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Transformers: Battle Tactics

2015-07-03T17:21:10Z

ItsLeo20: Combiner hunters

[[File:TransformersBattleTactics logo.png|center|500px]]
{{videogame
|title=''Transformers: Battle Tactics''
|image=TFBattleTactics_LoadingScreen.jpg
|caption=Arcee isn't in the game. [[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game) | Déjà vu?]]
|developer=[[DeNA]]
|publisher=DeNA Corp
|date=[[January 30]], 2015
|platform=Android, iOS
}}

'''''Transformers: Battle Tactics''''' is a multiplayer battle game published by [[DeNA]] for mobile devices. It features over 75 characters designed after toys from different toylines, including [[Transformers: Classics | Classics]], [[Transformers: Generations | Generations]], [[Combiner Wars]] and [[Transformers Collectors' Club | Collectors' Club]] exclusives.

==Gameplay==
Battle Tactics gameplay is similar to other mobile battle games. Players select four Transformers from their purchased characters to form a team. Players can create up to three different teams. Gamers can choose to battle a random computer-controlled team or a random live player; the other choice is to pick from three different computer teams. The "random" mode also changes slightly under two different circumstances:

If an event is being held, it will become the way to earn League Points, but otherwise remains the same.

If a player fills their Experience bar, it will become the Advancement Mode. Players must win three of their next five games to level up. This mode is the only way to level up, because otherwise players would simply choose the throwaway team in the other mode to win easily.

Once the battle begins, the Transformers will randomly get one of their five damage numbers. These numbers change and become special abilities, depending on whether the character is in alternate mode or robot mode. Players also get three Ability Points every round, which allow them to activate powerups, including a re-spin of a character's number and several different air strikes, among others. When the battle begins, one of the two parties is randomly chosen to attack first, unless a Transformer has a first strike special ability active. Each character attacks once per round.
{{gamestub}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Autobot]]s|c1=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Cliffjumper (G1) | Cliffjumper]]
* [[Gears (G1) | Gears]]
* [[Junkyard (G1) | Junkheap]]
* [[Scoop (G1) | Scoop]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1) | Bumblebee]]/Goldfire/G2 Bumblebee (Event)
* [[Hoist (G1) | Hoist]]
* [[Wheeljack (G1) | Wheeljack]]
* [[Joyride (G1) |Joyride]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1) | Optimus Prime]]/Orion Pax/Laser Optimus Prime (Event)
* [[Tailgate (G1) | Tailgate]]
* [[Swerve (G1) | Swerve]]
* [[Ratchet (G1) | Ratchet]]
* [[Powerglide (G1) | Powerglide]]
* [[Kup (G1) | Sergeant Kup]]
* [[Huffer (G1) | Huffer]]
* [[Warpath (G1) | Warpath]]
* [[Cosmos (G1) | Cosmos]]
* [[Windcharger (G1) | Windcharger]]
* [[Blurr (G1) | Blurr]]
* [[Red Alert (G1) | Red Alert]]
* [[Fireflight (G1) | Firefly]]
* [[Alpha Bravo]]
* [[Crosscut (Autobot) | Crosscut]]
* [[Nightbeat (G1) | Nightbeat]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Drift (G1) | Drift]]
* [[Side Burn (G1) | Sideburn]]
* [[Sandstorm (G1) | Sandstorm]]
* [[Jazz (G1) | Jazz]]
* [[Skids (G1) | Skids]]
* [[Jetfire (G1) | Jetfire]]
* [[Springer (G1) | Springer]]
* [[Chromedome (G1) | Chromedome]]
* [[Brainstorm]]
* [[Circuit (Movie) | Circuit]]
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1) | Ultra Magnus]]
* [[Trailbreaker (G1) | Trailcutter]]
* [[Ironhide (G1)| Ironhide]]*

;Exclusives
* [[Roadbuster (G1) | Roadbuster]]
* [[Whirl (G1) | Whirl]]
* [[Rewind (G1) | Rewind]]
* [[Jetfire (G1) | Jetfire II]]
;Event
* [[Air Raid (G1) | Air Raid]]
* [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot) | Skydive]]
* [[Silverbolt (G1) | Silverbolt]]
* [[Jackpot (Animated) | Jackpot]]
* [[Punch (G1) | Punch]]
* [[Groove (G1) | Groove]]
* [[Rook (Generations) | Rook]]
* [[Streetwise (G1) | Streetwise]]
* [[Blades (G1) | Blades]]
* [[Hot Spot (G1) | Hot Spot]]
* [[First Aid (G1) | First Aid]]
* [[Grimlock (G1) | Grimlock]]
* [[Swoop (G1) | Swoop]]
* [[Slag (G1) | Slug]]
* [[Snarl (G1) | Snarl]]
* [[Sludge (G1) | Slog]]
* [[Optimus Prime (WFC)]]
* [[Bumblebee (WFC)]]
* [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe (FOC)]]
* [[Arcee (G1) | Arcee]]
* [[Chromia (G1) | Chromia]]
* [[Windblade (G1) | Windblade]]
;Combiners
* [[Superion (G1) | Superion]]
* [[Defensor (G1) | Defensor]]
{{!}}}

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s|c2=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Acid Storm (G1) | Acid Storm]]
* [[Thundercracker (G1) | Thundercracker]]
* [[Starscream (G1) | Starscream]]
* [[Tankor (BM) | Tankor]]
* [[Blackjack]]
* [[Megatron (G1) | Megatron]]/G2 Megatron
* [[Viper]]
* [[Dreadwing (G2) | Dreadwing]]
* [[Nemesis Prime (G1) | Nemesis Prime]]
* [[Breakdown (G1) | Breakdown]]
* [[Dirge (G1) | Dirge]]
* [[Thrust (G1) | Thrust]]
* [[Ramjet (G1) | Ramjet]]/G2 Ramjet
* [[Jhiaxus (G2) | Jhiaxus]]
* [[Skullgrin]]
* [[Drag Strip (G1) | Dragstrip]]
* [[Skywarp (G1) | Skywarp]]
* [[Thunderwing (G1) | Thunderwing]]
* [[Scourge (G1)]]
* [[Octane (G1) | Octane]]
* [[Straxus (G1) | Darkmount]]
* [[Doubledealer]]
* [[Cyclonus (G1) | Cyclonus]]
* [[Blitzwing (G1) | Blitzwing]]
* [[Barricade (WFC) | Barricade]]
* [[Megatron (Armada) | Armada Megatron]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Starscream (Armada)|Armada Starscream]]
* [[Krok (G1) | Krok]]
* [[Nacelle (G1) | Nacelle]]
;Exclusives
* [[Runamuck (G1) | Runamuck]]
* [[Astrotrain (G1) | Astrotrain]]
* [[Black Shadow (Victory) | Sky Shadow]]
* [[Sunstorm (G1) | Sunstorm]]
* [[Slipstream (WFC) | Slipstream]]
* [[Scourge (RID)]]
* [[Spinister (G1)| Spinister]]
;Event
* [[Runabout (G1) | Over-Run]]
* [[Offroad]]
* [[Dead End (G1) | Dead End]]
* [[Motormaster (G1) | Motormaster]]
* [[Punch (G1) | Counterpunch]]
* [[Treadshot (G1) | Treadshot]]
* [[Brawl (G1) | Brawl]]
* [[Onslaught (G1) | Onslaught]]
* [[Vortex (G1) | Vortex]]
* [[Swindle (G1) | Swindle]]
* [[Blast Off (G1) | Blast Off]]
* [[Bombshell (G1) | Bombshell]]
* [[Shrapnel (G1) | Skrapnel]]
* [[Kickback (G1) | Kickback]]
* [[Seawing (G1) | Seawing]]
* [[Tentakil (G1) | Tentakill]]
* [[Overbite (G1) | Overbite]]
* [[Snaptrap (G1) | Snaptrap]]
* [[Nautilator (G1) | Nautilator]]
* [[Skalor (G1) | Skalor]]
* [[Megatron (WFC)]]
;Combiners
* [[Menasor (G1) | Menasor]]
* [[Bruticus (G1) | Bruticus]]
* [[Piranacon (G1) | Piranacon]]
{{!}}}

|h3=[[Maximal]]s|c3=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
;Event
* [[Optimus Primal | Optimus Primal]]/Optimus Primal Bat
* [[Cheetor (BW) | Cheetor]]
* [[Rattrap (BW) | Rattrap]]
* [[Dinobot (BW) | Dinobot]]
{{!}}}

|h4=[[Predacon]]s|c4=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
;Event
* [[Megatron (BW) | Megatron]]/ Megatron Alligator
* [[Waspinator (BW) | Waspinator]]
* [[Blackarachnia (BW) | Blackarachnia]]
* [[Tarantulas (BW) | Tarantulas]]
* [[Inferno (BW) | Inferno]]
* [[Scorponok (BW) | Scorponok]]
{{!}}}

|h5=[[Mini-Con]]s|c5=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Windshear]]
* [[Runway (Generations) | Runway]]
* [[Heavytread (Generations) | Heavytread]]
;Combiners
* [[Centuritron]]
{{!}}}
|nonumbering=true
}}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Characters that aren't in the game yet, but appear in promotional material.
 

==Notes==
*The Exclusive version of Skywarp, the one based on his [[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]] figure, is the only character represented by a [[TakaraTomy]] figure rather than its [[Hasbro]] counterpart.

* Unlike the event cores, which are removed 48 hours after the event ends, the Alpha/Beta/Omega and character cores stay when the new monthly character is added.

*As of the Dinobot update, many Rare to Epic characters were buffed. Some gained over 20 HP!

==External links==
* [http://www.transformersbattletactics.com/ Official Website]

[[Category:Video games]]

Transformers: Battle Tactics

2015-06-11T20:19:55Z

ItsLeo20: Correcting spelling

[[File:TransformersBattleTactics logo.png|center|500px]]
{{videogame
|title=''Transformers: Battle Tactics''
|image=TFBattleTactics_LoadingScreen.jpg
|caption=Arcee isn't in the game. [[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game) | Déjà vu?]]
|developer=[[DeNA]]
|publisher=DeNA Corp
|date=[[January 30]], 2015
|platform=Android, iOS
}}

'''''Transformers: Battle Tactics''''' is a multiplayer battle game published by [[DeNA]] for mobile devices. It features over 75 characters designed after toys from different toylines, including [[Transformers: Classics | Classics]], [[Transformers: Generations | Generations]], [[Combiner Wars]] and [[Transformers Collectors' Club | Collectors' Club]] exclusives.

==Gameplay==
Battle Tactics gameplay is similar to other mobile battle games. Players select four Transformers from their purchased characters to form a team. Players can create up to three different teams. Gamers can choose to battle a random computer-controlled team or a random live player; the other choice is to pick from three different computer teams. The "random" mode also changes slightly under two different circumstances:

If an event is being held, it will become the way to earn League Points, but otherwise remains the same.

If a player fills their Experience bar, it will become the Advancement Mode. Players must win three of their next five games to level up. This mode is the only way to level up, because otherwise players would simply choose the throwaway team in the other mode to win easily.

Once the battle begins, the Transformers will randomly get one of their five damage numbers. These numbers change and become special abilities, depending on whether the character is in alternate mode or robot mode. Players also get three Ability Points every round, which allow them to activate powerups, including a re-spin of a character's number and several different air strikes, among others. When the battle begins, one of the two parties is randomly chosen to attack first, unless a Transformer has a first strike special ability active. Each character attacks once per round.
{{gamestub}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Autobot]]s|c1=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Cliffjumper (G1) | Cliffjumper]]
* [[Gears (G1) | Gears]]
* [[Junkyard (G1) | Junkheap]]
* [[Scoop (G1) | Scoop]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1) | Bumblebee]]/Goldfire/G2 Bumblebee (Event)
* [[Hoist (G1) | Hoist]]
* [[Wheeljack (G1) | Wheeljack]]
* [[Joyride (G1) |Joyride]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1) | Optimus Prime]]/Orion Pax/Laser Optimus Prime (Event)
* [[Tailgate (G1) | Tailgate]]
* [[Swerve (G1) | Swerve]]
* [[Ratchet (G1) | Ratchet]]
* [[Powerglide (G1) | Powerglide]]
* [[Kup (G1) | Sergeant Kup]]
* [[Huffer (G1) | Huffer]]
* [[Warpath (G1) | Warpath]]
* [[Cosmos (G1) | Cosmos]]
* [[Windcharger (G1) | Windcharger]]
* [[Blurr (G1) | Blurr]]
* [[Red Alert (G1) | Red Alert]]
* [[Fireflight (G1) | Firefly]]
* [[Alpha Bravo]]
* [[Crosscut (Autobot) | Crosscut]]
* [[Nightbeat (G1) | Nightbeat]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Drift (G1) | Drift]]
* [[Side Burn (G1) | Sideburn]]
* [[Sandstorm (G1) | Sandstorm]]
* [[Jazz (G1) | Jazz]]
* [[Skids (G1) | Skids]]
* [[Jetfire (G1) | Jetfire]]
* [[Springer (G1) | Springer]]
* [[Chromedome (G1) | Chromedome]]
* [[Brainstorm]]
* [[Circuit (Movie) | Circuit]]
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1) | Ultra Magnus]]
* [[Arcee (G1) | Arcee]]*
* [[Trailbreaker (G1) | Trailcutter]]
* [[Ironhide (G1)| Ironhide]]*

;Exclusives
* [[Roadbuster (G1) | Roadbuster]]
* [[Whirl (G1) | Whirl]]
* [[Rewind (G1) | Rewind]]
* [[Jetfire (G1) | Jetfire II]]
;Event
* [[Air Raid (G1) | Air Raid]]
* [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot) | Skydive]]
* [[Silverbolt (G1) | Silverbolt]]
* [[Jackpot (Animated) | Jackpot]]
* [[Punch (G1) | Punch]]
* [[Groove (G1) | Groove]]
* [[Rook (Generations) | Rook]]
* [[Streetwise (G1) | Streetwise]]
* [[Blades (G1) | Blades]]
* [[Hot Spot (G1) | Hot Spot]]
* [[First Aid (G1) | First Aid]]
* [[Grimlock (G1) | Grimlock]]
* [[Swoop (G1) | Swoop]]
* [[Slag (G1) | Slug]]
* [[Snarl (G1) | Snarl]]
* [[Sludge (G1) | Slog]]

;Combiners
* [[Superion (G1) | Superion]]
* [[Defensor (G1) | Defensor]]
{{!}}}

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s|c2=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Acid Storm (G1) | Acid Storm]]
* [[Thundercracker (G1) | Thundercracker]]
* [[Starscream (G1) | Starscream]]
* [[Tankor (BM) | Tankor]]
* [[Blackjack]]
* [[Megatron (G1) | Megatron]]/G2 Megatron
* [[Viper]]
* [[Dreadwing (G2) | Dreadwing]]
* [[Nemesis Prime (G1) | Nemesis Prime]]
* [[Breakdown (G1) | Breakdown]]
* [[Dirge (G1) | Dirge]]
* [[Thrust (G1) | Thrust]]
* [[Ramjet (G1) | Ramjet]]/G2 Ramjet
* [[Jhiaxus (G2) | Jhiaxus]]
* [[Skullgrin]]
* [[Drag Strip (G1) | Dragstrip]]
* [[Skywarp (G1) | Skywarp]]
* [[Thunderwing (G1) | Thunderwing]]
* [[Scourge (G1)]]
* [[Octane (G1) | Octane]]
* [[Straxus (G1) | Darkmount]]
* [[Doubledealer]]
* [[Cyclonus (G1) | Cyclonus]]
* [[Blitzwing (G1) | Blitzwing]]
* [[Barricade (WFC) | Barricade]]
* [[Megatron (Armada) | Armada Megatron]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Starscream (Armada)|Armada Starscream]]
* [[Krok (G1) | Krok]]
* [[Nacelle (G1) | Nacelle]]
;Exclusives
* [[Runamuck (G1) | Runamuck]]
* [[Astrotrain (G1) | Astrotrain]]
* [[Black Shadow (Victory) | Sky Shadow]]
* [[Sunstorm (G1) | Sunstorm]]
* [[Slipstream (WFC) | Slipstream]]
* [[Scourge (RID)]]
* [[Spinister (G1)| Spinister]]
;Event
* [[Runabout (G1) | Over-Run]]
* [[Offroad]]
* [[Dead End (G1) | Dead End]]
* [[Motormaster (G1) | Motormaster]]
* [[Punch (G1) | Counterpunch]]
* [[Treadshot (G1) | Treadshot]]
* [[Brawl (G1) | Brawl]]
* [[Onslaught (G1) | Onslaught]]
* [[Vortex (G1) | Vortex]]
* [[Swindle (G1) | Swindle]]
* [[Blast Off (G1) | Blast Off]]
* [[Bombshell (G1) | Bombshell]]
* [[Shrapnel (G1) | Skrapnel]]
* [[Kickback (G1) | Kickback]]
* [[Seawing (G1) | Seawing]]
* [[Tentakil (G1) | Tentakill]]
* [[Overbite (G1) | Overbite]]
* [[Snaptrap (G1) | Snaptrap]]
* [[Nautilator (G1) | Nautilator]]
* [[Skalor (G1) | Skalor]]
;Combiners
* [[Menasor (G1) | Menasor]]
* [[Bruticus (G1) | Bruticus]]
* [[Piranacon (G1) | Piranacon]]
{{!}}}

|h3=[[Maximal]]s|c3=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
;Event
* [[Optimus Primal | Optimus Primal]]/Optimus Primal Bat
* [[Cheetor (BW) | Cheetor]]
* [[Rattrap (BW) | Rattrap]]
* [[Dinobot (BW) | Dinobot]]
{{!}}}

|h4=[[Predacon]]s|c4=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
;Event
* [[Megatron (BW) | Megatron]]/ Megatron Alligator
* [[Waspinator (BW) | Waspinator]]
* [[Blackarachnia (BW) | Blackarachnia]]
* [[Tarantulas (BW) | Tarantulas]]
* [[Inferno (BW) | Inferno]]
* [[Scorponok (BW) | Scorponok]]
{{!}}}

|h5=[[Mini-Con]]s|c5=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Windshear]]
* [[Runway (Generations) | Runway]]
* [[Heavytread (Generations) | Heavytread]]
;Combiners
* [[Centuritron]]
{{!}}}
|nonumbering=true
}}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Characters that aren't in the game yet, but appear in promotional material.
 

==Notes==
*The Exclusive version of Skywarp, the one based on his [[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]] figure, is the only character represented by a [[TakaraTomy]] figure rather than its [[Hasbro]] counterpart.

* Unlike the event cores, which are removed 48 hours after the event ends, the Alpha/Beta/Omega and character cores stay when the new monthly character is added.

*As of the Dinobot update, many Rare to Epic characters were buffed. Some gained over 20 HP!

==External links==
* [http://www.transformersbattletactics.com/ Official Website]

[[Category:Video games]]

Transformers: Battle Tactics

2015-06-11T20:16:32Z

ItsLeo20: Seacons!

[[File:TransformersBattleTactics logo.png|center|500px]]
{{videogame
|title=''Transformers: Battle Tactics''
|image=TFBattleTactics_LoadingScreen.jpg
|caption=Arcee isn't in the game. [[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game) | Déjà vu?]]
|developer=[[DeNA]]
|publisher=DeNA Corp
|date=[[January 30]], 2015
|platform=Android, iOS
}}

'''''Transformers: Battle Tactics''''' is a multiplayer battle game published by [[DeNA]] for mobile devices. It features over 75 characters designed after toys from different toylines, including [[Transformers: Classics | Classics]], [[Transformers: Generations | Generations]], [[Combiner Wars]] and [[Transformers Collectors' Club | Collectors' Club]] exclusives.

==Gameplay==
Battle Tactics gameplay is similar to other mobile battle games. Players select four Transformers from their purchased characters to form a team. Players can create up to three different teams. Gamers can choose to battle a random computer-controlled team or a random live player; the other choice is to pick from three different computer teams. The "random" mode also changes slightly under two different circumstances:

If an event is being held, it will become the way to earn League Points, but otherwise remains the same.

If a player fills their Experience bar, it will become the Advancement Mode. Players must win three of their next five games to level up. This mode is the only way to level up, because otherwise players would simply choose the throwaway team in the other mode to win easily.

Once the battle begins, the Transformers will randomly get one of their five damage numbers. These numbers change and become special abilities, depending on whether the character is in alternate mode or robot mode. Players also get three Ability Points every round, which allow them to activate powerups, including a re-spin of a character's number and several different air strikes, among others. When the battle begins, one of the two parties is randomly chosen to attack first, unless a Transformer has a first strike special ability active. Each character attacks once per round.
{{gamestub}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Autobot]]s|c1=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Cliffjumper (G1) | Cliffjumper]]
* [[Gears (G1) | Gears]]
* [[Junkyard (G1) | Junkheap]]
* [[Scoop (G1) | Scoop]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1) | Bumblebee]]/Goldfire/G2 Bumblebee (Event)
* [[Hoist (G1) | Hoist]]
* [[Wheeljack (G1) | Wheeljack]]
* [[Joyride (G1) |Joyride]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1) | Optimus Prime]]/Orion Pax/Laser Optimus Prime (Event)
* [[Tailgate (G1) | Tailgate]]
* [[Swerve (G1) | Swerve]]
* [[Ratchet (G1) | Ratchet]]
* [[Powerglide (G1) | Powerglide]]
* [[Kup (G1) | Sergeant Kup]]
* [[Huffer (G1) | Huffer]]
* [[Warpath (G1) | Warpath]]
* [[Cosmos (G1) | Cosmos]]
* [[Windcharger (G1) | Windcharger]]
* [[Blurr (G1) | Blurr]]
* [[Red Alert (G1) | Red Alert]]
* [[Fireflight (G1) | Firefly]]
* [[Alpha Bravo]]
* [[Crosscut (Autobot) | Crosscut]]
* [[Nightbeat (G1) | Nightbeat]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Drift (G1) | Drift]]
* [[Side Burn (G1) | Sideburn]]
* [[Sandstorm (G1) | Sandstorm]]
* [[Jazz (G1) | Jazz]]
* [[Skids (G1) | Skids]]
* [[Jetfire (G1) | Jetfire]]
* [[Springer (G1) | Springer]]
* [[Chromedome (G1) | Chromedome]]
* [[Brainstorm]]
* [[Circuit (Movie) | Circuit]]
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1) | Ultra Magnus]]
* [[Arcee (G1) | Arcee]]*
* [[Trailbreaker (G1) | Trailcutter]]
* [[Ironhide (G1)| Ironhide]]*

;Exclusives
* [[Roadbuster (G1) | Roadbuster]]
* [[Whirl (G1) | Whirl]]
* [[Rewind (G1) | Rewind]]
* [[Jetfire (G1) | Jetfire II]]
;Event
* [[Air Raid (G1) | Air Raid]]
* [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot) | Skydive]]
* [[Silverbolt (G1) | Silverbolt]]
* [[Jackpot (Animated) | Jackpot]]
* [[Punch (G1) | Punch]]
* [[Groove (G1) | Groove]]
* [[Rook (Generations) | Rook]]
* [[Streetwise (G1) | Streetwise]]
* [[Blades (G1) | Blades]]
* [[Hot Spot (G1) | Hot Spot]]
* [[First Aid (G1) | First Aid]]
* [[Grimlock (G1) | Grimlock]]
* [[Swoop (G1) | Swoop]]
* [[Slag (G1) | Slug]]
* [[Snarl (G1) | Snarl]]
* [[Sludge (G1) | Slog]]

;Combiners
* [[Superion (G1) | Superion]]
* [[Defensor (G1) | Defensor]]
{{!}}}

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s|c2=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Acid Storm (G1) | Acid Storm]]
* [[Thundercracker (G1) | Thundercracker]]
* [[Starscream (G1) | Starscream]]
* [[Tankor (BM) | Tankor]]
* [[Blackjack]]
* [[Megatron (G1) | Megatron]]/G2 Megatron
* [[Viper]]
* [[Dreadwing (G2) | Dreadwing]]
* [[Nemesis Prime (G1) | Nemesis Prime]]
* [[Breakdown (G1) | Breakdown]]
* [[Dirge (G1) | Dirge]]
* [[Thrust (G1) | Thrust]]
* [[Ramjet (G1) | Ramjet]]/G2 Ramjet
* [[Jhiaxus (G2) | Jhiaxus]]
* [[Skullgrin]]
* [[Drag Strip (G1) | Dragstrip]]
* [[Skywarp (G1) | Skywarp]]
* [[Thunderwing (G1) | Thunderwing]]
* [[Scourge (G1)]]
* [[Octane (G1) | Octane]]
* [[Straxus (G1) | Darkmount]]
* [[Doubledealer]]
* [[Cyclonus (G1) | Cyclonus]]
* [[Blitzwing (G1) | Blitzwing]]
* [[Barricade (WFC) | Barricade]]
* [[Megatron (Armada) | Armada Megatron]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Starscream (Armada)|Armada Starscream]]
* [[Krok (G1) | Krok]]
* [[Nacelle (G1) | Nacelle]]
;Exclusives
* [[Runamuck (G1) | Runamuck]]
* [[Astrotrain (G1) | Astrotrain]]
* [[Black Shadow (Victory) | Sky Shadow]]
* [[Sunstorm (G1) | Sunstorm]]
* [[Slipstream (WFC) | Slipstream]]
* [[Scourge (RID)]]
* [[Spinister (G1)| Spinister]]
;Event
* [[Runabout (G1) | Over-Run]]
* [[Offroad]]
* [[Dead End (G1) | Dead End]]
* [[Motormaster (G1) | Motormaster]]
* [[Punch (G1) | Counterpunch]]
* [[Treadshot (G1) | Treadshot]]
* [[Brawl (G1) | Brawl]]
* [[Onslaught (G1) | Onslaught]]
* [[Vortex (G1) | Vortex]]
* [[Swindle (G1) | Swindle]]
* [[Blast Off (G1) | Blast Off]]
* [[Bombshell (G1) | Bombshell]]
* [[Shrapnel (G1) | Skrapnel]]
* [[Kickback (G1) | Kickback]]
* [[Seawing (G1) | Seawing]]
* [[Tentakil (G1) | Tentakill]]
* [[Overbite (G1) | Overbite]]
* [[Snaptrap (G1) | Snaptrap]]
* [[Nautilator (G1) | Nautilator]]
* [[Skalor (G1) | Skalor]]
;Combiners
* [[Menasor (G1) | Menasor]]
* [[Bruticus (G1) | Bruticus]]
* [[Pirananacon (G1) | Pirananacon]]
{{!}}}

|h3=[[Maximal]]s|c3=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
;Event
* [[Optimus Primal | Optimus Primal]]/Optimus Primal Bat
* [[Cheetor (BW) | Cheetor]]
* [[Rattrap (BW) | Rattrap]]
* [[Dinobot (BW) | Dinobot]]
{{!}}}

|h4=[[Predacon]]s|c4=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
;Event
* [[Megatron (BW) | Megatron]]/ Megatron Alligator
* [[Waspinator (BW) | Waspinator]]
* [[Blackarachnia (BW) | Blackarachnia]]
* [[Tarantulas (BW) | Tarantulas]]
* [[Inferno (BW) | Inferno]]
* [[Scorponok (BW) | Scorponok]]
{{!}}}

|h5=[[Mini-Con]]s|c5=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Windshear]]
* [[Runway (Generations) | Runway]]
* [[Heavytread (Generations) | Heavytread]]
;Combiners
* [[Centuritron]]
{{!}}}
|nonumbering=true
}}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Characters that aren't in the game yet, but appear in promotional material.
 

==Notes==
*The Exclusive version of Skywarp, the one based on his [[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]] figure, is the only character represented by a [[TakaraTomy]] figure rather than its [[Hasbro]] counterpart.

* Unlike the event cores, which are removed 48 hours after the event ends, the Alpha/Beta/Omega and character cores stay when the new monthly character is added.

*As of the Dinobot update, many Rare to Epic characters were buffed. Some gained over 20 HP!

==External links==
* [http://www.transformersbattletactics.com/ Official Website]

[[Category:Video games]]

Transformers: Battle Tactics

2015-06-07T23:21:13Z

ItsLeo20: /* Notes */

[[File:TransformersBattleTactics logo.png|center|500px]]
{{videogame
|title=''Transformers: Battle Tactics''
|image=TFBattleTactics_LoadingScreen.jpg
|caption=Arcee isn't in the game. [[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game) | Déjà vu?]]
|developer=[[DeNA]]
|publisher=DeNA Corp
|date=[[January 30]], 2015
|platform=Android, iOS
}}

'''''Transformers: Battle Tactics''''' is a multiplayer battle game published by [[DeNA]] for mobile devices. It features over 75 characters designed after toys from different toylines, including [[Transformers: Classics | Classics]], [[Transformers: Generations | Generations]], [[Combiner Wars]] and [[Transformers Collectors' Club | Collectors' Club]] exclusives.

==Gameplay==
Battle Tactics gameplay is similar to other mobile battle games. Players select four Transformers from their purchased characters to form a team. Players can create up to three different teams. Gamers can choose to battle a random computer-controlled team or a random live player; the other choice is to pick from three different computer teams. The "random" mode also changes slightly under two different circumstances:

If an event is being held, it will become the way to earn League Points, but otherwise remains the same.

If a player fills their Experience bar, it will become the Advancement Mode. Players must win three of their next five games to level up. This mode is the only way to level up, because otherwise players would simply choose the throwaway team in the other mode to win easily.

Once the battle begins, the Transformers will randomly get one of their five damage numbers. These numbers change and become special abilities, depending on whether the character is in alternate mode or robot mode. Players also get three Ability Points every round, which allow them to activate powerups, including a re-spin of a character's number and several different air strikes, among others. When the battle begins, one of the two parties is randomly chosen to attack first, unless a Transformer has a first strike special ability active. Each character attacks once per round.
{{gamestub}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Autobot]]s|c1=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Cliffjumper (G1) | Cliffjumper]]
* [[Gears (G1) | Gears]]
* [[Junkyard (G1) | Junkheap]]
* [[Scoop (G1) | Scoop]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1) | Bumblebee]]/Goldfire/G2 Bumblebee (Event)
* [[Hoist (G1) | Hoist]]
* [[Wheeljack (G1) | Wheeljack]]
* [[Joyride (G1) |Joyride]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1) | Optimus Prime]]/Orion Pax/Laser Optimus Prime (Event)
* [[Tailgate (G1) | Tailgate]]
* [[Swerve (G1) | Swerve]]
* [[Ratchet (G1) | Ratchet]]
* [[Powerglide (G1) | Powerglide]]
* [[Kup (G1) | Sergeant Kup]]
* [[Huffer (G1) | Huffer]]
* [[Warpath (G1) | Warpath]]
* [[Cosmos (G1) | Cosmos]]
* [[Windcharger (G1) | Windcharger]]
* [[Blurr (G1) | Blurr]]
* [[Red Alert (G1) | Red Alert]]
* [[Fireflight (G1) | Firefly]]
* [[Alpha Bravo]]
* [[Crosscut (Autobot) | Crosscut]]
* [[Nightbeat (G1) | Nightbeat]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Drift (G1) | Drift]]
* [[Side Burn (G1) | Sideburn]]
* [[Sandstorm (G1) | Sandstorm]]
* [[Jazz (G1) | Jazz]]
* [[Skids (G1) | Skids]]
* [[Jetfire (G1) | Jetfire]]
* [[Springer (G1) | Springer]]
* [[Chromedome (G1) | Chromedome]]
* [[Brainstorm]]
* [[Circuit (Movie) | Circuit]]
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1) | Ultra Magnus]]
* [[Arcee (G1) | Arcee]]*
* [[Trailbreaker (G1) | Trailcutter]]
* [[Ironhide (G1)| Ironhide]]*

;Exclusives
* [[Roadbuster (G1) | Roadbuster]]
* [[Whirl (G1) | Whirl]]
* [[Rewind (G1) | Rewind]]
* [[Jetfire (G1) | Jetfire II]]
;Event
* [[Air Raid (G1) | Air Raid]]
* [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot) | Skydive]]
* [[Silverbolt (G1) | Silverbolt]]
* [[Jackpot (Animated) | Jackpot]]
* [[Punch (G1) | Punch]]
* [[Groove (G1) | Groove]]
* [[Rook (Generations) | Rook]]
* [[Streetwise (G1) | Streetwise]]
* [[Blades (G1) | Blades]]
* [[Hot Spot (G1) | Hot Spot]]
* [[First Aid (G1) | First Aid]]
* [[Grimlock (G1) | Grimlock]]
* [[Swoop (G1) | Swoop]]
* [[Slag (G1) | Slug]]
* [[Snarl (G1) | Snarl]]
* [[Sludge (G1) | Slog]]

;Combiners
* [[Superion (G1) | Superion]]
* [[Defensor (G1) | Defensor]]
{{!}}}

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s|c2=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Acid Storm (G1) | Acid Storm]]
* [[Thundercracker (G1) | Thundercracker]]
* [[Starscream (G1) | Starscream]]
* [[Tankor (BM) | Tankor]]
* [[Blackjack]]
* [[Megatron (G1) | Megatron]]/G2 Megatron
* [[Viper]]
* [[Dreadwing (G2) | Dreadwing]]
* [[Nemesis Prime (G1) | Nemesis Prime]]
* [[Breakdown (G1) | Breakdown]]
* [[Dirge (G1) | Dirge]]
* [[Thrust (G1) | Thrust]]
* [[Ramjet (G1) | Ramjet]]/G2 Ramjet
* [[Jhiaxus (G2) | Jhiaxus]]
* [[Skullgrin]]
* [[Drag Strip (G1) | Dragstrip]]
* [[Skywarp (G1) | Skywarp]]
* [[Thunderwing (G1) | Thunderwing]]
* [[Scourge (G1)]]
* [[Octane (G1) | Octane]]
* [[Straxus (G1) | Darkmount]]
* [[Doubledealer]]
* [[Cyclonus (G1) | Cyclonus]]
* [[Blitzwing (G1) | Blitzwing]]
* [[Barricade (WFC) | Barricade]]
* [[Megatron (Armada) | Armada Megatron]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Starscream (Armada)|Armada Starscream]]
* [[Krok (G1) | Krok]]
* [[Nacelle (G1) | Nacelle]]
;Exclusives
* [[Runamuck (G1) | Runamuck]]
* [[Astrotrain (G1) | Astrotrain]]
* [[Black Shadow (Victory) | Sky Shadow]]
* [[Sunstorm (G1) | Sunstorm]]
* [[Slipstream (WFC) | Slipstream]]
* [[Scourge (RID)]]
* [[Spinister (G1)| Spinister]]
;Event
* [[Runabout (G1) | Over-Run]]
* [[Offroad]]
* [[Dead End (G1) | Dead End]]
* [[Motormaster (G1) | Motormaster]]
* [[Punch (G1) | Counterpunch]]
* [[Treadshot (G1) | Treadshot]]
* [[Brawl (G1) | Brawl]]
* [[Onslaught (G1) | Onslaught]]
* [[Vortex (G1) | Vortex]]
* [[Swindle (G1) | Swindle]]
* [[Blast Off (G1) | Blast Off]]
* [[Bombshell (G1) | Bombshell]]
* [[Shrapnel (G1) | Skrapnel]]
* [[Kickback (G1) | Kickback]]

;Combiners
* [[Menasor (G1) | Menasor]]
* [[Bruticus (G1) | Bruticus]]
{{!}}}

|h3=[[Maximal]]s|c3=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
;Event
* [[Optimus Primal | Optimus Primal]]/Optimus Primal Bat
* [[Cheetor (BW) | Cheetor]]
* [[Rattrap (BW) | Rattrap]]
* [[Dinobot (BW) | Dinobot]]
{{!}}}

|h4=[[Predacon]]s|c4=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
;Event
* [[Megatron (BW) | Megatron]]/ Megatron Alligator
* [[Waspinator (BW) | Waspinator]]
* [[Blackarachnia (BW) | Blackarachnia]]
* [[Tarantulas (BW) | Tarantulas]]
* [[Inferno (BW) | Inferno]]
* [[Scorponok (BW) | Scorponok]]
{{!}}}

|h5=[[Mini-Con]]s|c5=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Windshear]]
* [[Runway (Generations) | Runway]]
* [[Heavytread (Generations) | Heavytread]]
;Combiners
* [[Centuritron]]
{{!}}}
|nonumbering=true
}}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Characters that aren't in the game yet, but appear in promotional material.
 

==Notes==
*The Exclusive version of Skywarp, the one based on his [[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]] figure, is the only character represented by a [[TakaraTomy]] figure rather than its [[Hasbro]] counterpart.

* Unlike the event cores, which are removed 48 hours after the event ends, the Alpha/Beta/Omega and character cores stay when the new monthly character is added.

*As of the Dinobot update, many Rare to Epic characters were buffed. Some gained over 20 HP!

==External links==
* [http://www.transformersbattletactics.com/ Official Website]

[[Category:Video games]]

Hoist (G1)

2015-06-04T22:49:58Z

ItsLeo20: /* Games */

{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Hoist}}
:''Hoist is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:G1Hoist MTMTE.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|If you get shot, I'll patch you up and give you a lithium lollipop!]]
If [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] is the Autobots' chief surgeon, then '''Hoist''' is their family doctor. Everyone reports to Hoist for routine check-ups and maintenance, no exceptions! A jovial, friendly robot, the up-beat Hoist enjoys his job and it shows. He speaks with a cultured [[Accent|British-sounding accent]] and can usually be found playing "Dr. Watson" to his friend [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]]'s troubled artist in his off-hours.

{{quote|You know why you can't get a '''handle''' on me? Because I'm an '''ordinary person.''' I'm '''normal.''' I'm just a mid-ranking '''maintenance engineer''' who takes each day as it comes. I'm not particularly chatty, handsome or clever, but you know what? I get by. I '''manage'''. So don't '''dismiss''' me just because—unlike all your pals on the ''Lost Light''—my personality isn't the product of a '''crippling psychological disorder.'''
|Hoist|"[[The Waiting Game]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Michael Chain]] (English), [[Kōki Kataoka]] (Japanese), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japanese, "Triple Takeover")|[[Li Danqing]] (Chinese), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American)}}
[[File:MasterBuilders Hoist raises hand.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|All I know is that my gut says maybe.]]
Hoist was among those at Autobot headquarters when the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] attempted to show off how civilized they'd become. During the ensuing destruction, he watched [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] rush to put out the fires. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}}

Hoist and [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] proposed the construction of an enormous [[Solar Power Tower]] to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], even showing him a darling little functioning model. Prime rejected the idea, and Hoist tried to console his friend, but Grapple was determined to find some way to build it. They encountered the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], who claimed to have left Megatron's cause and wanted to help them construct the tower. Though Hoist worried that it was a trick, he and Grapple let the Decepticons help them build the tower, at which point [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] turned up and had the pair of them sealed into a sheet of metal and installed in the tower. It wasn't until after the other Autobots had demolished the tower that Hoist and Grapple were broken out of their improvised prison. Hoist assured Grapple that there would be other towers to build. {{storylink|The Master Builders (episode)|The Master Builders}}

[[File:AutoBerserk Hoist and Grapple digging.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|"My claw always drops the rock too soon. This game is rigged!"]]
Hoist was present for the first demonstration of the [[Negavator]]. When [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] attacked the bunker and trapped the Autobots inside, Hoist and Grapple cleared the entrance so they could retaliate. As Hoist surveyed the damage, he heard Red Alert calling out and dug the security officer out from under some rubble. Hoist began to drive the Negavator back to headquarters with an Autobot escort, but the Decepticons made another attempt to grab the weapon, and this time Hoist and Grapple were forced to dig Optimus and [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] out from a rock slide. The Autobots realized something was wrong with Red Alert, but lost him on the city streets. Hoist drove the Negavator back to the bunker, and eventually, Red Alert turned up again. {{storylink|Auto Berserk}}

When Megatron located the [[Heart of Cybertron]], Hoist was among the Autobots who traveled to [[South America]] to stop him obtaining the artifact. Unfortunately, they were too late, and they received a pounding courtesy of the powers granted to the Decepticon leader. They returned to base in a rather battered condition. {{storylink|Microbots}} Along with the rest of the Autobots, Hoist was banished from Earth on a spaceship after Megatron framed the Autobots using a faked video recording. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}} Though the spaceship was locked on course for the [[Sun]], the Autobots were able to abandon it and, with the help of [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] and one of [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]'s force fields, return to [[Earth]]. There they fought back against the Decepticons and freed the enslaved humans. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}

[[File:DesertionOTDinobots1 Hoist repairing Dinobot parts.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Oh, I sing whenever I sing whenever I..."]]
Following a disastrous battle at an airport, Hoist, Red Alert and Inferno turned up to drag the damaged Dinobots back to base for repairs. No sooner were said repairs done than the Dinobots up and left. Hoist was on the subsequent mission during which the effects of [[cybertonium]] depletion became apparent, but like the other Autobots, he managed to limp back to base, where he remained until fresh cybertonium could be fetched. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} Blaster's loud music resulted in Hoist being too late to prevent the theft of the [[Voltronic Galaxer]]. Megatron subsequently used the device to jam radio transmissions across the planet, and Hoist, [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and Trailbreaker had to help a bunch of snowed-in motorists. Hoist caught one hapless fellow whose car plunged off a cliff. {{storylink|Blaster Blues}}

[[File:DecepticonRaider Hoist bridge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
During a spot of gosh and bother with some frightfully rambunctious [[Decepticon|ruffians]], Hoist and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] were transported backwards in time to medieval England. The trio encountered [[Nimue]] and her father, [[Aetheling the Red|Sir Aetheling the Red]], who were holding a jousting match. Hoist whipped up a suit of armor for [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] so he could take part, but the Decepticons abducted Nimue during the tournament, and the Autobots were too low on energy to catch up. Sir Aetheling led an assault on [[Wigend du Blackthorne]]'s castle, and Hoist acted variously as a bridge across the castle moat and a siege ladder, until both he and Warpath were exhausted of energy and unable to fight on. The wizard [[Beorht]] gave them a boost of energy, and the two Autobots breached the castle wall, pretty much ending the feud. With more help from the wizard, they were able to return to the nineteen-eighties. {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (episode)|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}}

[[File:MakeHoistHuffer.jpg|left|upright=1.3|thumb|Oh, Primus, not another traffic jam—I'm in a hurry for the audition!]]
He also drove the lorry [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] once ([[Scale|how he fit in the cab]] is perhaps a question best left unasked), and he was jolly well cross at a ghastly traffic jam. Of course, being a tow truck, he could just get out and tow the broken-down car away. {{storylink|Make Tracks}}

Hoist and Grapple had their mitts full with repair work after the Autobots suffered frightful injuries against the fully fed [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]]. At least he got to spend some time with [[Skids (G1)|Skids]]. (That poor boy does seem to vanish ever so often.) Hoist later went along with Prime's rescue party to recover Cosmos and the [[robotic insecticide]] he recovered to deal with those awful creatures. The poor chap was in bad shape, so Hoist offered to give him the best overhaul he ever had. Cheers to that, old bean! {{storylink|Quest for Survival}}

As Megatron unleashed the dreadful little [[Kremzeek]] on the Autobots, Hoist and [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] were the first to be overloaded by the beastly thing. {{storylink|Kremzeek!}} After [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] began randomly bombing a US city, Hoist rescued another motorist when a suspension bridge was struck. He and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] were guided through a Constructicon-built maze by Powerglide, allowing them to recover some of their comrades who'd been built into a sort of throne. Hoist had them all fixed in no time. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}} Following an unsuccessful search for some missing Autobots, Hoist was at Headquarters when Cosmos finally located their friends, being held captive by big game hunter [[Chumley|Lord Chumley]]. {{storylink|Prime Target (episode)|Prime Target}}

[[File:Hoist goes hollywood1.jpg|upright=1.45|thumb|There were script problems from day one.]]
Following these misadventures, Hoist was out taking a drive with Spike and [[Carly]] when they witnessed a couple of cars crashing. Little did they know that it was a movie stunt, and Hoist's daring rescue landed him a role in the film. Unfortunately, a number of the other Autobots decided this was a great idea and joined in too. Hoist was mortified by his fellow Autobots and the fact that the [[Attack of the Alien Robots director|director]] kept referring to him as "Moist", but took part in filming anyway. Before long, the director decided to rethink the script and instead make ''[[Attack of the Alien Robots]]''. Hoist and his friends found themselves wearing silly masks and being blown up. As it turned out, the Decepticons were hunting [[Major Pictures]] studio for a reel of film, and Hoist helped Spike and Carly fake its destruction, prompting the Decepticons to leave. It later turned out that the secret weapon the Decepticons had salvaged was one of Wheeljack's [[Wheeljack's unnamed invention|old inventions]] that didn't work anyway. Hoist subsequently swore off the movie business. {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode)|Hoist Goes Hollywood}}

Hoist was also one of the Autobots who traveled to Cybertron in [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] to try and stop the Decepticons creating the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]. He and Ratchet were able to save the life of [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]. When they were too late to stop the Decepticons, Optimus came up with a new plan, and the Autobots set to work modifying some old cargo rockets into Earth-style jets. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}} The jet were brought to life by [[Vector Sigma]] as the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]. The Autobots returned to Earth in Omega Supreme, who broke down on arrival. Rather than help repair him, Hoist instead went with the Autobots to a rocket base under attack by Decepticons, only to come off second best against the Stunticons. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

Hoist was briefly seen assembled with the rest of the Autobots before they drove off to rescue Perceptor from [[Fox Creek Canyon]]. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}} Hoist assisted in the capture of Breakdown and Wildrider while the Stunticons were assembling Megatron's latest new weapon. His laser cannon brought the chaotic Wildrider to a screeching halt. When reporting in to Optimus Prime, Hoist gleefully remarked how patching them up wouldn't be his job! {{storylink|Masquerade}}

In the Middle East, Hoist and a squad of Autobots backed up the Aerialbots against [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]] activities in the area. The Decepticons fled, but Slingshot was trapped behind an avalanche. Thanks to [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]]'s knack for engineering, Hoist was able to get through the rocky debris and pull Slingshot to safety. He and Ratchet then patched him up at the nearby air field. {{storylink|Aerial Assault}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====Full Throttle Scramble Power!=====
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Full Throttle Scramble Power!}}}}

=====''The Battle of the Star Gate''=====
Hoist was amongst the Autobots who once more confronted Megatron and his Decepticons at the ''[[Trigger]]'' in Earth orbit. When Starscream combined himself with the ''Trigger'' to create a powerful new body for himself, Hoist had to contend with the volley of asteroids thrown towards both Autobots and Decepticons from Starscream’s star gate. He was then almost sucked into a portal to a black hole when Starscream neared defeat, but was instead sent plummeting down to Earth when Optimus and Megatron worked together to defeat Starscream. {{storylink|The Battle of the Star Gate}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
[[File:BattleLines6-stasishibernationpods.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66]]
After a battle with [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] early in the war, Hoist helped repair the [[Autobot]]s that fell in the battle. After the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] departed, Hoist was one of a group of Autobots that entered suspended animation to save the precious little energon they had left. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 6}}

In the 1990s, Hoist was part of the Earth-based technological research that was instrumental in the development of the [[Cyberfactory|Cyberfactories]] and the "Generation 2" wave of Transformers.

When the [[Machine Wars]] broke out, Hoist was among the last defenders of Cybertron against the invasion of [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] and his clone armies. He fought alongside the famous generals [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] in their campaign against the clones. {{storylink|Termination}}

Five days before Jhiaxus’s invasion of Cybertron, Hoist helped Hotlink fuse the controls for the space bridge control room. Despite their best efforts, however, the bridge could not be opened up from their end. They were ushered out of the room when Obsidian and Pyro wished to talk in private. He later helped with the war effort against Jhiaxus’s invasion, carrying injured bots to safety when they could no longer fight. {{storylink|A Common Foe}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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{{bigquote|Are we always to be subjected to the indignities '''Hoist''' inflicts upon our bodies?|[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] doesn't like being probed, "[[I, Robot-Master!]]"}}

[[File:Skidsgrapplesmokescreenhoisttracks.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Wheeljack finally opened up the box of Minute Hoist.]]
Hoist was one of a group of Autobots who allowed their brainwave patterns to be encoded on crystals and stored aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] in case more warriors were needed. Despite the fact that the Ark ''did'' come under attack during that mission, these warriors were not taken out of storage until after the Ark crash-landed on Earth and spent four million years collecting dust before reawakening in [[1984]]. However, once the Autobots got their act together, Hoist and his crystal-stored friends were reactivated and sent with [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] on a training mission.

[[File:RockAndRollOut-Hoistdriver.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|I feel asleep!]]
Though Bumblebee's orders were to keep Hoist and the others incognito and to avoid conflict, the Decepticons' infiltration of a [[Brick Springhorn|Brick Springstern]] concert at [[Municipal Stadium]] forced his hand. As the Autobots fought to keep the Decepticons from using their [[power siphon]] to harvest energy from the concert, Hoist worked to keep the stage from collapsing on the band members. {{storylink|Rock and Roll-Out!}}

After settling in, Hoist took up the task of routine check-ups for the Autobots who resided in the Ark. Every 1200 miles or four Earth weeks, whichever comes first! Some Autobots, like [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], appreciated this maintenance, but [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] only found it invasive. {{storylink|I, Robot-Master!}}

[[File:Themission hoist hole.jpg|thumb|left|I lost my faceplate!]]
''Later, Hoist was sent to [[Alaska]] to track the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. While sneaking up on their base, he fell into an old snow-covered mineshaft, and became wedged in place, requiring rescue. But when [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] came to his aid, he was shot in the head, and Hoist had to wrangle his brain-damaged teammate to safety while being hunted by the Constructicons.'' {{storylink|The Mission}}

Hoist was present with the other active Autobots for [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]]'s unveiling of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. With the addition of Omega Supreme to the Autobot ranks, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] was free to take the entirety of his Autobots off-site to pursue other tasks. Hoist and the rest followed Optimus lead to the Decepticons' [[Wyoming base]], where they brought a rare full-scale assault on their enemies. Once Bumblebee had gathered the data he needed, however, Optimus Prime called for Hoist and the others to retreat. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

''When Optimus Prime, [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] mysteriously vanished in a flash of light, Hoist and the rest were left to pick up the pieces. He and the others suffered a severe pounding at the hands of a trio of Decepticons who had traveled from the future, and they were forced to team up with [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] (of all things) to even the odds. Megatron led a strike team, which included Hoist, against the future Decepticon [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], with some success. Once the future Decepticons were thwarted and the missing Autobots returned, Hoist joined his fellow Autobots in welcoming back Optimus Prime.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

[[File:Newyorkunderbase.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Front and center! Finally, Hoist is the favorite one!]]
After Optimus Prime was destroyed following a virtual encounter with Megatron, Hoist observed with his fellow Autobots as Ratchet tried in vain to repair him. A funeral followed, in which every available Autobot except Ratchet participated. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend!}}

Hoist disembarked on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] along with the rest of the Ark's crew to watch a staged battle between [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] for leadership of the Autobots. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

When an [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] announced that he would "destroy the cities of [[New York City|New York]], [[Tokyo]], and [[Buenos Aires]]," Hoist was among the allied Autobot/Decepticon teams sent ahead to New York City. As Starscream approached, [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] led a team of Autobots which included Hoist, and the entire team was destroyed with a "single wave of Starscream's hand"! Oops. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
Hoist was stationed at the Ark in [[2003]]. He was present to hear [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s vision of a new, transforming [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|Ark Duty}}
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Prey!}} {{storylink|...The Harder They Die!}} {{storylink|Spacehikers!}} {{storylink|Time Wars}} {{storylink|Missing in Action}} {{storylink|The Night the Transformers Saved Christmas}}}}

====''Regeneration One''====
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When [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]], [[Hosehead (G1)|Hosehead]], [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] arrived at the Autobot base beneath the [[Senate Forum]] on Cybertron to look for Hoist, [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and [[Splashdown]] they were missing, presumably infected by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s [[Gene Key]]. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Three}}

In the aftermath of the Decepticons' ''[[Warworld]]'' assault on Cybertron, Hoist helped with the clean-up and repairs for the devastated cityscapes. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
[[File:GalvatronsAirAttack Grapple Hoist and Wheeljack.jpg|thumb|left|240px]]
Hoist was among a team of Autobots assembled by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and led by [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] to go looking for material on an old battlefield. They barely started searching before they were attacked by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and the Decepticon jets and had to retreat. {{storylink|Galvatron's Air Attack}} Some time later, Hoist was among the Autobots stationed on [[Nebulos]]. When the Autobots grew suspicious that the Decepticons were being a little too quiet, they sent out long range patrols. Hoist and [[Landfill (G1)|Landfill]] scouted out the Pole and had to brave some fierce blizzards. {{storylink|Decepticons Underground}}
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===''Big Looker'' storybooks===

Hoist was present when [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] came rushing back to base after being attacked by the mind-controlled [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]]. He later performed the patch work on Grapple's head after [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] magnetically removed the cerebro-shell (without a license for brain surgery, no doubt). {{storylink|Insecticon Attack!}}

Hoist thinks work is hard work. {{storylink|Car Show Blow Up}}
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===''Transformers in 3-D''===
After Optimus Prime's resurrection, Hoist and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] bugged Prime to undergo a full checkup, though he felt fine. [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] believed this was just their way of saying it was good to have their leader back. A short time later, a Decepticon strike force led by [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] attacked, and Hoist took part in trying to fight them off. It turned out to be a diversion while [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] used his [[Nullification Cannon]] on Cybertron's Energon stocks, and Hoist could only watch as the strike force promptly fled once the deception was uncovered. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
Nine million years ago, Hoist was allied with the Autobot cause when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optronix]] first rose to become Optimus Prime. He was briefly seen helping make the preparations to abandon Cybertron, in response to the new Prime's orders. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}}

After the [[Great Shutdown]], Hoist was one of several Autobots [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] "helped" into a position of power as the [[Autobot High Council]]. Ostensibly, Shockwave was to rule beside the Council as the Unified Cybertronian government. In fact, however, Shockwave arranged for the council to be composed of Autobots whom he could easily manipulate, and so slowly amassed the majority of true political power for himself, leaving Hoist and his comrades as little more than figureheads. When Optimus Prime and the crew of the Ark returned to Cybertron and helped lead the various Autobot resistance cells in outright insurrection, Hoist and the rest of the High Council finally got the wake-up call, and took to the streets alongside their fellow Autobots, overthrowing Shockwave entirely. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

There were several victims of the revolution, however, including Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus. Hoist personally attended to their recuperation cycles. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} Later, he accompanied [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and the Ark's crew back to Earth, where they set up camp and prepared for the construction of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. He was last seen going over [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]'s holographic blueprints with Grapple. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

{{note|Hoist was all-but left out of Dreamwave's story. Although the War and Peace TPB confirmed that he was intended to be a member of the High Council, Hoist was apparently juuuuust off-panel throughout that entire series, making only a one-panel cameo in a flashback from issue #6. He did not actually make a modern appearance in the timeline until "Black Sunshine".}}
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===''TransTech''===
Hoist was a member of the [[Axiom Nexus Security Administration]]. He was part of the group investigating the discovery of [[Comet]]'s body. Later, [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] called him to pick up [[Escargon]]'s body from the [[Widow's Cafe Cybertronian]]. {{storylink|Withered Hope}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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In the early days of the Decepticon uprising, Hoist commuted regularly from [[Kalis]] to [[Ibex]] on a passenger shuttle. On one occasion, the craft collided with [[Omega's Conundrum|another shuttle]] during an ill-advised shortcut over the [[Rust Spot]], causing to crash with Hoist as the only survivor. Completely alone, he spent an extended period of time waiting for rescue. {{storylink|The Waiting Game}}

Hoist was amongst the Autobots who attempted to halt [[Nova Prime|Nemesis Prime]]'s progress at the Garrus-9 penitentiary. They were unsuccessful. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}}

[[File:RudeAwakening-Hoist.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|AKA "that normal dude who keeps running off with Rodimus"]]
Hoist joined [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s troops on [[Earth]] at some point after the failed Decepticon conquest of the planet, but following Prime's surrender, he decided to get out before [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] started arresting people. [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] tried to get him to stay, but Hoist calmly explained his reasoning and apologized before driving off with [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] to join [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]]'s team of defectors, who were currently attempting to get off the planet. As Hoist led his comrades in Hot Rod's general direction, the four Autobots were attacked by the human organization [[Skywatch]], who quickly took out Beachcomber. Hoist only had time to stop Tracks from opening fire on the humans before he too was offlined and stuck in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]. [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] then used the captured Autobots in his negotiations with Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 2: "A Rude Awakening"|A Rude Awakening}}

Eventually, the Autobots agreed to form an alliance with Skywatch, and Hoist rejoined his comrades. Once the Decepticons returned to Earth and attacked their base, the Autobots retreated towards [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], only to be pestered by angry civilians and confronted by [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]. Hoist and the others pounded the newly upgraded Decepticon leader with a barrage of completely ineffective firepower, and were in turn taken out of action by a single shot from his cannon. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 3: Woken Furies|Woken Furies}}

Megatron dumped the injured Autobots in a schoolyard in [[Albuquerque]], where they were held hostage by two humans carrying Megatron-based handguns and were influenced by Megatron's own thoughts. Unable to fight back or defend themselves without risking human lives, Hoist and the others could only sit tight until they were saved by [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], who killed one of the humans. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 4: Burning Chrome|Burning Chrome}}

After recovering from his injuries, Hoist volunteered to return to Cybertron, which had been occupied by [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix}} On arrival, he transformed and rolled out to battle Galvatron's [[Sweep]] hordes alongside the other Autobots. {{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers}}

[[File:HangersOn-Hoist.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Hey, it's my vehicle mode!]]
After the battle, Hoist joined Rodimus's crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' as they went searching for the [[Knights of Cybertron]]. Following a failed launch, the ship was lost in space and a number of crew members were sucked out and fell onto a nearby planetoid. Hoist helped search for them and ended up towing [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] out of a lake. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On‎|Hangers On}} He shared a room with [[Boss (G1)|Boss]] when Rodimus locked the ship down following an attack by a [[Sparkeater (creature)|Sparkeater]]. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}}

[[File:WaitingGame-Hoist.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Hey, it's my, uh, other vehicle mode!]]
Hoist would subsequently become [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker's]] roommate once everyone settled into everyday life on the ''Lost Light''. When Rodimus awarded several crewmembers [[Rodimus Star]]s for their actions in a decompression emergency, Hoist attended the awards ceremony and hung out at ''[[Swerve's]]'' afterwards. {{storylink|The Reluctant Specialist}} A short time later he set off on a resource-gathering mission to an abandoned Decepticon outpost on [[Deimus]], accompanied by [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]. Shortly before their leaving, [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] invited himself (and [[Bob (IDW)|his pet]]) along as pilot. This, unfortunately, lead to disaster when the vain Autobot crashed the ship, distracted by his own reflection, leaving the craft upside-down and Perceptor melted into the floor.

Unable to contact the ''Lost Light'' (thanks to [[The Reluctant Specialist|their own emergency]]), Hoist set out to scout the area but encountered, inexplicably, [[Tarn (DJD)|Tarn]], leader of the [[Decepticon Justice Division]]. The maintenance engineer fled back to the shuttle and cloaked it, leaving the stranded crew to sit and hope they got rescued before running out of power for the cloak. As Swerve rambled to pass the time, the conversation turned first to fears, then Hoist's ordinariness, and finally to near-death experiences. After being pestered, Hoist shared the story of his shipwrecking in the Rust Spot, but when retrieving a "prop" he had used from the floor, he realised that Swerve had been concealing a serious injury sustained in the crash. Determining that Swerve didn't have enough time left for them to wait for rescue, Hoist and Sunstreaker went proactive, gearing up with makeshift weapons in the hope of stealing a ship from Tarn.

Not long after splitting up, Hoist found Sunstreaker lying at the feet of not Tarn but Megatron, [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]], [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] and [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]], who promptly combined into [[Overmegasixwave|a towering abomination]] before vanishing into thin air. Realising something strange was afoot, the engineer returned to Perceptor on the ship, where they realised that the combining Decepticons had been the product of a [[phobia shield]] drawing on, in this case, Swerve's fears. With the metallurgist now unconscious from his wounds but a medishuttle from the ''Lost Light'' on its way, Hoist fled the ship carrying Swerve and a bisected Perceptor, shortly before it was crushed by the phobia shield's new apparition: [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], Bob's worst fear. The maintenance engineer then promptly knocked out both Perceptor and Bob, leaving himself as the sole target for the shield, which realised Hoist's worst fear: being stranded alone. {{storylink|The Waiting Game}}

[[File:ReluctantSpecialist-Hoist.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|And here's my other robot mode.]]
The group was soon retrieved by the rescue shuttle, and Hoist was summarily awarded a Rodimus Shield for his actions. This did not please Trailcutter, who had been revelling in finally receiving a Star for his efforts in the ''Lost Light'''s own crisis. {{storylink|The Reluctant Specialist}} Later on, Hoist was amongst the crew members who joined in the attack on a Decepticon base discovered on [[Temptoria]]. As they traveled to the planet on board the ''[[Leading Light]]'', he complimented Trailcutter on his newly upgraded legs. {{storylink|Before & After}} Tailgate asked Hoist and Skids for their opinion on a little present he was fashioning for Cyclonus. He had no clue what it was, which frustrated Tailgate, but the three (and Cyclonus) were interrupted by a ship-wide alert. After racing to the source of the alarm, Hoist was pretty surprised to see that it heralded [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]'s presence on board. {{storylink|Under Cold Blue Stars}}

After the ''Lost Light'' crew rediscovered the famed long-lost [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]], a small away team was sent to its surface. During their absence, the ship was overrun by [[Legislator]]s. Hoist held a wounded [[Dipstick]] behind Trailcutter and his forcefield as their opponents advanced. {{storylink|Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|House of Ambus}} After the ship finally returned to Cybertron, Hoist and some other crew members disembarked to discuss the threat of the [[Necrotitan]] with Bumblebee's Autobots. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}} The Necrotitan was defeated by Metroplex, giving the reunited Autobots a chance to rest and catch up. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} They later held a trial for a surrendered Megatron at [[Raskol Arena]], which Hoist attended. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}}

Hoist continued to be part of the ''Lost Light'' crew as it set off on its second journey, now captained by a reformed Megatron. At one point he was seen at Swerve's, chatting with new crew member [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]]. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|Words Hang in the Air}} When parts of the ''Lost Light'' began mysteriously disappearing, the crew evacuated the doomed ship. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}} Hoist was among the 20 Autobots evacuated on board the [[Rodpod]], where he embarrassed new arrival [[Nautica]] with compliments. All original crew members ''themselves'' then began disappearing one by one, Hoist among them. {{storylink|Twenty Plus One}}
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
[[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] and Hoist were showing off their model [[Solar Power Tower]] when they were called away with [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] to tend to a stricken [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]]. The three engineers ran into the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], but instead of fighting instead bonded over their love of building. The truce was short-lived, as [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and [[Deluge (G2)|Deluge]] turned up to remind [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] which side he was on, but the Autobot trio still managed to rescue Powerglide. {{storylink|The Master Builders (Legends)|The Master Builders}} Hoist, [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] were transported to the sixth century where they joined with [[Aetheling the Red|Lord Aetheling]], and were forced to combat similarly-displaced Decepticons at a medieval technology level. They eventually triumphed and returned to the present with the Decepticons as prisoners. {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (Legends)|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}} Hoist was cast in a Hollywood film, which was jeopardized when Decepticons attacked the set. He and Warpath were able to fight them off, and the film became a blockbuster success. {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood (Legends)|Hoist Goes Hollywood}}

[[File:BattleTacticsHoist.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Somehow I can shoot people in vehicle mode....]]
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
Hoist participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1 Hoist toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Oh, I say old chaps, anyone in need of a lift?"]]
*'''Hoist''' (Autobot, [[1985]], [[2001]])
**''Japanese ID number'': '''46'''
**''Accessories'': Left & right fists, left & right "Radar Panels", "Full Spectrum Multi-Sensor", 2 "Twin Blasters", 2 missiles

:A [[retool]] of 1984's [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] featuring a new head and an orange towing apparatus to replace Trailbreaker's canopy, Hoist transforms into a green Toyota Hi-Lux pickup. The truck has blue tinted windows and black and yellow caution decals running the length of the body side. In [[robot mode]], Hoist is mostly green with chrome legs and orange trim. The toy comes equipped with two plug in fists, but Hoist is usually depicted with one hand and one weapon. The spring-launchers in his forearms were severely neutered for all US releases of the toy.

:In [[IGA|Mexico]], Hoist retained the original Trailbreaker head, but cast in green plastic. Weird. The Mexican version has no white outlines on the caution stripes on the sides.

:Hoist was given a [[Collector's Edition]] reissue in Japan in 2001 as a single-day C3 convention exclusive.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Hoist/hoist.htm More information on Generation 1 Hoist at TFU.info]''
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===''Machine Wars''===
[[File:MachineWars Hoist toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Really now, chaps. Black, this is simply too much."]]
*'''Hoist''' (Basic, [[1997]])
**''Accessories'': Grill/rifle

:A mold originally designed for — but never released in — ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'', ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers|Machine Wars]]'' Hoist shares a mold with ''Machine Wars'' [[Hubcap (MW)|Hubcap]], transforming into a Kenworth W900 wrecker truck. He is a "flipchanger", meaning most of his transformation sequence is an [[autotransformation|autotransform]], springing into robot mode by lifting a catch (in his case, his towing hook). His rifle is made up of his front grill and bumper.

:This mold was also used to make the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Tow-Line (RID)|Tow-Line]] and ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]'' [[Wrecker Hook]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Autobot/Hoist/hoist.htm More information on ''Machine Wars'' Hoist at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/gallery/machine-wars/hoist/214/1/ Image gallery of ''Machine Wars'' Hoist at Seibertron.com]''
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===''Commemorative Series''===
*'''Hoist''' (Autobot, [[2003]])
**''Japanese ID number'': '''46'''
**''Accessories'': Left & right fists, left & right "Radar Panels", "Full Spectrum Multi-Sensor", 2 "Twin Blasters", 2 missiles

:Hoist was later re-re-issued in 2003 by [[Hasbro]] as part of the [[Toys"R"Us|Toys"Я"Us]]-[[exclusive]] ''[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]]'' line.
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:Hoist-Uni03SC1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Now armed with a vacuum cleaner!]]
*'''Hoist''' (Spy Changer, 2003)

:''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' Hoist is a redeco of the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Spy Changer]] version of [[X-Brawn]], transforming into a [[Mercedes-Benz]] ML320 SUV. He features through-axle wheels to allow for super-fast rolling on smooth surfaces. Like the other toys in his assortment, Hoist uses factory-applied decals for a lot of his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] deco, a rarity for toys released since the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' toyline.

:Originally a Kay-Bee stores exclusive, the first release of this toy (and the others in the assortment) did not have any sub-line designation at all, but later releases for other chains, most notably "budget" chains like Family Dollar, marked them as ''Universe'' product.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/SpyHoist/hoist.htm More information on Spy Changer Hoist #1 at TFU.info]''
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[[File:RIDIronhideKB2-UniHoist2.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|And yet he's still too big to fit inside Huffer.]]
*'''Hoist''' (Spy Changer, [[2006]])
**''Accessories'': Rifle

:This version of Hoist is identical to the last [[KB Toys]] [[exclusive]] redeco of [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Ironhide (RID)|Ironhide]], transforming into a translucent blue Ford F150 Flareside pickup truck. Being at roughly 1:64 scale and featuring through-axle construction, he is largely compatible with "Hot Wheels" and "Matchbox" brand race tracks and playsets. He was available only on an individual card from discount chains like The Dollar Store.

:This mold was also used to make [[Motormouth]], the [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bots]] version of [[Ironhide (G2)|Ironhide]] and ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Ironhide (Universe)|Ironhide]].
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===''Encore''===
*'''Hoist''' (Autobot, [[2008]])
**''Japanese ID number'': '''14'''
**''Accessories'': Left & right fists, left & right "Radar Panels", "Full Spectrum Multi-Sensor", 2 "Twin Blasters", 2 missiles

:Hoist was re-issued again in Japan in 2008 as part of [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' line. Of note, his eyes were changed to blue, and similar to the Mexican version, he has no white outlines on the caution stripes on the sides.
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===''Generations''===
[[File:GenerationsGDOHoisttoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Donut?"]]
*'''Hoist''' (Legends Class, [[2012]])
**''Accessories'': Rifle

:''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] Hoist is a [[redeco]]/retool of ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers:]] [[Reveal the Shield]]'' Legends Class [[Trailbreaker (G1)#Transformers (2010)|Trailcutter]], and converts into a green SUV. He features retooled hands and a hole on the back of his head/roof, both of which are compatible with [[C joint|3mm posts]]. He comes with a gun (sculpted after one of Generation 1 Hoist's missiles) with three posts and a hole, allowing the weapon to be held and mounted in different ways. Originally developed by Hasbro Asia for release in their territories, Hoist was later released together with various other formerly "Asian market exclusive" toys as a [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] exclusive in the United States for the 2012 holiday season.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/GDOHoist/hoist.htm More information on ''Generations'' Hoist at TFU.info]''
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*'''Metroplex''' (Titan Class, [[2013]])
**'''01 OF 30'''

:An [[exclusive]] version of Titan Class [[Metroplex (G1)#SDCC|Metroplex]] was made available at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2013. He comes with 12 small, non-transforming figurines of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#SDCCMetroplex|Orion Pax]], [[Megatron (G1)/toys#SDCCMetroplex|Megatron]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#SDCCMetroplex|Bumblebee]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#SDCCMetroplex|Thundercracker]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)#SDCCMetroplex|Trailcutter]], and Hoist, all in both modes. The figurines are based on their ''Generations: [[Thrilling 30]]'' Deluxe Class toys, and similarly to [[Decoy]]s, the Autobot figurines are cast in red plastic, and the Decepticons in purple.
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*'''Metroplex''' (Titan Class, 2013)
**'''05 OF 30'''

:Another exclusive version of Titan Class [[Metroplex (G1)#HKACGCON|Metroplex]] was made available at [[Hong Kong ACG-CON]] 2013. This Metroplex also has the 12 figurines of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#HKACGCONMetroplex|Orion Pax]], [[Megatron (G1)/toys#HKACGCONMetroplex|Megatron]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#HKACGCONMetroplex|Bumblebee]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#HKACGCONMetroplex|Thundercracker]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)#HKACGCONMetroplex|Trailcutter]], and Hoist, but casts the Autobot figurines in gold plastic, and the Decepticons in silver.
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[[File:Generations IDW Hoist.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Hmm, what can one say about Hoist's toy? Well, um... it's green, for starters. It's also, er... it's got a towing hook! A towing hook that, uh... turns into a gun, and...]]
*'''Hoist''' (Deluxe, 2013)
**''Accessories'': Towing hook/blaster

:Part of the sixth wave of 2012-onwards ''Generations'' Deluxe Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Hoist is a redeco/retool of [[Trailbreaker (G1)#Generations|Trailcutter]]. He has a new head, and transforms into an off-road truck. Instead of Trailcutter's truck bed canopy/shielded blaster, Hoist comes with a towing hook that can transform into a blaster, and peg via [[5mm post]] onto any of his numerous ports.

:The American release comes packaged with a copy of [[IDW Publishing|IDW's]] '[[The Waiting Game|Spotlight: Hoist]]'.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/GenHoist/hoist.htm More information on ''Thrilling 30'' Hoist at TFU.info]''
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*'''Trailbreaker & Hoist''' (Multi-pack, [[November 30|30-11]]-2013)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''TG-27'''
**''Accessories'': Towing hook/blaster

:The Japanese release of ''Generations'' Hoist is redecoed in colors closer to his original toy, featuring a darker shade of green plastic, a darker orange, and a blue windshield. He also several additional [[paint operation]]s including back lights and eyes, which are now blue rather than yellow. Hoist's yellow stripes were changed to orange for this release and some of the black operations on his front bumper to silver. Hoist was only available in a two-pack with [[Trailbreaker (G1)#TrailbreakerHoist2pack|Trailbreaker]].
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===''Timelines''===
[[File:BotCon2013toy-Hoist.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Hey buddy, anybody ever tell you you look like Electro?]]
*'''Machine Wars: Termination''' (BotCon box set, 2013)
**''Accessories'': Rifle

:A redeco/retool of ''Generations'' [[Kup (G1)#Generations|Sergeant Kup]], ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' Hoist is based on [[#Machine Wars|Hoist]]'s ''Machine Wars'' body, and has a new head that combines the elements of his own head and [[Electro (G2)|Electro]]'s. He transforms into a "retro"-styled Earth pickup truck, and is covered in 3mm rungs that are compatible with [[C joint]] clip-on weapons. There are two rungs on his backpack, plus two rungs each on his forearm kibble, and two on his lower back. The rifle can either plug via [[5mm post]] into the underside of the truck, forming a second exhaust pipe, or clip onto the roof of the truck via a C joint. Interestingly, due to his transformation, Hoist's truck mode features a working tailgate.

:Hoist comes in a [[BotCon 2013]]-exclusive boxset with [[Skywarp (MW)#Timelines|Skywarp]], [[Strika (BM)#Timelines|Strika]], [[Obsidian (BM)#Timelines|Obsidian]], and [[Megaplex (MW)#Timelines|Megaplex]]. The original version of this toy, with the [[Retool#Gang-molded alternate parts|alternate head]], was used to make ''Generations'' [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], while this version of the mold was redecoed into fellow BotCon 2013 exclusive, [[Electro (G2)#Timelines|Autobot Electrons]].

:In an [[Misassembly|assembly error]], Hoist's shoulders are on the wrong sides, preventing his arms from being lowered to his sides.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/BCHoist/hoist.htm More information on ''Timelines'' Hoist at TFU.info]''
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==Merchandise==
===Decoy===
*'''Cybertron Hero Collection 22''' (multi-pack, [[1986]])
*'''Hoist''' ([[1987]])
**''Decoy number:'' '''21'''

:The 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/Hoist/hoist.htm More information on Decoy Hoist at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
[[File:DiacloneHoist.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Maybe one of them is the real "Moist"?]]
*Like all of the other 1984~1985 Autobot "cars", the first Hoist toy was originally from the Japanese ''[[Diaclone]]'' toyline as a piloted mecha. The "4WD Hi-Lux Wrecker-type" came in two different color schemes: red with black kneecaps and yellow wrecker-rig, or in blue with red kneecaps and yellow rig, which was available in a two-pack with the ''Diaclone'' toy that would become [[Crosscut (Autobot)|Crosscut]]. Yes, the green-and-orange coloration was made up specifically for ''Transformers''.
*Hoist had the preliminary name of '''Winch'''.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20071230210811/http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=41003]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Hoist''' (ホイスト ''Hoisuto'')
*''French:'' '''Treuil''' (Canada, "Winch")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Csörlő'''
*''Italian:'' '''Bufalo''' ("Buffalo")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Huáchē''' (滑车, "Pulley")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Roldana''' (Portugal comic), '''Guindaste''' (Brazil comic)
*''Russian:'' '''Tjagach''' (Тягач, "Tractor")

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Hoist Hoist's ''Universe'' profile at NFTA.net]
*[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-mtmte-3-preview-panel-and-mtmte-hoist-concept-art-from-alex-milne/24256/ Alex Milne's design for MTMTE Hoist] @ Seibertron.com

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Chromedome (G1)

2015-06-04T22:43:02Z

ItsLeo20: /* Transformers: Battle Tactics */

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:''Chromedome is an [[Autobot]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]. He has also been known as '''Tumbler'''.''
[[File:Chromedome manga.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"You're such a coward, Wally!"]]
In most [[universal stream]]s, '''Chromedome''' is a comparatively quiet academic. Originally a number-cruncher at [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s [[Institute for Higher Programming]] working on ways to improve the processing power of the [[Transformer]]s' computerized minds, Chromedome found himself forcibly dragged into the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] when a [[Decepticon]] attack destroyed the facility. Chromedome put his work to use programming Autobots so they could outsmart their Decepticon foes, but alas, only wound up fostering an intellectual arms race of sorts, in which both sides competed to repurpose the newest advances in programming into military advantages. Ground down over the years by this inevitability, Chromedome has come to accept that war with the Decepticon cannot be prevented—but only won.

In some universes, Chromedome is [[binary bonding|binary bonded]] to the egotistical [[Nebulan]] [[Stylor]], who is more concerned with the finer things in life than intellectual or military pursuits. As such, the two occasionally clash, with Chromedome trying to get Stylor to be a little less superficial, and Stylor trying to bring out Chromedome's more social side, but generally speaking, they get along quite well despite their differences.

As a quiet 'bot of the mind, Chromedome has a tendency to fade into the background, but there also exist universal streams in which he has foregone science and taken to the front lines of battle to become a much more prominent figure. The Chromedome of [[#Japanese cartoon continuity|these worlds]] is barely recognisable as the reserved scientist of those more well-known realities: instead, he is a hot-headed youth [[Burning justice|burning]] with an incredible passion for justice who even serves as [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s trusted, if impulsive and occasionally-irrational, second-in-command.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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A long time ago, on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Chromedome was part of an Autobot strike unit led by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. This unit operated out of a cave dug into the [[Manganese Mountains]], and often worked to foil the schemes of their primary nemesis, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. Their last major mission on Cybertron was to upset a slave march to the [[smelting pool]]s. After that, however, Fortress Maximus revealed to the Autobots that he had grown sick of warfare, and planned to escape the endless ring of hate by immigrating to a new world altogether: [[Nebulos]]. At first, Chromedome was shocked, but eventually he and many others chose to join Fortress Maximus on his quest for peace.

[[File:Brokenglass-autobotstorage.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Nebulan floors apparently are built as an upward slope.]]
Upon arrival on Nebulos, Chromedome chided Brainstorm for analyzing their new home with his digital readouts rather than just looking around. Indeed, Chromedome found that Nebulos was "a paradise". But when their attempts to forge an alliance with the native [[Nebulan]]s failed (due to sabotage for political reasons), Chromedome suggested that they "talk some sense" into their new neighbors. Their unit was met with military force and Fortress Maximus ordered Chromedome and the others into the woods.

Despite these setbacks, Fortress Maximus was determined to wage peace, not war. He brought an envoy of Autobots, including Chromedome, to the Nebulan capitol of [[Koraja]] to once again plead for peace. When the Nebulans still were not totally swayed after he and his Autobots disarmed, Maximus removed his own head from his shoulders, leaving his body deactivated and inoperable in the Nebulans' care. Chromedome and three other Autobots joined their leader in his gesture. It was this gesture which finally ushered in a cease fire with the Nebulans. {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}}

[[File:BrokenGlass-Chromedomeoof.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|As the saying goes, "Look before you boing your car into the air."]]
Chromedome and the four others who had removed their heads were kept confined within Koraja while the Council of Peers, collateral for a peaceful Autobot settlement within the forest. Soon, however, Scorponok's Decepticons followed the Autobots to Nebulos and attacked Koraja. The peaceful Nebulan [[Galen]] refused to surrender the captive Autobots to the Decepticons, but the terms of the cease fire prohibited the Autobots' heads be returned to their bodies. Instead, a loophole was sought. At first Galen and a few like-minded Nebulans attempted to operate the Autobot bodies by remote control, but this was an awkward solution. The Nebulan scientist [[Arcana]] suggested something more elegant yet groundbreaking - the Nebulans should undergo the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster process]], surgically altering themselves to become the heads of the Autobots! [[Stylor]] volunteered to undergo the process to become Chromedome's head, and the procedure commenced.

The new Headmaster Autobots met the Decepticons in battle, and the Decepticons were amazed at how powerful and agile their foes had suddenly become. Chromedome was able to leap out of the way of Scorponok's deadly stinger attack ''in car mode'', to Scorponok's incredulity, though he did land up-side down. When the Decepticons realized how outclassed they were, they staged a panicked retreat, and the Autobots returned to the city streets victorious. Along with the others, Chromedome removed his head so that the Nebulans could see that the terms of the cease fire were not broken, and they were met as heroes. {{storylink|Broken Glass!}}

[[File:Loveandsteel-runfortmaxrun.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Chromedome thinks Fort Max is being a little passive-aggressive about the whole [[Alternate mode|altmode]] thing.]]
Despite their newfound celebrity, the populace was still wary of Chromedome and the others, so the [[Council of Peers]] arranged an inspection. Chromedome's body stood by silently as the Council of Peers expressed concerns with the Autobots' Nebulan partners. They were interrupted by a distress call from Galen's political rival, Lord [[Mo Zarak|Zarak]], who had been kidnapped by the Decepticons. Fortress Maximus led Chromedome and the other Headmasters into battle, but the kidnapping was a ruse. Zarak and his political cronies had undergone the Headmaster process themselves, but with the Decepticons! Now evenly matched, the battle turned against the Autobots when they were forced to come to the aid of the Council of Peers, after which the Decepticons shot the Autobots in the back. Scorponok and the Decepticons claimed Chromedome, his partner, and the other Autobots as prisoners. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}}

Here they remained until Lord Zarak, with the last remaining bits of his dwindling sanity, realized the destruction he'd wrought upon his own homeworld. He set the Autobot Headmasters free, hoping to follow the Autobots to another world so they could leave Nebulos in peace. On their way out of Koraja, Chromedome and the other Headmasters battled the new Decepticon [[Targetmaster]]s. Once they escaped the Targetmasters, they returned to the Autobot camp in the forest, where the Headmasters learned of a distress signal from other Autobots on [[Earth]] and prepared to depart Nebulos. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

[[File:WorldsApart-Chromedome.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Every time Chromedome says this, Furman gets a dollar.]]
''Before they left, however, the Autobot Headmasters had another encounter with their Decepticon opposite numbers. After the Targetmasters were captured by the Decepticons for analysis and dissection, Chromedome and the Headmasters went out looking for them, only to run into the Decepticon Headmasters on the way. After Chromedome stared down [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]], the Autobots regrouped to follow Mindwipe, the last of their attackers, who was apparently fleeing for safety. After entering the Decepticons' Fortress of Despair, however, Chromedome and the others realized they had been led into a trap, and were confronted by the might Scorponok and the Decepticon Targetmasters. In order to help even the odds, the Autobot Targetmasters were freed, but the Autobots weren't out of the woods yet. Chromedome singlehandedly fought Scorponok, lecturing his massive nemesis about how despite the differences between him and his partner Stylor, their shared purpose made them stronger than might alone. Ultimately, Scorponok was forced to withdraw.'' {{storylink|Worlds Apart!}}

[[File:TrialbyFire-Chromedome.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|Eek, don't tell Rewind he's still doing this.]]

