet modes. In a pitched battle, the Autobots flattened them. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

In the aftermath of Megatron's demise, Starscream delivered a stirring speech to the Vehicon troopers, only for one of them to question how they'd defeat the Autobots without Megatron's leadership. Starscream's pronouncements met with a lackluster response from the Vehicons, leading him to seek [[Skyquake (Prime)|alternate help]]. The troops must have been pleased when Starscream recovered Megatron's body and placed him in sickbay. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

[[Image:PrimeVehiconJets.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang's deadlier cousins.]]

Some flying Vehicons shot down [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]'s ship, before he hacked them to bits with his swords. A bunch more presumably overwhelmed him so that [[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]] could take his place. Makeshift finished off two of the Vehicons once Bulkhead, Arcee and Bumblebee arrived, in order to maintain his disguise. Poor disposable Vehicons. Starscream prepared a battalion of Vehicons to go through the [[GroundBridge]] once Makeshift opened it, however Wheeljack killed his Vehicon guard and attacked them atop the Decepticon ship before escaping through the GroundBridge itself. When the GroundBridge opened a second time, the Vehicons rushed into it, only to be knocked over by Makeshift being thrown through it in the other direction. Yet more Vehicons were taken out a short time later when a bomb attached to Makeshift exploded. {{storylink|Con Job}}

[[Image:WingedVehicons.jpg|thumb|250px|"The Danger Zone looks greener than I was expecting."]]
A squadron of flying Vehicons were sent to search out and destroy the Autobots during a mission. They succeeded in destroying Prime's [[trailer]] before landing and confronting the Autobots themselves. Then they mostly got pounded, but one managed to ram Prime in the face with a tree, sending him over the edge and temporarily knocking him offline. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

Dissatisfied with the progress of Megatron's recovery, the crew voted to bring in outside help, and Starscream summoned [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] to repair their leader. One single Vehicon was with Starscream, Knock Out, and Breakdown when they were going to drain an energon seam using the recently stolen [[Energon Harvester]]. When Knock Out tried to correct Starscream on who was responsible for obtaining the device, Starscream demonstrated the Harvester's abilities by using it on the Vehicon, draining it of its energon. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

The Vehicons were put to work repairing the ship's electromagnetic shielding after it failed, and despite working as fast as they could, it was taking a while. Partly because Starscream was drawing them from their duties to smack them around. {{storylink|Sick Mind}} While controlling Bumblebee, Megatron trashed a bunch of Vehicons in the Decepticon ship. Another batch of them came running when Megatron revived in his own body, and were promptly ordered to destroy [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] and Bumblebee. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

A lone Vehicon was manning the Decepticon [[GroundBridge]] when Starscream requested an emergency bridge back to the ship. Starscream yelled at it to keep quiet about his activities, and it silently watched him leave the room. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}} Four Vehicons accompanied Starscream in an attempt to rescue Breakdown, who had been captured by [[MECH]]. By the time they arrived, Breakdown had already been rescued by Bulkhead. They prepared to attack the Autobot, who flattened them by throwing Breakdown at them. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}}

Several Vehicons were fighting Bumblebee and Arcee when the latter had to leave suddenly. Luckily Bumblebee was more than capable of taking care of the rest of them on his own. {{storylink|Crisscross}} Breakdown was escorted to the bridge by a couple of Vehicons when he returned to the ''Nemesis'' with Airachnid. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}} A couple of Vehicons were on guard on the ''Nemesis'' bridge when Megatron ordered Airachnid and Starscream to go find the wreck of the ''[[Harbinger]]''. {{storylink|Partners}}

[[Image: Tfprime_vehicon_vehicle.jpg‎ |left|thumb|250px|The Black Baron]]
Knock Out and Breakdown were assisted in their quest to grab a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]] by a squad of Vehicons. Another squad accompanied Megatron when he attempted to capture Bulkhead who had the data from the cylinder in his head. The Autobots pretty much trashed those Vehicons, after which Megatron decided no one was having the cylinder and flew off. {{storylink|T.M.I.}} Vehicons played a large role in the collection of more energon. A number of them aided Knock Out and Breakdown during a transport mission, and were pounded by Ratchet. Others of them protected a [[Decepticon Miner|miner]], though not very well as they were trashed by the Autobots. Yet more Vehicons in an energon mine were smashed up when the Autobots went to rescue Ratchet. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