During the long journey to Earth, the Autobot Headmasters had Fortress Maximus heavily upgraded into a larger, more powerful body. Once their construction was completed, Chromedome introduced Fortress Maximus's full arsenal of abilities to the others, including his battle station mode and [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]]. Upon arrival, Fortress Maximus, Chromedome and the other Headmasters took a shuttle down to Earth's surface, and located the caves in [[Mount St. Hilary]] where the distress call had first been broadcast. They also found the broadcaster himself, an Autobot named [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] whose [[brain module]] had been retrofitted into a tiny electronic toy car. [[Toy Soldiers!|Long story]]. Scorponok and the Decepticon Headmasters had also come to Earth after the distress call, however, and a battle broke out. The battle proved costly, as Galen died protecting an Earthling from Scorponok. He passed on his control helmet to this boy, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], leaving Fortress Maximus and the Autobots in his hands. {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}}

Fortress Maximus's group of Autobots inevitably met up with the group of Earthbound Autobots led by [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]. Unfortunately, Grimlock was difficult to deal with, and so their meetup somehow resulted in a battle for Autobot supremacy between Grimlock and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]]. Chromedome disembarked along with the rest of the ''[[Steelhaven]]'' crew to watch the fight. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

When the [[Micromaster]] [[Air Strike Patrol]] raided [[MacDill Air Force Base]], returned Autobot leader [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] led nearly all of the Autobots' forces to its rescue, including Chromedome. But when Optimus began to suspect fowl play from a third party, he ordered the Autobots to retreat back to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] without him. At first they were hesitant to leave their leader behind, but Chromedome and the others eventually agreed. {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}}

[[File:EyeoftheStorm-legquest.jpg|right|thumb|upright=0.85|And so Prime sez back, "Maybe if you were [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] [[Yesterday's Heroes!|I would care]]."]]
Soon it was learned that the vengeful chaos god [[Unicron]], their forgotten enemy, had learned the location of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and was headed there to destroy the Transformers' creator [[Primus]]. Since the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] was the only thing that could destroy him, Optimus Prime sent teams to find it. However, the new Decepticon leader [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] returned with it instead, and Chromedome and the other Autobots on board fought the Matrix-possessed [[Pretender]]. The corporeal form of the Matrix's increasing evil influences grabbed Chromedome and tried to throw him at [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], but missed. Good for Blurr, but not so great for Chromedome. {{storylink|All Fall Down}} After Thunderwing was defeated (and unfortunately the Matrix as well), Chromedome was sent to [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]] for repairs. He snarked to [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] that he'd had enough of the [[Matrix Quest]], and was ready for a "leg quest." Chromedome was still being repaired when Optimus Prime announced over the Ark's communications system that he was surrendering the Autobots to Scorponok's Decepticons in the desperate hope that it would encourage an alliance between them against Unicron. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}}

Ultimately, the Transformers were transported to Cybertron to face Unicron. Like any very smart individual, he was last seen transforming into his car mode and driving away as fast as he absolutely could. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Final Conflict}} {{storylink|Stylor's Story}}}}

====''Regeneration One''====
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Following the invasion of Cybertron by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s [[Blitz Engine]]s, Chromedome was last seen in car mode driving towards them very fast, alongside [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]], [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Siren]] and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]. That perhaps wasn't so smart. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Four}} He managed to make it out all right, though, as after the battle it was reported that he had successfully been reunited with his original head on Nebulos, and Stylor's Headmaster process had been reverse-engineered so that he could reintegrate with Nebulan society. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}}
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}} {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}}}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Kunihiko Yasui]] (Japanese)|[[Franz Rudnick]] (German, ''The Rebirth, Part 1''), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, ''The Rebirth, Part 2 & 3'')}}

[[File:Rebirth3 chromedome.jpg|thumb|225px|Chromedome eagerly awaits the cue to speak his one line in the entire series.]]
Chromedome was stationed on Cybertron in 2007 when the combined forces of the Decepticons attacked the planet with the intention of opening the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]]. Chromedome and his allies were able to steal back the key to the chamber, but not before a bolt of its energy was briefly released, hurling them and their shuttle across the galaxy. Eventually, the shuttle began to slow, as Chromedome noted its engines had finally burned out, but it still had enough momentum to lead it to crash on a nearby alien world. The Autobots survived the crash, but before long, they were captured by a cell of rebel natives, who mistook them for robotic agents of the planet's evil ruling council, the [[Hive (G1)|Hive]]. Imprisoned and facing execution by magnetic bombs, Chromedome kept his cool, calmly inquiring as to the name of the planet, and was given his answer by [[Duros]]: [[Nebulos]]. Before the rebels could destroy the Autobots, a squad of Decepticons arrived to steal back the Plasma Energy Chamber key, and although Chromedome helped repel them by hurling the magnetic bombs, the villains managed to abduct several of the Autobots. Chromedome, [[Brainstorm]], [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] tried to give chase, but found their way barred by the Hive's machines. Returning to the rebels' base, they learned the story behind the Hive and their machines, and decided to employ a theory devised by Brainstorm that would see the Nebulans bond with the Autobots as "Headmasters" to help defeat by the Decepticons and the Hive. The enthusiastic Chromedome was the first to volunteer for the process, and was bonded to rebel strategist Stylor. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}

[[File:Rebirth2 chromedome and stylor.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.15|You know what they say about people who dress like their cars...]]
Chromedome and his fellow new-born Headmasters proceeded to smash their way through the Hive's machines and rescue their friends from the Decepticons; during the battle, Chromedome personally shot down [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]. This defeat prompted the Hive and the Decepticons to join forces to become Headmasters and [[Targetmaster]]s themselves, and when they attacked once more, Chromedome and [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] found themselves no match for the [[Horrorcon]]s. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}

With the key back in their hands, the Decepticons departed Nebulos and returned to Cybertron, which [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] then moved into Earth orbit, planning to destroy both worlds by opening the Plasma Energy Chamber and using its energy to explode the [[Sun]]. Chromedome and the Autobots followed them, but when [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] insisted that the Plasma Energy Chamber key ''not'' be destroyed (in accordance with the wishes of [[Vector Sigma]]), their Nebulan allies rebelled and ran off, leaving Chromedome and the other Headmasters stuck in vehicle form. Following their partners into the bowels of the Decepticon city-robot Scorponok, Chromedome and the Autobots were captured, but were thankfully saved by the arrival of [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] and his new creation, Fortress Maximus. Subsequently, the Plasma Energy Chamber was deactivated and the Decepticons were exiled to deep space, and with the [[Golden Age]] of Cybertron restored, Chromedome returned to Nebulos with the Headmasters and Targetmasters to help to eradicate every last trace of the Hive's evil from the planet. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}
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====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
[[File:FlashForward3-Headmasters.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|My head, uh, lost some weight.]]
Following [[Hi-Q]]'s kidnapping, Chromedome turned out with Highbrow, Crosshairs and Brainstorm to brief [[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]]'s team. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 3}}
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===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
{{note|In Japan, Chromedome is a small robot who transforms into a head and controls a larger, lifeless [[Transtector]] body. The Headmasters toyline referred to the small robot as "Chrome", with "Chromedome" being the name of the combined small robot/Transtector form, but this distinction of nomenclature is made in fiction only very rarely, with the character usually being referred to as "Chromedome" regardless of what form he takes.}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Hideyuki Hori]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:Hmep8 chromedome and abel.jpg|left|thumb|225px|Oh, where is your silicon, baby?]]
Four million years ago, Chromedome and his friends [[Jack (Headmasters)|Jack]] and [[Abel]] were among a group of [[Cyberdroid|diminutive Cybertronians]] who departed Cybertron under the leadership of Fortress, seeking to escape the eternal war that had consumed the planet. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Alas, engine trouble caused their craft to crash-land on the planet Master, an inhospitable world whose murderous environments and wildly changeable atmospheric conditions threatened the lives of the Cybertronians almost as soon as they stepped off their ship and were caught in a desert of sinking sands. The need for survival fostered several technological advances, and the Cybertronians fought against the odds to make a life for themselves on the planet. {{storylink|The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery}} This relative peace was eventually disrupted, however, when a shadowy ninja able to transform into six different modes attacked an [[energon]] mining facility on the planet. Abel tried to drive him off, only for the ninja to brutally murder Abel and his militia group in front of Chromedome's eyes. As he cradled his friend's dead body, Chromedome felt hatred towards evil-doers for the first time in his life and vowed vengeance against the Decepticon. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}

[[File:Headmasters tf stuck.jpg|thumb|225px|A ''Body''master technology?..]]
When the scientists of Master made their next quantum leap of technology with the creation of larger, lifeless Transformer bodies called [[Transtector]]s, Chromedome and many of his comrades underwent rigorous physical and mental training to master the art of [[transformation]], learning to transform into heads that connected to the Transtectors, placing them under their control. While Jack unfortunately washed out of the program, {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}} Chromedome was one of ten warriors who became one of these elite "Headmasters" (even if he ''did'' have a little trouble getting his Transtector to transform the first time out). Unfortunately, half their number soon rebelled against Fortress's leadership, siding against him with a traitor named [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], who soon forged an alliance with the Decepticon leader, [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

{{note|The events of the ''Great Transformer War'' manga occur at this point.}}

[[File:Hmep2 chromedome.jpg|left|thumb|225px|Perspective by [[Pat Lee]].]]
In the year 2011, when Galvatron launched his latest attack on Cybertron with the added power of his new Decepticon Headmasters, Chromedome and his fellow Autobot Headmasters traveled to the planet to help their comrades defend their homeworld. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Making a dramatic entrance in the middle of the conflict, Chromedome grappled with [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] and helped [[Brainstorm]] thwart [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]'s hypnotism, before Fortress's Battleship Maximus forced the Decepticon off. The Autobot Headmasters then formally introduced themselves to Cybertron's Autobots, and Chromedome proposed that they accompany [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] to Earth to help him search for the missing [[Matrix of Leadership]], needed to stabilize the malfunctioning [[Vector Sigma]]. [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] argued against the notion, and he and Chromedome immediately started fighting, so Hot Rod sidelined them for the moment and headed to Earth with [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] instead. Blaster perished during the search, and the emotionally shaken Wheelie told Chromedome they were now counting on him and the Headmasters. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Chromedome's team quickly joined Hot Rod on Earth and held off the Decepticon Headmasters while Hot Rod recovered the Matrix. Together, the group returned to Cybertron, where Hot Rod used the Matrix to become [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] once more, but he was unable to stabilize Vector Sigma in time, forcing [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] to sacrifice his life to do so. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

When the Decepticons unveiled their newest invention, the [[Madmachine]], Chromedome's plan to attack [[Chaar]] directly was shot down. He and the Headmasters then acted like a bunch of insensitive pricks to the Autobot Cassettes, who were still mourning the loss of Blaster, but pulled their heads out of their butts when Blaster was resurrected as Twincast. They then helped the [[Throttlebot]]s defend Cybertron against the Madmachine, destroying the evil device. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}} A little later, Chromedome and Hardhead hunted down a stowaway on Battleship Maximus, only for it to turn out to be [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] and Wheelie. With the two youngsters at their side, Chromedome and the Headmasters then went on to help liberate the planet [[Beast (planet)|Beast]] from Decepticon control. {{storylink|Rebellion on Planet Beast}} Daniel was also instrumental in destroying the Decepticons' metal-warping meteor [[Metamorphose]], and Chromedome and the Headmasters helped hold the Decepticon forces off so the boy could complete his task. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

[[File:Hmep7 chromedome crossheadon.jpg|thumb|225px|Chromehead or Harddome?]]
Investigating word of a Decepticon attack on the planet [[Praum]], Chromedome and the Autobot Headmasters found themselves caught in a trap sprung by their old enemy Scorponok. Trapped in a subterranean chamber with the planet's endless desert sands pouring in on top of them, the Headmasters recalled their early days on Master, and decided to try their head-swapping "[[Head Formation|Cross-Head On]]" technique to boost their power and free themselves. Chromedome ''meant'' to switch heads with Highbrow, but accidentally wound up on top of Hardhead's Transtector instead. Nevertheless, the idea worked, and the freed Headmasters took the fight to the Decepticons, with Chromedome pummelling Galvatron himself. {{storylink|The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery}}

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After a sextet of mysterious blackmailers threatened six nations on Earth, the Headmasters staked out [[New York City]], where Chromedome took offense to his team-mates comparing the Statue of Liberty's looks to [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]'s. Hop-scotching around the globe trying and failing to keep up with the blackmailers, the Headmasters were at the end of their rope, and subsequently began fighting with the [[Trainbot]]s when they found out they taken Daniel and Wheelie shopping in Japan. Chromedome had the decency to feel like a jerk when Daniel got upset at the fight, and calmed down long enough to apologise. Looking at a ninja star Daniel had bought in Japan, Chromedome was suddenly reminded of the shadowy ninja's visit to Master years beforehand. Realizing that they were not dealing with six blackmailers, but with that selfsame six-changing ninja, Chromedome and the Headmasters made peace with the Trainbots and worked together to stop the mysterious mech and uncover his true identity: the Decepticon ninja commander, [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]! Sixshot was able to escape justice, but the long-standing desire Chromedome had for revenge over Abel's murder had been reawakened in the Headmaster's heart. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}

[[File:Hm10 chromedome telepathy.jpg|thumb|A little known fact is Chromedome's Autobot symbol on his chest is ALSO his weak point. How do you think he found out Scorponok's?]]
Chromedome and Hardhead were investigating the Decepticons' movements on Earth when the villains' assembled forces staged a massive attack on Cybertron in order to obtain the new alloy, [[cybertonuron]], that had been developed by Vector Sigma. The duo headed straight to Cybertron and regrouped with their allies, launching into battle with the Decepticon Headmasters. During the fight, however, their enemies mysteriously pulled out, {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} so the Headmasters split up to hunt them down. After locating the Decepticons, Chromedome used his Headmaster powers to telepathically summon his allies to his side so they could keep Weirdwolf and [[Skullcruncher]] busy while he chased Mindwipe through Cybertron's subterranean tunnels. Chromedome caught up to Mindwipe in Vector Sigma's chamber, where the Decepticon hypnotist revealed he was planting bombs that would destroy the planet. All attempts to remove the bombs failed, forcing Chromedome to return to the surface and sound the alarm. The Transformers all withdrew from Cybertron, which was then devastated when the bombs exploded. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

[[File:Hm11 chromedome arcee dance.jpg|left|thumb|225px|Oh, Calculon!]]
Despite this sad turn of events, punctuated by the departure of Rodimus Prime and the appointment of Fotress as leader in his place, the Autobots pressed on, and even held a party to announce the successful completion of the [[Sol 1]] satellite, a joint venture between the Autobots and [[human]]ity, during which Chromedome danced with Arcee. It wasn't all good news, however: Chromedome and the Headmasters failed to prevent Sol 1 from falling into Decepticon hands, and were forced to destroy it rather than let their enemies keep it. {{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}} Chromedome's team was at least able to get one in the win column when they helped saved a South American village from a Decepticon-instigated volcanic eruption. Chromedome was given a necklace by village girl [[Alyssa]] as thanks. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}} Later, Chromedome joined in the defence of [[San Francisco]] when the city was attacked by the Decepticons with [[Buridanka|a giant carnivorous plant]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

When Spike, Daniel, Wheelie and the Trainbots uncovered a Decepticon plot to destroy [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], Chromedome and the Headmasters headed straight to the red planet to aid them. After defeating [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] and rescuing Daniel and Wheelie, however, the Headmasters were caught in a trap and used as bait to lure Battleship Maximus into position so it could be immobilized. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}} Chromedome's team fought on against the Decepticon Headmasters and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], but when Scorponok arrived with his new ultimate weapon—a gigantic Transtector of his own—the fight was lost. Although Chromedome and the Autobots were able to escape, Mars was destroyed by Scorponok's [[plasma energy]] bombs. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

[[File:Hmep16 chromedome wobbles.jpg|thumb|225px|Chromedome fails miserably at the Soulja Boy dance.]]
Furious after the destruction of Mars, Chromedome was determined to get revenge, despite Fortress's orders. He and Hardhead hid themselves in the Maximus's cargo hold in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], and when the ship went on patrol on the fringes of Decepticon territory, the pair ejected and headed for Chaar on their own. Much to their irritation, however, Autobot deep-cover agent [[Punch (G1)|Punch]] had been given information on their movements, and fed it to Scorponok, who deployed the Decepticon Headmasters and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] to intercept the pair and see them off. Subsequently, Chromedome joined in the Autobot attack on Scorponok's coronation on Earth's moon. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Later, Chromedome helped deliver energy to the stricken world of [[Sandra (G1)|Sandra]] by abandoning his Transtector and leaving it to serve as a decoy while he and Hardhead took a small shuttlecraft to the planet. When the Decepticons attacked the planet, Chromedome and Hardhead, still in their small robot forms, used their diminutive size to win the battle by sneaking bombs onto Scorponok's Transtector. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

[[File:Hmep18 chromedome vs sixshot.jpg|left|thumb|225px|Wildcat Rescue Force!]]
Chromedome joined the Headmasters and Trainbots in serving as bodyguards for Spike when he met with Galvatron to discuss the unlikely possibility of the Autobots and Decepticons working on energy research together. When a report from Punch revealed that the "Galvatron" Spike was talking with was actually an impostor, Chromedome had the Trainbots stage a diversion so he could burst in on the negotiations and reveal the deception. The false Galvatron was revealed to be Sixshot in disguise, and a fierce battle erupted between Chromedome and the ninja that ran all down the shoreline. Seeing through Sixshot's tricks, Chromedome wounded him and forced him to retreat. It was discovered that the Decepticons had staged the phoney negotiations to cover for their departure on an interplanetary energy quest, and Chromedome joined the Autobots in pursuing them aboard Battleship Maximus. {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}}

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On the Decepticons' trail through space, the Autobots discovered a ruined ship from [[Hive (planet)|Hive]] floating in space, victims of a Decepticon attack. Chromedome investigated the wreck and discovered [[Makku's father|a survivor]], but the alien did not live long, clinging to life just enough to give Chromedome [[Medal of Valour|a medallion]] to pass down to his son. As they drew closer to Hive, Battleship Maximus came under fire from the suspicious natives, and while Fortress insisted on showing non-resistance, Chromedome's fiery temper flared, and he headed down to the planet's surface on his own to try and speak with Hive's [[Queen Bee]]. On Hive, he met the soldier's son, [[Makku]], who helped him gain an audience with the queen and convince her that the Autobots were on their side. Of course, the Decepticons chose that moment to strike, and Chromedome was blasted into the energy moat around the queen's castle by Galvatron and Sixshot. Luckily, with Makku's help, Chromedome was able to absorb energy from the moat and leap back into the middle of the battle, joining with the other Headmasters in using the Maximus's "Master Shot" cannon to force the Decepticons off. {{storylink|Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!}}

Shadowing the Decepticons on their way to their next target, the worlds of [[Twin Star]], Chromedome suggested attacking the Decepticons in the void of space. Brainstorm chided him for not thinking his actions through, and the pair started arguing, until Brainstorm's brains helped win the fight on Twin Star. {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}} On their next stop, the planet [[Daros]], Chromedome's team used the Master Shot again to force the Decepticon off, but sadly not before the Decepticons killed a [[Beastformer]] named [[Tekna]]. In death, however, Tekna left them with a piece of microfilm supposedly containing coded information on Scorponok's weak spot. {{storylink|Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!}}

[[File:Hm22 chromedome repairs.jpg|left|thumb|225px|Head On! Neck Wrung!]]
While conducting exterior repairs on Battleship Maximus on the way to the planet [[Paradise]], Chromedome goofed pretty badly when he punched the ship's hull in frustration, jostling loose a few important components and sending them floating off into space. Although he was able to fix his mistake, the delay necessitated that Highbrow go on ahead to Paradise, where he was captured by the Decepticons. Once they made it to Paradise, the worried Chromedome led the Headmasters to Highbrow's rescue, and they performed the [[Head Formation]] to power up their team-mate. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}} Soon after, Chromedome helped battle the Decepticons on [[Pirate Planet]]. {{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}}

With the Decepticons' energy raids done, the Headmasters to Athenia. Sadly, Chromedome's team was unable to prevent [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]'s death at the hands of Sixshot on Earth, but they did arrive in time to deliver a ferocious Head Formation-powered beating to the six-changer. Chromedome's hatred of the ninja only grew. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} Magnus's death only galvanized the Decepticons into more aggressive action, and the Autobots were spread thin fighting back. Chromedome and his team followed Galvatron to [[Alaska]], where they used information from Punch to pinpoint his weak spot—his head—and defeat him, entombing him in ice using the power of the Head Formation. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

[[File:IRiskMyLifeForEarth-Letgoofme.jpg|thumb|225px|So many inappropriate caption choices, so little space.]]
Galvatron's demise allowed Scorponok to take leadership of the Decepticons, and he initiated a plan to destroy the Earth by simultaneously erupting every volcano on the [[Pacific Ring of Fire]]. When Spike realized what they were planning, Chromedome escorted him to Earth to present his findings, only for [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] to come under attack by [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and Sixshot. Consumed with rage, Chromedome rushed to engage Sixshot, and the unprotected Spike was wounded by Trypticon. The Trainbots and [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] forced the Decepticons off, but Chromedome was consumed with guilt and anger. He started blaming everyone else, including Fortress, claiming it never would have happened if he had allowed them to take out the Decepticons' Earth base, and in his frenzy, tried to leave for Earth to take care of it himself. Restrained by Hardhead, Chromedome was consigned to Athenia by Fortress, deemed incapable of leading due to his emotional statue. While the other Headmasters headed to Earth to engage the Decepticons on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Chromedome turned his attention to the coded information left to them by Tekna. With Daniel and Wheelie's help, Chromedome was finally able to decode the microfilm and identify Scorponok's weak spot, and raced to Earth to pass it on to Fortress. With Chromedome's information, Fortress was able to defeat Scorponok, and force him and the Decepticons off the Earth. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}}

[[File:Hm27 chromedome hardhead cross head on.jpg|left|thumb|225px| Head Off!]]
With the Decepticons gone from Earth, the Autobots set about removing all traces of their evil from the planet. Chromedome and Hardhead were charged with removing the plasma bombs planted along the Ring of Fire, and things were going well until a volcanic tremor caused Chromedome to drop one of the bombs, setting off its timer. Switching heads with Hardhead to boost their strength and courage, the pair ran through the waves of magma and collapsing rock walls, successfully getting the bombs to the surface so Battleship Maximus could take them into space. The intention was to let the bombs detonate harmlessly in the void, but on the way to jettison them, the Maximus encountered a ship from Master containing a group of refugees, pursued by a team of Decepticons. A newly arrived team of elite Autobots—[[Pointblank (G1)|Pointblank]], [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] and [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]]—set out to rescue the Master refugees, when the bombs detonated, causing a plasma explosion that fused the refugees and the Autobots and Decepticons together, creating the [[Targetmaster]]s. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}} Chromedome took an immediate and strong dislike to Pointblank, who considered the Headmasters weak and undisciplined.

[[File:Hm28 chromedome shoots jack.jpg|thumb|225px|So you see, we shouldn't be mad at Jack for leaving us. We should be mad at that [[Decepticon|fruity little club]] for [[Mindwipe (G1)|scrambling his brains]]!]]
Learning from the Master refugees that Scorponok's Decepticons had returned to Master and were causing chaos there, Chromedome returned to his adopted homeworld with the Autobots to help defend the natives. Soon after his arrival, he was reunited with his old friend Jack, who at first pretended like he did not know him: The sight of the successful Headmaster that Chromedome had become reminded him of how he had failed in the same pursuit. Chromedome wouldn't stand for his friend's guff, telling him that just because he was a Headmaster, it didn't mean he was better than Jack, whose incredible scientific mind had helped create Battleship Maximus and the [[Master Sword]]. Jack apologised and welcomed Chromedome properly, but after they parted ways, Sixshot struck, impersonating Chromedome and kidnapping Jack so that the Decepticons could torture information on the composition of the Master Sword out of him. Jack refused to give them any information, so instead, the villains planted a bomb in his body and Mindwipe hypnotised him to walk into Battleship Maximus. The horrified Chromedome was forced to shoot Jack to stop him, and the bomb detonated, taking his life. His hatred of Sixshot burning stronger than ever, Chromedome blasted off the ninja's arms, and was set to pursue him until Pointblank held him back. In the wake of the battle, Chromedome and Pointblank confronted each other, mutually concluding that they didn't ''like'' each other, but they respected one another, and would fight together in the future. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}}

[[File:Hm29 chromedome daniel rescue wheelie.jpg|left|thumb|225px|...And then Chromedome locked that closet door, never to be opened again.]]
Having failed to pry information on the Master Sword from Jack, the Decepticons kidnapped Wheelie in order to ransom him for the data they needed to construct a weapon to counter it. Although Chromedome and Daniel snuck into Scorponok's Transtector and rescued Wheelie, the fight broke out over the data disk, and the Decepticons were able to make off with it. Chromedome, Wheelie and Daniel were charged with cleaning Battleship Maximus for their breach of the rules. {{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}} Using the stolen data, Scorponok created the [[Zarak Shield]], despite Chromedome and his allies' attempts to stop them. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}}

[[File:Hm31 pointblank decks chromedome.jpg|thumb|225px|LET ME SHOW YOU THE DANCE OF MY PEOPLE!]]
While discussing what the Autobots' next step should be, Chromedome opposed the Targetmasters' plan of luring the Decepticons into space, believing that they might lose them, and advocating a hard strike now before they left Master. The Targetmaters dismissed his plan out of hand, prompting an angry Chromedome to go off on his own an set up a meeting with the young warriors of Master, led by [[Kirk]]. He soon brought the other Headmasters in to join the effort, and together, they formulated a plan that involved luring the Decepticons into the confines of a nearby cloudy mountain range. The plan went wrong, however, when Scorponok emerged from beneath the planet's surface right in the middle of a city, and many of the young warriors died in the disorganized response. Chromedome was forced to call the warriors off, and to make matters worse, Fortress's Master Sword was bested by the Zarak Shield. The victorious Decepticons departed Master, heading back to Earth, while Pointblank punched some sense into Chromedome, blaming him for the entire debacle. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

[[File:Hm32 chromedome sixshot daniel.jpg|left|thumb|225px|"Stop, don't hurt Uncle Sixshot! He's so stylized and cool!"]]
The Autobots quickly gave chase, catching up to the Decepticons in space, but the battle that resulted led to Sixshot and Daniel being stranded on the barren planet [[Daira]]. The Autobots were able to track them down after a while, but Chromedome was unconvinced by Daniel's claims that Sixshot was a noble warrior who had protected him. {{storylink|My Friend Sixshot!}} Soon after, when Scorponok had to set down in the asteroid belt for repairs, the Autobots caught up another battle broke out. Sixshot decided to settle their rivalry once and for all, and challenged Chromedome to a climactic one-on-one duel on the asteroid [[Juno]]. Chromedome accepted the challenge, refusing to listen to the protestations of Fortress or Daniel, and even punching Brainstorm when he offered to fight as his second, taking it as a slight to his abilities. Ironically, it was Pointblank who supported Chromedome's decision, understanding his feelings because he had been brash and impassioned in his own youth. The pair's fated duel began, but before long, Daniel got in the middle of the fight and tried to stop his two friends from killing each other. A definite outcome was denied Chromedome, however, when bombs Scorponok had planted on the asteroid in an effort to destroy Sixshot began to detonate, forcing the combatants to break off their battle. {{storylink|Duel on the Asteroid}}

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Thanks to the delay caused by Chromedome's duel, the Decepticons beat the Autobots back to Earth, and began causing chaos, erecting energy-discharging "[[Death Tower]]s" composed from [[crysmagnetal]] around the planet. Upon landing, Chromedome and the Autobots had to rush off to rescue the human victims of a plane crash caused by the Decepticons, which included Daniel's parents. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} After trying and failing to stop the erection of another Death Tower in [[Egypt]], Chromedome and the assembled Autobot army followed the Decepticons to the North Pole for a final mighty battle. During the fight, Chromedome and Hardhead were hit by Mindwipe's hypnotism, but were saved by Twincast and his cassettes. With the Death Towers creating a field of energy that was threatening to tear the Earth apart, Chromedome and the Headmasters joined in Head Formation, hoping to channel their energy into Fortress Maximus and give him the strength to destroy Scorponok and the crysmagnetal. Their own energies were not enough, but at Daniel's suggestion, they expanded their formation to include the assembled Autobot forces. Thus combined in "Final Formation", they provided Fortress with the energy he needed, and the Earth was saved.

Following their defeat at the North Pole, the Decepticons were finally expelled from Earth, and the Autobots prepared to follow them. Chromedome assured Daniel that although the Autobots were leaving, the peace they had brought to the Earth was here to stay. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
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====''Kiss Players/15 Go! Go!''====
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Slumped miserably on the barren surface of Master in their smallest robot forms, Chromedome, Fortress and Highbrow's attention was caught when a [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|time-travelling spaceship]] materialized over their heads and crashed nearby. By studying and reverse-engineering the technology found in this spaceship, Fortress and the scientists of Master invented Transtectors and the Headmaster process. {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 1}} {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|Kiss Players radio drama #48}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 3}}

====''The Great Transformer War''====
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In the closing days of 2010, while significant Transformer battles were being waged on Earth and across space, Chromedome and his fellow Autobot Headmasters were active on the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], battling their Decepticon counterparts. It seemed that their foes were able to escape them by leaping into a crevasse, but moments later, they came bursting out of the ground beneath the Autobots' feet. Chromedome and company, however, were able to use this to their advantage by sneaking away under cover of the dust cloud the villains' emergence had created. When the cloud cleared, the Decepticons realized they had been beating up each other, and were then promptly flattened as Chromedome and the Autobots ran them over in vehicle mode. The tide of battle turned suddenly with the arrival of the Decepticon ninja [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]], who blasted Chromedome's team to cover the Decepticon Headmasters' escape. Informed by their leader [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] that the Decepticons were heading for Cybertron, Chromedome and the other Headmasters set out after them aboard Fortress's Battleship Maximus, with Chromedome particularly excited at the prospect of meeting [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 3|The Great Transformer War #3}}
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====''The Headmasters'' manga====
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Shortly after Optimus Prime gave up his life to stabilize Vector Sigma, Chromedome and the Headmasters attended the unveiling of a [[Optimus Prime memorial|bronze statue]] dedicated to Prime's memory on Athenia. Chromedome spoke for the Headmasters, proclaiming Prime the greatest warrior that ever lived. The ceremony was then interrupted by the arrival of the Decepticons in Athenian space, and the Headmasters rocketed off in Battleship Maximus to intercept them. This, it turned out, was part of the Decepticons' plans, as they intended to hurl a bomb into the Maximus when the Headmasters exited it, but Chromedome moved too fast for the Decepticons, disconnecting from his Transtector and snatching the bomb out of Mindwipe's hands. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 1|The Headmasters #1}}

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Responding to an SOS from their Beastformer comrades, Chromedome and the Autobot Headmasters headed to planet Beast and split up into two teams to search. Chromedome and Hardhead had the misfortune to stumble into the clutches of [[Reproganmar|some energy-draining vines]], but were cut free by [[Kane]], the Beastformers' human ally. Kane led them to the Decepticon camp, where Brainstorm and Highbrow had been taken prisoner, and proceeded to create a distraction that allowed the two captive Autobots to break free. Kane was then pursued by the Decepticon Headmasters, but Chromedome's team followed them, and took the villains out. {{storylink|Great Decisive Battle of Planet Beast!}}

Investigating news of a Decepticon attack on an energy plant in Alaska, Chromedome and the Headmasters were caught by surprise by the Decepticon Headmasters, and prevented from combining with their Transtectors. At first they were forced to flee from the Decepticons' bestial Transtectors, but soon, they were able to execute a "Southern Cross Jump" that carried them over the Decepticons' heads and allowed them to reconnect with their bodies. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 2|The Headmasters #2}} Later, Chromedome's team went to Earth with the Trainbots to look into reports of the Decepticons stealing energy under the sea, and foiled their plan by destroying their robot squid through teamwork. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 3|The Headmasters #3}} Unfortunately, they had less success when they tried to stop Sixshot from stealing a capsule of emergency food rations, as the Decepticon ninja disappeared in a flash of smoke. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 4|The Headmasters #4}}

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On an unknown alien world, Chromedome and Daniel discovered the legendary weapon known as the "[[Charge Arrow]]", and Chromedome felt that with its power in his hands, he could become the greatest warrior in the universe. [[Apeface]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] then attacked, and when Chromedome attempted to use the Charge Arrow on them, he discovered he was not worthy enough to control its fabled energies. Knocked unconscious by the Horrorcons' attack, Chromedome had a vision of his Transtector telling him that he was worthy, if only he believed it. Awakening to see the two Decepticons' advancing on Daniel, Chromedome sprang into action, and, fuelled by the need to save his friend, successfully fired the Charge Arrow, frying the Horrocons. When Daniel inquired if he regretted using up the one-shot weapon, Chromedome replied that a warrior is not defined by his weapon. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 5|The Headmasters #5}}

Chromedome and the Headmasters were handing out Christmas presents at a Japanese children's hospital when the Decepticon Headmasters attacked. Chromedome had the Trainbots get as many patients to safety as possible before he and the Headmasters unleashed their "Hell's Great Wheel" attack, sending their enemies whirling off into the sky. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 6|The Headmasters #6}} Not long after, on New Year's Day, Chromedome, Daniel and the Autobots' two newest Targetmasters, [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]] and [[Artfire (Headmasters)|Artfire]], responded to a raging fire in [[Shinjuku]]. They were suddenly attacked by the Decepticon Targetmasters, who had started the fire, and were unable to fight back because they were focused on saving lives. Once Fortress Maximus put out the fire by dumping water on it from above, however, Chromedome and his allies were freed up to turn all their firepower on the Decepticons, sending them packing. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 7|The Headmasters #7}}

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Soon after the Decepticons' defeat at the North Pole, but before the Autobots' departed the planet, Chromedome gathered with Wheelie, Spike, Daniel and [[Carly]] to say goodbye. The tearful farewell was interrupted by the arrival of [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundblaster]], who had been ordered to stay behind on the planet by Scorponok. Chromedome attempted to attack him, but Soundblaster deployed [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]] and [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]] to hold the Witwickys hostage and prevent Chromedome from making a move. It was Daniel who saved the day by leaping on Slugfest and covering his eyes, causing him to run into Overkill, and freeing up Chromedome to hurl Soundblaster over the horizon with his "Master Chrome Hurricane" technique. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8|The Headmasters #8}}
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====''Super-God Masterforce Master File''====
Following the expulsion of the Decepticons from Earth after the battle at the North Pole, the Transformers' war shifted into a series of space-based exchanges between the planet Athenia and Chaar known as the [[Master Wars]]. Chromedome and his fellow Headmasters had further training under the tutelage of Pointblank and the Targetmasters, and grew into mature warriors, who went on to help train the next generation of [[Autobot Master Warrior]]s.

With the space bridge destroyed, travel between Athenia and Earth became severely limited, and so, when news of a [[Devil Z|new Decepticon threat]] rising on Earth reached the Autobots in space from [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]] on Earth, it proved difficult to spare any troops. This need fostered another scientific leap: the scientists of Master developed the [[Master-Brace|Masterforce system]], which would allow human beings to bond with Transtectors and defend Earth while the Autobots continued to fight in space. Chromedome participated in the project, and arranged for six Transtectors and six sets of [[Master-Brace]]s to be sent to Earth on a transport ship. Unfortunately, the ship was intercepted by the Decepticons in transit, and half its cargo was stolen, leading to the birth of [[Headmaster Junior]]s on both the Autobot and Decepticon side. {{storylink|Master File No, 1}}

{{note|Following the end of the ''Headmasters'' franchise, Japanese cartoon continuity branches off in two separate directions. One version of the story is told through the ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' cartoon, the other is told through the ''Masterforce'' [[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (manga)|manga]]. Chromedome plays much the same role in both, but gets up to a bit more in the manga.}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon====
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{{voiceactor|[[Hideyuki Hori]] (Japanese)|[[Rik Thomas]] (English, Omni Productions dub)}}

After giving the Transtectors to the three human children, [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]], [[Cab]] and [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]], transforming them into the Autobots' new Headmaster Junior warriors, Metalhawk informed them of Chromedome's role in their new powers. Shūta had heard his [[Professor Gō|father]] speak of Chromedome before and expressed a desire to meet him, so Metalhawk played a recorded message that Chromedome had sent them. Evidently recorded in the middle of battle, the short but sweet missive had Chromedome inform them that fighting was only worsening out in space, and that he hoped they would all fight their hardest on Earth as well. The Headmasters Juniors all thought Chromedome was cool, and vowed not to let him down. {{storylink|Birth! Headmaster Jrs}}
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====''Super-God Masterforce'' manga====
Cajoled by Shūta, Cab and Minerva into allowing them to become Headmaster Juniors, Metalhawk explained to them the origins of the Transtectors and Master-Braces, and Chromedome's role in the process, before giving them to the kids. {{storylink|Headmaster Jrs Are Born}}

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The Headmaster Juniors later got a chance to meet Chromedome in person when they and Ginrai were brought by the Trainbots to Athenia, so that Ginrai could be appointed [[Supreme Commander]] of all Autobots. After the ceremony, Fortress headed back to Master, and Chromedome was left in charge of Athenia, only for the Decepticons to attack during the night. Chromedome was quick into battle, but he and [[Raiden (Headmasters)|Raiden]] were cut down by a blast from the Decepticon combiner [[Scramble 7]] even quicker. Ginrai was able to end the threat, but the battle only proved that the Decepticons on Earth had joined forces with the Decepticons in space, and so the Autobots elected to do the same to better combat their enemies. {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The United Earth-Space Troops}} Soon after, when the space-based Decepticon commander [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] began heading for Earth, Chromedome, his fellow Headmasters, Raiden and [[Grand Maximus]] all gave chase. Chromedome was no match for the mighty Decepticon, however, and was beaten back, unable to stop his advance on the planet. As soon as BlackZarak reached Earth, however, Ginrai was able to trick both him and the Earth-based Decepticon leader [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] into injuring each other, and Chromedome and his allies cheered for Ginrai's success. {{storylink|God Ginrai's Amazing Super-God Combination!}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===

During a period when the Autobots on Nebulos were low on lubricant, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] dispatched [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] and Chromedome to search for a legendary lost lake of oil. They searched a possible valley with their Headmaster partners, but [[Stylor]] reported back with no luck. Looking for [[Duros]]'s return, Chromedome transformed into his headless [[robot mode]] to get a better view across the plains. When Duros returned with a clear signal on his geo-sensors, the Headmasters traced the spot. Hardhead used sonic shell as a non-inflammatory means of drilling down to the reservoir. Duros and Stylor entered the tunnel and found a vast source of oil for the Autobots to claim. {{storylink|Autobots Strike Oil}}

===Toy pack-in material===
When Optimus became stranded on Cybertron's hemisphere of darkness with his memory damaged, Chromedome joined a small strike force of Autobots called H.O.P.E. ([[Help Optimus Prime Escape]]) to retrieve him. {{Storylink|Optimus Prime Is Back}}
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===''United''===
Like the other Headmasters and Targetmasters, Chromedome was fine when a [[nano-virus]] struck the Autobots at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], incapacitating them. Because of their immunity, a team made up of him, [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]], [[Artfire (Headmasters)|Artfire]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] were sent to Nebulos to recover an antidote crafted by the Nebulan scientist [[Zella]].

As the team arrived on Nebulos, an army of Decepticons led by [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] erupted from an inter-dimensional portal and attacked them, revealing that the nano-virus was part of a larger plot to draw out the Headmasters and Targetmasters and steal their Nebulan partners. By concentrating their fire on Straxus, Chromedome, Artfire and Kup defeated him and drove the Decepticons away, allowing Autobots to gather the antidote and cure their comrades. {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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[[File:MTMTE9 early Chromedome.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|In addition to neuroscience, his other interests include funny cat GIFs and [[Sherlock Holmes|Sherlock]] slashfic.]]

Chromedome was [[Reproduction|constructed cold]] and originally went by the name '''Tumbler'''. {{storylink|Remembrance Day}} {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|The Fecund Moon}}

Before the [[Great War (G1)|war]], during the days of the [[Clampdown (event)|Clampdown]], Tumbler was a mechaforensic scientist in the police force. The poor bugger was nicknamed "Unlucky" because he had to work with [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]], the most anal, full-autopsy loving officer of all time. Despite Prowl's Prowlness, the two had an ambiguous, more-than-partners relationship (see Notes). Tumbler had a strong interest in [[mnemosurgery]], the science of hacking into Transformer minds and "reading" their memories, and was fascinated by the conspiracy theories of the [[Institute]], a supposed secret group used by the authorities to brainwash dissidents.

Tumbler and Prowl investigated the assassination of [[Sherma|Senator Sherma]], whose corpse had been marked with a Decepticon insignia, and backtracked his whereabouts to the posh [[Translucentica Heights]]. Unfortunately, the killer had struck again before they arrived, murdering a second senator! {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} Tumbler to attempted to chase down a suspect, who perished in a fiery crash. Investigating the second victim's home, the two police 'bots learned from the warden [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] that the senator, [[Momus]] was secretly a Decepticon. The group were suddenly set upon a second attacker, but were saved by the timely arrival of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]], a fellow law enforcement officer. Pax had learned from his senator friend, [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] that Sherma was also a secret Decepticon sympathizer, making it clear that the murders being committed ''against'' Decepticons, rather than ''by'' them.

Pax was able to identify that the killers had been using borrowed bodies, so Prowl and Tumbler set out to investigate the nearest [[Relinquishment Clinic]], passing a Decepticon protest along the way. Although innocuous at first glance, the pair eventually found a secret facility beneath the clinic Tumbler believed to be the Institute. Along with proof that the killers had indeed been using borrowed bodies, Tumbler also discovered a list of citizens organized by threat level. Meeting back up in [[Rodion]], Orion Pax was able to use the list and other evidence he'd gathered to realize the true plot in motion: the Senate had arranged for the pro-Decepticon senators' murders so that the swift solving of the crimes would boost Decepticon faith in the Senate, increasing the turn-out for the recently created [[Decepticon Registration Act]]. The Senate then planned to detonate a bomb at the late [[Nominus Prime]]'s memorial service, hidden inside a fake [[Matrix of Leadership]], and blame it on the Decepticons, giving them an excuse to use the Registration Act list, found by Tumbler, to round up and brainwash the dissidents. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}}

With a plan to stop the bomb plot in place, Tumbler borrowed a replica Matrix from police armorer [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]], to be switched by Pax for the Matrix-bomb. At a concerned Prowl's insistence, Tumbler was left behind during the 'heist' to switch the Matrix, and was instead assigned to guard Shockwave with Pax's colleague [[Roller (IDW)|Roller]] at a safehouse. Unfortunately, the safehouse was attacked by Senate thugs, and whilst Pax arrived back there in time, he was forced to allow the enforcers to take Shockwave in return for Roller's life. Tumbler quickly led Pax to the Institute facility he had found with Prowl, only to find it deserted. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}}

[[File:BeforeandAfter-TheWorseTheDeath.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Everyone calls me Chromedome, but my real name is MySpace -- wait, wait, no."]]

In the aftermath of the full-scale Decepticon rebellion, the new Prime, [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta]], moved the Institute to a new, remote location, "rebranding" it as the 'New Institute'. Knowing of Tumbler's interest in neuroscience through Prowl, Zeta recruited the forensics officer as an apprentice cerebroscientist under [[Trepan]]. Working at the New Institute, he acquired the nickname "Chromedome" in reference to his prodigious skills as a mnemosurgeon and lobotomist, which he would eventually adopt as his regular name. When [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] located and attacked the facility, Chromedome was in the middle of a procedure on the Decepticon [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], but was interrupted by a blast through his midsection. Luckily, the medic [[Pharma (G1)|Pharma]] was on hand to save the mnemosurgeon's life. {{storylink|Remembrance Day}}

Over time, after the war had begun proper, Chromedome came to resent his mnenosurgical abilities and became cynical over their use. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}} Many things he had to do during wartime were things that, in hindsight, he would regret. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|How to Say Goodbye and Mean It}} Eventually, Chromedome was on the verge of suicide due to the immense burden of his abilities and the terrible side-effects they had on his own mental health. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}} It was then, at his lowest point, that he went to a repurposed Relinquishment Clinic to end it, but found [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] searching fruitlessly for [[Dominus Ambus]]. {{storylink|Before & After}} He formed a deep friendship with the diminutive archivist. Chromedome credited Rewind's optimism and caring nature as having saved his life, and the two were nearly inseparable since. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}} Indeed, [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] has been known to claim them as being "closer than [[Rack'n'Ruin]]" {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|Hangers On}} and Rewind had named Chromedome as his [[Conjunx Endura]]. {{storylink|Before & After}}

[[File:Brainstorm Chromedome infodump.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.55|A little known earlier detonation of the [[Metafictional bomb|meta bomb]].]]
Chromedome was stationed at [[Kimia Facility]] when [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] and the [[Sweep]]s invaded. {{storylink|Chaos Part One: Lamentations|Lamentations}} He survived and managed to escape before the facility's destruction, leaving in an escape pod together with Brainstorm and a number of other Autobots. They were soon rescued by, as he put it, [[Arcee (G1)|a psychopath in pink armor]], and made a joke at Swerve's expense. {{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings|Kings}}

As Arcee told the survivors about [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] and [[D-Void]]'s master plan to bring the [[Dead Universe]] into the actual universe, Chromedome and Brainstorm felt a bit overwhelmed by the massive "info dump" and wondered if other species ever had to worry about saving the universe. {{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis|Genesis}}

[[File:Chromedome Prowl RemembranceDay.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|One prick deserves another...or five.]]

Weeks later, after D-Void's threat had ended and Cybertron had been reborn, Prowl summoned Chromedome and revealed to him that Overlord, recently defeated and captured by the [[Wrecker]]s, had not in fact had his spark removed and imprisoned, as the official story had claimed. Instead, he had been rebuilt, as part of an initiative by Prowl to uncover the secret to the immense power and endurance of Overlord and the other [[Phase Sixer]]s. With interrogation and the gift of a new body ineffective in making the Decepticon prisoner talk, Chromedome's former partner now sought for him to interface with Overlord and find the secret in his memories, a complex procedure that would be highly dangerous to the mnemosurgeon. When Chromedome refused, not wanting to break his promise to Rewind to stop interfacing, Prowl attempted to blackmail him with an unsavoury secret from the mnemosurgeon's past. Desperate to avoid Rewind learning this story, Chromedome attacked Prowl and forcibly interfaced with him, erasing from his old friend's memory both the blackmail threat and the knowledge that let him make it. He subsequently left the office, telling Prowl, oblivious to his attack, that he'd consider the proposal to work on Overlord. {{storylink|Remembrance Day}}

[[File:Chromedome Prowl Liars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|left|"And another thing! You ''deserved'' that memory wi- aaah... I mean, what memory wipe?"]]

After Optimus Prime's subsequent appearance and departure from Cybertron, Chromedome chose to join the [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]]'s crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'', alongside Rewind. Prowl, angry with this decision, tried to persuade him to stay, noting that Chromedome was "gifted" and his talents were still required on Cybertron, with the plan regarding Overlord left unspoken due to Rewind's presence. Eventually, realizing he wouldn't get anywhere with the argument, Chromedome gave up left with Rewind, leaving Prowl to fume alone in his office.

Not long afterwards, Chromedome, Rewind, and [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]] were headed to the ''Lost Light'', with Chromedome verbally jabbing at Rewind's impractical [[Alternate mode|alt mode]] along the way. Suddenly, a fight between [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] crossed their paths, as well as [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]], who had just escaped being trapped underground for six million years. Chromedome helped Tailgate out of the ground, but the small Cybertronian fainted when he saw that his escape had accidentally injured Whirl. Chromedome and the rest decided to take both Whirl and Tailgate aboard ''Lost Light'' for repairs. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|How to Say Goodbye and Mean It}}

After the ''Lost Light'' suffered a premature [[quantum jump]] and ended up halfway across the galaxy, forty Autobots were sucked out of a hull breach and sent plummeting to the surface of a nearby planetoid. Once the ship had landed there, Chromedome, Rewind, and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] aided in the recovery of missing crew members, pulling the stowaway Cyclonus from a lake. Later, Chromedome and others came across [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], who had also crash-landed on the planet and was being pursued by some unknown [[Legislator|sword-carrying robots]]. After Chromedome removed the "fiddly" [[inhibitor claw]] attached to Skids, the long thought-dead Autobot sprung into action and defeated his one remaining pursuer, much to the amazement of the others. Later, Chromedome was present when Rodimus addressed the crew. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|Hangers On}}

[[File:Chromedome mnemosurgery ChaosOfWarmThings.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|You know, sometime I'd just like games night NOT to end in me sticking my fingers in a corpse.]]
When a [[Sparkeater (creature)|Sparkeater]] was thought to have been let loose aboard the ''Lost Light'', Rodimus asked Chromedome to use his abilities to help identify it. Despite Rewind's reservations, Chromedome complied, hacking into [[Shock (G1)|Shock]]'s mind to see the deceased Autobot's last memories. They did indeed tell of a violent attack by a Sparkeater, and Chromedome recoiled in pain and collapsed. After Chromedome recovered, he described the Sparkeater's appearance to the others. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}} After the Sparkeater business had been resolved, Chromedome enjoyed a drink with Rewind and a tipsy Skids in [[Swerve's|Swerve's new bar]]. {{storylink|Life After the Big Bang}} Curious about Skids' ever-present handgun (and the mental block which seemingly kept Skids from remembering it), Chromedome swiped the gun at the bar and turned it over to Brainstorm for analysis. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement}}

Days later, over another round of drinks, Chromedome demonstrated his talent of being able to identify someone by the sound of their transformation alone. He offered some sympathy to Tailgate over the latter's studying under Ultra Magnus and displayed disgust when Tailgate mentioned trying to invite Cyclonus over to the table. However, the casual atmosphere came to a violent end when a mentally-disturbed Fortress Maximus entered the bar and abruptly shot [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]] at pointblank range. {{storylink|Interiors}}

Chromedome later checked in with Brainstorm to find out what was up with Skids' gun. Brainstorm managed to blow the thing up while examining it, but also named it a "binary gun" after recognizing it could only hold two cartridges. He also noted that its engineering seemed to indicate that the gun came from the Institute. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement}}
[[File:Chromedome mnemosurgery MTMTEAnnual2012.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|Existential angst!]]
Chromedome suffered a brief bout of false recall, where he re-experienced the memory of [[Skyfall (G1)|Skyfall]]'s death- one of the unpleasant side-effects of his mnemosurgeries. He attended Tailgate's Autobot initiation ceremony, and he, Rewind, and Brainstorm placed bets with [[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] as to how long it would take for Rodimus to say "[['Til all are one]]" in his speech. After representatives of the [[Galactic Council]] showed up, Chromedome was among the Autobots teleported to the surface of [[Theophany]] to explore the ruins of [[Crystal City]], which had been subject to some unknown siege and left desolate. They discovered an inert [[Metrotitan (body-type)|Metrotitan]] under the city, and Rodimus ordered Chromedome to hack into the giant's [[brain module]] and read its memories, hoping to discover what happened to Crystal City. While preparing to do so, Chromedome and Skids had a brief chat about their similar outlooks on life and its larger meaning. With a disapproving Rewind looking on, Chromedome hacked into the Metrotitan's memory, and discovered it was still alive. Chromedome collapsed in pain, images torn from the Metrotitan's brain reverberating through his mind, as the giant woke with a start and fired an eye-blast that struck the Galactic Council's ship in orbit. Once recovered, Chromedome explained that the Metrotitan was attempting to will its [[spark]] to leave its body, having barely any power left and being totally paralyzed. Chromedome wanted to attempt to re-enter the Metrotitan's mind, as the glimpses he caught indicated that its memories contained much of the information that they were seeking. With the Galactic Council's troops bearing down on them and the ''Lost Light'' under attack, Rodimus chose to set the Metrotitan free instead of pillaging its mind. After some of its mass was shrunk by Brainstorm, the Metrotitan had enough power to teleport the Autobots back to their ship, and the ''Lost Light'' quantum-jumped to safety. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}}

Days later Skids, inspired by his discussion with Chromedome in Crystal City, wanted to let the mnemosurgeon unlock his missing memories. Chromedome admitted that he himself was curious about the mystery of Skids' past and agreed to do it. After hacking into Skids' mind, Chromedome discovered the memories of the year prior to Skids' joining the crew of the ''Lost Light'' had been replaced by an imperative to escape. Chromedome dug deeper and found the erased memories still locked inside Skids' head, but once he caught a glimpse of them, he quickly withdrew. Chromedome told Skids that the buried memories were so horrifying and traumatic that it was better for everyone, Skids himself included, that they never resurface. Skids reluctantly agreed, but asked Chromedome about a piece of music he kept hearing in his head. Chromedome admitted that he heard it in there too, identified it as "[[The Empyrean Suite]]", and prayed that Skids would never come to understand its significance. {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}}

In order to restore the recovering [[Rung (G1)|Rung]]'s mind, Chromedome and others were assembled by Rewind to tell a story from the Clampdown era. Chromedome explained to the others that the story would help reestablish critical neural connections in Rung's brain. He started off the story, but he and Rewind got briefly distracted trying to figure out how many times Prowl had flipped a table over in their presence. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} By the end of the story, the ship's alarms were sounding, and Chromedome scrambled for battle stations with the others. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}}

[[File:BeforeandAfter-SilentTreatment.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Not "''like'' an old married couple," they literally ''are'' an old married couple.]]

As they headed to [[Temptoria]] in the ''[[Leading Light]]'', Chromedome and Rewind argued over the latter's insistence of joining them in battle, despite being technically exempt from combat. Though Chromedome enthusiastically took part in the battle on Temptoria against a small force of Decepticons, when he returned to the shuttle, he found that Rewind had been gravely injured in an explosion. Back on the ''Lost Light'', [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] talked Chromedome into performing a jumpstart on Rewind to save the smaller 'Bot's spark. While waiting to hear if the procedure had worked or not, Chromedome got to chatting with Tailgate about how he and Rewind had met, of Rewind’s lost “master”, (a progressive ‘Bot by the name of [[Dominus Ambus]]). Rewind had never stopped looking for the missing Ambus and even made Chromedome promise to continue the search if anything ever happened to him.

The jumpstart procedure failed, as Chromedome's own spark was "low yield". Sent to his quarters to recharge, an emotionally vulnerable Chromedome spoke to Brainstorm through his door. Brainstorm offered to show him something in the basement that would give the Autobots an advantage and prevent any more tragedies like Rewind's from ever happening again. Before Chromedome could answer, however, First Aid contacted him with the news that Whirl had a compatible spark to be used to save Rewind. A happy reunion ensued. {{storylink|Before & After}}

Despite this, Chromedome met with Brainstorm and Drift and learned the secret of Overlord's presence on the ''Lost Light''. Despite his previous refusal to Prowl, the fresh memory of Rewind's near-death was enough for Chromedome to agree to use his talents on the Decepticon, in the hope that "Autobot Phase Sixers" could prevent any such tragedies from happening again. Over the next several days, Chromedome visited Overlord in the [[slow cell]] multiple times, acclimating himself to the Decepticon's mental architecture. As a safeguard in the event of Overlord's escape, he subtly altered the Decepticon's memories so as to make him associate the phrase "'til all are one!" with defeat in combat, knowing that Rodimus would undoubtedly say this in a battle. {{storylink|Under Cold Blue Stars}} In-between visits to Overlord, Chromedome took time to be interviewed for Rewind's documentary about life on the ''Lost Light''. {{storylink|Little Victories}}

[[File:RemembranceDay-Chromedome.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|This is something Rung would also call "a super bad idea."]]

Feeling bold, Chromedome began visiting Overlord's cell without informing his co-conspirators in advance, and confronted Overlord directly in his memories. He compelled Overlord to lead him through his memories to the [[Foundry]], when [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]], [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]], and [[Rossum]] used [[ununtrium]] to reinforce his endoskeleton and transform him into one of the [[Warriors Elite]]. Although Chromedome found his answers, he was taken unawares by Overlord also having mnemosurgical training, allowing the Decepticon to loop them through a shared memory and take control of the mental environment. With Chromedome helpless, Overlord browsed through the Autobot's memories at will until he found the security codes to unlock the slow cell. With this, Overlord escaped, taunting a weakened Chromedome with the knowledge that the five seconds it would take him to cross the cell in pursuit would equal thirty minutes of killin' time for Overlord aboard the ship. {{storylink|Remembrance Day}}

Sure enough, Chromedome exited the slow cell into chaos, as the crew of the ''Lost Light'' battled vainly against the superwarrior. Luckily, a true-to-form Rodimus uttered his catch phrase, causing a sudden nervous attack in Overlord which gave Fortress Maximus an opening to overpower the Decepticon. Per Drift's back-up plan, Overlord was forced back into the slow cell, which was readied to eject into space. Tragically, one of Drift's [[sword]]s, stolen during the battle, blocked the cell door open, and heroically Rewind climbed inside the cell to remove the blade. Once he did, the door closed automatically, severing Chromedome's left arm and trapping Rewind inside with Overlord. Desperately speaking some final words to his partner (which Rewind could not hear through the door), Chromedome watched helplessly as the cell was jettisoned. Unwilling to leave Rewind to Overlord's tender mercies, Chromedome personally manned the weapons array of the ''Lost Light'' and blew the slow cell to pieces, apparently killing Rewind in the process. {{storylink|Under Cold Blue Stars}}

[[File:TheGloaming-iloveyou.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|I love you too, guys!]]
As Rewind and the other victims were laid to rest, Chromedome seemed to hold together remarkably. Only Brainstorm knew what was really going on in his friend's head, and confronted Chromedome in his suite after the funeral. Brainstorm tried to remind Domey of his other Conjunx Endura over the years -- [[Mach]], [[Pivot]], [[Scattergun]] -- each of whom Chromedome forcibly removed from his own memories using mnemosurgery once they died, as he couldn't cope with the loss. Brainstorm pleaded with Chromedome not to do it again, and honor Rewind by remembering him. He passed on a final message from Rewind, a memory stick the little bot threw through the cell door as it was closing. These final words and expression of love from Rewind were enough to stop Chromedome from injecting and convince him to hold onto the memory of his lost love. {{storylink|The Gloaming}}

[[File:RemainInLight2-ChromedomeAltMode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left]]

Shortly afterwards, Chromedome visited Ratchet in the medibay for reconstruction of his left arm. As he entered, a [[cybercrosis|panicked]] Tailgate barged past him. Before work on the arm was complete, the ''Lost Light'', pursuing the missing Ultra Magnus, arrived at a vast portal in space, and Chromedome watched from the observation deck. Beyond the portal was the long lost [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]], and the mnemosurgeon was recruited by Rodimus for the landing party. The group descended, though not before Chromedome promised Skids to search for answers regarding his amnesia, and on the moon's surface they found an active hot spot of gestating [[spark]]s. Before long, however, the party was set upon by [[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]] and his cadre of [[Titan Hunters]], {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|The Fecund Moon}} forcing them to flee into a nearby [[Metrotitan (body-type)|Metrotitan]] "graveyard". Their flight was futile, and the entire group was soon captured, whereupon their gracious host was revealed as [[Tyrest (G1)|Tyrest]], who accused them of crimes against creation. On the way to their cell, Chromedome noticed an apparently immobile Ultra Magnus. The landing party quickly got to chatting with their new cellmate, who revealed himself to be [[Minimus Ambus]], spark brother of Rewind's lost friend [[Dominus Ambus]]. Even though they were all locked up at the behest of Tyrest, Chromedome didn't share Tailgate's impatience to escape their shared prison cell. He quickly chastised the [[Minibot]] for calling him "Domey", the personal nickname that Rewind once used. The group stewed in their prison for some time until an observant Rung deduced something from Minimus's mannerisms—that their cellmate was none other than Ultra Magnus! {{storylink|Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|House of Ambus}}

Chromedome listened intently to Minimus' explanation with the others, learning the secret of the [[Magnus Armor]]. When Skids and Swerve were teleported into their holding cell and Skids was revealed by Minimus to be considered a criminal, Chromedome assumed it had something to do with the "binary gun" the theoretician had been carrying. When Tyrest's enforcer [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] introduced them to another new cellmate, Chromedome revealed to Skids that he had read his memories wrong. What he had thought was a buried imperative in Skids' mind to "escape", was actually a name- the name of their new cellmate, [[Getaway]]! {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}}

Getaway explained things to Chromedome and the others, formally identifying the binary gun as a [[nudge gun]]. With Getaway's help, Chromedome was able to connect the dots and understand the gaps in Skids' memory. Once everyone found out that Tyrest had gone mad and needed to be stopped, Getaway asked for donated parts from his cellmates to escape their prison. For his part, Chromedome gave Getaway the syringes from his fingers, allowing the escapist to take down the Legislator guarding them. The group armed-up and headed to Tyrest's control room for a confrontation. Unfortunately, the Chief Justice was prepared for them, activating a weapon that paralyzed the Autobots. Tyrest then turned on his [[universal killswitch]], a device intended to kill any Transformers that were [[Reproduction|constructed cold]]. Having been so, Chromedome began dying slowly and painfully. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}} Ultimately, the killswitch was deactivated and Tyrest's plans foiled. In the aftermath, Chromedome visited a dying Tailgate, whose [[cybercrosis]] was in its final stages. Noting Cyclonus' bedside vigil, Chromedome respectfully departed to let the two say their goodbyes. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}}

After Orion Pax arrived aboard the ''Lost Light'', Chromedome attended the welcome party at Swerve's. {{storylink|Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Black Metal}} He took part in the underwater battle on [[Hydrophena]], defending [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] against the [[Ammonite]] forces, {{storylink|Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|Into the Abyss}} {{storylink|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|The Dead Are Not Enough}} and was teleported along with the rest ''Lost Light'' to Cybertron after they managed to get the titan's space bridge in working order. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} Crash-landing on the planet's surface, Chromedome disembarked with the rest of the crew and fought in the massive battle against their Ammonite attackers and the undead [[Necrotitan]]. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9}}

In the aftermath of the Necrotitan's defeat, Ultra Magnus tried to convince Chromedome to read Metroplex's mind, a request the mnemosurgeon rebuffed. Feeling depressed, he went to ruminate atop a cliff on the outskirts of New Iacon, where Prowl found him. A bitter argument erupted between the two, with Prowl blaming Chromedome's earlier mnemosurgery on him for leaving his mind vulnerable to [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]'s control, and Chromedome faulting Prowl for smuggling Overlord aboard the ''Lost Light''. Rage overcame Chromedome when Prowl expressed pleasure that this had indirectly led to Rewind's death, and he attacked the police-bot, hurling him off a cliff and pummeling him until Ultra Magnus intervened. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} However, the altercation was cut short by 70 billion more of Shockwave's Ammonites, who Chromedome engaged on the ground alongside Whirl and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}

In an attempt to expedite Megatron's trial, Optimus Prime attempted to have him let Chromedome extract his memories for use in court, which the former Decepticon leader vehemently refused to allow, citing his fear that the extraction might be used as a cover for [[Shadowplay]]. After watching the trial play out, Chromedome rejoined the ''Lost Light'' expedition, but eventually fell into a deep depression, shutting himself away in his habitation suite and listening to Rewind's final message over and over in the dark, much to the concern of his friends. Chromedome was startled into action, however, when the last words of his lover's message suddenly changed into an agonized scream. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} Deeply perturbed, he sought out [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] for some answers, and while initially angered by the detective's skeptcism, the appearance of Rewind's apparent ghost galvanized Nightbeat into action. The two returned to Nightbeat's quarters to gather more detective equipment, where Chromedome voiced his belief that he was probably being punished for not continuing to search for Dominus Ambus, but their conjecture was interrupted by the discovery that the outside wall of Nightbeat's hab suite had just... disappeared. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|Words Hang in the Air}}

When it turned out that the ship was slowly and inexplicably vanishing, Chromedome evacuated on the [[Rodpod]]. He eventually disappeared along with all of the other original crew members. {{storylink|Twenty Plus One}}

As it turned out, a second Lost Light was created as a result of the quantum engine failure. This duplicate stayed on the right heading but was destroyed by the [[Decepticon Justice Division|DJD]]. The Chromedome on this alternate ship refused to wipe his memories of Rewind even after being threatened by the DJD, so [[Vos (DJD)|the DJD member Vos]] snapped off his finger-needles and stabbed them into his head.
Once the sole surviving member of the duplicate Lost Light's crew (Rewind) reset the quantum engines, the Lost Light and its original crew members began to return. Chromedome, once he returned, was immediately given a set of magna-clamps by Skids and told to go to the outside of the ship. Out there, he sees Rewind, sitting on the ledge. The two sit side-by-side for a while, and then embrace. {{storylink|slaughterhouse Part 2: The Road Not Taken}}

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===Timelines===
[[File:Timeless-EjectChromedomeStylor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
Long ago on Cybertron, Chromedome served in the Autobot Police and harbored an interest in the field of mnemosurgery. Over time, he was able to use his highly decorated partner Prowl's status to pursue this interest, developing the ability to extract information directly from a suspect's mind. However, as time passed, Chromedome found himself called upon not only to read minds, but rewrite them, altering a subject's memories and personality. Seeking to escape the burden of these duties, he buried his past and his talents. Eventually, though, he would come to meet Rewind, another Autobot with an interest in memories. Though it took some time, Chromedome eventually let the smaller Autobot into his life. {{storylink|#Timelines|''Timelines'' Chromedome bio card}}

Some time later, Chromedome and Rewind would become crew-members of the ''Lost Light'', and, along with [[Stylor]] and ex-Decepticon mercenary [[Treadshot (G1)|Treadshot]], formed the Intelligence and Notable Surreptitious Information Recovery Team, a group tasked with uncovering any mysteries that might threaten the ship's quest to find the Knights of Cybertron. {{storylink|Intelligence and Notable Surreptitious Information Recovery Team|INSIRT Tech Spec}} INSIRT's duties took them to the [[Vestigial Cortical Complex]], a Decepticon memory storage facility that Rewind became very excited about. After they located the facility, an impatient Treadshot made a door by way of explosion, allowing Chromedome, Rewind and Stylor to file inside. {{storylink|Timeless}}

At some point Rewind died, and [[Brainstorm]] set Chromedome up on a date with [[Eject (G1)|Eject]]. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #27|Recordicons #27}}
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===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
In a dream, [[Brainstorm]] told [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] the story about how he and his comrades, including Chrome, left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to escape the war and settled on [[Master (planet)|Master]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Business Trip Edition Vol. 9}} Brainstorm was later telling Rattrap that he'd gotten a new body since his previous adventures, angering the nearby Chromedome who found it unfair that only ''he'' got an upgrade and accused him of ruining the [[Head Formation|Cross-Head On]]. [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] tried to calm him down by saying they needed all the power they could get since [[Scorponok (G1)|MegaZarak]] might get resurrected, but this didn't appease Chromedome who retorted that that just means they should ''all'' get upgrades. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#Brainstorm Chapter|Brainstorm Chapter Part 1}} He was surprised when Brainstorm had lost his new body and watched him take it back from a thieving Rattrap, comparing the flip-down [[Tech Spec]] plate used to catch Rattrap to a mousetrap. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#Brainstorm Chapter|Brainstorm Chapter Part 2}}

==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Commercial chromedome removes head.jpg|left|thumb]]

*In the commercial for the ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]]'' comic book, Chromedome is seen arriving on Nebulos with the other Autobots and surrendering to the native Nebulons, before removing his head (see [[#Notes|notes]]) and allowing one to fuse with it. In-keeping with Western fiction's tendency to overlook Chromedome, he then proceeds to vanish from the commercial, as the other three Autobot Headmasters get all the screen time.
*In the Autobot Headmasters commercial, Stylor boards Chromedome, and along with the other Headmasters, they speed out of their hangar onto a roadway, where the Decepticon Headmasters are running straight for them. Chromedome gets the spotlight as he transforms to [[robot mode]], and a fight breaks out, during which Chromedome grapples with Weirdwolf.
*A stone sculpture of Chromedome appeared in the Decepticon Headmasters commercial, where it was savaged by Weirdwolf as part of his training.
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==Games==
===''Transformers: The Headmasters''===
[[File:HeadmastersGame-ChromedomeSprites.png|frame]]
When the Decepticons kidnapped his fellow Autobots, Chromedome was left alone to rescue his teammates and stand against the forces of evil. He fought his way through many foes on three separate planets, rescuing [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]], [[Brainstorm]], [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] before they all joined [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] in the finale battle against [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|Transformers: The Headmasters}}

{{Note|Chromedome is the only Autobot available for play from the beginning of the game. Other characters become available as the game progresses. His [[robot mode]] sprite not only uses the same pixel layout as the other playable characters except Fortress, but is identical in colour to Rodimus.}}

===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{voiceactor|[[Russ Veillard]] (English)}}

====Autobot story====
{{Note|Chromedome was available as a playable character in the Autobot campaign during the second playthrough.}}

====Decepticon story====
As the Decepticons searched a recently unearthed dig site for the [[Gem of Mystery]], they were confronted by Chromedome. Chromedome was soon defeated by the Decepticons, but taunted them with the knowledge that they couldn't proceed further without the proper key.

Later, at [[ELTA]], Chromedome and [[Brainstorm]] joined forces to battle the Decepticons again, to no avail. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
When the Decepticons aimed to get hold of the [[Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber]], Chromedome and his fellow Headmasters made off with it but soon crashed on Earth. They were aided by the [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]], who patched them up and helped them fight off [[Apeface]] and [[Skullcruncher]]. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Earth Defense Command}}
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsChromedome.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Despite wielding a gun, I'll attack with my sword!]]
Chromedome participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1toy chromedome.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Chromedome''' w/ '''Stylor''' (1987)
** ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-101'''
** ''Accessories:'' "Stylor" Headmaster driver, 2 laser guns

:Chromedome transforms into a brown, cream and red Cybertronic sports car. He is armed with two non-firing laser rifles which mount on his roof in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], although the rifles must be removed in order to open the figure's hinged cockpit, in which his Headmaster partner Stylor can sit.

:In [[robot mode]], like all Headmasters, Chromedome features a flip-down panel on his chest that covers a mini [[Tech Spec]] meter displaying ratings for Speed, Strength and Intelligence. The tumblers of this meter are activated when Stylor is transformed into head mode and inserted into Chromedome's neck socket. Chromedome's body can accommodate other Headmaster heads, and his meter will display different stats accordingly. As with [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]], Chromedome is surprisingly tall in robot mode due to how he transforms, coming in roughly 5mm shorter than Hardhead and well over a full head taller than [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] and [[Brainstorm]].

:A [[redeco]] of Chromedome as [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] was proposed during Generation 1, but never produced.

::*''[http://tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Chromedome/chromedome.htm More information on Chromedome at TFU.info]

===Transform Jr===
[[File:Tfjr chromedome.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Not to be confused with Chromedome Sr.]]
*'''Chromedome''' (1987)
** ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-101'''
**''Accessories:'' 2-piece "Chrome" Headmaster unit, laser gun

:The ''Transform Jr'' version of Chromedome simplifies the original toy. The transformation scheme remains the same, but Chromedome's cockpit no longer opens, so his Headmaster unit has nowhere to store. Additionally, the Headmaster unit does not really ''transform'' into a head; you simply remove its legs and set them aside. Chromedome's [[Tech Spec]] meter lacks the functionality of the larger toy, featuring only a permanent, non-moving readout, and he also has only one gun instead of two. But on the very cool plus side, his hood is now made of [[die-cast]] metal!

::*''[http://www.cliffbee.com/reviews/chromedomejr.php More information on Transform Jr Chromedome at Cliffbee.com]''
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*'''Cybertron Leader Set''' (1987)
**''Accessories:'' 2-piece Headmaster unit, laser gun
:The ''Transform Jr'' version of Chromedome was also sold in a two-pack with a vinyl figurine of [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|Rodimus Prime]]. The set also included a small, die-cast metal figure of Metroplex.
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[[File:Transformjr hero set.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''3 Hero Set''' (1987)
**''Accessories:'' 2-piece Headmaster unit, laser gun

:''Transform Jr'' Chromedome was also available in a "Hero Set" alongside the ''Jr'' versions of Optimus Prime and Fortress Maximus.
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===Timelines===
[[File:Timelinestoy-Chromedome.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Stylor heard that hanging out with ''Prime'' Wheeljack redecoes is the new trend.]]
*'''Chromedome w/ Stylor''' (Deluxe, 2014)
**''TFSS2 number'': '''5'''
**''Accessories'': 2 [[sword]]s, "Stylor" partner

:Part of the 2014 [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service]], Chromedome is a [[redeco]]/[[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Robots in Disguise (2012)|Prime: Robots in Disguise]]'' Deluxe Class [[Wheeljack (Prime)#Prime|Wheeljack]], transforming into a modified [http://www.new-stratos.com/en/#/downloads 2011 Lancia New Stratos Concept]. He sports a new headsculpt designed by [[Nick Roche]], based on his design for Chromedome in the ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' comics. He also comes with his smaller partner [[Stylor#Timelines|Stylor]], who transforms into a crossbow-weapon.

[[File:TCCSS2-Chromedome.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]

:The first mockup depicted Chromedome with a gray head with a blue visor, while his car mode had a third, very large Autobot symbol on his hood. In response to fan input, first the third symbol was removed, and the final production version revealed that the head's colors had been altered to look more like the IDW comic appearance as well.

:This mold was also used to make [[Dead End (WFC)|Dead End]] and [[Wildrider (Prime)|Wildrider]].

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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Caramel===
[[File:Tfcaramel chromedome.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Chromedome''' (1987)

:A soft-rubber figurine of Chromedome was available as part of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Caramel]]'' line of "[[candy toy]]s" in yellow, red or blue. Like all the figures from the ''Headmasters'' assortment, the figure was permanently attached to a flat base that had a rubber stamp of Chromedome's face and name on its underside.
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===Transformers Choco===
[[File:Tfchoco chromedome.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Chromedome''' (1987)
**''Accessories:'' Head, "Chrome" Headmaster figure, laser gun

:Released as part of the ''Headmasters'' assortment of Kabaya's ''[[Transformers Choco]]'' line of small snap-together model kits, this solid-color Chromedome figure is a simplified version of the larger Chromedome toy, featuring only one laser gun, and lacking the Headmaster gimmick. His head does disconnect, but it doesn't transform; instead, he came with a small, non-poseable Chrome Headmaster figure. As with all the ''Transformers Choco'' figures, he was packaged with small candies similar to M&Ms called "Chocolate Dots".
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===Transformers Gum===
[[File:Transformersgum chromedome.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Chromedome''' (1987)
**''Accessories:'' "Chrome" Headmaster unit, 2 laser guns

:Chromedome also had a presence in Kabaya's line of larger model kits, ''[[Transformers Gum]]''. ''Gum'' Chromedome is virtually identical to the original toy in all but height and color, standing at about four inches tall and cast in cream, black and red plastic. He retains all the features of the larger figure, including his transforming Headmaster unit, opening cockpit, and functioning Tech Spec meter. As a ''Transformers Gum'' kit, he featured no paint applications, but came with stickers for detail, and a piece of terrible gum.

::*''[http://bowbowdaijin.blog96.fc2.com/blog-entry-23.html More information on Transformer Gum Chromedome at a Japanese fansite]''
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===TV Magazine coloring contest===
[[File:Chromedome trophy.jpg|thumb|"Puttin' the Chrome in Chromedome!"]]
*'''Chromedome trophy''' (1988)

:100 chromed silver Chromedome trophies, made out of Chromedome toys, were available as prizes in a coloring contest held by [[TV Magazine]] in their February 1988 issue. Entrants had to color in lineart of [[Pointblank (G1)|Pointblank]], but rather than operate on a simple first- and second-place system, the prizes were meted out using different criteria: entries displaying the "most skill" won a gold-chromed Optimus Prime trophy, while those entries showing off the "most imaginative" color schemes would win a Chromedome trophy.

::*''[http://www.allspark.com/content/view/778/37/ More information on the Chromedome trophy at TFPulp]
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===Super Collection Figure===
[[File:Scf chromedome.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Chromedome''' (2001)
**''Accessories:'' Display stand

:A three-inch tall [[plastic|PVC]] figurine of Chromedome was available in the third ''Headmasters''-centric wave of Takara's ''[[Heroes of Cybertron|Super Collection Figure]]'' line. Like all the figures in the wave, it was available in both standard full color figure and colorless clear plastic versions, one of each of which was available in a standard case of twelve [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] figures. Additionally, in two out of every ten cases, the colored version of Chromedome came packaged with the left arm of the wave's collectable Fortress Maximus "build-a-figure".

::*''[http://tfu.info/2001/Cybertron/Chromedome/chromedome.htm More information on Super Collection Figure Chromedome at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://tfu.info/2001/Cybertron/ClearChromedome/chromedome.htm More information on clear Super Collection Figure Chromedome at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
[[File:G1ChromedomeOriginalHead.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Cheer up, Emo-Head.]]
*In the television [[commercial]] for [[Marvel Comics]]' ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]]'' limited series, the Autobot and Decepticon Headmasters are shown having different head designs than the ones their Nebulan partners would later turn into. These designs were seemingly never used in any other piece of ''Transformers'' media. The models for most of them, however, turned up in the excellent ''[[Transformers Generations]]'' guidebook.
*[[James Roberts]] has said that IDW Prowl and Chromedome had a "stronger bond" than just being partners.<ref>[http://theunderbase.libsyn.com/the-underbase-deconstructs-shadowplay "The Underbase Podcast Deconstructs Shadowplay"], 17:17 - 14:58</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Chrome''' (クローム ''Kurōmu''), '''Chromedome''' (クロームドーム ''Kurōmudōmu'')
*''French:'' '''Chromedôme''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Krómpáncél''' ("Chromearmor")
*''Italian:'' '''Duobot'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Guōwén''' (郭文, "Chroman")
*''Russian:'' '''Chrom''' (Хром, "Chrome")

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

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Rook (CW)

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:''Rook is an [[Autobot]] [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Rook-comiccover.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Good thing my name isn't Knight or my head would look like a horse.]]

When the going gets tough, '''Rook''' is the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]] you need. Equipped with [[durabyllium]] super-alloy armor, he can take nearly any punishment you care to throw at him. Add to that his extensive knowledge of tactics, and you'll have a hard time trying to get one over on Rook!
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==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:MistakesAndMayhem-Protectobotssortof.jpg|left|thumb|300px|"Grotusque and Mainframe? Man, there's no way I'm becoming a Protectobot if I stand over here!"]]

Rook was in [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]'s visions of a [[Caminus]] consumed by flame and rampaging giants! {{storylink|The Possible Light}}

Rook happened to be standing around when [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] aimed the [[Enigma of Combination]] at some loosely-affiliated Autobots jokingly referred to as the "[[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]]" and then Rook was suddenly [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]'s leg. {{storylink|Mistakes and Mayhem}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsRook.jpg|thumb|right|300px|I have two chinstraps, one for my [[chin]], the other for my nose.]]
Rook participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Generations===
[[File:GenerationsCWRook.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Charge now, [[First Aid (G1)|doctor!]]]]
* '''Protectobot Rook''' (Deluxe, 2015)
**''Accessories:'' Clamp weapon, double-barreled gun/fist/foot

:Released as part of the [[Combiner Wars]] subline imprint of [[Transformers: Generations|''Generations'']], Rook can transform into either an armored SWAT vehicle or a limb for any combiner from the same subline. He is intended to be combined with [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]], [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] and [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] to form [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] (with [[Groove (G1)#Generations|Groove]] now serving as a chest piece).

:Rather than [[5mm post|5mm]] hands, Rook has forward-facing 5mm ports in front of his fists. This allows him to mount his clamp-like accessory as an integrated weapon or use ''Combiner Wars'' combiner hands (one of which is included) as giant "[[Hulk]] hands". This is pretty awesome.
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==Notes==
* Rook's headsculpt is designed to evoke a {{w|Rook (chess)|rook}} playing piece from chess.<ref>[[Toy Fair 2015#Notes|TFWiki.net's Toy Fair 2015 report]]</ref>
* Rook's deco was the work of [[Joe Kyde]].<ref>[[Toy Fair 2015#Deluxe Class|TFWiki.net's Toy Fair 2015 report]]</ref>

==References==
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:''Dinobot is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] and [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

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"You lived like a warrior ans died to an hero." [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/ee52db9e103fd5a8?hl=en&&] ]]








'''Dinobot''' is a Predacon ruled by his sense of honor. He lives to die gloriously in battle. When he aided [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] in the theft of the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], Dinobot believed he was in the pursuit of endless glory. But when he and his Predacon peers crashed on what seemed to be the wrong planet alongside a [[Maximal]] exploration vessel, he rebelled against Megatron and joined the Maximal team. It would be an uneasy alliance, fraught with turns of loyalty and turns of Shakespearean phrase. But it also led to strong friendships and even the salvation of all [[human]]ity.

As befits a warrior of his stature, Dinobot is skilled in all forms of combat. He wields a spinning sword and a [[Cyber-slash tail weapon|rotating blade]], both which are his preferred means of battle, though he has been known to use ranged weapons such as his laser eye-beams or a simple handheld gun. He has threatened to use any and all of these on [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], with whom he has an intense rivalry. Deep down, he may respect the rodent, but he'll die before he'll admit to it.

{{bigquote|The question that has haunted my being has been answered: The future is not fixed. My choices are my own. And yet, how ironic, for I now find I have no choice at all! I am a warrior... let the battle be joined.|Dinobot|"[[Code of Hero]]"}}

==Fiction==
===First wave toy bios===
Dinobot clawed his way up to the top through victory after victory. Optimus considers him a natural when it comes to combat expertise. His thirst for battle is unquenchable. {{storylink|Dinobot (BW)#Toys|Dinobot bio}}
{{note|The on-package [[bio]]s of the first wave of Beast Wars toys, predate the development of the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon and its backstory. They seem to present the characters as a direct continuation of the previous Autobot/Decepticon conflict, with Optimus Primal actually being a new form of Optimus Prime and Megatron being his Generation 1 counterpart, and their battles taking place on present day, [[human]]-inhabited Earth, rather than in the distant past. Once the cartoon launched, the toyline adjusted itself to match that continuity instead, relegating this one to an aborted [[micro-continuity]].}}

===Cartoon continuity===
====Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity====
[[File:Dinobotmtmte8.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Little did we know that there was a giant shovel on the other arm.]]
During the theft of the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|He Who Would Be Megatron]] also scanned the historical datatrax of the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s. He failed to notice the approaching guard until Dinobot dispatched him with his sword and insisted they speed up the operation. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye #8}}

{{note|This two-page story is contradicted by many other versions of the story—specifically Megatron's spontaneous renaming of himself—possibly placing it in a version of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] that occurs only in Dreamwave's ''Generation One'' continuity. Of course, Dreamwave chose that time to [[Pat Lee|fold]] before this could be explained.}}
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====Timelines====
{{note|The events of "Dawn of Future's Past", but not "The Razor's Edge" or "Theft of the Golden Disk", are also incorporated into the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]''.}}

After meeting with [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]], "Dinobot", Megatron, and [[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]] broke into the [[Cybertropolis Maximal Data Archive]] to steal a [[Data-Con]] which would provide all sorts of information about the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]]. As they were making their getaway, Dinobot threw the Data-Con to Dirge (who was unaware of a switch on Megatron's part) before battling a squadron of [[Maximal Command Security Force|Maximal Security Troopers]], ending with a close combat duel with [[9K]] using his then energy-based sword. Dinobot evidently emerged victorious, as he was later seen with Megatron and "[[Scorponok (BW)|Clamps]]". {{storylink|Theft of the Golden Disk}}

[[File:Dinobotdawnoffuturespast.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them."]]
Megatron and Dinobot joined [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] in escaping the archives with the Golden Disk, avoiding patrolmen [[Nitrostreak|Unit 1]] and [[Tigatron|Unit 2]]. As Dinobot disabled the former, he protested Megatron's apparent cowardice and dishonorable tactics. Megatron responded by clamping his fist around Dinobot's neck, rebuking him for using the "h" word in his presence. After Dinobot had regained his composure, they made their way to the rendezvous point with the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'' and launched into space, where they activated their transwarp drive.

The ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' and the ''[[Chromia 10]]'' gave chase, though the latter was destroyed by [[Laserbeak (G1)|unknown]] [[Buzzsaw (G1)|assailants]]. When the ''Axalon'' caught up with the Predacons, Dinobot balked at the idea of fleeing again and managed to fire a few shots at the ''Axalon''. After Megatron taunted the pilot of the ''Axalon'' via videoscreen, Dinobot and the other rogue Predacons on board the ''Darksyde'' disappeared through a transwarp portal, with the ''Axalon'' close behind. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

After [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] was reborn on [[Earth]], Dinobot rushed out to assist the Maximals against the Predacons during a plot to launch an orbital weapon. The launching pad was destroyed by Airazor just as Dinobot arrived. {{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}
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====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Scott McNeil]] (English), [[Keiji Fujiwara]] (Japanese)|[[Luiz Carlos de Moraes]] (Portuguese, Season 1), [[Jorge Barcellos]] (Portuguese, Season 2 onwards), [[Federico Romano]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Héctor Cantolla]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Mario Zucca]] (Italian), [[Michel Vigné]] (French), [[Uli Pleßmann]] (German)}}

[[File:BWDinobot arrival.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair... wherever the hell we are."]]
Dinobot was one of a group of rogue Predacons and was party to their theft of the Maximal relic, the Golden Disk. They stole a ship and traveled through a transwarp portal, with the Maximal ship ''Axalon'' not far behind. After a heated space battle over a mysterious planet, both ships were damaged, and they fell blazing towards the ground below.

The entire planet was saturated with [[energon]], so much so that Dinobot and the other Predacons required protection. To this end, organic forms were scanned. In Dinobot's case, ''Velociraptor'' remains buried deep within the volcanic soil of their crash site became the basis for his new form. But the levels of energon were just one problem—this planet looked nothing like [[Earth]], their target destination! As Dinobot ventured outside the base, he blamed [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] for this error and announced his intention to take over the Predacons himself. Megatron laughed and had [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] shoot him over the horizon.