Several squads of Vehicons attacked a military base to retrieve a power source for the Decepticons' new space bridge, and were wiped out by Optimus, Arcee and Bulkhead before they could get away. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}} None of the Vehicons were particularly keen to go against Airachnid when she decided Megatron probably wasn't coming back from his trip to see [[Unicron]]. A group of them were on the bridge to bow subserviently when Megatron eventually did return. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

Megatron informed the Vehicons to be careful with their words around the amnesiac Optimus Prime. Some of them accompanied Knock Out and Breakdown in a raid on a military installation to get a power source. Arcee busted up a bunch of them when she got on board and hunted for Optimus. Starscream encountered a good number of them when he sneaked on board to steal [[energon cube]]s too. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} The Vehicons caught up with Starscream, but were unable to stop him escaping the ship. The Autobots mowed their way through the Vehicons guarding the Decepticon space bridge. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}}

Two Vehicons were assigned to guard Orion after he discovered the truth. He appealed to them to help him warn the Autobots of Megatron's plans, and they responded by beating him. They didn't do so well after he worked out he had guns. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}} Megatron used Vehicons to unearth the [[Spark extractor|Spark Extractor]], but abandoned them to be trashed by the Autobots in order to return to the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}}

Dreadwing and a squadron of flying Vehicons came to Megatron's aid when he was surrounded by Autobots. Though Dreadwing promised to let the Autobots go if they spared Megatron, Megatron himself ordered the Vehicons to destroy the Autobots. Naturally, that didn't work out for the Vehicons. {{storylink|Crossfire}}

The Vehicons later responded to a Decepticon beacon Bulkhead had triggered on the Nemesis. They approached what they thought was [[Starscream clone (Prime)|Starscream]] and pursued him instead. They later helped Megatron fight against incoming [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticons]] {{storylink|Armada (episode)}}
{{--}}

===Titan Magazines ''Prime'' comics===
[[Image:Titan4.1 Vehicon.jpg|thumb|200px]]
After the Autobots accidentally uncovered a nuclear warhead, a group of Vehicons mistook the energy signature for an energon trace and headed toward [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]] to investigate. They were welcomed to the neighbourhood by Optimus, Arcee and Bumblebee, who comprehensively dismantled them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|The Safe and the Failsafe}}

After a hypnotised Raf opened the GroundBridge, the Decepticons sent wave after wave of Vehicons through it into the Autobot base. The Autobots valiantly kept them at bay until Raf recovered and reconfigured the GroundBridge to suck the Vehicons back through, though there were a few loose parts left behind. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.4|Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!}} The Vehicons had trouble flying the ''[[Nemesis (Prime)|Nemesis]]'' through a storm. Starscream took a bunch of them with him when he tried to lure Optimus into a trap, and they were all destroyed by the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.6|All the President's 'Bots!}}

Megatron forced the Vehicons to engage in a series of deathmatches in a cave below the [[Erta Ale volcano]]. This included pitting Starscream against one of the larger Vehicons, [[Fearstorm]], however Starscream used his wits to defeat his foe. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.7|Megatron's Law}}
{{--}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense''===
{{Storylink|Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense|Terrorcon Defense}}

==Toys==
===Prime: First Edition===
{{anchor|FirstEdition}}
[[Image:Primetoy-VehiconDeluxe.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Is that a Danny Elfman score playing?]]
*'''Vehicon''' (First Edition Deluxe, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' rifle

:The Vehicon transforms into a sports car resembling a Cadillac Cien.

{{-}}
===Prime===
{{anchor|Cyberverse}}
[[Image:Cyberverse_legion_vehicon.jpg|300px|thumb|For the cheapskate army-builder.]]
*'''Vehicon''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)
**''Japanese number:'' '''EZ-07'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[March 31]], 2012
**''Accessories:'' gun

{{-}}{{anchor|Revealer}}
[[Image:Primetoy-VehiconRevealers.jpg|right|thumb|150px|I'm not wearing a backpack now, I lost it.]]
*'''Vehicon''' (Deluxe, 2012)

:A different mold from the previous Deluxe Vehicon.

{{comingsoontoy}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
[[Image:DecepticonTroopers.jpg|thumb|250px|"Is this gonna happen every week?" "Pretty much."]]
*The Vehicons were among the first ''Prime'' Transformers shown, in a preview shown at Comic-Com 2010: two Vehicons walk under a bridge and one shows its hand to the camera, before [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] arrives to heroically beat up the two guys who aren't doing anything.
*The Vehicons have yet to be referred to as such on the ''Prime'' cartoon, only being referred to as "Decepticon Troopers" in the credits. A single image on the [[The Hub|Hub]] website refers to a trooper as "Eradicon" instead, and closed captions refer to the troopers as such.
* Despite being referred to as drones, the Vehicons ''do'' actually appear to be sentient to some degree. To what degree this is, is unclear, but so far several have been depicted speaking with their own voices, questioning Starscream's command (even taking a vote to bring in Knock Out and Breakdown to better heal Megatron), and Bulkhead's disembowlment of one individual in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 3]]" is depicted as if he's tearing into another person (in warning [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] to look away). According to the on-package toy bio of their Cyberverse toy, they are capable of feeling emotions, as them feeling both happiness and fear is mentioned. In addition, they hope to become Decepticon legends like Starscream or Soundwave. Given they have been displayed showing individuality, sentience, ambition, and emotion, what exactly separates them from normal Transformers is unclear.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Vehicon''' (ビーコン ''Bīkon'')

[[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category:Drones]]
[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]

Darkness Rising, Part 5

2012-04-29T15:53:55Z

Interrobang: Undo revision 711978 by Grm (Talk)

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 5
|prev=Darkness Rising, Part 4
|next=Masters & Students
|image=DarknessRising5-OptimusStand.jpg
|caption=Spoilers: the good guys win.
|title="Darkness Rising, Part 5"
|airdate=[[December 3]], [[2010]]
|written by=[[Joseph Kuhr]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}
'''The Autobots race to stop Megatron from raising an undead army on Cybertron.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:DarknessRising5-ohgeez.jpg|left|thumb|200px|]]
[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] imagines in dread what will happen if [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] uses the [[Dark Energon]] to raise an army of [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcons]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and brings them to conquer [[Earth]].

[[Jack Darby|Jack]] arrives at [[KO Burger]] and encounters [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]], who muses that her recent loss of a [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|friend]] makes it hard for her to say goodbye to him. The Autobots have pinpointed Megatron's [[space bridge]] in Earth orbit and must use the [[GroundBridge]] to reach it, despite the risks this poses. Arcee and Jack arrive back in time for Arcee to join the mission, and Optimus leads the team (minus [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]]) through the bridge. They land on the space bridge terminal and look up to see the [[Trypticon (Prime)|Decepticon ship]] moving into position. Megatron observes their presence, but [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] says that [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] is locking on to Cybertron's coordinates.

As the Autobots assume attack positions, Arcee notes that the Decepticons haven't done anything. Optimus scans the ship, and learns that Bulkhead damaged its interstellar navigation dish during [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]]'s rescue. Since a target as far as Cybertron needs pinpoint accuracy, the Decepticons will be unable to use it to aim the space bridge without an alternate targeting system. Raf reasons that the Decepticons may be using a radio dish array in [[Texas]], but Fowler is still too out of it to alert the array staff to the danger. [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] attempts to hack in, but the array's firewalls are too good. Jack thinks they should go on site, and they talk Optimus into letting them do it.

Meanwhile, Megatron sends out the Decepticon forces to attack the Autobots. Battle commences.