Dinobot, cheated and humbled, took his efforts elsewhere. As the Maximals returned to their crashed ship from an outing, Dinobot was there, blocking the rocky bridge that crossed the waterfall surrounding their new base. This time, he challenged [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]], and for the leadership of the Maximals. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}}

[[File:BWPart1 bridgefaceoff.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"Ill met by moonlight—er, sunlight, proud Optimus."]]
He and Optimus Primal began their fight. It almost ended badly for Primal when the Maximal commander's foot slipped on the edge of the bridge, but Dinobot saved him, as the Predacon believed that a dishonorable death would mean a dishonorable victory on his own part. They continued, but their battle was interrupted by a Predacon attack. After that clash subsided, Dinobot helped the Maximals, leading them to a victory against Megatron when he tried to obtain the bounty of a mountain-sized cache of natural energon. Optimus accepted him into the fold—not as a leader, of course, but still as a valued team member. This didn't sit well with the other Maximals, particularly [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 2)}}

Dinobot provided not only brute force but an understanding of the enemy. A short time afterward, Dinobot was standing with Primal and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] on the bridge of the ''Axalon'' around a holo-map of the Predacon base when Primal suggested that Rattrap go on a scouting mission. {{storylink|The Web}}

[[File:Dinobotbulliescheetor.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Come not within the measure of my wrath."]]
However, though he was an asset against the Predacons, Dinobot sowed discontent amongst the Maximals' own ranks. Early on, [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] was ordered to his quarters for fumbling the test of an energon monitoring device, and Dinobot suggested to the young Maximal that he secretly test the device himself. This ended in potential disaster when Cheetor unwittingly created an instant-transport stream between the two bases. When [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] used this to infiltrate the Maximal base, Dinobot feigned a desire to team up with him and overthrow Megatron. Lulling him into a false sense of security, Dinobot eventually took care of him with the trash disposal unit—all without firing a shot, and the other Maximals never even knew. {{storylink|Equal Measures}}

[[File:Coc getshorty.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|"The course of true love never did run smooth."]]
Dinobot and Optimus Primal investigated an energy signature detected within the [[Standing Stones]], an enigmatic monument of alien origin. After a clash with Megatron and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], the monument came to life and Optimus Primal disappeared before their eyes. When Dinobot woke up, he was in the Maximal CR chamber, as he'd been found stripped down and abandoned outside the base by unknown hands. But that wasn't important-Optimus Primal was gone, perhaps dead! The Maximals quickly tried to select a new leader by [[Democracy|secret ballot]], and Dinobot laughed at them when their vote ended in a tie. No, he would be the new leader-by force, if necessary! However, they were all interrupted by a message from Optimus Primal, who was inside the alien monument. Primal put Rattrap in charge, and the remaining Maximals mounted a plan to extract Primal from the alien construct. After another battle with the Predacons at the Standing Stones, the aliens returned Primal to them, with no explanations. {{storylink|Chain of Command (BW)|Chain of Command}}

When an incoming [[stasis pod]] carrying a potential new Maximal team member was detected, Dinobot refused to let Primal leave without scouting the area outside the ''Axalon'' first himself. Dinobot was convinced the Predacons would try to remove Primal from the equation, as he was their faction's only flying member, and he was right—the Predacons managed to damage Primal enough to keep him out of the race for the pod. Dinobot stayed behind with Primal while the others made a play for the pod on foot. When Dinobot received a transmission indicating the Maximals were having difficulties, he awoke Primal's [[core consciousness]] to consult him. As a result, the two were able to bounce a signal off one of the planet's moons to the dormant stasis pod, beating the Predacons to the punch. [[Tigatron]] joined the team. {{storylink|Fallen Comrades}}

[[File:Better Mousetrap Dinobot.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Today is a good day for violence!"]]
Soon after, Dinobot and Primal were investigating a second stasis pod when they were suddenly ambushed by Predacons. The Predacons defeated the two and secured the pod for themselves, bringing [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] online. As this was one in a long string of clever coups, this forced Optimus Primal to consider that their team was suffering from an information leak. Primal scapegoated Rattrap, an accusation in which Dinobot took pleasure. Dinobot was all too happy to destroy the alleged turncoat despite the potential hypocrisy of that act. Rattrap subsequently defected, and in the ensuing battle, was ordered by Megatron to shoot Dinobot, his frequent rival. After some hesitation, Rattrap shot Terrorsaur instead and revealed that the entire situation was a ruse by Optimus Primal to detect the real source of the information leak: stolen Maximal codes. {{storylink|Double Jeopardy}}

Childish infighting between Rattrap and Dinobot inadvertently triggered Rhinox's new security program, [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]], before it could be completed. Dinobot and the other Maximals fled the ''Axalon'', while Rattrap stayed inside to combat Sentinel himself. Later, when Sentinel appeared to have shut down, Rattrap was assumed dead. Each Maximal gave a touching eulogy for Rattrap except for Dinobot, who refused to taint Rattrap's memory with lies. It was soon revealed that Rattrap had not perished, but had instead managed to shut off Sentinel.{{storylink|A Better Mousetrap}}

[[File:Dinobotversusplant.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"I will speak daggers to it, but use none."]]
Dinobot joined Optimus Primal on a mission once again, but this time to explore the planet's native organisms. Dinobot considered this work as being beneath him, and in the process found himself assaulted by one of the planet's flora. As Primal considered this a lesson in respect learned, he found himself attacked by one of Scorponok's [[cyberbee]]s. It injected him with a virus that was intended to make him a coward, but instead removed all his inhibitions. Upon returning Primal to the ''Axalon'', Dinobot oddly found himself agreeing that this new bloodthirsty Primal was not a beneficial change. After he failed to solve the problem with the Predacons diplomatically, as Primal would have wanted, it was decided to let the new violent Primal be the new violent Primal. Ultimately, Primal acquired the antidote and woke up with Dinobot standing watch over him. Dinobot assured him that it was merely his shift, and not indicative of his feelings towards Primal—despite having placed a beautiful plant in Primal's quarters. {{storylink|Gorilla Warfare}}

When a Cybertronian probe was detected, Dinobot helped his teammates attempt to contact it, despite the fact he dreaded a return home. After all, he was a criminal even in Predacon terms, and he had no hope for a warm Maximal reception. Somewhat fortunately for Dinobot's potential fate, their attempts to catch the attention of the probe failed when [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] invented the [[transformation lock lens]]. {{storylink|The Probe}} The issue was raised again when the Maximals thought that the Predacons had been destroyed. Dinobot elected to remain on the planet while the Maximals repaired their ship and launched it. However, just as Dinobot wandered off to explore the world that had become his, he stumbled across the not-so-dead Predacons, who attacked the ''Axalon'' and grounded the Maximals once again. {{storylink|Victory (episode)|Victory}}

[[File:Dinobot mirror.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"A little more than kin, and less than kind."]]
After Dinobot and the other Maximals were saved from a Predacon attack by Rhinox's ingenuity, Rhinox was abducted by the Predacons and reprogrammed into one of them. Optimus Primal waited for this to backfire on them, and when their plot began to unravel, Dinobot joined the Maximals in infiltrating the Predacon base and retrieving their kidnapped comrade. {{storylink|Dark Designs}} Megatron soon set his sights on Dinobot as well. After Terrorsaur buried Dinobot in a cave, Megatron unleashed a [[Clone One|clone of Dinobot]] on the unsuspecting Maximals. Ultimately, Dinobot broke free and returned to the ''Axalon'', where he confronted his clone and ate him. Yes. He ate him. {{storylink|Double Dinobot}}

Not long afterward, Tigatron went missing during a routine scouting report. When Optimus Primal noted that Tigatron was the victim of an aerial attack, Dinobot identified the culprits as Waspinator and Terrorsaur. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 1}} Dinobot remained at base with Rhinox while the others searched for Tigatron on a mysterious flying island. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 2}} Dinobot suffered along with his teammates when the energon dampener was stolen from the ''Axalon'', requiring him and the others to stay in [[beast mode]] to avoid energon surges. Between that and sleep deprivation from persistent Predacon attacks, their innate beast instincts began to take over, and the Maximals went feral. It was only through the instruction of Tigatron that they were able to defeat the Predacons and retrieve the dampener. {{storylink|Call of the Wild}}

Dinobot was tested again when he, Cheetor, Rhinox, and Rattrap were blinded by a Predacon attack. They were far from base and completely helpless, so Dinobot immediately began to panic. Rhinox was able to calm him and the others and slowly lead them back to base, using their other senses. They were rescued by Optimus Primal and Tigatron at the foot of the base just as they began to slip into [[stasis lock]]. {{storylink|Dark Voyage}} The Maximals were also visited by the wandering spark of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], who possessed the body of Waspinator and led a successful attack on the Maximal base, resulting in Dinobot receiving critical damage. Forced out of their base, Optimus Primal surrendered the Maximals to Starscream, under the condition that Dinobot be repaired. In exchange, Starscream ordered the Maximals to attack Megatron. Despite his treachery, Starscream himself was deceived, as Dinobot was not as damaged as advertised. He and Primal were able to eject Starscream from Waspinator's body and retake the ''Axalon''. {{storylink|Possession}}

[[File:Dinobottarantulasrattrapthelowroad.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|"Frailty, thy name is Tarantulas!"]]
Once again, the feud between Rattrap and Dinobot led to disaster. Their carelessness indirectly caused Rhinox to be infected with a [[Energon discharge virus|virus]] that caused him to eject energy involuntarily, via hiccups or sneezes or...other means. Optimus Primal ordered the bickering pair to hunt down Tarantulas in his lair and obtain the antidote, figuring they'd either learn to work together or everyone would be destroyed. Unfortunately, the latter wasn't so unlikely an option, as Dinobot and Rattrap's out-of-control behavior toward each other repeatedly sabotaged their efforts to capture Tarantulas. Dinobot was able to grab him just as Megatron arrived, and claimed the spider as a hostage. Megatron did not care and shot them both. Ultimately, the day was saved when Rhinox used his virus against the Predacons, unleashing a mighty explosion from his rear end. {{storylink|The Low Road}}

Despite his increasing loyalty to the team, Dinobot's violent heart occasionally created rifts. Most notable was his reaction to [[Tigatron]]'s pacifism: When the tiger tried to leave the Maximals in grief over the accidental death of his best friend, Dinobot argued vociferously with the "coward". He simply could not comprehend what Tigatron was saying, that in order to stop the fighting, someone had to lay down his weapon. The confrontation with Tigatron revealed more than just Dinobot's warrior ethic. He explained to Tigatron a bit of his motives for turning against Megatron: He feared that if Megatron used Earth's energon supply to wage a new war, Cybertron would burn as a result. Dinobot could only see desertion, and for that he nearly killed Tigatron, who refused to fight back. But Primal interrupted before any damage was done, and Tigatron later came back to battle to save Dinobot from a Predacon attack, making the whole point moot. {{storylink|Law of the Jungle}}

The [[Vok|alien]] mystery that surrounded the planet soon came to a head. When it became apparent that the aliens themselves would visit them imminently, the Predacons surprisingly called for a truce. Tigatron was called to sneak into the Predacon base and find out what had captured Megatron's attention, and Dinobot and the other Maximals staged a non-lethal battle to cover Tigatron's exit, upholding their end of the truce. Dinobot loosened a large boulder out of place, allowing it to crush both Tarantulas and Blackarachnia. {{storylink|Before the Storm}} As expected, the aliens arrived. A wormhole opened up over the planet, and a beam shot down to the surface, where another alien device was activated. Rhinox and Dinobot stayed behind at the ''Axalon'' while the others investigated, but were too engaged by the planet's second moon shifting its shape into a horrible [[Planet Buster]] weapon to notice their base had been compromised. Both Rhinox and Dinobot were removed from the equation by Blackarachnia and Tarantulas. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 1}} The Maximals returned to find them both welded to the ceiling by cyberwebs. Dinobot and Rhinox were placed inside [[CR chamber]]s as Rattrap and Airazor went to find their unwelcome visitors. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 2}}

[[File:Dinobotgoldendisks.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry."]]
When Dinobot awoke, Optimus Primal was dead, having sacrificed himself to destroy the Planet Buster with a transwarp explosion, and Cheetor and Rattrap had been altered into [[Transmetal]] forms by the resulting [[quantum surge]]. After reluctantly admitting Rattrap's new form was an improvement, he immediately declared himself the new Maximal leader. However, with Primal dead, Rhinox was not in any mood to tolerate Dinobot's outburst and shut him up forcefully. While Rattrap and Cheetor were sent outside to deal with Waspinator and a newly Transmetalled Megatron, Rhinox and Dinobot were stuck with the task of restoring their security systems. They did not account for [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], who had also infiltrated the ''Axalon''. Thankfully, Rhinox was able to defeat the Predacon and eject him from the ship. {{storylink|Aftermath}}

With the destruction of the planet's second moon and the stabilization of the planet's natural energon reserves, it became apparent to Dinobot that Megatron was right all along; this was indeed Earth, though in the distant past. Dinobot broke into the Predacon base and stole Megatron's golden disks. He knew that they contained information about the future, and this cut to the core of his being: "If the future is indeed immutably foretold, then my demise is but moments from that confirmation, for I could not live if not the master of my fate." Dinobot hid the disks in a remote location and returned to the ''Axalon'', where Rattrap was having a minor meltdown. Rhinox had hooked himself to a machine with little explanation, and with Tigatron and Airazor on a long-term exploration trip, it fell to Rattrap, Dinobot, and Cheetor to hold off the combined force of the Predacons. Worse yet, Megatron had introduced two new [[Fuzor]]s to his team, [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]]. Dinobot grabbed what weaponry he could, and with the other two Maximals engaged the Predacons far from the ship, in hopes that they could keep the Predacons away from whatever Rhinox was trying to accomplish. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)}}

[[File:Coming of the Fuzors 2 Dinobot Rattrap.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!"]]
Their efforts, though seemingly doomed, were not for naught. Though Dinobot, Rattrap, and Cheetor fought to near-death, they held off the enemy long enough for Rhinox's gamble to work. He had travelled into the [[Allspark|Matrix]] and retrieved Optimus Primal's spark. Optimus Primal, restored as a Transmetal from a [[blank]] [[protoform]], dramatically turned the tide, saving Dinobot and the others from what would at least have been honorable deaths. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)}}

[[File:Maximal No More Dinobot bow.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Is this a dagger which I see before me, Dinobot, the handle toward my hand?"]]
His desire to discover whether the future could be changed kept Dinobot focused on Megatron's actions. When Predacon installations were placed in a Voyager-disk-like pattern, Dinobot remarked that Megatron's plan proceeded even without the disk's information. Thus, he resubmitted himself to Megatron's command, but the Maximals' influence still showed itself. When he was pitted in a death match against [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] in a bizarre test of loyalty, Dinobot subdued his foe but refused to kill him, offering to train him instead. But Megatron accepted the prodigal son anyway, as long as he returned the original Golden Disk. (He had already given the alien disk to Rhinox.) Dinobot complied. He admitted to himself that by helping Megatron he might be sacrificing his own race, but he had to discover whether his actions were his own or predestined. After the artifact was back in Megatron's hands, Rattrap attacked and was quickly immobilized. As a final test of allegiance, Dinobot was ordered to kill his former teammate. This task proved too much for him, and he turned once again on the Predacon leader. Megatron retreated with the disk in his possession, and Primal was left with the decision on whether to allow Dinobot back into their ranks. Dinobot explained that either way, he would fight Megatron, prompting Primal to forgive Dinobot his treacherous actions. Once welcomed back, Dinobot told Primal of Megatron's ultimate designs for the disks' information. {{storylink|Maximal, No More}}

[[File:BWDinobot decision.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|"To Bay or not to Bay; that is the question, and here is the sunset."]]
As Rhinox and Dinobot scanned known alien sites, they suddenly realized that Tigatron and Airazor were journeying into one. But before they could send a warning, the traveling pair triggered the alien site and were shot into space. Dinobot and the other Maximals were rallied by Optimus Primal to this site, where they confronted the Predacons. Before the fight could begin, the alien site activated again, creating a massive [[Metal Hunter]], and blasted everyone in the area. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}} The Transformers who had not been altered by the quantum surge lay deactivated, but the Transmetals and Fuzors were unaffected by the Metal Hunter's blast. Silverbolt and Cheetor were instructed to carry Dinobot and Rhinox back to the base for repairs. Megatron used the alien disk to activate the Metal Hunter, and the Maximals gained an unlikely ally: Tarantulas. Dinobot, like his fellow Maximals, greeted the Predacon turncoat with bared weapons and only reluctantly allowed Tarantulas to aid them. Subsequently, Dinobot joined an assault on the Metal Hunter itself, a cover for Tarantulas's entry. The Metal Hunter was destroyed. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 2)}}

When Silverbolt went missing during an energon storm while he, Cheetor, and Optimus Primal were investigating [[Rampage (BW)|Protoform X]], Dinobot suggested they forget the Fuzor and concentrate on the Predacons. The enemy was, after all, minus both Tarantulas and Blackarachnia, while they were only down one member. Primal rejected Dinobot's lack of sympathy. As Primal and Cheetor left to find Silverbolt, Dinobot turned to one of the ''Axalon'''s consoles and began downloading into its database. {{storylink|Bad Spark}}

Unlike Primal, Rattrap was not so forgiving of Dinobot's earlier betrayal. After contemplating suicide and enduring Rattrap's continuing recriminations, Dinobot decided to set things right. He tracked Megatron down and found him testing the original disk which Dinobot had returned. Megatron had discovered a mountain whose image was recorded on the disk, and he had [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] destroy the peak. From a distance, Dinobot saw his greatest hope and worst fear form simultaneously: The disk's image changed. Dinobot's future was his own...but Megatron had virtually limitless power to change it.

[[File:Dinbot funeral.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Out, out, brief spark! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor mech that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more."]]
When the Predacons launched an attack on a tribe of [[protohuman]]s, attempting to destroy the future human race and alter the course of the Autobot/Decepticon war, Dinobot singlehandedly took on all of them. Having already been blindsided by Tarantulas (and having squashed him under a rock in retaliation), he ambushed Inferno, burying his sword in the latter's chest. Blackarachnia banged him up with her machine guns until Dinobot used Inferno himself as a shield, after which he blew away both Predacons with the ant-bot's own gun.

Dinobot proceeded to bombard Rampage from above until Waspinator shot him down (and caused him to land on top of the luckless flier); when Rampage tried to retaliate in tank mode, Dinobot shoved the downed Waspinator into the mad experiment's cannon, causing Rampage to blow himself apart. The backfire sent the warrior flying with severe damage, and Quickstrike was eager to add to his pain. Despite his optic weaponry shorting out, Dinobot still managed to beat the Fuzor, pummeling him with his bare hands before slamming him head-first into a rock.

At this point, his internal computer attempted to engage stasis lock to save his remaining energy, but Dinobot overrode it and turned to face his final opponent: Megatron himself. Mocking the weakened Dinobot, Megatron tallied the score firmly in his own favor: He had unimaginable power via the Golden Disk, he held a lone protohuman hostage, and the severely damaged Dinobot was the only obstacle in his reality-warping plan. Mostly depowered, severely outmatched, and refusing to quit, Dinobot jammed a rock through a stick and attacked with the makeshift hammer. As the protohuman's bonds dissolved, Megatron dropped the disk, allowing Dinobot to shatter it with his last bit of energy.

The rest of the Maximals arrived to drive Megatron off, but it was too late for their comrade. After a final conversation with his allies (including a last insult to Rattrap and a request to have his story told truly and without embellishment), Dinobot's spark left his frame. He was given a hero's funeral, with his body cremated as the Maximal fliers executed a [[wikipedia:Missing man formation|Missing man formation]]. His legacy remained even with the anthropoids, who found his hammer and used it as a weapon. {{storylink|Code of Hero}}

Megatron, because that's the sort of prick he is, created a zombie-esque [[Dinobot II|Transmetal 2 clone]] of Dinobot. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 1}}

Later, to convince Rattrap to let him search for ex-Predacon [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], Silverbolt reminded him he'd trusted the original Dinobot. Rattrap grumped that he'd "regretted it" a few times, but still let his comrade out. {{storylink|Proving Grounds}}

[[File:Dinobotflashesnem1.jpg|left|380px|thumb|Behold, the enemy within!]]
Thanks to the destruction of [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]], the Dinobot clone's spark-brother, Dinobot's consciousness was able to take hold of the clone and make him regain a sense of honour. {{storylink|Transformers Hall of Fame}} {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}

{{note|It was not entirely spelt out during "Nemesis" why Dinobot II was regaining Dinobot's memories. The 2010 Transformers Hall of Fame profile for Dinobot stated that the original's spirit had somehow returned from beyond to influence his clone. There was also an unproduced episode of ''Beast Wars'', "[[Dark Glass]]", where Rattrap would have discovered and downloaded a back-up of Dinobot's memories into Dinobot II; while the script never made it past a first draft, "[[Bad Spark]]" had Dinobot backing himself up onto the Axalon.}}
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====Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====''Cloud''=====
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Wild (Cloud)|Wild}}}}

=====''Beast Wars Diorama Story''=====
{{note|This fiction takes place shortly after the events of ''[[Possession]]''.}}

Dinobot eventually met up with several [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s from [[Transformers (film)|another dimension]]. A battle broke out between the Maximals, Predacons, Autobots and Decepticons. The other-dimensional Transformers eventually returned to their place of origin and the Beast Wars continued as they were. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Diorama Story|Beast Wars Diorama Story}}

===Transformers: Dinobots packaging blurb===
When Dinobot's spark returned to the [[Allspark]], the "data" contained in his "DNA schematics" returned with him. Later, to combat Megatron's [[technorganic]] virus the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] reformated a small group of survivors using these "DNA schematics" from Dinobot, creating the Beast Machines era [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobots]].
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===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
As [[Magmatron]] surveyed the events that began the Beast Wars, he witnessed several key moments involving Dinobot, among them his duel with Optimus Primal upon the stone bridge leading to the Maximal base. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}
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===''Beast Wars Metals'' comic===
Following the [[Quantum surge]], Dinobot, as well as many other Maximals, became separated from the rest of the team and left stranded somewhere on [[Earth|Energoa]]. After Optimus Primal's resurrection and escape from Megatron, Dinobot could be seen watching the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] from somewhere off in the distance. {{storylink|Raise the Curtain for Beast Wars Metals!!}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in comic===
[[File:Henkeimanga-Dinobot.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Who's got two thumbs on one hand except for when I switch to my fists? THIS guy!]]
In the present day, the [[Autobot]] [[Mini Vehicle]]s dug up the bodies of [[Hot Rod (Henkei!)|Hot Rod]] and Dinobot from deep within the earth. As the Mini Vehicles wondered if Dinobot were an Autobot, he woke up angrily, and began to attack the others, hoping to find a worthy foe, until finally Hot Rod (and his [[Mini-Con]], Jolt) faced Dinobot in battle. After seeing Hot Rod perform a series of clever moves, Dinobot suggested the two battle for leadership. However, Hot Rod declined Dinobot's offer and suggested instead they team up and make peace.

Hot Rod returned with Dinobot to Autobot headquarters, where [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] immediately suggesting he and Dinobot fight each other for fun, ruining Hot Rod's ceasefire. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 11}}
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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
One of a number of Maximals and Predacons who rebelled against the status quo of continuous war on the say so of their Autobot and Decepticon masters, Dynobot was captured and placed in the maximum security level of the [[Ferromax Detention Center]]. There he stayed until a group of Maximals led by Rattrap broke him out in a daring raid. {{storylink|Alone Together: Prologue|Prologue}}

===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#The Transformation Gap|The Transformation Gap}} {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#The Two's Recent Encounter|The Two's Recent Encounter}} {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#When We Have Been Social|When We Have Been Social}} {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#Prank Part 1|Prank Part 1}} {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#Prank Part 2|Prank Part 2}} {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#Christmas|Bonus Chapter: Christmas}} {{storylink|Legends Comic: Business Trip Edition Vol. 8}}}}

==Games==
===''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game continuity===
====''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game advertising comic====
Upon arriving on "[[Earth|Planet Energon]]", the dangers of Energon radiation forced the six surviving Maximals and their Predacon adversaries to take on beast alternate forms. {{storylink|Beast Wars: Transformers video game advertising comic}}

====''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game====
{{voiceactor|??? (English), ??? (Japanese)}}

Many Beast Wars combatants had managed to construct personal bases, customized to their personal tastes, due to the extended duration of the war. Dinobot's own was situated in the "Polluted Area" of the planet, where a previous conflict had rendered it a gloomy and dilapidated environment. Dinobot joined his fellow Maximals in battling not only an entrenched Predacon threat, but the interdimensional monsters known as the [[Skriix]].

=====Maximal campaign=====
[[File:BeastWarsPSX-Dinobotstats.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Digital [[Cyber-slash tail weapon|rotate blade]]!]]
Upon having eliminated the Predacon threat, Dinobot was part of Optimus Primal's roll call when he announced that the galaxy was now at peace.

=====Predacon campaign=====
After the Maximals failed to rescue a downed stasis pod in Dinobot's territory, the Predacons took advantage of Dinobot's troops having recently been thinned by a conflict with the Skriix. This left Dinobot vulnerable, leading him to be assassinated by a Predacon agent. In response to Dinobot's death, Optimus Primal launched an unsuccessful attempt on the Predacon ship, which ultimately led to the Maximals' undoing. {{storylink|Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)|Beast Wars: Transformers}}

{{Note|Due to the nature of this game, a player may select various individual characters to perform the feats required in every level, and complete the game's narrative. Thus, any playable Maximal can fill the role of protagonist in Maximal Mode, and any playable Predacon can fill the role of protagonist in Predacon Mode. To view the various feats Dinobot can accomplish throughout gameplay in Maximal Mode, it is told on the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)|''Beast Wars'' video game]] page, wherein Dinobot fills the role of the nameless Maximal.}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Dinobot was part of Megatron's forces when a huge earthquake uncovered [[Energon]]. He took part in an ambush of the Maximals, so that the Predacons could gain control of this new resource. Also he appeared to have at least two raptor clones backing him up. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Legends)|Beast Wars}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsDinobot.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Beware my hand-mouth!]]
Dinobot participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[File:BeastWars Dinobot 1996 toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Wasn't he in ''Jurassic Park''? (Hasbro version pictured)]]
[[File:BW-toy DinobotTakara97.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Let's hide the legs in beast mode by making them bright translucent orange! (Takara redeco pictured)]]
*'''Dinobot''' (Deluxe, [[1996]]/[[1997]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-4'''
**''Accessories:'' [[Cyber-slash tail weapon|"Cyber-slash" tail weapon]], sword

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' product, Dinobot transforms into what his bio claims is a "vicious [[Popular beast alternate modes|velociraptor]]". His tail detaches and separates to form a gear-powered, spinning blade weapon, while the central "tail bone" separates to be used as a sword. The entire assembly can store in [[robot mode]] by flipping down the tail-mount and pegging the blade's base to the peg on his lower back. Like all early Deluxe-and-up ''Beast Wars'' toys, he has a "mutant mask", halves of a dino-skull that flip up to cover his more robotic head.

:The original Dinobots shipped on cards with "rocky"-shaped bubbles. Later (and more numerous) assortments moved to a smooth, rounded bubble, leading the first packaging type to become sought-after collectibles on the secondary market.

:Takara's initial release of the toy was identical to the [[Hasbro]] version (save packaging, of course). In January 1997, Takara [[redeco]]ed many of the ''Beast Wars'' toys and re-released them in slightly more show-like tones; Dinobot's pink was changed to tan, his orange robot eyes became red, his flat blue face became metallic blue, his orange dinosaur eyes became white, and his helmet was painted in metallic gold.

:In 1998, [[TV Magazine]] offered a gold chrome Dinobot as a prize. One individual gold Dinobot was awarded, and one other Dinobot as part of a set of other gold Beast Wars toys.<ref>http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-news/story/10280/Revealed+-+Gold+BW+images+and+info.html</ref>



:This mold was used to make... lots of guys. Other than countless redecos as himself, this mold was also used for ''Beast Wars'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock]] and ''[[Transformers: Dinobots|Dinobots]]'' [[Grimlock (Dinobots)|Grimlock]], and was [[retool]]ed extensively to make ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (toyline)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' [[Hardhead (BWN)|Hardhead]], [[Dinotron]], and [[Thrust (BWII)|Thrustor]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1996/Maximal/Dinobot/dinobot.htm More information on Dinobot at TFU.info]''
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[[File:VS4-DinobotTarantuas.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I prefer to package my toys the old-fashioned way... BRUTALLY!!!]]

*'''Brutal Showdown: Dinobot VS Tarans''' (VS pack, 1997)
**''ID number:'' '''VS-4'''
**''Accessories:'' sword, [[Cyber-slash tail weapon|"Cyber-slash" tail weapon]]

:In Japan, the Dinobot was available both as an individual and in a two-pack with "[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarans]]". Both toys in this set were identical to their individual, nigh-identical-to-the-Hasbro-versions releases.

:Currently, it is unknown if the later "show-like" redeco of Dinobot was ever released in a VS set.
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{{anchor|Transmetal}}
[[File:Mcdinobot.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Transforms from ''Velociraptor'' to wolfman.]]
*'''Dinobot''' (Happy Meal Transmetal, [[1998]])
**''McNumber'': '''??'''

:Part of the second McDonald's ''Beast Wars'' Happy Meal promotion, [[Transmetal]] Dinobot transforms into a robotic ''Velociraptor''. To tie in with the chrome plastic [[gimmick]] of the retail Transmetal toys, parts of his [[beast mode]] are cast in glittery metallic plastic. Like the other McDonald's toys from this assortment, he shares nothing in common with his previous body other than [[alternate mode]] choice. This toy was later [[repurposing|repurposed]] by [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s [[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook]] to represent an [[Dinobot (Transmetal)|initial prototype]] of Dinobot's evil clone, [[Dinobot II]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Maximal/Dinobot/dinobot.htm More information on Transmetal Dinobot at TFU.info]''
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[[File:FK-Dinobot-toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Eww...perhaps using the power sander to buff his scales wasn't a good idea.]]
*'''Dinobot''' (Fox Kids Deluxe, [[1999]])
**''Accessories:'' sword, "Cyber-slash" tail weapon

:Part of the first wave of "[[Fox Kids]]" redecoes (so called because of the callout on the package to the Fox Kids programming block where the cartoon had recently moved), this version of Dinobot is more dark brown than the original, with red stripes instead of the original's brown, with a red robot mode face and green eyes. This toy uses the [[retool]]ed mold with the shoulder ratchets and the (unused) "[[rubsign|energon chip]]" space that were created for ''Beast Wars'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock]].

:Hasbro solicitations named this toy "Live Wire Dinobot",<ref>https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.toys.transformers/C30fV9dqOK0/gPO8D3N_PAUJ</ref> but the name never made it to final packaging.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Maximal/FKDinobot/fkdinobot.htm More information on Fox Kids Dinobot at TFU.info]''
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===Beast Wars 10th Anniversary===
[[File:BW10Dinobot toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He disagrees with everything that T-Rex says, but you know they're best friends.]]
*'''Dinobot''' (Tenth Anniversary Deluxe, [[2006]])
**''Accessories:'' "Energo-drill" sword, spinning blade tail weapon, Transmutate left arm

:This release is yet another redeco of the original Dinobot toy. Though the ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|Beast Wars 10th Anniversary]]'' line's aim was "[[show-accuracy]]", the resulting Dinobot toy confused some fans, with its dark brown base color, odd placement of blue, and, mostly, the metallic green on his bone-like decorations. Like the other ''10th Anniversary'' toys, he has a faction symbol tampoed on his body; in Dinobot's case, there's a Maximal logo on the left side of his robot chest. Like FoxKids! Dinobot, this toy has the Energon Chip indent and shoulder ratchets that were added for ''Beast Wars'' Grimlock.

:''Beast Wars 10th Anniversary'' Dinobot came with the left arm to the "build-a-bot" figure [[Transmutate (character)|Transmutate]], plus a DVD containing the obvious Dinobot-themed episode, "[[Code of Hero]]".
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Maximal/Dinobot/dinobot.htm More information on 10th Anniversary Dinobot at TFU.info]''
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===Timelines===
[[File:Botcon2006Dinobot toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Can you dig it?]]
*'''Dawn of Future's Past''' (Multi-pack Deluxe, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' Golden Disk Key

:Part of the five-toy [[BotCon 2006]] [[exclusive]] boxed set (along with [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetor]], [[Optimus Primal/toys|Optimus Primal]], [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]), "Darksyde Dinobot" is a redeco of the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Longrack (Cybertron)|Longrack]] mold, itself a [[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Hoist]]. Dinobot uses almost all of Longrack's new-mold parts save for the head; Hoist's was a dead ringer for Dinobot in the first place. He transforms into a Cybertronic excavator. Inserting a [[Cyber Key]] or [[Cyber Key|Golden Disk Key]] into his shoulder assembly unlocks a shovel-punch attack activated by pressing on the plunger mechanism above the key port. Like Longrack, he does ''not'' come with a [[Mini-Con]] partner. The color scheme is partially based on his ''10th Anniversary'' toy.

:The original version of this mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Ransack (Universe 2003)|Ransack]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Predacon/BCDinobot/dinobot.htm More information on Timelines Dinobot at TFU.info]''
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===Beast Wars Telemocha Series===
[[File:Japanese10thDinobot.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|At last, I CAN TALK!]]
*'''Dinobot''' (Deluxe, 2006)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TM-05'''
**''Accessories:'' sword, spinning tail weapon

:Celebrating Japan's 10th anniversary of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' (one year later than the West), the [[Transformers: Beast Wars Telemocha Series|Beast Wars Telemocha]] version of Dinobot is yet another (and final?) redeco of the venerable tooling, including the shoulder ratcheting added to the previous Hasbro versions. While definitely more [[Show-accuracy|accurate to the CGI model]] than the Hasbro [[Transformers: Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|10th Anniversary]] version from the previous year, most of its color-scheme decisions favor the robot mode, such as bronze/gold shoulder joints. The result of this is a less consistently colored beast mode than the Hasbro version. It is the first (and only) version of the mold to place deco on the "mutant mask" halves.

:Though there are some colors dropped between the transition from CGI model to toy, Telemocha Dinobot does currently hold the prize for the sheer number of paint applications used on this mold, and by a large margin. Perhaps most significant to many fans, however, is that this version of Dinobot has a mouth, if only in the form of a paint operation.

:This release of Dinobot came with a DVD containing the ''Beast Wars'' episode... "New Weapons of Terror!", the Japanese dub of "[[The Probe]]" and not "Code of Hero".
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Maximal/Dinobot/dinobot.htm More information on Telemocha Dinobot at TFU.info (scroll down)]''
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===Universe (2008)===
[[File:Dinobotuniversedeluxe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Just in time for the original mold to be practically cheese by now.]]
*'''Dinobot''' (Deluxe, [[2009]])
**''Accessories:'' Tail/missile launcher, missile/sword

:Dinobot transforms into a brown and amber ''Jurassic Park''-style ''Velociraptor'' with a robot mode styled heavily after the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' CGI model, including a face with a nose and mouth. His transformation has been altered to produce more human-like proportions, with his robot legs now becoming the raptor legs and the arms hiding mostly inside the torso. He also sports a fully show accurate robot head which can be raised to a 45 degree angle as well as turn. On his chest is a panel that can swap between a Maximal symbol, a Predacon symbol and a blank third panel (for the beast mode head). His [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] double opposable thumbs can be swapped out for "proper" fists. His tail still detaches and splits to become a weapon, but no longer rotates. Instead, it fires a missile shaped like his sword from the cartoon, which can be held as a sword by either the regular fist or claw hands. The tail can also clip onto his back for storage.

:This toy was also later [[repurposing|repurposed]] as ''Beast Wars Shattered Glass'' [[Dinobot (BWSG)|Dinobot]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Predacon/TFUDinobot/dinobot.htm More information on Universe Dinobot at TFU.info]''
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===Henkei! Henkei!===
[[File:Henkei Dinobot.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Then I'll be brief! Oh, happy dagger, this is thy sheath. There rust and let me die."]]
*'''Dinobot''' (Deluxe, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-16'''
**''Accessories:'' Tail/missile launcher, missile/sword

:The ''Henkei! Henkei!'' release of Dinobot is in more traditional colors than the Hasbro version, decoed in brown with several tan stripes, plus blue and golden detailing. Clear red plastic replaces the clear orange found on the ''Universe'' version. Like all ''Henkei! Henkei!'' releases he features [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum metallized]] parts, particularly his missile/sword.
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===Device Label===
[[File:DeviceLabel-Dinobot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Sorry, you've been replaced.]]
*'''Dinobot''' (Device Label, 2009)
:Dinobot would have transformed from a working USB laser mouse into a brown and gold mechanoid raptor, but an early [[BigBadToyStore]] solicitation for him was almost immediately supplanted by a solicitation for "[[Trypticon (G1)#Device Label|Dinosaurer]]" (Trypticon), once better information was had.
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==Merchandise==
[[File:BWmerch-KabayaDinobotkit.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Hope you like putting stickers over molded detail!]]
*'''Beast Wars Transformers 200 piece puzzle''' (puzzle, 1996)
:A [[Beast Wars Transformers Jigsaw Puzzle|200-piece puzzle]] from [[Milton Bradley]] featured art of Dinobot and [[Razorbeast]] fighting [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]. It was very chrome-foil-y! [http://tfmuseum.com/tf-00081.html]

*'''Dinobot''' (candy toy model kit, 1997)
:Part of the second wave of [[Kabaya]] model kits (which included Cheetor, Rattrap, and Terrorsaur), Dinobot is a peg-together model kit. The parts come on pink and yellow sprues, plus there are stickers, instructions for assembly, and a stick of terrible gum. Transformation involves removing the tail, robot legs, and robot arms, and pegging them elsewhere as needed.

*'''Dinobot''' (candy toy, 1997)
[[File:BWmerch-KabayaDinobotfigurine.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Eat it, other [[Transformers Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] nominees! But don't eat the candy.]]
:A tiny plastic Dinobot figurine molded onto an irregularly-shaped stand was released by Kabaya. Labeled toy 6 of 6, the other characters in his wave were Cheetor, Rattrap, Megatron, Optimus Primal, and Rhinox. They were also available in smokey translucent plastic? [http://tfmuseum.com/tf-01805.html] As always, terrible candy is included.

*'''Dinobot''' (candy toy, 1997)
:A tiny superdeformed Dinobot was also available from Kabaya. It's way too adorable. [http://tfmuseum.com/tf-00714.html]
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===Card games===
[[File:Dinobotmutatingcard.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game''' (1997)
:Dinobot was one of the 24 beast warriors to receive a battle card representation for the Beast Wars [[Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game|card game]].
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===Beast Wars Mini-Busts===
[[File:BWDinobot minibust.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Legs are for the weak.]]
*'''Dinobot''' (?)
:In 2006, [[First 4 Figures]] announced a seven-inch tall mini-bust of Dinobot, featuring his upper torso mounted upon a Maximal pedestal. He was sculpted by Ryan Bailey and was to be limited to 1,996 pieces. He is based upon his animated appearance, mounted on a silver pedestal adorned with the Maximal sigil.
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==Notes==
===Toy related===
[[File:BWRConcept04.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Dinobot's control art. The beast head displays a more rigid grill structure.]]
*Dinobot's original toy was designed to supplant a failed lion Transformer counterpart to Cheetor that ended up being, understandably, too similar to Cheetor. A dinosaur's entry into the Maximals was justified by pointing out that the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] had been good guys in Generation 1.<ref>[http://obscuretf.com/hhk/BC04interviews.html Botcon 2004 Interview with Vinnie D'Alleva], p1-2</ref>
[[File:Dinobottoycommercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|An abandoned deco?]]
*In the first ''Beast Wars'' toy commercials, Dinobot had a slightly different deco than the final toy. He was browner, rather than pinker, and had thicker stripes.
*Some fans are inclined to yank off Dinobot's mutant mask pieces, since he doesn't have them on the television show, they get in the way during transformation, and they're easily removable. Ten years later, Hasbro thought so, too, in their stock photography for ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|Beast Wars 10th Anniversary]]'' Dinobot.
[[File:TMDinobotConcept.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Raptor and... squatting Raptor? It's a jet powered squat, surely.]]
*An actual (i.e. non-McDonald's affiliated) Transmetal Dinobot apparently made it to concept art stages, but not much further. Several elements of the design were recycled for Transmetal [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]].
*Dinobot's toy curiously has six toes on each foot. Since his legs form his [[robot mode]] arms, not only does this mean he's left with two thumbs, but also a tiny, barely noticeable finger molded near his wrist. The double thumbs got carried over onto his animation model, yet his in-show beast mode appears to only have three toes. Between all this, it has to be said that real-life raptors had no more than four toes on each of their feet.
*Speaking of inaccuracies, Dinobot's [[beast mode]] barely resembles a [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Velociraptor_dinoguy2.jpg real ''Velociraptor'']. This is most evident by a complete lack of feathers on Dinobot, but it should be noted that evidence of feathers on ''Velociraptor'' was not known until 2007 – although raptors in general were known to have been feathered since the end of the '90s, and in fact, some paleoartists have already been depicting them with feathers since the '80s. The robust head, twisted hands, broad torso and bendy tail (which is only evident in the show) are also seen as inaccurate. All in all, Dinobot's beast mode better resembles the raptors from ''Jurassic Park'', which came out three years before the ''Beast Wars'' franchise, and was likewise accompanied by a toyline from Kenner.
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===Television related===
*At no point in the show do Dinobot and Airazor interact or speak to each other. What a close team. The most interaction they get is standing next to each other at the end of "Before the Storm".
[[File:Dinobotearlycgimodel.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Code of... something.]]
*Several views of preliminary ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' CGI models were available in the Special Features of [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]]'s ''Beast Wars: The Complete Second Season'' DVD box set. Dinobot's early model, like the other preliminary models, took more cues from the toy, such as including the [[mutant head]] and actually looking transformable. Interestingly enough, the preliminary model transformed into the final beast mode model, but since Dinobot's transformation involves swapping out parts, that's not too hard to believe.
[[File:Dinobotearlycgimodel2.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|[[Derrick J. Wyatt|Derrick Wyatt]]'s influence reached back through time.]]
*Australia's ''Beast Wars'' DVD sets from [[Madman Entertainment]] offered images of in-progress Dinobot models from later into production. Even in this late stage, he kept a large amount of his transformation kibble, though the aesthetic flourishes (like the spines on his ankles and the ribs in his torso) began to take shape. And, hey, check out that chin.
*In an interview on Madman's Season 3 DVDs, Scott McNeil revealed that he created the Dinobot voice by using his previous experience mimicking [[Chris Latta]]'s famous performance of [[Cobra Commander]] when replacing him in the role after his death. Since he found the Latta-style vocalisation so difficult to maintain, he tried dropping it two octaves, and thus arrived at Dinobot.
*In the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', Dinobot spoke with a protracted and emphatic ''-dā'' attached to the ends of his sentences. This is a vocal tick associated with older, archaic forms of speech, signifying his old-timey sensibilities and concepts of honor.

===Fandom related===
*Some fans humorously refer to Dinobot's [[Cyber-slash tail weapon]] as a "Rotate Blade" because of its usage in a [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/ee52db9e103fd5a8?hl=en& terrible fanfic by MG-Dinobot].
*Likewise, fans refer to Dinobot as having a "rigid grill structure", an injoke that came into being because of an [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/307ed3ad2152d304 alt.toys.transformers poster's] somewhat confusing signature that included a quote from ''Mystery Science Theater 3000''. What part of Dinobot is the rigid grill structure is not definitively determined, whether it be the bony pair of robot legs that hang under his toy's beast mode or his, uh, crotch.
*Speaking of Dinobot's crotch, [[Mainframe Entertainment]] once had a little fun with Dinobot's model after hours. "[[:File:Dirkdinobot.jpg|Dirk Dinobot]]" may not be safe for work, but his grill structure here is anything but rigid! Fan James Hooks was responsible for originally posting the Dirk Dinobot image on [[alt.toys.transformers]], thanks to an unknown person from Mainframe Entertainment.
*On [[May 7]], [[2010]], he was unveiled as one of the first five nominees for the [[Transformers Hall of Fame]], the first ''Beast Wars'' character to earn the honor and the only character not to be from 1984 or 1985. A tongue-in-cheek campaign for Dinobot was started by [[David Willis]], with the gag being that he'd never beat the 1984/5 characters. To everyone's surprise, at [[BotCon 2010]]'s Hall of Fame ceremony, Dinobot was unveiled as the winner: he became both the first ''Beast Wars'' character and first fan-voted to be inducted, beating out even long time favorites [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]! As is the nature of online fan communities, this immediately spawned disbelief and outrage in some sections of the fandom, as well as a conspiracy theory about how ''Beast Wars'' fans had somehow ''"cheated"'' or ''"rigged the vote"''.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Dinobot''' (ダイノボット ''Dainobotto'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''Dillonburg''' (狄龍堡 ''Dik Lung Bou'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Kǒng Lóng''' (Taiwan, 恐龍, "Dinosaur"), '''Mó Lóng''' (Taiwan, 魔龍, "Demonic Dinosaur")
*''Russian:'' '''Zuborob''' (first ''Beast Wars'' dub, Зубороб), '''Dinobot''' (second ''Beast Wars'' dub, Динобот)

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/ee52db9e103fd5a8?hl=en& "Dinobot's Old Technology" by MG-Dinobot]
*[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/play/details.cfm?R=3D1EC1EB-19B9-F369-109E-19B934FCADD2:en_US Botcon 2010 tribute]

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Scoop (G1)

2015-06-02T18:54:00Z

ItsLeo20: /* Games */

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{{disambig2|the heroic Autobot Targetmaster|his mirror-universe counterpart|Scoop (SG)}}
:''Scoop is an [[Autobot]] [[Targetmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Scoop g1 boxart.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Can he fix it? You bet your ''[[turbocharger]]'' he can.]]
If you're out of ammo and pinned by heavy enemy fire deep in the bowels of a slag swamp, '''Scoop''' is the robot you want on your side. He's possibly the best field infantry robot there is. A gung-ho fighter who uses cool-headed logic and battle-hardened tactics, he can outwit the enemy at every turn. Relentless in his resolve, he's always willing to help others out, no matter how dangerous the situation. Scoop is also strongly religious, and he believes in the buried legends regarding [[Primus]] written about him in [[Covenant of Primus|His Covenant]].

Scoop's greatest asset, his dedication-- both religious and job-related-- is also his greatest weakness. Since he pushes so hard and for so long, he's prone to overheating, especially if pushing his shovel past its limit. He's also often so engrossed in his spiritual literature that he likely won't see hints of betrayal around him unless his texts explicitly spell it out.

His [[Targetmaster]] partners are [[Holepunch (G1)|Holepunch]] and [[Tracer (Nebulan)|Tracer]].

Sometimes he forms [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]'s leg.

{{quote|Want my advice? Don't bring a [[sword]] to a gunfight!|Scoop|"[[Invasion (issue)|Invasion]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:YesterdaysHeroes-ScoopQuickmix.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Scoop likes to send in his crotch as an advance scout.]]
Scoop was a member of the Autobot Resistance Movement on Cybertron, working for [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]]. Along with several others, including the [[Rescue Patrol (G1)|Rescue Patrol]] and the [[Classic Pretender]]s, he helped stage several successful raids on Decepticon fuel depots and military outposts. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}

''Scoop and his fellow Autobots were searching for a rogue [[Triggerbot]] named [[Backstreet (G1)|Backstreet]], who had gone AWOL after a disastrous mission. Meanwhile, Scoop and his fellow '''Decepticon''' [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] were tormenting Backstreet at a run-down old carnival.'' {{storylink|Trigger-Happy!}}

{{note|This was not the most-bestest edited story ever.}}
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====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
{{TransformersComicMagazin}}
Scoop was present when [[Powermaster]] [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] led the Autobots against the joint Decepticon leaders [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], who had tried to hijack the oil reserves of [[Alaska]]. The Autobots drove off the Decepticons, but not before [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] shot a minibot because he turned off his targeting computer. Optimus then sat his troops down and explained to them the differences between Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 2|Attack at Dawn}}

Scoop was among the Autobots monitoring the Decepticons from a distance when Megatron made peaceful gestures to Humanity in [[New York City]]. The Autobots returned to the Ark and discovered that a statue of [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]] that the Decepticons had gifted to New York was actually Snaptrap in disguise. Snaptrap went on a rampage and the Decepticons used this distraction to attack various other targets. Optimus Prime led the Autobots to narrowly defeat this menace. Scoop, Quickmix and the [[Sparkabot]]s managed to bring down Piranacon. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 4#Transformers in Action: The Troy Principle|The Troy Principle}}

He helped in the rescue effort when the Decepticons attacked an oil tanker, generally standing around and asking Optimus Prime what to do. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 5|A Big Day for Powermaster Optimus Prime}}

When the Decepticons stole three nuclear missiles from the United State Federation to hold the world to ransom, Optimus Prime put the entire burden of discovering their whereabouts on the shoulders of the Double Targetmasters. Scoop and his robotic guns discovered the Decepticon hideout. Scoop lured [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] and [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]] away, while Tracer and Holepunch investigated further, before getting scared off by the Firecons. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 8|Megatron's Ultimatum}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 8|Save Nevada Alpha}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 9|The Transformers' Grand Hour: Headmaster of the Dimensions}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 11|Transformers in Action: He Who Laughs Last ...}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 13|The Energon Trap}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 15|The Cosmic Adventure: Memories of Bumblebee}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 16|Transforming Robots in Action: The Case of Optimus Prime}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 17|Transformers in the Battle for Peace: Powermaster Optimus Prime - a Robot, a Hero}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 21|Transformers in Action: In Memory of Earth}}}}
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====''Classics''====
{{noteclassics}}
[[File:Invasion-cannotwillnot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|"Oh, great. Who made me stand next to a bunch of 1984-1985 guys? I might as well be wearing a [[Invasion (issue)|red shhhhHOOOOLY SCRAP!]]"]]
Scoop and his Nebulan partners was under the command of [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]] at the Autobots' base [[Ironworks]] when the evil [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]] attacked. Scoop and his Nebulans were ignored by Ultra Magnus during the evil Autobot's demonstration of power. Moments later, the heroic Decepticons arrived and forced Ultra Magnus to retreat, the heroic Autobots only being able to watch, and then listened to [[Treadshot (SG)|Treadshot]]'s story of how they came to arrive. Treadshot requested that one of Metalhawk's Autobots join the heroic Decepticon [[Octopunch (SG)|Octopunch]] in tracking down the evil [[Wheeljack (SG)|Wheeljack]]. Scoop and his Nebulans accompanied Octopunch underneath the Ironworks base where they met up with the evil Decepticons [[Skullgrin]] and [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]]. While the two Octopunches fought each other, Scoop fought against Skullgrin. Being a Targetmaster, Scoop's firepower easily defeated Skullgrin. The heroic Octopunch asked Scoop to shut down Wheeljack's device which Scoop delegated to his Nebulans. Tracer complained but the three partners had no luck in doing so. Even Octopunch couldn't do anything so they left. After the battle with the evil Autobots, Scoop was visibly upset as Cybertron, Nebulos and other planets exploded due to the energy backlash.
{{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}

====''Regeneration One''====
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Scoop and [[Landfill (G1)|Landfill]] constructed part of a [[space bridge]] network to link Earth and [[Nebulos]] in the [[Glass Mountains]], [[Oklahoma]]. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
[[File:DecepticonUnderground-Scoop.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|And now we know why he gets to be a Wrecker.]]
Scoop was part of an Autobot team that located the Decepticons and their secret underground city on [[Nebulos]]. Along with [[Quickswitch (G1)|Quickswitch]], he sealed the only exit, trapping the Decepticons. Quickmix subsequently sealed the exit with cement. {{storylink|Decepticons Underground}}

{{note|This was the last book, so presumably Quickmix and Scoop won the war all by themselves by burying the Decepticons alive.}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:G2DoubleTargetmasters.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|He may be hard to see, but we're sure he's being resolute.]]
Many millions of years ago, on the planet Cybertron, life existed. But not life as we know it today. Intelligent robots that could think and feel inhabited the cities. Apparently among those robots were the Autobots [[Landfill (G1)|Landfill]], [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]], and Scoop, who transformed from their [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]s and shot at some unknown attackers. {{storylink|Transformers: Generation 2 (cartoon)|G2: MTMTE, Part 1}}

{{note|Footage from the [[commercial]] featuring the Autobot "Double Targetmaster" trio was spliced into the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (cartoon)|Generation 2]]'' version of the episode by way of the [[Cybernet Space Cube]]. Outside of this, the only other "appearance" by the Double Targetmasters in ''The Transformers'' was reuse of this commercial animation in the season 5 [[title sequence]].}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Stormbringer2 ScoopTwintwist.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|An old-fashioned hole-digging! By gar, it's been a while!]]
Scoop may seem too good to be true when you first meet him, but the truth is he ''really is'' too good: he's a true believer in [[Primus]] and likes doing good deeds. {{storylink|Three Monologues}} He first learned the prophecies of the [[Covenant of Primes]] while at the [[Jhiaxian Academy of Advanced Technology]] studying under [[Shockwave (G1)|Senator Shockwave]]. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}}

On [[Varas Centralus]] in the Kol system, the [[Wrecker]]s were called in by [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]]'s [[Infiltration protocol|infiltration team]] to deal with the Decepticon Siege Armature. Scoop and [[Twin Twist]] made slow progress in making a storm tunnel to the enemy base, and wondered how in [[Primacron (G1)|Primacron]] the Decepticons could get their base up in such dense rock. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}} The Wreckers were recalled to Cybertron by Operations Command to investigate the possible return of [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] and rescue [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire's]] missing science expedition. After the Wreckers saved [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] and [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]], Scoop and Twin Twist were again assigned to tunnelling into the enemy stronghold. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3|Stormbringer #3}}

When Thunderwing returned to Cybertron, Scoop, [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]], and [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] were sent as scouts. As the memories of Thunderwing's failure to convince [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] to go along with his [[Pretender|bio-cybernetic exo-shell]] technology flooded the monster's mind, it unleashed a wave of rage that forced Broadside to carry off Scoop by the scruff of his neck as the scouts ran for cover. The three Autobots later attempted to get some heat off of Twin Twist by firing on Thunderwing, but were all blown away by a thunderous clap of the monstrosity's hands. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4|Stormbringer #4}}

[[File:ThreeMonologues-religiousnut.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|So it seems Starscream found Scoop's Rapture Ready account.]]
After the war's end, Scoop returned to Cybertron, where he renounced the Autobots in favor of the "Chosen One", [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part One: Signals, Calls, and Marches|Signals, Calls, and Marches}} He founded the [[Construction Patrol]] to fix the battle damage in Iacon, help the wounded, fix blackouts, and restore Cybertron's deep space communications. He was such a beloved, awesome dude that Starscream, who had recently become leader of the neutrals, believed the builder was running an angle to seize power himself. An old Autobot comrade of Scoop's, [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], warned Starscream that Scoop was a jealous, greedy sort and that he'd found evidence that the builder had caused the blackout he'd 'fixed'. This was actually a big crock: Rattrap was framing Scoop because he's a git, and the altruist really was trying to help and even believed that Starscream was a Primus-appointed leader. Since "altruists are unpredictable", Starscream let Scoop be arrested for crimes he hadn't committed. {{storylink|Three Monologues}}

Once imprisoned, Scoop began researching the [[Covenant of Primus]], and so when Starscream came knocking on his cell after the [[Necrotitan]] appeared outside of the city, Scoop had more dogma for the "Chosen One." Scoop still believed in Starscream's Primus-designated stature, though he warned of a legend that predated [[Nova Prime]]'s reign. There would be a "false prophet who would remake everything," and that the "stars would scream." {{storylink|Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Black Metal}} Starscream left, and Rattrap sneaked in to talk to Scoop next. Scoop worried that while Starscream was the chosen one, he might have been chosen to bring about the end of the world. Scoop's doomsaying started seeming plausible once a surge from the Necrotitan razed the city. Scoop, now free, chose to help his fellow citizens rather than take revenge on Starscream. {{storylink|Winners & Losers: Dark Cybertron Chapter 3|Winners & Losers}} Scoop and his Construction Patrol continued to pull survivors from the city's wreckage, but when Starscream returned, Scoop began turning his scorn and the city against Starscream. Scoop pointed at the dark growth on Starscream's chest and called it a mark placed by Primus. {{storylink|Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|Into the Abyss}} Soon thereafter, the Necrotitan itself marched across the city, leaving it in flames. Scoop's anger burned as well, and he accused Starscream of betraying Cybertron because of his lack of faith. {{storylink|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|The Dead Are Not Enough}}

During the battle with the Necrotitan, Scoop and Rattrap worked together to evacuate the other neutrals. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} Starscream pointed out that Rattrap was only helping out to make himself look good, bothering Scoop who told him to stop thinking about schemes for once. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}} The Necrotitan was eventually defeated by [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], proving the prophet Scoop had believed in for so long untrue and leaving him rather glum and confused. When Starscream showed up for some friendly taunts over his misgivings, Scoop shocked the former Decepticon by revealing he'd first learned about the prophecy from Shockwave himself. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} At that moment, Shockwave enacted his master plan, dispatching an army of [[Ammonite]]s to cause chaos on Cybertron. Scoop joined a team of Autobots and Decepticons setting out to stop Shockwave, but elected to stay behind instead when the group proved too large for [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] to teleport. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}}

After Shockwave was defeated, Scoop ended up in the company of [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s Decepticons. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}} {{storylink|Earthfall Part 4: Full Fathom Five|Full Fathom Five}} He remained with them as they traveled to [[Earth]], claiming to have renounced his faith in Starscream, {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part One: Signals, Calls, and Marches|Signals, Calls, and Marches}} when in fact he was acting as Starscream's agent, secretly keeping him up to date on the Decepticons' conflict with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s forces. {{storylink|The World of Tomorrow}} His end goal was to use Galvatron to find the ancient [[Enigma of Combination]] and deliver it to Starscream. {{storylink|The Onyx Interface Conclusion: The Obliterati|The Obliterati}} At one point Scoop was sent by Soundwave to fetch Galvatron, who responded by pointing a gun in his face and mocking his beliefs. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part One: Signals, Calls, and Marches|Signals, Calls, and Marches}} He then accompanied the Decepticons to [[Tokyo]] on their mission to capture [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|Vs.}}

Having learned the location of the Enigma of Combination, Galvatron led Scoop and the others to [[Wanmu]], {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Three: ONoffON|ONoffON}} where they fought [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]]'s [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] who was also after the relic. When Devastator dropped the Enigma, Scoop revealed his true colors, snagging the item when no one was looking and returning to Cybertron on the Decepticons' shuttle. {{storylink|The Onyx Interface Conclusion: The Obliterati|The Obliterati}} Delivering the Enigma to Starscream, he was annoyed by his leader's sudden decision to change bodies, but grudgingly accepted that he ''was'' the Chosen One and could do what he wanted. {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}} He was surprised that that Starscream remained on the same subject even when Cybertron's space bridge to [[Caminus]] opened, unaware that his leader was behind it all to begin with. {{storylink|The Sum and Its Parts}}

Scoop got to visit Starscream's secret prison when he was done manipulating [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] and had him locked up. {{storylink|The Possible Light}} In need of a loyal combiner, Starscream then freed the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] and used the Enigma of Combination on Scoop to make him part of their combined form, [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. As he took the late [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]'s place as Devastator's right leg, Scoop's faith in his Chosen One influenced the combiner's personality, forcing him to follow Starscream's orders. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}}

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==Games==
[[File:BattleTacticsScoop.jpg|thumb|250px|right|He's upset about his toy gun.]]
===''Transformers Legends''===
Scoops{{sic}} discovered an ancient Cybertronian prophecy speaking of a chosen one, whom Scoops believed to be [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Starscream wasn't so sure. {{storylink|Dark Cybertron (Legends)|Dark Cybertron}}
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
Scoop participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1-toy Scoop.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Bob the Builder not included.]]
*'''Scoop''' (Targetmaster, [[1988]])
**''Accessories'': "Holepunch" & "Tracer" Targetmasters

:Scoop transforms into an orange and yellow front payloader. The loader arm and bucket are hinged with two joints and thus can actually be used to simulate the loading of things. His wheels are appropriately large and his overall sculpting is quite detailed for a small Targetmaster.

:Most of the smaller Targetmasters have two [[5mm post|5mm mount points]] for their Nebulan companions, however Scoop is quite the exception with a total of ''five'' mount points. Holepunch and Tracer (or any other accessories with handle pegs of the correct size) can be mounted on either side of the vehicle, on either of two points at the rear, or at a single, central point at the front of the vehicle. Scoop's Targetmaster partners can attach to this central point in [[robot mode]] to create the illusion that he is looking through a gun sight. He also has very small hands, so his Targetmasters instead mount on the outside of his wrists. Holepunch and Tracer can become two separate handguns, or either can attach to the rear of the other gun to form a single rifle.

:No version of this character or mold was released in Japan.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Autobot/Scoop/scoop.htm More information on Scoop at TFU.info]''

===''Generations''===
[[File:Scoop-deluxe-generations.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I must rebuild you because God told me to.]]
*'''Autobot Scoop''' (Deluxe, [[2014]])
**''Series / Number'': '''02 / #014'''
**''Accessories:'' Holepunch, Caliburst

:Part of the eighth wave of ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Scoop is a modernized, more [[Articulation|articulated]] version of his original toy. He comes with equally-modernized versions of his partners, Holepunch and <s>Tracer</s> Caliburst ([[trademark]] reasons...), who retain their abilities to transform from robots to guns, and to combine into a larger weapon. This time around, though, Scoop's got 5mm fistholes to wield them normally—while still having some pegholes on his arms and legs if you're feeling nostalgic. Scoop comes packaged with a copy of "[[Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2]]."
:Scoop's stock photography shows his loader bucket with two differently colored halves, the front half being yellow like the original toy.

:This toy was later robbed of one of its Targetmaster [[redeco]]ed into [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Japanese toyline|''Adventure'']] [[Roadblock (Adventure)|Roadblock]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/GenScoop/scoop.htm More information on ''Generations'' Scoop at TFU.info]''
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==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Scoop Scoop's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Treadshot (G1)

2015-06-02T18:51:26Z

ItsLeo20: /* Transformers: Battle Tactics */

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:''Treadshot is a [[Decepticon]] [[Action Master]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:G1Treadshot boxart.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"I've heard that you're a low-down Yankee liar." "''Prove it.''"]]
You think you can take '''Treadshot'''? Go ahead on. It's your move.

Y'see, there just ain't no quicker gunslinger out there than Treadshot. He'll plant a bullet between your optics before you can blink, then another five in various parts of your body before it hits the ground. Course, sometimes power is needed over precision, and Treadshot's got ya covered there too, thanks to his [[Action Master partner|partner]] [[Catgut]]. With this hired gun pullin' the trigger of a particle-blaster cannon, there's few bots the Decepticon high command trust more to make sure a target goes down and stays down.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
[[File:TreadshotMarvel.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Howdy, pilgrim.]]
After the battle with [[Unicron]], Treadshot attended a meeting of the combined [[Autobot]]/[[Decepticon]] forces at their headquarters, standing between [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] and [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]]. He witnessed the report by [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] that their world was falling apart, and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s ensuing declaration that the Transformers must evacuate [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

Treadshot was later seen with Soundwave and Crankcase again, apparently clearing debris with them. They were interrupted by [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] punching [[Fangry]] through the window of a nearby building, which caught the attention of the newly arrived [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and [[Krok (G1)|Krok]] as well.

While Fangry briefly had the upper hand, Grimlock's [[Nucleon]]-powered body enabled him to administer a savage beat down to the Decepticon. This caused Treadshot and Soundwave to react angrily, though neither one stepped forward to help their blustery comrade. After Prowl stopped the attack, Treadshot watched as Bludgeon manipulated Prowl into revealing the Autobots' unagreeably peaceful post-exodus plans. {{storylink|Exodus!}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
[[File:Treadshot natural selection.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
After the resurrected [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] returned to Cybertron, converting Autobots to Decepticons with his [[Gene Key]], Treadshot ended up working for him at the [[Civil Defense Hub]]. Grimlock stormed in looking for Scorponok and finding that he was at the [[Sonic Canyons]] announced that he was going to look for the rest of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] instead. Treadshot refused to let him, insisting that he follow Scorponok's orders to stay put, but when an alarm sounded at "[[Nursery|The Nursery]]" Grimlock realised that it was the Dinobots sending him a message so he smashed Treadshot's head into his screen before he could alert anyone else. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Four}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers3-Treadshot.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|He'll be all right.]]
Treadshot worked alongside [[Squawkbox]], [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]], and either [[Wingspan]] or [[Pounce]] in the operations center of the Decepticon space station where [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] were posted. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sixshot}} Later, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] discovered his impaled body at [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzaitron]]'s destroyed base as she searched for clues on [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] and [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}} He survived, and somehow ended up on the Autobot prison planet [[Garrus-9]] during [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]'s takeover. When the [[Wrecker]]s invaded, Treadshot attempted to snipe at [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], [[Twin Twist (G1)|Twin Twist]], and [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] as they fell through an empty energy reactor. He was dispatched with a retaliatory harpoon shot by Impactor. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3|Last Stand of the Wreckers #3}}{{-}}

===Timeless===
[[File:Timeless-Treadshot.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|See?]]
[[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] and [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] hired Treadshot as security while they broke into the [[Vestigial Cortical Complex]]. The hired gun aided them by blowing a hole into the complex after noticing the absence of a door. While the two explored the building, Treadshot stood guard outside. {{storylink|Timeless}}
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==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Treadshot-KrokTV.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|This here's a holdup!]]
Treadshot, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Krok (G1)|Krok]] blasted through a wall together to steal the power behind becoming Action Masters. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation_1#1990|Action Masters commercial #1}}

{{note|In this scene, Treadshot and the other Deceptions are not animated using [[character model]]s, but by tracing stop-motion animation of their toys. This is because that sequence is the commercial's transition from animation to live-action, the first visual image of the toys proper.}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsTreadshot.jpg|thumb|300px|left|[[Warpath]]? Never heard of him.]]
Treadshot participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Treadshot toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|In Italy, this may be my second figure...]]
*'''Treadshot with Catgut''' ([[Action Master]], [[1990]])
**''Accessories'': "Pulse demagnetizer" rifle

:Part of the first assortment of individually-carded "basic" Action Master figures, Treadshot is a non-transforming action figure, though his design shows that his former [[alternate mode]] is a Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum pistol. He is compatible with any other Action Master partner, weapon or vehicle. He came packaged with his [[Action Master partner|partner]] [[Catgut]].

:Treadshot's [[instructions]] depict a different [[weapon]] than the one the toy actually comes with—specifically, a weapon that wasn't available with ''any'' Action Master. The weapon that ''was'' available with Treadshot, meanwhile, is depicted in ''[[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave's]]'' instructions, which resulted in quite a few mix-ups on toy information websites and in identification guides (including ''[[Transformers Generations|Generations]]'' and, uh, the photo to the right).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Decepticon/Treadshot/treadshot.htm More information on Treadshot at TFU.info]''
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===''Timelines''===
[[File:Timelinestoy-Treadshot.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Gun safety instructor told Treadshot to only point his barrel forward when he was ready to shoot, and he's all like ''dude I'm built this way''.]]
*'''Treadshot w/ Catgut''' (Deluxe, [[2014]])
**''TFSS2 number'': '''4'''
**''Accessories'': Missile, "Catgut" partner

:A [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers Generations|Generations]]'' [[Warpath (G1)#Generations|Warpath]], Treadshot now transforms into an "H-tread" combat tank of likely made-up origins. A spring-loaded missile launcher is placed on his right shoulder, and rods in his legs and arms are compatible with [[c joint]] accessories. He also comes with a new version of [[Catgut#Timelines 2|Catgut]].

:Treadshot comes with a minor misassembly: The base of his tank cannon is put in backwards, shortening the amount the cannon extends and how high it can be raised in tank mode. This is easily fixed by removing the screws at the bottom of his chest and placing the cannon base the right way around.

:Treadshot was available as part of the [[exclusive]] 2014 [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service]].

:This mold was also used to make [[BotCon 2013]]'s [[Strika (BM)#Timelines|Strika]] and the [[Blastcharge Strika Drone]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/TFSSTreadshot/treadshot.htm More information on ''Timelines'' Treadshot at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
[[File:HighwayPatrolRobo.jpg|100px|thumb|Rare, but not really a good toy.]]
*Unlike the other new-character Action Masters, Treadshot appears to be based on a pre-existing toy—strikingly, a toy perhaps not designed by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] at all! Originally manufactured by Sunmayor Ohkawa (サンマーヤ大川) Co., Ltd., as the "357 Magnum Robo" (357マグナムロボ), this robot transforms into a Smith and Wesson .357 Magnum with scope attachments. Its massive and awkward inner body serves as a real firing "gun" in both modes, complete with spinning bullet chamber and launching teeny tiny [[for safety reasons|blatant choke-hazard]] bullets with a pull of the trigger. It was later called the "Highway Patrol Robo" and released in [[GiG]]'s ''[[Trasformer]]'' line in Italy. Information on this toy is scant... but, strangely, it shows up in Takara's ''[[Takara SF Land Collection Complete Works]]'' toy book, which only further complicates the mystery of its origins.

===Foreign names===
*''Italian:'' '''Raptor'''

==External links==
*[http://sv22.pos.to/~butto/tto-11.html Butto's 357 Magnum Robo page]

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Brawl (G1)

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:''Brawl is a [[Decepticon]] [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:MTMTEBrawl.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"I wouldn't need the pistol, but I don't wanna have to bend over to aim..."]]
If '''Brawl'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s on the battlefield and you can't hear him coming, it's time to check your audio receptors, because chances are you've gone deaf. Brawl's main distinguishing characteristic is '''VOLUME'''. No matter if he's talking (yelling), moving (clanking and rattling), or fighting (yelling, clanking, rattling, and blasting) you're sure to hear him doing it, as is anyone else in the county. As if that wasn't enough, he is also a ball of barely contained rage and violence with a hair-trigger temper. This makes even his comrades wary, but it does make him a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield... as long as the mission doesn't require stealth. Or zero casualties.

Brawl combines with his fellow Combaticons to form [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Tony St. James]] (English), [[Toshio Ishii]] (Japanese)|[[Héctor Vieyra]] (Spanish), [[Fritz von Hardenberg]] (German, "Fight or Flee"), [[Willy Schäfer]] (German, ''Generation 2'', "Starscream's Brigade" and "The Revenge of Bruticus"), [[Ulf Jürgen Söhmisch]] (German, ''Generation 2'', "Fight or Flee")}}

[[File:StarscreamsBrigade Starscream Brawl.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"It's YOUR fault I'm not more toy-accurate!"]]
Brawl was one of the five [[renegade Decepticon]]s liberated by [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] in the Air Commander's latest attempt to unseat [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. As an element of their imprisonment, they had been reduced to mere [[personality component]]s, so Starscream installed them into abandoned [[World War II]] military vehicles. The transplant caused the vehicles to immediately reconfigure themselves: Brawl in particular went from being an [[wikipedia:M4 Sherman|M4 Sherman]] tank<ref>"Starscream's Brigade" shooting script</ref> to being a... more differenter tank, before turning into a robot. Starscream called them "Combaticons" and announced their names as they transformed, but they didn't recognize him. Nor did they feel particularly indebted to him for their release; Brawl even threatened to pound him into scrap for no apparent reason. In the end, Starscream only guaranteed their loyalty though having given them bodies bereft of [[energy absorber]]s, so they would be dependent upon him to refuel. While their first missions for Starscream were initially successful, the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]' intervention meant the brigade's defeat, and Megatron exiled all six to a remote asteroid. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

The Combaticons managed to tow the asteroid to Cybertron and evict [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. Brawl would have preferred just to shoot the hell out of the Decepticons and [[Earth]], but [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] managed to rig the [[space bridge]] to drag Earth into the sun. However, the Combaticons were later attacked by mysterious aggressors. Although the Combaticons were confused by their appearance, Brawl figured that they should just annihilate them. As it turned out, the aggressors were holograms created by Starscream and Shockwave, whom the Combaticons captured. Once Megatron, as well as the [[Autobot]]s, arrived, the Combaticons merged into Bruticus, but [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] deactivated him. The Combaticons were then reprogrammed to serve Megatron. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

[[File:BOT RepairingBrawl.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Only a fierce backrub could cure Brawl's rage. Megatron happily loaned out his eunuch for a few hours just to get some peace and quiet.]]

When Onslaught ordered the Combaticons to transform in a street, [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] knocked into Brawl, who in turn made his displeasure very vocal. They then transformed into Bruticus, who was immediately shot to pieces by [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. Swindle was the sole survivor, and he sold his partners' deactivated forms to various humans such as [[El Presidente]]. Under threat of death by Megatron, Swindle stole back the parts of his unit. However, he was unable to find Brawl's personality component, leaving Brawl a silent shell requiring to be guided over to the rest of the group when ordered to form Bruticus. It turned out that the Combaticons couldn't merge at all without that particular piece of technology, much to Megatron's dismay. Swindle was sent out to retrieve the personality component, which had been used by [[Martin and Roland|some]] [[Elise Presser|kids]] to build [[B.O.T. (G1)|a robot]] for a school project. Of course, this made the robot extremely violent, and it destroyed the school lab and fought some Autobots before Swindle found it and recovered the component. This whole ordeal does pose a question: why does Bruticus depend on the personality component of a loud, homicidal maniac to form? {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

[[File:FightorFlee RazorclawBrawl.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|This makes perfect sense in context. Really.]]

During the Decepticon attack on [[Paradron]], Brawl teamed up with [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] to capture [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], and together they managed to make him fall off a bridge. Later, he manned a [[molecular cannon]] alongside [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]], but the cannon was destroyed in an Autobot attack. At the same time, Brawl was ''also'' part of Bruticus, who was accompanying [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}} Some time later, the Combaticons were sent by Galvatron to assassinate the Decepticon exile [[Octane (G1)|Octane]]. Because bringing Brawl along when you need to sneak up on someone is a good idea. {{storylink|Starscream's Ghost}}

The Combaticons later performed a hit-and-run attack on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in order to mess up an upcoming peace conference. Brawl got a good shot at [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] in the ensuing battle, but [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] jumped in and took the blast. {{storylink|Surprise Party}} When the [[Hate Plague]] was brought to Earth, the Combaticons were infected by the disease when Bruticus was (rather ineffectively) punched by an infected Ultra Magnus. Bruticus apparently split apart later on, as Brawl was seen rampaging through a human marketplace, crushing various stands beneath his tracks. Soon afterwards he infected Headstrong. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Aerial Assault}} {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}} {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}} {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}} {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga=====
[[File:Manga8 Brawlshootsadog.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Oh my god, you've killed a puppy. YOU RUST-CASE!!]]
When Menasor's baseball stadium/command base was attacked by Superion and Defensor, Bruticus came to his aid. He quickly took out Defensor, damaging [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] and preventing the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] from combining again. However, Superion blasted Brawl and Swindle away with his [[electrostatic discharger rifle]], allowing [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] to steal their places as Bruticus's legs and fly away with him. Brawl followed them, meagerly yelling for his enemies to wait up. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 5|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #5}}

The Combaticons were later sent to hunt down an escaped [[Murdered puppy|puppy]] that Megatron had experimented on. Brawl was pretty happy when he got a few shots in on the fleeing animal, but was reprimanded by [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] as they were supposed to capture it alive. [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] soon showed up to save the dog, and using its [[Decepticon super science|experimental energy]], he and the [[Mini Vehicle]]s defeated the Combaticons. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 8|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #8}}
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=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages=====
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=====Scramble City: Mobilization=====
When the Stunticons were dispatched to hinder the Autobots from constructing [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]], they were attacked by the Aerialbots and did not fare too well. Brawl and the Combaticons arrived to help, and together Bruticus and Menasor easily overpowered Superion. However, Scramble City itself soon drove up and blasted both combiners into the distance. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

=====''The Great Transformer War'' manga=====
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}}}}
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=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
Brawl and the Combaticons participated in an all-out Decepticon attack on Cybertron, {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} until [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] arrived and drove them away. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Shortly afterwards, [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] set out to find the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and bring it to Optimus Prime, and the Combaticons were among the troops sent out to stop him. They were ambushed by the Protectobots, and defeated when Defensor buried Bruticus in a rockfall. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}} Not long after that, the Combaticons defended [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] against [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Twincast]]'s attempted infiltration, but failed when the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] arrived and distracted them. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

[[File:SOSfromSandra Terrorcon Brawl.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"NO MERCY! RIP 'EM APART! I'LL MURDERIZE 'EM! I'LL —" "Your squad's over there, Brawl." "RIGHT! I KNEW THAT!"]]

The Combaticons were later part of ''another'' attack on Cybertron, during which they killed plenty of [[Generic|soldiers]] before getting into another fight with Defensor. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} They lost. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}} When the Decepticons planted a giant carnivorous plant in [[San Francisco]], the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] and [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] were stationed to attack any Autobots who arrived to kill it. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}} When the Autobots were preparing [[energon cube]]s to aid the planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]], Brawl attacked them alongside the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], taking [[Blot (G1)|Blot]]'s place for [[Animation error|reasons unknown]]. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}} [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] later sent all the Combaticons, Terrorcons and [[Horrorcon]]s to attack an Autobot energy facility in [[Miami]], in order to lure Autobot troops away from [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} The Combaticons also later unleashed Bruticus as Sixshot continued his reign of terror over the Autobots on Earth. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

Brawl was present when [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] held a speech about Galvatron's recent death and took control of the Decepticons. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}} Bruticus was later part of a small group of Decepticons who tried to lead Fortress Maximus away from the Decepticon base on [[Master (planet)|Master]]. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} The combiner then stood by and laughed as [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] sank the luxury liner ''[[Queen World]]'' in the Atlantic Ocean, before being ordered to defend a [[Death Tower]] in [[Australia]]. Bruticus easily took care of Defensor when the Autobot tried to destroy the tower, but was ordered to retreat when the machine activated. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} As Bruticus, the Combaticons participated in the final battle with the Autobots at the North Pole, and retreated into space when Scorponok's energy-absorbing satellite started tearing the Earth apart. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
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=====''Super-God Masterforce'' manga=====
Brawl formed the right leg of [[Scramble 7]], a Decepticon combiner using various combiner team members in a supposedly "ideal" configuration. Scramble 7 attacked the Autobot base on [[Athenia]], but was defeated by [[Ginrai|Super Ginrai]], [[Lightfoot]] and [[Ranger]] thanks to their use of [[Chōkon Power]]. {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The United Earth-Space Troops}}

=====''Zone'' cartoon, comic and story pages=====
Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], [[Emperor of Destruction|Decepticon Emperor]] [[Violen Jiger]] gathered together the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]], upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. Brawl was of those summoned, but only as part of Bruticus. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Zone}} {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
Brawl was part of an Autobot [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] special ops unit created by [[Magnum]] to take out the various [[Decepticon Warlord|leaders]] of the new Decepticon faction, in the hopes of ending the war quickly. He was assigned to the "Combaticons" as their Ground Assault specialist. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 2}}

Before they could get started on their primary mission, however, the [[Autobot High Council]] had a more...diplomatic mission for the Elite Guard. Teamed with their fellow squad, [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]]'s Strike Team, Brawl and the Combaticons were to make contact with an archeological team heralded by [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] as responsible for one of the greatest finds of recent history. Brawl had little interest in the old bot's preaching, and he spent the mission briefing drawing little cartoon bombs and explosions on the sheet in front of him. When the Councilbot started talking about demolition work, though, Brawl suddenly became more interested in the job.

Out at [[Median]], they found the mission was even more complicated than Alpha Trion let on. Dig coordinator [[Flip Sides (G1)|Flipsides]] explained how they had uncovered a massively powerful artifact known as the [[Heart of the Dragon]], and the Decepticons had already become aware of it. Brawl and the Elite Guard began fortifying the town to [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]]'s specifications to resist attack. Although he preferred DEstruction over CONstruction, Brawl still got to make a lot of noise setting up the barricades, so he enjoyed the work immensely. When [[Dion]] of the Strike Team commented how he sometimes missed his truck mode after seeing Brawl in action, the gruff Combaticon laid out his credo for life: ''Reformatting's for wimps.'' Oh, and ''"Aim for the mouth, so's you don't have to talk to them."'' One bot, many credos.

When the attack came, Brawl operated on the second line of defense with Onslaught, [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] and the Strike Team's weaponry expert, [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]]. Once the Decepticon [[Stormtrooper (G1)|Stormtrooper]]s made it through the first line, however, it became a game of cybercat and ironmouse, as the 'Cons split up and used sensor ghosts to send the Elite Guard chasing their tails. By the time Brawl even got a clean shot at one of 'em, the Decepticons had already secured their objective and were speeding back to base.

The Elite Guard pursued them and managed to infiltrate the Stormtroopers' transforming mobile fortress, the [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]]. They were forced to confront [[Brimstone (G1 Decepticon)|Brimstone]], a tiny but powerful Transformer brought to life by the Heart of the Dragon. His fiery breath decoupled molecules, sending even Brawl scurrying for cover. Despite said scurrying, Brawl was uncomfortable with leaving Brimstone to burn himself out like the turncoat Stormtrooper [[Drench (G1)|Drench]] suggested. One can only hope the massive explosion that consumed Brimstone and leveled the Metrotitan was enough to satisfy Brawl's battlelust. {{storylink|Flames of Yesterday}}

Over the following weeks, the Combaticons and Strike Team continued working together on co-assigned missions against the Decepticon hierarchy. Although they bonded on a personal level, the Combaticons were aware Metalhawk's team was a bit more...squeamish about the duties of war than they were. When they captured a [[Transport drone|Cubeformer]] Decepticon, for instance, Brawl tortured the unwilling informant away from the Strike Team to get the information they needed, and Onslaught concocted a story about a suicide implant to explain the Con's demise. After successfully assassinating Decepticon field leader [[Shadowcaster]], the Combaticons remained in the field to search for more information. They got more than they bargained for and were captured by [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s forces. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 3}}

Brawl and the Combaticons were isolated behind Oan energy bars, although Brawl was stubborn enough to constantly try and force his way past the unbreakable bars, until his exo-structure was smoldering with the feedback. They were brought before Deathsaurus, who slyly began to manipulate the Special Ops Team into becoming true "Combaticons" under the Decepticon banner. A personal touch was added to sway every Combaticon, but for Brawl he needed to do little more than suggest he ''needed'' help from the Elite Guard in order to fight. That was all it took to make Brawl determined to destroy the Elite Guard just to prove Deathsaurus wrong. Brawl...not very bright. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 4}}

The Combaticons led an assault on Elite Guard headquarters with Deathsaurus's forces and unveiled the modifications their new commander had fitted them with: combination technology to form the big, bad, battlin' [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]! {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 5}} Bruticus managed to slaughter pretty much all of the Guard before [[Dion]] blinded the giant, forcing them to separate. They headed back to Deathsaurus's base for repairs. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 6}}

Repairs proceeded, but the Combaticons were startled to learn that Deathsaurus could force them to combine into Bruticus at will. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 1}} {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 2}} They still turned out to help defend the base against the remnants of the Elite Guard. Brawl started bashing [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] around, and finally the moment he'd been waiting impatiently for came — the Combaticons began to merge... and were promptly blasted. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 3}} When it turned out they'd been blasted by more survivors of the Elite Guard massacre, Brawl announced they'd have to have another go at killing them all, but sadly Blast Off was indisposed, so they couldn't form Bruticus. During the end of the battle retreat, Brawl pointed out that Blast Off was still missing, and it delayed the team long enough for the Elite Guard to capture them. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 4}}

In the hands of the compromised [[Gyronian Sentry|Gyronian Sentry Team]], the Combaticons were whisked away to Deathsaurus's fortress, now under Megatron's control. Though Megatron gave them the option, none of them cared to help Deathsaurus, and they were imprisoned and their personality components subsequently interred in the Decepticon Detention Center. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 5}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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''[[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]], who had held the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] inside his mind, once experienced nightmares of strange new Transformers, [[Special Teams]] with the ability to merge into a giants. Brawl and his Combaticon teammates appeared in one of Buster's earlier dreams, before he sought help from the Autobots. In order to process the information his subconscious was feeding him, Buster linked his mind with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], so that the next dream came through far clearer than the previous ones. He and Prime observed a scenario where the Combaticons joined forces with the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] against their Autobot counterparts, the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] and [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]. The Combaticons fought together as Bruticus, but were defeated by the teamwork shown by Autobot gestalts [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. After Prime and Buster awoke, the Autobots immediately went to work designing these new warriors. Thanks to [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s hacking skills, however, [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] also saw the visions and began working on their own Special Teams. {{storylink|Second Generation!}}''

{{note|The above origin was not referenced in the U.S. comics and, unlike the Stunticons, the Combaticons were never explicitly stated to have been built on Earth. Although it's generally assumed they were anyway, one [[Swarm (issue)|obscure reference]] inferred that they may have come from Cybertron.}}

[[File:GonebutNotForgotten Brawlheadcrush.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"MEGATRON... PLEASE, NO!! I... CAN'T BREA... WAIT!! I... HAVE A... MOU..." *krunnk*]]

On his first mission on Earth, Brawl was sent with the Combaticons and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] to steal the human [[hydrothermocline]] plant. When they arrived, they faced Optimus Prime and the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] waiting for them. Brawl combined with his team to form Bruticus, but before the giant got a chance to brawl with [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], [[Ethan Zachary|a human]] suggested that they'd play a [[Multi-World|video game]] over the plant instead. Optimus Prime and Megatron both agreed, and Brawl was sent into the video game along with the other Combaticons, Protectobots, and faction leaders. Brawl teamed up with [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] to destroy [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] in the "Vineland" area of the game. However, they were tripped up by a bunch of vine creatures, [[Decrystallizer cannon|crystallized]], and blown to smithereens. Game over. {{storylink|Afterdeath!}}

Unluckily for him, Brawl learned nothing about caution from this experience. A few days later, he mouthed off at Megatron, telling him to get over the fact that Optimus Prime had died by someone else's hands. Megatron proceeded to pop Brawl's head like a ripe melon and throw his lifeless body into a wall. {{storylink|Gone but Not Forgotten!}}

''He got better. On a later mission, Soundwave and the Combaticons were commissioned with destroying the inactive super-Decepticon known as [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], who had been trapped inside the lava flow of an active volcano, preserving him like a fly in amber. [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], who had been commanding the Combaticons ever since Megatron was believed dead in a [[space bridge]] accident, nevertheless saw Galvatron as a potential threat to his command, and wanted him eliminated permanently. Vortex and the others were to set up explosive charges around the mouth, burying the future warrior forever. Their plans were waylaid by a group of human females, who used up most of the explosives against the Combaticons. The Decepticons were then forced to retreat once [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and the [[Throttlebot]]s arrived to back-up the humans, but they swore vengeance for the interference. {{storylink|Ladies' Night (issue)|Ladies' Night}}''

After chasing the Throttlebots around, the Combaticons eventually attacked them in a car lot, and Brawl got into another fight with the Protectobots as they arrived on the scene. Blaster stopped him from shooting [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] in the back, and the Combaticons were eventually forced to retreat. {{storylink|Used Autobots}} Shortly afterwards, the group decided to ambush the Protectobots on their way to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. They failed to take the Autobots completely by surprise as Hot Spot recognized Brawl's tank tracks on the ground, and the ensuing battle quickly led to the groups combining. Bruticus claimed victory over Defensor with his brute strength, but was soon tricked and broken into his component parts by Blaster. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}}

Brawl was amongst the large number of Decepticons who ambushed the Autobots on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], only to be beaten back by Blaster and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Prime Bomb!}} {{storylink|The Special Teams Have Arrived}}}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
Brawl was among the Decepticons preparing to charge into battle against the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]]. {{storylink|New Dawn}} He was later seen with his fellow Combaticons attempting to defend the [[Warworld]] against boarders. They didn't do so well. {{storylink|Total War!}}

====Transformers Comic-Magazin====
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 11|Transformers in Action: He Who Laughs Last ...}}}}
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===The Special Teams===
Brawl and the rest of the Combaticons were created by Starscream on a remote Pacific island, by combining military vehicles with Energon cubes. They then drove to the [[Pullen Power Plant]], passing Optimus Prime en route, though the Autobot leader was none-the-wiser to the Decepticons in disguise. Onslaught, Brawl and Swindle arrived first on the battlefield, coming upon Menasor already engaged in battle with Defensor. Onslaught then ordered to rest of his team to merge with him to form Bruticus. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}
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===Ladybird Books continuity===
Brawl was damaged trying to breach [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s defenses. He was towed in for repairs by Onslaught and the Decepticon recovery crew. {{storylink|Decepticon Hideout}}

===Young Corgi continuity===
Brawl joined his fellow Combaticons, Vortex and Blast Off, in searching for a city the humans had found hidden beneath the ice. After a brief battle with the Aerialbots, both sides learned that the [[city-dweller]]s were dangerous to Autobot and Decepticon alike, and joined forced against the [[Watcher]] and his ilk. [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and the Aerialbots complied with the truce, allowing Brawl and the Combaticons to leave unmolested once everything was over. {{storylink|Battle Beneath the Ice}}

===St. Michael ''The Transformers'' Sticker Book===
{{Note|As the following story is a [[multipath adventure]], details will vary depending on the path taken. See the book's page for information on alternate paths.}}
Brawl and the rest of the Combaticons served under [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] on a Decepticon ship, when they managed to shoot down the ship being captained by Ultra Magnus. After the Autobots crash-landed on planet [[Barrenikon]], the Decepticons landed their ship nearby to finish off their enemies. In the many possible adventures that followed, Brawl and the other Decepticons often underestimated you, which often led to them losing to the Autobots, leaving them either stranded on Barrenikon, or fleeing after they received too much damage. That is, if you somehow didn't get yourself killed at their hands. {{storylink|The Transformers Sticker Book (St. Michael)|The Transformers Sticker Book}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Brawltww.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|This... is my BOOMSTICK!]]
Brawl participated in [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s siege on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} and spent most of his time in tank mode. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}} {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} As part of a combiner group, his actions were somewhat limited by the [[Crisis Intervention Accord]]; it is unknown how he occupied his time while the Accord was in place. {{storylink|Devastation}}

Millions of years later, when [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] appeared on Earth, the battered Combaticons were ordered by Starscream to combine into Bruticus and deal with the crazed zealot. It did not end well. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}

[[File:G1DW SkyLynx defeats Combaticons.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|This can't turn out good...]]

The repaired Combaticons were brought to Guadalcanal where they could hone their somewhat lackluster combat skills and listen to Starscream's long-winded aspirations of glory. When Swindle commented on Starscream's mental state, Brawl agreed, stating that he'd like to pull the Air Commander's cerebro circuits straight out of his faceplate so they could get a better look at them. Starscream overheard their conversation, but let it pass in order for them to fight the magnificent Autobot [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]. Unfortunately, the Combaticons did not fare well when the crafty Autobot split into his two forms, with Brawl and Onslaught nearly crushed by the Lynx's right paw.

This was the least of their troubles, however, as [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] showed up as soon as Sky Lynx was deactivated. This encounter also did not end well. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}} {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}}}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' continuity===
As part of [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]]'s forces, Brawl defended the newly unified Decepticon army's base against a combined Autobot/[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] strike force. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

===''The Beast Within''===
During an all-out Decepticon offensive, Brawn helped the Predacons battle the Dinobots. When the Dinobots combined into their gestalt form, Brawl combined with his fellow Combaticons in order to square off against [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]]. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Autocracy12-BrawlOnslaughtSkullgrinBlitzwing.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66]]
Early in the war, Brawl defended the [[Citadel]] from the Autobots as part of Blitzwing's unit and was ordered with Onslaught and [[Skullgrin]] to contain the Autobot forces. He got crushed by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]] soon after the order. {{storylink|Endgame}} Together with the other Combaticons he left Cybertron rather than suffer [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s leadership, and they made their way to the [[Presidium (planet)|Presidium]] to steal a weapons cache for their own use. Inside the vault was not weapons, however, but [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] who offered the Combaticons payment to return to the fold now that [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] was back. {{storylink|Primacy issue 2|Primacy #2}} They accepted and returned to Cybertron to participate in Megatron's attack on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. {{storylink|Primacy issue 3|Primacy #3}}

Brawl was a member of the Combaticon tactical unit under the command of [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzai-Tron]]'s [[Decepticon Secret Service]] and helped capture the [[Pretender Monster|"gestalt" transformers]] being held in the [[Garrus-9]] detention facility. He loved killing things: "''We aim to maim!''" Presumably, he was not particularly keen on being maimed himself, as he was impaled by [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]'s twin saber blades. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

After a deal was negotiated between Arcee and Banzai-Tron, Brawl and the other Combaticons later helped her in an attempt to recapture [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] (who had been stolen by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] and [[Nova Prime|Nemesis Prime's]] forces), though the insane Autobot disappeared mid-battle. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

{{note|Due to the truncated nature of the ''[[Revelation (IDW)|Revelation]]'' miniseries, the outcome of this battle is unknown.}}

Years later, most of the Combaticons were left stranded and energon-less on Earth following a failed invasion. They were hired by [[North Korea]]n leader [[Kim Jong Du]] to lead an attack on the [[South Korea|South]]. Brawl, Onslaught and Vortex destroyed a South Korean outpost on the border of the DMZ to this end. {{storylink|International Incident Part 1: "The Land Ironclads"|The Land Ironclads}} They chafed under Kim's leadership, but unlike them, the Koreans knew how to produce [[energon]], so they had no choice but to obey. Inevitably, the Autobots showed up to stop the Combaticons from getting involved with human conflicts, but were forced to stay in their vehicle modes for the battle. Car modes and [[Skywatch]] [[crash suit]]s were hardly a match for a tank like Brawl, and the Combaticons got away. {{storylink|International Incident Part 2: "Ranks of Bronze"|Ranks of Bronze}}

While Brawl and his teammates were celebrating their victory, the Autobots returned, and this time they had no problems with transforming. Without exclusive access to robot modes, the Combaticons were outnumbered, with Brawl having to deal with [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] simultaneously. {{storylink|International Incident Part 3: "Hawk Among the Sparrows"|Hawk Among the Sparrows}} He soon found himself defeated and tied up whilst the Autobots dealt with both the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] and a [[Russia]]n nuke sent to wipe them all out. While they made sure to destroy the North Korean energon facilities, the Autobots couldn't take prisoners at the time, and so the Combaticons were presumably set free. {{storylink|International Incident Part 4: "All My Sins Remembered"|All My Sins Remembered}}

Several months later, Brawl and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] attacked Prowl as he investigated some sensitive issues. He wasn't worried when [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] came to Prowl's rescue, since the Autobots could never penetrate his armor plating in tank mode, but was defeated and captured after Prowl fired a shot straight through his barrel. Stuck in a state of mid-transformation, he was brought to the Autobot base and interrogated as to who sent him. Brawl insisted that it was all him, but when pressed for information, a failsafe installed in his body by Swindle activated and fused the Autobots' [[Suppressor (device)|suppressors]] to his neural net, sending him into nigh-[[stasis lock]]. {{storylink|Police Action Part 2: Only Forward|Only Forward}} {{storylink|Police Action Part 3: A Second Chance at Eden|A Second Chance at Eden}}

Brawl was eventually cured and brought home to a reformatted Cybertron, where he was brought by Starscream with a bunch of other Cybertronians to pressure Prowl into revealing one of his secret discoveries below ground. Later underground, they witnessed a [[Metrotitan (body-type)|Metrotitan]] declare that Starscream was the Cybertronian destined to unite their whole race. He and the other Cybertronians celebrated afterwards with Starscream. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things}} When Megatron returned from a long absence only to be captured by the Autobots, Brawl and the other Decepticons started a riot and assaulted the Autobot prison, rescuing him. {{storylink|The Verge}}

In the wake of Megatron's defection to the Autobots, [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] took command of the Decepticons and led them back to Earth, where they formed an alliance with [[Earth Defense Command]] against the Autobots. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 1: Hello Cruel World|Hello Cruel World}} Once [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s arrived with a team of Autobots, Brawl and the others confronted them at the town of [[Poverty Flat]], passing themselves off as United States military vehicles to the locals. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}} This attempt at secrecy was foiled when the Autobots brought in a defected [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], forcing the EDC to teleport the Decepticons out of there. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 3: The Mind Bomb|The Mind Bomb}} The Decepticons clashed with the Autobots again at the EDC's [[Bikini Atoll]] base in a battle that ended with massive damage to their [[Nemesis (G1)|ship]]. {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 5: I Dream of Wires}}

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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
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{{storylink|Another Episode, Part 1}} {{storylink|Another Episode, Part 2}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Brawl was active in the Decepticon/Autobot war when [[Doctor Arkeville]] created [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]]. He didn't take an active role when the Doctor's creation went on a rampage and was stopped by the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] however. {{storylink|Nemesis Rising}} Brawl assisted [[Skullcruncher]] and [[Apeface]] in attacking the Autobots on Earth in an attempt to obtain the [[Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber]], but even with his help, the mission was a failure. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Earth Defense Command}}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsBrawl.jpg|thumb|300px|left|I could bend over to use my tank cannon, but this over-sized gun is ''way'' better!]]
Brawl participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Brawl toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Available in space camouflage.]]
* '''Brawl''' (Combaticon, 1986/1987/1990)
**''Team ID number'': '''C1'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-67'''
**''Accessories'': [[Electron gun]], Twin Sonic Cannon

: Brawl transforms into a green Leopard 1A3 main battle tank. In vehicle mode his armament is supplemented by a large dark gray anti-aircraft gun mounted of the back of the tank's hull. In robot mode Brawl is armed with a small dark gray gun.

: Early releases of Brawl used painted die-cast metal for his chest and leg-mounted tank treads. This was later replaced by color-cast plastic. The complete set of Combaticons were re-released in the European-market "[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]" line in 1990; these releases has the [[rubsign]] indent removed from the molding.

: Brawl normally operates as Bruticus' left leg, but as a [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style combiner, he can also act as any other limb for any other combination of robots who share the connection design.

: In 1987, Brawl also came with a randomly-packed Decepticon [[Decoy]] and accompanying mini-comic/checklist.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed as ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (toyline)|Operation Combination]]'' [[Sandstorm (OC)|Sandstorm]], as well as [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] and ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Brawl/brawl.htm More information on Brawl at TFU.info]''

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*'''Bruticus''' (Gift set, 1985)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-69'''

:In addition to his single release, Brawl was also sold in a "Bruticus" [[giftset]] alongside the other Combaticons. The gift set was never available in the USA or Canada, but only in [[Japan]] and [[Italy]].

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===Generation 2===
[[File:G2Brawl toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Before [[Megaplex (MW)|Megaplex]] came about, Megatron disguised Brawl as himself to draw fire away.]]
*'''Brawl''' (Combaticon, 1994)
**''Team ID number'': '''C1'''
**''Accessories'': Pistol, double-barreled cannon

: For ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'', Brawl was redecoed with bright green and purple camo. Presumably this is so he can hide in the same green and purple forests as [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Megatron]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1994/Decepticon/Brawl/brawl.htm More information on ''Generation 2'' Brawl at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Generationstoy-G2Brawl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"I don't care what "G" it is, I'm staying green."]]
*'''Bruticus''' (Box set, 2012)
**''Accessories'': Rifle

: A redeco of ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' [[Brawl (WFC)#Generations|Decepticon Brawl]], available only as part of an Amazon.com/[[BigBadToyStore]] shared exclusive "Decepticon Bruticus" [[giftset|gift set]], with all the Combaticons' colors based on their 1994 ''Generation 2'' counterparts.

: Brawl's [[alternate mode]] is a green "[[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]]" hover tank with a twin-barreled turret. Unlike most other Transformers toys with tank alternate modes, Brawl sports ''no'' wheels whatsoever. His robot mode rifle can be attached to the turret (between the two cannon barrels) and thus serve as an additional weapon. In robot mode, Brawl can hold his rifle (which features a [[5mm post]] as its handle) in either hand.

: In addition to his robot and vehicle modes, Brawl can also combine with his fellow Combaticons into Bruticus and serve as any of the gestalt robot's four limbs, though his official configuration shown in the [[instructions]] is the left leg.

: This toy was [[retool]]ed into ''Fall of Cybertron'' [[Twintwist]].

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===Universe (2008)===
[[File:Universe-ROTF-toy Brawl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66| BRWL!]]
*'''Bruticus Maximus''' (2008)
**''Series'': '''G1 Series'''
**''Accessories:'' Energon Gun-radar/hand, Decepticon-type [[energon star]]

:''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Brawl is a redeco of the ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Kickback (Energon)|Kickback]]/[[Blight (Energon)|Blight]] mold, transforming into a green [http://www.army-technology.com/projects/gepard/gepard1.html Gepard] anti-aircraft tank. He was only available with ''Universe'' Bruticus Maximus giftset. When combined with the other Combaticons, Brawl is nominally Bruticus Maximus' left leg, though he can be used in any other limb position. His tank mode is adorned with the text "1MJ9" in a font that says "brwl" when read upside-down.

:This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]] and ''Universe'' (2008) [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], who doubles as ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Blast Off (ROTF)|Blast Off]]. Brawl himself is also indistinguishable from ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]]. Another planned redeco, ''[[Movie (toyline)|Movie]]'' [[Gunbarrel (Movie)|Gunbarrel]], was canceled.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TargetBrawl/brawl.htm More information on ''Universe'' Brawl at TFU.info]''

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===Encore===
*'''Bruticus''' (multi-pack, Japan 2009)
**''ID number:'' '''16'''

:A reissue of the original G1 Brawl toy at first sight, this toy is actually a redeco of the ''Robots in Disguise'' Armorhide retool of the sculpt. This version of Brawl was only available as part of a Bruticus gift set released under [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' line of reissues.

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===Generations===
[[File:Generationstoy Scout Brawl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Ooh, I feel dizzy...]]
*'''Decepticon Brawl''' (Scout, 2012)
**''Accessories:'' Cannon

:A redeco of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'' 2010]] [[Breacher]], ''Generations'' Brawl transforms into a Land Systems OMC [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratel_IFV Ratel IFV]. His cannon uses the [[C joint]] system, so it can be clipped onto multiple places on his robot mode, as well as on other figures with appropriate mounting points. (The [[instructions]] completely neglect to mention this, instead insisting on keeping the weapon attached to the vehicle roof mount in robot mode, thus keeping his weapon on his back even though he comes packed with the gun clipped onto his fist.) His arm-panels also utilize 3mm clips, therefore they can be equipped with assorted C joint accessories. They can also be removed and used as shields as they too are attached to his wrists with C-joints. The side of Brawl's alt mode is decorated with "D67", the Japanese ID number of his original toy.

: Originally developed by Hasbro Asia for release in their territories, Brawl was brought over with many other toys as [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] exclusives for the 2012 holiday season.

: This mold would also have been used for the canceled 2010 ''Transformers'' [[Bodyblock (TF 2010)|Bodyblock]] toy.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/GDOBrawl/brawl.htm More information on ''Generations'' Brawl at TFU.info]''

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===United===
*'''Bruticus''' (2012)
**''Accessories:'' Energon Gun-radar/hand, Decepticon-type [[energon star]]

:Released exclusively by TakaraTomy in non-Japanese Asian markets, this redeco of the ''Energon'' Bruticus Maximus set has colours similar to the previous ''Universe'' (2008)/''Revenge of the Fallen'' release, but with a greater emphasis on G1-accuracy. Brawl trades in the olive coloured plastic for dark green and grey. Additionally, the gun-radar/combined mode foot/hand previously cast in translucent coloured plastic is now opaque grey, though his energon star remains orange.

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==Notes==
[[File:G1OddCombat.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
[[File:EuroClassicsCombaticons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
* The [[character model]]s of the Combaticons are kinda... okay, ''heavily'' made-up. Brawl has a lot of extra bits, and his arms are completely different from the toy. Early models of the team which were a bit more accurate to the toys - except for the heads, oddly enough - have shown up in various sourcebooks, though Brawl's is still off in some very odd ways. Even his final vehicle-mode model is off-kilter, resembling a British [[wikipedia:Centurion tank|Centurion]] more than a German Leopard 1.
* The packaging of the 1990 European [[Classics (Europe)|Classics]] release of the original Onslaught toy depicted the Combaticons in new color schemes, despite the fact that the actual toys looked identical to their original releases. While it may never be known for certain, it has been theorized that these colors originated from a packaging printing error rather than a legitimate attempt to [[redeco]] the Combaticons.
* Brawl's animation model was used multiple times (in both robot and tank modes) as [[generic]] Decepticons in the [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|''Armada'' cartoon]].
* According to the [[Walmart]] computer database, there seemed to have been plans at some point for a ''[[War Within (franchise)|War Within]]'' version of Brawl in the 6" ''[[Titanium Series]]'' line. No other evidence of these plans has come to light.
* In the Wings of Honor continuity the Combaticons are swayed to the Decepticon side by Deathsaurus appealing to their darker natures, represented by one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Shockingly, Brawl's Wrath was his undoing (though one might also make an argument for Lust. Battlelust, that is.)

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Brawl''' (ブロウル ''Burōru'')
*''French:'' '''Baggareur''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Huligán''' ("Hooligan")
*''Italian:'' '''Bomber'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Jēng-chǎu''' (Taiwan, 爭吵, "Brawl"), '''Chǎo nào''' (China, 吵闹, "Brawl")
*''Russian:'' '''Grom''' (cartoon, Гром, "Thunder")

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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Brawl Brawl's Universe profile at NFTA.net]

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Centuritron

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:''Centuritron is a [[Mini-Con]] [[Combiner]] from [[Transformers: Generations|Generations]].''
[[File:MTMTE24 subcvr.jpg|right|200px|thumb|They call me Standy McMugshotlineup.]]
'''Centuritron''' is a Mini-Con combiner. If the rumors are true, he has the power equivalent to 100 warriors, which is presumably how he got his name.

He is the combined form of the three-members of the [[Mini-Con Assault Team]]:
*[[Heavytread (Generations)|Heavytread]], the tank
*[[Runway (Generations)|Runway]], the jet
*[[Windshear]], the helicopter

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==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
As [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] explained his role in the Dark Cybertron prophesy to [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]], a swarm of seventy billion [[Ammonite|Ammonites]] descended upon Cybertron, with Centuritron front-and-center among the throng of invaders. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsCenturitron.jpg|thumb|left|250px|WAIT! 1+1+1 = 3, there are sides of a triangle, the Illuminati symbol is a triangle, and it also has 1 eye! What are the odds?]]
Centuritron participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! Centuritron could only be recruited to a team if all of his components were members of said team. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Generations===
[[File:Generationstoy-Centuritron.jpg|300px|thumb|right|]]
[[File:Generationstoy-TakaraTomy-Centuritron.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Queasy Centuritron.]]
*'''Mini-Con Assault Team''' (2014)
**''Series/Number:'' '''02 / #013'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[March 23|3-23]]-[[2014]]'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TG32'''
**''Accessories'': Thrusters, cannon, minigun

:Part of the eighth wave of ''Generations'' Deluxe Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Centuritron is the combined form of the Mini-Cons Heavytread, Runway, and Windshear. The weapons that the three come with combine into a larger weapon for Centuritron to wield via [[5mm post]]. He features a [[Powerlinx]] port on his, er, crotch, and the 5mm ports on Runway's own arms can still be used (somewhat).

:He comes with a copy of '[[Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4]]'.

:The [[TakaraTomy]] version, part of the fourteenth wave of Japanese ''Generations'' toys, is noticeably shinier, casting his plastics in darker, metallic shades, and featuring numerous additional silver [[Paint operation|paint details]], among other deco changes. His [[stock photography]] erroneously depicts him being cast in the same glossy, non-metallic plastic as the Hasbro version. He lacks the comic.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Mini-Con/Centuritron/centuritron.htm More information on Centuritron at TFU.info]''

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==Notes==
*The name "Centuritron" started out as one of the name options that one could pick on Hasbro's Fan Built Bot poll on April of [[2013]] (which ultimately resulted in the creation of [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]).

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Nightbeat (G1)

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:''Nightbeat is an [[Autobot]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Nightbeatg1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Nightbeat in: "The Mystery of the Jaunty Irish Jig!"]]
'''Nightbeat''', a self-declared detective, loves mystery, suspense, and conspiracy. When Nightbeat is on the trail for clues, nothing else matters. This monomania has famously gotten him into trouble over his head more times than he can count, yet in the face of adversity, he remains cool, confident, and even irreverent. He has insulted creatures many times his size and committed huge faux-pas to uncover the truth. It is not so much that Nightbeat is brave, but more that, when the thrill of the hunt has him, he will not be denied.

Nightbeat has a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] partner, [[Muzzle]], whom he gets along ''amazingly'' well with. The two seem to have been of one mind even before they were [[Binary bonding|binary bonded]].

{{bigquote|For me, it's all about the '''details'''. Look closely at something and it'll make sense. If it '''doesn't''', look '''closer'''.|Nightbeat|"[[Omega's Conundrum]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Sirennightbeatbigshutdown.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"Nightbeat, I thought 'Truth is revealed in the smallest detail' is what you always say."{{-}} "...Shut up, Siren."]]
''Shortly after being made a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] and joining [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s crew on Earth, Nightbeat learned of a mysterious robot corpse which had seemingly washed up on the California shoreline. He decided to investigate, bringing along [[Siren]] to serve as his personal "Watson". At the scene of the crime, they found a pair of Transformers hovering over [[Playback|the body]], and who quickly burned rubber once they spotted the Autobots. Sending Siren off to chase them down, Nightbeat pulled out the giant retractable magnifying glass in his sleeve and went to work collecting evidence from the body.''

''Finding a serial brand from a Decepticon prison on the body, and identifying a signature Decepticon blaster as the murder weapon, Nightbeat concluded that a lone, well-armed Decepticon was hunting down escaped Autobot prisoners. Siren returned at that moment, correcting Nightbeat's analysis by informing him the prisoners weren't escapees, but deliberately let loose as prey to be hunted down. His source? The surviving prisoner, [[Hosehead (G1)|Hosehead]], and the lone, well-armed Decepticon named [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] who was right on their tails. Thinking quickly, Nightbeat had his Nebulan partner Muzzle binary-bond with the dead Autobot in order to partially reactivate his motor functions. Caught off-guard by his prey supposedly coming back to life right in front of him, Thunderwing left himself wide open when Muzzle disengaged and Nightbeat blew up the Autobot's fuel core at close enough range to send Thunderwing packing into the waves to dose the flames. Hosehead then returned to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] with Nightbeat and Siren.'' {{storylink|The Big Shutdown!}}

[[File:Nightbeatdeathbringer.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Get your head out of 1984, Prime!]]
''Optimus Prime was confiding in Nightbeat his desire to find a way to restore the warriors who were destroyed during the [[Underbase Saga]] when they received a distress signal from the Earth's surface. Nightbeat assembled a combat team that included [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]], Siren, Hosehead, [[Getaway]], and himself, and under Optimus Prime's command, they rushed to Earth to help their fallen comrades. There they found the [[Deathbringer (Marvel)|Deathbringer]], who had come to cleanse the planet of life. Ironically, Deathbringer was powered by the energies of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], the very thing Prime had desired earlier to restore his fallen warriors! And it must be destroyed to save Earth! While the rest of the combat team were getting slaughtered by Deathbringer, Nightbeat pulled away and consulted via comlink [[Waverider]] on the Ark. Through Waverider's information digging, Nightbeat learned that Deathbringers are mechanoids who are designed to give death painlessly to the terminally ill. Though this particular Deathbringer's purpose had been twisted, Nightbeat used its own programming against it. Nightbeat told the Deathbringer that its own body was diseased, and it should destroy itself. It did, leaving Nightbeat and Prime a hollow victory with questions about the true essence of the Matrix.'' {{storylink|Deathbringer (issue)|Deathbringer}}

''Later, Thunderwing emerged from the ocean, intent on destroying Nightbeat, Hosehead, and Siren, the Autobots who had defeated him earlier.'' {{storylink|Rage!}} ''To this end, he led his troops on a suicidal attack on the Ark. Though Thunderwing and his troops were forced to retreat, when he returned to Cybertron he was named Decepticon leader for his single-minded ruthlessness.'' {{storylink|Assault on the Ark!}}

[[File:Nightbeatincontrol.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|But what does he think about waterboarding?]]
During the Matrix Quest, Nightbeat led Hosehead and Siren on a search of the planet [[Pz-Zazz]] for any sign of the Matrix. Pz-Zazz was on file as a vibrant, lush world; in reality it was a cesspool, festering with mob violence and untamed decadence. While questioning the wrong sort of people, the Autobots were caught in the middle of a crossfire between B'hgdad's men and Gutt's boys. One alien on the street fared worse than they did, passing on a mysterious [[bird|bird statue]] to Siren before dying in his arms. Despite Nightbeat's keen interest in the clear film noir plot developing around them, Siren and Hosehead convinced him to put the bird aside and continue searching for the Matrix.

At the next bar they were canvassing, the Autobots were confronted by the delightful Miss [[Fatale]]. Fatale informed them of a legendary Font of Life which had once lit a nearby mountaintop. The sick and weak would pilgrimage to the mountain in order to touch a "sacred idol" and heal their wounds. She offered to lead them to the temple on the mountain in exchange for the bird, which she claimed was her property. Suspicious, Nightbeat sent Hosehead and Siren ahead to the mountain with Fatale while he retrieved the bird from where they had stashed it. Confronted by B'hgdad and his men, Nightbeat only managed to escape after chipping off a piece of the bird's outer enamel, revealing the radiant life-source within. Briefly considering keeping the bird as a replacement for the Matrix, to help heal all his comrades aboard the Ark, Nightbeat quickly rejected the idea and returned the bird to its rightful place on the mountain's altar, releasing waves of pure light and hope to revitalize Pz-Zazz and its people.

Then he got shot in the back. No good deed goes unpunished. {{storylink|Bird of Prey!}}

Thunderwing and his [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] had gotten wind of Autobot parties searching this one area of the galaxy, and his curiosity was piqued. Hooking Nightbeat and the others up to his torturous [[Mind Leech]] device, Thunderwing extracted all he needed to know about the Matrix Quest and the possible planets on the search list. {{storylink|Kings of the Wild Frontier.}} The Autobot trio remained captives on board the [[Thunderwing's ship|Decepticon ship]] until Thunderwing backhanded his minion [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] into some equipment. {{storylink|Deadly Obsession}} This caused a short circuit which, unknown to the Decepticons, freed Nightbeat and his team. Learning that Thunderwing had successfully found the Matrix in their absence and was planning to sneak aboard the Ark in a stolen [[Ark shuttlecraft|Autobot shuttle]], Nightbeat and pals stowed away on the shuttle in the hopes of disrupting the Decepticons' schemes somehow.

[[File:Nightbeatmatrixguideme.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Stop writing our captions for us, Nightbeat.]]
The situation was worse than they thought. The Matrix was corrupted from a series of unstable hosts, and now had an evil sentience that had overwhelmed Thunderwing and made him a puppet to its will. With the combined forces of the Ark unable to best the Thunderwing / Matrix combo, Nightbeat devised a desperate plan. As Siren triggered the shuttle's self-destruct sequence, Nightbeat fired the ship's grappling harpoon straight through Thunderwing's chest and shut off the docking clamps, just as Hosehead turned off the [[artificial gravity]] in the hangar bay. The result was the shuttle being sucked out into the black void, taking Thunderwing and the Matrix along with it before exploding. Thunderwing was last seen hurtling through space, still harpooned to a piece of flaming debris. {{storylink|All Fall Down}}

[[File:Nightbeateyeofthestorm.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|And a second gunman! On the grassy knoll!]]
Optimus Prime next gave Nightbeat an investigational assignment to look into the disappearance and supposed death of [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] in a massive explosion on Cybertron some months back. After review witness statements and making a few leaps of deductive logic, Nightbeat reached the hypothesis that Ratchet may have been cast into a [[trans-time dimensional portal|dimensional portal]] they knew had been active at the time of the explosion, and then been caught between space as the explosion destroyed the delicate portal mechanism. To test his theory, Nightbeat arranged for an inter-dimensional probe to search for and retrieve Ratchet's spark signature in [[unspace]], assuming it was anywhere to be found. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}}

It was. Ratchet reappeared on the Ark fused at a molecular level to Megatron. This wasn't a [[Silverbolt (BW)|"pure, strong, and fast"]] fusion; it was a horrific blending of two mechanoids, both in constant and indescribable agony. Prime managed to subdue the creature, and Autobot medic [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]] took steps to separate the pair, who were then placed in stasis chambers. {{storylink|The Pri¢e of Life!}} During the aftermath, Optimus Prime surrendered his forces, including Nightbeat, to [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok's]] Decepticons on Earth, hoping to use his desperate action to unite both factions against [[Unicron]]. This alliance was about to form when the entire Decepticon base imploded in on itself due to an attack from [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s small team of rival Decepticon forces. {{storylink|Surrender!}} Nightbeat survived this initial strike, and along with Optimus Prime and the other Autobots, emerged and tried to keep the new Decepticon Civil War from spreading beyond the area. Optimus charged himself and Nightbeat with keeping Scorponok specifically out of Manhattan. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} However, when [[G.B. Blackrock]]'s team of robot-fighting mutants, the [[Neo-Knights]] arrived, Nightbeat was the first to fall at the hands of the psychotic [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]]. As the fighting neared its end, and the alliance began to form again, [[Primus]] teleported the Earth-bound Transformers to Cybertron; Nightbeat's antenna was in contact with the Neo-Knight's helicopter, accidentally bringing them to Cybertron as well! {{storylink|Out of Time!}}

[[File:Nightbeatsnapdragon.jpg|upright=0.9|thumb|Oh no! Muzzle!]]
Once on Cybertron, Nightbeat, able to stand up again, watched as Primus spoke through [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]], telling "his children" of their origin and their charge to defeat Unicron. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} Once Unicron arrived, the alliance was put to the test, and Nightbeat was among several Autobots who utilized [[sky-sled]]s in their attacks on the Dark God. Nightbeat survived this cataclysmic battle. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

Nightbeat was seen nailing both an Autobot and Decepticon logo on the wall of their fragile alliance's headquarters {{storylink|Still Life!}} and joined the Autobots in their delayed evacuation of Cybertron. As they headed for [[Klo]], he urged [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] to cool down and save his bring-a-prick for the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}} Unfortunately, the Decepticons were aware of the Autobots' surprise attack, and all but five Autobots were destroyed. [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] kicked a head away from Nightbeat's remains. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

{{note|It can be assumed that Nightbeat was revived along with the other casualties by the [[Last Autobot]].}}
=====Another Time & Place=====
{{note|The "Another Time & Place" text story was meant to be a conclusion to the Marvel continuity, but its events were ignored by ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]''. It was [[Withered Hope|later labeled]] a "dead end" [[splinter timeline]].}}

When the Decepticons took control of the [[Nucleon]] on [[Hydrus Four]], Nightbeat joined a commando unit of Autobots to infiltrate their position. Their first obstacle was [[Fangry]], but luck was on their side. The Decepticon tracker was looking to kill something, and bent waaaaay over the water trying to skewer a fish. Nightbeat just had to give him a tiny nudge, and Fangry fell over into the waiting arms of the Autobots hidden in the murky water. {{storylink|Another Time & Place}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Dark Creation}}}}

====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
{{TransformersComicMagazin}}
Nightbeat was present when Powermaster Optimus Prime led the Autobots against the joint Decepticon leaders Shockwave and Megatron, who had tried to hijack the oil reserves of [[Alaska]]. Nightbeat was hit by a laser, causing him to transform into [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]. The Autobots drove off the Decepticons, but not before [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] shot a minibot because he turned off his targeting computer. Optimus then sat his troops down and explained to them the differences between Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 2|Attack at Dawn}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 8|Save Nevada Alpha}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 15|The Cosmic Adventure: Memories of Bumblebee}}}}
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====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:Dirge DeathSwarm.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|We hate you, Furman, forever.]]
Nightbeat worked on a computer console as Optimus Prime and Megatron observed some data on the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]]. When [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian army]] attacked the base, Nightbeat's console exploded, sending him flying across the room. {{storylink|Swarm (issue)|Swarm}}

He later appeared among the Autobot forces just long enough to sacrifice himself futilely against the Swarm, self-destructing alongside [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]. Moments later, Megatron showed up with the [[rheanimum]] that could have saved him. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
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====''Classics''====
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[[File:Nightbeatsirencheapshots.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Detective by trade, but moonlights as a babysitter.]]
When the war ended with the Decepticons' defeat on Klo, Nightbeat initially accepted [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'s offer to search the galaxy for [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and his scattered troops. However, Nightbeat soon tired of this mindset, and formed his own team. He, his former [[Binary bonding|binary bond]] partner [[Muzzle]], [[Siren]], his partner [[Quig]], [[Lug]], [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]], [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], and a new [[human]] recruit, [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]], scoured the galaxy for mysteries to solve.

[[File:Nightbeatcheapshotsnoggin.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|You'd lose the ears, too, if you hung out with Siren.]]
Nightbeat's crew once had to <s>set their ship down on the planet [[Azure]] for repairs</s> crash their ship into the only repair bay on Azure equipped to repair their ship, and they were stranded there for the interim. After a barroom brawl, Nightbeat found that he was a person of interest to a potential client, a sentient ship named ''[[Amory]]''. ''Amory'' required the services of Nightbeat and his team in finding her pilot, [[Phyrion]]. However, the entire arrangement was a setup put together by the Decepticons [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] and [[Needlenose]], who had assembled an alleged "new [[Mayhem Attack Squad]]" by promising payment to [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] and [[Stranglehold]] for their assistance. Ruckus wasn't very smart, however, and had brought his hostage with him. The Decepticons were brutalized and Phyrion was returned to ''Amory''. Regretting her involvement, ''Amory'' paid the Autobots for her services, plus she chipped in for a new head for Nightbeat, as his was damaged during the battle.

Despite their short run-in with good luck, Nightbeat and his crew were still stranded on Azure without a working ship. In the meantime, surely someone was in need of a detective... {{storylink|Cheap Shots}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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[[File:Zero unit the war to end all wars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
After "[[Primus]]" set [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] adrift in [[Zero Space]] he witnessed a series of events that could spell the end of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] including Nightbeat and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] battling the [[Matrix of Leadership|Dark Matrix]]-infected [[Deathbringer (Marvel)|Deathbringer]]. After becoming Rodimus Prime, he formed Nightbeat and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] into the "[[Zero Unit]]", a group tasked with finding the cause of the Zero Effect around.

Working out of [[Ops-Command HQ]], the Zero Unit decided that out of the four disparate strands of the Zero Effect, their time would be best spent investigating the missing Senator [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], realising that as a prominent Cybertronian he would most likely have had offworld dealings. They sent bulk pulsewaves to any mech civilisations that might have encountered him asking for information but received nothing back in reply until they launched a probe... and suddenly Jhiaxus's entire fleet materialised in the skies above Cybertron! {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}}

Rodimus returned to the [[Presidium (building)|Presidium]] to consult with Nightbeat, Bumblebee and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]. They cautioned against making any aggressive moves, instead advising the Autobot leader to meet with Jhiaxus at the [[Eugenesis Plaza]] where he could be covered by snipers nearby. The Zero Unit monitored the situation as Prime took the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]] leader to [[Nova Point]] to continue their conversation in "private", moving in along with [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] the moment diplomacy went out of the window and Jhiaxus turned violent. Nightbeat directed [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] to attend to the casualties while he, [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] dug out their leader. Appraising Prime of the situation, he noted that the Zero Unit had managed to capture a large amount of data during the Cybertronians' visit and had perhaps come up with a way to hurt them, convincing Rodimus to take the fight to the enemy. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}}

Along with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] and Bumblebee, Nightbeat landed at area 59, subdivision 17.4, branch 5: Z-9-#J-4 of the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]] and using telemetry from the probe they had launched and structural analysis of the Hub itself, he postulated that striking a key link of the superstructure—with the warhead yields synchronised with the local frequency harmonics—would cause a chain reaction, destroying the whole network. While the Autobot ships ''[[Lancer One]]'' and ''[[Lancer Two]]'' launched the warheads successfully, Jhiaxus had anticipated this entire strategy and taken steps to protect the Hub. He then sent his troops to retaliate against the invading Autobot forces, forcing Rodimus Prime to surrender. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}}

Locked up in the [[Corral]] and forced to watch their comrades being arbitrarily executed, Nightbeat and the rest of the Autobots were eventually freed when Rodimus Prime took advantage of the distraction afforded by the [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]/[[Underbase]] and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]/[[Ark (G1)|Ark]] hybrids. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}}

Upon their return to Cybertron they found that it was a ghost planet, populated by energy-draining [[shadow-leech]]es that Nightbeat quickly surmised were deadly to the touch after they sucked the lives out of [[Hosehead (G1)|Hosehead]] and [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]]. As Rodimus Prime headed into Zero Space to confront the leeches' Dark Matrix master, the rest of the Autobots secured the [[Star Chamber]] where Nightbeat deduced that the situations unfolding on [[Earth]] and [[Nebulos]] were also part of the Dark Matrix's plan and dispatched teams of Autobots via [[space bridge]] to deal with them. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Less Than Zero}}}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Nightbeatageofwrath.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|''War Within'' Nightbeat transforms into Roger Clemens.]]
One of the few remaining Autobots battling the Decepticons during the [[Age of Internment]], Nightbeat was leader of a strike team consisting of Hosehead, Siren, [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]], [[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]], and [[Getaway]]. They were tasked with acquiring a member of the [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] for [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] to study and, hopefully, find some sort of defense against. Using Getaway as a decoy with the rest of the team hiding under a [[null-field cloak]], they managed to lure three of them into a trap at [[Nova Cronum]]. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}} After the first two drones were destroyed, the third simply shut itself down. As Nightbeat discussed the best course of action with [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], he approached it with an [[inhibitor claw]] - only for it to suddenly reactivate and slam Nightbeat against a wall, temporarily knocking him out of commission. Nightbeat revived shortly afterwards but was helpless to stop the rampaging drone, which was eventually put down by Getaway. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.3}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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[[File:Nightbeat quark maccadams post hoc.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Quark finds out that his role of Dr. Watson has been recast for Hardhead.]]
Nightbeat was [[reproduction|constructed cold]]. He was in fact the first of the first wave of constructed cold Cybertronian brought online. {{storylink|Twenty Plus One}} Four million years ago, Nightbeat was a hostage negotiator with an interest in political news. He disapproved of the [[Clampdown (event)|Clampdown]] and watched the early Decepticon movement with interest. Nightbeat was sharing a drink outside of [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam's New Oil House]] with his friend [[Quark]] when they discovered the body of Senator [[Sherma]] hanging from the underside of the [[Sherma Bridge|Interstate Bridge]]. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}}

Years later, Nightbeat was assigned by [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]] to work a hostage exchange with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]] and [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]. The whole thing turned out to be a trap set by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] to capture Alpha Trion. Nightbeat and the others managed to get away while Orion Pax covered their escape. {{storylink|Omega's Conundrum}}

After the war officially began, Nightbeat was part of the [[113th Battalion]] and took part in a massive battle against [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Black Shadow]]. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement}}

Decades ago, [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]] was tried by [[Aequitas]] for several crimes as [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]], [[Tyrest (G1)|Chief Justice Tyrest]], [[Xaaron]], Nightbeat, and others watched in disgust and/or intrigue. They decided that the records of the trials would be sealed until the final verdict would be reached, for fear of the damage the information about the trials would do to Autobot morale and potential for Decepticon propaganda usage. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|last Stand of the Wreckers #5}} Nightbeat also participated in the infamous [[Magnus Inquiry]] in [[Room 113]] of the [[Kimia Facility]], where High Command investigated allegations that "[[Gideon's Glue]]", the substance which brought such devastation on Flame's original troop on [[Babu Yar]], had been created originally by an Autobot. The investigation was ultimately inconclusive, and no formal charges were filed. {{storylink|Bullets}}

[[File:SpotlightNightbeat NightbeatKrakon.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|Nightbeat, star of CSI: Kalis.]]
Nightbeat, passing the time by trying to answer the mystery of the first ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', went to meet with a mechanoid trader named [[Krakon]], only to find him dead by unknown means. Nightbeat followed the clues that the late Krakon (and his killers) left behind and was lured into an apparent trap on [[Gorlam Prime]]. He found a strange dimensional portal deep beneath the world, but got captured by an [[Straxus (G1)|unknown villain]] before he could tell anyone. They put something in his head, erased his memory, and then sent him back out into space. Shortly thereafter he was contacted by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] and ordered to head for [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Nightbeat}}

Nightbeat was one of the many bots surprised to hear of Blaster's miraculous return. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

Aboard ''[[Ark-32]]'', Nightbeat arrived in Earth orbit with [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] in tow just as Optimus Prime and his troops were confronting [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] head-on in the breakaway Soviet state of [[Brasnya]]. {{storylink|Escalation issue 3|Escalation #3}} While his two rather over-eager companions headed to the surface, Nightbeat remained aboard the ship and provided intel for the Autobots below. {{storylink|Escalation issue 4|Escalation #4}}

Planetside, Hot Rod succeeded in carrying out his primary mission, the capture of the Decepticons' [[Facsimile construct|facsimile avatar]]. Anxious to re-join the battle, he requested Nightbeat to send him through a double orbital bounce—transporting him up to the ship just long enough to drop off his captive, then returning to the planet. Nightbeat was rather bemused at the thought of the thrill-seeking Hot Rod abandoning a combat zone, but complied. At that instant, though, [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] arrived and attacked Hot Rod. Nightbeat reported back to [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] that Hot Rod was in a [[CR chamber]], and the facsimile—injured by flak—had expired. {{storylink|Escalation issue 6|Escalation #6}}

[[File:Nightbeat-devastation1.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|I can bluff my way through anything, he thought, even Pictionary.]]
After [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker's]] disappearance, Nightbeat began investigating the sequence of events that led to his capture. Examining the [[SM-40]] Notepad stolen by [[Verity Carlo]], he discovered a homing device that had allowed Sunstreaker's unknown assailants to discover the underwater location of ''[[Ark-19]]''. Nightbeat ordered [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] on a scouting mission along the shores of [[Lake Michigan]], where Bumblebee discovered a great deal of advanced surveillance equipment. Deducing that ''Ark-19''’s location was compromised, Nightbeat advised Optimus and Prowl to move the ship immediately. Nightbeat handled navigation chores as the ship lifted off. Unfortunately, the Decepticon [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] attacked shortly thereafter, sending ''Ark-19'' plummeting to Earth. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}}

Per Optimus Prime's order, Nightbeat transferred the damaged ship's data to ''Ark-32'', then moved with the other Autobots to the ship's cargo bay shortly before it crashed into the [[Gulf of Mexico]] and self-destructed. {{storylink|Devastation issue 2|Devastation #2}}

Nightbeat and the others survived, however {{storylink|Devastation issue 3|Devastation #3}} and while the other Autobots battled Sixshot, Nightbeat attempted to activate the orbital bounce abilities of the ''Ark-32''. After a few Autobot injuries, Nightbeat was able to beam them up to the ship, along with [[Jimmy Pink]] and Verity Carlo, who nearly died during the bounce. Optimus Prime stayed behind to battle Sixshot alone, but once Sixshot left the battle, Nightbeat also evacuated Prime seconds before an air strike by the U.S. military. {{storylink|Devastation issue 4|Devastation #4}}

Afterward, Nightbeat studied the telemetry [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]'s unit sent on [[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot's]] death. {{storylink|Devastation issue 5|Devastation #5}} After examining the data, Nightbeat observed that it was as though a virus of unlife had attacked and destroyed every living cyber-cell in Leadfoot simultaneously, in a fraction of a [[Units of time|nano-klik]]. While it was something he had never encountered before, he couldn't shake the nagging feeling that he had forgotten something important, as if his memory had been tampered with. Seeking inspiration to jog his memory, he went down to the hangar of ''Ark 32'' where his personal ship was stored. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}

[[File:Nightbeatexecuted.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Watson had finally had enough of Holmes' lip.]]
He soon found out that he logged a message about his trip to Gorlam Prime, which he had no recollection of. He asked Hardhead to help him with his investigation. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus}}

Discovering a large part of his memory missing, a worried Nightbeat realised someone may have tampered with him and asked Hardhead to accompany him to Gorlam Prime, with orders to terminate Nightbeat if he turned. Upon arrival, they found the entire planet frozen. Nightbeat theorised that the planet was evolving somehow, from organic to techno-organic... to something like Cybertronians. His musings were interrupted by a force of small Transformers. As Hardhead held them off, Nightbeat found some kind of tunnels leading down to a strange cavern. There, losing control of himself, he turned his gun on Hardhead and [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] revealed himself to be in control of the Autobot. After providing some background on their plans, Jhiaxus, as Nightbeat, shot Hardhead in the head. However, he had not counted on Hardhead's resilience, and the Autobot escaped to the strange pool that served as a portal between the living and Dead universes. Jhiaxus attempted to persuade Hardhead into accepting a quick death over pointless resistance, but as he did so, Hardhead suddenly shot Nightbeat. As the Autobot died, Jhiaxus screamed, revealing to [[Nova Prime|Nemesis Prime]] that their agent was gone. Nemesis considered that he was now forced to take Nightbeat's mission as his own: Find and kill Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}}

[[File:FinestHour-Nightbeat.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Probably sounds like Benedict Cumberbatch.]]

Nightbeat later reappeared 7 years later in the Dead Universe, following Orion Pax's group. {{storylink|Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Black Metal}} He later appeared to the group after [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] started to leak strange fluids from his face. {{storylink|Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|Into the Abyss}} He then proceeded to convince them of his reliability by recounting the [[Spotlight: Hardhead|circumstances of his death]]. He then performed a cold-reading of Cyclonus and reassured him that [[Tailgate (G1)|his friend]] would recover, he finally started to lead the group to the contraction point of the Dead Universe.

All of this turned out to be a ruse on Nova Prime's part to lure the team into a trap with Nightbeat still being a sleeper agent. {{storylink|Finest Hour: Dark Cybertron Chapter 5|Finest Hour}} He was then left by Nova to protect the containment field that Pax's team were trapped in, he was briefly broken out of Nova's control by the contents of [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]]' palm just before Nova Prime arrived. {{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}} He was then ordered to take the group to a separate cell where he explained that Nova was planning to use their [[spark]]s to strengthen the [[Kup (G1)|space bridge]] at the center of the Dead Universe.

He was broken out of Nova's control by Rodimus asking him to ask him the solve the mystery of what was in his palm and then he set them free from the cell. {{storylink|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|The Dead Are Not Enough}} He then led the team through the [[Sweep]] horde to the chamber holding Kup and was there when Nova Prime arrived. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} He helped the others keep the Sweeps busy while Orion Pax fought Nova Prime and reclaimed the title of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}}

However, the team still had more problems as the Dead Universe was rapidly contracting around them and the Gorlam Prime portal was nowhere to be found. Nightbeat found a miniscule tear in the fabric of the universe which the group used to send a transmission through to [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} The group escaped the Dead Universe in time to save [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] from [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], via [[Brainstorm]]'s chest. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} Unfortunately Nightbeat, Cyclonus and Kup started to collapse due to the destruction of the Dead Universe. He later explained to Rodimus how the group managed to escape the Dead Universe: by creating a Space Bridge from Nova Prime's corpse. He also explained to Brainstorm on why he had a space bridge in his chest, he was later interested in how Rodimus had gotten the ''[[Lost Light]]''. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}

[[File:WordsHangInTheAir-Nightbeat.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Nightbeat's door is too cool for the silent K.]]

Nightbeat later joined the crew of the ''Lost Light''. Before Megatron's trial took place Nightbeat exposed [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]'s "crew auditions" as fake due to the fact that Ultra Magnus would never allow them to be advertised as "Crewditions". Six months later, Nightbeat was with [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] when he tried to get [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] to leave his hab suite (number 208) and was instead intrigued by the number 8 being missing from the door. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Toward Peace}} Chromedome approached the detective to investigate a sudden change in the content of [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind's]] [[The Gloaming|message]], Nightbeat was quick to blame the change on the mnemosurgeon's grief (as the message had returned to its normal content) but quickly changed his mind when he saw Rewind himself standing in the doorway to the room. On the way back to Nightbeat's quarters the detective explained that he had seen a [[data ghost]] of Rewind due to the little 'bot's function as an archivist but Nightbeat was shocked to find that the walls of his quarters had disappeared! {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|Words Hang in the Air}} As part of "Team Rodimus" Nightbeat was called in to investigate the dead body of a duplicate Rodimus. When Rodimus came to the conclusion that hacking off his right arm was the best way to proceed, Nightbeat stopped him. He reasoned that the body was not Rodimus' future self due to the Crisis Vote missing from his right hand. However, Rodimus revealed he had removed the results from his hand due to a talk with Ratchet, only to be ignored as the wall in the room disappeared.

When the entire ship began disintegrating Nightbeat and twenty other bots crammed into the new [[Rodpod]]. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}} Rodimus then put out an order that everyone was to regroup at Ofsted XVII. Crosscut then suddenly disappeared followed by Gears, Blaster, Huffer, Chromedome, Hound and Highbrow. Ravage then made his presence known and was knocked out by Megatron. Nightbeat dedicated himself to finding a pattern linking those who had been taken. Inspired by Cyclonus, he put forward the theory that those who were taken were all Forged. The theory seemed to be accepted by the M.T.O.s (Made to Order Soldiers) present only for Ratchet to point out several in the room where Forged and a few taken were constructed cold. Ultra Magnus eventually made contact with the Rodpod via holomatter and informed them everyone else had disappeared on the [[Leading Light]] only for he himself to disappear mid-sentence. Nightbeat then requested all the information on the crew trying to find the common denominator. It was only when Riptide revealed that he was '''not''' on board the ''Lost Light'' when it first launched did Nightbeat make the connection. Everyone who disappeared was part of the original crew. Megatron was not amused and scolded him for failing to save anyone. Nightbeat, rattled, tried (badly) to suggest that it still counted that he'd worked it out.

[[File:Slaughterhouse2-BeneathBrainstormsFaceplate.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|"Oh yeah? Then what is THIS?"]]

Shortly after the Rodpod arrived at Ofsted XVII and found a bisected ''Lost Light'' {{storylink|Twenty Plus One}} Boarding the ship, the Autobots released Ravage to use his tracking ability. Ravage eventually found a dead Ultra Magnus or rather [[Minimus Ambus]] stripped of his armour. Skids identified that Magnus had been killed by a [[Fusion cannon]] and Megatron and Ravage were locked up the Autobots at Megatron's request. Nightbeat and Nautica made their way to the engines to try and stop the leakage of quantum foam. The two began to discuss the strangeness of recent events and began to bond in the process, Nautica eventually came across Brainstorm's [[briefcase]]. Opening it they found nothing-failing to notice local space-time warping around them. Eventually they came to stairs leading to a lower deck, despite them being on the lowest deck. There they found [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord's]] headless corpse, Nightbeat realized who had attacked the ship and when he called his crew mates they all realized that the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] had attacked the ship. Nautica, however, refused to leave until they had searched the entire ship for survivors with Megatron arguing there would not be any. Ravage however soon detected Rewind hiding in the [[Magnus Armor]] {{storylink|slaughterhouse}}
Nightbeat's being alive, combined with a ''female'' Nautica and an ''Autobot'' Megatron proved too much for the alternate Rewind who began whimpering and offered a data slug to Nightbeat to explain what happened. While he analyzed it Nautica realized that the ''Lost Light'' undergone a quantum duplication at launch creating an exact copy, just as valid as the original. Nightbeat confirmed this saying the Rodimus they found in the coffin was from this ship and died during the [[Sparkeater (creature)|Sparkeater]] fiasco. Drift interred him and someone (according to Rewind ''deliberately'') deactivated Overlord's cell luring the D.J.D. to the ship. Nautica proposed deactivating the engines as the foam would destroy Ofsted XVII and theoretically restore their ship. Rewind offered to deactivate one of the quantum drums but would need someone of equal size to deactivate the other. The Autobots went to find the [[Mass-displacement gun]] that their Brainstorm invented hoping the alternate one had also built one, in order to shrink someone down to help Rewind. While there Nightbeat and Nautica theorized that the alternate Rewind and his altered message appeared on their ship due to cross-contamination. They concluded that their ship disappeared because of how close it got to the alternate one, the paradox being too massive to ignore. Nightbeat then made the startling discovery that Brainstorm had a Decepticon insignia painted in his faceplate and that made their Brianstorm a spy! When they could not find the gun, Megatron offered to shrink himself down and help Rewind. The drums were deactivated and the Autobots blasted off in Rodpod with the alternate Rewind in tow. Nightbeat and Nautica theorized over how Rewind survived the quantum erasure with Nightbeat joking it was the "Power of Love". Nautica then asked him to explain how he managed to hold onto the alternate Brainstorm's briefcase. {{storylink|slaughterhouse Part 2: The Road Not Taken|The Road Not Taken}}
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Gloaming}} {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} {{storylink|The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|The Custom-Made Now}}}}

==Commercial Appearances==
[[File:NightbeatTV.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Feel the beat of the rhythm of the Nightbeat.]]
While being driven by [[Muzzle]] on the surface of an unidentified planet (with [[Siren]] and [[Hosehead (G1)|Hosehead]] at his side), Nightbeat transformed into [[robot mode]]. Shortly thereafter, three [[Decepticon]] Headmasters burst through a wall, and Nightbeat engaged [[Horri-Bull (G1)|Horri-Bull]] in battle. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1|Small Headmasters Commercial}}<ref>[http://youtube.com/watch?v=Hf-MDd7cdi0 Small Headmasters commercial at Youtube]</ref>

{{note|This is the only time that Nightbeat's [[character model]] was animated. His "shades", like the eyes on his toy, would have been black, though they glow blue as Muzzle connects.}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Early in the war, Nightbeat, Orion Pax and Alpha Trion escorted the Decepticon prisonners Rack'n'Ruin towards a prisoner exchange. After encountering Slicers and fending them off, the group met with Bludgeon, only to be ambushed by the Decepticons. In the confusion, Alpha Trion was captured, only to be later rescued by the combined efforts of Nightbeat and Orion. {{storylink|Orion's Gambit}}

Nightbeat teamed up with [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] to investigate when a suspicious pattern emerged in a string of Decepticon victories. They eventually uncovered [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s infiltration and sent the Decepticon and his tapes packing. {{storylink|Covert Operations}}

Nightbeat and [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] were dispatched from the [[Lost Light]] to explore a distant planet. There they met a group of Decepticons, and joined forces with them to battle their mutual foes, the [[Ammonite]]s. Though several Ammonite attacks were thwarted by the alliance, soon differing opinions caused infighting in the group. Eventually, both the Ammonites and the Decepticons were defeated, and the two Autobots returned to their spaceship. {{storylink|Into the Abyss}}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsNightbeat.jpg|thumb|right|300px|His objective here is to find out what is the purpose of these battles.]]
Nightbeat participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Nightbeat toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Too cool for Playskool.]]
*'''Nightbeat with Muzzle''' (Headmaster, [[1988]])
**''Accessories'': "Muzzle" Headmaster driver, seat/helmet, "Plasma Blaster" rifle, right and left "[[Photon pistol|Photon Pistols]]"

:Nightbeat transforms into a blue and yellow Porsche 959. The roof is hinged and can be opened to reveal an interior that his Headmaster unit, Muzzle, can sit inside of. His head guns can be stored just above the headlights while his rifle can be plugged onto the roof.

:In [[robot mode]], like all Headmaster toys, Nightbeat has a flip-down panel on his chest which covers a spring-loaded mini-[[Tech Spec|Tech-Spec]]-meter which gives readings for Speed, Strength and Intelligence. The tumblers are activated when Muzzle (or any other Headmaster unit) is plugged into his neck socket. Muzzle has Nightbeat's face plainly visible on his back because, as a smaller Headmaster toy, he lacks the flip down panel that covers the face, featured on larger Headmasters. As another consequence of being a smaller Headmaster, his chest cavity was apparently too small for 3 individual tumblers. As a result, all Headmaster heads inserted will display Nightbeat's pre-molded (and painted) Speed, Strength, and Intelligence readings (7, 5, 8) on one large sliding plate.

:He shares a mold with the Japanese ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (toyline)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' [[Headmaster Junior]], [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]], who also got a mail-order exclusive version in Nightbeat's colors.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Autobot/Nightbeat/nightbeat.htm More information on Nightbeat at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPATD311042&id=O6IoAAAAEBAJ&pg=RA1-PA4#PPA2,M1 Nightbeat's patent on Google.]''
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===''Timelines''===
[[File:Nightbeattimelinestoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your...]]
*'''Nightbeat''' (Deluxe, [[2008]])
**''Accessories:'' Missile launcher, missile, radar

:This [[redeco]]/[[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is one of two 2008 [[Fun Publications]] Fan Club exclusives. The new head is based on the character model's head (by which we mean [[Siren]]'s with some nods to the toy-Nightbeat's, see Notes below), but is missing its "ears" thanks to clearance and production timing issues. Nightbeat comes with a clear-plastic spring-loaded missile launcher. He can also form the top or bottom half of a combined robot with any other "[[Powerlinx]]"-style 2-bot combiner toy. Though the toy is compatible with the [[energon star]]s from its parent toyline, its [[spark crystal]] lacks the internal chroming characteristic of earlier uses of the mold.

:Nightbeat was originally announced to be available by [[BotCon 2008]] in April, but after multiple delays, preorders finally went up months later on [[August 27]], 2008, with a release date of "within four weeks" of September 30, 2008.

:The retooled version of this mold was used to create ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Nightbeat (SG)|Nightbeat]] at [[BotCon 2008]]'s customization class.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/TFCCNightbeat/nightbeat.htm More information on ''Timelines'' Nightbeat at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnhbeRLlVnI Promotional YouTube video for Timelines Nightbeat, featuring lots of spinny-spinny]''
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Generationstoy-Nightbeat.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Why is he not a retool of Jazz? That's a mystery for ''[[you]]'' to find out.]]
*'''Nightbeat''' (Deluxe, [[2014]])
**''Series / Number'': '''02 / #020'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 blasters

:Part of the tenth wave of 2012-onwards ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Nightbeat is a retool of ''Thrilling 30'' Deluxe Class [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Deluxe|Bumblebee]] with a new head. He comes with two blasters which peg via [[5mm post]] into his hands, forearms, and rear vehicle sides, and can also combine into a large weapon. The new head is designed to feature [[light-piping]], but is painted over on both the front and back in red, thus rendering the [[gimmick]] useless. Some units have shins that are glued into place so that they no longer move laterally during transformation.

[[File:GenerationsNightbeatJazzvsBumblebees.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|left|One of these is not like the others.]]
:He comes packaged with a copy of "[[Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9]]", in which Nightbeat appears in the background of a single panel.

:Evidence indicates that a different sculpt was originally intended to be redecoed into Nightbeat for this release: In January 2014, Japanese online retailer Red Mercury listed preorders for the wave containing Nightbeat, [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and [[Jhiaxus (G2)#Generations|Jhiaxus]], making this the first official confirmation of Nightbeat and Jhiaxus. The images used for Nightbeat depicted a retool of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'']] ''[[Reveal the Shield]]'' [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Special Ops Jazz]] with a new head sculpt and spotlight accessories.<ref name="redmerc">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/generations-classics-44/generations-2014-deluxe-wave-4-is-jhiaxus-nightbeat-and-windblade-179062/ TFW2005 news story] on the Red Mercury preorders for Nightbeat, Windblade and Jhiaxus.</ref> In addition, the [[package art]] for the Nightbeat toy itself, i.e. the cover of the [[pack-in material|included]] [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] comic, ''also'' depicts him in the 2010 Jazz body,<ref name="botcon2014">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/botcon-2014-hasbro-transformers-figure-display-photos-180437/ Nightbeat and other ''Generations'' toys on display] at BotCon 2014.</ref> suggesting that the decision to use the Bumblebee sculpt instead was made at a very late point in the development process.
:Nightbeat was redecoed into ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' [[Goshooter#Generations|Goshooter]], and the mold was separately retooled into ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Carzap (BT)|Carzap]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/GenNightbeat/nightbeat.htm More information on ''Generations'' Nightbeat at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
[[File:Nightbeatsirenswappedheads.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Top row: toy Nightbeat, toy Siren. Bottom row: comic Siren, comic Nightbeat.]]
*In Nightbeat's [[:File:Transformsfromracecartorobot.jpg|toy packaging photography]], Muzzle's legs are blue instead of the final black, and the flame stickers on Nightbeat's doors are different. This early flame design made it into [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Nightbeat Nightbeat's ''Universe'' profile art] and, as a result, into some Marvel Comics stories.
*For their [[character model]]s, the face/Nebulan and helmet/seat pieces of Nightbeat and [[Siren]] were inexplicably switched. (It is difficult to tell for sure, but they may have kept the correct antennae/guns judging by the basic shapes involved.) This switch gave comic book Nightbeat the "shades" he's remembered for, as well as the crest on his forehead, while comic book Siren ended up with his trademark combined brow/nosepiece. How or why this switch happened, and in what stage of development it occurred, is unknown.
*He was depicted with his own toy's head (for the first time) in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s ''[[Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath]]''. Nightbeat's appearances in [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s Transformers comics retain the Siren face design, but inside the Nightbeat helmet. In [[Fun Publications]]' "[[Cheap Shots]]", his appearance is based on his new toy, whose head is based on Siren's face and helmet.
[[File:Nightbeatchests.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Where'd he get that extra boob?]]
*Another Nightbeat visual oddity is the large difference between the design of his toy's chest and of the character model's chest. While the toy's chest is an asymmetrical shape with one "boob" and a "tummy grill" not unlike Optimus Prime's, the character model gives him a concave octagon which symmetrically houses two hollow boxes. Where did this design come from, and why is it the only thing on his character model, other than the swapped head, that departs from his toy design?
*Due to his asymmetrical chest details, Nightbeat's original [[package art]] is noticeably flipped horizontally, putting his "boob" on the left instead of the right. Dreamwave's ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' profile art of him, seen at the top of this page, seems to have been based on the boxart's flip, as well as IDW's material for a long time. In ''[[The Transformers: Devastation|Devastation]]'' issue [[Devastation issue 6|#6]], IDW's Nightbeat chest is symmetrical, mirroring the half of his chest with the "boob," giving him an approximation of the made-up Marvel Comics/character model chest — but in [[Spotlight: Hardhead]], it's back to the asymmetrical design again.
*Nightbeat has worn the trenchcoat and fedora on occasion. [[:File:MarvelUK-230.jpg|Sometimes]] the artist remembers he has very tall shoulders under there, [[:File:MarvelUS-62.jpg|sometimes not]].
*In the (hilariously bad) [[Omni Productions|dub]] of ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'', [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] is called "Nightbeat."
*At [[BotCon 1997]], [[Simon Furman]] was asked why he killed Nightbeat in ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]''. He said:
{{bigquote|I don't have a good answer for you... It was too easy to say, I'll kill off all the incidental characters, all the ones I don't like. It sort of added to the bigger picture by ... some of the favorites got it in the neck as well... It's like, say [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] or something died, it's like.. Who cares? I do like Beast Wars as well... it was too easy to just knock off 'B' characters...}}
:Suffice to say, Furman wasn't very familiar with ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' at the time.<ref>[http://www.builtstlouis.net/tf/nightbeat/index.html Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About NIGHTBEAT at builtstlouis.net]</ref>
*A "dinner mystery theatre" starring Nightbeat was planned for [[OTFCC 2004]], with Optimus Prime as the murder victim. Instead, the Transformer theme was shelved and attendees were subjected to [[DEATH BY CHOCOLATE]].

===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Veilleur''' (Canada, "Watcher")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Éjvadász''' ("Night Hunter")

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Nightbeat Nightbeat's Universe profile at NTFA.net]
*[http://youtube.com/watch?v=Hf-MDd7cdi0 1988 Headmasters commercial starring Nightbeat, on Youtube]
*[http://www.builtstlouis.net/tf/nightbeat/index.html Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About NIGHTBEAT]

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Transformers: Battle Tactics

2015-05-31T16:33:12Z

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[[File:TransformersBattleTactics logo.png|center|500px]]
{{videogame
|title=''Transformers: Battle Tactics''
|image=TFBattleTactics_LoadingScreen.jpg
|caption=Arcee isn't in the game. [[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game) | Déjà vu?]]
|developer=[[DeNA]]
|publisher=DeNA Corp
|date=[[January 30]], 2015
|platform=Android, iOS
}}

'''''Transformers: Battle Tactics''''' is a multiplayer battle game published by [[DeNA]] for mobile devices. It features over 75 characters designed after toys from different toylines, including [[Transformers: Classics | Classics]], [[Transformers: Generations | Generations]], [[Combiner Wars]] and [[Transformers Collectors' Club | Collectors' Club]] exclusives.

==Gameplay==
Battle Tactics gameplay is similar to other mobile battle games. Players select four Transformers from their purchased characters to form a team. Players can create up to three different teams. Gamers can choose to battle a random computer-controlled team or a random live player; the other choice is to pick from three different computer teams. The "random" mode also changes slightly under two different circumstances:

If an event is being held, it will become the way to earn League Points, but otherwise remains the same.

If a player fills their Experience bar, it will become the Advancement Mode. Players must win three of their next five games to level up. This mode is the only way to level up, because otherwise players would simply choose the throwaway team in the other mode to win easily.

Once the battle begins, the Transformers will randomly get one of their five damage numbers. These numbers change and become special abilities, depending on whether the character is in alternate mode or robot mode. Players also get three Ability Points every round, which allow them to activate powerups, including a re-spin of a character's number and several different air strikes, among others. When the battle begins, one of the two parties is randomly chosen to attack first, unless a Transformer has a first strike special ability active. Each character attacks once per round.
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==Featured characters==
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* [[Cliffjumper (G1) | Cliffjumper]]
* [[Gears (G1) | Gears]]
* [[Junkyard (G1) | Junkheap]]
* [[Scoop (G1) | Scoop]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1) | Bumblebee]]/Goldfire/G2 Bumblebee (Event)
* [[Hoist (G1) | Hoist]]
* [[Wheeljack (G1) | Wheeljack]]
* [[Joyride (G1) |Joyride]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1) | Optimus Prime]]/Orion Pax/Laser Optimus Prime (Event)
* [[Tailgate (G1) | Tailgate]]
* [[Swerve (G1) | Swerve]]
* [[Ratchet (G1) | Ratchet]]
* [[Powerglide (G1) | Powerglide]]
* [[Kup (G1) | Sergeant Kup]]
* [[Huffer (G1) | Huffer]]
* [[Warpath (G1) | Warpath]]
* [[Cosmos (G1) | Cosmos]]
* [[Windcharger (G1) | Windcharger]]
* [[Blurr (G1) | Blurr]]
* [[Red Alert (G1) | Red Alert]]
* [[Fireflight (G1) | Firefly]]
* [[Alpha Bravo]]
* [[Crosscut (Autobot) | Crosscut]]
* [[Nightbeat (G1) | Nightbeat]]
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* [[Drift (G1) | Drift]]
* [[Side Burn (G1) | Sideburn]]
* [[Sandstorm (G1) | Sandstorm]]
* [[Jazz (G1) | Jazz]]
* [[Skids (G1) | Skids]]
* [[Jetfire (G1) | Jetfire]]
* [[Springer (G1) | Springer]]
* [[Chromedome (G1) | Chromedome]]
* [[Brainstorm]]
* [[Circuit (Movie) | Circuit]]
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1) | Ultra Magnus]]
* [[Arcee (G1) | Arcee]]*
* [[Trailbreaker (G1) | Trailcutter]]
* [[Ironhide (G1)| Ironhide]]*
;Exclusives
* [[Roadbuster (G1) | Roadbuster]]
* [[Whirl (G1) | Whirl]]
* [[Rewind (G1) | Rewind]]
* [[Jetfire (G1) | Jetfire II]]
;Event
* [[Air Raid (G1) | Air Raid]]
* [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot) | Skydive]]
* [[Silverbolt (G1) | Silverbolt]]
* [[Jackpot (Animated) | Jackpot]]
* [[Punch (G1) | Punch]]
* [[Groove (G1) | Groove]]
* [[Rook (Generations) | Rook]]
* [[Streetwise (G1) | Streetwise]]
* [[Blades (G1) | Blades]]
* [[Hot Spot (G1) | Hot Spot]]
* [[First Aid (G1) | First Aid]]

;Combiners
* [[Superion (G1) | Superion]]
* [[Defensor (G1) | Defensor]]
{{!}}}

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s|c2=
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{{!}}-
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* [[Acid Storm (G1) | Acid Storm]]
* [[Thundercracker (G1) | Thundercracker]]
* [[Starscream (G1) | Starscream]]
* [[Tankor (BM) | Tankor]]
* [[Blackjack]]
* [[Megatron (G1) | Megatron]]/G2 Megatron
* [[Viper]]
* [[Dreadwing (G2) | Dreadwing]]
* [[Nemesis Prime (G1) | Nemesis Prime]]
* [[Breakdown (G1) | Breakdown]]
* [[Dirge (G1) | Dirge]]
* [[Thrust (G1) | Thrust]]
* [[Ramjet (G1) | Ramjet]]/G2 Ramjet
* [[Jhiaxus (G2) | Jhiaxus]]
* [[Skullgrin]]
* [[Drag Strip (G1) | Dragstrip]]
* [[Skywarp (G1) | Skywarp]]
* [[Thunderwing (G1) | Thunderwing]]
* [[Scourge (G1)]]
* [[Octane (G1) | Octane]]
* [[Straxus (G1) | Darkmount]]
* [[Doubledealer]]
* [[Cyclonus (G1) | Cyclonus]]
* [[Blitzwing (G1) | Blitzwing]]
* [[Barricade (WFC) | Barricade]]
* [[Megatron (Armada) | Armada Megatron]]
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* [[Starscream (Armada)|Armada Starscream]]
* [[Krok (G1) | Krok]]
* [[Nacelle (G1) | Nacelle]]
;Exclusives
* [[Runamuck (G1) | Runamuck]]
* [[Astrotrain (G1) | Astrotrain]]
* [[Black Shadow (Victory) | Sky Shadow]]
* [[Sunstorm (G1) | Sunstorm]]
* [[Slipstream (WFC) | Slipstream]]
* [[Scourge (RID)]]
* [[Spinister (G1)| Spinister]]
;Event
* [[Runabout (G1) | Over-Run]]
* [[Offroad]]
* [[Dead End (G1) | Dead End]]
* [[Motormaster (G1) | Motormaster]]
* [[Punch (G1) | Counterpunch]]
* [[Treadshot (G1) | Treadshot]]
* [[Brawl (G1) | Brawl]]
* [[Onslaught (G1) | Onslaught]]
* [[Vortex (G1) | Vortex]]
* [[Swindle (G1) | Swindle]]
* [[Blast Off (G1) | Blast Off]]
* [[Bombshell (G1) | Bombshell]]
* [[Shrapnel (G1) | Skrapnel]]
* [[Kickback (G1) | Kickback]]

;Combiners
* [[Menasor (G1) | Menasor]]
* [[Bruticus (G1) | Bruticus]]
{{!}}}

|h3=[[Maximal]]s|c3=
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{{!}}-
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;Event
* [[Optimus Primal | Optimus Primal]]/Optimus Primal Bat
* [[Cheetor (BW) | Cheetor]]
* [[Rattrap (BW) | Rattrap]]
* [[Dinobot (BW) | Dinobot]]
{{!}}}

|h4=[[Predacon]]s|c4=
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{{!}}-
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;Event
* [[Megatron (BW) | Megatron]]/ Megatron Alligator
* [[Waspinator (BW) | Waspinator]]
* [[Blackarachnia (BW) | Blackarachnia]]
* [[Tarantulas (BW) | Tarantulas]]
* [[Inferno (BW) | Inferno]]
* [[Scorponok (BW) | Scorponok]]
{{!}}}

|h5=[[Mini-Con]]s|c5=
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{{!}}-
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* [[Windshear]]
* [[Runway (Generations) | Runway]]
* [[Heavytread (Generations) | Heavytread]]
;Combiners
* [[Centuritron]]
{{!}}}
|nonumbering=true
}}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Characters that aren't in the game yet, but appear in promotional material.
 

==Notes==
*The Exclusive version of Skywarp, the one based on his [[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]] figure, is the only character represented by a [[TakaraTomy]] figure rather than its [[Hasbro]] counterpart.

* Unlike the event cores, which are removed 48 hours after the event ends, the Alpha/Beta/Omega and character cores stay when the new monthly character is added.

==External links==
* [http://www.transformersbattletactics.com/ Official Website]

[[Category:Video games]]

Red Mini-Con Team

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The '''Red Mini-Con Team''' help the [[Autobot]]s fight the [[Decepticlone]] hordes with their variety of offensive and defensive powers.

The Red Mini-Con Team consists of:

*[[Highgear]]
*[[Jumpstart]]
*[[Lock-On]]
*[[Safeguard (Armada)|Safeguard]]
*[[Skirmish]]
*[[Slapshot]]
*[[Smackdown]]

[[Category: Armada subgroups]]
[[Category: Mini-Con teams]]
==Trivia==
*In case you didn't know, they are all colored red.

Abominus (G1)

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{{disambig3.5|the evil Decepticon combiner|his good counterpart|Abominus (SG)|Abominus}}
:''Abominus is a [[Decepticon]] [[Combiner]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:MTMTEAbominus.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|When a guy's knees have teeth, it's time to panic.]]
Even more so than the other Decepticon [[combiner]]s, '''Abominus''' is a being of mindless fury. He's not truly a warrior—he's an animal, the destructive rages of the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s that compose him personified. His commanders can't give him orders simplistic enough for him to understand, so they just point him in the direction of objects that need to be smashed, and turn him loose. The only thing that distinguishes him from a wild beast is the enjoyment he derives from his terrible rampages.

Abominus is the combined form of all five Terrorcons:

*[[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]] (leader)
*[[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]
*[[Blot (G1)|Blot]]
*[[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]]
*[[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]]

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Jim Gosa]] (English), [[Ken Shiroyama|Chikao Shiroyama]] (Japanese)|[[Gernot Duda]] (German, ''Grimlock's New Brain''), [[Reinhard Brock]] (German, ''Money Is Everything''), [[Bernd Simon]] (German ''The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1'')}}
[[File:Money-is-everything-abominus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|More like ARGLEBLARGLEnus, eh? eh?]]
Abominus first battled the [[Autobot]]s when the Decepticons tried to secure [[anti-electron]]s from the severed head of [[Unicron]].
With their foes incapacitated by the anti-electrons, the Terrorcons proved too much for [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] to handle. Fortunately, the recently super-intelligent [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] had just created the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]], whose attack soon compelled the Terrorcons to combine into Abominus. The giant drove off the new Autobots and was having little trouble with the others, but the Technobots soon returned, combined into [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]. Though unable to match Abominus's strength, the Autobot gestalt defeated Abominus by vibrating, breaking him apart into his components. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

Later, when the Terrorcons allied with the [[Quintesson]]s, they installed a timer mechanism which would cause them to separate after combining into Abominus. The combiner was set loose to ambush the approaching Technobots over Titan, rapidly blasting Strafe, Lightspeed and Scattershot out of the sky. The gibbering giant turned his attention to the trader ship ''[[Lazy Sue]]'', but the timer mechanism kicked in before he could score a hit on the ship, separating him. Later, Abominus faced off against Computron at the Quintesson base. Once again, Computron forced Abominus to separate, this time by activating the timer mechanism. The separated Terrorcons beat a hasty retreat. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything}}

[[File:Abominus1.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Da BOMBinus!]]
In a battle on [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|moon]], Abominus fought alongside his beastly brother-in-arms [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] against the Autobots, until both were called by a mysterious voice. The Terrorcons split apart and left the battle to heed the call, along with the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], animal Cassettes, [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

Attacking a laboratory that was holding a new type of protective metal, Abominus found himself counter-attacked by Computron. Abominus ultimately held the upper hand, smashing Computron before he could solve an algorithm to get the upper hand. Definitely, Computron Think Too Much! {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

Abominus took part on Galvatron's assault on Cybertron. As the battle raged, he was seen driving the Aerialbots into retreat amidst a hail of laser fire. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}
{{-}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''The Great Transformer War'' manga=====
[[File:GreatTransformerWar02cover.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]

Abominus fared poorly in battle with the new Autobot combiner, [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]. The weapon upgrades given to him by Doctor [[Dalton (G1)|Dalton]], the famous scientist, were almost overpowering. The Terrorcons were forced to implement Galvatron's back-up plan, splitting Abominus back into his individual parts and assaulting Computron with [[Cohesive Control Liquid]]. They briefly took control of Computron, but [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] managed to neutralize the control liquid with Dalton's help. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}

{{--}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Masato Hirano]] (Japanese)

In 2011, the Terrorcons were part of the first wave of Galvatron's siege on Cybertron, hoping to gain control of [[Vector Sigma]]. They formed Abominus to battle [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Later on, Abominus teamed up with his fellow combiners to wage war on their Autobot counterparts. Their victory seemed assured until the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]] swooped in and scattered the Decepticon combiners. They barely survived the encounter. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} On Earth, the Terrorcons intervened on [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]]'s search for the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] kept the Terrorcons busy so that Hot Rod could complete his mission. Even after the Terrorcons formed Abominus, the Headmasters stood against them, and the arrival of Computron swung the odds firmly on the Autobots' side. Abominus was last seen with his head buried in the sand, being kicked in the side by Computron. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}} Abominus once again found himself battling Superion shortly before Cybertron was destroyed by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s bombs. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}} He was also assembled on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] to fight [[Raiden (Headmasters)|Raiden]] and the Headmasters, during Scorponok's scheme to explode the planet and harvest its [[plasma energy]]. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}} On Earth, the Terrorcons united into Abominus to fight Computron for a supply of energy. He fell before his foe's flying feet. For sure. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

[[File:HeadFormation MonsterbotsVsAbominus.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|Kill it with fire!]]
Abominus joined the Decepticons on their space mission to gather energy from throughout the universe. He battled Computron on the [[Twin Star]] planets. {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}} He also helped collect energon on [[Paradise]]. Abominus battled the Autobot [[Monsterbot]]s, but was driven off by their flame breath. Or, rather, by their flame breath igniting a cache of energon cubes. (A civilization that uses a highly explosive substance as both food and money. No wonder they've been at war off-and-on for 11 million years.) {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

As the Decepticons returned to our solar system, Sixshot made heavy use of Abominus on Earth. He was dispatched to [[Miami]] to raid an Autobot energy facility and had fun body-slamming Computron around the landscape. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} Later, he was dispatched as part of Sixshot five-fold simultaneous attack on Autobot outposts around the globe. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} Abominus also joined Predaking in double-teaming Raiden on the Kamchatka Peninsula, in the [[Pacific Ring of Fire]]. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}}

On the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], Abominus was with the Decepticons when Chromedome and his young allies launched an ill-fated assault on MegaZarak. Abominus shot down [[Kirk]], leader of the young warriors Chromedome had been training. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}} Abominus was present at the North Pole for the final battle with the Autobots over the [[crysmagnetal]] and Scorponok's Death Towers. He and Bruticus double-teamed Computron during the fight. Abominus escaped into deeper space with the rest of the Decepticons after Fortress Maximus brought an end to Scorponok's plans. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}}}
{{-}}

=====''Zone'' cartoon continuity=====
{{note|Following ''The Headmasters'', Japanese cartoon continuity branches off in two similar but distinct directions. One branch is primarily chronicled in the ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'', ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'' and ''Zone'' animated series, while the other was told through the respective [[manga]] and [[story page]]s of each series, as published in ''[[TV Magazine]]''. As such, there are two discrete versions of the ''Zone'' story that both spin out of the cartoon timeline, detailed individually below.}}

======''Zone'' catalog======
Over fifteen years later, Abominus joined several other powerful Decepticons in an assault on planet [[Zone (planet)|Zone]], led by the reborn [[Emperor of Destruction|Dark Emperor]] [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]. Attempting to steal their [[Energon Z]], the Decepticons proved no match for the [[Micromaster]]s and were driven away. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)#Catalogue story page 1|Zone Project Story}}

======''Zone'' cartoon======
:''Voice actor:'' [[Yukimasa Kishino]] (Japanese)

[[File:AbominusZone1.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|John MenasorCain vs. Barack Obamanus, '08.]]
When [[Violen Jiger]] seized command of the Decepticons, his first act was to recruit the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]], strong chosen individuals from Decepticon history. Abominus was selected to be one of those Generals and was given the rank "Monster General" as well as new power and weaponry to make him an even greater threat than before. Abominus was sent to the Planet [[Feminia]] to wreak havoc along with [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]. Together, they destroyed the entire planet and nearly killed [[Star Saber (Victory)|Victory Saber]] in the process. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!‎}}

{{-}}
=====''Zone'' manga and story pages=====
Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], [[Emperor of Destruction|Decepticon Emperor]] [[Violen Jiger]] gathered together the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]], upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. Abominus was among them. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}}

The Generals then united to attack planet Feminia once again, this time destroying it utterly. Violen Jiger next charged his Generals with collecting [[Energon Z]] and the all-powerful [[Zodiac]], which he intended to use to fuel his conquest. [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]], [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], Bruticus and Abominus attacked planet Zone, defeating the Micromaster teams and stealing their Energon Z core. The Micromasters pursued them into space, only to be stopped by [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] and his energy web. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Transformers: Zone}}

Later, the Generals managed to school [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]] and the [[Metrosquad]] in the ways of evil, making them more than formidable foes for the Powered Masters. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 7}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
[[File:Abominus love and steel.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|[[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] calling the kettle black.]]
The Terrorcons were part of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s crew on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and when he led his troops to the world of [[Nebulos]], they came along as well. The Terrorcons and [[Horrorcon]]s were, naturally enough, terrorizing the resort city of [[Splendora]], when they came under attack by [[Brainstorm]], [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]], and the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]]. The Terrorcons responded by merging into Abominus.

Rather than actually attacking his enemies, Abominus began brainlessly smashing his way through the city, till the Technobots combined into [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] and blasted him. Computron then bashed Abominus with a steel beam, hitting him so hard that he broke apart into the Terrorcons, who promptly retreated. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}}
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====''Classics''====
[[File:Piranacon Abominus-At Fights End.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
{{noteclassics}}
[[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] believed Hun-Grrr had willingly compromised his battle plans. When Hun-Grrr saw Bludgeon and the [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]] approach, he offered then some of the [[Energon Stars]] he was munching on. Bludgeon accused the Terrorcon leader of treachery. Hun-Grrr, shocked at their rejection of his snack, and outraged at these false charges, was soon brawling with the Seacons. Both groups continued the fight in combined modes, with [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]] finally stabbing Abominus in the back. The five Terrorcons sunk into [[stasis lock]], and Bludgeon, disgusted, ordered them taken away. Hun-Grrr's defeat, however, merely made Bludgeon blind to the true traitors in his army. {{storylink|At Fight's End}}
{{-}}

===''Transformers in 3-D''===
The Terrorcons and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] intercepted [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s team during the search for [[Metascan Alpha]]. The Terrorcons united into Abominus, but the Autobots ignored them and continued with their mission. A short time later, Abominus came under attack from the [[Destructon]]s and was blasted apart. The Terrorcons began a retreat and found themselves being aided by Ultra Magnus, resulting in Cyclonus agreeing to a truce between the two factions. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: The Headmasters''===
When the Decepticons captured some of the Autobots' greatest warriors, [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and Abominus stood guard over [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] and [[Brainstorm]] on the Jail planet. They were defeated and their prisoners were rescued by [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and the other freed Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|Transformers: The Headmasters}}

===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
:''Voice actor:''

Abominus appeared before the Autobots when they reached the halfway point to ELTA. When Rodimus Prime announced that the gestalt was trouble, the Terrorcon combiner said that he was going to pound the Autobots into scrap. Nevertheless, Abominus found himself defeated like all the others. Deciding that he had to get away, he flew off. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

==Toys==
[[File:G1abominus toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Nothing says unstoppable anger like a hot pink chemise and booties.]]
* '''Abominus''' (1987)
** ''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-84'''

: Abominus is formed out of all five Terrorcons. As a [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style combiner, each smaller Terrorcon attaches as limbs into the central body, Hun-Gurrr. He is completed by attaching fists, feet, a large chestplate, and a head, and is armed with Hun-Gurrr's [[Sonic stun-gun|rifle]].