[[Image:DarknessRising5-RafSoundwave.jpg|thumb|200px|]]

The kids GroundBridge to the array and sneak in. In a small, unused room, Raf finds a computer and determines that the Decepticons have also hacked in, but takes the opportunity to download their space bridge plans onto his flash drive. Little do the kids know that [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] is in the very next room, plugged into the computer system as well. He aligns the array, which sets the space bridge ready to use, but Raf promptly realigns it. Responding to Starscream's requests to know what's going on, Soundwave taps into the installation's security systems and locates the three kids. While the kids are discussing what the Decepticons could do, Soundwave's tentacle slithers into the room behind them and attacks. As it goes after Raf, [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] grabs an axe and strikes at it. She hits the tentacle with a clang, but the tentacle then strikes her backward before picking up the axe itself. Though the kids believe it's about to attack them with the weapon, the tentacle withdraws. The kids run to the next room, where they found Soundwave has realigned the dishes and used the axe to cut the hard line, making it impossible to undo his work. Miko then takes a [[Miko's phone|cell phone]] photo of Soundwave. Before Soundwave leaves, he takes a photo of them.

Starscream activates the space bridge, and Megatron physically throws a huge chunk of Dark Energon through. The Dark Energon strikes Cybertron, swiftly covering the planet and turning millions of dead Transformers into millions of Terrorcons. Optimus realizes that the only course of action left to them is to destroy the space bridge. Raf supplies the specs he downloaded earlier, and Ratchet sets about working out a way to do so with Raf's help. As Optimus faces Megatron, Bulkhead, Arcee and Bumblebee go to implement some sabotage.

[[Image:DarknessRising5-Megatronsword.jpg|left|thumb|200px|He can do the ''ultimate'' bird flip.]]

Megatron manages to defeat Prime, but as he raises his sword, Starscream alerts him to the actions of the other Autobots. Optimus takes advantage of the momentary distraction to block Megatron's killing blow, and blast him away, but the Decepticon leader transforms and flies off to find Prime's team. Arcee's team has succeeded in rigging the space bridge to blow when Megatron attacks and blasts her off into space. The Autobots jump into the GroundBridge, Bumblebee collecting Arcee on the way. Seeing the potential damage the exploding space bridge would cause Starscream decides to pull the ship back, imploring Megatron to do the same. Overcome with regret over the loss of his army of Terrorcons as they begin to come through, the space bridge explodes in Megatron's face.

A short distance away in the ship, Starscream notes that Megatron's spark is now extinguished and all will hail him.
The Autobots make it back to their base. Though Arcee's in bad shape, she makes it out alright. Optimus announces that there's totally no way Megatron could have survived the space bridge explosion. Fowler thanks the Autobots for saving him, then leaves. Optimus gives a big speech and sends a signal into space to let the galaxy know that Earth is defended by the Autobots.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (2)
* [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] (3)
* [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (4)
* [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] (5)
* [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] (6)

|c2=
* [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] (9)
* [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] (10)
* [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (11)
* [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] (13)

|c3=
* [[Jack Darby]] (1)
* [[Miko Nakadai]] (7)
* [[Raf Esquivel]] (8)
* [[William Fowler]] (12)

|c4=
* [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcons]] (14)

}}

==Quotes==
"Optimus, if you leave me stranded on a planet teeming with humans, I will never forgive you."
:—'''Ratchet'''

"Optimus Prime never disappoints. Unlike YOU, Starscream!"
:—'''Megatron''', burning a disappointing '''Starscream'''

"Surely, Lord Megatron, the Autobots are up to something." 
"Really, Starscream?"
:—'''Starscream''' observes the Autobots and '''Megatron''' lays on the sarcasm.

"I hold no illusions about engaging your army, Megatron. But I might derail its objective... [[Decapitation|by removing its head.]]"
:—'''Optimus Prime's''' [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|solution to most problems]].

"One shall stand, one shall fall." 
:—'''Optimus Prime''' brings an old line back into style.

"Starscream! Where is my ship?!" 
"We would never make it, Lord Megatron! Don't be a fool! Take flight and ''retreat''!"
:—Showing remarkable amounts of common sense, '''Starscream''' urgently yet fruitlessly tries to get '''Megatron''' to flee the detonating space bridge.