:The instructions recommend the limb configuration pictured at the right, however due to their design any of the small Terrorcons (or any of the other Scramble City-style limbs from other combiners) can be used as any limb for Abominus.

: Similarly to [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], Hun-Gurrr's own slender legs lead to Abominus having some disproportionately thin thighs.

: Thanks to Hun-Gurrr's articulation, Abominus is perhaps the most poseable of the ''Generation 1'' combiners. He can swing his legs forward and backward as well as to the side, and also has knees, even if they are a little high. If you follow the configuration for Abominus as per his instructions, his right leg also gets another piece of articulation thanks to Cutthroat's unusual hip swivel (kind of a really high ankle).

: The Terrorcons were sold individually in most markets. The [[giftset]] was only released in Italy and Japan.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Decepticon/Abominus/abominus.htm More information on Abominus at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/gallery/g1-1987/abominus/2957/1/ Image gallery of Abominus at Seibertron.com]''
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/decepticon/1987/instr_abominus.jpg Instruction booklet for Abominus at Botchthecrab.com]''
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Caramel===
[[File:Caramel abominus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Abominus''' (1987)
:A soft-rubber figurine of Abominus was available as part of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Milk Caramel]]'' line of "[[candy toy]]s" in yellow, red or blue. Like all the figures from the ''Headmasters'' assortment, the figure was permanently attached to a flat base that had a rubber stamp of Abominus's face and name on its underside.
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Abominus''' (オボミナス ''Obominasu'')
*''Italian:'' '''Thundertron'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Qiu Yu Gui''' (China, 求雨鬼, "Ghost Praying for Rain")
*''Russian:'' '''Oblomius''' (Обломиус "Failurius")

[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Terrorcons]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Decepticons]]
[[Category:Zone Decepticons]]

Fusion cannon

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[[File:MTMtE Part3 ExtinctiontoallTraitors.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|A release of lubricant is quite common when seeing this.]]
The '''fusion cannon''' is [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s signature weapon. It is attached to his right arm and is devastatingly powerful, as demonstrated by its sudden removal of [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]'s head. (It's at least as powerful as [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s [[:File:Fortmaxgiveshead.jpg|hands]] in comparison.) It strikes fear into the [[spark]]s of both the [[Autobot]]s and the [[Decepticon]]s, though this description and its actual destructive capacity seems strangely [[To sell toys|uneven]].

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Addstarscreamtothedamagereport.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Hey-o!]]
''While on a hunt for [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] betrayed [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]. [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] stole Megatron's fusion cannon and the Predacons left Megatron to fight Optimus Prime with only his small backup gun. Megatron opened a [[space bridge]] which pulled both him and Prime to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] where Megatron got a new fusion cannon. {{storylink|...The Harder They Die!}}'' It is unknown what Divebomb did with the original.
{{-}}

====Marvel ''G.I. Joe'' comic====
As part of an agreement with [[Cobra]], Megatron's body was rebuilt to resemble an [[Earth]]-design tank with his fusion cannon replaced by a [[rail gun]]. {{storylink|Realignments}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{listen|Fusion Cannon Fire.ogg|Fusion cannon|Megatron's fusion cannon from the Generation 1 cartoon.|14 KB}}
During a battle with the Autobots and Decepticons the fusion cannon was fired twice, destroying an [[oil rig]] and trapping various Autobots and humans. It was then fired once more to ignite the [[oil]] and create an enormous conflagration {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

During an incident with the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] Megatron fired twice at the Autobots, then took his fusion cannon with him to an [[oil refinery]] where the Decepticons were collecting some energon. For whatever reason Megatron took his cannon off and propped it against a wall while he was there, but fortunately he put it back on when the Autobots showed up. Fortunately because without it he couldn't have fired off two (unsuccessful) shots, then covered his retreat by using the fusion cannon to set fire to an [[oil tanker]]. {{storylink|A Plague of Insecticons}}

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

An attempted coup from [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] is another matter. The shots continuously bounced off his armor and Megatron had to resort to a 5-way fistfight with Starscream, [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] as an alternative. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}} By [[2005]], Megatron's fusion cannon was far more powerful than it was twenty years earlier in that was able to kill a ship-load of Autobots, including Ironhide. Megatron lost his fusion cannon in his final battle with Optimus Prime, and upon being reformatted by [[Unicron]] into [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], his fusion cannon was replaced by an arguably far more effective [[particle cannon]], which he promptly used to kill Starscream. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

====''Wings Universe''====
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Megatron clone [[Megaplex (MW)|Megaplex]] brandished a fusion cannon as a secondary weapon. {{storylink|Termination}}

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

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

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
The fusion cannon was a gift from [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}} It's ironic how [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] decided to pay him back a few hundred thousand years later by blowing a huge hole in his torso. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6}} During a showdown in [[New York City]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] ripped the fusion cannon off Megatron's arm and beat him with it until it broke. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}} When he returned in a new body, Megatron had replaced his trademark cannon with a [[rail gun]]. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine|Enemy Mine}} The change didn't last long, as he went back to the trusty ol' fusion cannon for his next body. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} After Megatron surrendered and joined the Autobots, Optimus Prime had him destroy his fusion cannon as a symbol of giving up on the war. {{storylink|slaughterhouse}} As leader of the [[Decepticon Justice Division]], [[Tarn (DJD)|Tarn]] sported a ''double'' fusion cannon. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] loved his fusion cannon so much, he had another fusion cannon installed on the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. The blast radius from this weapon is massive. Most kickass, though this one requires a power up time to fire again which is less kickass. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}} Although not Megatron's, according to ''Beast Wars'', the [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'']]'s cannon was also a generic fusion cannon. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}

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

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

[[File:ROTF Megatron fusion cannon.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4|Hey, I can see Starscream's house from here. *fires*]]
Megatron's cannon is presumably telescopic, as he keeps it stored retracted in his right arm when not in use. Its powerful blast is enough to send another transformer flying back three city blocks. Megatron used it on several occasions, most notably to injure [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] and to knock [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] into a building. {{storylink|Transformers (film)}} After his resurrection, Megatron still possessed his fusion cannon, but in a more compact form from which he could now access with his [[Death-lock pincer]], a lobster-like blade. A point blank shot can still send another transformer flying back several yards. During his battle with Optimus Prime in a forest, Megatron used the fusion cannon to knock the Autobot leader backwards after shattering his [[mouthplate]]. Later, after impaling Optimus with the bladed pincer, Megatron finished the job by firing the fusion cannon right through Optimus. During the final battle in [[Egypt]], Megatron used the fusion cannon to shoot down a military helicopter. Following his resurrection, Optimus turned the fusion cannon against Megatron by blowing off ''half of his face'' and then severing it and Megatron's arm off with his [[Dual Energon Swords|Energon sword]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

Megatron was later able to obtain another fusion cannon, albeit a handheld one which resembled a human shotgun, sometimes referred to as a "fusion shotgun". Megatron used it on a number of occasions, notably to blast President Lincoln off his stone throne in order to use the remains as a seat. Later, in the battle of Chicago, Megatron used the fusion shotgun to cripple [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] when the Decepticon leader had been convinced by [[Carly Spencer]] that he would never be able to remain in charge as long as Sentinel was alive. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} After Megatron's death, Optimus used the shotgun to execute Sentinel Prime and later took it as a replacement for his [[ion blaster]], which he had previously lost in an explosion. He used it as his primary weapon when he was forced to go underground, hiding from [[Cemetery Wind]]. When Optimus scanned a new truck form, the shotgun also received a makeover. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

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

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

Notably Megatron, despite always precisely hitting Starscream, rarely manages to aim correctly when facing the Autobots. The writers were likely reluctant to [[The Transformers: The Movie|have half the cast atomized in the space of five seconds]], but to be fair, Starscream was unsurprisingly at point blank range for nearly every shot.
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===Aligned continuity family===
The Fusion Cannon could tap into interdimensional power sources to blast through almost any armor. [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] had one, {{storylink|Bio|Megatron's Battle Bio}} and so did [[Megatronus (WFC)|The Fallen]] when he was Megatronus.<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/content/view/7430/20/ AllSpark.com description of BotCon 2010 Hasbro designers' panel]</ref>

====''Prime'' cartoon====
Megatron's fortress of [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]] was armed with several fusion cannons. When a human army military force arrived at the fortress to wage a counterattack on the Decepticons, Megatron had one of the cannons fired at them, annihilating the humans and destroying the nearby abandoned city of [[Jasper]] in the process. Megatron warned [[William Fowler|Fowler]] that further human interference would result in the fusion cannons being turned on several major cities, including Washington, D.C. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} When [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] arrived on Earth and reunited the majority of [[Team Prime]], {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} he and Fowler resolved to disable the fusion cannons before destroying Darkmount with the help of Earth's military. While [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] created a distraction at the base of the fortress, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] attempted to sneak into the fortress to disable the cannons, but when met with heavy resistance, Magnus took matters into his own hands and mounted a one-bot assault on the cannons. He was stopped by Megatron, and though the Autobots were all captured, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s arrival quickly resulted in the fusion cannons being crippled, and then destroyed by Fowler's [[Skystriker]]s. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}

Megatron himself also had a fusion cannon (though unnamed in the series, it was named as such in the toyline) on his right arm, but he promptly abandoned it when he got [[Liege Maximo (WFC)|a dead Prime]]'s arm to replace his own in order to activate the [[Forge of Solus Prime]] to create the arguably more ''effective'' [[Dark Star Saber]]. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}} Later, however he lost that arm {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}} and got his original arm back along with his fusion cannon. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} He was still able to use the Dark Star Saber with his fusion cannon arm in a final battle with the Autobots. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}} After being killed, he lost it again upon being resurrected by [[Unicron]], though he was able to access ''two'' [[Dark Energon]] cannons that were also extremely effective. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

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

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

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Megatron toy.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (Decepticon Leader, 1984/1985)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''16'''
**''Accessories (Hasbro release)'': Silencer, stock, telescopic sight/fusion cannon, "high-density infrared laser cannon"

:The telescopic sight/fusion cannon was included in Hasbro's version of [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]].

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===''Generation 2''===
[[File:G2Megatron toy.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (Decepticon, 1992)
**''Accessories'': Rifle, 6 missiles, sight

:Megatron's weapon is referred to as a fusion cannon in his ''Generation 2'' toy bios, even though in the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|comics]], it was replaced by a [[rail gun]] when Megatron was rebuilt into a tank by [[Cobra]].

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[[File:G2 CombatHero Megatron toy.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (Hero, 1995)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TRF-2'''
**''Accessories'': Rifle, 2 air-launch missiles

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===Beast Machines===
*'''Mechatron''' (Beast Rider, 2000)
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles

: Mechatron features a central fusion cannon.

*'''Mechatron''' (Beast Rider, 2001)
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles

:Later on, Mechatron was given a [[Variant|running change]] [[redeco]] into a shocking purple, yellow and copper coloration, though the packaging was not changed in any way to reflect this.

===Transformers (2007)===
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===Animated===
[[File:TFAnimated Deluxe BattleBegins Megatron toy.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs. Megatron: The Battle Begins''' (Entertainment Pack, 2008)
**''Accessories'': Missile

: Megatron's signature fusion cannon forms the central chassis and cockpit section of his Fusion Fighter [[alternate mode]].

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[[File:Animated megatron voyager.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
*'''CYBERTRON Mode Megatron''' (Voyager, 2008)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TA-06'''
**''Accessories'': Missile

: This fusion cannon fires a [[missile]]. It easily pops off.

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[[File:Animated megatron leader.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|☢'''CAUTION!!'''☢ Nuclear Fusion! ☢'''CAUTION!!'''☢]]
*'''Megatron''' (Leader, 2008)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TA-26'''
**''Accessories'' Missile, 2 rotor-swords

:This fusion cannon also fires a [[missile]].

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[[File:Megatronanimatedactivator.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (Activators, 2008)

: The fusion cannon is only available in vehicle mode.

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[[File:SBAniMegs..jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
*'''Shadow Blade Megatron''' (Leader, 2008)

: Megatron [[redeco|repainted]] his fusion cannon (along with his armor) in preparation of returning to [[space (the place)|space]].

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===Universe (2008)===
[[File:Megatronlegend2008.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2008)

:Based on Generation 2 Megatron, this toy also presumably features the fusion cannon.

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===Revenge of the Fallen===
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===Dark of the Moon===
[[File:DOTMtoy-SentinelPrimeVoyager.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|No wonder he is a bad guy!]]
*'''Sentinel Prime''' (MechTech Voyager, 2011)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''DA20'''
**''Accessories:'' MechTech Boom Lift/Fusion Cannon
:The toy marks the first character who is not Megatron but possesses a fusion cannon.

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*'''Megatron''' (MechTech Voyager, 2011)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''DD01'''
**''Accessories:'' MechTech Blaster/ Fusion Cannon
:Once again, the half-faced Decepticon holds his precious cannon.

===Generations===
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[[File:Generations IDW megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
*'''Megatron''' (Deluxe, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''02 / #003'''
**''Accessories'': 2 wingtips (combine to form Fusion Cannon)

:Part of the fifth wave of 2012-onwards ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations:]]'' Deluxe Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Megatron is based on [[Don Figueroa]]'s stealth bomber design from the [[IDW Publishing]] ''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' ongoing series. In [[robot mode]], his wingtips detach to combine and transform into his fusion cannon. The cannon features a flip out [[5mm post|5mm peg]] which can mount into ports on his hands and forearms.

:The cannon was later redecoed into [[Dreadwing (G2)#Generations|Dreadwing]]'s weapon.

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[[File:TTGenerationsTG25OrionPaxMegatronus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Orion Pax VS Megatronus''' (Multi-pack, 2013)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''TG-25'''
**''Accessories'': 2 wingtips (combine to form Fusion Cannon)

: Released in the Japanese ''Generations'' lineup, Megatronus is a redeco of ''Generations'' Deluxe Megatron in a darker shade of black, replacing the previously purple parts with more black and rendering the translucent plastic of the fusion cannon red. He was only available in a two-pack with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#VSMegatronus|Orion Pax]].

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==Notes==
[[File:MegatronAntimatterUK.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|...or you could do that instead, sure.]]
* Generation 1 Megatron's on-[[Packaging|package]] [[bio]] refers his weapon as "'''particle beam cannon'''".<ref name=G1pack>Generation 1 Megatron's original on-package bio [http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/techspecs/decepticon/1984/ts_megatron.jpg (scan at BotchTheCrab.com)]</ref>
* His Generation 1 on-package bio also mentioned he can "link up interdimensionally to a [[black hole]] and use [[Antimatter|anti-matter]] from it for use as a weapon," without elaborating further.<ref name=G1pack/> This, however, is a truncated version of the full bio provided to ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' writers and later published in ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'', which explains that his ''cannon'' draws on the antimatter as a power source.<ref>Generation 1 Megatron's extended bio [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/printerfriendly.php?char=Megatron (transcription at NTFA.net)]</ref> Apparently working from the shortened version, [[Simon Furman]] wrote [[Raiders of the Last Ark|two]] [[Resurrection!|stories]] in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|Marvel UK comics]] where Megatron channeled the antimatter through his body, unleashing it through his hands the first time and through his eyes the second time. It manifested as a black, starry cloud that caused explosions. A similar situation occurred in the cartoon. Megatron was never shown to possess antimatter-channeling abilities, but he was shown to possess an anti-matter blaster in "[[Enter the Nightbird]]". Like every Decepticon weapon in the cartoon, it produced a purple laserbeam, though one that "absorbed" energy. The fusion cannon-power-source interpretation has never featured in a story.
* The deep percussive note at the beginning of the iconic fusion cannon sound effect (used throughout Generation 1 and ''Animated'') is an old "stock" sound used frequently in American animation, most notably within [[wikipedia:Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Scooby Doo|Scooby Doo]]'' where it was used to signify cast members or objects falling on the ground, running into walls, etc.
* According to the [[Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)|''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy'' strategy guide]], Megatron's fusion cannon functions as a flame thrower. No wonder he got defeated easily, at least in the comic featuring in the strategy guide.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Yūgō Kanon Hō''' (融合カノン砲 "Fusion Cannon Gun")

==See also==
*[[Fusion weaponry]]
*[[Rumbler (SG)|Rumbler]]

==References==
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[[Category:Animated weapons]]
[[Category:Beast Machines weapons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars weapons]]
[[Category:Cannons]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon weapons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 weapons]]
[[Category:Generation 2 weapons]]
[[Category:Movie weapons]]
[[Category:Prime weapons]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen weapons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron weapons]]
[[Category:Wings Universe weapons]]

Fusion cannon

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[[File:MTMtE Part3 ExtinctiontoallTraitors.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|A release of lubricant is quite common when seeing this.]]
The '''fusion cannon''' is [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s signature weapon. It is attached to his right arm and is devastatingly powerful, as demonstrated by its sudden removal of [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]'s head. (It's at least as powerful as [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s [[:File:Fortmaxgiveshead.jpg|hands]] in comparison.) It strikes fear into the [[spark]]s of both the [[Autobot]]s and the [[Decepticon]]s, though this description and its actual destructive capacity seems strangely [[To sell toys|uneven]].

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Addstarscreamtothedamagereport.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Hey-o!]]
''While on a hunt for [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] betrayed [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]. [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] stole Megatron's fusion cannon and the Predacons left Megatron to fight Optimus Prime with only his small backup gun. Megatron opened a [[space bridge]] which pulled both him and Prime to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] where Megatron got a new fusion cannon. {{storylink|...The Harder They Die!}}'' It is unknown what Divebomb did with the original.
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====Marvel ''G.I. Joe'' comic====
As part of an agreement with [[Cobra]], Megatron's body was rebuilt to resemble an [[Earth]]-design tank with his fusion cannon replaced by a [[rail gun]]. {{storylink|Realignments}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{listen|Fusion Cannon Fire.ogg|Fusion cannon|Megatron's fusion cannon from the Generation 1 cartoon.|14 KB}}
During a battle with the Autobots and Decepticons the fusion cannon was fired twice, destroying an [[oil rig]] and trapping various Autobots and humans. It was then fired once more to ignite the [[oil]] and create an enormous conflagration {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

During an incident with the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] Megatron fired twice at the Autobots, then took his fusion cannon with him to an [[oil refinery]] where the Decepticons were collecting some energon. For whatever reason Megatron took his cannon off and propped it against a wall while he was there, but fortunately he put it back on when the Autobots showed up. Fortunately because without it he couldn't have fired off two (unsuccessful) shots, then covered his retreat by using the fusion cannon to set fire to an [[oil tanker]]. {{storylink|A Plague of Insecticons}}

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

An attempted coup from [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] is another matter. The shots continuously bounced off his armor and Megatron had to resort to a 5-way fistfight with Starscream, [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] as an alternative. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}} By [[2005]], Megatron's fusion cannon was far more powerful than it was twenty years earlier in that was able to kill a ship-load of Autobots, including Ironhide. Megatron lost his fusion cannon in his final battle with Optimus Prime, and upon being reformatted by [[Unicron]] into [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], his fusion cannon was replaced by an arguably far more effective [[particle cannon]], which he promptly used to kill Starscream. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

====''Wings Universe''====
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Megatron clone [[Megaplex (MW)|Megaplex]] brandished a fusion cannon as a secondary weapon. {{storylink|Termination}}

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

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

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
The fusion cannon was a gift from [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}} It's ironic how [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] decided to pay him back a few hundred thousand years later by blowing a huge hole in his torso. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6}} During a showdown in [[New York City]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] ripped the fusion cannon off Megatron's arm and beat him with it until it broke. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}} When he returned in a new body, Megatron had replaced his trademark cannon with a [[rail gun]]. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine|Enemy Mine}} The change didn't last long, as he went back to the trusty ol' fusion cannon for his next body. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} After Megatron surrendered and joined the Autobots, Optimus Prime had him destroy his fusion cannon as a symbol of giving up on the war. {{storylink|slaughterhouse}} As leader of the [[Decepticon Justice Division]], [[Tarn (DJD)|Tarn]] sported a ''double'' fusion cannon. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] loved his fusion cannon so much, he had another fusion cannon installed on the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. The blast radius from this weapon is massive. Most kickass, though this one requires a power up time to fire again which is less kickass. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}} Although not Megatron's, according to ''Beast Wars'', the [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'']]'s cannon was also a generic fusion cannon. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}

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

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

[[File:ROTF Megatron fusion cannon.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4|Hey, I can see Starscream's house from here. *fires*]]
Megatron's cannon is presumably telescopic, as he keeps it stored retracted in his right arm when not in use. Its powerful blast is enough to send another transformer flying back three city blocks. Megatron used it on several occasions, most notably to injure [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] and to knock [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] into a building. {{storylink|Transformers (film)}} After his resurrection, Megatron still possessed his fusion cannon, but in a more compact form from which he could now access with his [[Death-lock pincer]], a lobster-like blade. A point blank shot can still send another transformer flying back several yards. During his battle with Optimus Prime in a forest, Megatron used the fusion cannon to knock the Autobot leader backwards after shattering his [[mouthplate]]. Later, after impaling Optimus with the bladed pincer, Megatron finished the job by firing the fusion cannon right through Optimus. During the final battle in [[Egypt]], Megatron used the fusion cannon to shoot down a military helicopter. Following his resurrection, Optimus turned the fusion cannon against Megatron by blowing off ''half of his face'' and then severing it and Megatron's arm off with his [[Dual Energon Swords|Energon sword]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

Megatron was later able to obtain another fusion cannon, albeit a handheld one which resembled a human shotgun, sometimes referred to as a "fusion shotgun". Megatron used it on a number of occasions, notably to blast President Lincoln off his stone throne in order to use the remains as a seat. Later, in the battle of Chicago, Megatron used the fusion shotgun to cripple [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] when the Decepticon leader had been convinced by [[Carly Spencer]] that he would never be able to remain in charge as long as Sentinel was alive. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} After Megatron's death, Optimus used the shotgun to execute Sentinel Prime and later took it as a replacement for his [[ion blaster]], which he had previously lost in an explosion. He used it as his primary weapon when he was forced to go underground, hiding from [[Cemetery Wind]]. When Optimus scanned a new truck form, the shotgun also received a makeover. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

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

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

Notably Megatron, despite always precisely hitting Starscream, rarely manages to aim correctly when facing the Autobots. The writers were likely reluctant to [[The Transformers: The Movie|have half the cast atomized in the space of five seconds]], but to be fair, Starscream was unsurprisingly at point blank range for nearly every shot.
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===Aligned continuity family===
The Fusion Cannon could tap into interdimensional power sources to blast through almost any armor. [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] had one, {{storylink|Bio|Megatron's Battle Bio}} and so did [[Megatronus (WFC)|The Fallen]] when he was Megatronus.<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/content/view/7430/20/ AllSpark.com description of BotCon 2010 Hasbro designers' panel]</ref>

====''Prime'' cartoon====
Megatron's fortress of [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]] was armed with several fusion cannons. When a human army military force arrived at the fortress to wage a counterattack on the Decepticons, Megatron had one of the cannons fired at them, annihilating the humans and destroying the nearby abandoned city of [[Jasper]] in the process. Megatron warned [[William Fowler|Fowler]] that further human interference would result in the fusion cannons being turned on several major cities, including Washington, D.C. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} When [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] arrived on Earth and reunited the majority of [[Team Prime]], {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} he and Fowler resolved to disable the fusion cannons before destroying Darkmount with the help of Earth's military. While [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] created a distraction at the base of the fortress, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] attempted to sneak into the fortress to disable the cannons, but when met with heavy resistance, Magnus took matters into his own hands and mounted a one-bot assault on the cannons. He was stopped by Megatron, and though the Autobots were all captured, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s arrival quickly resulted in the fusion cannons being crippled, and then destroyed by Fowler's [[Skystriker]]s. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}

Megatron himself also had a fusion cannon (though unnamed in the series, it was named as such in the toyline) on his right arm, but he promptly abandoned it when he got [[Liege Maximo (WFC)|a dead Prime]]'s arm to replace his own in order to activate the [[Forge of Solus Prime]] to create the arguably more ''effective'' [[Dark Star Saber]]. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}} Later, however he lost that arm {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}} and got his original arm back along with his fusion cannon. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} He was still able to use the Dark Star Saber with his fusion cannon arm in a final battle with the Autobots. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}} After being killed, he lost it again upon being resurrected by [[Unicron]], though he was able to access ''two'' [[Dark Energon]] cannons that were also extremely effective. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

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

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

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Megatron toy.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (Decepticon Leader, 1984/1985)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''16'''
**''Accessories (Hasbro release)'': Silencer, stock, telescopic sight/fusion cannon, "high-density infrared laser cannon"

:The telescopic sight/fusion cannon was included in Hasbro's version of [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]].

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===''Generation 2''===
[[File:G2Megatron toy.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (Decepticon, 1992)
**''Accessories'': Rifle, 6 missiles, sight

:Megatron's weapon is referred to as a fusion cannon in his ''Generation 2'' toy bios, even though in the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|comics]], it was replaced by a [[rail gun]] when Megatron was rebuilt into a tank by [[Cobra]].

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[[File:G2 CombatHero Megatron toy.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (Hero, 1995)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TRF-2'''
**''Accessories'': Rifle, 2 air-launch missiles

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===Beast Machines===
*'''Mechatron''' (Beast Rider, 2000)
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles

: Mechatron features a central fusion cannon.

*'''Mechatron''' (Beast Rider, 2001)
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles

:Later on, Mechatron was given a [[Variant|running change]] [[redeco]] into a shocking purple, yellow and copper coloration, though the packaging was not changed in any way to reflect this.

===Transformers (2007)===
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===Animated===
[[File:TFAnimated Deluxe BattleBegins Megatron toy.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs. Megatron: The Battle Begins''' (Entertainment Pack, 2008)
**''Accessories'': Missile

: Megatron's signature fusion cannon forms the central chassis and cockpit section of his Fusion Fighter [[alternate mode]].

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[[File:Animated megatron voyager.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
*'''CYBERTRON Mode Megatron''' (Voyager, 2008)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TA-06'''
**''Accessories'': Missile

: This fusion cannon fires a [[missile]]. It easily pops off.

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[[File:Animated megatron leader.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|☢'''CAUTION!!'''☢ Nuclear Fusion! ☢'''CAUTION!!'''☢]]
*'''Megatron''' (Leader, 2008)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TA-26'''
**''Accessories'' Missile, 2 rotor-swords

:This fusion cannon also fires a [[missile]].

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[[File:Megatronanimatedactivator.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (Activators, 2008)

: The fusion cannon is only available in vehicle mode.

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[[File:SBAniMegs..jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
*'''Shadow Blade Megatron''' (Leader, 2008)

: Megatron [[redeco|repainted]] his fusion cannon (along with his armor) in preparation of returning to [[space (the place)|space]].

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===Universe (2008)===
[[File:Megatronlegend2008.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2008)

:Based on Generation 2 Megatron, this toy also presumably features the fusion cannon.

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===Revenge of the Fallen===
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===Dark of the Moon===
[[File:DOTMtoy-SentinelPrimeVoyager.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|No wonder he is a bad guy!]]
*'''Sentinel Prime''' (MechTech Voyager, 2011)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''DA20'''
**''Accessories:'' MechTech Boom Lift/Fusion Cannon
:The toy marks the first character who is not Megatron but possesses a fusion cannon.

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*'''Megatron''' (MechTech Voyager, 2011)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''DD01'''
**''Accessories:'' MechTech Blaster/ Fusion Cannon
:Once again, the half-faced Decepticon holds his precious cannon.

===Generations===
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[[File:Generations IDW megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
*'''Megatron''' (Deluxe, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''02 / #003'''
**''Accessories'': 2 wingtips (combine to form Fusion Cannon)

:Part of the fifth wave of 2012-onwards ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations:]]'' Deluxe Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Megatron is based on [[Don Figueroa]]'s stealth bomber design from the [[IDW Publishing]] ''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' ongoing series. In [[robot mode]], his wingtips detach to combine and transform into his fusion cannon. The cannon features a flip out [[5mm post|5mm peg]] which can mount into ports on his hands and forearms.

:The cannon was later redecoed into [[Dreadwing (G2)#Generations|Dreadwing]]'s weapon.

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[[File:TTGenerationsTG25OrionPaxMegatronus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Orion Pax VS Megatronus''' (Multi-pack, 2013)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''TG-25'''
**''Accessories'': 2 wingtips (combine to form Fusion Cannon)

: Released in the Japanese ''Generations'' lineup, Megatronus is a redeco of ''Generations'' Deluxe Megatron in a darker shade of black, replacing the previously purple parts with more black and rendering the translucent plastic of the fusion cannon red. He was only available in a two-pack with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#VSMegatronus|Orion Pax]].

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==Notes==
[[File:MegatronAntimatterUK.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|...or you could do that instead, sure.]]
* Generation 1 Megatron's on-[[Packaging|package]] [[bio]] refers his weapon as "'''particle beam cannon'''".<ref name=G1pack>Generation 1 Megatron's original on-package bio [http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/techspecs/decepticon/1984/ts_megatron.jpg (scan at BotchTheCrab.com)]</ref>
* His Generation 1 on-package bio also mentioned he can "link up interdimensionally to a [[black hole]] and use [[Antimatter|anti-matter]] from it for use as a weapon," without elaborating further.<ref name=G1pack/> This, however, is a truncated version of the full bio provided to ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' writers and later published in ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'', which explains that his ''cannon'' draws on the antimatter as a power source.<ref>Generation 1 Megatron's extended bio [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/printerfriendly.php?char=Megatron (transcription at NTFA.net)]</ref> Apparently working from the shortened version, [[Simon Furman]] wrote [[Raiders of the Last Ark|two]] [[Resurrection!|stories]] in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|Marvel UK comics]] where Megatron channeled the antimatter through his body, unleashing it through his hands the first time and through his eyes the second time. It manifested as a black, starry cloud that caused explosions. A similar situation occurred in the cartoon. Megatron was never shown to possess antimatter-channeling abilities, but he was shown to possess an anti-matter blaster in "[[Enter the Nightbird]]". Like every Decepticon weapon in the cartoon, it produced a purple laserbeam, though one that "absorbed" energy. The fusion cannon-power-source interpretation has never featured in a story.
* The deep percussive note at the beginning of the iconic fusion cannon sound effect (used throughout Generation 1 and ''Animated'') is an old "stock" sound used frequently in American animation, most notably within [[wikipedia:Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Scooby Doo|Scooby Doo]]'' where it was used to signify cast members or objects falling on the ground, running into walls, etc.
* According to the [[Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)|''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy'' strategy guide]], Megatron's fusion cannon functions as a flame thrower. No wonder he got defeated easily, at least in the comic featuring in the strategy guide.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Yūgō Kanon Hō''' (融合カノン砲 "Fusion Cannon Gun")

==See also==
*[[Fusion weaponry]]
*[[Rumbler (SG)|Rumbler]]

==References==
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[[Category:Animated weapons]]
[[Category:Beast Machines weapons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars weapons]]
[[Category:Cannons]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon weapons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 weapons]]
[[Category:Generation 2 weapons]]
[[Category:Movie weapons]]
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Straxus (G1)

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:''Straxus is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Straxus.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|Mercy is not dispensed here, fools, only Pez.]]
A ruthless, fearmongering dictator, Lord High Governor '''Straxus''' is a threat to all under his rule—including his own inner circle. From his throne in [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]], there are none in [[Polyhex]] who do not feel his crushing influence. Straxus's word is law, unbound by reason or facts, and can and will change from thought to thought. Do not try to appeal to his sense of pity; he has none.

A brutal powerhouse, he is more than able to enforce his policies, usually with a deadly blow from his battle axe. So terrible is Straxus that even [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] gives the dictator his space, allowing the small-minded tyrant to terrorize his corner of the globe. Megatron may have designs on the galaxy, but in Polyhex, Straxus rules.

He is sometimes known as '''Darkmount'''. After his conversion to [[Power Core Combination]] technology, he took the code name '''Rollermaster'''. In this new form, he commands a [[Targetmaster]] partner with the [[Spanner (G1)|familiar]] name of [[Spanner (United)|Spanner]].

{{quote|'''Mercy''' is not dispensed here, fools... only '''death!'''|Straxus|"[[The Smelting Pool!]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Straxusholdscourt.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|He's got a metal palm tree and he's not afraid to use it!]]
''Following the assassination of the Decepticon warlord [[Trannis]] by the [[Autobot]] commando unit, the [[Wrecker]]s, Straxus assumed his position as [[Decepticon leader]] on Cybertron.'' {{storylink|Cybertron: The Middle Years!}}

Straxus would oversee a horrifically brutal reign, having his men hunt down [[neutral]]s, Autobots, and [[empty|the destitute]] so they could be melted down in [[smelting pool]]s and their metal reused by the Decepticons. Even other Decepticons weren't safe from his brutality, with him battering his own Executive Officer [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] when he was in a mood.

When a Decepticon transmission beamed from the planet [[Earth]] circa the Earth year [[1985]] reached Cybertron, Straxus immediately arranged for the capture of the scientist [[Spanner (G1)|Spanner]] so that a [[space bridge]] between the worlds could be constructed. Attempting to locate Spanner, the Autobot spy [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]] learned of this plot, but was captured by [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] and brought before Straxus, who maliciously destroyed his unique recording-device arm before consigning him to death in the [[smelting pool]]s. In turn, [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] came searching for Scrounge (against orders), was captured and brought before Straxus, and sentenced to the pools. There he discovered the dying Scrounge, was given the information he had acquired, and escaped with the aid of his Autobot friends who had come looking for him (against orders). {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}}

[[File:Straxusaltmode.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Yeah, but where does the axe go?]]The space bridge was subsequently completed, but its earliest tests reduced Straxus to rage when a malfunction caused the death of [[Crosscut (Decepticon)|Crosscut]], and he sent [[Crosscut's successor|another unfortunate]] to instant death in an attempt to figure out what had gone wrong. In an act of petty brutality, he threatened Shrapnel that he better sort the problem out soon because ''he'' was going to be sent to clear the rubbish off the Bridge! As the tests went on, an Autobot raiding party planted explosives within Darkmount, destroying it, and sending an enraged Straxus after their heads. With the bridge unattended, Blaster intended to destroy it, but was confronted by Straxus in a one-on-one duel. Crippling Blaster with his axe, Straxus was duped into accidentally severing the bridge's fuel line, destabilizing its teleporting arch, through which Blaster then kicked Straxus, destroying him. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}}

[[File:Straxushead.jpg|left|thumb|Teletraan I, Rita's escaped, recruit a team of teenagers with attitude...no, er wait...]]
''However, while Straxus's body was reduced to ash, his head was salvaged and placed in a life-support pod that allowed him to continue on in his position as leader.'' {{storylink|...The Harder They Die!}} ''Soon after, when [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] arrived on Cybertron, Straxus immediately set in motion a scheme to restore himself to life, calmly following Megatron's directions to hunt down [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], who had arrived on the planet with him. ''{{storylink|Under Fire!}}'' After Prime carried out [[Decepticon fuel store|several successful raids]] alongside the Wreckers, Megatron began to grow more and more unstable, and Straxus more and more impatient with his deranged houseguest. Despite the warnings of his technicians as to the "unpredictability" of the machinery involved, Straxus made the final step, activating a device that would exchange his and Megatron's minds, giving him a body once more. Megatron resisted the transfer, however, leaving the two minds within Megatron's body, fighting for dominance, each one in control at a different moment. The other Decepticons, in particular [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], soon noticed their leader's problems and began to scheme about how to handle it. When in battle with Prime and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], Megatron prepared to unleash his destructive [[antimatter]] powers; in order to save the [[Polyhex Decepticon stronghold]], Ratbat activated the space bridge, teleporting the three Transformers back to [[Earth]].'' {{storylink|Resurrection!}}

[[File:Maulers mauled.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|This story is full of awesome Megatron moments and Straxus retroactively stole them all. He ''is'' evil!]]
''Before this could occur, having failed to oust Megatron's mind, Straxus activated his contingency plan, "[[Project Re-Birth]]," and his consciousness fled into a body he had specially prepared—a duplicate of Megatron created from a "[[hapless trooper]]", complete with a copy of his brain patterns, beneath which Straxus's personality lay dormant. '' {{storylink|Two Megatrons!}}'' Upon hearing of the true Megatron's seeming death aboard the space bridge a short time later, the project technicians activated the clone, sending it to the sewers beneath [[London]] where it came into conflict with a small group of Autobots, [[Action Force (team)|Action Force]] and [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]]. Straxus's mind had yet to take over the clone at this point, and it genuinely believed itself to be the true Megatron, but it was soon dealt with when an oil tank explosion sent it and Centurion tumbling into the [[Thames|River Thames]].'' {{storylink|Ancient Relics!}}

''Some time later, seeking a weapon to use against the deranged future Decepticon [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] recovered the Megatron clone, also believing it to be the genuine article, only to find that "Megatron"'s mind had retreated into itself. Shockwave subjected the clone to the [[psycho-probe]], intending to force "Megatron" to face his fears—but instead, Straxus emerged, intending to fight Megatron's fears for him and finally take control of the body. Megatron fought back, however, ripping the mental image of Straxus to pieces and finally taking over their shared mind.'' {{storylink|Salvage!}}

[[File:Megatron wreckers time wars.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67]]
''This Megatron killed [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] in a test run'' {{storylink|Dry Run!}} ''and then proceeded to battle Galvatron, but ceased his attack after hearing from the future Decepticon that: a) Starscream would throw him out a ship in 2006, and b) Galvatron would kill him. Amused and seeing the two had a lot in common, Megatron agreed to join him.'' {{storylink|Altered Image!}} ''He helped Galvatron battle Autobots of the present and future in the "[[Time Wars]]", massacring [[Wrecker]]s and the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]], but was soon put off by the growing madness and pointless destruction that his ally was causing. The Megatron clone opted instead to [[Decepticon heavy transport|return]] to Cybertron.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

''On Cybertron, he effortlessly dethroned the decadent ruling [[Triumverate]] and took control of the Decepticons on the planet once more... ruling confident in the knowledge he'd become Galvatron, and ''this'' time he'd do things ''right''!'' {{storylink|The Fall and Rise of the Decepticon Empire.}}

[[File:TFUK TwoMegatrons Suicide.JPG|upright=0.85|thumb|No, no! Aim away from the face!]]
''Soon, however, he began to suffer from nightmarish visions of the lives lived by both the trooper whose body became his, and of Straxus, just as the true Megatron—having recovered his memories after a period of wandering amensia in the [[Dead End (place)|Dead End]]—attacked his base.'' {{storylink|Mind Games}}'' The two Megatrons battled, with the true one revealed the clone's nature to him, and all at once, everything made sense to the clone. Along with this revelation, another immediately arose—Straxus's mental defeat was a sham, and he had been dwelling within the clone's mind all along, steadily growing in power as the clone weakened. Straxus made one final attempt to seize control of their mind, and the clone committed suicide, blowing his own head off with his [[fusion cannon]], rather than allow Straxus to win.'' {{storylink|Two Megatrons!}}

''It is possible that in the original un-altered pre-Time Wars timeline, the Straxus-Megatron clone may have been the Megatron transformed into Galvatron, but the shifting nature of the timelines makes this open to debate at best.''

''All very simple, isn't it?''

{{note|The true nature of the Megatron clone was not revealed until the story which depicted his death. This was because, for all of the clone's other stories, he was regarded by characters, readers and writer [[Simon Furman]] as actually being the ''real'' Megatron, having survived his supposed death in the US comics. The US comics, however, continued to treat Megatron as pushing up daisies, so when Simon Furman took over writing that title and penned Megatron's return, he needed an explanation that would reconcile Megatron's continual appearances in the UK title with his lack of activity in the US. Relegating the Megatron of the UK comics to a clone was that explanation, revealed in UK-exclusive strips which ran concurrently with the reprints of Megatron's US return.}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
The Megatron clone would terrify a young Hot Rod in [[1990]] by willingly risking the lives of loyal Decepticons to flush out a [[Warmonger|double-agent]], and then muse it would've been easier to just murder everyone. Later, he would wage a [[Decepticon Civil War]] against [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}} , where he no longer threw fits at his troops because he knew he could look forward to a future as the unbeatable Galvatron. {{storylink|Trigger-Happy!}}

He then become Galvatron by [[2006]] and, by not fleeing to Earth's past, conquered Cybertron! Well, it seems to be him, it's very confusing. If it was him, he then got stepped on by [[Unicron]] in [[2010]]. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:WarWithoutEnd-Straxus.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|His weapon gets less threatening with each appearance.]]
[[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] referred to Straxus as one of the petty, small-minded dictators he left in charge of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] when he left to start the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]]. {{storylink|War Without End!}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''United EX''=====
Somehow traveling across universes,<ref name="EX">[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=89376&st=0&p=2149784&hl=straxus&#entry2149784 Post by ''United EX'' writer Hydra]: "My intent when writing the story was that he be the Straxus from the comics universe himself, appearing as a result of some teleportation or experimental technology, just as Thunderwing appeared in the United stories."</ref> Straxus inserted himself into the alternate universe's Decepticons led by [[Scrash (OC)|Scrash]], becoming part of the [[Master Chaos]] in his pursuit of new technology. With his new body, he gained the new identity of "Rollermaster". {{storylink|#United EX 2|''United EX'' Straxus bio}}

Rollermaster revealed the existence of the Decepticon Master Chaos brigade to the Autobots when he attacked [[Blaze Master|Choppermaster]], who was training in the Swiss Alps. Rollermaster overrode the Autobot flyer's control of the PCC drones, achieving his own combination form. {{storylink|In the Blazing Alps}}

Rollermaster and Choppermaster fought to a standstill, but [[Onslaught (G1)|Combatmaster]] stepped in at the end and easily snatched up the drones from the wounded Autobot. {{storylink|Prelude to the Siege}}

=====Metrowars=====
Straxus eventually shed his Master Chaos identity and was appointed leader of a Decepticon force concentrated on [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]], whose base mode he dubbed "Darkmount" after his old haunts. Straxus somehow acquired a rebuilt and comatose [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Megatron]], who he attempted to brainwash with his technology. When the Decepticon Emperor resisted, Straxus noted that more of such would crumble Megatron's "diabolical nature". In the meantime, he led an attack on [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]], but the Decepticon forces fled when the Autobots showed the power of a newly-reborn [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|Metrowars}}

Following the failure of this attack, Straxus worked on repairing the wounded Metrotitan whilst simultaneously manipulating his thoughts and emotions.{{storylink|Metrowars 2}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Straxusidw.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|I may or may not be here in subsequent panels, depending on how the artist feels today.]]
Straxus of [[Yuss]] {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} (not a "Lord")<ref>[http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/wheels-on-fire/#comment-3627 "WHEELS ON FIRE"—simon furman: the blog]</ref> was part of the crew of the first ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', which left Cybertron six million years ago. The ship was lost to the [[Dead Universe]], and Straxus and his crewmates became the living dead, unable to survive in their home universe for long periods of time. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus}} Despite this, however, an erroneous account placed Straxus on Cybertron two million years later, working security at the [[Kaon Security Headquarters]] just prior to the outbreak of the Autobot/Decepticon war. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}}

In the present day, [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] was abducted on [[Gorlam Prime]], Straxus implanted a device in his brain that would make him a sleeper agent for the Dead Universe crew.<ref>According to the [http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=82441#82441 script] for "[[Spotlight: Hardhead]]".</ref> {{storylink|Spotlight: Nightbeat}}

[[File:SpotlightDoubledealer Straxus Transforms.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|And yet, surprisingly few kitbashes from Cybertron [[Sideways (RID)#Cybertron|Sideways]]...]]
After [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] secured the [[Nega-Core]] and activated its guardian, Straxus initiated the [[Expansion]] with [[Nova Prime|Nemesis Prime]] and the rest of the Dead Universe crew. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus}}

Later, Straxus attacked Earth with [[Grindcore (G1)|Grindcore]]. His job was to bombard the surface in his jet mode and then operate an [[energon]] drill while Grindcore set up a [[space bridge]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}}

Straxus and Grindcore soon had to defend this site when an Autobot team led by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] stormed it, trying to prevent the Expansion. [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] ended up holding off both of them at the same time while the other Autobots slipped by. The [[Benzuli Expanse]] anomaly was soon sealed off, and unable to survive without their connection to the Dead Universe, both Straxus and Grindcore simply... ceased functioning. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}
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===''Universe Classic Series'' toy bios===
During Straxus's rule over Polyhex, he put a lowly, unknown warrior through an excruciating rebuilding process, tortuously reforging him into the very image of Optimus Prime. Through forcible data uploads and brainwashing, the Decepticon was imbued with memories and skills culled from many sources, giving him much of Optimus Prime's knowledge and combat algorithms. However, Straxus perished before he could complete this "[[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]]", and his creation was left without a framework with which to process the mental injections. Straxus's legacy was this mad wraith haunting the back alleys of Cybertron, hunting down Autobots and Decepticons alike.<ref>[http://tformers.net/g/albums/9893/DSCF2738.JPG Nemesis Prime's ''Universe Classic Series'' on-package bio]</ref>

===''Wings Universe''===
{{Wingsnote}}
Straxus was one of a number of [[Decepticon Warlord]]s who fought for territory in the early days of the Great War. With the threat of the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]], the Warlords formed a war council. During one meeting, they reviewed footage of the Elite Guard wiping out some of [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s men, and discussed ways of ridding themselves of the Elite Guard. At the next meeting of the council, [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] sent along his lieutenant, [[Falcon (G1)|Falcon]], with a box containing an important message. The message turned out to be a bomb, which killed the council members present. {{storylink|A Team Effort}}

===''United''===
[[File:FierceFightingOnPlanetNebulos-StraxusDecepticons.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|...I was an unstoppable tyrannical warlord who answered to no one, once...]]
A [[nano-virus]] that afflicted most Autobots save the [[Targetmaster]]s and the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] required [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]] to lead a team to [[Nebulos]] for an anti-virus. However, the nano-virus was merely a ploy by the Decepticons to draw out the Targetmasters and Headmasters to abduct their [[Nebulan]] partners, so when the Autobots arrived on Nebulos, Straxus was waiting for them with a considerable army! His army quickly fell into disarray, unfortunately, when Straxus was singled out and defeated. He returned to his [[Thunderwing (G1)|master]] to beg forgiveness. {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Straxus, [[Axer (G1)|Axer]] and [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] accompanied [[Nova Prime|Nemesis Prime]] on a mission to defeat Nemesis's former self, Nova Prime. {{storylink|Prime Evil}}

Straxus was part of a Decepticon raiding party that scoured a Human military base for the [[MacGuffin Generator]]. Straxus's job was to look in every building to check if it housed the generator, and reduce it to rubble if it didn't. The Decepticons eventually found the device, despite some Autobot interference, but it proved to be more volatile than they had anticipated. The Generator exploded, sending Straxus and the Decepticons flying off into the distance. {{storylink|Raiding Party}}
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsDarkmount.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shredder_(Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles) SHREDDER!!]]]
Straxus participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Generations===
[[File:Generationstoy-Darkmount.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|You're welcome.]]
*'''Darkmount''' (Deluxe, 2010)
**''Accessories'': Pick-axe/cannon, missile launcher, machine gun, smoke grenade launchers

:Part of wave 2 of ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'', Darkmount ("Straxus" was [[trademark|unavailable]]) transforms into a half-tracked [[Wikipedia:Self-propelled artillery|self-propelled artillery]] inspired by the [[Wikipedia:G6 howitzer|South African G6 Rhino]], as well as a tripod-mounted [[Wikipedia:Howitzer|howitzer]] platform called a "battle station".

:In vehicle mode, the turret can rotate and the barrel can raise. Initially it was planned to have him interact with Scout Class figures who could man his "fortress mode". The remainders of that idea are the otherwise pointless handlebars that end up on his knees in robot mode.<ref name="generations11">TakaraTomy staff interview in ''[[Transformers Generations 2011]]'' vol. 1, [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/428825-takaratomy-staff-interview-generations-united.html translation at TFW2005].</ref> In robot mode, the cannon barrel becomes his trademark pick-axe weapon, while his smaller weapons (featuring [[C joint]]s) can clip onto various compatible rungs, bars and tubes sculpted onto the vehicle or robot. Despite his portly robot form, and his alternate half-track mode, his tech specs list his speed rank as 10.

:"M17" is written on his vehicle mode, referencing "[[The Smelting Pool!|Marvel #17]]", the comic issue in which Straxus first appeared. His head is designed with a light-piping feature but it is not utilized.

:The mold was [[redeco]]ed into ''Shattered Glass'' [[Straxus (SG)|Straxus]] and [[retool]]ed into ''Generations'' [[Skullgrin]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/Darkmount/darkmount.htm More information on Darkmount at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/gallery/generations/darkmount/2109/1/ Image gallery of Darkmount at Seibertron.com]''
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===United===
[[File:United Straxus Toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|TakaraTomy will collect the fee...''personally!'']]
*'''Straxus''' (Deluxe, [[December 25|12-25]]-2010)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''UN-10'''
**''Accessories'': "Battle axe"/cannon, missile launcher, machine gun, smoke grenade launchers

:Darkmount was redecoed for inclusion in the first wave of [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' toyline, and even released under his original name. He now sports a new color scheme that replaces much of his grey plastic and ''all'' of his red plastic with more dark blue and new light-blue pieces, apparently shooting to emulate Straxus as he was colored in his [[The Bridge to Nowhere!|second Marvel appearance]], drawing particular inspiration from the [[:File:MarvelUS-18.jpg|cover]] of the issue. And he's got his dead, black eyes!

:Besides the black eyes, Straxus features additional paint on his face as well as his crotch plate and knee flaps.
::*''[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/gallery/transformers-united/straxus/2799/1/ Image gallery of ''United'' Straxus at Seibertron.com]''
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===United EX===
[[File:United-toy RollerMaster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Rollermaster vs Choppermaster''' (Vs pack, [[September 22|9-22]]-[[2012]])
**''ID number'': '''EX P1'''

:'''Rollermaster''' (ローラーマスター ''Rōrāmasutā'') is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Power Core Combiners]]'' [[Icepick (PCC)#Toys|Icepick]] toy, transforming into a treaded snow-plow vehicle of probably-made-up model. Unlike most ''Power Core Combiners'' Commander molds, Rollermaster does not have [[5mm post]] holes in or near his hands to allow him to use hand-held weapons. He has some sweet claws, though, and the hardpoint on his right shoulder allows him to use a Mini-Con's weapon mode as a shoulder-mounted emplacement. A flip-up [[Powerlinx]] socket on his chest allows him to use [[Mini-Con]]s as armor. He also has a secondary "Prime mode" configuration in which he forms a super robot torso; in this mode he can use the drone-limbs from any 5-pack set to make a new super-robot.

:He was only available in a set with [[Blaze Master|Choppermaster]], [[Spanner (United)|Spanner]] and [[Firebug (United)|Firebug]].
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==Notes==
[[File:StraxusChangesColors.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Consistency is not dispensed here, fools, only GAFFES!]]
*For some reason, Straxus's colors changed drastically between the two issues he was in for the US comic. Also, sometimes between panels.
*With that in mind, Darkmount's color scheme (with its red biceps and gold chest) is based on an amalgam of his appearances. Specifically, a unique color arrangement that appeared on the cover of the fan-publication "The Obscure Omnibus" that super-fan [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] gave the Transformers team for reference.
*Not only was Straxus's color scheme unstable, but so was his weapon design. In his first issue, it looked like a pick-axe, but when Straxus battled Blaster in his second issue, it had evolved into a scythe.
*"[[Two Megatrons!]]" means that Straxus was around but dormant when Ratbat was boss of Cybertron. Was he dormant for a proper reason or did Ratbat ''arrange it'' that way?
*So why "Darkmount" for the toy instead of the obviously-made-up "Straxus", theoretically easy to [[trademark]]? One possible explanation is that an Austrian company, [http://www.stadlbauer.at/74.0.html?&L=1 Stadlbauer], has owned "Strax" as an international registered trademark for toys since 1966, and applied to register the term in the United States [http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=79069729&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch in 2009]. This would give Stadlbauer a solid legal hold on the term versus another company trying to use a sound-alike in the same field. While this unforeseen hitch may have necessitated Straxus's name-change, it's not like another company could get away with using "Optimusor Primeo", either...
**There is also a staxus.com website, which is '''''AMAZINGLY NOT SAFE FOR WORK''''', so... yeah. Remember "[[Nexus Prime (Classics)|Nexus Maximus]]"? That kinda thing. So much that kinda thing. (This, of course, does make the move to "Darkmount" pretty funny in context.)
*According to Hasbro copy writer [[Forest Lee]], Straxus was mentioned in [[San Diego Comic-Con|Comic-Con]] 2008 [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]]'s bio entirely to make [[David Willis]] happy. Incidentally, Willis colored the cover to the fan publication mentioned in the second note, so he's probably on Cloud Nine right now.
*Darkmount's instructions show [[Skullgrin]]'s robot head. It's [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|becoming]] [[Black Shadow (Victory)|a]] [[Axor|trend]].
*''Universe'' Nemesis Prime's backstory was certainly inspired by the Megatron-clone plot, but their relation to each other in-fiction is unclear. A straight reading would suggest that Straxus merely had more than one clone project in the works. However, if one assumes that the ''Classic Series'' bios are meant to follow the [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|''Classics'' comic]], then Nemesis Prime would be Straxus's ONLY known clone project in his universe, since the UK comics are not part of that continuity. However, it wouldn't be the [[Mutant (G1)|first time]] a [[The 4,000,000 Year Itch!|UK-only plot thread]] managed to make it into a ''Classics''-related product...
*It's likely that [[Eric Holmes]] didn't consult with [[Simon Furman]] when he had Straxus as a cameo in ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]''. (Straxus must have been mentioned in the script, since he shows up in [http://mmatere.deviantart.com/art/Megatron-Origins-4-pag-02-80058403 Marcelo Matere's version of the page.]) Since he was never mentioned by name in ''Origin'', and he has a different design in the later Spotlights, it can be easily retconned that the character in ''Megatron Origin'' was [[Bluster|"Straxus's brother"]], since Straxus was supposedly in the Dead Universe at this time.
*Rollermaster's bio notes do not ''explicitly'' say he's Straxus, but... come on. Plus, the [[Andrew Hall|guy who wrote the bio and story and all that]] said he is.<ref name="EX" />

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Straxus''' (ストラクサス ''Sutorakusasu'')

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://s90690880.onlinehome.us/jhiaxus/uscomics/straxus.htm Straxus at the Obscure Transformers Website.]

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[[File:TransformersBattleTactics logo.png|center|500px]]
{{videogame
|title=''Transformers: Battle Tactics''
|image=TFBattleTactics_LoadingScreen.jpg
|caption=Arcee isn't in the game. [[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game) | Déjà vu?]]
|developer=[[DeNA]]
|publisher=DeNA Corp
|date=[[January 30]], 2015
|platform=Android, iOS
}}

'''''Transformers: Battle Tactics''''' is a multiplayer battle game published by [[DeNA]] for mobile devices. It features over 75 characters designed after toys from different toylines, including [[Transformers: Classics | Classics]], [[Transformers: Generations | Generations]], [[Combiner Wars]] and [[Transformers Collectors' Club | Collectors' Club]] exclusives.

==Gameplay==
Battle Tactics gameplay is similar to other mobile battle games. Players select four Transformers from their purchased characters to form a team. Players can create up to three different teams. Gamers can choose to battle a random computer-controlled team or a random live player; the other choice is to pick from three different computer teams. The "random" mode also changes slightly under two different circumstances:

If an event is being held, it will become the way to earn League Points, but otherwise remains the same.

If a player fills their Experience bar, it will become the Advancement Mode. Players must win three of their next five games to level up. This mode is the only way to level up, because otherwise players would simply choose the throwaway team in the other mode to win easily.

Once the battle begins, the Transformers will randomly get one of their five damage numbers. These numbers change and become special abilities, depending on whether the character is in alternate mode or robot mode. Players also get three Ability Points every round, which allow them to activate powerups, including a re-spin of a character's number and several different air strikes, among others. When the battle begins, one of the two parties is randomly chosen to attack first, unless a Transformer has a first strike special ability active. Each character attacks once per round.
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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Autobot]]s|c1=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
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* [[Cliffjumper (G1) | Cliffjumper]]
* [[Gears (G1) | Gears]]
* [[Junkyard (G1) | Junkheap]]
* [[Scoop (G1) | Scoop]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1) | Bumblebee]]/Goldfire/G2 Bumblebee (Event)
* [[Hoist (G1) | Hoist]]
* [[Wheeljack (G1) | Wheeljack]]
* [[Joyride (G1) |Joyride]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1) | Optimus Prime]]/Orion Pax/Laser Optimus Prime (Event)
* [[Tailgate (G1) | Tailgate]]
* [[Swerve (G1) | Swerve]]
* [[Ratchet (G1) | Ratchet]]
* [[Powerglide (G1) | Powerglide]]
* [[Kup (G1) | Sergeant Kup]]
* [[Huffer (G1) | Huffer]]
* [[Warpath (G1) | Warpath]]
* [[Cosmos (G1) | Cosmos]]
* [[Windcharger (G1) | Windcharger]]
* [[Blurr (G1) | Blurr]]
* [[Red Alert (G1) | Red Alert]]
* [[Fireflight (G1) | Firefly]]
* [[Alpha Bravo]]
* [[Crosscut (Autobot) | Crosscut]]
* [[Nightbeat (G1) | Nightbeat]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Drift (G1) | Drift]]
* [[Side Burn (G1) | Sideburn]]
* [[Sandstorm (G1) | Sandstorm]]
* [[Jazz (G1) | Jazz]]
* [[Skids (G1) | Skids]]
* [[Jetfire (G1) | Jetfire]]
* [[Springer (G1) | Springer]]
* [[Chromedome (G1) | Chromedome]]
* [[Brainstorm]]
* [[Circuit (Movie) | Circuit]]
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1) | Ultra Magnus]]
* [[Arcee (G1) | Arcee]]*
* [[Trailbreaker (G1) | Trailcutter]]
* [[Ironhide (G1)| Ironhide]]*
;Exclusives
* [[Roadbuster (G1) | Roadbuster]]
* [[Whirl (G1) | Whirl]]
* [[Rewind (G1) | Rewind]]
* [[Jetfire (G1) | Jetfire II]]
;Event
* [[Air Raid (G1) | Air Raid]]
* [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot) | Skydive]]
* [[Silverbolt (G1) | Silverbolt]]
* [[Jackpot (Animated) | Jackpot]]
* [[Punch (G1) | Punch]]
* [[Groove (G1) | Groove]]
* [[Rook (Generations) | Rook]]
* [[Streetwise (G1) | Streetwise]]
* [[Blades (G1) | Blades]]
* [[Hot Spot (G1) | Hot Spot]]
* [[First Aid (G1) | First Aid]]

;Combiners
* [[Superion (G1) | Superion]]
* [[Defensor (G1) | Defensor]]
{{!}}}

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s|c2=
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{{!}}-
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* [[Acid Storm (G1) | Acid Storm]]
* [[Thundercracker (G1) | Thundercracker]]
* [[Starscream (G1) | Starscream]]
* [[Tankor (BM) | Tankor]]
* [[Blackjack]]
* [[Megatron (G1) | Megatron]]/G2 Megatron
* [[Viper]]
* [[Dreadwing (G2) | Dreadwing]]
* [[Nemesis Prime (G1) | Nemesis Prime]]
* [[Breakdown (G1) | Breakdown]]
* [[Dirge (G1) | Dirge]]
* [[Thrust (G1) | Thrust]]
* [[Ramjet (G1) | Ramjet]]/G2 Ramjet
* [[Jhiaxus (G2) | Jhiaxus]]
* [[Skullgrin]]
* [[Drag Strip (G1) | Dragstrip]]
* [[Skywarp (G1) | Skywarp]]
* [[Thunderwing (G1) | Thunderwing]]
* [[Scourge (G1)]]
* [[Octane (G1) | Octane]]
* [[Straxus (G1) | Darkmount]]
* [[Doubledealer]]
* [[Cyclonus (G1) | Cyclonus]]
* [[Blitzwing (G1) | Blitzwing]]
* [[Barricade (WFC) | Barricade]]
* [[Megatron (Armada) | Armada Megatron]]
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* [[Starscream (Armada)|Armada Starscream]]
* [[Krok (G1) | Krok]]
* [[Nacelle (G1) | Nacelle]]
;Exclusives
* [[Runamuck (G1) | Runamuck]]
* [[Astrotrain (G1) | Astrotrain]]
* [[Black Shadow (Victory) | Sky Shadow]]
* [[Sunstorm (G1) | Sunstorm]]
* [[Slipstream (WFC) | Slipstream]]
* [[Scourge (RID)]]
* [[Spinister (G1)| Spinister]]
;Event
* [[Runabout (G1) | Over-Run]]
* [[Offroad]]
* [[Dead End (G1) | Dead End]]
* [[Motormaster (G1) | Motormaster]]
* [[Punch (G1) | Counterpunch]]
* [[Treadshot (G1) | Treadshot]]
* [[Brawl (G1) | Brawl]]
* [[Onslaught (G1) | Onslaught]]
* [[Vortex (G1) | Vortex]]
* [[Swindle (G1) | Swindle]]
* [[Blast Off (G1) | Blast Off]]
* [[Bombshell (G1) | Bombshell]]
* [[Shrapnel (G1) | Skrapnel]]
* [[Kickback (G1) | Kickback]]

;Combiners
* [[Menasor (G1) | Menasor]]
* [[Bruticus (G1) | Bruticus]]
{{!}}}

|h3=[[Maximal]]s|c3=
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{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Optimus Primal | Optimus Primal]]
* [[Cheetor (BW) | Cheetor]]
{{!}}}

|h4=[[Predacon]]s|c4=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Megatron (BW) | Megatron]]
* [[Waspinator (BW) | Waspinator]]
* [[Blackarachnia (BW) | Blackarachnia]]
* [[Tarantulas (BW) | Tarantulas]]
* [[Inferno (BW) | Inferno]]
* [[Scorponok (BW) | Scorponok]]
{{!}}}

|h5=[[Mini-Con]]s|c5=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Windshear]]
* [[Runway (Generations) | Runway]]
* [[Heavytread (Generations) | Heavytread]]
;Combiners
* [[Centuritron]]
{{!}}}
|nonumbering=true
}}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Characters that aren't in the game yet, but appear in promotional material.
 

==Notes==
*The Exclusive version of Skywarp, the one based on his [[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]] figure, is the only character represented by a [[TakaraTomy]] figure rather than its [[Hasbro]] counterpart.

* Unlike the event cores, which are removed 48 hours after the event ends, the Alpha/Beta/Omega and character cores stay when the new monthly character is added.

==External links==
* [http://www.transformersbattletactics.com/ Official Website]

[[Category:Video games]]

Scourge (RID)

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ItsLeo20: /* Transformers: Battle Tactics */

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{{disambig3|Scourge}}
{{disambig2|the evil, black Optimus Prime clone from ''Robots in Disguise''|the other evil, black Optimus Prime clones|Nemesis Prime (disambiguation)}}
:''Scourge is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Black Convoy.jpg|right|thumb|I see a [[Optimus Prime (RID)|red truck]] and I want it [[Black repaint|painted black]].]]
A [[protoform]] scanning mishap resulted in a [[Decepticon]] protoform attaining attributes of [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] yet retaining the Decepticon programming. This protoform became '''Scourge'''. Scourge is arguably [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]]'s second in command, leading the new Decepticon forces, a much more effective unit than [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]]'s [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]].

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

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

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

==Fiction==
===2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
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{{voiceactor|[[Barry Stigler]] (English), [[Taitem Kusunoki]] (Japanese)|[[Fabrizio Vidale]] (Italian)}}

[[File:Rid8.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem. Oh yeah!]]
The robot who came to be named Scourge was originally one of a crew of six [[Autobot]]s sent to [[Earth]] to reactivate the legendary Autobot battle station, [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]]. As leader of the expedition, Scourge was equipped with the ability to detect the unique energy signatures of the [[O-Part]]s, the [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] components that held the key to reawakening Maximus. However, Scourge never had the opportunity to use that ability in the service of the Autobots, when the team's craft malfunctioned and crashed on Earth in the mid-20th century. Having been in [[protoform]]-state with [[stasis pod]]s for the duration of their voyage, the six Autobots were entombed in their crashed ship.

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

[[File:Commandos Scourge.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|I look more like [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] than [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] does!]]
To prove the effectiveness of the new troops, Scourge led them on a mission to attack [[Sherman Dam]] and made short work of the [[Autobot Brothers]], tossing them into the lake behind the dam. Once the dam was mined with bombs, he attempted to detonate it, only to find that the bombs had been tampered with—Sky-Byte and the Predacons, annoyed at being pushed down in rank by the new arrivals, had taken control of the bombs in order to prove their own effectiveness to Megatron. The arrival of more Autobots in the form of Optimus and [[Team Bullet Train]] caused Megatron to call off the mission with only minor damage to the dam. {{storylink|Commandos}}

The next mission saw Scourge and the Commandos on guard duty, perhaps as a punishment for their previous failed mission, while the Predacon trio dug under a volcano. Scourge and Sky-Byte both fought Optimus when the Autobot leader arrived with the [[Spy Changer]]s, although the shark appeared to regard Scourge as just as valid a target. When a flow of lava was unleashed, Scourge unleashed a Barrage Attack on the Spy Changers who were attempting to stop it, little caring that Sky-Byte and the Predacons were in the blast area. His amusement when the lava soon chased the Predacons into the water was almost palpable. {{storylink|Volcano}}

After [[Movor]] was shot into orbit, Scourge grew steadily impatient with the shuttle's hopeless attempts to guide the rest of the Decepticons to the Autobot base and threatened much bodily injury. Movor was tricked by the Autobots into leading the Decepticons into a trap. While Scourge grappled with Optimus, Movor attempted to help by firing on Optimus from space, but only succeeded in hitting Scourge, who promised to turn the shuttle into "metal confetti". {{storylink|Attack from Outer Space}}

[[File:TheTest Scourgecar.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|But I always cut the crusts off!]]
As part of a new ploy, Scourge interrupted Sky-Byte's attack on an oil rig and chased off the Predacon. Seeing this, Optimus Prime believed that the Decepticons had begun to experience a resurgence of their Autobot sparks. Scourge was disgruntled with [[Mega-Octane]]'s plan, believing lies and deceit to be unworthy of a warrior, but went along with it. The Decepticons successfully gave the appearance of changing sides to the Autobots and underwent various tests such as cleaning a forest, with Scourge holding his temper barely in check the whole time. The appearance of Sky-Byte (who'd been kept ignorant of the plan) gave Scourge an opportunity to blow off some steam, but his attack endangered the life of a [[Kelly (RID)|passerby]]. When Optimus told him to stand down, Scourge exploded and ended up giving the whole plan away, forcing the Decepticons to retreat under the full force of Optimus' rage. {{storylink|The Test (episode)|The Test}}

Scourge presented the increasingly impatient Megatron with a new plan which involved attacking power plants. The Autobots were hampered by the misguided assistance of Sky-Byte, but seemed to repel most of the Decepticon assaults. {{storylink|The Fish Test}} Scourge and the Decepticons subsequently butted in on one of Sky-Byte's plans, stealing a disk supposedly containing the plans to the Autobots' [[Global Space Bridge]] which the Predacons were trying to obtain. Unfortunately it was an Autobot trick, and both the Decepticons and Predacons ended up in a sewer. {{storylink|Wedge's Short Fuse}}

Annoyed by the Autobots constant escapes through the space bridge, Scourge had [[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] track one of the [[Build Team]] to the space bridge control center. The Decepticons broke in and Scourge sabotaged the controls, resulting in the space bridge sending any Autobots who used it to a random destination. Once chaos was established, Scourge and Megatron attacked the North Energy Research Center, but were unable to achieve much before the Autobots repaired the space bridge and arrived to chase them off. {{storylink|Landfill (episode)|Landfill}}

[[File:Sky-Byte Saves the Day Scourge Battle Station.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Say hello to my leetle friend]]
Scourge and [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] attempted to intercept Optimus on his way to taking the O-Parts to Sky-Byte, who had taken some humans as hostage. Ruination was swiftly disabled by the Autobot, but Scourge was only wounded and trailed Optimus to the site of the [[CGA Tower]] attack. He again fought Optimus in an attempt to take the O-Parts, but his threatened attack on the tower itself was thwarted by the Build Team. Optimus was able to chase Scourge off so that the tower could be saved. {{storylink|Sky-Byte Saves the Day}}

[[File:Ultra Magnus Scourge Megaoctane.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Do NOT 'step on the gas'.]]
After a semi-successful attempt to raid an oil refinery, Scourge and Mega-Octane leaked a transmission ordering Sky-Byte to look for O-Parts in order to lead the Autobots into an ambush. However instead of the expected Autobots, they were confronted by [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]]. They attempted to fight the newly arrived Autobot warrior, but retreated after Optimus Prime arrived to lend a hand. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus}} Back at [[Megastar|base]], they watched Movor's surveillance of Ultra Magnus beating down Optimus, and Megatron demanded of Scourge to know why one Autobot had done what the Decepticons had failed to do so many times. They were able to track Sky-Byte to the island on which Optimus was recuperating after the battle and mount an attack, but were chased off once again when Optimus and Ultra Magnus merged into [[Omega Prime]]. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!}}

The Decepticons interrupted another of Sky-Byte's plans in order to kidnap the Autobot Brothers. With the three brothers as hostages, the Decepticons led Optimus into a trap and fought the Autobot leader savagely. They were again seen off after Magnus rescued the brothers. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}} Sensing an opportunity, Scourge met with Ultra Magnus to try to persuade the Autobot to join him against both Optimus Prime and Megatron. When Magnus turned him down, Scourge and the Commandos turned on him, only to end up fighting the three Autobot Brothers instead. {{storylink|Power to Burn!}}

[[File:Fortress Maximus Scourge.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|I've got the power!]]
With information extracted from Doctor Onishi, Scourge and the Decepticons were able to find a huge cavern beneath Metro City housing some ruins. Although the Autobots were on hand to try to fight them off, Scourge attempted to approach the ruins, and his proximity caused Fortress Maximus to rise. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}} The exposure to the battle station's energies awakened memories of his original Autobot mission to find and reactivate Maximus and, twisted by Megatron's reprogramming, he became determined to take control of the huge Autobot in order to take over leadership of the Decepticon/Predacon forces and eventually the Universe. With Ruination fighting the Autobots as a distraction, Scourge set out to find Maximus, fighting with Optimus Prime and eventually breaking into the cavern to find that Maximus was gone. Upon retreating, Scourge also discovered that Sky-Byte had freed Doctor Onishi, but covered for him with Megatron so that the Predacon would owe him. {{storylink|Koji Gets His Wish}}

As the race began to locate the remaining O-Parts, Scourge rediscovered his ability to sense them, part of his original mission as an Autobot. The attempts by Scourge and the Decepticons to stop the Autobots finding the O-Part were hampered by Sky-Byte's misguided attempts to find the O-Parts himself, and eventually the Autobots were able to collect them all. {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}} Movor was soon able to locate the Autobots in the [[Sahara]], and Megatron himself led the Predacons and Decepticons there to take the [[Orb of Sigma]] from them. With the loss of Megatron, Scourge and the Decepticons retreated. {{storylink|Peril from the Past}}

[[File:Maximus Emerges Scourge.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Behold my insignias! They are pretty!]]
With Megatron gone, Scourge took command of the ''[[Megastar]]'', much to the Predacons' dismay. They were able to successfully capture [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]] from the Autobots, and Scourge was able to use the Autobot part of his bio-signature to dupe the robot into activating Maximus. However he soon found he was unable to control the giant robot, who ran amok until the Autobots' human ally, [[Koji Onishi|Koji]], was able to stop it. Additionally the arrival of Galvatron, Megatron's reborn form, during the battle, also meant that Scourge had lost his new leadership. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}} Realizing that humans could control Maximus, Scourge then amplified the human part of his bio-signature and succeeded in taking control of the giant, until he was overridden by a large group of human children. {{storylink|The Human Element}} Seeking to use Koji himself for the process, a case of mistaken identity resulted in the Decepticons capturing his best friend, [[Karl]], instead, but when Karl proved able to activate Fortress Maximus, Scourge dropped his façade of loyalty and ordered Maximus to destroy Galvatron. {{storylink|Mistaken Identity}}

The revelation of his betrayal brought about a punishment most severe—Scourge and the Decepticons had their autonomy stripped by Galvatron, turned once again into loyal servants so absolutely dedicated to their leader {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}} that they continued to do his will even after he attempted to kill them with molten lava as a belated punishment. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}} With Galvatron's ultimate defeat at the hands of Omega Prime, Scourge was captured and taken aboard Fortress Maximus for imprisonment with the other villains. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}

===Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?===
[[File:UltraMagnustotheRescue Scourge.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.85|What do you think of my breast-reduction surgery?]]
Sent by Megatron to help Sky-Byte steal an experimental nuclear generator from a facility in [[Arizona]], he and the Predacon bickered at length, until the arrival of Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus. After an unsuccessful attempt to engage Magnus in combat, during which he was slammed against the building, he realised that the Autobots' concern for the humans would be their downfall. Threatening the nearest human with his sword, Scourge commanded the two Autobots to surrender.

When Sky-Byte protested that this wasn't part of the mission, Scourge accused him of becoming soft. Magnus and Prime, after a brief discussion, agreed to surrender. Scourge raised his sword to strike them down, however he was interrupted by the Predacons making their escape with the nuclear generator. The distraction allowed Prime and Magnus to simultaneously punch Scourge in the face, and he and his Decepticons set out in pursuit of the Predacons. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsScourgeRID.jpg|thumb|300px|left|This [[sword]] is so hard to lug around!]]
Scourge participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Car Robots===
*'''Black Convoy''' (Destronger, 2000)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-012'''
**''Accessories:'' [[Sword of Fury|Black Sword]], Plasma Gun, 5 discs, 10 small missiles, 2 large missiles

:A [[Black repaint|black]] [[redeco]] of the Laser [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#LaserOptimusPrime|Optimus Prime]] mold, Black Convoy is a black Western Star 4964EX truck with teal paint apps, and darkish pink windows. His trailer is chrome, and he lacks all of Laser Prime's stickers. The toy lacks all of Laser Prime's electronics, to keep costs down. However, the arms still are restricted in motion, to prevent breaking the wires that no longer exist in the toy. Care should be taken when opening the trailer into its battle base form, as relying only on the button for opening multiple times will severely damage the chrome by banging against the ground.

:Due to the molded ''Generation 2'' Autobot symbols on the discs Black Convoy's launcher has, [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] made Black Convoy's faction symbol the ''Generation 2'' Autobot one, but upside down.

===Robots in Disguise (2001)===
*'''Scourge''' (Super, 2002)
**''Accessories:'' [[Sword of Fury]], gun, 5 discs, 10 small missiles, 2 large missiles

[[File:RID Scourge toy.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|This toy almost makes the black repaint craze worth it.]]
:The Hasbro release of Black Convoy, sold exclusively at [[Toys"R"Us]]. Specimens sold at retail were very similar to Black Convoy. Notable changes were that red translucent plastic replaces all the pink; the stickers are now a flat light gray with Decepticon logos instead of glossy silver with "negative-Autobot" logos; the sword was blunted; and the discs were remolded to make them blank, removing the faction symbol. The only change in paint is that Scourge has Decepticon sigils tampographed on his doors, while lacking Black Convoy's teal "stripe" along the cab's nose. The license plate sticker on the tanker now states "SCOURGE D-012" (Which was a reference to Black Convoy's ID Number).

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

:This version of the mold was later reused by [[Sonokong]] as ''Car Robots'' Black Convoy in the South Korean market, with Hasbro's paint decos and darker red plastic, but with Black Convoy's stickers, as well as for Takara's reissue of Laser Optimus Prime.

::* ''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Decepticon/Scourge/scourge.htm More information on Scourge at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Spychanger scourge.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Sword-less fury!]]
*'''X-Brawn / Scourge''' (Basic, 2002)

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

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

: Ironically, this mold was later redecoed '''both''' as Generation 1 Spychanger [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Universe .282003.29|Optimus Prime]] in the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' toyline and as "Movie" [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]] for a Japanese pack-in DVD exclusive.

::* ''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Decepticon/ScourgeGobot/scourge.htm More information on Spy Changer Scourge at TFU.info]''

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*'''Destructicon Scourge''' (Deluxe, 2003)
**''Accessories:'' Gun, 2 missiles

[[File:Scourgedestructicon.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|It's me again!]]
:Released as a Kay-Bee Toys exclusive, [[Destructicon (RID)|Destructicon]] Scourge is a black redeco of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#HeroOptimusPrime|Hero Optimus Prime]]. In either [[robot mode]] or tanker mode, he carries a missile launcher that fires when its air silo is squeezed. Scourge comes with two rubber-tipped missiles which can store on his back in robot mode.

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

::* ''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/Scourge/scourge.htm More information on Destructicon Scourge at TFU.info]''
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===Timelines===
[[File:TFSS Preview Scourge.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|Now with bigger shoulders!]]
*'''Scourge''' (Deluxe, 2013)
**''TFSS1 number'': '''1'''
**''Accessories:'' [[Sword of Fury]]

: A black and teal [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Optimus Prime]]. Transforming into a racing truck, Scourge comes with a sword that he can wield with both hands, and is folded up and stored between his legs in truck mode, forming the fifth wheel. Scourge also has a (non-detachable) matrix gimmick in robot mode formed by a relief pattern on the inside of the cab's side windows, and is visible through the windshield/chest in robot mode. He is also very articulated and poseable, even featuring ankles and wrists that are both ball-jointed and hinged.

: Scourge was the first of six [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] [[exclusive]] figures to be shipped out via the "[[Transformers Figure Subscription Service]]" in 2013.

: This toy was also used to make [[Optimus Prime (SG)#InvasionSGPrime|''Shattered Glass'' Optimus Prime]], and was retooled into [[Ultra Magnus (SG)#Timelines|''Shattered Glass'' Ultra Magnus]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/TFSSScourge/scourge.htm More information on ''Timelines'' Scourge at TFU.info]''

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===Legends===
[[File:TF-legends-LG-EX-Black-Convoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Black Convoy''' ([[June 21|6–21]]–[[2015]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''LG-EX'''
**''Accessories:'' [[Sword of Fury|Black Sword]]
:Available only as a Tokyo Toy Show 2015 exclusive, ''Legends'' Black Convoy is another redeco of ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Optimus Prime]]. While the figure's deco is identical to the ''Timelines'' figure, Legends Black Convoy features several extra paint applications.

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==Notes==
* While it is not the [[Black Lio Convoy|first]] evil clone of a Convoy/Prime, Scourge's color scheme pretty much set the tone for the [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|parade]] [[Grand Scourge|of]] [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|evil]] [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|clones]] that would follow for the next five years and up. Granted, it's a pretty color scheme, but it's been [[Nemesis Breaker|overused]] by now.
* Scourge's box has one of the [http://www.tfarchive.com/toys/mistransformed/images/rid_scourge_box.jpg worst stock photos ever], depicting the figure about half transformed- his shoulders are folded down oddly and his legs haven't been extended at all, making him hilariously stubby. Considering how simple the figure is and how bad the crude early photoshoppery looks, one can only wonder why it was approved.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Black Convoy''' (ブラックコンボイ ''Burakku Konboi'')
*''Korean:'' '''Black Convoy''' (블랙콘보이 ''Beullaek Konboi'')

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Streetwise (G1)

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{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Protectobot|the ''Universe'' Protectobot|Streetwise (Universe)}}
:''Streetwise is an [[Autobot]] [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]. He is also sometimes known as '''Streetstar''', and other times as '''Streetsmart'''.''
[[File:Streetwise g1 boxart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|What snakes? What plane? I don't get it.]]
Who's the [[Neon|black]]-and-white [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]] 
That knows every street and parking lot? 
'''STREETWISE'''! 
Ya damn right! 
 
And who is the bot that would risk his [[spark]] 
For his brother bots? 
STREETWISE! 
Can you dig it? 
 
What interceptor won't back down 
'Til his target's run to ground? 
STREETWISE! 
Right on! 
 
They say this cop car is a [[Depth Charge (BW)|bad mother—]] 
SHUT YOUR MOUTH! 
I'm just talking about Streetwise! 
We can dig it! 
 
He's a [[Combiner|combination]] bot, 
But no one gets to use him but [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]*! 
STREETWISE! 

 
<nowiki>*</nowiki>or [[Gaia Guardian]] or [[God Guardian]]. Shhhhh. 

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japanese, "The Revenge of Bruticus"), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese, "B.O.T."), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japanese, ''2010'') |[[Juan Cuadra]] (Latin American), [[Thomas Rau]] (German, ''The Ultimate Weapon''), [[Christoph Jablonka]] (German, Generation 2 Dub of ''The Revenge of Bruticus'')}}

[[File:G1 RevengeofBruticus FirstAid Streetwise help.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|If you see me walking down the street / walk on by, walk on by]]
When the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] attacked an inhabited city on [[Earth]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] called upon the Protectobots to evacuate the civilians caught in the crossfire. Streetwise was carrying civilians when he discovered an injured man and called [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] over to help him. Later, as Earth's orbit was diverted to the [[Sun]] by the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], Streetwise and [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] commandeered a meat locker to keep the overheated humans cool. Streetwise assured Groove that given the constantly rising temperatures outside, the humans would not freeze to death. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

[[File:G1 RevengeofBruticus Groove Streetwise freezer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|The heat is on, on the street.]]
Streetwise, as part of Defensor, totally blew up [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. Afterward, he was with the Protectobots when they saved some window-washers from a burning skyscraper, catching the humans when [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] blew them off their platform. Later still, Streetwise and the other Protectobots were ordered to help defend [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]] from a Decepticon attack. Streetwise had a crowning moment of glory when he blasted Starscream out of the sky. The Protectobots then merged into Defensor, who activated his useless force field, which almost immediately deactivated, allowing the Decepticons to blast Defensor back into his component parts. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

Streetwise was among the Autobots who battled the [[Sweep]]s when Cybertron came under attack from the Decepticons and [[Quintesson]]s in [[2005]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

[[File:G1 UltimateWeapon HotSpotStreetwise covering FirstAid.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|left|Bad Boys / Bad Boys / Watcha gonna do / Watcha gonna do when they come 4 u.]]
In the year [[2006]], the Autobots were asked to help the Dutch authorities deal with French rebels. After dispersing the human aggressors by crashing a trash can into them, the Protectobots came under attack from the Decepticons. Streetwise expressed concern that the Decepticons didn't care how many innocent humans they killed so long as they destroyed the Protectobots. Later, it turned out the battle was only a diversion to allow [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] to steal [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]], First Aid left the Autobots when he failed to stop the theft. Unfortunately, just as First Aid left, the Autobots were called upon to deal with a rampaging [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Hot Spot ordered the remaining Protectobots to combine into Defensor, and they successfully saved a train full of civilians, even without First Aid. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

Later in 2006, the Protectobots arrived at the aftermath of the battle between the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] and [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] at [[Mark Morgan]]'s laboratory. They transported the injured [[Jessica Morgan]] to County General Hospital and watched over her as the doctors restored her ability to walk with an exo-skeletal structure, enraging the robo-phobic senior Morgan. This had [[Hate Plague|negative consequences]]. What a jerkface. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

When Cybertron came under attack from the Decepticons again, the Protectobots and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] surrounded [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and showered him in laser fire. They might even have defeated the tyrant if they hadn't been blown away by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s forces. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga=====
When the Stunticons attacked a baseball stadium, [[Kenji]] alerted the Autobot combiners that they were needed. As the Protectobots arrived, Streetwise got the humans to safety while Hot Spot extinguished the blaze caused by the Decepticons. They transformed into Defensor, but Hot Spot was damaged in a savage attack by [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and Bruticus, leaving the Protectobots unable to combine. Seizing upon an idea, Kenji told Superion to shoot out the Decepticons' legs. Streetwise and First Aid then swooped in and combined with Bruticus, while their comrades did the same with Menasor. With their own legs out of control, the Decepticon combiners were tossed out over the ocean by their own limbs. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 5|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #5}}

Later, Streetwise transported the [[Autobot Mini-Cassette]]s [[Eject (G1)|Eject]] and [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] into battle, pitting them against their Decepticon counterparts, [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 7|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #7}}

=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages=====
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=====''Scramble City'' cartoon=====
Streetwise and the Protectobots participated in the Scramble City project under Ultra Magnus's direction, working towards the construction of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. After the Decepticons uncovered their secret building site, the Protectobots rode into battle alongside the newly completed Metroplex. Streetwise and his comrades arrived and formed Defensor just in time to act as the harbinger of Metroplex and his really big gun. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

=====''The Great Transformer War'' manga=====
Streetwise and the Protectobots joined forces with the Aerialbots for a raid on [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. They intended to rescue Doctor [[Dalton (G1)|Dalton]], a scientist Galvatron had kidnapped in order to force him to use his knowledge to upgrade the Decepticons. The Aerialbots, as Superion, charged in first, but were torn to shreds by the Combaticons and Stunticons. Hot Spot went to work in his repair bay mode fixing them up, and tasked [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] with infiltrating Trypticon to recover the missing scientist. In the meantime, it was up to Streetwise, [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] to keep Bruticus and Menasor occupied long enough for Hot Spot and Blades to complete their missions. Soon, the revived Aerialbots stepped in to save their Protectobot comrades, and Blades successfully freed the doctor from the Decepticons whle they were distracted watching the battle. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Ryōichi Tanaka]] (Japanese)}}
In [[2011]], Galvatron attacked Cybertron looking to take control of [[Vector Sigma]]. Streetwise and the Protectobots were active in Cybertron's defense as Defensor during the assault. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Later, Streetwise's team assembled on Earth at [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]'s command. Their mission was to stop the Decepticons from interfering with [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s, who were searching for the hidden location of the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. On a security sweep, the Protectobots ran across their old nemeses, the Combaticons, and went into battle. The two teams quickly assumed their combined forms as Bruticus and Defensor, as the fighting escalated. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

When Galvatron made another strike on Cybertron, this time to steal the super-metal [[Cybertonuron]], Streetwise and the Protectobots assembled before the [[space bridge]] on Earth to be transported into battle. Seeking out the Combaticons on the battlefield, the Protectobots soon formed Defensor and fought once more with Bruticus. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} Defensor and Bruticus's battle continued as Defensor delivered a devastating smash to Bruticus's back. For at least part of the battle, the two teams disassembled again for man-to-man combat, {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

Streetwise and the Protectobots were dispatched to [[Peru]] with the [[Trainbot]]s when a volcano erupted, leaving a mountainside village in dire peril. Their rescue mission was blocked by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. [[Shouki]] and the Trainbots occupied the fiends so that the Protectobots could proceed on to the village and protect the innocent lives. Nevertheless, the Protectobots failed to reach the village, as they were intercepted by the Decepticons' second wave, the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]. Streetwise and the Protectobots briefly struggled with the Headmasters before forming Defensor, but that left them grouped together and vulnerable to an underhanded attack. Defensor was taken out of action by [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]'s paralysis ray, which was strong enough to force Streetwise and the Protectobots apart and leave them completely immobilized. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}}

Streetwise and the Protectobots were part of a strike team that flew to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to disrupt Scorponok's gathering of Decepticons. They immediately formed Defensor upon entering the battle. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} When the planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]] sent out a distress call asking for energy, the Autobots of Earth responded. While they were loading the Trainbots full of supplies, however, Galvatron and the Decepticons arrived to take the energy for themselves. Streetwise and the Protectobots fought back against the enemy, and formed Defensor to counter Devastator on the battlefield. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

After the death of Ultra Magnus, the Autobots were desperately trying to pick up the slack during Sixshot's campaign of destruction around the globe. Streetwise and the Protectobots assembled as Defensor to go out and confront Sixshot at one of the attack sites, but they apparently didn't fare too well. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} When the Decepticons seemingly abandoned Earth, Streetwise and the Protectobots assisted Spike in rebuilding the planet after the enemy's departure. On one occasion, they located Sixshot's old command base. By combining into Defensor, the Protectobots helped Raiden and Computron obliterate the base, wiping out all trace of the Decepticons' presence. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

Following a lengthy period of inactivity, the Decepticons renewed their attacks on Earth. With Fortress still off in space, Spike Witwicky dispatched Streetwise and the Protectobots to attend to the threats. In Canberra, [[Australia]], the Protectobots confronted Bruticus at one of Scorponok's new Death Towers. As Defensor, the Protectobots were beaten severely by Bruticus, and First Aid was even knocked out of the arm socket. Using Scramble Power, Defensor switched Streetwise up to his shoulder and reattached First Aid as a leg, still carrying his fireball cannon. Despite this cunning(?) trick, Defensor was defeated by Bruticus. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} As part of Defensor, Streetwise participated in the Autobots final battle with Scorponok's Decepticons at the North Pole. He lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}

[[File:Pyro streetwise insignia g2 redux.jpg|thumb|"I got one thing to lay on you cats, and then I'll split. I am declaring war on [[Clench (G1)#Wings Universe|anyone who sells drugs in our community.]]"]]
After Cybertron entered its new Golden Age, the war between the Autobots and Decepticons still raged in space and on Earth. Defensor was permanently destroyed in battle with his nemesis, [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. Only Streetwise managed to survive the colossal damage Defensor suffered, and swore revenge against the last surviving [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]]: [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]].

In [[2010]], Streetwise was pulled away from his station at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth to aid the "second generation" Autobots in liberating the [[Large Hadron Collider]] from [[Clench (G1)|Clench]]'s [[Decepticon Syndicate]]. While most of the Autobot forces distracted the Decepticons with a head-on attack, he came with [[Rapido]] and [[Meanstreak]] and used his "knack for getting to where he's not supposed to be" to sneak into the facility and rescue the captive [[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]]. When they found him, Streetwise was attacked by a [[forestonite]]-powered Breakdown, who then made the mistake of trying to destroy the rest of the forestonite. Instead of exploding, the forestonite gas spread throughout the building, turning Streetwise black and red and giving him the power to turn intangible. He used his new powers to continue the battle with Breakdown until he and the rest of the Decepticons fled. In the aftermath of the battle, Streetwise officially joined Pyro's second generation Autobots and transferred the deactivated Protectobots to Europe in hopes that he could use forestonite to revive them. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}

Streetwise joined Pyro's crew as they investigated a break-in at [[Quantum Laboratories]]. They had not long left Earth in the shuttle when he received a transmission from [[Nebulos]]. When the team got there, they found that [[Hi-Q]] had been kidnapped, and when [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]], Pyro and Streetwise viewed security footage, they discovered the [[Battlecharger]]s were responsible. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 3}} The kidnappers' exhaust trail led them to [[Qre]], where they were set upon by a training system and then captured by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] and his [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 4}} Imprisoned, they were forced to listen to Jhiaxus's speeches. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 5}} After being freed by [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], the Autobots went on to rescue Hi-Q, destroy the base, and return to Earth. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 6}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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''Though [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] had given the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] back to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], its influence was still present in his mind. He and Prime had their minds connected to a machine, where they shared a vision of a "Second Generation" of Transformers. Streetwise was the member of the Protectobots, one of four [[Special Teams]]. In this vision, Streetwise and his fellow Protectobots combined into Defensor and fought the Decepticons Bruticus and Menasor. But [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] were listening in on this vision, and both sides planned to make it reality.'' {{storylink|Second Generation!}}

[[File:Streetwise-g1issue35.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Get me Undercover Brother!]]
On their first mission, the Protectobots joined Optimus Prime in protecting [[Energy Futures Industries]] and the [[hydrothermocline]] from [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. After agreeing to battle for the prize in a virtual reality so that neither the hydrothermocline nor innocent bystanders would be harmed, Optimus and the Protectobots entered the bizarre landscape of ''[[Multi-World]]''. Searching for the Combaticons, Streetwise and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] entered Vineland. On a hunch, Streetwise chose to lift a falling web of vines out of their path instead of blasting through it. This left them open to attack by [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], but it also earned the respect of the living vines populating Vineland, who entangled the Combaticons long enough for the Protectobots to beat their opponents. Streetwise did so by shattering the enemies with his [[Compression cannon|air-compressor cannon]] after First Aid [[Decrystallizer cannon|crystallized]] them. {{storylink|Afterdeath!}}

[[File:Stargazing-Streetwise.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Thank god for size-changing!]]
After the ''Multi-World'' battle led to the death of Optimus Prime, Streetwise watched with the other active Autobots as Ratchet attempted to bring their leader back to life. This failed, and so Streetwise and the Protectobots escorted Optimus Prime's body to his funeral site, where he would be launched into space. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend!}} The Protectobots fell under the command of [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]. They were sent to capture the deserter [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], which led to another confrontation with the Combaticons in a used car lot. During the battle, Streetwise blinded [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] with his [[photon pistol]]. {{storylink|Used Autobots}} They successfully arrested Blaster, but ran into the Combaticons yet again while Streetwise was reporting the mission results to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. This battle went poorly compared to the past ones, as the Protectobots were defeated by [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], the Combaticons' combined form. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}}

''Later, Streetwise helped a [[Christmas kid|young boy]] teach [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] the meaning of [[Christmas]]. Okay, so actually he was trying to shoot Starscream. And sure, Starscream didn't actually learn the meaning of Christmas so much as deliberately fake it in order to piss off Streetwise because the humans liked him better than the Autobot. But still... holiday spirit and all that.'' {{storylink|Stargazing}}

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====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:Protectobots-marvel-g2issue4.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|He'd better transform into a police car with a bandolier.]]
When Optimus Prime and Grimlock discovered the threat of the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]], they called in Autobots scattered across the galaxy, including Streetwise. And, when [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] chose to disobey [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prime]]'s directives and make a tactical first strike against [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s ships, Streetwise went with him. They were quickly found out and captured, though, leaving it to Optimus to bail them out of trouble. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}}
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====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
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====''Regeneration One''====
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===The Special Teams===
Streetwise and the rest of the Protectobots were posted at the [[Pullen Power Plant]] to defend it while its human workers had been evacuated due to the possibility of a landslide in the area. Blades soon spotted the Stunticons heading towards their position. Racing to meet their incoming foes, Streetwise was surprised to witness these newcomers combine into Menasor. To combat this new threat, the Protectobots merged once more into Defensor. The Decepticons soon found himself losing the battle and dispersed, though the storm around them had gotten too bad for the Autobots to give chase. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Streetwise-warwithin.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Hot buttered 'bot]]
During the so-called [[Dark Ages]], when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] vanished in a [[space bridge]] accident, Streetwise stuck with his Protectobot team after the signing of the [[Crisis Intervention Accord]]. Whilst in their base at [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Streetwise reported the rumour of the [[Ultracon]] [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] having been unleashed in the [[Tagan Heights]] against [[Springer (G1)|Springer's]] [[Wrecker]]s. Deciding that they could not afford to ignore this or let the [[combiner]] arms race begin once again, the Proctectobots rolled out to assist the Wreckers. Arriving in Tagan Heights, they formed the mighty Defensor and the battle of the titans was on. {{storylink|Escalation}} Unfortunately, they could not control Defensor's dim-witted battle lust, and were forced to separate and find a less destructive means of taking down Devastator. While Devastator manhandled Springer, the Protectobots hooked him up to a nearby power generator. With the Ultracon was distracted, Streetwise threw the switch, overloading the enemy combiner and forcing him to separate into the individual [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. {{storylink|Devastation}}

Whilst the Protectobots were trying to figure out what went wrong during the battle in their combined form, the [[Chaos Trinity]], minions of the mysterious being known as [[The Fallen]], attacked. As Streetwise drew a bead on [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], he was hypnotized into blasting [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] by [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]. {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}}

[[File:WarWithin Confrontation Mindwipe Streetwise.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"Man it's too bad Mindwipe mind controlled you into shooting me." "Yeah... 'mind control'..."]]
Millions of years later, the Protectobots battled [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] as Defensor when the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] escaped from a penal facility... and lost, big time. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} Defensor later aided in the Autobot insurrection. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}} After the Autobots regained power, Streetwise and the Protectobots searched [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s clone lab, finding [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] barely alive, having been attacked by [[Sunstorm (G1)|an unknown assailant]]. Streetwise was seen reporting in on their progress. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Streetwise was one of many Autobot survivors who made it through Megatron's all-out attack on their defense network. In the two years following the attack, he made his way to Earth and united with Optimus Prime and the Autobots stationed there. In order to keep an eye on the humans, Streetwise and [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] infiltrated the police force in their [[alternate mode]]s. Both were present for an emergency response to [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] attacking a power plant. The robot hunters of [[Skywatch]] arrived and disabled the Decepticon, but then proceeded as if they were going to execute him on the scene. Despite Streetwise's words of caution, Prowl transformed to stop the execution and was captured. Streetwise maintained his cover and reported the incident back to Prime. {{storylink|...For All Mankind}}

Later, Streetwise was among the Autobots who remained on Earth along with Prowl, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] (as well as others) instead of accompanying [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus]] and the rest of the Autobots to Cybertron to find out what [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] was up to. He participated in an investigation of [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]'s "secret" activities by taking turns trailing the human in his alt form along with Prowl. Prowl and Streetwise followed Spike to a suburban district. However, when Breakdown appeared and attempted to kill Spike by running him over, Streetwise converted to primary form and attacked the Decepticon, much to Prowl's chagrin. Breakdown was damaged and forced to retreat. Prowl and Streetwise then returned to base, where both of them were harshly reprimanded by Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Police Action: Part 1|Police Action #1}}

Streetwise came to Prowl's rescue when he was attacked by [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]], saving him from a collapsing building before helping him defeat the Decepticon tank. The two took him back to base and tried to interrogate him, but a failsafe in his body went off and placed him in near [[stasis lock]] before he could reveal who sent him. Later, Streetwise and [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] were sent to take former Skywatch agent [[Sandra (G1)|Sandra]] in so that Bumblebee and Ultra Magnus could question her about Spike. {{storylink|Police Action Part 2: Only Forward|Only Forward}} Together with Prowl and Ultra Magnus, he went on to arrest [[Ben Simpson]], only to find that he was a [[facsimile construct]] created by [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]. {{storylink|Police Action Part 3: A Second Chance at Eden|A Second Chance at Eden}} While Streetwise was busy with Prowl's investigation, Bumblebee went out and captured the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] all on his own, an accomplishment which came as quite a shock for him and the rest of the Earth crew. {{storylink|The Question}}

After returning to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Streetwise assisted in hauling [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s body out of the Decepticon holding area and stood guard in the aftermath of a mysterious explosion. {{storylink|Stick Together}} While standing guard at [[Skydive (Predator)|Skydive]]'s murder scene he was instructed by Prowl to seal off the exits to the city and make sure nobody wandered the reclamation tunnels alone. {{storylink|Devisive}} Together with Prowl and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], Streetwise later broke up a secret meeting between [[Sky-Byte (G2)|Sky-Byte]] and some Decepticons and was injured by a flamethrower when [[Needlenose]] fought back. {{storylink|A Better Tomorrow}}

When the Decepticon captain, [[Turmoil]], landed his ship on Cybertron, Streetwise was part of Prowl's forces that were ordered to start storming the ship when given the order. Later, Metalhawk gave the order and the Autobot squad went in to capture the Decepticons. {{storylink|Interference Patterns}} They were later supposed to storm the Decepticon pen as well, but it exploded in their face due to what appeared to be backfiring booby traps. {{storylink|The End of the Beginning of the World}} Shortly thereafter, Megatron returned from a months-long absence, but Streetwise and the other Autobots refused to let him into their peaceful post-war society and immediately tried to kill him. {{storylink|City on Fire}} Sure enough, it wasn't long before Megatron gathered his forces and tried to conquer [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. During the ensuing battle, Streetwise fought desperately to defend the medical center from [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Plan for Everything}}

Around six months later, Streetwise joined the crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' on their quest to find the [[Knights of Cybertron]] under the command of a reformed Megatron. During some downtime, Streetwise and Groove had a wrestling match at [[Swerve's]] which Streetwise seemed to be losing. They were both called into action as part of a security team alongside Megatron, [[Aquafend]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] when an inebriated [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]] set off a silent alarm breaking into the medibay, but Megatron dismissed the rest of the team to deal with Trailcutter himself. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|Words Hang in the Air}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}} {{storylink|slaughterhouse Part 2: The Road Not Taken|The Road Not Taken}} {{storylink|Night and the City}} {{storylink|Quest for Fire}}}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
During a Decepticon attack on a major human city, [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] and the Protectobots launched rescue operations. Unfortunately their efforts were hampered by [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], who unleashed all manner of sonic attacks on them. {{storylink|To the Rescue}}

Streetwise, alongside [[Blades (G1)|Blades]], [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] and [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], responded to an emergency call that was in actuality a trap set by the Decepticons [[Skullcruncher]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]. Despite the duo's schemes, the Autobots were able to send the Decepticons packing. {{storylink|False Alarm}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsStreetwise.jpg|thumb|right|300px|ROAR!]]
Streetwise participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1-toy Streetwise.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Come on. Rub my symbol. You know you want to.]]
*'''Streetwise''' (Protectobot, 1986)
**''Team ID number'': '''P1'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-73'''
**''Accessories'': "Photon pistol", "Double-mounted air-compressor cannon"

:Streetwise transforms into a Nissan 300ZX Turbo police car. In car mode, he has a large, rear-mounted, double-barreled cannon accessory. He can also form a limb of any [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style combiner, but his usual place is as [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]'s left leg.

:This mold is unique amongst Scramble City-style combiner limbs in that he has a "normal" robot head that does not also function as a connector peg; instead he features a fold-out connector peg to attach him to Hot Spot. He is also unique amongst the Protectobots in that he is the only one who does not have a "second wave" variation, as well as the only limb-bot whose pistol doesn't have a horizontal grip. Subsequent releases of him in the "Classics" line omitted the rub sign gimmick.

:This mold was also used to make ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (toyline)|Operation Combination]]'' [[Streetstar]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Streetwise/streetwise.htm More information on Streetwise at TFU.info.]''
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/autobot/1986/instr_streetwise.jpg Instructions for Streetwise at Botchthecrab.com.]''
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[[File:G1toy defensor giftset.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
{{anchor|Defensor}}
*'''Defensor''' (Gift set, 1986)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-76'''
**''Accessories'': "Photon pistol", "Double-mounted air-compressor cannon"

: Streetwise was also made available in a complete Protectobot gift-set available in many markets. The gift-set version is identical to the individual release.
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===Generation 2===
[[File:G2toy-Streetwisecarded.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Black and red?? G2 toys were so [[neon]]!]]
*'''Streetwise''' (Unreleased)
**''Team ID number'': '''P4'''
**''Accessories'': "Photon pistol", double-barreled cannon

:Streetwise and the other Protectobots were slated to be [[redeco]]ed and re-released as part of the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|''Generation 2'' toyline]]. However, they and the redecoed [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] were canceled, with less than a half-dozen production samples of each mold known to exist (save the [[BotCon 1994]] [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]], of course). The reason for the cancellation is unclear; it's possible they were considered redundant product due to the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]] and [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]] re-releases, especially since [[Hasbro]] was putting out entirely new-mold Transformers then, and would most likely have wanted ''those'' to have as much shelf space in toy aisles as possible.
::*''[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/gallery/g2/streetwise/852/1/ Image gallery of ''Generation 2'' Streetwise at Seibertron.com.]''
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===Timelines===
[[File:BotconG2Streetwise.JPG|thumb|upright=1.66|In 1986 I stole his Nissan Z altmode. In 2010 I stole his entire body! ...and [[Streetstar|another guy]]'s name.]]
*'''Generation 2: Redux''' (BotCon 2010 box set)
**''Accessories'': Gun

:A redeco of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Prowl]], "Streetstar" (so named due to [[trademark]] conflicts) transforms into a police car based on a [[wikipedia:Nissan 350Z|Nissan 350Z]] and is colored to resemble his unreleased ''Generation 2'' toy. He has a pair of non-firing missile launchers that flip over his shoulders, plus a pistol hidden in his hood in car mode. He is sold as part of the [[BotCon 2010]] boxed set, alongside [[Breakdown (G1)#Timelines|Breakdown]], [[Pyro (G1)#Timelines|Spark]], [[Clench (G1)#Timelines|Clench]] and [[Sky-Byte (G2)#Toys|Sky-Byte]].

:This mold was [[retool]]ed to make ''Universe'' [[Bluestreak (G1)#Universe (2008)|Silverstreak]] and [[Smokescreen (G1)#Universe (2008)|Smokescreen]], along with Streetstar's fellow BotCon 2010 exclusive [[Rapido]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Autobot/BCStreetstar/streetstar.htm More information on Streetstar at TFU.info]''
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===Transformers (2014)===
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[[File:Transformers-2014-Protectobots-Emergency-Response-Streetsmart.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|Turbo revvin' young cop.]]
*'''Protectobots Emergency Response''' (three-pack, 2014)
:"Protectobot Streetsmart" is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Transformers: Prime]]''/''[[Beast Hunters]]'' Deluxe Class [[Prowl (WFC)#Beast Hunters|Prowl]], himself a retool of the original ''Beast Hunters'' Deluxe Class [[Smokescreen (Prime)#Deluxe Class|Smokescreen]]. A few parts of the toy (most obviously his head) retain Prowl's black paint operations, but most of the toy is white and light gray plastic, with some scattered blue areas.

:Streetsmart is only available in three-pack with [[First Aid (G1)#Transformers (2014)|Protectobot First Aid]] and [[Groove (G1)#Transformers (2014)|Protectobot Groove]], which was released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive in Hasbro's Asian markets, while in the United States, it was officially an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] exclusive that was later also stocked by other online retailers such as [[BigBadToyStore]] for a hefty markup.

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===Generations===
[[File:CombinerWarstoy-Streetwise.jpg|upright=1.67|right|thumb]]
*'''Protectobot Streetwise''' (Deluxe, 2015)
**Accessories: gun, double-barreled gun/fist/foot
:Protectobot Streetwise (yes, he got his name back) is an extensive retool of [[Dead End (G1)#Generations)|Dead End]] (basically a complete reshell that only retains the [[robot mode]] torso and some other minor parts) that transforms into an R35 Nissan GTR police car, which is a very, ''very'' sleek police car. He can form either an arm or a leg for any combiner within the Combiner Wars subline, but is supposed to combine with [[Hot Spot (G1)#Generations|Hot Spot]], [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]], [[Blades (G1)|Blades]], and new member [[Rook (G1)|Rook]] to form [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] (with [[Groove (G1)#Generations|Groove]] now serving as a chest piece).
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===Unite Warriors===
*'''Guardian''' (2015)
**''ID Number:'' '''UW-03'''
:Takara's iteration of Combiner Wars Defensor is sold in a gift set including all five Protectobots, with Groove (as a new Seluxe-sized mold) included instead of [[Rook]].

:Unite Warriors Guardian is released as a Takara Tomy Mall exclusive, rather than being a regular release. Preorders are opened at June 22, and it will be shipped this November.
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==Merchandise==
===G Guardian===
*'''Streetwise''' (Candy toy, 2012)
: Streetwise is a snap-together [[candy toy]] model kit produced by [[Kabaya]] for their [[Gaia Guardian|G Guardian]] series, coming in an individual box packed with a stick of (chalky) gum. He can combine with his five wave-mates to form [[Gaia Guardian]]. He, along with Graze, Groove, and First Aid, can also combine with Kabaya's [[Transformers Gum]] Hot Spot to form [[Defensor (G1)|Guardian]]. G Guardian's [[Heatrock (G1)|Heatrock]] and [[Skyfeather (G1)|Skyfeather]] attach to Guardian to create [[God Guardian]].

==Notes==
[[File:ArmadaCameos-RedRoom.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Ahhhh .. Freak out! Le Freak—c'est chic ... Freak out!]]
* Streetwise's animation model appears in the ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' episode "[[First Encounter]]" as a "generic" Cybertronian at (presumably) Autobot HQ, alongside [[Wideload (G1)|Wideload]], [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]]/[[Lander (Masterforce)|Lander]] and [[Sixknight]]. He is only seen from the back and pretty heavily recolored, making him hard to identify.
* Streetwise suddenly got his name changed to "Streetstar" the day after his [[BotCon 2010]] toy was unveiled. [[Pete Sinclair]] quickly put out the flames of Wiki Uncertainty (TM) by letting everyone know that Streetstar was still Streetwise, and not some other character or some amalgamation of the two.
* Streetwise's Shaft-esque personality in the BotCon 2010 comic is apparently the fault of this article.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Streetwise''' (ストリートワイズ ''Sutorītowaizu'')
*''French:'' '''Aviso''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Phantom'''
*''Russian:'' '''Prolaza''' (Пролаза)

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

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Jackpot (Animated)

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{{disambig3|Jackpot}}

:''Jackpot is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Animated_Jackpot.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Surprise! I'm in a [[Trent Troop|Troop]]/[[Greg Sepelak|Sepelak]] story!]]

'''Jackpot''' is an apparent troublemaker. He's buddies with [[Hubcap (Animated)|Hubcap]].<ref>Hubcap's profile in ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]''</ref>

==Fiction==
===''Animated''===
When [[Depth Charge (Animated)|Depth Charge]] chewed out [[Cheetor (Animated)|Cheetor]] for his recklessness, [[Stungun (Animated)|Stungun]] was speaking with Jackpot and Hubcap in the next room. {{storylink|Moving Violations}} Not too much later, [[Sideswipe (Animated)|Sideswipe]] had pulled up his mugshot while looking into potential suspects in the theft of weapons from [[Ironfist (Animated)|Ironfist]]'s lab. {{Storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}}

===''TransTech''===
In his home Malgus [[universal stream]], Jackpot spent his time being chased by angry [[Decepticon]]s. He would sunsequently wind up in the multiversal hub known as [[Axiom Nexus]], where he found himself caught up in the kind of activities that would get him chased again, this time by the [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTech]] police force. {{storylink|Jackpot (Animated)#toys|TFSS Jackpot bio card}} He was playing cards with a number of other bots when deputies [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] turned up, looking not for Jackpot but for one of the other players, [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]]. {{storylink|Invasion: Epilogue}}

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==Games==
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsJackpot.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Chin | CHIN]]!]]
Jackpot participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Timelines===
[[Image:TFSS_Preview_Animated_Jackpot.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
*'''Jackpot''' (Deluxe, 2013)
**''TFSS1 number'': '''5'''
**''Accessories'': 2 side-pipe "photon emitters"

: A retool of ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' [[Jazz (Animated)#Toys|Jazz]] with a new head. Curiously, all the toy's vehicle mode windows are also cast in translucent plastic but are tinted orange by paint applications. The toy's exhaust pipes can be removed from its forearms, and are connected by a short length of string to serve as nunchaku-style weapons. They can also be assembled into claw-like weapons.

: Jackpot is one of the first six [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] [[exclusive]] figures to be offered via the [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service]] in 2013.

: He was later handed out for free to [[BotCon 2014]] attendees below the age of 13.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/TFSSJackpot/jackpot.htm More information on Jackpot at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
* As it turns out, Jackpot shares a body type with [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]], giving us our first glimpse at what the body type looked like before Jazz adopted an Earth mode.<ref>[http://www.formspring.me/DerrickJWyatt/q/170220168339814645 Derrick Wyatt answers a question about Jackpot's design on Formspring]</ref>

==References==
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Punch (G1)

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{{disambig3|Punch}}
:''Counterpunch is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. His [[Autobot]] counterpart, Punch, is nearby. Real nearby.''
[[File:G1 PunchCounterpunc art.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|He takes his energon shaken, AND stirred.]]
'''Punch''' possesses a unique transformation ability that allows him to adopt a second robot mode—posing as a Decepticon named '''Counterpunch''' to spy on the 'Cons as a double agent.

On the surface, Punch is a stoic individual that can take charge and keep others calm in a crisis. However, this is an act that hides how paranoid he's become. His responsibilities as a spy, in addition to the things he's seen among the Decepticons, have made him a mess internally. Punch’s personality changes when he becomes Counterpunch—although still loyal to the Autobots, Counterpunch is a violent brute that other Decepticons prefer to avoid. Punch suffers blackouts while disguised, the Counterpunch personality taking on a life of its own.<ref>[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|''More than Meets the Eye'' issue 5]]</ref> Punch also worries that a Decepticon spy is among the Autobots, hiding as easily as he does in the Decepticon ranks.

Punch is armed with a twin mortar launcher. Counterpunch wields a photon cannon which fires a circuit-scrambling energy stream. All Autobots are given an energy damper that protects them from the gun's effects but generates pyrotechnics to keep Punch's cover.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[John Moschitta]] (English), [[Katsuhisa Hōki]] (Japanese)|[[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German, ''The Rebirth, Part 1'')}}
[[File:Rebirth punch and counterpunch.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|You deal with my Autobot counterpart then! I heard he's nearby...]]
In [[2007]], when the Decepticons attacked [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] after the end of a [[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2|short-lived truce]], Punch observed [[Pounce]] and [[Wingspan]] breaking into the city while the other Autobots were occupied with the battle. Seeking to discover their objective, he transformed into Counterpunch and caught up to them when they were breaking into a vault within the city. Informing them that [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] had told him to check up on them, Counterpunch's offer of help was rebuffed by the two clones, and Counterpunch departed, making a big noise about how he had heard his "Autobot counterpart" was "nearby... real nearby."

[[File:TheRebirth pt1 Punch FAILS.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Look I found James Bond! Punch him!]]
Naturally, Counterpunch promptly transformed back to Punch as soon as he had stepped out of the clones' line of sight, and opened fire on them from behind. Wingspan was able to get behind Punch and grabbed him, holding him so that Pounce could savage him in puma mode. Punch collapsed, and the two clones made off with the contents of the vault – the [[key to the Plasma Energy Chamber|key]] to the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]]. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] soon discovered Punch's unconscious body and roused him, but Punch could only silently point to the empty vault, confirming Prime's worst fear.

Punch was subsequently part of an Autobot contingent led by Prime who pursued the Decepticons to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. At Prime's order, Punch, [[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]] and [[Fastlane]] began searching the planet for the key, but unbeknownst to them, it had already been been used to briefly open the Plasma Energy Chamber. The resulting energy discharge blasted a group of Autobots led by [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] across the galaxy to the planet [[Nebulos]], and the key with them. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} Punch and the Autobot clones soon reported back to Prime that there was no sign of Kup's team or the key, prompting Prime to consult [[Vector Sigma]] for answers. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Masaharu Satō]] (Japanese), [[John Culkin]] (English, Omni Productions dub)

[[File:Headmasters cartoon punch.jpg|left|thumb|Queens up front.]]
When Punch made his debut, he was already installed within the Decepticon ranks as Counterpunch and serving as [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s closely-trusted informant. Among the true information Counterpunch fed the Decepticon leader in order to maintain his cover were details of the movements of the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] when they attempted an impassioned attack on [[Chaar]] after the destruction of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. Using the information, Scorponok repelled their attack, much to the chagrin of [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundblaster]], who was particularly infuriated that Counterpunch had "somehow" turned up information that his own spying had failed to. Soon thereafter, Punch returned to the Autobot base on [[Athenia]], and informed Autobot [[Supreme Commander]] [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] that Scorponok was about to hold a ceremony on [[Earth]]'s [[moon (moon)|moon]] to coronate himself emperor of the Decepticons. During the ceremony, Galvatron returned from his prior apparent demise, and retook leadership of the Decepticons from Scorponok. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}}

When both the Autobots and Decepticons received an SOS signal from the energy-deprived planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]], Fortress was unsure how to proceed. Punch arrived to with information to help him come to a decision, as he let him know that the Decepticons had chosen to ignore the signal. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

[[File:Headmasters cartoon counterpunch.jpg|225px|thumb|Brooklyn's in the back.]]
Later, Punch informed the Autobots on Athenia of the arrival of the newest Decepticon warriors, the [[Horrorcon]]s, on Chaar. Not long after, when Galvatron departed for Earth to conduct potential peace talks with [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], Punch soon received a nasty surprise when he discovered that Spike was actually debating with a disguised [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]], and that the true Galvatron was still on Chaar, preparing to lead the Decepticons on an interplanetary energy raid while the Autobots were distracted. Punch snuck away from the crowd to radio the Autobots on Athenia and clue them in, but unfortunately, even with Punch's inside information, the Autobots were unable to stop the Decepticons from departing on their mission of evil. {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}}

As Counterpunch, Punch stayed with the Decepticons as they hopped from planet to planet. He met up with his Autobot comrades again when the Decepticons set down on the planet [[Daros]], informing them that Scorponok had sent the Decepticon Headmasters to kill a local [[Beastformer]] that knew of the location of Scorponok's secret weak spot. Punch informed the Autobot Headmasters that he believed the Beastformer, [[Tekna]], to be hiding in the [[South-North Caves]], and [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] set off to search for him. {{storylink|Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!}}

[[File:Punch sneakity sneak.jpg|left|thumb|Turn around! Your cover's blown!]]
Eventually, the Decepticons returned to Chaar with a huge stockpile of [[energon cube]]s, and it was Punch's duty to find out what Galvatron's master plan for the amassed energy was. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} Punch had little luck at first, bluffing his way through a carelessly-worded conversation with Galvatron and failing to learn anything more about the Decepticon leader's plan, other than that he was about to depart for Earth. Despite his lack of information, Punch raced to Earth to report his finding to Fortress with such speed that he almost forgot to transform out of his Counterpunch form before entering Autobot City. Completing his report, he then headed for the Decepticons' Earth base, in hopes of listening in on the schemes Galvatron was cooking up there. Again, he bumbled his way through an altercation with Scourge, claiming that he had been kneeling by a door because he had dropped something and quickly crawling off around a corner in search of this phantom object. He even considered switching out of his Counterpunch disguise, before he realized how foolish he was being. Finally, Punch found success with the time-honored tradition of listening through an air-vent, and discovered that Galvatron's master plan was to use the energy to fuse himself with the Earth itself. In the course of the conversation, Galvatron revealed that his head was his weakest point, and Punch quickly returned to Autobot City to reveal all he had discovered to Fortress. Fortress flew Punch to Alaska, where a battle was currently raging between Galvatron and the Autobot Headmasters, and Punch called out to inform them of Galvatron's weak spot. Enraged to discover that Punch was a spy, Galvatron soon found insult added to injury, as the Headmasters used Punch's information to finally defeat him and entomb him beneath the polar ice. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

[[File:Punch and fortress.jpg|thumb|He's been caught red-handed!]]
With the demise of Galvatron, Scorponok once again seized Decepticon leadership, a fact which Punch quickly passed along to the other Autobots. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}} When Scorponok took the Decepticons back to planet Master, Punch, as Counterpunch, went with them, then returned to Earth after Scorponok successfully forged his [[Zarak Shield]]. Setting down in the [[Strait of Gibraltar]], Scorponok instructed Counterpunch to observe the Autobots movements for him. Counterpunch leapt from Scorponok to the shore, but before he could even turn around, Scorponok had vanished beneath the waves, leaving Punch unable to inform Fortress of the evil emperor's whereabouts. Punch vowed to locate Scorponok for his commander. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} Little could Punch have known that Scorponok was operating out of the sub-oceanic ruins of [[Lemuria (Headmasters)|Lemuria]], and was using the sunken continent's [[crysmagnetal]] to forge "[[Death Tower]]s" that would rip the Earth apart. Punch soon discovered that Scorponok was planning to outfit the Death Towers with energy induction boosters that would magnify their destructive effects, and informed Fortress and the Autobots that the villain was on his way to [[Egypt]] to do so with the Death Tower there. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
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=====''Super-God Masterforce'' manga=====
Years later, Punch was among the Autobots on Athenia when the Autobot [[Godmaster]] [[Ginrai]] was brought to the planet so that Fortress could pass the mantle of Supreme Commander on to him. Unfortunately, this led to an attack by the Decepticons under the command of [[Devil Z]]. {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The United Earth-Space Troops}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====''Regeneration One''====
[[File:Punch scorponok grimlock natural selection.jpg|thumb|left|275px]]
After more than twenty years of peace between the Cybertronian factions, the restored [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] invaded Cybertron and began an assault against the Autobots by manipulating their [[CNA]] with a device he dubbed the [[Gene Key]]. He found Punch to be curiously immune to the key's personality-warping effects. Deeming therefore, that the Autobot was superfluous to his plan, Scorponok ordered [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] to execute him. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Three}}
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==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{Note|Punch is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsPunchCounterpunch.jpg|thumb|right|420px|Big gun, little guy.]]
Punch participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Commercial appearances==
[[File:PunchCounterpunchCommercial.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Unfortunately for the Autobots, Counterpunch was TWICE as loyal to the Decepticons.]]
*Within a mechanical room, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] handed Punch an unknown device while [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]] looked on. Saluting, Punch assured Rodimus that he could trust him. He then transformed and drove off, speeding to a rocky area where [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] awaited him. Changing from vehicle mode into Counterpunch, he gave Galvatron the device. Saluting, Counterpunch assured Galvatron that he could trust him.
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[[File:BotCon2010Promo-PunchCounterpunch.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|He's not a double agent, he just doesn't want to clash with his surroundings.]]
*When [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] gathered Counterpunch and [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] to brainstorm ideas for ultimate weapons, Breakdown suggested they might find what they're looking for at [[BotCon 2010]]. Counterpunch brought this information to the Autobots as Punch, and the Autobots likewise made BotCon plans. {{storylink|BotCon 2010 Promo}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1toy-Punch.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|One toy, twice the fun!]]
*'''Punch/Counterpunch''' (Doublespy, [[1987]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-111'''
**''Accessories:'' "Twin Mortar Launcher", "Photon Cannon"
:Punch transforms into a blue Pontiac Fiero. He has two distinct robot modes, with separate guns and [[rubsign]]s for each. They have separate arms, but the backs of Punch's torso, legs, and even head are the fronts of Counterpunch's and vice versa. The top of their shared head tilts to disguise the face not currently being used.

:The transformation for Punch's robot mode depicted in the toy's instructions and animation is, in fact, not the intended transformation for the toy. As illustrated in the inset of the image at right, rather than extend all the way, as they do for Counterpunch, the legs are supposed to fold back at the "knee" with Counterpunch's feet folded out 180 degrees to become Punch's own (this, then, gives a purpose to the otherwise-pointless ridges on his feet, which now serve to keep the robot stable). This transformation—depicted in the toy's box art and on the front of his instruction booklet (sans feet)—creates a much smaller robot mode for Punch, more in-line with the proportions of the 1984 and 85 Autobot Cars, that serves to further distinguish him from Counterpunch.
::* ''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Punch/punch.htm More information on Punch at TFU.info]''
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===''Timelines''===
[[File:Timelinestoy-Punch.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Headlights are painted over for extra G1 accuracy!]]
*'''Punch/Counterpunch''' (Deluxe, [[2010]])
**''Accessories:'' Pistol, engine supercharger intakes

:One of two [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] [[exclusive]] toys offered in [[2010]], Punch/Counterpunch is a [[retool]]ing of the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|2008 ''Universe'' series]] [[Sunstreaker (G1)#Classic Series|Sunstreaker]]/[[Sideswipe (G1)#Classic Series|Sideswipe]] mold, transforming into a ''heavily'' modified {{w|Lamborghini Gallardo}} with customized engine supercharger intakes mounted just behind the roof. This supercharger can form a sort of "jetpack" by attaching to his back in Punch mode, chest armor in Counterpunch mode, or be attached to the pistol to make a larger gun. The pistol can also be mounted on a peg-hole in the robot-mode shoulder.

:Punch/Counterpunch makes use of the mold's two robot-mode configurations as a single toy. His new head replicates the original toy's two-faced "flip-cap" head, hiding the eyes of whichever face he isn't using at the time. (The fists need to be physically swapped between the two if you ''really'' want to be super-accurate.) Punch's face now has a mouth as per his "[[The Rebirth]]" model, but retains the toy's separate eyes. His head is very very very tiny, likely to accommodate his fliptop forehead during transformation. Coincidentally, Fun Publications failed to release photos of his robot mode until after the toy was already in buyers' hands.

:Punch went up for pre-order on the Club site on the evening of [[March 26]], 2010 at a price of $59. Despite pictures of his robot modes remaining unseen throughout, all 1800 units sold out by the morning of [[March 29]], the biggest and fastest sell out of a Club exclusive yet. Punch started shipping [[June 15]]. So great was the demand for Punch that a second run of only 300 figures was produced, which went on sale on [[August 11]]. These were limited to one-per-customer, and were only available to customers who had not purchased a Punch previously, but despite these restrictions, they were sold out within only a few hours.

:This mold was also used to make ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]''/''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' [[Red Alert (G1)#Henkei! Henkei!|Red Alert]] and the [[BotCon 2010]] exclusive [[Breakdown (G1)#Timelines 2|Breakdown]].

:Punch features the hole where the light bar would screw in on ''Henkei! Henkei!'' Red Alert on the top of his car mode roof, though it is covered with a rub symbol.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Autobot/TFCCPunch/punch.htm More information on TFCC Punch at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*The Doublespy concept seems to have been kicking around for a while before actually being executed:
**A concept sketch exists that depicts Punch/Counterpunch as a hi-tech jet more in line with the 1986+ aesthetic which transforms in a way somewhat similar to the final car version.<ref>[[Transformers Generations|Transformers Generations Deluxe]], p97.</ref>
**Not one but two early patents were filed for a car Doublespy. The first patent depicts the car that can turn into a large robot or split straight across the middle, with the front and back ends of the car each transforming into a separate robot. It uses a car model identical to the final Punch/Counterpunch.<ref>[http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=EPODOC&II=0&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=19860524&CC=JP&NR=S61106187A&KC=A Patent #JP61-106187]</ref>
**The second patent keeps the car as a single unit, however the car now folds along the center from the front bumper to the rear windshield. One robot mode is formed when the car is transformed normally, the other is formed when the car is transformed and folded to reveal a new head, chest, and arms. This model has an identical leg transformation to the final version.<ref>[http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=EPODOC&II=1&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=19880219&CC=JP&NR=S6338484A&KC=A Patent #JP63-038484]</ref>
*At the 2010 [[San Diego Comic-Con]], a Punch/Counterpunch miniseries known as "[[Legacy of Rust]]" was announced.<ref>http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/san-diego-comic-con-33/san-diego-comic-con-2010-idw-publishing-panel-highlights-170274/</ref> As of 2015, it has yet to come out, but it's been stated that [[Stuart Moore]] wrote all four issues. <ref>http://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2015/02/27/windblade-returns-in-transformers-combiner-wars/</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Doublespy''' (ダブルスパイ ''Daburusupai''), '''Spacepunch''' (スペースパンチ ''Supēsupanchi''), '''Counterpunch''' (カウンターパンチ ''Kauntāpanchi'')
*''French:'' '''Pugilil''', '''Contrecoup''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Spy''', '''Ultraspy'''
*''Russian:'' '''Punch''' (Панч), '''Vyshibala''' (Вышибала, ''Bouncer'')

==References==
<references />

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

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Dreadwing (G2)

2015-05-22T14:42:21Z

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:''Dreadwing is a [[Decepticon]] [[Triple Changer]] from the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Dreadwing-g2-packageart.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|RUN IT"S DREADWING]]
{{quote|New '''Dreadwing''' Is punishing His Gatling gun is illin'! This Decepticon bomber's a Transformer-rama, A three-in-one villain that's chillin'! 
Combat tank and sonic jet Transform into [[Smokescreen (G2)|double-trouble robots]] Their missiles go boom Spelling certain doom As they take apart the awesome [[Autobot]]s!|Rap lyrics from the G2 Dreadwing [[commercial]]}}

==Fiction==
===''G-2'' mini-comics and story pages===
[[File:JG2DreadwingSmokescreenMinicomic.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Rumble, Laserbeak: eject ... oh wait wrong bot.]]

Dreadwing, by nature, was a pacifist. He loathed war and chose not to get involved. However, once he realized that the wars on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] would never end, he was forced to take a stand. Not being of outstanding intelligence, [[Smokescreen (G2)|Smokescreen]] was able to manipulate him into siding with the Decepticons. He coerced Dreadwing into believing that if he helped the Decepticons win the Generation 2 wars, then all war would end on Cybertron. Secretly, Dreadwing preferred neither side and desired to obliterate them all. {{storylink|Transformers: G-2 (story page)|G-2 Part 3}}

During a decisive battle between [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], Megatron managed to gain the upper hand after a surprise attack by [[Hooligan (G2)|Hooligan]] crippled Prime's weaponry. Defenseless, Megatron ordered an aerial assault from Dreadwing and Smokescreen. The pair swooped down and bombarded Optimus Prime with missiles, nearly killing him. Their enemy virtually dead, they left the killing blow to Megatron. {{storylink|Transformers: G-2 (pack-in manga)|G-2 #10}}

Later, when Megatron commanded his all-out assault on the Autobots, Dreadwing joined in. After Megatron's defeat, Dreadwing fled into deep space with the rest of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers: G-2 (story page)|G-2 Part 6}}
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===''15 Go! Go!''===
As [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] sought out [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Battle Convoy]] with [[Teletraan 15 (G1)|Teletraan 15]] and [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]] aboard, {{storylink|Steeljaw Volume}} Dreadwing and his partner Smokescreen attacked them in the hopes of being led back to the other Autobots. Battle Convoy appeared and ended the battle by cutting off one of Dreadwing's wings with his [[sword]]. {{storylink|Battle Convoy Volume}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Thousands of years ago, Dreadwing served under the command of [[Turmoil]] when their second-in-command [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] violated orders. Deadlock attacked the Autobots when Turmoil ordered him not to, and then executed a fellow Decepticon who planned on reporting his insubordination. Deadlock tried to rally Dreadwing and several other soldiers from Turmoil's forces under his new leadership. Dreadwing and his comrades refused, and turned Deadlock over to Turmoil to answer for his attempted mutiny. {{storylink|Drift issue 1|Drift #1}}

When [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] got a new body, Dreadwing took on a similar form in his honor. {{storylink|Shockpoint}} After the Chaos War, Dreadwing was among the Decepticons on Cybertron when they, the Autobots and the [[NAIL]]s attempted to rebuild their society. When Megatron returned to lead the Decepticons and rise up against the new government, however, Dreadwing and his former captain Turmoil were among the 'Cons who joined him {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} Before he could participate in the uprising, though, Dreadwing was requisitioned by [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] to accompany him to the former site of [[Crystal City]]. Tempted by Shockwave's promises that he'd get everything he desired and disappointed in Megatron's failures to bring about a Decepticon victory, Dreadwing changed loyalties to follow the rogue scientist. {{storylink|Finest Hour: Dark Cybertron Chapter 5|Finest Hour}} On arrival, Dreadwing was shocked to discover the city was still standing, despite the fact that it should've been destroyed at least twice over. He was more surprised when Shockwave shot him in the back, killing him. He was even MORE surprised when he was immediately restored to life by the unique properties latent in Crystal City thanks to Shockwave's experiments with [[Ore-14]]. {{storylink|Shockwaves}}

Shockwave then ordered Dreadwing to attack the intruding [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], which he did with glee, rejecting the communications expert's peace offers and mocking him for not bringing his cassettes. In response, Soundwave killed Dreadwing with a barrage of firepower, but the Ore-14 was quick to resurrect him again. {{storylink|Shockpoint}} Soundwave then revealed he did bring the cassettes, which he released to keep Dreadwing busy while he himself faced down Shockwave. {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}} After Soundwave's retreat, Dreadwing assisted Shockwave in his scheme to bring [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and his [[Necrotitan|Metrotitan]] into Crystal City and create a [[space bridge]] to the [[Dead Universe]]. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} Soundwave had not given up, however, but returned with a joint team of Decepticons and Autobots to free Shockwave's captive, Megatron. Dreadwing tried to stop [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] from breaking Megatron's bonds, but his efforts were unnecessary as Skywarp was becoming increasingly intangible anyway. {{storylink|Finest Hour: Dark Cybertron Chapter 5|Finest Hour}}

Dreadwing remained with Shockwave's forces as they continued to grow, with [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] emerging from the Dead Universe and [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], and the [[Pretender Monster|Monstructor Six]] finally arriving from Gorlam Prime. {{storylink|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|The Dead are Not Enough}} He stood by as Shockwave sat unperturbed by the defeat of the Dark Titan by Metroplex. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}} Dreadwing then assisted Shockwave and Jhiaxus as they made final preparations on the chronal drive. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} When Galvatron questioned his loyalties, Dreadwing confidently remarked that Shockwave was the biggest brain around, and he had promised Dreadwing everything he ever wanted. Still, Dreadwing's confidence fled him quickly when he was actually confronted by an angry Megatron laying siege to Crystal City. He barely managed to choke out a threat before being shot down by Megatron's fusion cannon. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}}

In the aftermath, Dreadwing escaped from Crystal City alongside Galvatron and Skywarp, and seemed posed to reclaim a position in the Decepticons under their new leadership. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}

==Games==
[[File:BattleTacticsDreadwing.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
Dreadwing participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 2===
[[File:G2DreadwingToy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Dreadwing loves it when Smokescreen enters him from behind.]]
*'''Dreadwing''' (Decepticon, 1994)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''TRF-10'''
**''Accessories:'' 12 missiles

:Dreadwing transforms into a "flying wing" style stealth bomber similar to a [[Wikipedia:Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit|Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit]] with underslung six-missile gatling cannon. He can also transform into a treaded "tank" mode. In jet form, he can combine with Smokescreen's jet mode to make a complete aircraft. For some reason he came with an Autobot-style instruction book that instructed you to put Smokescreen's forehead sticker on the center of Dreadwing's face.

: The same mold is used by [[BB]], [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Dreadwind (RID)|Dreadwind]], and [[Gigant Bomb]]. The mold was also [[:File:G2toy ATB megs and screamer.jpg|intended]] to be used for [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in ''Generation 2'', but was never released.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1994/Decepticon/Dreadwing/dreadwing.htm More information on Dreadwing at TFU.info]''
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===Transformers===
{{anchor|TokyoToyShow}}
[[File:TokyoToyShowDreadwing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Trading his giant gatling gun for shivs doesn't seem like the best exchange.]]
*'''Dreadwing & Smokescreen''' (2010)

: Available [[exclusive]]ly at the Tokyo Toy Show 2010, this Dreadwing & Smokescreen set is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Voyager class [[Mindwipe (ROTF)|Mindwipe]] and Scout class [[Skystalker (ROTF)|Skystalker]] respectively. [[TakaraTomy]] designer [[Masu Yoshi]]'s inspiration for this set apparently stemmed from a desire to compete with [[BotCon 2010]]'s ''Generation 2'' theme for its exclusive toys.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/314218-g2-2010-dreadwing-smokescreen-gallery.html#post5009658 Japanese fan masabon reports on TakaraTomy designer Masu Yoshi's inspiration for the Dreadwing & Smokescreen set at TFW2005.com]</ref>

:Besides the obvious colour changes, the live-action movie Decepticon [[insignia]]s have been replaced with ''Generation 2'' Decepticon insignia.

:Dreadwing transforms from a bat-like robot into something similar to a [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#F-117A Nighthawk|F-117 Nighthawk]] stealth ground attack aircraft. He has two flip-out swords/daggers slung under his arms that he can deploy to use as weapons. As part of his transformation, bending his wings back in [[robot mode]] activates a [[Mech Alive]] gear-driven feature where the tips of the wings retract and four small blades reveal themselves along the edge of the wing. Although not noted in the instructions, his feet can pivot to make him more stable.

:In [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], Smokescreen can attach on top of Dreadwing's [[alternate mode]] via two pegs. This echoes the combination feature of the original toys.

:This mold was also used to make [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'']] [[Strafe (G1)#Transformers .282010.29|Strafe]].
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===Generations===
[[File:Transformers Generations Deluxe Dreadwing Robot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Exactly how illin' his weapon is has yet to be determined.]]
*'''Dreadwing''' (Deluxe, Late 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''02 / #007'''
**''Accessories'': 2 wingtips/cannon

:Dreadwing is a redeco/"[[retool|pretool]]" of ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Deluxe [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]], using an alternate head included in the mold that is based on the original Dreadwing toy. He transforms into a stealth bomber based on the B-2 Spirit with detachable wingtips that to combine and transform into a cannon that can peg into 5mm ports on his hands and forearms.

:He is packed in with a copy of [[IDW Publishing|IDW's]] ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Shockwaves|issue 17]]

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/GenDreadwing/dreadwing.htm More information on ''Generations'' Dreadwing at TFU.info]''

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==Notes==
[[File:Fram 02.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Insert ''"Company slogan joke"'' here]]
* Although his American and Japanese bios imply that he is a unique character, his physical model was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as the basis for [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]]'s [[Darkwing (G1)#Generation 2|upgraded form]] in the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Marvel ''Generation 2'' comics]].
* [[AFCG Inc]] used Dreadwing for one of their print ads. The result is nothing short of amusing.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Dreadwing''' (ドレッドウイング ''Doreddouingu'')
*''European:'' '''Ace Evader''' (France, Netherlands, Germany), '''Stealth Assault''' (United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.tfarchive.com/comics/japanese/g2storypages.php?dgallery_show=g2story/G2StoryPage3a.jpg English translation of G2 story page]
*[http://www.tfarchive.com/comics/japanese/g2scans/G2Trans10.jpg Japanese G2 minicomics #10]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry8TupFxILU Dreadwing commercial on YouTube]

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[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Triple Changers]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Decepticons]]

Transformers: Battle Tactics

2015-05-22T13:25:56Z

ItsLeo20:

[[File:TransformersBattleTactics logo.png|center|500px]]
{{videogame
|title=''Transformers: Battle Tactics''
|image=TFBattleTactics_LoadingScreen.jpg
|caption=Arcee isn't in the game. [[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game) | Déjà vu?]]
|developer=[[DeNA]]
|publisher=DeNA Corp
|date=[[January 30]], 2015
|platform=Android, iOS
}}

'''''Transformers: Battle Tactics''''' is a multiplayer battle game published by [[DeNA]] for mobile devices. It features over 75 characters designed after toys from different toylines, including [[Transformers: Classics | Classics]], [[Transformers: Generations | Generations]], [[Combiner Wars]] and [[Transformers Collectors' Club | Collectors' Club]] exclusives.

==Gameplay==
Battle Tactics gameplay is similar to other mobile battle games. Players select four Transformers from their purchased characters to form a team. Players can create up to three different teams. Gamers can choose to battle a random computer-controlled team or a random live player; the other choice is to pick from three different computer teams. The "random" mode also changes slightly under two different circumstances:

If an event is being held, it will become the way to earn League Points, but otherwise remains the same.

If a player fills their Experience bar, it will become the Advancement Mode. Players must win three of their next five games to level up. This mode is the only way to level up, because otherwise players would simply choose the throwaway team in the other mode to win easily.

Once the battle begins, the Transformers will randomly get one of their five damage numbers. These numbers change and become special abilities, depending on whether the character is in alternate mode or robot mode. Players also get three Ability Points every round, which allow them to activate powerups, including a re-spin of a character's number and several different air strikes, among others. When the battle begins, one of the two parties is randomly chosen to attack first, unless a Transformer has a first strike special ability active. Each character attacks once per round.
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==Featured characters==
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* [[Cliffjumper (G1) | Cliffjumper]]
* [[Gears (G1) | Gears]]
* [[Junkyard (G1) | Junkheap]]
* [[Scoop (G1) | Scoop]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1) | Bumblebee]]/Goldfire
* [[Hoist (G1) | Hoist]]
* [[Wheeljack (G1) | Wheeljack]]
* [[Joyride (G1) |Joyride]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1) | Optimus Prime]]/Orion Pax
* [[Tailgate (G1) | Tailgate]]
* [[Swerve (G1) | Swerve]]
* [[Ratchet (G1) | Ratchet]]
* [[Powerglide (G1) | Powerglide]]
* [[Kup (G1) | Sergeant Kup]]
* [[Huffer (G1) | Huffer]]
* [[Warpath (G1) | Warpath]]
* [[Cosmos (G1) | Cosmos]]
* [[Windcharger (G1) | Windcharger]]
* [[Blurr (G1) | Blurr]]
* [[Red Alert (G1) | Red Alert]]
* [[Fireflight (G1) | Firefly]]
* [[Alpha Bravo]]
* [[Crosscut (Autobot) | Crosscut]]
* [[Nightbeat (G1) | Nightbeat]]
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* [[Drift (G1) | Drift]]
* [[Side Burn (G1) | Sideburn]]
* [[Sandstorm (G1) | Sandstorm]]
* [[Jazz (G1) | Jazz]]
* [[Skids (G1) | Skids]]
* [[Jetfire (G1) | Jetfire]]
* [[Springer (G1) | Springer]]
* [[Chromedome (G1) | Chromedome]]
* [[Brainstorm]]
* [[Circuit (Movie) | Circuit]]
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1) | Ultra Magnus]]
* [[Arcee (G1) | Arcee]]*
* [[Trailbreaker (G1) | Trailcutter]]
* [[Ironhide (G1)| Ironhide]]*
;Exclusives
* [[Roadbuster (G1) | Roadbuster]]
* [[Whirl (G1) | Whirl]]
* [[Rewind (G1) | Rewind]]
* [[Jetfire (G1) | Jetfire II]]
;Event
* [[Air Raid (G1) | Air Raid]]
* [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot) | Skydive]]
* [[Silverbolt (G1) | Silverbolt]]
* [[Jackpot (Animated) | Jackpot]]
* [[Punch (G1) | Punch]]
* [[Groove (G1) | Groove]]
* [[Rook (Generations) | Rook]]
* [[Streetwise (G1) | Streetwise]]
* [[Blades (G1) | Blades]]
* [[Hot Spot (G1) | Hot Spot]]
* [[First Aid (G1) | First Aid]]
* [[Optimus_Prime_(G1)/toys#Transformers_.282010.29 | Laser Optimus Prime]]
* [[Bumblebee_(G1)/toys#Generation 2 | G2 Bumblebee]]
;Combiners
* [[Superion (G1) | Superion]]
* [[Defensor (G1) | Defensor]]
{{!}}}

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{{!}}-
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* [[Acid Storm (G1) | Acid Storm]]
* [[Thundercracker (G1) | Thundercracker]]
* [[Starscream (G1) | Starscream]]
* [[Tankor (BM) | Tankor]]
* [[Blackjack]]
* [[Megatron (G1) | Megatron]]
* [[Viper]]
* [[Dreadwing (G2) | Dreadwing]]
* [[Nemesis Prime (G1) | Nemesis Prime]]
* [[Breakdown (G1) | Breakdown]]
* [[Dirge (G1) | Dirge]]
* [[Thrust (G1) | Thrust]]
* [[Ramjet (G1) | Ramjet]]
* [[Jhiaxus (G2) | Jhiaxus]]
* [[Skullgrin]]
* [[Drag Strip (G1) | Dragstrip]]
* [[Skywarp (G1) | Skywarp]]
* [[Thunderwing (G1) | Thunderwing]]
* [[Scourge (G1)]]
* [[Octane (G1) | Octane]]
* [[Straxus (G1) | Darkmount]]
* [[Doubledealer]]
* [[Cyclonus (G1) | Cyclonus]]
* [[Blitzwing (G1) | Blitzwing]]
* [[Barricade (WFC) | Barricade]]
* [[Megatron (Armada) | Armada Megatron]]
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* [[Starscream (Armada)|Armada Starscream]]
* [[Krok (G1) | Krok]]
* [[Nacelle (G1) | Nacelle]]
;Exclusives
* [[Runamuck (G1) | Runamuck]]
* [[Astrotrain (G1) | Astrotrain]]
* [[Black Shadow (Victory) | Sky Shadow]]
* [[Sunstorm (G1) | Sunstorm]]
* [[Slipstream (WFC) | Slipstream]]
* [[Scourge (RID)]]
* [[Spinister (G1)| Spinister]]
;Event
* [[Runabout (G1) | Over-Run]]
* [[Offroad]]
* [[Dead End (G1) | Dead End]]
* [[Motormaster (G1) | Motormaster]]
* [[Punch (G1) | Counterpunch]]
* [[Treadshot (G1) | Treadshot]]
* [[Brawl (G1) | Brawl]]
* [[Onslaught (G1) | Onslaught]]
* [[Vortex (G1) | Vortex]]
* [[Swindle (G1) | Swindle]]
* [[Blast Off (G1) | Blast Off]]
* [[Bombshell (G1) | Bombshell]]
* [[Shrapnel (G1) | Skrapnel]]
* [[Kickback (G1) | Kickback]]
* G2 Megatron
* G2 Ramjet

;Combiners
* [[Menasor (G1) | Menasor]]
* [[Bruticus (G1) | Bruticus]]
{{!}}}

|h3=[[Maximal]]s|c3=
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{{!}}-
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* [[Optimus Primal | Optimus Primal]]
* [[Cheetor (BW) | Cheetor]]
{{!}}}

|h4=[[Predacon]]s|c4=
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{{!}}-
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* [[Megatron (BW) | Megatron]]
* [[Waspinator (BW) | Waspinator]]
* [[Blackarachnia (BW) | Blackarachnia]]
* [[Tarantulas (BW) | Tarantulas]]
* [[Inferno (BW) | Inferno]]
* [[Scorponok (BW) | Scorponok]]
{{!}}}

|h5=[[Mini-Con]]s|c5=
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{{!}}-
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* [[Windshear]]
* [[Runway (Generations) | Runway]]
* [[Heavytread (Generations) | Heavytread]]
;Combiners
* [[Centuritron]]
{{!}}}
|nonumbering=true
}}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Characters that aren't in the game yet, but appear in promotional material.
 

==Notes==
*The Exclusive version of Skywarp, the one based on his [[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]] figure, is the only character represented by a [[TakaraTomy]] figure rather than its [[Hasbro]] counterpart.

* Unlike the event cores, which are removed 48 hours after the event ends, the Alpha/Beta/Omega and character cores stay when the new monthly character is added.

==External links==
* [http://www.transformersbattletactics.com/ Official Website]

[[Category:Video games]]

Universal killswitch

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ItsLeo20: Rewording caption.

{{disambig2|Tyrest's device for killing all the purportedly naughty Transformers|the Quintesson device for freezing all the purportedly naughty Transformers|Large switch}}
:''The universal killswitch is a horrible thing from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:ArmTheLonely universal killswitch.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Cyber Key]]?]]
Long before the [[Great War (G1)|war]] began, [[Nova Prime]] entrusted [[Tyrest (G1)|Tyrest]] with the task of artificially increasing [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s population and he developed the process of [[Reproduction#IDW Generation 1 continuity|spark splicing]], literally harvesting [[spark]]s from the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. Millions of years later when the now Chief Justice Tyrest presided over the [[Aequitas]] trials where the war crimes of the [[Autobot]]s were judged, he came to realise that all of those found guilty shared one characteristic—they were all "constructed cold", or products of his spark splicing project. Consumed with guilt, Tyrest secreted himself away from the rest of the [[Transformer]]s at a secret base on the supposedly lost [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]] where he planned a way of atoning for his actions. It was only after drilling a hole in his brain and apparently receiving a message from [[Primus]] that he was able to conceive of the '''universal killswitch''', a device capable of tracing—and snuffing out—every "constructed cold" spark, removing those with criminal tendencies from the population forever.

The name is misleading, as once activated it is not designed to be switched off again.

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
In testing the killswitch, Tyrest retrieved the traitorous Autobot [[Pharma (G1)|Pharma]]—infected with [[Red Rust]] and missing both his hands following an encounter with [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]]—from the planet [[Messatine]] to use as a test subject. Being forged, Pharma survived the process and joined Tyrest in his scheming. Several members of the [[Circle of Light]], captured from [[Crystal City]] on [[Theophany]], were also employed as test subjects and those who were constructed cold did not survive. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}}

When the crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' stumbled across Tyrest's base he was on the verge of completing and activating the universal killswitch. Becoming fully aware of his superior's plans for the first time, [[Minimus Ambus]] (formerly [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]], Duly Appointed Enforcer of the [[Tyrest Accord]]) confronted him, saying that neither he nor Magnus could allow Tyrest to stand as judge, jury and executioner over perhaps half the Cybertronian race. Unconvinced, Tyrest invoked Section 90, Subsection 16 of the Accord which granted him the power of pre-emptive execution over those who might act against him and a [[Legislator]] removed Ambus from the field of play. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}}

Brought up to speed and sprung from their cell by [[Getaway]], [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] and his crew burst into Tyrest's control room but found themselves incapacitated by a device based on [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] and Getaway's [[thought bullet]] and were unable to prevent Tyrest from activating the killswitch. Its effects were felt all around the galaxy as all Transformers that were constructed cold began to die with no apparent cause. Believing he had atoned for his sins, Tyrest turned and began to walk through a portal to [[Cyberutopia]]. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}}

He hadn't counted on [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]], whose [[cybercrosis]] had rendered him deaf to the paralysing frequency. Freeing his shipmates, they managed to take Tyrest down with the aid of the recovered Minimus Ambus and those unaffected by the killswitch attempted to find a way of reversing its effects. By wiring Rodimus and his half of the Matrix into its mechanism, [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] theorised that he could use it to reinstate the sparkcode in the affected Transformers. They were ultimately successful, though the process was extremely painful for Rodimus and ended up destroying the Matrix fragment. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}}

==Notes==
*Those we saw affected by the killswitch were: Getaway, [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], [[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]], [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]], [[Kaon (DJD)|Kaon]], [[Krok (G1)|Krok]], [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]], [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]] and [[Brainstorm]].
*By checking the locations of everyone who is present we can tell when the killswitch is activated in relation to events of the concurrent ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' issues, the times being: shortly before [[Homecoming (IDW)|RID #19]]; between pages 17 and 18 of [[Second Exodus| RID #18]] and between pages 20 and 21 of [[Three Monologues|RID #20]].

[[Category:IDW Generation 1 weapons]]

Universal killswitch

2015-05-22T00:11:04Z

ItsLeo20: Caption

{{disambig2|Tyrest's device for killing all the purportedly naughty Transformers|the Quintesson device for freezing all the purportedly naughty Transformers|Large switch}}
:''The universal killswitch is a horrible thing from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:ArmTheLonely universal killswitch.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Cyber Planet Key]]?]]
Long before the [[Great War (G1)|war]] began, [[Nova Prime]] entrusted [[Tyrest (G1)|Tyrest]] with the task of artificially increasing [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s population and he developed the process of [[Reproduction#IDW Generation 1 continuity|spark splicing]], literally harvesting [[spark]]s from the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. Millions of years later when the now Chief Justice Tyrest presided over the [[Aequitas]] trials where the war crimes of the [[Autobot]]s were judged, he came to realise that all of those found guilty shared one characteristic—they were all "constructed cold", or products of his spark splicing project. Consumed with guilt, Tyrest secreted himself away from the rest of the [[Transformer]]s at a secret base on the supposedly lost [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]] where he planned a way of atoning for his actions. It was only after drilling a hole in his brain and apparently receiving a message from [[Primus]] that he was able to conceive of the '''universal killswitch''', a device capable of tracing—and snuffing out—every "constructed cold" spark, removing those with criminal tendencies from the population forever.

The name is misleading, as once activated it is not designed to be switched off again.

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
In testing the killswitch, Tyrest retrieved the traitorous Autobot [[Pharma (G1)|Pharma]]—infected with [[Red Rust]] and missing both his hands following an encounter with [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]]—from the planet [[Messatine]] to use as a test subject. Being forged, Pharma survived the process and joined Tyrest in his scheming. Several members of the [[Circle of Light]], captured from [[Crystal City]] on [[Theophany]], were also employed as test subjects and those who were constructed cold did not survive. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}}

When the crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' stumbled across Tyrest's base he was on the verge of completing and activating the universal killswitch. Becoming fully aware of his superior's plans for the first time, [[Minimus Ambus]] (formerly [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]], Duly Appointed Enforcer of the [[Tyrest Accord]]) confronted him, saying that neither he nor Magnus could allow Tyrest to stand as judge, jury and executioner over perhaps half the Cybertronian race. Unconvinced, Tyrest invoked Section 90, Subsection 16 of the Accord which granted him the power of pre-emptive execution over those who might act against him and a [[Legislator]] removed Ambus from the field of play. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}}

Brought up to speed and sprung from their cell by [[Getaway]], [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] and his crew burst into Tyrest's control room but found themselves incapacitated by a device based on [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] and Getaway's [[thought bullet]] and were unable to prevent Tyrest from activating the killswitch. Its effects were felt all around the galaxy as all Transformers that were constructed cold began to die with no apparent cause. Believing he had atoned for his sins, Tyrest turned and began to walk through a portal to [[Cyberutopia]]. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}}

He hadn't counted on [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]], whose [[cybercrosis]] had rendered him deaf to the paralysing frequency. Freeing his shipmates, they managed to take Tyrest down with the aid of the recovered Minimus Ambus and those unaffected by the killswitch attempted to find a way of reversing its effects. By wiring Rodimus and his half of the Matrix into its mechanism, [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] theorised that he could use it to reinstate the sparkcode in the affected Transformers. They were ultimately successful, though the process was extremely painful for Rodimus and ended up destroying the Matrix fragment. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}}

==Notes==
*Those we saw affected by the killswitch were: Getaway, [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], [[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]], [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]], [[Kaon (DJD)|Kaon]], [[Krok (G1)|Krok]], [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]], [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]] and [[Brainstorm]].
*By checking the locations of everyone who is present we can tell when the killswitch is activated in relation to events of the concurrent ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' issues, the times being: shortly before [[Homecoming (IDW)|RID #19]]; between pages 17 and 18 of [[Second Exodus| RID #18]] and between pages 20 and 21 of [[Three Monologues|RID #20]].

[[Category:IDW Generation 1 weapons]]

Ironhide (G1)

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{{disambig3|Ironhide}}{{suite}}
:''Ironhide is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Ironhideg1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Properly pronounced "Arn-hahhhd".]]
'''Ironhide''' is one of the oldest and toughest Autobots, and has been on [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s team for a long time. "They don't make them like they used to" is an apt description of Ironhide—he's yesterday's model, but he's built to last.

Gruff and ornery, he prefers actions to words, and dislikes talk for talk's sake. (He wouldn't enjoy being paired up with [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]].) But though he may be rough around the edges, he's still optimistic and upbeat. The upside to being through more than your share of trouble means trouble ain't so big a scare anymore.

Ironhide's most distinctive ability is the [[water gun]], a weapon which can generate and shoot a liquid of virtually any type. Liquid nitrogen is historically a favorite, but there have been acids, mortar, and more.

His vehicle mode sometimes splits into his robot and a [[Onebox component|separate component]].

{{quote|When are we gonna start bustin' Deceptichops?|Ironhide's version of diplomacy|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Ironhideg1firstappearance.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|HAY GUYS CAN I HAVE A CHARACTER MODEL PLEASE KTHANX]]
Four million years ago, when the war was still young, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] fought an uphill battle against the Decepticons. Ironhide was beside him when Optimus Prime, despite being wounded, refused to raise the white flag, and due to their courage, the tide of the war was turned. {{storylink|Surrender!}}

Ironhide was chosen to join the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] mission to save Cybertron from an asteroid belt—a mission that saw him stranded on [[Earth]] for four million years. Upon reactivation in [[1984]], Ironhide immediately began bickering with [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}}

[[File:Ironhidehufferlaststand.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Phew. There we go.]]
This rivalry continued when it was discovered that the [[human]] [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] had created useable fuel for the Decepticons during his kidnapping. Huffer demanded Sparkplug pay for his treason, while Ironhide suggested sympathy. However, this argument only provided a distraction for Sparkplug and his son, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] to escape; this attempt was aborted when Sparkplug suffered a heart attack. Soon, the Decepticons, fully refueled, came for the Ark, and Ironhide was one of just five Autobots selected to fight the invasion, using pooled fuel from his comrades. Their near-victory was robbed from them when [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] arrived, surprising everyone, and blasted the surviving Autobots into spare parts. {{storylink|The Last Stand}}

Ironhide 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, returned to the Ark in secret to see this for himself; indeed, Ironhide and the others still hung deactivated. {{storylink|Warrior School!}} Ratchet managed to re-secure the Ark, and Ironhide was subsequently rebuilt. {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}} Ironhide would be one of the first Autobots to battle the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] when his team attempted to destroy a transmission from [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] to his Decepticon comrades back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}} Ironhide also suffered damage at the hands of a Decepticon-controlled Optimus Prime body shortly before their fallen leader was restored to them. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

[[File:Ironhidetarget2006.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|When Ironhide's in charge, he nominates Megatron to take over. Scary, huh?]]
''Once repaired, he worked alongside [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] in the Dinobot Hunt, initially distrusting and clashing with him because of his Decepticon origins. He learnt to trust him during the mission.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}} ''He at one point broke protocol to single-handedly break a [[Greater glory terrorists|terrorist]] siege in [[Los Angeles]], only to become frustrated when the police almost ruined it.'' {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}} ''Later on, he would be dispatched as a bodyguard for [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] to prevent any reprisal attacks from the Decepticons—he had a more successful rematch against the Constructicons, and was also happily introduced to the wonders of demolition derbies.'' {{storylink|Devastation Derby!}}

''When the time-travelling [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] arrived in [[1986]] and Optimus Prime, Ratchet, and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] were both lost in [[Limbo]], Ironhide was one of the Autobots who battled the Decepticon. It went so poorly that the beaten and humiliated Ironhide was desperate enough to salvage the similarly-defeated [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and Soundwave to temporarily take command of the Autobots.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

Ironhide would go on to fight against [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s forces on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] shortly before the crews of the Ark and the ''Steelhaven'' joined under one banner. {{storylink|Totaled!}} ''He was also briefly seen fighting alongside the Transformers of two eras against Galvatron during the Time Wars.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

[[File:Grimlockwasthatwise.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|This is the ''punchline''. Get it?]]
Although not explicitly named as being among those who were taken offline by the [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], Ironhide probably fell victim to this fate since, when he was next heard from, he was offline in a stasis aboard the Ark. In [[1990]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] revived him and all the other invalid Autobots with [[Nucleon]] in time to participate in the climactic battle with [[Unicron]] on Cybertron. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} Shortly after the planet-eater's destruction, Ironhide was seen loading supplies onto one of the ships the Autobots were about to use to depart Cybertron. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}}
{{-}}

=====Earthforce=====
{{earthforcefiction}}
While in stasis aboard the Ark, Ironhide was hacked into by an alternate [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]], who was looking for potential soldiers with dark sides he could corrupt. As a result, Ironhide was reactivated and helped stop Galvatron. {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}} He went on to be a founding member of [[Earthforce]], fighting against Megatron and Shockwave's rival Decepticon armies. {{storylink|Break-Away!}}

In his first mission, alongside [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]], he used his knowledge of Decepticon [[automated defence ring]]s and riddles to get into a Decepticon facility and end their attempts at creating a new [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Desert Island Risks!}} Later, he was present at the Decepticon [[Enclave]], and came up with a devious plan to stop Megatron & Shockwave from uniting their two factions. Knocking out [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]] and using him as a patsy, Ironhide and the other Autobots faked a sniper attack on Megatron, prompting the Decepticons to shoot back at the rock cropping where they were hiding. The Autobots then dropped Headstrong off the ledge as if he'd been hit, framing him and Shockwave's army for trying to assassinate Megatron. The Enclave quickly turned into a [[Ruckus (G1)|ruckus]]. A [[Brawl (G1)|brawl]]. A [[Mixmaster (G1)|mixmas]]—no, wait. That one doesn't work. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}}

Ironhide also joined Earthforce and the [[Survivors]] in taking down the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]]. {{storylink|Where Wolf?}} While fighting to protect Starscream from Decepticon assassins, in order to get a systems boost for [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]'s fading health, Ironhide had to fight against Megatron. He took several hits from the [[fusion cannon]], going down and leaving the fight to the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. {{storylink|The Lesser Evil!}} Perhaps looking to sharpen his skills, Ironhide was next seen working out with Jazz in the Combat Room against a robot drone. {{storylink|Front Line! (issue)|Front Line!}}

=====Another Time & Place=====
Ironhide was part of a commando unit sent to [[Hydrus Four]] after the Dinobots. He and a small group of Autobots surprised [[Fangry]] and tore him limb from limb. {{storylink|Another Time & Place}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Power Play!}} {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}} {{storylink|Decepticon Dam-Busters!}} {{storylink|Brainstorm!}} {{storylink|Crisis of Command!}} {{storylink|The Icarus Theory}} {{storylink|...The Harder They Die!}} {{storylink|Resurrection!}} {{storylink|Once upon a Time...}} {{storylink|The House that Wheeljack Built!}} {{storylink|External Forces!}} {{storylink|The Quest!}} {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}}}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
When Optimus Prime and Grimlock discovered the threat of the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]], they called in Autobots scattered across the galaxy, including Ironhide. And, when Grimlock chose to disobey Prime's directives and make a tactical first strike against [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s ships, Ironhide went with him. They were quickly found out and captured, though, leaving it to Optimus to bail them out of trouble. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}}

Later, when Prime had the brilliant idea that Megatron would be willing to "just talk" after laying waste to much of the planet Earth, Ironhide joined the rescue party Grimlock threw together to bail him out. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} He was also involved in the defense of [[Ethos]] against the [[Ethos raiding party|Cybertronians]]. Ironhide took several shots to the chest while protecting that world. {{storylink|Escalation!}}

====''Classics''====
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Ironhide came to Earth, along with [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], to bolster Optimus Prime's forces as Megatron began reassembling his army. Ironhide was seen defending a human settlement from the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] as Megatron and the captive Ratchet watched on. {{storylink|At Fight's End}}

Ironhide was aboard the ''[[Graviton (Classics)|Graviton]]'' when it was pulled into the [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon]] universe and deposited near that universe's prehistoric [[Earth]]. After being shot down by the ''[[Talon (Classics)|Talon]]'', the Autobots adopted organic alternate modes to avoid the ambient [[Energon radiation]], and though Ironhide wasn't keen on the idea, he took the form of an [[elephant]]. {{storylink|Shattered Time}} On discovering that three [[stasis pod]]s were missing from the ship, the Autobots set out to find them, but after suffering a Decepticon attack on the way, they arrived to find [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] had already activated them as Decepticons. Prowl, Silverbolt and Ironhide were blasted by [[Autojetter]], and it was only the arrival of [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s subsequent recovery that saved them. {{storylink|Shattered Expectations (BWSG)|Shattered Expectations}}

The Autobots retreated across a rock bridge, and watched as Magnus faced off against Megatron, dealing their foe a temporary defeat. Back at the ''Graviton'', Depth Charge gave the "Maximals" more of an explanation regarding his presence, though it gave Ironhide a bit of a headache. {{storylink|Shattered Paths}} When they located their missing energy purifier, the Maximals went out to fetch it. Despite the new ability of Ironhide, Prowl and Silverbolt to merge into [[Magnaboss]], they were trounced by [[God Neptune (BWSG)|God Neptune]]. {{storylink|Shattered Hope}} Returning to the ship, the Maximals fueled up before joining Depth Charge, who had located the Matrix he was seeking. The Maximals kept a security system occupied long enough for Magnus to retrieve the Matrix in question, however a short time later they were confronted by Megatron piloting a giant mech. {{storylink|Shattered Balance}} Ironhide again took part in merging into Magnaboss, but the combiner was soundly defeated by Megatron's [[Gigastorm Armor]]. The Maximals were moments later pulled into a dimensional rift created by Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Shattered Destiny}}

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====''Regeneration One''====
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Ironhide was part of the Autobot detachment that Optimus Prime took with him to confront Megatron on a devastated Earth in [[2012]]. While the two leaders clashed, Ironhide and the others battled Megatron's [[zombie]] army of "Ex-Bots". {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5|Loose Ends #5}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
[[File:Mtmte1 ironhide mans laser.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.2|Ironhide firing the gun at the side of the [[Ark (G1)|ship]] that magically fired straight in front of the ship.]]
{{main|Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}

Ironhide was part of the bridge crew of the [[Ark (G1)|Autobots' spacecraft]] when it embarked on its fateful voyage to seek out new sources of energy beyond [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] four million years ago and its crash on [[Earth]]. He was reactivated in 1984, Becoming a member of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime's]] Autobots, playing a key role in stopping many of the Decepticon's plots on Earth. He even came back from retirement!

Sadly, his luck came to and end when in 2005, the [[Decepticons]] boarded his shuttle en route to [[Autobot City]]. Even the old timer could not stand up when severely outnumbered, as all of his crewmates were killed, and he was executed by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] from point blank range.

In some other cartoons and comics, he came back from the dead (maybe).

===Marvel Storybooks continuity===
Ironhide was one of the thrity-five Autobots rebuilt on Earth in the form of a terrestrial vehicle. Along with Hound, Windcharger and Optimus, Ironhide once cheered so loudly that it almost made a volcano erupt. Later, he was a participant in a fight that ensued between the Autobts and the Decepticons when Megatron attempted to take millions of humans hostage in order to demand Earth's unconditional surrender to the Decepticons. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}

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===Marvel coloring books===
Wither Ironhide or Ratchet helped the Autobots in protecting Hoover Dam from the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Deadly Fuel Shortage}}

Ironhide was part of the Autobot convoy that followed Optimus Prime into battle when it was discovered that the Decepticons were using a [[molecular transfer device]] to steal fuel from all around the globe. After the encountered Decepticon opposition en-route, Ironhide volunteered to donate some of his fuel to the more energy-efficient Autobots so that they continue fighting without him. The Autobots utlimately succeeded in turning the Decepticons' device against them, and returned the stolen fuel to its rightful owners. {{storylink|Summertime Coloring Book}}

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

===Ladybird Books continuity===
While stretching his suspension, Ironhide inadvertently picked up a radio contact of Decepticons in flight, and reported it to Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Megatron's Fight for Power}}

Ironhide volunteered for grocery trip duties with Spike and Sparkplug Witwicky. Apparently, the two humans ate so much it put a strain on Ironhide's suspension. {{storylink|Autobots Fight Back}}

Ironhide was part of a battle unit assembled by Optimus Prime to stop the Decepticons from seizing control of...a single windmill. (No, really.) {{storylink|Laserbeak's Fury}}

===''Find Your Fate Junior''===
{{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.}}
====Attack of the Insecticons====
Ironhide was in the process of completing a trial-run with [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]'s newest invention, the [[Sun-Pak]], when the Decepticons attacked the Autobots' secret underground testing track. The ensuing fight between the two factions was skewed in favour of the Decepticons, forcing the Autobots into a series of difficult choices. In the subsequent possible scenarios, Ironhide was more in favour of bargaining with the Decepticons for the Autobots' lives, and ran into difficulties in keeping the Sun-Pak out of Decepticon hands. {{storylink|Attack of the Insecticons}}

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

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

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

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

In yet another possible scenario, Optimus opted to use the tainted fuel as a weapon against an encroaching Decepticon squadron. The plan went off without a hitch, and the Autobots celebrated another victory over the Decepticons.

In a completely different scenario, Optimus decided to go on the offensive and strike back at the Decepticons after they had poisoned a good number of Autobots. Prowl quickly pointed out that the mission required brains, not muscles, pointing to Ironhide. Optimus agreed, and Ironhide could only grumble while Prowl smirked. Prick.

In one possible scenario that followed, Optimus and his squadron returned to base with the antidote and cured the poisoned Autobots. The Autobots then proceeded to stop the Decepticons in their latest plot: to poison the nearby water supply.

If Optimus led his troops back to the Decepticons’ poison lab, Ironhide was amongst the Autobot convoy that drove into action. Upon seeing the Decepticons hauling out drums of poison, Ironhide suggested the Autobots go in strong and attack them directly.

If Optimus went along with Ironhide’s plan, Ironhide, Brawn, Twin Twist and Hound were called forth by Optimus to gun down the laboratory. The laboratory then caved in on itself, signalling an Autobot victory. {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}

====Autobot Alert!====
Ironhide was present at the Autobot city of Metroplex when an Autobot Alert sounded.

He and the other Autobots learned of two Decepticon plots simultaneously occurring. One of which was the theft of a coded message meant for Ultra Magnus’s eyes only. If Ultra Magnus decided to prioritize theft of the coded message, Ironhide was part of the captive audience that listened to Kup divulge information about an ancient Autobot formula. Ironhide took off towards the Autobots’ desert research centre along with a number of other Autobots. Once there, they learned from Springer that the Cybertite sphere containing the formula was discovered by humans during the 16th century. If the Decepticons had decoded Springer's message, they would be searching off the coast of California, where the ship containing the sphere had sunk. If they hadn’t decoded the message, the Decepticons would still be digging in the nearby crater.

If Ultra Magnus decided to assume that the Decepticons had already decrypted the message, he ordered his forces to split up to more efficiently address the situation. Ironhide was part of the main group of Autobot forces led by Ultra Magnus towards the California coast. Arriving at the scene, Ultra Magnus’s troops were informed by Powerglide (who had flown ahead of the land-bound group) that he had discovered the location of the sunken ship containing the cybertite sphere. Simultaneously, Blurr caught up with the group to inform them that the Decepticons were quickly approaching. The Autobots then needed to decide whether they would raise the ship themselves, or try and ambush the Decepticons after they had done so.

If Ultra Magnus decided to have his Autobots hide while the Decepticons raised the ship, Ironhide found himself in a cave with Brawn and and Grapple. The three Autobots spied Devastator retrieving the sunken ship from the water, and decided that the three of them would snatch the sphere away from the Decepticons.