"Decepticons, it is with deep sorrow that I note for the log... Megatron's spark... has been extinguished. All. Hail. Starscream."
:—'''Starscream''' praises himself as leader.

"Without a means of leaving this world, we Autobots take strength in the bonds we have forged with our three young friends - true warriors. If not in body, then in spirit. My name is Optimus Prime, and I send this message. Though we did not choose to be of Earth, it would seem that we are here to stay. If you approach this planet with hostile intent, know this: We will defend ourselves. We will defend humanity. We will defend... our home."
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

==Notes==
===Continuity errors===
* The Terrorcons are able to leave Cybertron and pass through the space bridge despite the fact that it's in space. Even accounting for the fact that Decepticon corpses might have flight capabilities, it seems unlikely that every Terrorcon would.
* Despite Megatron being able to ''cut off half of Prime's blade'' earlier in their battle, when Optimus resisted, the other blade was nearly as resistant as Megatron's own blade.

===Astronomical errors===
* The Autobots somehow jump from the detonating space bridge straight into the waiting GroundBridge vortex, which is positioned below the space bridge, even though there ''is no gravity in space!'' (Though a possible explanation for this is that the GroundBridge creates its own gravity.)

===Transformers references===
* There are two references which are directly related to [[The Transformers: The Movie|the 1986 animated movie]]. First Ratchet says, "Then by all means, let us light our [[darkest hour]]." Later, Optimus exchanges with Megatron: "One shall stand, one shall fall."
* Optimus's Energon blade and Megatron's hidden fusion cannon blade are references to [[Optimus Prime (Movie)| their movie]] [[Megatron (Movie)|counterparts]].
* Optimus's speech at the end is similar to the ones Movie Optimus gives at the end of the three movies.

===Real-world references===
[[Image:DarknessRising5-Michelangelo.jpg|thumb|250px|Or it could be another [[Steven Spielberg|Spielberg]] reference.]]
* Miko tries to use an axe on [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]]'s tentacle, which is the same tactic Tom Cruise's character tries on the Tripod tentacle in [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''War of the Worlds''. Of course, both attempts fail.
* Miko refers to space as "the final frontier". "Space. The final frontier" is the first line of the opening credits of several ''[[Wikipedia: Star Trek|Star Trek]]'' TV shows. ''Prime'' show developers [[Alex Kurtzman]] and [[Roberto Orci]] are also the screenwriters of the current ''Star Trek'' movies.
* Megatron, when he rises out of the Decepticon ship with the boulder of Dark Energon on his back, is clearly meant to evoke the classic [[Wikipedia:Atlas|Atlas]] pose.
* The shot of Megatron reaching out to a Terrorcon before the space bridge implosion is reminiscent of [[Wikipedia:Michelangelo|Michelangelo]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:The Creation of Adam|The Creation of Adam]]''.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die dunkle Macht erhebt sicht, Teil 5'''" (The Dark Force Rises, Part 5")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 21|21 October]] [[2011]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Közeleg a sötétség, 5. rész'''" ("The Darkness Is Nearing, Part 5")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 13|13 January]] [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''La rimonta delle tenebre, quinta parte'''" ("Darkness Rising, Fifth Part")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 1|1 October]] [[2011]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ak ui Buhwal 5'''" (악의 부활 5, "Return of the Evil, Part 5")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 12|12 September]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 9|9 December]] [[2011]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 7|7 November]] [[2011]]

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''El regreso del mal, Parte 5'''" ("The Return of Evil, Part 5")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 7|7 November]] [[2011]]