If Ironhide and his team executed their plan before any other Autobots, they had Grapple reel the ship away from the Decepticons with his crane hook, while Ironhide and Brawn attempted to defend their position. The Decepticons destroyed both the ship and the cybertite sphere contained within, and then began pummelling the Autobots with their superior firepower. Trapped in their caves, the Autobts were left at the Decepticons’ mercy. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}

===''Transformers in 3-D''===
[[File:TFin3D2 Ironhide rips through wall.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|There's a door just to your left, Ironhide.]]
When a distress call from [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] reached [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Ironhide set off to find out why the small Autobot was so far from his assigned area. This lead him to the planet [[Andellor]], to which Cosmos had traveled in search of the [[Prism of Power]]. Ironhide first managed to dispatch [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] without breaking a sweat, before he, Cosmos, and the five children who needed the Prism, encountered [[Grogg]], guardian of the ancient artifact. Though Ironhide pleaded with Grogg that they needed the Prism, Grogg insisted they answer his riddle or die. After one of the children answered the riddle, Ironhide returned with Cosmos and the children to the [[S.S. Exton 9]] space station and defeated [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] in battle. {{storylink|Transformers in 3-D issue 2|Transformers in 3-D #2}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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[[File:Skidswheeljackgrimlockkupironhidetww.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|BOX! Oh wait, [[Wheeljack (G1) | wrong page]].]]

Before the war, Ironhide was a construction engineer, working on the bridges that connected cybertron's city states.
When war broke out, he joined [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s commando unit, along with [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], when they attempted to defend [[Altihex]] against the Decepticons. Though Altihex was lost, the unit survived to attend [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s inauguration. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}} He took part in the preparations for the evacuation of Cybertron at the [[Central Spaceport]], despite expressing his disagreement to [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] about the new Prime's decision. The pair subsequently observed Grimlock's even greater dissatisfaction and the Dinobot stormed off. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} During a Decepticon attack, he and the rest of the unit met Grimlock on the [[Tri-Torus Loop]], only to be surprised by Grimlock's decision to leave [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] to the foe. Instead they traveled to the crater of the [[Forum of Enlightenment]] to look for Optimus. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}}

Underground, Ironhide's sensors led the group to find the [[Planetary engine|planetary turbines]]. Grimlock ordered him, Kup and Wheeljack to shut it down. The trio listened in on [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s plans, but were discovered by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} Ironhide and Kup worked to fight the Constructicons off, becoming pinned down until Grimlock arrived to lend a hand with Optimus. They kept the Decepticons distracted long enough for Wheeljack to take out the planetary engines. Though Ironhide expected Optimus to resume the evacuation, Prime announced they were staying. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

After Prime was lost through a space bridge, and the Cybertronians fell into even more factions, Ironhide became a part of Grimlock's [[Lightning Strike Coalition]]. During an attempt by Starscream's forces to seize a couple of transporters full of energon, Ironhide and Wheeljack were able to board and fly off in the transporters while the rest of the team kept Starscream busy. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}}

He was part of the ''Ark'''s original crew four million years ago, and awoke with the rest of them in 1984. After the crash of the ''[[Ark II]]'', however, Ironhide was among the Transformers secretly acquired by [[Lazarus (G1)|Lazarus]] as a potential weapon of mass destruction for sale. He was tortured and heavily damaged by the Decepticons when they broke Lazarus' control over them, and was unable to immediately aid Prime and the others against Megatron. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}} {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}}

''When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] returned from an alien world with the malevolent [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]] in tow, Ironhide was one of the first Autobots who joined them in the fight against the invaders. The Keepers had taken residence in [[Las Vegas]], Nevada, and a united force of Autobots and Decepticons descended on the city in the hopes of stopping the aliens before the United States government unleashed a nuclear strike. When Optimus Prime used an energon pool to supercharge himself and the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], Ironhide and the other Autobots joined their own energon with Prime to enhance his efforts. Through their combined energies, the nuclear missile was averted and the Keepers were displaced into the Void. {{storylink|Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation}}''

[[File:PassiveAggression-KupIronhidereunite.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Old people ''never'' stop doing it. Now try to get that out of your brain!]]

''After the battle, Optimus Prime was forced by a debt of honor to hand over the Matrix to Megatron, a decision which didn't sit well with many of the Autobots. Ironhide did his best to defend his leader's actions against the likes of [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], but even he had trouble justifying the decision. Ironhide also joined the Autobots in confronting the American military in the Nevada desert, where the President attempted to have them assassinated. The military used [[deconstructionite]]s, reverse-engineered Cybertronian technology in the form of tiny microchips that literally sapped away the Transformers' strength. Ironhide was the first of the Autobots to fall before this assault, and had to be hauled to safety inside Prime's trailer segment. {{storylink|Transformers: Fusion|Fusion}}''

Sometime after Ironhide was repaired, the Autobots again confronted the Decepticons, this time over a mysterious shuttle pod that landed in Northern Canada. [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] got the drop on Ironhide during the fight, riddling his backside with explosive shells. The feisty security agent had to be dragged off the battlefield so that Ratchet could perform the necessary repairs back at base. {{storylink|New World Order}} In the meantime, a force of United Cybertronians arrived on Earth and demanded that Prime and his crew surrender themselves into protective custody, in order to prevent them from rekindling the war which had been over on Cybertron now for centuries. Leaving behind a skeleton crew to watch over Earth, Optimus Prime, Ironhide and the other Autobots allowed [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and his operatives to bring them back to their home planet. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} On Cybertron, Optimus Prime was separated from the other Autobots, and Ironhide's team was covertly brought by [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] to the Autobot resistance. Many Autobots on Cybertron questioned the beneficence of their "commander", [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], and had organized into several insurgency cells. Ironhide and Prowl met with [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]'s unit, who in turn brought them in touch with Optimus and second unit led by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and Kup. Ironhide quickly exchanged greetings (and a few good-natured insults) with his war-buddy Kup. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} With the ''Ark'''s crew at hand, the insurgency took to the streets, fighting back against Shockwave and his "[[Guardian robot|Dark Guardians]]". Ironhide joined [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and Hot Rod on the front lines during the advance. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}

[[File:Prowl Ironhide DWOngoing3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|T, when was the last time

we just looked at the stars?]]

In the days that followed, Ironhide, Prowl and Kup attempted to coordinate things on Cybertron, but gratefully stepped aside once Ultra Magnus had finished his repair cycle. Ironhide was greatly amused when the uncharismatic Prowl attempted to make a public address at [[Central Hall]], only to be bombarded with questions from concerned citizens. Later, he, Prowl and Kup knocked back [[Kremzeek|refreshments]] at the [[Alpha Preserve]] and reflected upon the changing political landscape of Cybertron, and wondered if it would be best for old warriors such as themselves to leave. {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}} With the discovery of a [[Sunstorm (G1)|mysterious cloned Transformer]] possessing the accumulated knowledge of [[Vector Sigma]] heading towards [[Earth]], Prowl decided that the ''Ark'''s old crew had an obligation to return there and defend their second home. Though some such as [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] griped, Ironhide knew that for all of their complaints, they would join the mission anyway. {{storylink|Atonement}} They returned to Earth and began construction of a new Autobot base of operations: [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' continuity===
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Many years after the Ark had crashed on Earth, the human terrorist organization [[Cobra]] discovered it and its dormant crew. The Transformers were reprogrammed to be under Cobra's control and given new alternate modes, with Ironhide, Ratchet and Optimus Prime now turning into [[HISS tank]]s. Along with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], the three Autobots were forced to attack a peace summit in [[Washington, D.C.]] {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1}} The reprogrammed Transformers were eventually freed thanks to [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], and despite Cobra's efforts to regain control of Ironhide, the Autobot got away when Ratchet ripped their control cables out of his head. Along with [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], the two then joined Optimus Prime in fighting back against both the freed Decepticons and Cobra. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}} During the battle, Ironhide didn't do much but liken the density of Decepticons on [[Cobra Island]] to that of [[astro tick]]s on [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s behind. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}}

After defeating the Decepticons on Earth, the Autobots returned to Cybertron, which [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] had conquered in their absence. With the Autobots reduced to a small resistance band, Ironhide helped Optimus Prime and Jazz steal a pile of [[energon cube]]s from the Decepticons. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}} He was understandably surprised when his two friends suddenly disappeared in a flash of light. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}}

Much later, when Optimus Prime was captured by [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]], Ironhide joined a team of Autobots who were waiting for a chance to free him. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}} When Serpent O.R.'s hostages were freed and [[G.I. Joe (team)|reinforcements]] arrived from Earth, the team attacked and ultimately defeated the Decepticon army. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}
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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
Along with the other Autobots, Iron Hide {{sic}} lay deactivated among the [[Fera Islands]] for four million years, until one day in [[1939]] when [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] arrived on the archipelago to defeat [[Cobra]]. [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] accidentally activated the Autobots' [[Sky Spy|repair drone]], which awakened the Autobots and reformatted them, starting with Iron Hide, who was given the form of a human tank. The spooked humans opened fire on the metal giant, but their bullets merely bounced off, and Iron Hide politely asked them to cut it out before the ricochets hurt anyone. After things had settled down, Iron Hide supported the idea of the Autobots helping G.I. Joe, as he needed some workout after that little nap they took. {{storylink|Transformed}}

On behalf of [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], Iron Hide later asked [[Scarlett]] what she was brooding about. The human cryptically said that someone important was missing, but wouldn't explain [[Snake-Eyes|who]]. Shortly afterwards, Iron Hide was shipped out on a barge to attack the [[Terrordrome]] along with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]. {{storylink|Trenches}} During the ensuing battle, he punched out [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and offered to help [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] in his duel with [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], but it turned out Grimlock didn't need any help. Iron Hide presumably perished when the life-giving [[Matrix of Leadership]] was shattered in order to stop [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

{{note|But apparently he was intended to [[Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front|get better]] if Dreamwave hadn't folded.}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
When a badly-damaged Starscream was brought to the Ark, Ironhide agreed with Jazz that it was probably a trap. When Starscream turned out to be amnesiac and amenable to the Autobot cause, Ironhide and Cliffjumper were assigned to him as escorts, just in case. Ironhide would later join Optimus in shielding Starscream from the Decepticons, when they turned up to retrieve their comrade, noting that as Starscream was weaponless, it would hardly seem fair to not protect him. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

===''The Beast Within''===
Ironhide participated in a savage battle against the Decepticons, though he did not fare too well, and got tossed around like a ragdoll by Megatron. He later looked on in horror as the Dinobots merged into [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]] and began rampaging across the battlefield. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

Later, Ironhide was carried inside Optimus Prime’s trailer as the Autobots attempted to outrun The Beast. Ironhide successfully managed to get through to Jetfire, who picked up all of the passengers within Prime’s trailer, save Skids, who was killed moments before Jetfire managed to show up. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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An early Autobot and one of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s teachers, Ironhide ended up as part of [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]]'s counter-infiltration unit on Earth. There, he aided [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]], [[Verity Carlo]] and [[Jimmy Pink]] in trying to discover what happened had happened to the missing [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], and almost ended up killed from an explosion while saving the two humans with his [[holomatter]] avatar, leading to a merry chase for [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)#IDW Generation 1 continuity|Wheeljack]] to recover him against [[Machination]]'s [[Sunstreaker clone|Headmasters]].

After the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], he was part of a group of Autobots trapped on Earth, where he took a [[Skywatch]] shot meant for Hot Rod, and died...

...but not for long. Reborn one year later, albeit missing four million years of memories, on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] through the machinations of [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], he was left to finish off the [[Insecticon swarm]] infesting the planet with a crippled Sunstreaker until Hot Rod (now calling himself "Rodimus") and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] recovered them. Reunited with the Autobots in time for Cybertron's rebirth, he had a vision of a peaceful time centuries in the future, which influenced him until it was apparently proven wrong with the destruction of [[Gorlam Prime]], sending him into a deep depression for some time.

 

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon===
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===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
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Ironhide served on the [[Maximal Imperium]], alongside [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]. Leadership seemed to have robbed him of a bit of his gusto, although according to [[Big Convoy (BWN)|Big Convoy]] he was 'right honorable'. Ironhide, Prowl and Silverbolt sent [[Ikard]] to request a report from Big Convoy, but he refused, citing his need to investigate the [[Angolmois]]-fueled murders. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}
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===''Hearts of Steel''===
Ironhide was part of the Autobot forces who fought the Decepticons on Earth in the distant past until an incoming ice age threatened to deactivate them all. Both sides went into hiding underground, remaining in stasis until the 1860's, at which point they were accidentally awakened by [[human]]s. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}} As they resumed their war with the Decepticons, Ironhide and the others took on train modes and allied themselves with [[John Henry]] in order to pursue the [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3|Hearts of Steel #3}} Ironhide was the second car in the Autobot train, an artillery boxcar with his name on it. When [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] began to attack the Autobot train from above, he partially transformed to [[robot mode]] in order to shoot him down. After the Decepticons were defeated, the Autobots went back to sleep underground. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 4|Hearts of Steel #4}}

By [[1888]], Ironhide had gotten involved with humanity again, hiding on the [[USS Miskatonic|USS ''Miskatonic'']] in the form of an gun turret. On the way to [[Ireland]] the ship was attacked by a tentacled monster from underneath the waves, forcing Ironhide to abandon it and report to the other Autobots. A week later at [[Port Cenotaph]], he ran into [[fish people|additional creatures]] and [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]], who revealed that he and the Decepticons were now following the [[Elder God]]s instead of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Ironhide tried to fight the empowered Decepticon, but was overcome by his eldritch tentacles. {{storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 1|Infestation 2: The Transformers #1}} As a servant of the Elder Gods, Ironhide stood guard at Port Cenotaph with the Decepticons, protecting it against an international fleet when they came to investigate the disappearance of multiple ships. Ironhide was freed from the Elder Gods' control when [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Hearts of Steel|Optimus Prime]] injured the attending Elder God enough to force it back into the depths of the ocean. {{storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 2|Infestation 2: The Transformers #2}}{{storylink|Infestation 2 issue 1|Infestation 2 #1}}

===Descent into Evil===
[[File:Ratchetironhidedescent.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Amazingly not dead.]]
Ironhide was severely injured during a battle on [[Moon Base Four]], but Optimus Prime used his [[Reconfiguration Matrix]] to create a new body for his old friend. {{storylink|Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide's ''Timelines'' toy bio}}

Years after the Autobot-Decepticon Wars ended, Ironhide and five other Autobots were sent to [[Ceti Alpha Seven]] to destroy General [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] clone lab and stop his planned Decepticon uprising. After a team of four (consisting of [[Outback (G1)|Fallback]], [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], [[Flareup (G1)|Flareup]], and [[Ricochet (Timelines)|Ricochet]]) failed, Ironhide and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] followed to help. After battling swarms of [[Virulent Clone]]s and [[Buzzclaw (G1)|Buzzclaw]], they finally met up with Deathsaurus himself. Ironhide stayed to fight the general, and Ratchet separated to find their fallen friends. However, Ironhide was shot in the back by [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]] and he went into stasis lock. Ironhide woke up restrained inside Deathsaurus' lab with Ratchet, while Deathsaurus appeared to them on a monitor and told them he planned to destroy the lab by remote. Before the lab could detonate, Ricochet snuck in and freed them, allowing them to gather their fallen and escape. {{storylink|Descent into Evil}}
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===''Encore'' toy bio===
Ironhide acquired a new protective black coating to disguise himself from both Decepticons and members of the [[human]] criminal underworld, to better allow him to do his job as Optimus Prime's bodyguard. The other Autobots joke that he looks like a stereotypical "Men in Black" vehicle, but Ironhide insists he got the idea from black pickups trucks he saw around town. The coating, a composite gel metal, has made his trithyllium steel skin even more durable, allowing him to self-repair minor injuries right away, and his robot and mobile artillery forms are now 25% more maneuverable than before. {{storylink|Ironhide (G1)/toys#black|'Protect Black Ironhide' toy bio}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in comic===
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{{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 7|Henkei! Henkei! #7}}

Ironhide, [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] tracked [[Nightstick (Cyclonus)|Nightstick]] to a volcanic region of the planet where [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] was about to unveil the awe-inspiring [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Engaging the jets in battle, Ironhide and the Autobots successfully blocked the lava pool Galvatron was too emerge from. Their satisfaction turned to horror, however, when Galvatron blasted free from the rubble anyhow. Luckily, Galvatron was not a morning person, and was more interested in berating Cyclonus and Starscream for interrupting his nap than attacking the Autobots. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 9|Henkei! Henkei! #9}}

Ironhide was taking a pounding from the uncharacteristically-aggressive [[Octane (G1)|Octane]] when Mirage stepped in, meutralizing the 'Con before he was even aware of the invisible Autobot's presence. Both Ironhide and Mirage were shocked when Octane continued moving despite having his circuits disrupted, and were downright beside themselves when the ghost of Starscream emerged from within the [[Triple Changer]]. {{storylink|Mirage's Rebirth}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Starscream's New Body}}}}

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===''Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun'' manga===
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{{storylink|To the Sea of Stars}}
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===''Transformers United''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|A New Battle!}}}}
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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
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{{storylink|Another Episode, Part 2}} {{storylink|The Fated Rival, Once Again...}} {{storylink|To Earth}} {{storylink|Plans of the Emperor of Destruction}} {{storylink|Revenge (All Spark)}} {{storylink|The False Power}} {{storylink|Ray of Hope}} {{storylink|Great Aspirations}} {{storylink|Conclusion}}

===''Cloud''===
Ironhide was one of the Autobots of [[Metropolis]], who maintained order throughout the multiverse from [[Cloud World]]. As a surveillance 'bot, Ironhide dispatched [[Bumblebee (Cloud)|Bumblebee]] and other agents to particular Spacetimes in need of care, although he still pushed for field duties assignments himself from time to time. {{storylink|Uprising (Cloud)|Uprising}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Leap}} {{storylink|Shock (Cloud)|Shock}} {{storylink|Eagerness}} {{storylink|Lightwave}} {{storylink|Metamorphosis (Cloud)|Metamorphosis}}}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}}}}

==Games==
===''Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons''===
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops from the Decepticons, Ironhide could come to Optimus Prime's aid, acting as a bodyguard against Decepticon attacks. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}

===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{voiceactor|[[Russ Veillard]] (English)}}
{{Note|Ironhide is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers G1: Awakening''===
[[File:Gluawakening ironhide.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
Ironhide was among the Autobots who left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], and spent four million years in stasis after it was shot down over Earth by the Decepticons. As one of the more badly injured, he was placed in [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] until the Autobots had gathered enough energon to revive him. He was well enough to take part in a battle when the Autobots saved [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] from a bunch of Decepticons, and took part in the defense of the Ark when the Decepticons attempted to assault it. {{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
When Megatron challenged Optimus Prime to a duel, Ironhide was one of the few Autobots left at HQ to defend it from an attack by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. Taking command, he attempted to organize the defense, but they were no match for the Decepticon team. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War - Part 1}}

When the Decepticons discovered a pool of [[Electrum]] and plotted to use this new discovery to annihilate the Autobots, Ironhide and the rest of Optimus's forces sneakily located the lagoon themselves and coated themselves with the substance. In the end, they Autobots forced the Decepticons to retreat, but the miraculous Electrum lagoon was destroyed. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (Legends)|The Golden Lagoon}}

Ironhide took part in the defense of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] during a Decepticon assault, but was unable to prevent their advance. {{storylink|One Shall Fall...}} He had better luck during an assault by [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] — he and [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] managed to retrieve [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]] and fight their way through the Decepticon ranks to get Metroplex back on his feet. {{storylink|Monstrosity}}
===Transformers: Battle Tactics===
[[File:5autobotsinbattletactics.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Hi, I turn into [[Combiner | a leg or arm]].]]
{{note|Ironhide is only shown in an image.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
{{main|Ironhide (G1)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Ironhide (G1)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
*[[Bob Budiansky]] named Ironhide after the TV detective show, ''[[Wikipedia: Ironside (TV series)|Ironside]]'', whose titular protagonist was also a grizzled veteran of his profession.<ref>[http://moonbase2.libsyn.com/the-moonbase-2-podcast-interviews-bob-budiansky- Moonbase 2 podcast interview with Bob Budiansky]</ref>
*A 1986 [[Panini]] stickerbook sold in Belgium and the Netherlands gave Ironhide the alternate French language name "Ferro Métal". Whether this name was used in any other media made for French-speaking regions is unknown.
*While ''Cloud'' Ironhide doesn't appear in any illustrations, a [https://twitter.com/gikogakodo/status/537809990669451264 photo] of the ''Cloud'' Autobots together by writer [[Makoto Wakabayashi]] shows him as the [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|''Henkei! Henkei!'' Ironhide]] toy.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ironhide''' (アイアンハイド ''Aianhaido'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''Tei-Paid''' (鐵皮, "Iron Skin", "Iron Hide")
*''French:'' '''Rhino''' (Canada)
*''Hebrew:'' '''Ór Pladá''' (עור פלדה, "Steel Hide")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Acélfej''' ("Steel-head"), '''Vasököl''' (Movie, "Ironfist")
*''Italian:'' '''Falco''' ("Hawk")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Zàng Tiě''' (Taiwan, 藏鐵, "Hiding Iron"), '''Tiěpí''' (China, 鐵皮, "Iron Skin")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Couraça''' (Brazil comics, "Hide"), '''Arma-de-Ferro''' (Portugal comics, "Iron Weapon")
*''Russian:'' '''Bronevik''' (Броневик, "Armored Car")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Zaliznyak''' (Залізняк, "Ironer")

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Ironhide Ironhide's Universe profile at NTFA.net]
* [http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/shop/shopdetail.html?brandcode=034000000005&search=%A5%A2%A5%A4%A5%A2%A5%F3%A5%CF%A5%A4%A5%C9 e-Hobby's page for Black Protect Ironhide]

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Ironhide (G1)

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:''Ironhide is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Ironhideg1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Properly pronounced "Arn-hahhhd".]]
'''Ironhide''' is one of the oldest and toughest Autobots, and has been on [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s team for a long time. "They don't make them like they used to" is an apt description of Ironhide—he's yesterday's model, but he's built to last.

Gruff and ornery, he prefers actions to words, and dislikes talk for talk's sake. (He wouldn't enjoy being paired up with [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]].) But though he may be rough around the edges, he's still optimistic and upbeat. The upside to being through more than your share of trouble means trouble ain't so big a scare anymore.

Ironhide's most distinctive ability is the [[water gun]], a weapon which can generate and shoot a liquid of virtually any type. Liquid nitrogen is historically a favorite, but there have been acids, mortar, and more.

His vehicle mode sometimes splits into his robot and a [[Onebox component|separate component]].

{{quote|When are we gonna start bustin' Deceptichops?|Ironhide's version of diplomacy|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Ironhideg1firstappearance.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|HAY GUYS CAN I HAVE A CHARACTER MODEL PLEASE KTHANX]]
Four million years ago, when the war was still young, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] fought an uphill battle against the Decepticons. Ironhide was beside him when Optimus Prime, despite being wounded, refused to raise the white flag, and due to their courage, the tide of the war was turned. {{storylink|Surrender!}}

Ironhide was chosen to join the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] mission to save Cybertron from an asteroid belt—a mission that saw him stranded on [[Earth]] for four million years. Upon reactivation in [[1984]], Ironhide immediately began bickering with [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}}

[[File:Ironhidehufferlaststand.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Phew. There we go.]]
This rivalry continued when it was discovered that the [[human]] [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] had created useable fuel for the Decepticons during his kidnapping. Huffer demanded Sparkplug pay for his treason, while Ironhide suggested sympathy. However, this argument only provided a distraction for Sparkplug and his son, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] to escape; this attempt was aborted when Sparkplug suffered a heart attack. Soon, the Decepticons, fully refueled, came for the Ark, and Ironhide was one of just five Autobots selected to fight the invasion, using pooled fuel from his comrades. Their near-victory was robbed from them when [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] arrived, surprising everyone, and blasted the surviving Autobots into spare parts. {{storylink|The Last Stand}}

Ironhide 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, returned to the Ark in secret to see this for himself; indeed, Ironhide and the others still hung deactivated. {{storylink|Warrior School!}} Ratchet managed to re-secure the Ark, and Ironhide was subsequently rebuilt. {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}} Ironhide would be one of the first Autobots to battle the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] when his team attempted to destroy a transmission from [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] to his Decepticon comrades back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}} Ironhide also suffered damage at the hands of a Decepticon-controlled Optimus Prime body shortly before their fallen leader was restored to them. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

[[File:Ironhidetarget2006.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|When Ironhide's in charge, he nominates Megatron to take over. Scary, huh?]]
''Once repaired, he worked alongside [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] in the Dinobot Hunt, initially distrusting and clashing with him because of his Decepticon origins. He learnt to trust him during the mission.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}} ''He at one point broke protocol to single-handedly break a [[Greater glory terrorists|terrorist]] siege in [[Los Angeles]], only to become frustrated when the police almost ruined it.'' {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}} ''Later on, he would be dispatched as a bodyguard for [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] to prevent any reprisal attacks from the Decepticons—he had a more successful rematch against the Constructicons, and was also happily introduced to the wonders of demolition derbies.'' {{storylink|Devastation Derby!}}

''When the time-travelling [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] arrived in [[1986]] and Optimus Prime, Ratchet, and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] were both lost in [[Limbo]], Ironhide was one of the Autobots who battled the Decepticon. It went so poorly that the beaten and humiliated Ironhide was desperate enough to salvage the similarly-defeated [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and Soundwave to temporarily take command of the Autobots.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

Ironhide would go on to fight against [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s forces on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] shortly before the crews of the Ark and the ''Steelhaven'' joined under one banner. {{storylink|Totaled!}} ''He was also briefly seen fighting alongside the Transformers of two eras against Galvatron during the Time Wars.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

[[File:Grimlockwasthatwise.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|This is the ''punchline''. Get it?]]
Although not explicitly named as being among those who were taken offline by the [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], Ironhide probably fell victim to this fate since, when he was next heard from, he was offline in a stasis aboard the Ark. In [[1990]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] revived him and all the other invalid Autobots with [[Nucleon]] in time to participate in the climactic battle with [[Unicron]] on Cybertron. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} Shortly after the planet-eater's destruction, Ironhide was seen loading supplies onto one of the ships the Autobots were about to use to depart Cybertron. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}}
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=====Earthforce=====
{{earthforcefiction}}
While in stasis aboard the Ark, Ironhide was hacked into by an alternate [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]], who was looking for potential soldiers with dark sides he could corrupt. As a result, Ironhide was reactivated and helped stop Galvatron. {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}} He went on to be a founding member of [[Earthforce]], fighting against Megatron and Shockwave's rival Decepticon armies. {{storylink|Break-Away!}}

In his first mission, alongside [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]], he used his knowledge of Decepticon [[automated defence ring]]s and riddles to get into a Decepticon facility and end their attempts at creating a new [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Desert Island Risks!}} Later, he was present at the Decepticon [[Enclave]], and came up with a devious plan to stop Megatron & Shockwave from uniting their two factions. Knocking out [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]] and using him as a patsy, Ironhide and the other Autobots faked a sniper attack on Megatron, prompting the Decepticons to shoot back at the rock cropping where they were hiding. The Autobots then dropped Headstrong off the ledge as if he'd been hit, framing him and Shockwave's army for trying to assassinate Megatron. The Enclave quickly turned into a [[Ruckus (G1)|ruckus]]. A [[Brawl (G1)|brawl]]. A [[Mixmaster (G1)|mixmas]]—no, wait. That one doesn't work. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}}

Ironhide also joined Earthforce and the [[Survivors]] in taking down the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]]. {{storylink|Where Wolf?}} While fighting to protect Starscream from Decepticon assassins, in order to get a systems boost for [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]'s fading health, Ironhide had to fight against Megatron. He took several hits from the [[fusion cannon]], going down and leaving the fight to the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. {{storylink|The Lesser Evil!}} Perhaps looking to sharpen his skills, Ironhide was next seen working out with Jazz in the Combat Room against a robot drone. {{storylink|Front Line! (issue)|Front Line!}}

=====Another Time & Place=====
Ironhide was part of a commando unit sent to [[Hydrus Four]] after the Dinobots. He and a small group of Autobots surprised [[Fangry]] and tore him limb from limb. {{storylink|Another Time & Place}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Power Play!}} {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}} {{storylink|Decepticon Dam-Busters!}} {{storylink|Brainstorm!}} {{storylink|Crisis of Command!}} {{storylink|The Icarus Theory}} {{storylink|...The Harder They Die!}} {{storylink|Resurrection!}} {{storylink|Once upon a Time...}} {{storylink|The House that Wheeljack Built!}} {{storylink|External Forces!}} {{storylink|The Quest!}} {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}}}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
When Optimus Prime and Grimlock discovered the threat of the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]], they called in Autobots scattered across the galaxy, including Ironhide. And, when Grimlock chose to disobey Prime's directives and make a tactical first strike against [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s ships, Ironhide went with him. They were quickly found out and captured, though, leaving it to Optimus to bail them out of trouble. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}}

Later, when Prime had the brilliant idea that Megatron would be willing to "just talk" after laying waste to much of the planet Earth, Ironhide joined the rescue party Grimlock threw together to bail him out. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} He was also involved in the defense of [[Ethos]] against the [[Ethos raiding party|Cybertronians]]. Ironhide took several shots to the chest while protecting that world. {{storylink|Escalation!}}

====''Classics''====
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Ironhide came to Earth, along with [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], to bolster Optimus Prime's forces as Megatron began reassembling his army. Ironhide was seen defending a human settlement from the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] as Megatron and the captive Ratchet watched on. {{storylink|At Fight's End}}

Ironhide was aboard the ''[[Graviton (Classics)|Graviton]]'' when it was pulled into the [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon]] universe and deposited near that universe's prehistoric [[Earth]]. After being shot down by the ''[[Talon (Classics)|Talon]]'', the Autobots adopted organic alternate modes to avoid the ambient [[Energon radiation]], and though Ironhide wasn't keen on the idea, he took the form of an [[elephant]]. {{storylink|Shattered Time}} On discovering that three [[stasis pod]]s were missing from the ship, the Autobots set out to find them, but after suffering a Decepticon attack on the way, they arrived to find [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] had already activated them as Decepticons. Prowl, Silverbolt and Ironhide were blasted by [[Autojetter]], and it was only the arrival of [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s subsequent recovery that saved them. {{storylink|Shattered Expectations (BWSG)|Shattered Expectations}}

The Autobots retreated across a rock bridge, and watched as Magnus faced off against Megatron, dealing their foe a temporary defeat. Back at the ''Graviton'', Depth Charge gave the "Maximals" more of an explanation regarding his presence, though it gave Ironhide a bit of a headache. {{storylink|Shattered Paths}} When they located their missing energy purifier, the Maximals went out to fetch it. Despite the new ability of Ironhide, Prowl and Silverbolt to merge into [[Magnaboss]], they were trounced by [[God Neptune (BWSG)|God Neptune]]. {{storylink|Shattered Hope}} Returning to the ship, the Maximals fueled up before joining Depth Charge, who had located the Matrix he was seeking. The Maximals kept a security system occupied long enough for Magnus to retrieve the Matrix in question, however a short time later they were confronted by Megatron piloting a giant mech. {{storylink|Shattered Balance}} Ironhide again took part in merging into Magnaboss, but the combiner was soundly defeated by Megatron's [[Gigastorm Armor]]. The Maximals were moments later pulled into a dimensional rift created by Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Shattered Destiny}}

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====''Regeneration One''====
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Ironhide was part of the Autobot detachment that Optimus Prime took with him to confront Megatron on a devastated Earth in [[2012]]. While the two leaders clashed, Ironhide and the others battled Megatron's [[zombie]] army of "Ex-Bots". {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5|Loose Ends #5}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
[[File:Mtmte1 ironhide mans laser.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.2|Ironhide firing the gun at the side of the [[Ark (G1)|ship]] that magically fired straight in front of the ship.]]
{{main|Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}

Ironhide was part of the bridge crew of the [[Ark (G1)|Autobots' spacecraft]] when it embarked on its fateful voyage to seek out new sources of energy beyond [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] four million years ago and its crash on [[Earth]]. He was reactivated in 1984, Becoming a member of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime's]] Autobots, playing a key role in stopping many of the Decepticon's plots on Earth. He even came back from retirement!

Sadly, his luck came to and end when in 2005, the [[Decepticons]] boarded his shuttle en route to [[Autobot City]]. Even the old timer could not stand up when severely outnumbered, as all of his crewmates were killed, and he was executed by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] from point blank range.

In some other cartoons and comics, he came back from the dead (maybe).

===Marvel Storybooks continuity===
Ironhide was one of the thrity-five Autobots rebuilt on Earth in the form of a terrestrial vehicle. Along with Hound, Windcharger and Optimus, Ironhide once cheered so loudly that it almost made a volcano erupt. Later, he was a participant in a fight that ensued between the Autobts and the Decepticons when Megatron attempted to take millions of humans hostage in order to demand Earth's unconditional surrender to the Decepticons. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Autobots' Secret Weapon}}}}
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===Marvel coloring books===
Wither Ironhide or Ratchet helped the Autobots in protecting Hoover Dam from the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Deadly Fuel Shortage}}

Ironhide was part of the Autobot convoy that followed Optimus Prime into battle when it was discovered that the Decepticons were using a [[molecular transfer device]] to steal fuel from all around the globe. After the encountered Decepticon opposition en-route, Ironhide volunteered to donate some of his fuel to the more energy-efficient Autobots so that they continue fighting without him. The Autobots utlimately succeeded in turning the Decepticons' device against them, and returned the stolen fuel to its rightful owners. {{storylink|Summertime Coloring Book}}

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

===Ladybird Books continuity===
While stretching his suspension, Ironhide inadvertently picked up a radio contact of Decepticons in flight, and reported it to Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Megatron's Fight for Power}}

Ironhide volunteered for grocery trip duties with Spike and Sparkplug Witwicky. Apparently, the two humans ate so much it put a strain on Ironhide's suspension. {{storylink|Autobots Fight Back}}

Ironhide was part of a battle unit assembled by Optimus Prime to stop the Decepticons from seizing control of...a single windmill. (No, really.) {{storylink|Laserbeak's Fury}}

===''Find Your Fate Junior''===
{{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.}}
====Attack of the Insecticons====
Ironhide was in the process of completing a trial-run with [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]'s newest invention, the [[Sun-Pak]], when the Decepticons attacked the Autobots' secret underground testing track. The ensuing fight between the two factions was skewed in favour of the Decepticons, forcing the Autobots into a series of difficult choices. In the subsequent possible scenarios, Ironhide was more in favour of bargaining with the Decepticons for the Autobots' lives, and ran into difficulties in keeping the Sun-Pak out of Decepticon hands. {{storylink|Attack of the Insecticons}}

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

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

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

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

In yet another possible scenario, Optimus opted to use the tainted fuel as a weapon against an encroaching Decepticon squadron. The plan went off without a hitch, and the Autobots celebrated another victory over the Decepticons.

In a completely different scenario, Optimus decided to go on the offensive and strike back at the Decepticons after they had poisoned a good number of Autobots. Prowl quickly pointed out that the mission required brains, not muscles, pointing to Ironhide. Optimus agreed, and Ironhide could only grumble while Prowl smirked. Prick.

In one possible scenario that followed, Optimus and his squadron returned to base with the antidote and cured the poisoned Autobots. The Autobots then proceeded to stop the Decepticons in their latest plot: to poison the nearby water supply.

If Optimus led his troops back to the Decepticons’ poison lab, Ironhide was amongst the Autobot convoy that drove into action. Upon seeing the Decepticons hauling out drums of poison, Ironhide suggested the Autobots go in strong and attack them directly.

If Optimus went along with Ironhide’s plan, Ironhide, Brawn, Twin Twist and Hound were called forth by Optimus to gun down the laboratory. The laboratory then caved in on itself, signalling an Autobot victory. {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}

====Autobot Alert!====
Ironhide was present at the Autobot city of Metroplex when an Autobot Alert sounded.

He and the other Autobots learned of two Decepticon plots simultaneously occurring. One of which was the theft of a coded message meant for Ultra Magnus’s eyes only. If Ultra Magnus decided to prioritize theft of the coded message, Ironhide was part of the captive audience that listened to Kup divulge information about an ancient Autobot formula. Ironhide took off towards the Autobots’ desert research centre along with a number of other Autobots. Once there, they learned from Springer that the Cybertite sphere containing the formula was discovered by humans during the 16th century. If the Decepticons had decoded Springer's message, they would be searching off the coast of California, where the ship containing the sphere had sunk. If they hadn’t decoded the message, the Decepticons would still be digging in the nearby crater.

If Ultra Magnus decided to assume that the Decepticons had already decrypted the message, he ordered his forces to split up to more efficiently address the situation. Ironhide was part of the main group of Autobot forces led by Ultra Magnus towards the California coast. Arriving at the scene, Ultra Magnus’s troops were informed by Powerglide (who had flown ahead of the land-bound group) that he had discovered the location of the sunken ship containing the cybertite sphere. Simultaneously, Blurr caught up with the group to inform them that the Decepticons were quickly approaching. The Autobots then needed to decide whether they would raise the ship themselves, or try and ambush the Decepticons after they had done so.

If Ultra Magnus decided to have his Autobots hide while the Decepticons raised the ship, Ironhide found himself in a cave with Brawn and and Grapple. The three Autobots spied Devastator retrieving the sunken ship from the water, and decided that the three of them would snatch the sphere away from the Decepticons.

If Ironhide and his team executed their plan before any other Autobots, they had Grapple reel the ship away from the Decepticons with his crane hook, while Ironhide and Brawn attempted to defend their position. The Decepticons destroyed both the ship and the cybertite sphere contained within, and then began pummelling the Autobots with their superior firepower. Trapped in their caves, the Autobts were left at the Decepticons’ mercy. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}

===''Transformers in 3-D''===
[[File:TFin3D2 Ironhide rips through wall.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|There's a door just to your left, Ironhide.]]
When a distress call from [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] reached [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Ironhide set off to find out why the small Autobot was so far from his assigned area. This lead him to the planet [[Andellor]], to which Cosmos had traveled in search of the [[Prism of Power]]. Ironhide first managed to dispatch [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] without breaking a sweat, before he, Cosmos, and the five children who needed the Prism, encountered [[Grogg]], guardian of the ancient artifact. Though Ironhide pleaded with Grogg that they needed the Prism, Grogg insisted they answer his riddle or die. After one of the children answered the riddle, Ironhide returned with Cosmos and the children to the [[S.S. Exton 9]] space station and defeated [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] in battle. {{storylink|Transformers in 3-D issue 2|Transformers in 3-D #2}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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[[File:Skidswheeljackgrimlockkupironhidetww.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|BOX! Oh wait, [[Wheeljack (G1) | wrong page]].]]

Before the war, Ironhide was a construction engineer, working on the bridges that connected cybertron's city states.
When war broke out, he joined [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s commando unit, along with [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], when they attempted to defend [[Altihex]] against the Decepticons. Though Altihex was lost, the unit survived to attend [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s inauguration. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}} He took part in the preparations for the evacuation of Cybertron at the [[Central Spaceport]], despite expressing his disagreement to [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] about the new Prime's decision. The pair subsequently observed Grimlock's even greater dissatisfaction and the Dinobot stormed off. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} During a Decepticon attack, he and the rest of the unit met Grimlock on the [[Tri-Torus Loop]], only to be surprised by Grimlock's decision to leave [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] to the foe. Instead they traveled to the crater of the [[Forum of Enlightenment]] to look for Optimus. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}}

Underground, Ironhide's sensors led the group to find the [[Planetary engine|planetary turbines]]. Grimlock ordered him, Kup and Wheeljack to shut it down. The trio listened in on [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s plans, but were discovered by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} Ironhide and Kup worked to fight the Constructicons off, becoming pinned down until Grimlock arrived to lend a hand with Optimus. They kept the Decepticons distracted long enough for Wheeljack to take out the planetary engines. Though Ironhide expected Optimus to resume the evacuation, Prime announced they were staying. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

After Prime was lost through a space bridge, and the Cybertronians fell into even more factions, Ironhide became a part of Grimlock's [[Lightning Strike Coalition]]. During an attempt by Starscream's forces to seize a couple of transporters full of energon, Ironhide and Wheeljack were able to board and fly off in the transporters while the rest of the team kept Starscream busy. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}}

He was part of the ''Ark'''s original crew four million years ago, and awoke with the rest of them in 1984. After the crash of the ''[[Ark II]]'', however, Ironhide was among the Transformers secretly acquired by [[Lazarus (G1)|Lazarus]] as a potential weapon of mass destruction for sale. He was tortured and heavily damaged by the Decepticons when they broke Lazarus' control over them, and was unable to immediately aid Prime and the others against Megatron. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}} {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}}

''When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] returned from an alien world with the malevolent [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]] in tow, Ironhide was one of the first Autobots who joined them in the fight against the invaders. The Keepers had taken residence in [[Las Vegas]], Nevada, and a united force of Autobots and Decepticons descended on the city in the hopes of stopping the aliens before the United States government unleashed a nuclear strike. When Optimus Prime used an energon pool to supercharge himself and the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], Ironhide and the other Autobots joined their own energon with Prime to enhance his efforts. Through their combined energies, the nuclear missile was averted and the Keepers were displaced into the Void. {{storylink|Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation}}''

[[File:PassiveAggression-KupIronhidereunite.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Old people ''never'' stop doing it. Now try to get that out of your brain!]]

''After the battle, Optimus Prime was forced by a debt of honor to hand over the Matrix to Megatron, a decision which didn't sit well with many of the Autobots. Ironhide did his best to defend his leader's actions against the likes of [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], but even he had trouble justifying the decision. Ironhide also joined the Autobots in confronting the American military in the Nevada desert, where the President attempted to have them assassinated. The military used [[deconstructionite]]s, reverse-engineered Cybertronian technology in the form of tiny microchips that literally sapped away the Transformers' strength. Ironhide was the first of the Autobots to fall before this assault, and had to be hauled to safety inside Prime's trailer segment. {{storylink|Transformers: Fusion|Fusion}}''

Sometime after Ironhide was repaired, the Autobots again confronted the Decepticons, this time over a mysterious shuttle pod that landed in Northern Canada. [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] got the drop on Ironhide during the fight, riddling his backside with explosive shells. The feisty security agent had to be dragged off the battlefield so that Ratchet could perform the necessary repairs back at base. {{storylink|New World Order}} In the meantime, a force of United Cybertronians arrived on Earth and demanded that Prime and his crew surrender themselves into protective custody, in order to prevent them from rekindling the war which had been over on Cybertron now for centuries. Leaving behind a skeleton crew to watch over Earth, Optimus Prime, Ironhide and the other Autobots allowed [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and his operatives to bring them back to their home planet. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} On Cybertron, Optimus Prime was separated from the other Autobots, and Ironhide's team was covertly brought by [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] to the Autobot resistance. Many Autobots on Cybertron questioned the beneficence of their "commander", [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], and had organized into several insurgency cells. Ironhide and Prowl met with [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]'s unit, who in turn brought them in touch with Optimus and second unit led by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and Kup. Ironhide quickly exchanged greetings (and a few good-natured insults) with his war-buddy Kup. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} With the ''Ark'''s crew at hand, the insurgency took to the streets, fighting back against Shockwave and his "[[Guardian robot|Dark Guardians]]". Ironhide joined [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and Hot Rod on the front lines during the advance. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}

[[File:Prowl Ironhide DWOngoing3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|T, when was the last time

we just looked at the stars?]]

In the days that followed, Ironhide, Prowl and Kup attempted to coordinate things on Cybertron, but gratefully stepped aside once Ultra Magnus had finished his repair cycle. Ironhide was greatly amused when the uncharismatic Prowl attempted to make a public address at [[Central Hall]], only to be bombarded with questions from concerned citizens. Later, he, Prowl and Kup knocked back [[Kremzeek|refreshments]] at the [[Alpha Preserve]] and reflected upon the changing political landscape of Cybertron, and wondered if it would be best for old warriors such as themselves to leave. {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}} With the discovery of a [[Sunstorm (G1)|mysterious cloned Transformer]] possessing the accumulated knowledge of [[Vector Sigma]] heading towards [[Earth]], Prowl decided that the ''Ark'''s old crew had an obligation to return there and defend their second home. Though some such as [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] griped, Ironhide knew that for all of their complaints, they would join the mission anyway. {{storylink|Atonement}} They returned to Earth and began construction of a new Autobot base of operations: [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' continuity===
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Many years after the Ark had crashed on Earth, the human terrorist organization [[Cobra]] discovered it and its dormant crew. The Transformers were reprogrammed to be under Cobra's control and given new alternate modes, with Ironhide, Ratchet and Optimus Prime now turning into [[HISS tank]]s. Along with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], the three Autobots were forced to attack a peace summit in [[Washington, D.C.]] {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1}} The reprogrammed Transformers were eventually freed thanks to [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], and despite Cobra's efforts to regain control of Ironhide, the Autobot got away when Ratchet ripped their control cables out of his head. Along with [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], the two then joined Optimus Prime in fighting back against both the freed Decepticons and Cobra. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}} During the battle, Ironhide didn't do much but liken the density of Decepticons on [[Cobra Island]] to that of [[astro tick]]s on [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s behind. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}}

After defeating the Decepticons on Earth, the Autobots returned to Cybertron, which [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] had conquered in their absence. With the Autobots reduced to a small resistance band, Ironhide helped Optimus Prime and Jazz steal a pile of [[energon cube]]s from the Decepticons. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}} He was understandably surprised when his two friends suddenly disappeared in a flash of light. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}}

Much later, when Optimus Prime was captured by [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]], Ironhide joined a team of Autobots who were waiting for a chance to free him. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}} When Serpent O.R.'s hostages were freed and [[G.I. Joe (team)|reinforcements]] arrived from Earth, the team attacked and ultimately defeated the Decepticon army. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}
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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
Along with the other Autobots, Iron Hide {{sic}} lay deactivated among the [[Fera Islands]] for four million years, until one day in [[1939]] when [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] arrived on the archipelago to defeat [[Cobra]]. [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] accidentally activated the Autobots' [[Sky Spy|repair drone]], which awakened the Autobots and reformatted them, starting with Iron Hide, who was given the form of a human tank. The spooked humans opened fire on the metal giant, but their bullets merely bounced off, and Iron Hide politely asked them to cut it out before the ricochets hurt anyone. After things had settled down, Iron Hide supported the idea of the Autobots helping G.I. Joe, as he needed some workout after that little nap they took. {{storylink|Transformed}}

On behalf of [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], Iron Hide later asked [[Scarlett]] what she was brooding about. The human cryptically said that someone important was missing, but wouldn't explain [[Snake-Eyes|who]]. Shortly afterwards, Iron Hide was shipped out on a barge to attack the [[Terrordrome]] along with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]. {{storylink|Trenches}} During the ensuing battle, he punched out [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and offered to help [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] in his duel with [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], but it turned out Grimlock didn't need any help. Iron Hide presumably perished when the life-giving [[Matrix of Leadership]] was shattered in order to stop [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

{{note|But apparently he was intended to [[Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front|get better]] if Dreamwave hadn't folded.}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
When a badly-damaged Starscream was brought to the Ark, Ironhide agreed with Jazz that it was probably a trap. When Starscream turned out to be amnesiac and amenable to the Autobot cause, Ironhide and Cliffjumper were assigned to him as escorts, just in case. Ironhide would later join Optimus in shielding Starscream from the Decepticons, when they turned up to retrieve their comrade, noting that as Starscream was weaponless, it would hardly seem fair to not protect him. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

===''The Beast Within''===
Ironhide participated in a savage battle against the Decepticons, though he did not fare too well, and got tossed around like a ragdoll by Megatron. He later looked on in horror as the Dinobots merged into [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]] and began rampaging across the battlefield. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

Later, Ironhide was carried inside Optimus Prime’s trailer as the Autobots attempted to outrun The Beast. Ironhide successfully managed to get through to Jetfire, who picked up all of the passengers within Prime’s trailer, save Skids, who was killed moments before Jetfire managed to show up. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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An early Autobot and one of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s teachers, Ironhide ended up as part of [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]]'s counter-infiltration unit on Earth. There, he aided [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]], [[Verity Carlo]] and [[Jimmy Pink]] in trying to discover what happened had happened to the missing [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], and almost ended up killed from an explosion while saving the two humans with his [[holomatter]] avatar, leading to a merry chase for [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)#IDW Generation 1 continuity|Wheeljack]] to recover him against [[Machination]]'s [[Sunstreaker clone|Headmasters]].

After the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], he was part of a group of Autobots trapped on Earth, where he took a [[Skywatch]] shot meant for Hot Rod, and died...

...but not for long. Reborn one year later, albeit missing four million years of memories, on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] through the machinations of [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], he was left to finish off the [[Insecticon swarm]] infesting the planet with a crippled Sunstreaker until Hot Rod (now calling himself "Rodimus") and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] recovered them. Reunited with the Autobots in time for Cybertron's rebirth, he had a vision of a peaceful time centuries in the future, which influenced him until it was apparently proven wrong with the destruction of [[Gorlam Prime]], sending him into a deep depression for some time.

 

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===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
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Ironhide served on the [[Maximal Imperium]], alongside [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]. Leadership seemed to have robbed him of a bit of his gusto, although according to [[Big Convoy (BWN)|Big Convoy]] he was 'right honorable'. Ironhide, Prowl and Silverbolt sent [[Ikard]] to request a report from Big Convoy, but he refused, citing his need to investigate the [[Angolmois]]-fueled murders. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}
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===''Hearts of Steel''===
Ironhide was part of the Autobot forces who fought the Decepticons on Earth in the distant past until an incoming ice age threatened to deactivate them all. Both sides went into hiding underground, remaining in stasis until the 1860's, at which point they were accidentally awakened by [[human]]s. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}} As they resumed their war with the Decepticons, Ironhide and the others took on train modes and allied themselves with [[John Henry]] in order to pursue the [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3|Hearts of Steel #3}} Ironhide was the second car in the Autobot train, an artillery boxcar with his name on it. When [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] began to attack the Autobot train from above, he partially transformed to [[robot mode]] in order to shoot him down. After the Decepticons were defeated, the Autobots went back to sleep underground. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 4|Hearts of Steel #4}}

By [[1888]], Ironhide had gotten involved with humanity again, hiding on the [[USS Miskatonic|USS ''Miskatonic'']] in the form of an gun turret. On the way to [[Ireland]] the ship was attacked by a tentacled monster from underneath the waves, forcing Ironhide to abandon it and report to the other Autobots. A week later at [[Port Cenotaph]], he ran into [[fish people|additional creatures]] and [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]], who revealed that he and the Decepticons were now following the [[Elder God]]s instead of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Ironhide tried to fight the empowered Decepticon, but was overcome by his eldritch tentacles. {{storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 1|Infestation 2: The Transformers #1}} As a servant of the Elder Gods, Ironhide stood guard at Port Cenotaph with the Decepticons, protecting it against an international fleet when they came to investigate the disappearance of multiple ships. Ironhide was freed from the Elder Gods' control when [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Hearts of Steel|Optimus Prime]] injured the attending Elder God enough to force it back into the depths of the ocean. {{storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 2|Infestation 2: The Transformers #2}}{{storylink|Infestation 2 issue 1|Infestation 2 #1}}

===Descent into Evil===
[[File:Ratchetironhidedescent.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Amazingly not dead.]]
Ironhide was severely injured during a battle on [[Moon Base Four]], but Optimus Prime used his [[Reconfiguration Matrix]] to create a new body for his old friend. {{storylink|Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide's ''Timelines'' toy bio}}

Years after the Autobot-Decepticon Wars ended, Ironhide and five other Autobots were sent to [[Ceti Alpha Seven]] to destroy General [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] clone lab and stop his planned Decepticon uprising. After a team of four (consisting of [[Outback (G1)|Fallback]], [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], [[Flareup (G1)|Flareup]], and [[Ricochet (Timelines)|Ricochet]]) failed, Ironhide and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] followed to help. After battling swarms of [[Virulent Clone]]s and [[Buzzclaw (G1)|Buzzclaw]], they finally met up with Deathsaurus himself. Ironhide stayed to fight the general, and Ratchet separated to find their fallen friends. However, Ironhide was shot in the back by [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]] and he went into stasis lock. Ironhide woke up restrained inside Deathsaurus' lab with Ratchet, while Deathsaurus appeared to them on a monitor and told them he planned to destroy the lab by remote. Before the lab could detonate, Ricochet snuck in and freed them, allowing them to gather their fallen and escape. {{storylink|Descent into Evil}}
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===''Encore'' toy bio===
Ironhide acquired a new protective black coating to disguise himself from both Decepticons and members of the [[human]] criminal underworld, to better allow him to do his job as Optimus Prime's bodyguard. The other Autobots joke that he looks like a stereotypical "Men in Black" vehicle, but Ironhide insists he got the idea from black pickups trucks he saw around town. The coating, a composite gel metal, has made his trithyllium steel skin even more durable, allowing him to self-repair minor injuries right away, and his robot and mobile artillery forms are now 25% more maneuverable than before. {{storylink|Ironhide (G1)/toys#black|'Protect Black Ironhide' toy bio}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in comic===
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Ironhide, [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] tracked [[Nightstick (Cyclonus)|Nightstick]] to a volcanic region of the planet where [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] was about to unveil the awe-inspiring [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Engaging the jets in battle, Ironhide and the Autobots successfully blocked the lava pool Galvatron was too emerge from. Their satisfaction turned to horror, however, when Galvatron blasted free from the rubble anyhow. Luckily, Galvatron was not a morning person, and was more interested in berating Cyclonus and Starscream for interrupting his nap than attacking the Autobots. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 9|Henkei! Henkei! #9}}

Ironhide was taking a pounding from the uncharacteristically-aggressive [[Octane (G1)|Octane]] when Mirage stepped in, meutralizing the 'Con before he was even aware of the invisible Autobot's presence. Both Ironhide and Mirage were shocked when Octane continued moving despite having his circuits disrupted, and were downright beside themselves when the ghost of Starscream emerged from within the [[Triple Changer]]. {{storylink|Mirage's Rebirth}}

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===''Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun'' manga===
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===''Transformers United''===
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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
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{{storylink|Another Episode, Part 2}} {{storylink|The Fated Rival, Once Again...}} {{storylink|To Earth}} {{storylink|Plans of the Emperor of Destruction}} {{storylink|Revenge (All Spark)}} {{storylink|The False Power}} {{storylink|Ray of Hope}} {{storylink|Great Aspirations}} {{storylink|Conclusion}}

===''Cloud''===
Ironhide was one of the Autobots of [[Metropolis]], who maintained order throughout the multiverse from [[Cloud World]]. As a surveillance 'bot, Ironhide dispatched [[Bumblebee (Cloud)|Bumblebee]] and other agents to particular Spacetimes in need of care, although he still pushed for field duties assignments himself from time to time. {{storylink|Uprising (Cloud)|Uprising}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Leap}} {{storylink|Shock (Cloud)|Shock}} {{storylink|Eagerness}} {{storylink|Lightwave}} {{storylink|Metamorphosis (Cloud)|Metamorphosis}}}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
{{ongoing}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}}}}

==Games==
===''Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons''===
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops from the Decepticons, Ironhide could come to Optimus Prime's aid, acting as a bodyguard against Decepticon attacks. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}

===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{voiceactor|[[Russ Veillard]] (English)}}
{{Note|Ironhide is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers G1: Awakening''===
[[File:Gluawakening ironhide.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
Ironhide was among the Autobots who left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], and spent four million years in stasis after it was shot down over Earth by the Decepticons. As one of the more badly injured, he was placed in [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] until the Autobots had gathered enough energon to revive him. He was well enough to take part in a battle when the Autobots saved [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] from a bunch of Decepticons, and took part in the defense of the Ark when the Decepticons attempted to assault it. {{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
When Megatron challenged Optimus Prime to a duel, Ironhide was one of the few Autobots left at HQ to defend it from an attack by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. Taking command, he attempted to organize the defense, but they were no match for the Decepticon team. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War - Part 1}}

When the Decepticons discovered a pool of [[Electrum]] and plotted to use this new discovery to annihilate the Autobots, Ironhide and the rest of Optimus's forces sneakily located the lagoon themselves and coated themselves with the substance. In the end, they Autobots forced the Decepticons to retreat, but the miraculous Electrum lagoon was destroyed. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (Legends)|The Golden Lagoon}}

Ironhide took part in the defense of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] during a Decepticon assault, but was unable to prevent their advance. {{storylink|One Shall Fall...}} He had better luck during an assault by [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] — he and [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] managed to retrieve [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]] and fight their way through the Decepticon ranks to get Metroplex back on his feet. {{storylink|Monstrosity}}
===Transformers: Battle Tactics===
[[File:5autobotsinbattletactics.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Hi, I turn into a leg or arm.]]
{{note|Ironhide is only shown in an image.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
{{main|Ironhide (G1)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Ironhide (G1)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
*[[Bob Budiansky]] named Ironhide after the TV detective show, ''[[Wikipedia: Ironside (TV series)|Ironside]]'', whose titular protagonist was also a grizzled veteran of his profession.<ref>[http://moonbase2.libsyn.com/the-moonbase-2-podcast-interviews-bob-budiansky- Moonbase 2 podcast interview with Bob Budiansky]</ref>
*A 1986 [[Panini]] stickerbook sold in Belgium and the Netherlands gave Ironhide the alternate French language name "Ferro Métal". Whether this name was used in any other media made for French-speaking regions is unknown.
*While ''Cloud'' Ironhide doesn't appear in any illustrations, a [https://twitter.com/gikogakodo/status/537809990669451264 photo] of the ''Cloud'' Autobots together by writer [[Makoto Wakabayashi]] shows him as the [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|''Henkei! Henkei!'' Ironhide]] toy.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ironhide''' (アイアンハイド ''Aianhaido'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''Tei-Paid''' (鐵皮, "Iron Skin", "Iron Hide")
*''French:'' '''Rhino''' (Canada)
*''Hebrew:'' '''Ór Pladá''' (עור פלדה, "Steel Hide")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Acélfej''' ("Steel-head"), '''Vasököl''' (Movie, "Ironfist")
*''Italian:'' '''Falco''' ("Hawk")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Zàng Tiě''' (Taiwan, 藏鐵, "Hiding Iron"), '''Tiěpí''' (China, 鐵皮, "Iron Skin")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Couraça''' (Brazil comics, "Hide"), '''Arma-de-Ferro''' (Portugal comics, "Iron Weapon")
*''Russian:'' '''Bronevik''' (Броневик, "Armored Car")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Zaliznyak''' (Залізняк, "Ironer")

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Ironhide Ironhide's Universe profile at NTFA.net]
* [http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/shop/shopdetail.html?brandcode=034000000005&search=%A5%A2%A5%A4%A5%A2%A5%F3%A5%CF%A5%A4%A5%C9 e-Hobby's page for Black Protect Ironhide]

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Ironhide (G1)

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:''Ironhide is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Ironhideg1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Properly pronounced "Arn-hahhhd".]]
'''Ironhide''' is one of the oldest and toughest Autobots, and has been on [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s team for a long time. "They don't make them like they used to" is an apt description of Ironhide—he's yesterday's model, but he's built to last.

Gruff and ornery, he prefers actions to words, and dislikes talk for talk's sake. (He wouldn't enjoy being paired up with [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]].) But though he may be rough around the edges, he's still optimistic and upbeat. The upside to being through more than your share of trouble means trouble ain't so big a scare anymore.

Ironhide's most distinctive ability is the [[water gun]], a weapon which can generate and shoot a liquid of virtually any type. Liquid nitrogen is historically a favorite, but there have been acids, mortar, and more.

His vehicle mode sometimes splits into his robot and a [[Onebox component|separate component]].

{{quote|When are we gonna start bustin' Deceptichops?|Ironhide's version of diplomacy|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Ironhideg1firstappearance.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|HAY GUYS CAN I HAVE A CHARACTER MODEL PLEASE KTHANX]]
Four million years ago, when the war was still young, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] fought an uphill battle against the Decepticons. Ironhide was beside him when Optimus Prime, despite being wounded, refused to raise the white flag, and due to their courage, the tide of the war was turned. {{storylink|Surrender!}}

Ironhide was chosen to join the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] mission to save Cybertron from an asteroid belt—a mission that saw him stranded on [[Earth]] for four million years. Upon reactivation in [[1984]], Ironhide immediately began bickering with [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}}

[[File:Ironhidehufferlaststand.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Phew. There we go.]]
This rivalry continued when it was discovered that the [[human]] [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] had created useable fuel for the Decepticons during his kidnapping. Huffer demanded Sparkplug pay for his treason, while Ironhide suggested sympathy. However, this argument only provided a distraction for Sparkplug and his son, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] to escape; this attempt was aborted when Sparkplug suffered a heart attack. Soon, the Decepticons, fully refueled, came for the Ark, and Ironhide was one of just five Autobots selected to fight the invasion, using pooled fuel from his comrades. Their near-victory was robbed from them when [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] arrived, surprising everyone, and blasted the surviving Autobots into spare parts. {{storylink|The Last Stand}}

Ironhide 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, returned to the Ark in secret to see this for himself; indeed, Ironhide and the others still hung deactivated. {{storylink|Warrior School!}} Ratchet managed to re-secure the Ark, and Ironhide was subsequently rebuilt. {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}} Ironhide would be one of the first Autobots to battle the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] when his team attempted to destroy a transmission from [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] to his Decepticon comrades back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}} Ironhide also suffered damage at the hands of a Decepticon-controlled Optimus Prime body shortly before their fallen leader was restored to them. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

[[File:Ironhidetarget2006.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|When Ironhide's in charge, he nominates Megatron to take over. Scary, huh?]]
''Once repaired, he worked alongside [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] in the Dinobot Hunt, initially distrusting and clashing with him because of his Decepticon origins. He learnt to trust him during the mission.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}} ''He at one point broke protocol to single-handedly break a [[Greater glory terrorists|terrorist]] siege in [[Los Angeles]], only to become frustrated when the police almost ruined it.'' {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}} ''Later on, he would be dispatched as a bodyguard for [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] to prevent any reprisal attacks from the Decepticons—he had a more successful rematch against the Constructicons, and was also happily introduced to the wonders of demolition derbies.'' {{storylink|Devastation Derby!}}

''When the time-travelling [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] arrived in [[1986]] and Optimus Prime, Ratchet, and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] were both lost in [[Limbo]], Ironhide was one of the Autobots who battled the Decepticon. It went so poorly that the beaten and humiliated Ironhide was desperate enough to salvage the similarly-defeated [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and Soundwave to temporarily take command of the Autobots.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

Ironhide would go on to fight against [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s forces on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] shortly before the crews of the Ark and the ''Steelhaven'' joined under one banner. {{storylink|Totaled!}} ''He was also briefly seen fighting alongside the Transformers of two eras against Galvatron during the Time Wars.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

[[File:Grimlockwasthatwise.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|This is the ''punchline''. Get it?]]
Although not explicitly named as being among those who were taken offline by the [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], Ironhide probably fell victim to this fate since, when he was next heard from, he was offline in a stasis aboard the Ark. In [[1990]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] revived him and all the other invalid Autobots with [[Nucleon]] in time to participate in the climactic battle with [[Unicron]] on Cybertron. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} Shortly after the planet-eater's destruction, Ironhide was seen loading supplies onto one of the ships the Autobots were about to use to depart Cybertron. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}}
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=====Earthforce=====
{{earthforcefiction}}
While in stasis aboard the Ark, Ironhide was hacked into by an alternate [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]], who was looking for potential soldiers with dark sides he could corrupt. As a result, Ironhide was reactivated and helped stop Galvatron. {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}} He went on to be a founding member of [[Earthforce]], fighting against Megatron and Shockwave's rival Decepticon armies. {{storylink|Break-Away!}}

In his first mission, alongside [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]], he used his knowledge of Decepticon [[automated defence ring]]s and riddles to get into a Decepticon facility and end their attempts at creating a new [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Desert Island Risks!}} Later, he was present at the Decepticon [[Enclave]], and came up with a devious plan to stop Megatron & Shockwave from uniting their two factions. Knocking out [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]] and using him as a patsy, Ironhide and the other Autobots faked a sniper attack on Megatron, prompting the Decepticons to shoot back at the rock cropping where they were hiding. The Autobots then dropped Headstrong off the ledge as if he'd been hit, framing him and Shockwave's army for trying to assassinate Megatron. The Enclave quickly turned into a [[Ruckus (G1)|ruckus]]. A [[Brawl (G1)|brawl]]. A [[Mixmaster (G1)|mixmas]]—no, wait. That one doesn't work. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}}

Ironhide also joined Earthforce and the [[Survivors]] in taking down the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]]. {{storylink|Where Wolf?}} While fighting to protect Starscream from Decepticon assassins, in order to get a systems boost for [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]'s fading health, Ironhide had to fight against Megatron. He took several hits from the [[fusion cannon]], going down and leaving the fight to the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. {{storylink|The Lesser Evil!}} Perhaps looking to sharpen his skills, Ironhide was next seen working out with Jazz in the Combat Room against a robot drone. {{storylink|Front Line! (issue)|Front Line!}}

=====Another Time & Place=====
Ironhide was part of a commando unit sent to [[Hydrus Four]] after the Dinobots. He and a small group of Autobots surprised [[Fangry]] and tore him limb from limb. {{storylink|Another Time & Place}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Power Play!}} {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}} {{storylink|Decepticon Dam-Busters!}} {{storylink|Brainstorm!}} {{storylink|Crisis of Command!}} {{storylink|The Icarus Theory}} {{storylink|...The Harder They Die!}} {{storylink|Resurrection!}} {{storylink|Once upon a Time...}} {{storylink|The House that Wheeljack Built!}} {{storylink|External Forces!}} {{storylink|The Quest!}} {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}}}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
When Optimus Prime and Grimlock discovered the threat of the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]], they called in Autobots scattered across the galaxy, including Ironhide. And, when Grimlock chose to disobey Prime's directives and make a tactical first strike against [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s ships, Ironhide went with him. They were quickly found out and captured, though, leaving it to Optimus to bail them out of trouble. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}}

Later, when Prime had the brilliant idea that Megatron would be willing to "just talk" after laying waste to much of the planet Earth, Ironhide joined the rescue party Grimlock threw together to bail him out. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} He was also involved in the defense of [[Ethos]] against the [[Ethos raiding party|Cybertronians]]. Ironhide took several shots to the chest while protecting that world. {{storylink|Escalation!}}

====''Classics''====
{{noteclassics}}
Ironhide came to Earth, along with [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], to bolster Optimus Prime's forces as Megatron began reassembling his army. Ironhide was seen defending a human settlement from the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] as Megatron and the captive Ratchet watched on. {{storylink|At Fight's End}}

Ironhide was aboard the ''[[Graviton (Classics)|Graviton]]'' when it was pulled into the [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon]] universe and deposited near that universe's prehistoric [[Earth]]. After being shot down by the ''[[Talon (Classics)|Talon]]'', the Autobots adopted organic alternate modes to avoid the ambient [[Energon radiation]], and though Ironhide wasn't keen on the idea, he took the form of an [[elephant]]. {{storylink|Shattered Time}} On discovering that three [[stasis pod]]s were missing from the ship, the Autobots set out to find them, but after suffering a Decepticon attack on the way, they arrived to find [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] had already activated them as Decepticons. Prowl, Silverbolt and Ironhide were blasted by [[Autojetter]], and it was only the arrival of [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s subsequent recovery that saved them. {{storylink|Shattered Expectations (BWSG)|Shattered Expectations}}

The Autobots retreated across a rock bridge, and watched as Magnus faced off against Megatron, dealing their foe a temporary defeat. Back at the ''Graviton'', Depth Charge gave the "Maximals" more of an explanation regarding his presence, though it gave Ironhide a bit of a headache. {{storylink|Shattered Paths}} When they located their missing energy purifier, the Maximals went out to fetch it. Despite the new ability of Ironhide, Prowl and Silverbolt to merge into [[Magnaboss]], they were trounced by [[God Neptune (BWSG)|God Neptune]]. {{storylink|Shattered Hope}} Returning to the ship, the Maximals fueled up before joining Depth Charge, who had located the Matrix he was seeking. The Maximals kept a security system occupied long enough for Magnus to retrieve the Matrix in question, however a short time later they were confronted by Megatron piloting a giant mech. {{storylink|Shattered Balance}} Ironhide again took part in merging into Magnaboss, but the combiner was soundly defeated by Megatron's [[Gigastorm Armor]]. The Maximals were moments later pulled into a dimensional rift created by Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Shattered Destiny}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Another Light: Falling into Place}}}}

====''Regeneration One''====
{{noteRG1}}
Ironhide was part of the Autobot detachment that Optimus Prime took with him to confront Megatron on a devastated Earth in [[2012]]. While the two leaders clashed, Ironhide and the others battled Megatron's [[zombie]] army of "Ex-Bots". {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5|Loose Ends #5}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
[[File:Mtmte1 ironhide mans laser.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.2|Ironhide firing the gun at the side of the [[Ark (G1)|ship]] that magically fired straight in front of the ship.]]
{{main|Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}

Ironhide was part of the bridge crew of the [[Ark (G1)|Autobots' spacecraft]] when it embarked on its fateful voyage to seek out new sources of energy beyond [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] four million years ago and its crash on [[Earth]]. He was reactivated in 1984, Becoming a member of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime's]] Autobots, playing a key role in stopping many of the Decepticon's plots on Earth. He even came back from retirement!

Sadly, his luck came to and end when in 2005, the [[Decepticons]] boarded his shuttle en route to [[Autobot City]]. Even the old timer could not stand up when severely outnumbered, as all of his crewmates were killed, and he was executed by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] from point blank range.

In some other cartoons and comics, he came back from the dead (maybe).

===Marvel Storybooks continuity===
Ironhide was one of the thrity-five Autobots rebuilt on Earth in the form of a terrestrial vehicle. Along with Hound, Windcharger and Optimus, Ironhide once cheered so loudly that it almost made a volcano erupt. Later, he was a participant in a fight that ensued between the Autobts and the Decepticons when Megatron attempted to take millions of humans hostage in order to demand Earth's unconditional surrender to the Decepticons. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Autobots' Secret Weapon}}}}
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===Marvel coloring books===
Wither Ironhide or Ratchet helped the Autobots in protecting Hoover Dam from the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Deadly Fuel Shortage}}

Ironhide was part of the Autobot convoy that followed Optimus Prime into battle when it was discovered that the Decepticons were using a [[molecular transfer device]] to steal fuel from all around the globe. After the encountered Decepticon opposition en-route, Ironhide volunteered to donate some of his fuel to the more energy-efficient Autobots so that they continue fighting without him. The Autobots utlimately succeeded in turning the Decepticons' device against them, and returned the stolen fuel to its rightful owners. {{storylink|Summertime Coloring Book}}

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

===Ladybird Books continuity===
While stretching his suspension, Ironhide inadvertently picked up a radio contact of Decepticons in flight, and reported it to Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Megatron's Fight for Power}}

Ironhide volunteered for grocery trip duties with Spike and Sparkplug Witwicky. Apparently, the two humans ate so much it put a strain on Ironhide's suspension. {{storylink|Autobots Fight Back}}

Ironhide was part of a battle unit assembled by Optimus Prime to stop the Decepticons from seizing control of...a single windmill. (No, really.) {{storylink|Laserbeak's Fury}}

===''Find Your Fate Junior''===
{{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.}}
====Attack of the Insecticons====
Ironhide was in the process of completing a trial-run with [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]'s newest invention, the [[Sun-Pak]], when the Decepticons attacked the Autobots' secret underground testing track. The ensuing fight between the two factions was skewed in favour of the Decepticons, forcing the Autobots into a series of difficult choices. In the subsequent possible scenarios, Ironhide was more in favour of bargaining with the Decepticons for the Autobots' lives, and ran into difficulties in keeping the Sun-Pak out of Decepticon hands. {{storylink|Attack of the Insecticons}}

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

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

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

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

In yet another possible scenario, Optimus opted to use the tainted fuel as a weapon against an encroaching Decepticon squadron. The plan went off without a hitch, and the Autobots celebrated another victory over the Decepticons.

In a completely different scenario, Optimus decided to go on the offensive and strike back at the Decepticons after they had poisoned a good number of Autobots. Prowl quickly pointed out that the mission required brains, not muscles, pointing to Ironhide. Optimus agreed, and Ironhide could only grumble while Prowl smirked. Prick.

In one possible scenario that followed, Optimus and his squadron returned to base with the antidote and cured the poisoned Autobots. The Autobots then proceeded to stop the Decepticons in their latest plot: to poison the nearby water supply.

If Optimus led his troops back to the Decepticons’ poison lab, Ironhide was amongst the Autobot convoy that drove into action. Upon seeing the Decepticons hauling out drums of poison, Ironhide suggested the Autobots go in strong and attack them directly.

If Optimus went along with Ironhide’s plan, Ironhide, Brawn, Twin Twist and Hound were called forth by Optimus to gun down the laboratory. The laboratory then caved in on itself, signalling an Autobot victory. {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}

====Autobot Alert!====
Ironhide was present at the Autobot city of Metroplex when an Autobot Alert sounded.

He and the other Autobots learned of two Decepticon plots simultaneously occurring. One of which was the theft of a coded message meant for Ultra Magnus’s eyes only. If Ultra Magnus decided to prioritize theft of the coded message, Ironhide was part of the captive audience that listened to Kup divulge information about an ancient Autobot formula. Ironhide took off towards the Autobots’ desert research centre along with a number of other Autobots. Once there, they learned from Springer that the Cybertite sphere containing the formula was discovered by humans during the 16th century. If the Decepticons had decoded Springer's message, they would be searching off the coast of California, where the ship containing the sphere had sunk. If they hadn’t decoded the message, the Decepticons would still be digging in the nearby crater.

If Ultra Magnus decided to assume that the Decepticons had already decrypted the message, he ordered his forces to split up to more efficiently address the situation. Ironhide was part of the main group of Autobot forces led by Ultra Magnus towards the California coast. Arriving at the scene, Ultra Magnus’s troops were informed by Powerglide (who had flown ahead of the land-bound group) that he had discovered the location of the sunken ship containing the cybertite sphere. Simultaneously, Blurr caught up with the group to inform them that the Decepticons were quickly approaching. The Autobots then needed to decide whether they would raise the ship themselves, or try and ambush the Decepticons after they had done so.

If Ultra Magnus decided to have his Autobots hide while the Decepticons raised the ship, Ironhide found himself in a cave with Brawn and and Grapple. The three Autobots spied Devastator retrieving the sunken ship from the water, and decided that the three of them would snatch the sphere away from the Decepticons.

If Ironhide and his team executed their plan before any other Autobots, they had Grapple reel the ship away from the Decepticons with his crane hook, while Ironhide and Brawn attempted to defend their position. The Decepticons destroyed both the ship and the cybertite sphere contained within, and then began pummelling the Autobots with their superior firepower. Trapped in their caves, the Autobts were left at the Decepticons’ mercy. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}

===''Transformers in 3-D''===
[[File:TFin3D2 Ironhide rips through wall.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|There's a door just to your left, Ironhide.]]
When a distress call from [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] reached [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Ironhide set off to find out why the small Autobot was so far from his assigned area. This lead him to the planet [[Andellor]], to which Cosmos had traveled in search of the [[Prism of Power]]. Ironhide first managed to dispatch [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] without breaking a sweat, before he, Cosmos, and the five children who needed the Prism, encountered [[Grogg]], guardian of the ancient artifact. Though Ironhide pleaded with Grogg that they needed the Prism, Grogg insisted they answer his riddle or die. After one of the children answered the riddle, Ironhide returned with Cosmos and the children to the [[S.S. Exton 9]] space station and defeated [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] in battle. {{storylink|Transformers in 3-D issue 2|Transformers in 3-D #2}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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[[File:Skidswheeljackgrimlockkupironhidetww.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|BOX! Oh wait, [[Wheeljack (G1) | wrong page]].]]

Before the war, Ironhide was a construction engineer, working on the bridges that connected cybertron's city states.
When war broke out, he joined [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s commando unit, along with [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], when they attempted to defend [[Altihex]] against the Decepticons. Though Altihex was lost, the unit survived to attend [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s inauguration. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}} He took part in the preparations for the evacuation of Cybertron at the [[Central Spaceport]], despite expressing his disagreement to [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] about the new Prime's decision. The pair subsequently observed Grimlock's even greater dissatisfaction and the Dinobot stormed off. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} During a Decepticon attack, he and the rest of the unit met Grimlock on the [[Tri-Torus Loop]], only to be surprised by Grimlock's decision to leave [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] to the foe. Instead they traveled to the crater of the [[Forum of Enlightenment]] to look for Optimus. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}}

Underground, Ironhide's sensors led the group to find the [[Planetary engine|planetary turbines]]. Grimlock ordered him, Kup and Wheeljack to shut it down. The trio listened in on [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s plans, but were discovered by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} Ironhide and Kup worked to fight the Constructicons off, becoming pinned down until Grimlock arrived to lend a hand with Optimus. They kept the Decepticons distracted long enough for Wheeljack to take out the planetary engines. Though Ironhide expected Optimus to resume the evacuation, Prime announced they were staying. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

After Prime was lost through a space bridge, and the Cybertronians fell into even more factions, Ironhide became a part of Grimlock's [[Lightning Strike Coalition]]. During an attempt by Starscream's forces to seize a couple of transporters full of energon, Ironhide and Wheeljack were able to board and fly off in the transporters while the rest of the team kept Starscream busy. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}}

He was part of the ''Ark'''s original crew four million years ago, and awoke with the rest of them in 1984. After the crash of the ''[[Ark II]]'', however, Ironhide was among the Transformers secretly acquired by [[Lazarus (G1)|Lazarus]] as a potential weapon of mass destruction for sale. He was tortured and heavily damaged by the Decepticons when they broke Lazarus' control over them, and was unable to immediately aid Prime and the others against Megatron. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}} {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}}

''When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] returned from an alien world with the malevolent [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]] in tow, Ironhide was one of the first Autobots who joined them in the fight against the invaders. The Keepers had taken residence in [[Las Vegas]], Nevada, and a united force of Autobots and Decepticons descended on the city in the hopes of stopping the aliens before the United States government unleashed a nuclear strike. When Optimus Prime used an energon pool to supercharge himself and the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], Ironhide and the other Autobots joined their own energon with Prime to enhance his efforts. Through their combined energies, the nuclear missile was averted and the Keepers were displaced into the Void. {{storylink|Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation}}''

[[File:PassiveAggression-KupIronhidereunite.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Old people ''never'' stop doing it. Now try to get that out of your brain!]]

''After the battle, Optimus Prime was forced by a debt of honor to hand over the Matrix to Megatron, a decision which didn't sit well with many of the Autobots. Ironhide did his best to defend his leader's actions against the likes of [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], but even he had trouble justifying the decision. Ironhide also joined the Autobots in confronting the American military in the Nevada desert, where the President attempted to have them assassinated. The military used [[deconstructionite]]s, reverse-engineered Cybertronian technology in the form of tiny microchips that literally sapped away the Transformers' strength. Ironhide was the first of the Autobots to fall before this assault, and had to be hauled to safety inside Prime's trailer segment. {{storylink|Transformers: Fusion|Fusion}}''

Sometime after Ironhide was repaired, the Autobots again confronted the Decepticons, this time over a mysterious shuttle pod that landed in Northern Canada. [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] got the drop on Ironhide during the fight, riddling his backside with explosive shells. The feisty security agent had to be dragged off the battlefield so that Ratchet could perform the necessary repairs back at base. {{storylink|New World Order}} In the meantime, a force of United Cybertronians arrived on Earth and demanded that Prime and his crew surrender themselves into protective custody, in order to prevent them from rekindling the war which had been over on Cybertron now for centuries. Leaving behind a skeleton crew to watch over Earth, Optimus Prime, Ironhide and the other Autobots allowed [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and his operatives to bring them back to their home planet. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} On Cybertron, Optimus Prime was separated from the other Autobots, and Ironhide's team was covertly brought by [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] to the Autobot resistance. Many Autobots on Cybertron questioned the beneficence of their "commander", [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], and had organized into several insurgency cells. Ironhide and Prowl met with [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]'s unit, who in turn brought them in touch with Optimus and second unit led by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and Kup. Ironhide quickly exchanged greetings (and a few good-natured insults) with his war-buddy Kup. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} With the ''Ark'''s crew at hand, the insurgency took to the streets, fighting back against Shockwave and his "[[Guardian robot|Dark Guardians]]". Ironhide joined [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and Hot Rod on the front lines during the advance. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}

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In the days that followed, Ironhide, Prowl and Kup attempted to coordinate things on Cybertron, but gratefully stepped aside once Ultra Magnus had finished his repair cycle. Ironhide was greatly amused when the uncharismatic Prowl attempted to make a public address at [[Central Hall]], only to be bombarded with questions from concerned citizens. Later, he, Prowl and Kup knocked back [[Kremzeek|refreshments]] at the [[Alpha Preserve]] and reflected upon the changing political landscape of Cybertron, and wondered if it would be best for old warriors such as themselves to leave. {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}} With the discovery of a [[Sunstorm (G1)|mysterious cloned Transformer]] possessing the accumulated knowledge of [[Vector Sigma]] heading towards [[Earth]], Prowl decided that the ''Ark'''s old crew had an obligation to return there and defend their second home. Though some such as [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] griped, Ironhide knew that for all of their complaints, they would join the mission anyway. {{storylink|Atonement}} They returned to Earth and began construction of a new Autobot base of operations: [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' continuity===
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Many years after the Ark had crashed on Earth, the human terrorist organization [[Cobra]] discovered it and its dormant crew. The Transformers were reprogrammed to be under Cobra's control and given new alternate modes, with Ironhide, Ratchet and Optimus Prime now turning into [[HISS tank]]s. Along with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], the three Autobots were forced to attack a peace summit in [[Washington, D.C.]] {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1}} The reprogrammed Transformers were eventually freed thanks to [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], and despite Cobra's efforts to regain control of Ironhide, the Autobot got away when Ratchet ripped their control cables out of his head. Along with [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], the two then joined Optimus Prime in fighting back against both the freed Decepticons and Cobra. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}} During the battle, Ironhide didn't do much but liken the density of Decepticons on [[Cobra Island]] to that of [[astro tick]]s on [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s behind. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}}

After defeating the Decepticons on Earth, the Autobots returned to Cybertron, which [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] had conquered in their absence. With the Autobots reduced to a small resistance band, Ironhide helped Optimus Prime and Jazz steal a pile of [[energon cube]]s from the Decepticons. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}} He was understandably surprised when his two friends suddenly disappeared in a flash of light. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}}

Much later, when Optimus Prime was captured by [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]], Ironhide joined a team of Autobots who were waiting for a chance to free him. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}} When Serpent O.R.'s hostages were freed and [[G.I. Joe (team)|reinforcements]] arrived from Earth, the team attacked and ultimately defeated the Decepticon army. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}
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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
Along with the other Autobots, Iron Hide {{sic}} lay deactivated among the [[Fera Islands]] for four million years, until one day in [[1939]] when [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] arrived on the archipelago to defeat [[Cobra]]. [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] accidentally activated the Autobots' [[Sky Spy|repair drone]], which awakened the Autobots and reformatted them, starting with Iron Hide, who was given the form of a human tank. The spooked humans opened fire on the metal giant, but their bullets merely bounced off, and Iron Hide politely asked them to cut it out before the ricochets hurt anyone. After things had settled down, Iron Hide supported the idea of the Autobots helping G.I. Joe, as he needed some workout after that little nap they took. {{storylink|Transformed}}

On behalf of [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], Iron Hide later asked [[Scarlett]] what she was brooding about. The human cryptically said that someone important was missing, but wouldn't explain [[Snake-Eyes|who]]. Shortly afterwards, Iron Hide was shipped out on a barge to attack the [[Terrordrome]] along with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]. {{storylink|Trenches}} During the ensuing battle, he punched out [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and offered to help [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] in his duel with [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], but it turned out Grimlock didn't need any help. Iron Hide presumably perished when the life-giving [[Matrix of Leadership]] was shattered in order to stop [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

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===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
When a badly-damaged Starscream was brought to the Ark, Ironhide agreed with Jazz that it was probably a trap. When Starscream turned out to be amnesiac and amenable to the Autobot cause, Ironhide and Cliffjumper were assigned to him as escorts, just in case. Ironhide would later join Optimus in shielding Starscream from the Decepticons, when they turned up to retrieve their comrade, noting that as Starscream was weaponless, it would hardly seem fair to not protect him. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

===''The Beast Within''===
Ironhide participated in a savage battle against the Decepticons, though he did not fare too well, and got tossed around like a ragdoll by Megatron. He later looked on in horror as the Dinobots merged into [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]] and began rampaging across the battlefield. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

Later, Ironhide was carried inside Optimus Prime’s trailer as the Autobots attempted to outrun The Beast. Ironhide successfully managed to get through to Jetfire, who picked up all of the passengers within Prime’s trailer, save Skids, who was killed moments before Jetfire managed to show up. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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An early Autobot and one of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s teachers, Ironhide ended up as part of [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]]'s counter-infiltration unit on Earth. There, he aided [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]], [[Verity Carlo]] and [[Jimmy Pink]] in trying to discover what happened had happened to the missing [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], and almost ended up killed from an explosion while saving the two humans with his [[holomatter]] avatar, leading to a merry chase for [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)#IDW Generation 1 continuity|Wheeljack]] to recover him against [[Machination]]'s [[Sunstreaker clone|Headmasters]].

After the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], he was part of a group of Autobots trapped on Earth, where he took a [[Skywatch]] shot meant for Hot Rod, and died...