===Trivia===
* Winged versions of the Vehicons make their appearance here.
* The Decepticons are unable to simply warp to Cybertron thanks to Bulkhead ripping off a vital piece of equipment in the previous episode.
* When the kids arrive at the radio array, they note that the place seems deserted. A brief shadowy glimpse of a human slumped against the wall suggests that, like [[Blackout (Movie)| Blackout]], Soundwave isn't keen on leaving survivors or witnesses.
* When Starscream tries to convince Megatron to retreat, there is a surprising tone of concern in his voice. Either that, or he's a much better actor than certain other [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscreams]].
* A short video showing a rehearsal or an earlier take of the confrontation between Optimus Prime and Megatron was screened at both [[BotCon 2010]] and San Diego Comic-Con 2010.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvW4nsr3ZDo#t=2m53s "Transformers: Prime" panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2010]</ref> The dialogue was somewhat different, with Optimus referring to battle on an alien world when ordering the Autobots away, and lacking the "One shall stand, one shall fall" exchange. Instead, it had Megatron shouting Optimus's name in a rather exaggerated manner.
*The space battle was an idea [[Roberto Orci]] and [[Alex Kurtzman]] had for the [[live-action film series]] but couldn't incorporate.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21Pb3MeUDdY Roundtable interview with ''Prime'' staff at BotCon 2011]</ref>

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Spider

2012-04-29T15:53:04Z

Interrobang: This is not about actual spiders.

{{move|Core Mite|Cybertron Adventures name-drops excessively similar critters}}
:''Spiders are a form of Cybertronic Wildlife from the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron| War for Cybertron]] portion of the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Transformers: Prime]] [[Continuity family]]''
[[Image:WFC Spiders attack Optimus.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Optimus searches desperately for a chair to jump up on.]]
'''Spiders''' are creatures that scuttle along the ground and attack [[Autobot]]s. The creatures are analogous to the spiders on [[Earth]] but unlike most Earthly spiders, Cybertronian spiders travel in groups. They glow a bright purple color, denoting possible [[Dark Energon]] corruption. They are loyal to [[Decepticon]]s.

==Video games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
Spiders scuttle around in the depths of the [[Kaon]] Prisons. When [[Bumblebee (Prime)| Bumblebee]], [[Optimus Prime (Prime)| Optimus]] and [[Sideswipe (Prime)| Sideswipe]] escaped with the help of [[Air Raid (Prime)| Air Raid]], they continued along through a spider and [[Cloaker (WFC)|Cloaker]] infested area. The trio found they could simply squash the pesky arachnids underfoot and continued on. When [[Megatron (Prime)| Megatron]] appeared to Optimus Prime by transforming a room's infrastructure, and made the typical "You're going to die." speech, he summoned a wave of spiders to attack the Autobots. {{charstubfiction}}

Later, in the fight against [[Trypticon (Prime)| Trypticon]], the giant reptilian robot sent the spiders after the Autobots in a large cluster, only to have them simply swatted away. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

==Notes==
* In the first few waves of Autobot Escalation, only spiders and low level Decepticon grunts are sent to attack you. You can tear right through them and the spiders stop coming after the second wave.

[[Category: Cybertronic wildlife]]
[[Category: Video game-only characters]]
[[Category: War for Cybertron]]

Universal stream

2012-04-29T15:52:17Z

Interrobang: Who are you and why do you keep adding this?

{{disambig3|Universal}}
The Transformers [[multiverse]] consists of at least 15,962,782 cataloged '''universal streams''' (1,176,325 of which have "come to termination"), according to the [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTech]] Cybertronians' exhaustive records.<ref>This information, and most of the bulk of the article, comes from the text story "[[Withered Hope]]".</ref> There are at least 59,927,225 realities that the TransTech Cybertronians have yet to catalog.<ref>In "[[Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4|Worlds Collide, Part 4]]", the Autobots scanned 75,890,007 realities in addition to their own before locating [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], adrift in the multiverse.</ref> [[Bug Bite (G1)|Bug Bite]] claims that there are fifteen quadrillion concurrent realities.<ref>"[[Games of Deception]]"</ref>

==Deciphering the terminology==
Each universal stream's name consists of three parts, beginning with a noun which refers to the continuity family of origin, a number that indicates the "real world" date of creation, and a Greek letter that denotes the form of media. For example, "Primax 984.0 Gamma" refers to the Generation 1 Marvel Comics continuity, with "Primax" referring to the Generation 1 continuity family, "984.0" indicating a publication date of September 1984 (with "0" indicating an unknown day of publication), and "Gamma" denoting a comic book series.

List of known continuity family indicators:

* '''Aurex'''—the [[Unicron Trilogy]] continuity family.<ref>Mentioned in "[[I, Lowtech]]" as the origin cluster of the [[Omnicon]]s.</ref>
* '''Gargent'''—the ''[[GoBots (franchise)|GoBots]]'' continuity family.<ref name="almanacII"/>
* '''Malgus'''—the ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' continuity family.<ref>Mentioned in "[[Withered Hope]]", but confirmed as ''Animated'' in "[[Bee in the City]]" and ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac]]''.</ref>
* '''Nexus'''—the cluster where the ''[[Transformers: TransTech|TransTech]]'' world of [[Axiom Nexus]] resides.<ref name="almanacII"/>
* '''Primax'''—the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] continuity family.
* '''Quadwal'''—the "real world".<ref>''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac]]''. "Quadwal" is a pun on the term "[[wikipedia:fourth wall|fourth wall]]", the barrier between fiction and reality which is "broken" when characters in a work of fiction acknowledge either the audience or their fictional nature.</ref>
* '''Tyran'''—the [[live-action film series|live-action movie]] continuity family.
* '''Viron'''—the ''[[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' continuity family.<ref name="almanacII">''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]''</ref>
* '''Xobitor'''—the, uh, ''[[Robotix]]'' family.<ref name="almanacII"/>
* '''Yayayarst'''—the [[Go-Bots continuity family|Go-Bots]] continuity family.<ref name="almanacII"/>

Supplied by writers [[Greg Sepelak]] and [[Trent Troop]], a list of Greek letters and the media to which they refer:

* '''Alpha'''—animated series
* '''Beta'''—tech spec/toy/pack-in comic only ("box")
* '''Gamma'''—comic book series
* '''Delta'''—motion picture/live action
* '''Epsilon'''—club/convention fiction
* '''Zeta'''—text stories, storybooks and other prose works (printed)
* '''Eta'''—radio/audiocentric universes, books on tape
* '''Theta'''—live performance/spoken word
* '''Iota'''—Internet-only information (not involved with club/convention)
* '''Kappa'''—games (video and otherwise)

Using this information, we could, in theory, determine the names of yet-unnamed universes on our own. For example, the ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon continuity would be Viron 901.8 Alpha.

==Officially-designated universal streams==
These are the officially-named universal streams and the [[continuity family]] or individual [[Continuity|continuities]] they refer to:

*[[Aurex]]—the [[Unicron Trilogy|Unicron Trilogy continuity family]]
**[[Aurex 103.10 Alpha]]—the ''[[Armada (cartoon)|Micron Densetsu]]'' cartoon.<ref name=todiegame>"[[To Die Game!]]"</ref>
**[[Aurex 603.0 Kappa]]—''[[Transformers Armada: The Energon Within|The Energon Within]]'' video game.<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Aurex 802.23 Alpha]]—the ''[[Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' cartoon.<ref name=almanacII/>

*[[Gargent]]—the [[GoBots (franchise)|''GoBots'' continuity family]]
**[[Gargent -1084.22 Alpha]]—an evil ''GoBots'' mirror universe from the cartoon episode "Transfer Point".<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Gargent 984.08 Alpha]]—the ''Challenge of the GoBots'' cartoon.<ref name=almanacII/>

*[[Malgus]]—the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|''Animated'' continuity family]]
**[[Malgus 1207.26 Alpha]]—the [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|''Animated'']] cartoon continuity.<ref name=almanac>''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac]]''</ref>

*[[Nexus]]—the ''[[Transformers: TransTech|TransTech]]'' continuity family.
**[[Nexus 208.0 Epsilon]]—[[Axiom Nexus]].<ref name=almanacII/>

*[[Primax]]—the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]:
**[[Primax -408.24 Epsilon]]—if one breaches "the dimensional barrier between the Positive Polarity Universes" and the Negative, one can reach the [[Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] universe.<ref>[[Aquarius (SG)|SG Aquarius]]' bio</ref>
**[[Primax 095.0 Beta]]—the universal stream that's home to ''[[Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' [[Bulletbike (G2)|Bullet Bike]]'s [[Tech Spec]] bio.<ref name="ilowtech">"[[I, Lowtech]]"</ref>
**[[Primax 109.0 Beta]]—the original home of ''[[Alternity (franchise)|Alternity]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Convoy Vibrant Red]].<ref>[[From Here to Alternity]]</ref>
**[[Primax 207.0 Epsilon]]—the ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' continuity, a [[splinter timeline]] of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel Comics US continuity]] continuity.<ref name="witheredhope">"[[Withered Hope]]"</ref>
**[[Primax 388.0 Gamma]]—Japanese Generation 1 [[manga]] continuity, which branches off from cartoon continuity with the ''[[Super-God Masterforce (manga)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' manga.<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Primax 406.3 Eta]]—the [[Kiss Players (radio drama)|''Kiss Players'' radio drama]].<ref name=todiegame/>
**[[Primax 698.20 Theta]]—the world of "[[Visitations]]".<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Primax 703.02 Gamma]]—the world of the [[Devil's Due Press]]'s [[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers continuity]]. <ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Primax 787.3 Alpha]]—the Japanese [[The Headmasters (cartoon)|''The Headmasters'' cartoon]] continuity.<ref name="ilowtech"/>
**[[Primax 903.0 Beta]]—the [[Alternators|''Binaltech'']] continuity.<ref>"[[To Mega Therion]]"</ref>
**[[Primax 905.0 Beta]]—the ''[[Binaltech Asterisk]]'' continuity.<ref>"[[The World Is Flat!]]"</ref>
**[[Primax 984.0 Gamma]]—the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel Comics US continuity]].<ref name="witheredhope"/>
**[[Primax 984.17 Alpha]]—the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon continuity]].<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Primax 1087.09 Alpha]]—the ''[[Video Challenger]]'' opening of the ''[[The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]''.<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Primax 1291.0 Zeta]]—the "[[Another Time and Place]]" text story continuity, a dead-end splinter thread of the Marvel Comics continuity.<ref name="witheredhope"/>
**[[Primax 1286.3 Kappa]]—The ''[[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Mystery of Convoy]]'' game.<ref name=todiegame/>

* [[Quadwal]]—a [[Transformers timeline|strangely divergent]] continuity family.
** [[Quadwal -3760.925 Theta]]—the world in which [[Jim Sorenson (Animated)|Jim Sorenson]] and [[Bill Forster (Animated)|Bill Forster]] were recruited to write the ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|AllSpark Almanac]]''.<ref name=almanac/><ref>The origin date of September 25, -3760 is also a reference; September 25, 3760 BC is the first day of the [[wikipedia:Hebrew calendar|Hebrew calendar]] That answers THAT question.</ref>

*[[Tyran]]—the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] continuity family
**[[Tyran 307.27 Zeta]]—the world of ''[[Ghosts of Yesterday]]''.<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Tyran 407.1 Beta]]—the world of the movie toyline's [[Tech Spec]]s.<ref name=todiegame/>
**[[Tyran 707.04 Delta]]—the [[Transformers (2007)|''Transformers'' film]].<ref name="witheredhope"/>

*[[Viron]]—the ''[[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' continuity family
**[[Viron 403.0 Beta]]—home stream to [[Dreadwing (RID)|Dreadwing]] and [[Smokejumper]]. <ref name=almanacII/>

*[[Xobitor]]—the ''[[Robotix]]'' continuity family
**[[Xobitor 286.0 Gamma]]—the ''Robotix'' comic.<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Xobitor 1085.06 Alpha]]—the ''Robotix'' cartoon.<ref name=almanacII/>

*[[Yayayarst]]—the [[Go-Bots continuity family]]
**[[Yayayarst 201.11 Beta]]—the only known stream in this family.<ref name=almanacII/>

==References==
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