...but not for long. Reborn one year later, albeit missing four million years of memories, on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] through the machinations of [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], he was left to finish off the [[Insecticon swarm]] infesting the planet with a crippled Sunstreaker until Hot Rod (now calling himself "Rodimus") and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] recovered them. Reunited with the Autobots in time for Cybertron's rebirth, he had a vision of a peaceful time centuries in the future, which influenced him until it was apparently proven wrong with the destruction of [[Gorlam Prime]], sending him into a deep depression for some time.

 

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon===
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===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
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Ironhide served on the [[Maximal Imperium]], alongside [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]. Leadership seemed to have robbed him of a bit of his gusto, although according to [[Big Convoy (BWN)|Big Convoy]] he was 'right honorable'. Ironhide, Prowl and Silverbolt sent [[Ikard]] to request a report from Big Convoy, but he refused, citing his need to investigate the [[Angolmois]]-fueled murders. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}
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===''Hearts of Steel''===
Ironhide was part of the Autobot forces who fought the Decepticons on Earth in the distant past until an incoming ice age threatened to deactivate them all. Both sides went into hiding underground, remaining in stasis until the 1860's, at which point they were accidentally awakened by [[human]]s. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}} As they resumed their war with the Decepticons, Ironhide and the others took on train modes and allied themselves with [[John Henry]] in order to pursue the [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3|Hearts of Steel #3}} Ironhide was the second car in the Autobot train, an artillery boxcar with his name on it. When [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] began to attack the Autobot train from above, he partially transformed to [[robot mode]] in order to shoot him down. After the Decepticons were defeated, the Autobots went back to sleep underground. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 4|Hearts of Steel #4}}

By [[1888]], Ironhide had gotten involved with humanity again, hiding on the [[USS Miskatonic|USS ''Miskatonic'']] in the form of an gun turret. On the way to [[Ireland]] the ship was attacked by a tentacled monster from underneath the waves, forcing Ironhide to abandon it and report to the other Autobots. A week later at [[Port Cenotaph]], he ran into [[fish people|additional creatures]] and [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]], who revealed that he and the Decepticons were now following the [[Elder God]]s instead of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Ironhide tried to fight the empowered Decepticon, but was overcome by his eldritch tentacles. {{storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 1|Infestation 2: The Transformers #1}} As a servant of the Elder Gods, Ironhide stood guard at Port Cenotaph with the Decepticons, protecting it against an international fleet when they came to investigate the disappearance of multiple ships. Ironhide was freed from the Elder Gods' control when [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Hearts of Steel|Optimus Prime]] injured the attending Elder God enough to force it back into the depths of the ocean. {{storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 2|Infestation 2: The Transformers #2}}{{storylink|Infestation 2 issue 1|Infestation 2 #1}}

===Descent into Evil===
[[File:Ratchetironhidedescent.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Amazingly not dead.]]
Ironhide was severely injured during a battle on [[Moon Base Four]], but Optimus Prime used his [[Reconfiguration Matrix]] to create a new body for his old friend. {{storylink|Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide's ''Timelines'' toy bio}}

Years after the Autobot-Decepticon Wars ended, Ironhide and five other Autobots were sent to [[Ceti Alpha Seven]] to destroy General [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] clone lab and stop his planned Decepticon uprising. After a team of four (consisting of [[Outback (G1)|Fallback]], [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], [[Flareup (G1)|Flareup]], and [[Ricochet (Timelines)|Ricochet]]) failed, Ironhide and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] followed to help. After battling swarms of [[Virulent Clone]]s and [[Buzzclaw (G1)|Buzzclaw]], they finally met up with Deathsaurus himself. Ironhide stayed to fight the general, and Ratchet separated to find their fallen friends. However, Ironhide was shot in the back by [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]] and he went into stasis lock. Ironhide woke up restrained inside Deathsaurus' lab with Ratchet, while Deathsaurus appeared to them on a monitor and told them he planned to destroy the lab by remote. Before the lab could detonate, Ricochet snuck in and freed them, allowing them to gather their fallen and escape. {{storylink|Descent into Evil}}
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===''Encore'' toy bio===
Ironhide acquired a new protective black coating to disguise himself from both Decepticons and members of the [[human]] criminal underworld, to better allow him to do his job as Optimus Prime's bodyguard. The other Autobots joke that he looks like a stereotypical "Men in Black" vehicle, but Ironhide insists he got the idea from black pickups trucks he saw around town. The coating, a composite gel metal, has made his trithyllium steel skin even more durable, allowing him to self-repair minor injuries right away, and his robot and mobile artillery forms are now 25% more maneuverable than before. {{storylink|Ironhide (G1)/toys#black|'Protect Black Ironhide' toy bio}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in comic===
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Ironhide, [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] tracked [[Nightstick (Cyclonus)|Nightstick]] to a volcanic region of the planet where [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] was about to unveil the awe-inspiring [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Engaging the jets in battle, Ironhide and the Autobots successfully blocked the lava pool Galvatron was too emerge from. Their satisfaction turned to horror, however, when Galvatron blasted free from the rubble anyhow. Luckily, Galvatron was not a morning person, and was more interested in berating Cyclonus and Starscream for interrupting his nap than attacking the Autobots. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 9|Henkei! Henkei! #9}}

Ironhide was taking a pounding from the uncharacteristically-aggressive [[Octane (G1)|Octane]] when Mirage stepped in, meutralizing the 'Con before he was even aware of the invisible Autobot's presence. Both Ironhide and Mirage were shocked when Octane continued moving despite having his circuits disrupted, and were downright beside themselves when the ghost of Starscream emerged from within the [[Triple Changer]]. {{storylink|Mirage's Rebirth}}

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===''Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun'' manga===
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===''Transformers United''===
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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
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{{storylink|Another Episode, Part 2}} {{storylink|The Fated Rival, Once Again...}} {{storylink|To Earth}} {{storylink|Plans of the Emperor of Destruction}} {{storylink|Revenge (All Spark)}} {{storylink|The False Power}} {{storylink|Ray of Hope}} {{storylink|Great Aspirations}} {{storylink|Conclusion}}

===''Cloud''===
Ironhide was one of the Autobots of [[Metropolis]], who maintained order throughout the multiverse from [[Cloud World]]. As a surveillance 'bot, Ironhide dispatched [[Bumblebee (Cloud)|Bumblebee]] and other agents to particular Spacetimes in need of care, although he still pushed for field duties assignments himself from time to time. {{storylink|Uprising (Cloud)|Uprising}}

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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
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==Games==
===''Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons''===
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops from the Decepticons, Ironhide could come to Optimus Prime's aid, acting as a bodyguard against Decepticon attacks. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}

===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{voiceactor|[[Russ Veillard]] (English)}}
{{Note|Ironhide is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers G1: Awakening''===
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Ironhide was among the Autobots who left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], and spent four million years in stasis after it was shot down over Earth by the Decepticons. As one of the more badly injured, he was placed in [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] until the Autobots had gathered enough energon to revive him. He was well enough to take part in a battle when the Autobots saved [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] from a bunch of Decepticons, and took part in the defense of the Ark when the Decepticons attempted to assault it. {{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
When Megatron challenged Optimus Prime to a duel, Ironhide was one of the few Autobots left at HQ to defend it from an attack by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. Taking command, he attempted to organize the defense, but they were no match for the Decepticon team. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War - Part 1}}

When the Decepticons discovered a pool of [[Electrum]] and plotted to use this new discovery to annihilate the Autobots, Ironhide and the rest of Optimus's forces sneakily located the lagoon themselves and coated themselves with the substance. In the end, they Autobots forced the Decepticons to retreat, but the miraculous Electrum lagoon was destroyed. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (Legends)|The Golden Lagoon}}

Ironhide took part in the defense of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] during a Decepticon assault, but was unable to prevent their advance. {{storylink|One Shall Fall...}} He had better luck during an assault by [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] — he and [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] managed to retrieve [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]] and fight their way through the Decepticon ranks to get Metroplex back on his feet. {{storylink|Monstrosity}}
===Transformers: Battle Tactics===
[[File:5autobotsinbattletactics.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Hi, I turn into a leg or arm.]]
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==Toys==
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==Merchandise==
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==Notes==
*[[Bob Budiansky]] named Ironhide after the TV detective show, ''[[Wikipedia: Ironside (TV series)|Ironside]]'', whose titular protagonist was also a grizzled veteran of his profession.<ref>[http://moonbase2.libsyn.com/the-moonbase-2-podcast-interviews-bob-budiansky- Moonbase 2 podcast interview with Bob Budiansky]</ref>
*A 1986 [[Panini]] stickerbook sold in Belgium and the Netherlands gave Ironhide the alternate French language name "Ferro Métal". Whether this name was used in any other media made for French-speaking regions is unknown.
*While ''Cloud'' Ironhide doesn't appear in any illustrations, a [https://twitter.com/gikogakodo/status/537809990669451264 photo] of the ''Cloud'' Autobots together by writer [[Makoto Wakabayashi]] shows him as the [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|''Henkei! Henkei!'' Ironhide]] toy.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ironhide''' (アイアンハイド ''Aianhaido'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''Tei-Paid''' (鐵皮, "Iron Skin", "Iron Hide")
*''French:'' '''Rhino''' (Canada)
*''Hebrew:'' '''Ór Pladá''' (עור פלדה, "Steel Hide")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Acélfej''' ("Steel-head"), '''Vasököl''' (Movie, "Ironfist")
*''Italian:'' '''Falco''' ("Hawk")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Zàng Tiě''' (Taiwan, 藏鐵, "Hiding Iron"), '''Tiěpí''' (China, 鐵皮, "Iron Skin")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Couraça''' (Brazil comics, "Hide"), '''Arma-de-Ferro''' (Portugal comics, "Iron Weapon")
*''Russian:'' '''Bronevik''' (Броневик, "Armored Car")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Zaliznyak''' (Залізняк, "Ironer")

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Ironhide Ironhide's Universe profile at NTFA.net]
* [http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/shop/shopdetail.html?brandcode=034000000005&search=%A5%A2%A5%A4%A5%A2%A5%F3%A5%CF%A5%A4%A5%C9 e-Hobby's page for Black Protect Ironhide]

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Ironhide (G1)

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:''Ironhide is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Ironhideg1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Properly pronounced "Arn-hahhhd".]]
'''Ironhide''' is one of the oldest and toughest Autobots, and has been on [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s team for a long time. "They don't make them like they used to" is an apt description of Ironhide—he's yesterday's model, but he's built to last.

Gruff and ornery, he prefers actions to words, and dislikes talk for talk's sake. (He wouldn't enjoy being paired up with [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]].) But though he may be rough around the edges, he's still optimistic and upbeat. The upside to being through more than your share of trouble means trouble ain't so big a scare anymore.

Ironhide's most distinctive ability is the [[water gun]], a weapon which can generate and shoot a liquid of virtually any type. Liquid nitrogen is historically a favorite, but there have been acids, mortar, and more.

His vehicle mode sometimes splits into his robot and a [[Onebox component|separate component]].

{{quote|When are we gonna start bustin' Deceptichops?|Ironhide's version of diplomacy|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Ironhideg1firstappearance.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|HAY GUYS CAN I HAVE A CHARACTER MODEL PLEASE KTHANX]]
Four million years ago, when the war was still young, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] fought an uphill battle against the Decepticons. Ironhide was beside him when Optimus Prime, despite being wounded, refused to raise the white flag, and due to their courage, the tide of the war was turned. {{storylink|Surrender!}}

Ironhide was chosen to join the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] mission to save Cybertron from an asteroid belt—a mission that saw him stranded on [[Earth]] for four million years. Upon reactivation in [[1984]], Ironhide immediately began bickering with [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}}

[[File:Ironhidehufferlaststand.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Phew. There we go.]]
This rivalry continued when it was discovered that the [[human]] [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] had created useable fuel for the Decepticons during his kidnapping. Huffer demanded Sparkplug pay for his treason, while Ironhide suggested sympathy. However, this argument only provided a distraction for Sparkplug and his son, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] to escape; this attempt was aborted when Sparkplug suffered a heart attack. Soon, the Decepticons, fully refueled, came for the Ark, and Ironhide was one of just five Autobots selected to fight the invasion, using pooled fuel from his comrades. Their near-victory was robbed from them when [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] arrived, surprising everyone, and blasted the surviving Autobots into spare parts. {{storylink|The Last Stand}}

Ironhide 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, returned to the Ark in secret to see this for himself; indeed, Ironhide and the others still hung deactivated. {{storylink|Warrior School!}} Ratchet managed to re-secure the Ark, and Ironhide was subsequently rebuilt. {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}} Ironhide would be one of the first Autobots to battle the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] when his team attempted to destroy a transmission from [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] to his Decepticon comrades back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}} Ironhide also suffered damage at the hands of a Decepticon-controlled Optimus Prime body shortly before their fallen leader was restored to them. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

[[File:Ironhidetarget2006.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|When Ironhide's in charge, he nominates Megatron to take over. Scary, huh?]]
''Once repaired, he worked alongside [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] in the Dinobot Hunt, initially distrusting and clashing with him because of his Decepticon origins. He learnt to trust him during the mission.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}} ''He at one point broke protocol to single-handedly break a [[Greater glory terrorists|terrorist]] siege in [[Los Angeles]], only to become frustrated when the police almost ruined it.'' {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}} ''Later on, he would be dispatched as a bodyguard for [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] to prevent any reprisal attacks from the Decepticons—he had a more successful rematch against the Constructicons, and was also happily introduced to the wonders of demolition derbies.'' {{storylink|Devastation Derby!}}

''When the time-travelling [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] arrived in [[1986]] and Optimus Prime, Ratchet, and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] were both lost in [[Limbo]], Ironhide was one of the Autobots who battled the Decepticon. It went so poorly that the beaten and humiliated Ironhide was desperate enough to salvage the similarly-defeated [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and Soundwave to temporarily take command of the Autobots.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

Ironhide would go on to fight against [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s forces on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] shortly before the crews of the Ark and the ''Steelhaven'' joined under one banner. {{storylink|Totaled!}} ''He was also briefly seen fighting alongside the Transformers of two eras against Galvatron during the Time Wars.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

[[File:Grimlockwasthatwise.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|This is the ''punchline''. Get it?]]
Although not explicitly named as being among those who were taken offline by the [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], Ironhide probably fell victim to this fate since, when he was next heard from, he was offline in a stasis aboard the Ark. In [[1990]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] revived him and all the other invalid Autobots with [[Nucleon]] in time to participate in the climactic battle with [[Unicron]] on Cybertron. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} Shortly after the planet-eater's destruction, Ironhide was seen loading supplies onto one of the ships the Autobots were about to use to depart Cybertron. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}}
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=====Earthforce=====
{{earthforcefiction}}
While in stasis aboard the Ark, Ironhide was hacked into by an alternate [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]], who was looking for potential soldiers with dark sides he could corrupt. As a result, Ironhide was reactivated and helped stop Galvatron. {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}} He went on to be a founding member of [[Earthforce]], fighting against Megatron and Shockwave's rival Decepticon armies. {{storylink|Break-Away!}}

In his first mission, alongside [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]], he used his knowledge of Decepticon [[automated defence ring]]s and riddles to get into a Decepticon facility and end their attempts at creating a new [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Desert Island Risks!}} Later, he was present at the Decepticon [[Enclave]], and came up with a devious plan to stop Megatron & Shockwave from uniting their two factions. Knocking out [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]] and using him as a patsy, Ironhide and the other Autobots faked a sniper attack on Megatron, prompting the Decepticons to shoot back at the rock cropping where they were hiding. The Autobots then dropped Headstrong off the ledge as if he'd been hit, framing him and Shockwave's army for trying to assassinate Megatron. The Enclave quickly turned into a [[Ruckus (G1)|ruckus]]. A [[Brawl (G1)|brawl]]. A [[Mixmaster (G1)|mixmas]]—no, wait. That one doesn't work. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}}

Ironhide also joined Earthforce and the [[Survivors]] in taking down the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]]. {{storylink|Where Wolf?}} While fighting to protect Starscream from Decepticon assassins, in order to get a systems boost for [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]'s fading health, Ironhide had to fight against Megatron. He took several hits from the [[fusion cannon]], going down and leaving the fight to the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. {{storylink|The Lesser Evil!}} Perhaps looking to sharpen his skills, Ironhide was next seen working out with Jazz in the Combat Room against a robot drone. {{storylink|Front Line! (issue)|Front Line!}}

=====Another Time & Place=====
Ironhide was part of a commando unit sent to [[Hydrus Four]] after the Dinobots. He and a small group of Autobots surprised [[Fangry]] and tore him limb from limb. {{storylink|Another Time & Place}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Power Play!}} {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}} {{storylink|Decepticon Dam-Busters!}} {{storylink|Brainstorm!}} {{storylink|Crisis of Command!}} {{storylink|The Icarus Theory}} {{storylink|...The Harder They Die!}} {{storylink|Resurrection!}} {{storylink|Once upon a Time...}} {{storylink|The House that Wheeljack Built!}} {{storylink|External Forces!}} {{storylink|The Quest!}} {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}}}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
When Optimus Prime and Grimlock discovered the threat of the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]], they called in Autobots scattered across the galaxy, including Ironhide. And, when Grimlock chose to disobey Prime's directives and make a tactical first strike against [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s ships, Ironhide went with him. They were quickly found out and captured, though, leaving it to Optimus to bail them out of trouble. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}}

Later, when Prime had the brilliant idea that Megatron would be willing to "just talk" after laying waste to much of the planet Earth, Ironhide joined the rescue party Grimlock threw together to bail him out. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} He was also involved in the defense of [[Ethos]] against the [[Ethos raiding party|Cybertronians]]. Ironhide took several shots to the chest while protecting that world. {{storylink|Escalation!}}

====''Classics''====
{{noteclassics}}
Ironhide came to Earth, along with [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], to bolster Optimus Prime's forces as Megatron began reassembling his army. Ironhide was seen defending a human settlement from the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] as Megatron and the captive Ratchet watched on. {{storylink|At Fight's End}}

Ironhide was aboard the ''[[Graviton (Classics)|Graviton]]'' when it was pulled into the [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon]] universe and deposited near that universe's prehistoric [[Earth]]. After being shot down by the ''[[Talon (Classics)|Talon]]'', the Autobots adopted organic alternate modes to avoid the ambient [[Energon radiation]], and though Ironhide wasn't keen on the idea, he took the form of an [[elephant]]. {{storylink|Shattered Time}} On discovering that three [[stasis pod]]s were missing from the ship, the Autobots set out to find them, but after suffering a Decepticon attack on the way, they arrived to find [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] had already activated them as Decepticons. Prowl, Silverbolt and Ironhide were blasted by [[Autojetter]], and it was only the arrival of [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s subsequent recovery that saved them. {{storylink|Shattered Expectations (BWSG)|Shattered Expectations}}

The Autobots retreated across a rock bridge, and watched as Magnus faced off against Megatron, dealing their foe a temporary defeat. Back at the ''Graviton'', Depth Charge gave the "Maximals" more of an explanation regarding his presence, though it gave Ironhide a bit of a headache. {{storylink|Shattered Paths}} When they located their missing energy purifier, the Maximals went out to fetch it. Despite the new ability of Ironhide, Prowl and Silverbolt to merge into [[Magnaboss]], they were trounced by [[God Neptune (BWSG)|God Neptune]]. {{storylink|Shattered Hope}} Returning to the ship, the Maximals fueled up before joining Depth Charge, who had located the Matrix he was seeking. The Maximals kept a security system occupied long enough for Magnus to retrieve the Matrix in question, however a short time later they were confronted by Megatron piloting a giant mech. {{storylink|Shattered Balance}} Ironhide again took part in merging into Magnaboss, but the combiner was soundly defeated by Megatron's [[Gigastorm Armor]]. The Maximals were moments later pulled into a dimensional rift created by Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Shattered Destiny}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Another Light: Falling into Place}}}}

====''Regeneration One''====
{{noteRG1}}
Ironhide was part of the Autobot detachment that Optimus Prime took with him to confront Megatron on a devastated Earth in [[2012]]. While the two leaders clashed, Ironhide and the others battled Megatron's [[zombie]] army of "Ex-Bots". {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5|Loose Ends #5}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
[[File:Mtmte1 ironhide mans laser.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.2|Ironhide firing the gun at the side of the [[Ark (G1)|ship]] that magically fired straight in front of the ship.]]
{{main|Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}

Ironhide was part of the bridge crew of the [[Ark (G1)|Autobots' spacecraft]] when it embarked on its fateful voyage to seek out new sources of energy beyond [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] four million years ago and its crash on [[Earth]]. He was reactivated in 1984, Becoming a member of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime's]] Autobots, playing a key role in stopping many of the Decepticon's plots on Earth. He even came back from retirement!

Sadly, his luck came to and end when in 2005, the [[Decepticons]] boarded his shuttle en route to [[Autobot City]]. Even the old timer could not stand up when severely outnumbered, as all of his crewmates were killed, and he was executed by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] from point blank range.

In some other cartoons and comics, he came back from the dead (maybe).

===Marvel Storybooks continuity===
Ironhide was one of the thrity-five Autobots rebuilt on Earth in the form of a terrestrial vehicle. Along with Hound, Windcharger and Optimus, Ironhide once cheered so loudly that it almost made a volcano erupt. Later, he was a participant in a fight that ensued between the Autobts and the Decepticons when Megatron attempted to take millions of humans hostage in order to demand Earth's unconditional surrender to the Decepticons. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Autobots' Secret Weapon}}}}
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===Marvel coloring books===
Wither Ironhide or Ratchet helped the Autobots in protecting Hoover Dam from the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Deadly Fuel Shortage}}

Ironhide was part of the Autobot convoy that followed Optimus Prime into battle when it was discovered that the Decepticons were using a [[molecular transfer device]] to steal fuel from all around the globe. After the encountered Decepticon opposition en-route, Ironhide volunteered to donate some of his fuel to the more energy-efficient Autobots so that they continue fighting without him. The Autobots utlimately succeeded in turning the Decepticons' device against them, and returned the stolen fuel to its rightful owners. {{storylink|Summertime Coloring Book}}

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

===Ladybird Books continuity===
While stretching his suspension, Ironhide inadvertently picked up a radio contact of Decepticons in flight, and reported it to Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Megatron's Fight for Power}}

Ironhide volunteered for grocery trip duties with Spike and Sparkplug Witwicky. Apparently, the two humans ate so much it put a strain on Ironhide's suspension. {{storylink|Autobots Fight Back}}

Ironhide was part of a battle unit assembled by Optimus Prime to stop the Decepticons from seizing control of...a single windmill. (No, really.) {{storylink|Laserbeak's Fury}}

===''Find Your Fate Junior''===
{{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.}}
====Attack of the Insecticons====
Ironhide was in the process of completing a trial-run with [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]'s newest invention, the [[Sun-Pak]], when the Decepticons attacked the Autobots' secret underground testing track. The ensuing fight between the two factions was skewed in favour of the Decepticons, forcing the Autobots into a series of difficult choices. In the subsequent possible scenarios, Ironhide was more in favour of bargaining with the Decepticons for the Autobots' lives, and ran into difficulties in keeping the Sun-Pak out of Decepticon hands. {{storylink|Attack of the Insecticons}}

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

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

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

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

In yet another possible scenario, Optimus opted to use the tainted fuel as a weapon against an encroaching Decepticon squadron. The plan went off without a hitch, and the Autobots celebrated another victory over the Decepticons.

In a completely different scenario, Optimus decided to go on the offensive and strike back at the Decepticons after they had poisoned a good number of Autobots. Prowl quickly pointed out that the mission required brains, not muscles, pointing to Ironhide. Optimus agreed, and Ironhide could only grumble while Prowl smirked. Prick.

In one possible scenario that followed, Optimus and his squadron returned to base with the antidote and cured the poisoned Autobots. The Autobots then proceeded to stop the Decepticons in their latest plot: to poison the nearby water supply.

If Optimus led his troops back to the Decepticons’ poison lab, Ironhide was amongst the Autobot convoy that drove into action. Upon seeing the Decepticons hauling out drums of poison, Ironhide suggested the Autobots go in strong and attack them directly.

If Optimus went along with Ironhide’s plan, Ironhide, Brawn, Twin Twist and Hound were called forth by Optimus to gun down the laboratory. The laboratory then caved in on itself, signalling an Autobot victory. {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}

====Autobot Alert!====
Ironhide was present at the Autobot city of Metroplex when an Autobot Alert sounded.

He and the other Autobots learned of two Decepticon plots simultaneously occurring. One of which was the theft of a coded message meant for Ultra Magnus’s eyes only. If Ultra Magnus decided to prioritize theft of the coded message, Ironhide was part of the captive audience that listened to Kup divulge information about an ancient Autobot formula. Ironhide took off towards the Autobots’ desert research centre along with a number of other Autobots. Once there, they learned from Springer that the Cybertite sphere containing the formula was discovered by humans during the 16th century. If the Decepticons had decoded Springer's message, they would be searching off the coast of California, where the ship containing the sphere had sunk. If they hadn’t decoded the message, the Decepticons would still be digging in the nearby crater.

If Ultra Magnus decided to assume that the Decepticons had already decrypted the message, he ordered his forces to split up to more efficiently address the situation. Ironhide was part of the main group of Autobot forces led by Ultra Magnus towards the California coast. Arriving at the scene, Ultra Magnus’s troops were informed by Powerglide (who had flown ahead of the land-bound group) that he had discovered the location of the sunken ship containing the cybertite sphere. Simultaneously, Blurr caught up with the group to inform them that the Decepticons were quickly approaching. The Autobots then needed to decide whether they would raise the ship themselves, or try and ambush the Decepticons after they had done so.

If Ultra Magnus decided to have his Autobots hide while the Decepticons raised the ship, Ironhide found himself in a cave with Brawn and and Grapple. The three Autobots spied Devastator retrieving the sunken ship from the water, and decided that the three of them would snatch the sphere away from the Decepticons.

If Ironhide and his team executed their plan before any other Autobots, they had Grapple reel the ship away from the Decepticons with his crane hook, while Ironhide and Brawn attempted to defend their position. The Decepticons destroyed both the ship and the cybertite sphere contained within, and then began pummelling the Autobots with their superior firepower. Trapped in their caves, the Autobts were left at the Decepticons’ mercy. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}

===''Transformers in 3-D''===
[[File:TFin3D2 Ironhide rips through wall.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|There's a door just to your left, Ironhide.]]
When a distress call from [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] reached [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Ironhide set off to find out why the small Autobot was so far from his assigned area. This lead him to the planet [[Andellor]], to which Cosmos had traveled in search of the [[Prism of Power]]. Ironhide first managed to dispatch [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] without breaking a sweat, before he, Cosmos, and the five children who needed the Prism, encountered [[Grogg]], guardian of the ancient artifact. Though Ironhide pleaded with Grogg that they needed the Prism, Grogg insisted they answer his riddle or die. After one of the children answered the riddle, Ironhide returned with Cosmos and the children to the [[S.S. Exton 9]] space station and defeated [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] in battle. {{storylink|Transformers in 3-D issue 2|Transformers in 3-D #2}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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[[File:Skidswheeljackgrimlockkupironhidetww.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]

Before the war, Ironhide was a construction engineer, working on the bridges that connected cybertron's city states.
When war broke out, he joined [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s commando unit, along with [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], when they attempted to defend [[Altihex]] against the Decepticons. Though Altihex was lost, the unit survived to attend [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s inauguration. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}} He took part in the preparations for the evacuation of Cybertron at the [[Central Spaceport]], despite expressing his disagreement to [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] about the new Prime's decision. The pair subsequently observed Grimlock's even greater dissatisfaction and the Dinobot stormed off. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} During a Decepticon attack, he and the rest of the unit met Grimlock on the [[Tri-Torus Loop]], only to be surprised by Grimlock's decision to leave [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] to the foe. Instead they traveled to the crater of the [[Forum of Enlightenment]] to look for Optimus. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}}

Underground, Ironhide's sensors led the group to find the [[Planetary engine|planetary turbines]]. Grimlock ordered him, Kup and Wheeljack to shut it down. The trio listened in on [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s plans, but were discovered by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} Ironhide and Kup worked to fight the Constructicons off, becoming pinned down until Grimlock arrived to lend a hand with Optimus. They kept the Decepticons distracted long enough for Wheeljack to take out the planetary engines. Though Ironhide expected Optimus to resume the evacuation, Prime announced they were staying. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

After Prime was lost through a space bridge, and the Cybertronians fell into even more factions, Ironhide became a part of Grimlock's [[Lightning Strike Coalition]]. During an attempt by Starscream's forces to seize a couple of transporters full of energon, Ironhide and Wheeljack were able to board and fly off in the transporters while the rest of the team kept Starscream busy. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}}

He was part of the ''Ark'''s original crew four million years ago, and awoke with the rest of them in 1984. After the crash of the ''[[Ark II]]'', however, Ironhide was among the Transformers secretly acquired by [[Lazarus (G1)|Lazarus]] as a potential weapon of mass destruction for sale. He was tortured and heavily damaged by the Decepticons when they broke Lazarus' control over them, and was unable to immediately aid Prime and the others against Megatron. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}} {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}}

''When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] returned from an alien world with the malevolent [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]] in tow, Ironhide was one of the first Autobots who joined them in the fight against the invaders. The Keepers had taken residence in [[Las Vegas]], Nevada, and a united force of Autobots and Decepticons descended on the city in the hopes of stopping the aliens before the United States government unleashed a nuclear strike. When Optimus Prime used an energon pool to supercharge himself and the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], Ironhide and the other Autobots joined their own energon with Prime to enhance his efforts. Through their combined energies, the nuclear missile was averted and the Keepers were displaced into the Void. {{storylink|Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation}}''

[[File:PassiveAggression-KupIronhidereunite.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Old people ''never'' stop doing it. Now try to get that out of your brain!]]

''After the battle, Optimus Prime was forced by a debt of honor to hand over the Matrix to Megatron, a decision which didn't sit well with many of the Autobots. Ironhide did his best to defend his leader's actions against the likes of [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], but even he had trouble justifying the decision. Ironhide also joined the Autobots in confronting the American military in the Nevada desert, where the President attempted to have them assassinated. The military used [[deconstructionite]]s, reverse-engineered Cybertronian technology in the form of tiny microchips that literally sapped away the Transformers' strength. Ironhide was the first of the Autobots to fall before this assault, and had to be hauled to safety inside Prime's trailer segment. {{storylink|Transformers: Fusion|Fusion}}''

Sometime after Ironhide was repaired, the Autobots again confronted the Decepticons, this time over a mysterious shuttle pod that landed in Northern Canada. [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] got the drop on Ironhide during the fight, riddling his backside with explosive shells. The feisty security agent had to be dragged off the battlefield so that Ratchet could perform the necessary repairs back at base. {{storylink|New World Order}} In the meantime, a force of United Cybertronians arrived on Earth and demanded that Prime and his crew surrender themselves into protective custody, in order to prevent them from rekindling the war which had been over on Cybertron now for centuries. Leaving behind a skeleton crew to watch over Earth, Optimus Prime, Ironhide and the other Autobots allowed [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and his operatives to bring them back to their home planet. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} On Cybertron, Optimus Prime was separated from the other Autobots, and Ironhide's team was covertly brought by [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] to the Autobot resistance. Many Autobots on Cybertron questioned the beneficence of their "commander", [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], and had organized into several insurgency cells. Ironhide and Prowl met with [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]'s unit, who in turn brought them in touch with Optimus and second unit led by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and Kup. Ironhide quickly exchanged greetings (and a few good-natured insults) with his war-buddy Kup. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} With the ''Ark'''s crew at hand, the insurgency took to the streets, fighting back against Shockwave and his "[[Guardian robot|Dark Guardians]]". Ironhide joined [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and Hot Rod on the front lines during the advance. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}

[[File:Prowl Ironhide DWOngoing3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]

In the days that followed, Ironhide, Prowl and Kup attempted to coordinate things on Cybertron, but gratefully stepped aside once Ultra Magnus had finished his repair cycle. Ironhide was greatly amused when the uncharismatic Prowl attempted to make a public address at [[Central Hall]], only to be bombarded with questions from concerned citizens. Later, he, Prowl and Kup knocked back [[Kremzeek|refreshments]] at the [[Alpha Preserve]] and reflected upon the changing political landscape of Cybertron, and wondered if it would be best for old warriors such as themselves to leave. {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}} With the discovery of a [[Sunstorm (G1)|mysterious cloned Transformer]] possessing the accumulated knowledge of [[Vector Sigma]] heading towards [[Earth]], Prowl decided that the ''Ark'''s old crew had an obligation to return there and defend their second home. Though some such as [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] griped, Ironhide knew that for all of their complaints, they would join the mission anyway. {{storylink|Atonement}} They returned to Earth and began construction of a new Autobot base of operations: [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' continuity===
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Many years after the Ark had crashed on Earth, the human terrorist organization [[Cobra]] discovered it and its dormant crew. The Transformers were reprogrammed to be under Cobra's control and given new alternate modes, with Ironhide, Ratchet and Optimus Prime now turning into [[HISS tank]]s. Along with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], the three Autobots were forced to attack a peace summit in [[Washington, D.C.]] {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1}} The reprogrammed Transformers were eventually freed thanks to [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], and despite Cobra's efforts to regain control of Ironhide, the Autobot got away when Ratchet ripped their control cables out of his head. Along with [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], the two then joined Optimus Prime in fighting back against both the freed Decepticons and Cobra. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}} During the battle, Ironhide didn't do much but liken the density of Decepticons on [[Cobra Island]] to that of [[astro tick]]s on [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s behind. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}}

After defeating the Decepticons on Earth, the Autobots returned to Cybertron, which [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] had conquered in their absence. With the Autobots reduced to a small resistance band, Ironhide helped Optimus Prime and Jazz steal a pile of [[energon cube]]s from the Decepticons. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}} He was understandably surprised when his two friends suddenly disappeared in a flash of light. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}}

Much later, when Optimus Prime was captured by [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]], Ironhide joined a team of Autobots who were waiting for a chance to free him. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}} When Serpent O.R.'s hostages were freed and [[G.I. Joe (team)|reinforcements]] arrived from Earth, the team attacked and ultimately defeated the Decepticon army. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}
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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
Along with the other Autobots, Iron Hide {{sic}} lay deactivated among the [[Fera Islands]] for four million years, until one day in [[1939]] when [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] arrived on the archipelago to defeat [[Cobra]]. [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] accidentally activated the Autobots' [[Sky Spy|repair drone]], which awakened the Autobots and reformatted them, starting with Iron Hide, who was given the form of a human tank. The spooked humans opened fire on the metal giant, but their bullets merely bounced off, and Iron Hide politely asked them to cut it out before the ricochets hurt anyone. After things had settled down, Iron Hide supported the idea of the Autobots helping G.I. Joe, as he needed some workout after that little nap they took. {{storylink|Transformed}}

On behalf of [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], Iron Hide later asked [[Scarlett]] what she was brooding about. The human cryptically said that someone important was missing, but wouldn't explain [[Snake-Eyes|who]]. Shortly afterwards, Iron Hide was shipped out on a barge to attack the [[Terrordrome]] along with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]. {{storylink|Trenches}} During the ensuing battle, he punched out [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and offered to help [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] in his duel with [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], but it turned out Grimlock didn't need any help. Iron Hide presumably perished when the life-giving [[Matrix of Leadership]] was shattered in order to stop [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

{{note|But apparently he was intended to [[Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front|get better]] if Dreamwave hadn't folded.}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
When a badly-damaged Starscream was brought to the Ark, Ironhide agreed with Jazz that it was probably a trap. When Starscream turned out to be amnesiac and amenable to the Autobot cause, Ironhide and Cliffjumper were assigned to him as escorts, just in case. Ironhide would later join Optimus in shielding Starscream from the Decepticons, when they turned up to retrieve their comrade, noting that as Starscream was weaponless, it would hardly seem fair to not protect him. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

===''The Beast Within''===
Ironhide participated in a savage battle against the Decepticons, though he did not fare too well, and got tossed around like a ragdoll by Megatron. He later looked on in horror as the Dinobots merged into [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]] and began rampaging across the battlefield. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

Later, Ironhide was carried inside Optimus Prime’s trailer as the Autobots attempted to outrun The Beast. Ironhide successfully managed to get through to Jetfire, who picked up all of the passengers within Prime’s trailer, save Skids, who was killed moments before Jetfire managed to show up. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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An early Autobot and one of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s teachers, Ironhide ended up as part of [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]]'s counter-infiltration unit on Earth. There, he aided [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]], [[Verity Carlo]] and [[Jimmy Pink]] in trying to discover what happened had happened to the missing [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], and almost ended up killed from an explosion while saving the two humans with his [[holomatter]] avatar, leading to a merry chase for [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)#IDW Generation 1 continuity|Wheeljack]] to recover him against [[Machination]]'s [[Sunstreaker clone|Headmasters]].

After the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], he was part of a group of Autobots trapped on Earth, where he took a [[Skywatch]] shot meant for Hot Rod, and died...

...but not for long. Reborn one year later, albeit missing four million years of memories, on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] through the machinations of [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], he was left to finish off the [[Insecticon swarm]] infesting the planet with a crippled Sunstreaker until Hot Rod (now calling himself "Rodimus") and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] recovered them. Reunited with the Autobots in time for Cybertron's rebirth, he had a vision of a peaceful time centuries in the future, which influenced him until it was apparently proven wrong with the destruction of [[Gorlam Prime]], sending him into a deep depression for some time.

 

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon===
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===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
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Ironhide served on the [[Maximal Imperium]], alongside [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]. Leadership seemed to have robbed him of a bit of his gusto, although according to [[Big Convoy (BWN)|Big Convoy]] he was 'right honorable'. Ironhide, Prowl and Silverbolt sent [[Ikard]] to request a report from Big Convoy, but he refused, citing his need to investigate the [[Angolmois]]-fueled murders. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}
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===''Hearts of Steel''===
Ironhide was part of the Autobot forces who fought the Decepticons on Earth in the distant past until an incoming ice age threatened to deactivate them all. Both sides went into hiding underground, remaining in stasis until the 1860's, at which point they were accidentally awakened by [[human]]s. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}} As they resumed their war with the Decepticons, Ironhide and the others took on train modes and allied themselves with [[John Henry]] in order to pursue the [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3|Hearts of Steel #3}} Ironhide was the second car in the Autobot train, an artillery boxcar with his name on it. When [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] began to attack the Autobot train from above, he partially transformed to [[robot mode]] in order to shoot him down. After the Decepticons were defeated, the Autobots went back to sleep underground. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 4|Hearts of Steel #4}}

By [[1888]], Ironhide had gotten involved with humanity again, hiding on the [[USS Miskatonic|USS ''Miskatonic'']] in the form of an gun turret. On the way to [[Ireland]] the ship was attacked by a tentacled monster from underneath the waves, forcing Ironhide to abandon it and report to the other Autobots. A week later at [[Port Cenotaph]], he ran into [[fish people|additional creatures]] and [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]], who revealed that he and the Decepticons were now following the [[Elder God]]s instead of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Ironhide tried to fight the empowered Decepticon, but was overcome by his eldritch tentacles. {{storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 1|Infestation 2: The Transformers #1}} As a servant of the Elder Gods, Ironhide stood guard at Port Cenotaph with the Decepticons, protecting it against an international fleet when they came to investigate the disappearance of multiple ships. Ironhide was freed from the Elder Gods' control when [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Hearts of Steel|Optimus Prime]] injured the attending Elder God enough to force it back into the depths of the ocean. {{storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 2|Infestation 2: The Transformers #2}}{{storylink|Infestation 2 issue 1|Infestation 2 #1}}

===Descent into Evil===
[[File:Ratchetironhidedescent.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Amazingly not dead.]]
Ironhide was severely injured during a battle on [[Moon Base Four]], but Optimus Prime used his [[Reconfiguration Matrix]] to create a new body for his old friend. {{storylink|Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide's ''Timelines'' toy bio}}

Years after the Autobot-Decepticon Wars ended, Ironhide and five other Autobots were sent to [[Ceti Alpha Seven]] to destroy General [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] clone lab and stop his planned Decepticon uprising. After a team of four (consisting of [[Outback (G1)|Fallback]], [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], [[Flareup (G1)|Flareup]], and [[Ricochet (Timelines)|Ricochet]]) failed, Ironhide and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] followed to help. After battling swarms of [[Virulent Clone]]s and [[Buzzclaw (G1)|Buzzclaw]], they finally met up with Deathsaurus himself. Ironhide stayed to fight the general, and Ratchet separated to find their fallen friends. However, Ironhide was shot in the back by [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]] and he went into stasis lock. Ironhide woke up restrained inside Deathsaurus' lab with Ratchet, while Deathsaurus appeared to them on a monitor and told them he planned to destroy the lab by remote. Before the lab could detonate, Ricochet snuck in and freed them, allowing them to gather their fallen and escape. {{storylink|Descent into Evil}}
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===''Encore'' toy bio===
Ironhide acquired a new protective black coating to disguise himself from both Decepticons and members of the [[human]] criminal underworld, to better allow him to do his job as Optimus Prime's bodyguard. The other Autobots joke that he looks like a stereotypical "Men in Black" vehicle, but Ironhide insists he got the idea from black pickups trucks he saw around town. The coating, a composite gel metal, has made his trithyllium steel skin even more durable, allowing him to self-repair minor injuries right away, and his robot and mobile artillery forms are now 25% more maneuverable than before. {{storylink|Ironhide (G1)/toys#black|'Protect Black Ironhide' toy bio}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in comic===
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{{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 7|Henkei! Henkei! #7}}

Ironhide, [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] tracked [[Nightstick (Cyclonus)|Nightstick]] to a volcanic region of the planet where [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] was about to unveil the awe-inspiring [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Engaging the jets in battle, Ironhide and the Autobots successfully blocked the lava pool Galvatron was too emerge from. Their satisfaction turned to horror, however, when Galvatron blasted free from the rubble anyhow. Luckily, Galvatron was not a morning person, and was more interested in berating Cyclonus and Starscream for interrupting his nap than attacking the Autobots. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 9|Henkei! Henkei! #9}}

Ironhide was taking a pounding from the uncharacteristically-aggressive [[Octane (G1)|Octane]] when Mirage stepped in, meutralizing the 'Con before he was even aware of the invisible Autobot's presence. Both Ironhide and Mirage were shocked when Octane continued moving despite having his circuits disrupted, and were downright beside themselves when the ghost of Starscream emerged from within the [[Triple Changer]]. {{storylink|Mirage's Rebirth}}

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===''Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun'' manga===
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===''Transformers United''===
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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
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{{storylink|Another Episode, Part 2}} {{storylink|The Fated Rival, Once Again...}} {{storylink|To Earth}} {{storylink|Plans of the Emperor of Destruction}} {{storylink|Revenge (All Spark)}} {{storylink|The False Power}} {{storylink|Ray of Hope}} {{storylink|Great Aspirations}} {{storylink|Conclusion}}

===''Cloud''===
Ironhide was one of the Autobots of [[Metropolis]], who maintained order throughout the multiverse from [[Cloud World]]. As a surveillance 'bot, Ironhide dispatched [[Bumblebee (Cloud)|Bumblebee]] and other agents to particular Spacetimes in need of care, although he still pushed for field duties assignments himself from time to time. {{storylink|Uprising (Cloud)|Uprising}}

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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
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==Games==
===''Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons''===
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops from the Decepticons, Ironhide could come to Optimus Prime's aid, acting as a bodyguard against Decepticon attacks. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}

===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{voiceactor|[[Russ Veillard]] (English)}}
{{Note|Ironhide is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers G1: Awakening''===
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Ironhide was among the Autobots who left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], and spent four million years in stasis after it was shot down over Earth by the Decepticons. As one of the more badly injured, he was placed in [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] until the Autobots had gathered enough energon to revive him. He was well enough to take part in a battle when the Autobots saved [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] from a bunch of Decepticons, and took part in the defense of the Ark when the Decepticons attempted to assault it. {{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
When Megatron challenged Optimus Prime to a duel, Ironhide was one of the few Autobots left at HQ to defend it from an attack by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. Taking command, he attempted to organize the defense, but they were no match for the Decepticon team. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War - Part 1}}

When the Decepticons discovered a pool of [[Electrum]] and plotted to use this new discovery to annihilate the Autobots, Ironhide and the rest of Optimus's forces sneakily located the lagoon themselves and coated themselves with the substance. In the end, they Autobots forced the Decepticons to retreat, but the miraculous Electrum lagoon was destroyed. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (Legends)|The Golden Lagoon}}

Ironhide took part in the defense of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] during a Decepticon assault, but was unable to prevent their advance. {{storylink|One Shall Fall...}} He had better luck during an assault by [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] — he and [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] managed to retrieve [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]] and fight their way through the Decepticon ranks to get Metroplex back on his feet. {{storylink|Monstrosity}}
===Transformers: Battle Tactics===
[[File:5autobotsinbattletactics.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Hi, I turn into a leg or arm.]]
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==Toys==
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==Merchandise==
{{main|Ironhide (G1)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
*[[Bob Budiansky]] named Ironhide after the TV detective show, ''[[Wikipedia: Ironside (TV series)|Ironside]]'', whose titular protagonist was also a grizzled veteran of his profession.<ref>[http://moonbase2.libsyn.com/the-moonbase-2-podcast-interviews-bob-budiansky- Moonbase 2 podcast interview with Bob Budiansky]</ref>
*A 1986 [[Panini]] stickerbook sold in Belgium and the Netherlands gave Ironhide the alternate French language name "Ferro Métal". Whether this name was used in any other media made for French-speaking regions is unknown.
*While ''Cloud'' Ironhide doesn't appear in any illustrations, a [https://twitter.com/gikogakodo/status/537809990669451264 photo] of the ''Cloud'' Autobots together by writer [[Makoto Wakabayashi]] shows him as the [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|''Henkei! Henkei!'' Ironhide]] toy.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ironhide''' (アイアンハイド ''Aianhaido'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''Tei-Paid''' (鐵皮, "Iron Skin", "Iron Hide")
*''French:'' '''Rhino''' (Canada)
*''Hebrew:'' '''Ór Pladá''' (עור פלדה, "Steel Hide")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Acélfej''' ("Steel-head"), '''Vasököl''' (Movie, "Ironfist")
*''Italian:'' '''Falco''' ("Hawk")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Zàng Tiě''' (Taiwan, 藏鐵, "Hiding Iron"), '''Tiěpí''' (China, 鐵皮, "Iron Skin")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Couraça''' (Brazil comics, "Hide"), '''Arma-de-Ferro''' (Portugal comics, "Iron Weapon")
*''Russian:'' '''Bronevik''' (Броневик, "Armored Car")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Zaliznyak''' (Залізняк, "Ironer")

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Ironhide Ironhide's Universe profile at NTFA.net]
* [http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/shop/shopdetail.html?brandcode=034000000005&search=%A5%A2%A5%A4%A5%A2%A5%F3%A5%CF%A5%A4%A5%C9 e-Hobby's page for Black Protect Ironhide]

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Ironhide (G1)

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:''Ironhide is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Ironhideg1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Properly pronounced "Arn-hahhhd".]]
'''Ironhide''' is one of the oldest and toughest Autobots, and has been on [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s team for a long time. "They don't make them like they used to" is an apt description of Ironhide—he's yesterday's model, but he's built to last.

Gruff and ornery, he prefers actions to words, and dislikes talk for talk's sake. (He wouldn't enjoy being paired up with [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]].) But though he may be rough around the edges, he's still optimistic and upbeat. The upside to being through more than your share of trouble means trouble ain't so big a scare anymore.

Ironhide's most distinctive ability is the [[water gun]], a weapon which can generate and shoot a liquid of virtually any type. Liquid nitrogen is historically a favorite, but there have been acids, mortar, and more.

His vehicle mode sometimes splits into his robot and a [[Onebox component|separate component]].

{{quote|When are we gonna start bustin' Deceptichops?|Ironhide's version of diplomacy|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Ironhideg1firstappearance.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|HAY GUYS CAN I HAVE A CHARACTER MODEL PLEASE KTHANX]]
Four million years ago, when the war was still young, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] fought an uphill battle against the Decepticons. Ironhide was beside him when Optimus Prime, despite being wounded, refused to raise the white flag, and due to their courage, the tide of the war was turned. {{storylink|Surrender!}}

Ironhide was chosen to join the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] mission to save Cybertron from an asteroid belt—a mission that saw him stranded on [[Earth]] for four million years. Upon reactivation in [[1984]], Ironhide immediately began bickering with [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}}

[[File:Ironhidehufferlaststand.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Phew. There we go.]]
This rivalry continued when it was discovered that the [[human]] [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] had created useable fuel for the Decepticons during his kidnapping. Huffer demanded Sparkplug pay for his treason, while Ironhide suggested sympathy. However, this argument only provided a distraction for Sparkplug and his son, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] to escape; this attempt was aborted when Sparkplug suffered a heart attack. Soon, the Decepticons, fully refueled, came for the Ark, and Ironhide was one of just five Autobots selected to fight the invasion, using pooled fuel from his comrades. Their near-victory was robbed from them when [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] arrived, surprising everyone, and blasted the surviving Autobots into spare parts. {{storylink|The Last Stand}}

Ironhide 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, returned to the Ark in secret to see this for himself; indeed, Ironhide and the others still hung deactivated. {{storylink|Warrior School!}} Ratchet managed to re-secure the Ark, and Ironhide was subsequently rebuilt. {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}} Ironhide would be one of the first Autobots to battle the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] when his team attempted to destroy a transmission from [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] to his Decepticon comrades back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}} Ironhide also suffered damage at the hands of a Decepticon-controlled Optimus Prime body shortly before their fallen leader was restored to them. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

[[File:Ironhidetarget2006.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|When Ironhide's in charge, he nominates Megatron to take over. Scary, huh?]]
''Once repaired, he worked alongside [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] in the Dinobot Hunt, initially distrusting and clashing with him because of his Decepticon origins. He learnt to trust him during the mission.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}} ''He at one point broke protocol to single-handedly break a [[Greater glory terrorists|terrorist]] siege in [[Los Angeles]], only to become frustrated when the police almost ruined it.'' {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}} ''Later on, he would be dispatched as a bodyguard for [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] to prevent any reprisal attacks from the Decepticons—he had a more successful rematch against the Constructicons, and was also happily introduced to the wonders of demolition derbies.'' {{storylink|Devastation Derby!}}

''When the time-travelling [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] arrived in [[1986]] and Optimus Prime, Ratchet, and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] were both lost in [[Limbo]], Ironhide was one of the Autobots who battled the Decepticon. It went so poorly that the beaten and humiliated Ironhide was desperate enough to salvage the similarly-defeated [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and Soundwave to temporarily take command of the Autobots.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

Ironhide would go on to fight against [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s forces on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] shortly before the crews of the Ark and the ''Steelhaven'' joined under one banner. {{storylink|Totaled!}} ''He was also briefly seen fighting alongside the Transformers of two eras against Galvatron during the Time Wars.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

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Although not explicitly named as being among those who were taken offline by the [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], Ironhide probably fell victim to this fate since, when he was next heard from, he was offline in a stasis aboard the Ark. In [[1990]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] revived him and all the other invalid Autobots with [[Nucleon]] in time to participate in the climactic battle with [[Unicron]] on Cybertron. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} Shortly after the planet-eater's destruction, Ironhide was seen loading supplies onto one of the ships the Autobots were about to use to depart Cybertron. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}}
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=====Earthforce=====
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While in stasis aboard the Ark, Ironhide was hacked into by an alternate [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]], who was looking for potential soldiers with dark sides he could corrupt. As a result, Ironhide was reactivated and helped stop Galvatron. {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}} He went on to be a founding member of [[Earthforce]], fighting against Megatron and Shockwave's rival Decepticon armies. {{storylink|Break-Away!}}

In his first mission, alongside [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]], he used his knowledge of Decepticon [[automated defence ring]]s and riddles to get into a Decepticon facility and end their attempts at creating a new [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Desert Island Risks!}} Later, he was present at the Decepticon [[Enclave]], and came up with a devious plan to stop Megatron & Shockwave from uniting their two factions. Knocking out [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]] and using him as a patsy, Ironhide and the other Autobots faked a sniper attack on Megatron, prompting the Decepticons to shoot back at the rock cropping where they were hiding. The Autobots then dropped Headstrong off the ledge as if he'd been hit, framing him and Shockwave's army for trying to assassinate Megatron. The Enclave quickly turned into a [[Ruckus (G1)|ruckus]]. A [[Brawl (G1)|brawl]]. A [[Mixmaster (G1)|mixmas]]—no, wait. That one doesn't work. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}}

Ironhide also joined Earthforce and the [[Survivors]] in taking down the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]]. {{storylink|Where Wolf?}} While fighting to protect Starscream from Decepticon assassins, in order to get a systems boost for [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]'s fading health, Ironhide had to fight against Megatron. He took several hits from the [[fusion cannon]], going down and leaving the fight to the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. {{storylink|The Lesser Evil!}} Perhaps looking to sharpen his skills, Ironhide was next seen working out with Jazz in the Combat Room against a robot drone. {{storylink|Front Line! (issue)|Front Line!}}

=====Another Time & Place=====
Ironhide was part of a commando unit sent to [[Hydrus Four]] after the Dinobots. He and a small group of Autobots surprised [[Fangry]] and tore him limb from limb. {{storylink|Another Time & Place}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Power Play!}} {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}} {{storylink|Decepticon Dam-Busters!}} {{storylink|Brainstorm!}} {{storylink|Crisis of Command!}} {{storylink|The Icarus Theory}} {{storylink|...The Harder They Die!}} {{storylink|Resurrection!}} {{storylink|Once upon a Time...}} {{storylink|The House that Wheeljack Built!}} {{storylink|External Forces!}} {{storylink|The Quest!}} {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}}}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
When Optimus Prime and Grimlock discovered the threat of the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]], they called in Autobots scattered across the galaxy, including Ironhide. And, when Grimlock chose to disobey Prime's directives and make a tactical first strike against [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s ships, Ironhide went with him. They were quickly found out and captured, though, leaving it to Optimus to bail them out of trouble. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}}

Later, when Prime had the brilliant idea that Megatron would be willing to "just talk" after laying waste to much of the planet Earth, Ironhide joined the rescue party Grimlock threw together to bail him out. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} He was also involved in the defense of [[Ethos]] against the [[Ethos raiding party|Cybertronians]]. Ironhide took several shots to the chest while protecting that world. {{storylink|Escalation!}}

====''Classics''====
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Ironhide came to Earth, along with [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], to bolster Optimus Prime's forces as Megatron began reassembling his army. Ironhide was seen defending a human settlement from the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] as Megatron and the captive Ratchet watched on. {{storylink|At Fight's End}}

Ironhide was aboard the ''[[Graviton (Classics)|Graviton]]'' when it was pulled into the [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon]] universe and deposited near that universe's prehistoric [[Earth]]. After being shot down by the ''[[Talon (Classics)|Talon]]'', the Autobots adopted organic alternate modes to avoid the ambient [[Energon radiation]], and though Ironhide wasn't keen on the idea, he took the form of an [[elephant]]. {{storylink|Shattered Time}} On discovering that three [[stasis pod]]s were missing from the ship, the Autobots set out to find them, but after suffering a Decepticon attack on the way, they arrived to find [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] had already activated them as Decepticons. Prowl, Silverbolt and Ironhide were blasted by [[Autojetter]], and it was only the arrival of [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s subsequent recovery that saved them. {{storylink|Shattered Expectations (BWSG)|Shattered Expectations}}

The Autobots retreated across a rock bridge, and watched as Magnus faced off against Megatron, dealing their foe a temporary defeat. Back at the ''Graviton'', Depth Charge gave the "Maximals" more of an explanation regarding his presence, though it gave Ironhide a bit of a headache. {{storylink|Shattered Paths}} When they located their missing energy purifier, the Maximals went out to fetch it. Despite the new ability of Ironhide, Prowl and Silverbolt to merge into [[Magnaboss]], they were trounced by [[God Neptune (BWSG)|God Neptune]]. {{storylink|Shattered Hope}} Returning to the ship, the Maximals fueled up before joining Depth Charge, who had located the Matrix he was seeking. The Maximals kept a security system occupied long enough for Magnus to retrieve the Matrix in question, however a short time later they were confronted by Megatron piloting a giant mech. {{storylink|Shattered Balance}} Ironhide again took part in merging into Magnaboss, but the combiner was soundly defeated by Megatron's [[Gigastorm Armor]]. The Maximals were moments later pulled into a dimensional rift created by Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Shattered Destiny}}

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====''Regeneration One''====
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Ironhide was part of the Autobot detachment that Optimus Prime took with him to confront Megatron on a devastated Earth in [[2012]]. While the two leaders clashed, Ironhide and the others battled Megatron's [[zombie]] army of "Ex-Bots". {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5|Loose Ends #5}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
[[File:Mtmte1 ironhide mans laser.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.2|Ironhide firing the gun at the side of the [[Ark (G1)|ship]] that magically fired straight in front of the ship.]]
{{main|Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}

Ironhide was part of the bridge crew of the [[Ark (G1)|Autobots' spacecraft]] when it embarked on its fateful voyage to seek out new sources of energy beyond [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] four million years ago and its crash on [[Earth]]. He was reactivated in 1984, Becoming a member of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime's]] Autobots, playing a key role in stopping many of the Decepticon's plots on Earth. He even came back from retirement!

Sadly, his luck came to and end when in 2005, the [[Decepticons]] boarded his shuttle en route to [[Autobot City]]. Even the old timer could not stand up when severely outnumbered, as all of his crewmates were killed, and he was executed by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] from point blank range.

In some other cartoons and comics, he came back from the dead (maybe).

===Marvel Storybooks continuity===
Ironhide was one of the thrity-five Autobots rebuilt on Earth in the form of a terrestrial vehicle. Along with Hound, Windcharger and Optimus, Ironhide once cheered so loudly that it almost made a volcano erupt. Later, he was a participant in a fight that ensued between the Autobts and the Decepticons when Megatron attempted to take millions of humans hostage in order to demand Earth's unconditional surrender to the Decepticons. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}

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===Marvel coloring books===
Wither Ironhide or Ratchet helped the Autobots in protecting Hoover Dam from the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Deadly Fuel Shortage}}

Ironhide was part of the Autobot convoy that followed Optimus Prime into battle when it was discovered that the Decepticons were using a [[molecular transfer device]] to steal fuel from all around the globe. After the encountered Decepticon opposition en-route, Ironhide volunteered to donate some of his fuel to the more energy-efficient Autobots so that they continue fighting without him. The Autobots utlimately succeeded in turning the Decepticons' device against them, and returned the stolen fuel to its rightful owners. {{storylink|Summertime Coloring Book}}

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

===Ladybird Books continuity===
While stretching his suspension, Ironhide inadvertently picked up a radio contact of Decepticons in flight, and reported it to Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Megatron's Fight for Power}}

Ironhide volunteered for grocery trip duties with Spike and Sparkplug Witwicky. Apparently, the two humans ate so much it put a strain on Ironhide's suspension. {{storylink|Autobots Fight Back}}

Ironhide was part of a battle unit assembled by Optimus Prime to stop the Decepticons from seizing control of...a single windmill. (No, really.) {{storylink|Laserbeak's Fury}}

===''Find Your Fate Junior''===
{{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.}}
====Attack of the Insecticons====
Ironhide was in the process of completing a trial-run with [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]'s newest invention, the [[Sun-Pak]], when the Decepticons attacked the Autobots' secret underground testing track. The ensuing fight between the two factions was skewed in favour of the Decepticons, forcing the Autobots into a series of difficult choices. In the subsequent possible scenarios, Ironhide was more in favour of bargaining with the Decepticons for the Autobots' lives, and ran into difficulties in keeping the Sun-Pak out of Decepticon hands. {{storylink|Attack of the Insecticons}}

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

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

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

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

In yet another possible scenario, Optimus opted to use the tainted fuel as a weapon against an encroaching Decepticon squadron. The plan went off without a hitch, and the Autobots celebrated another victory over the Decepticons.

In a completely different scenario, Optimus decided to go on the offensive and strike back at the Decepticons after they had poisoned a good number of Autobots. Prowl quickly pointed out that the mission required brains, not muscles, pointing to Ironhide. Optimus agreed, and Ironhide could only grumble while Prowl smirked. Prick.

In one possible scenario that followed, Optimus and his squadron returned to base with the antidote and cured the poisoned Autobots. The Autobots then proceeded to stop the Decepticons in their latest plot: to poison the nearby water supply.

If Optimus led his troops back to the Decepticons’ poison lab, Ironhide was amongst the Autobot convoy that drove into action. Upon seeing the Decepticons hauling out drums of poison, Ironhide suggested the Autobots go in strong and attack them directly.

If Optimus went along with Ironhide’s plan, Ironhide, Brawn, Twin Twist and Hound were called forth by Optimus to gun down the laboratory. The laboratory then caved in on itself, signalling an Autobot victory. {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}

====Autobot Alert!====
Ironhide was present at the Autobot city of Metroplex when an Autobot Alert sounded.

He and the other Autobots learned of two Decepticon plots simultaneously occurring. One of which was the theft of a coded message meant for Ultra Magnus’s eyes only. If Ultra Magnus decided to prioritize theft of the coded message, Ironhide was part of the captive audience that listened to Kup divulge information about an ancient Autobot formula. Ironhide took off towards the Autobots’ desert research centre along with a number of other Autobots. Once there, they learned from Springer that the Cybertite sphere containing the formula was discovered by humans during the 16th century. If the Decepticons had decoded Springer's message, they would be searching off the coast of California, where the ship containing the sphere had sunk. If they hadn’t decoded the message, the Decepticons would still be digging in the nearby crater.

If Ultra Magnus decided to assume that the Decepticons had already decrypted the message, he ordered his forces to split up to more efficiently address the situation. Ironhide was part of the main group of Autobot forces led by Ultra Magnus towards the California coast. Arriving at the scene, Ultra Magnus’s troops were informed by Powerglide (who had flown ahead of the land-bound group) that he had discovered the location of the sunken ship containing the cybertite sphere. Simultaneously, Blurr caught up with the group to inform them that the Decepticons were quickly approaching. The Autobots then needed to decide whether they would raise the ship themselves, or try and ambush the Decepticons after they had done so.

If Ultra Magnus decided to have his Autobots hide while the Decepticons raised the ship, Ironhide found himself in a cave with Brawn and and Grapple. The three Autobots spied Devastator retrieving the sunken ship from the water, and decided that the three of them would snatch the sphere away from the Decepticons.

If Ironhide and his team executed their plan before any other Autobots, they had Grapple reel the ship away from the Decepticons with his crane hook, while Ironhide and Brawn attempted to defend their position. The Decepticons destroyed both the ship and the cybertite sphere contained within, and then began pummelling the Autobots with their superior firepower. Trapped in their caves, the Autobts were left at the Decepticons’ mercy. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}

===''Transformers in 3-D''===
[[File:TFin3D2 Ironhide rips through wall.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|There's a door just to your left, Ironhide.]]
When a distress call from [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] reached [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Ironhide set off to find out why the small Autobot was so far from his assigned area. This lead him to the planet [[Andellor]], to which Cosmos had traveled in search of the [[Prism of Power]]. Ironhide first managed to dispatch [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] without breaking a sweat, before he, Cosmos, and the five children who needed the Prism, encountered [[Grogg]], guardian of the ancient artifact. Though Ironhide pleaded with Grogg that they needed the Prism, Grogg insisted they answer his riddle or die. After one of the children answered the riddle, Ironhide returned with Cosmos and the children to the [[S.S. Exton 9]] space station and defeated [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] in battle. {{storylink|Transformers in 3-D issue 2|Transformers in 3-D #2}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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Before the war, Ironhide was a construction engineer, working on the bridges that connected cybertron's city states.
When war broke out, he joined [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s commando unit, along with [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], when they attempted to defend [[Altihex]] against the Decepticons. Though Altihex was lost, the unit survived to attend [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s inauguration. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}} He took part in the preparations for the evacuation of Cybertron at the [[Central Spaceport]], despite expressing his disagreement to [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] about the new Prime's decision. The pair subsequently observed Grimlock's even greater dissatisfaction and the Dinobot stormed off. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} During a Decepticon attack, he and the rest of the unit met Grimlock on the [[Tri-Torus Loop]], only to be surprised by Grimlock's decision to leave [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] to the foe. Instead they traveled to the crater of the [[Forum of Enlightenment]] to look for Optimus. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}}

Underground, Ironhide's sensors led the group to find the [[Planetary engine|planetary turbines]]. Grimlock ordered him, Kup and Wheeljack to shut it down. The trio listened in on [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s plans, but were discovered by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} Ironhide and Kup worked to fight the Constructicons off, becoming pinned down until Grimlock arrived to lend a hand with Optimus. They kept the Decepticons distracted long enough for Wheeljack to take out the planetary engines. Though Ironhide expected Optimus to resume the evacuation, Prime announced they were staying. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

After Prime was lost through a space bridge, and the Cybertronians fell into even more factions, Ironhide became a part of Grimlock's [[Lightning Strike Coalition]]. During an attempt by Starscream's forces to seize a couple of transporters full of energon, Ironhide and Wheeljack were able to board and fly off in the transporters while the rest of the team kept Starscream busy. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}}

He was part of the ''Ark'''s original crew four million years ago, and awoke with the rest of them in 1984. After the crash of the ''[[Ark II]]'', however, Ironhide was among the Transformers secretly acquired by [[Lazarus (G1)|Lazarus]] as a potential weapon of mass destruction for sale. He was tortured and heavily damaged by the Decepticons when they broke Lazarus' control over them, and was unable to immediately aid Prime and the others against Megatron. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}} {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}}

''When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] returned from an alien world with the malevolent [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]] in tow, Ironhide was one of the first Autobots who joined them in the fight against the invaders. The Keepers had taken residence in [[Las Vegas]], Nevada, and a united force of Autobots and Decepticons descended on the city in the hopes of stopping the aliens before the United States government unleashed a nuclear strike. When Optimus Prime used an energon pool to supercharge himself and the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], Ironhide and the other Autobots joined their own energon with Prime to enhance his efforts. Through their combined energies, the nuclear missile was averted and the Keepers were displaced into the Void. {{storylink|Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation}}''

[[File:PassiveAggression-KupIronhidereunite.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Old people ''never'' stop doing it. Now try to get that out of your brain!]]

''After the battle, Optimus Prime was forced by a debt of honor to hand over the Matrix to Megatron, a decision which didn't sit well with many of the Autobots. Ironhide did his best to defend his leader's actions against the likes of [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], but even he had trouble justifying the decision. Ironhide also joined the Autobots in confronting the American military in the Nevada desert, where the President attempted to have them assassinated. The military used [[deconstructionite]]s, reverse-engineered Cybertronian technology in the form of tiny microchips that literally sapped away the Transformers' strength. Ironhide was the first of the Autobots to fall before this assault, and had to be hauled to safety inside Prime's trailer segment. {{storylink|Transformers: Fusion|Fusion}}''

Sometime after Ironhide was repaired, the Autobots again confronted the Decepticons, this time over a mysterious shuttle pod that landed in Northern Canada. [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] got the drop on Ironhide during the fight, riddling his backside with explosive shells. The feisty security agent had to be dragged off the battlefield so that Ratchet could perform the necessary repairs back at base. {{storylink|New World Order}} In the meantime, a force of United Cybertronians arrived on Earth and demanded that Prime and his crew surrender themselves into protective custody, in order to prevent them from rekindling the war which had been over on Cybertron now for centuries. Leaving behind a skeleton crew to watch over Earth, Optimus Prime, Ironhide and the other Autobots allowed [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and his operatives to bring them back to their home planet. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} On Cybertron, Optimus Prime was separated from the other Autobots, and Ironhide's team was covertly brought by [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] to the Autobot resistance. Many Autobots on Cybertron questioned the beneficence of their "commander", [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], and had organized into several insurgency cells. Ironhide and Prowl met with [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]'s unit, who in turn brought them in touch with Optimus and second unit led by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and Kup. Ironhide quickly exchanged greetings (and a few good-natured insults) with his war-buddy Kup. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} With the ''Ark'''s crew at hand, the insurgency took to the streets, fighting back against Shockwave and his "[[Guardian robot|Dark Guardians]]". Ironhide joined [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and Hot Rod on the front lines during the advance. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}

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In the days that followed, Ironhide, Prowl and Kup attempted to coordinate things on Cybertron, but gratefully stepped aside once Ultra Magnus had finished his repair cycle. Ironhide was greatly amused when the uncharismatic Prowl attempted to make a public address at [[Central Hall]], only to be bombarded with questions from concerned citizens. Later, he, Prowl and Kup knocked back [[Kremzeek|refreshments]] at the [[Alpha Preserve]] and reflected upon the changing political landscape of Cybertron, and wondered if it would be best for old warriors such as themselves to leave. {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}} With the discovery of a [[Sunstorm (G1)|mysterious cloned Transformer]] possessing the accumulated knowledge of [[Vector Sigma]] heading towards [[Earth]], Prowl decided that the ''Ark'''s old crew had an obligation to return there and defend their second home. Though some such as [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] griped, Ironhide knew that for all of their complaints, they would join the mission anyway. {{storylink|Atonement}} They returned to Earth and began construction of a new Autobot base of operations: [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' continuity===
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Many years after the Ark had crashed on Earth, the human terrorist organization [[Cobra]] discovered it and its dormant crew. The Transformers were reprogrammed to be under Cobra's control and given new alternate modes, with Ironhide, Ratchet and Optimus Prime now turning into [[HISS tank]]s. Along with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], the three Autobots were forced to attack a peace summit in [[Washington, D.C.]] {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1}} The reprogrammed Transformers were eventually freed thanks to [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], and despite Cobra's efforts to regain control of Ironhide, the Autobot got away when Ratchet ripped their control cables out of his head. Along with [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], the two then joined Optimus Prime in fighting back against both the freed Decepticons and Cobra. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}} During the battle, Ironhide didn't do much but liken the density of Decepticons on [[Cobra Island]] to that of [[astro tick]]s on [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s behind. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}}

After defeating the Decepticons on Earth, the Autobots returned to Cybertron, which [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] had conquered in their absence. With the Autobots reduced to a small resistance band, Ironhide helped Optimus Prime and Jazz steal a pile of [[energon cube]]s from the Decepticons. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}} He was understandably surprised when his two friends suddenly disappeared in a flash of light. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}}

Much later, when Optimus Prime was captured by [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]], Ironhide joined a team of Autobots who were waiting for a chance to free him. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}} When Serpent O.R.'s hostages were freed and [[G.I. Joe (team)|reinforcements]] arrived from Earth, the team attacked and ultimately defeated the Decepticon army. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}
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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
Along with the other Autobots, Iron Hide {{sic}} lay deactivated among the [[Fera Islands]] for four million years, until one day in [[1939]] when [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] arrived on the archipelago to defeat [[Cobra]]. [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] accidentally activated the Autobots' [[Sky Spy|repair drone]], which awakened the Autobots and reformatted them, starting with Iron Hide, who was given the form of a human tank. The spooked humans opened fire on the metal giant, but their bullets merely bounced off, and Iron Hide politely asked them to cut it out before the ricochets hurt anyone. After things had settled down, Iron Hide supported the idea of the Autobots helping G.I. Joe, as he needed some workout after that little nap they took. {{storylink|Transformed}}

On behalf of [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], Iron Hide later asked [[Scarlett]] what she was brooding about. The human cryptically said that someone important was missing, but wouldn't explain [[Snake-Eyes|who]]. Shortly afterwards, Iron Hide was shipped out on a barge to attack the [[Terrordrome]] along with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]. {{storylink|Trenches}} During the ensuing battle, he punched out [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and offered to help [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] in his duel with [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], but it turned out Grimlock didn't need any help. Iron Hide presumably perished when the life-giving [[Matrix of Leadership]] was shattered in order to stop [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

{{note|But apparently he was intended to [[Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front|get better]] if Dreamwave hadn't folded.}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
When a badly-damaged Starscream was brought to the Ark, Ironhide agreed with Jazz that it was probably a trap. When Starscream turned out to be amnesiac and amenable to the Autobot cause, Ironhide and Cliffjumper were assigned to him as escorts, just in case. Ironhide would later join Optimus in shielding Starscream from the Decepticons, when they turned up to retrieve their comrade, noting that as Starscream was weaponless, it would hardly seem fair to not protect him. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

===''The Beast Within''===
Ironhide participated in a savage battle against the Decepticons, though he did not fare too well, and got tossed around like a ragdoll by Megatron. He later looked on in horror as the Dinobots merged into [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]] and began rampaging across the battlefield. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

Later, Ironhide was carried inside Optimus Prime’s trailer as the Autobots attempted to outrun The Beast. Ironhide successfully managed to get through to Jetfire, who picked up all of the passengers within Prime’s trailer, save Skids, who was killed moments before Jetfire managed to show up. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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{{main|Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity}}
An early Autobot and one of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s teachers, Ironhide ended up as part of [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]]'s counter-infiltration unit on Earth. There, he aided [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]], [[Verity Carlo]] and [[Jimmy Pink]] in trying to discover what happened had happened to the missing [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], and almost ended up killed from an explosion while saving the two humans with his [[holomatter]] avatar, leading to a merry chase for [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)#IDW Generation 1 continuity|Wheeljack]] to recover him against [[Machination]]'s [[Sunstreaker clone|Headmasters]].

After the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], he was part of a group of Autobots trapped on Earth, where he took a [[Skywatch]] shot meant for Hot Rod, and died...

...but not for long. Reborn one year later, albeit missing four million years of memories, on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] through the machinations of [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], he was left to finish off the [[Insecticon swarm]] infesting the planet with a crippled Sunstreaker until Hot Rod (now calling himself "Rodimus") and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] recovered them. Reunited with the Autobots in time for Cybertron's rebirth, he had a vision of a peaceful time centuries in the future, which influenced him until it was apparently proven wrong with the destruction of [[Gorlam Prime]], sending him into a deep depression for some time.

 

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon===
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===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
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Ironhide served on the [[Maximal Imperium]], alongside [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]. Leadership seemed to have robbed him of a bit of his gusto, although according to [[Big Convoy (BWN)|Big Convoy]] he was 'right honorable'. Ironhide, Prowl and Silverbolt sent [[Ikard]] to request a report from Big Convoy, but he refused, citing his need to investigate the [[Angolmois]]-fueled murders. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}
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===''Hearts of Steel''===
Ironhide was part of the Autobot forces who fought the Decepticons on Earth in the distant past until an incoming ice age threatened to deactivate them all. Both sides went into hiding underground, remaining in stasis until the 1860's, at which point they were accidentally awakened by [[human]]s. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}} As they resumed their war with the Decepticons, Ironhide and the others took on train modes and allied themselves with [[John Henry]] in order to pursue the [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3|Hearts of Steel #3}} Ironhide was the second car in the Autobot train, an artillery boxcar with his name on it. When [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] began to attack the Autobot train from above, he partially transformed to [[robot mode]] in order to shoot him down. After the Decepticons were defeated, the Autobots went back to sleep underground. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 4|Hearts of Steel #4}}

By [[1888]], Ironhide had gotten involved with humanity again, hiding on the [[USS Miskatonic|USS ''Miskatonic'']] in the form of an gun turret. On the way to [[Ireland]] the ship was attacked by a tentacled monster from underneath the waves, forcing Ironhide to abandon it and report to the other Autobots. A week later at [[Port Cenotaph]], he ran into [[fish people|additional creatures]] and [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]], who revealed that he and the Decepticons were now following the [[Elder God]]s instead of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Ironhide tried to fight the empowered Decepticon, but was overcome by his eldritch tentacles. {{storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 1|Infestation 2: The Transformers #1}} As a servant of the Elder Gods, Ironhide stood guard at Port Cenotaph with the Decepticons, protecting it against an international fleet when they came to investigate the disappearance of multiple ships. Ironhide was freed from the Elder Gods' control when [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Hearts of Steel|Optimus Prime]] injured the attending Elder God enough to force it back into the depths of the ocean. {{storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 2|Infestation 2: The Transformers #2}}{{storylink|Infestation 2 issue 1|Infestation 2 #1}}

===Descent into Evil===
[[File:Ratchetironhidedescent.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Amazingly not dead.]]
Ironhide was severely injured during a battle on [[Moon Base Four]], but Optimus Prime used his [[Reconfiguration Matrix]] to create a new body for his old friend. {{storylink|Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide's ''Timelines'' toy bio}}

Years after the Autobot-Decepticon Wars ended, Ironhide and five other Autobots were sent to [[Ceti Alpha Seven]] to destroy General [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] clone lab and stop his planned Decepticon uprising. After a team of four (consisting of [[Outback (G1)|Fallback]], [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], [[Flareup (G1)|Flareup]], and [[Ricochet (Timelines)|Ricochet]]) failed, Ironhide and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] followed to help. After battling swarms of [[Virulent Clone]]s and [[Buzzclaw (G1)|Buzzclaw]], they finally met up with Deathsaurus himself. Ironhide stayed to fight the general, and Ratchet separated to find their fallen friends. However, Ironhide was shot in the back by [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]] and he went into stasis lock. Ironhide woke up restrained inside Deathsaurus' lab with Ratchet, while Deathsaurus appeared to them on a monitor and told them he planned to destroy the lab by remote. Before the lab could detonate, Ricochet snuck in and freed them, allowing them to gather their fallen and escape. {{storylink|Descent into Evil}}
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===''Encore'' toy bio===
Ironhide acquired a new protective black coating to disguise himself from both Decepticons and members of the [[human]] criminal underworld, to better allow him to do his job as Optimus Prime's bodyguard. The other Autobots joke that he looks like a stereotypical "Men in Black" vehicle, but Ironhide insists he got the idea from black pickups trucks he saw around town. The coating, a composite gel metal, has made his trithyllium steel skin even more durable, allowing him to self-repair minor injuries right away, and his robot and mobile artillery forms are now 25% more maneuverable than before. {{storylink|Ironhide (G1)/toys#black|'Protect Black Ironhide' toy bio}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in comic===
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{{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 7|Henkei! Henkei! #7}}

Ironhide, [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] tracked [[Nightstick (Cyclonus)|Nightstick]] to a volcanic region of the planet where [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] was about to unveil the awe-inspiring [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Engaging the jets in battle, Ironhide and the Autobots successfully blocked the lava pool Galvatron was too emerge from. Their satisfaction turned to horror, however, when Galvatron blasted free from the rubble anyhow. Luckily, Galvatron was not a morning person, and was more interested in berating Cyclonus and Starscream for interrupting his nap than attacking the Autobots. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 9|Henkei! Henkei! #9}}

Ironhide was taking a pounding from the uncharacteristically-aggressive [[Octane (G1)|Octane]] when Mirage stepped in, meutralizing the 'Con before he was even aware of the invisible Autobot's presence. Both Ironhide and Mirage were shocked when Octane continued moving despite having his circuits disrupted, and were downright beside themselves when the ghost of Starscream emerged from within the [[Triple Changer]]. {{storylink|Mirage's Rebirth}}

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===''Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun'' manga===
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{{storylink|To the Sea of Stars}}
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===''Transformers United''===
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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
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{{storylink|Another Episode, Part 2}} {{storylink|The Fated Rival, Once Again...}} {{storylink|To Earth}} {{storylink|Plans of the Emperor of Destruction}} {{storylink|Revenge (All Spark)}} {{storylink|The False Power}} {{storylink|Ray of Hope}} {{storylink|Great Aspirations}} {{storylink|Conclusion}}

===''Cloud''===
Ironhide was one of the Autobots of [[Metropolis]], who maintained order throughout the multiverse from [[Cloud World]]. As a surveillance 'bot, Ironhide dispatched [[Bumblebee (Cloud)|Bumblebee]] and other agents to particular Spacetimes in need of care, although he still pushed for field duties assignments himself from time to time. {{storylink|Uprising (Cloud)|Uprising}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Leap}} {{storylink|Shock (Cloud)|Shock}} {{storylink|Eagerness}} {{storylink|Lightwave}} {{storylink|Metamorphosis (Cloud)|Metamorphosis}}}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
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==Games==
===''Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons''===
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops from the Decepticons, Ironhide could come to Optimus Prime's aid, acting as a bodyguard against Decepticon attacks. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}

===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{voiceactor|[[Russ Veillard]] (English)}}
{{Note|Ironhide is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers G1: Awakening''===
[[File:Gluawakening ironhide.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
Ironhide was among the Autobots who left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], and spent four million years in stasis after it was shot down over Earth by the Decepticons. As one of the more badly injured, he was placed in [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] until the Autobots had gathered enough energon to revive him. He was well enough to take part in a battle when the Autobots saved [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] from a bunch of Decepticons, and took part in the defense of the Ark when the Decepticons attempted to assault it. {{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
When Megatron challenged Optimus Prime to a duel, Ironhide was one of the few Autobots left at HQ to defend it from an attack by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. Taking command, he attempted to organize the defense, but they were no match for the Decepticon team. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War - Part 1}}

When the Decepticons discovered a pool of [[Electrum]] and plotted to use this new discovery to annihilate the Autobots, Ironhide and the rest of Optimus's forces sneakily located the lagoon themselves and coated themselves with the substance. In the end, they Autobots forced the Decepticons to retreat, but the miraculous Electrum lagoon was destroyed. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (Legends)|The Golden Lagoon}}

Ironhide took part in the defense of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] during a Decepticon assault, but was unable to prevent their advance. {{storylink|One Shall Fall...}} He had better luck during an assault by [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] — he and [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] managed to retrieve [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]] and fight their way through the Decepticon ranks to get Metroplex back on his feet. {{storylink|Monstrosity}}
===Transformers: Battle Tactics===
NOTE: Ironhide is only shown in an image. [[File:5autobotsinbattletactics.jpg|200px]]
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}

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

==Merchandise==
{{main|Ironhide (G1)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
*[[Bob Budiansky]] named Ironhide after the TV detective show, ''[[Wikipedia: Ironside (TV series)|Ironside]]'', whose titular protagonist was also a grizzled veteran of his profession.<ref>[http://moonbase2.libsyn.com/the-moonbase-2-podcast-interviews-bob-budiansky- Moonbase 2 podcast interview with Bob Budiansky]</ref>
*A 1986 [[Panini]] stickerbook sold in Belgium and the Netherlands gave Ironhide the alternate French language name "Ferro Métal". Whether this name was used in any other media made for French-speaking regions is unknown.
*While ''Cloud'' Ironhide doesn't appear in any illustrations, a [https://twitter.com/gikogakodo/status/537809990669451264 photo] of the ''Cloud'' Autobots together by writer [[Makoto Wakabayashi]] shows him as the [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|''Henkei! Henkei!'' Ironhide]] toy.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ironhide''' (アイアンハイド ''Aianhaido'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''Tei-Paid''' (鐵皮, "Iron Skin", "Iron Hide")
*''French:'' '''Rhino''' (Canada)
*''Hebrew:'' '''Ór Pladá''' (עור פלדה, "Steel Hide")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Acélfej''' ("Steel-head"), '''Vasököl''' (Movie, "Ironfist")
*''Italian:'' '''Falco''' ("Hawk")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Zàng Tiě''' (Taiwan, 藏鐵, "Hiding Iron"), '''Tiěpí''' (China, 鐵皮, "Iron Skin")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Couraça''' (Brazil comics, "Hide"), '''Arma-de-Ferro''' (Portugal comics, "Iron Weapon")
*''Russian:'' '''Bronevik''' (Броневик, "Armored Car")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Zaliznyak''' (Залізняк, "Ironer")

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Ironhide Ironhide's Universe profile at NTFA.net]
* [http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/shop/shopdetail.html?brandcode=034000000005&search=%A5%A2%A5%A4%A5%A2%A5%F3%A5%CF%A5%A4%A5%C9 e-Hobby's page for Black Protect Ironhide]

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Ironhide (G1)

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:''Ironhide is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Ironhideg1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Properly pronounced "Arn-hahhhd".]]
'''Ironhide''' is one of the oldest and toughest Autobots, and has been on [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s team for a long time. "They don't make them like they used to" is an apt description of Ironhide—he's yesterday's model, but he's built to last.

Gruff and ornery, he prefers actions to words, and dislikes talk for talk's sake. (He wouldn't enjoy being paired up with [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]].) But though he may be rough around the edges, he's still optimistic and upbeat. The upside to being through more than your share of trouble means trouble ain't so big a scare anymore.

Ironhide's most distinctive ability is the [[water gun]], a weapon which can generate and shoot a liquid of virtually any type. Liquid nitrogen is historically a favorite, but there have been acids, mortar, and more.

His vehicle mode sometimes splits into his robot and a [[Onebox component|separate component]].

{{quote|When are we gonna start bustin' Deceptichops?|Ironhide's version of diplomacy|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Ironhideg1firstappearance.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|HAY GUYS CAN I HAVE A CHARACTER MODEL PLEASE KTHANX]]
Four million years ago, when the war was still young, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] fought an uphill battle against the Decepticons. Ironhide was beside him when Optimus Prime, despite being wounded, refused to raise the white flag, and due to their courage, the tide of the war was turned. {{storylink|Surrender!}}

Ironhide was chosen to join the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] mission to save Cybertron from an asteroid belt—a mission that saw him stranded on [[Earth]] for four million years. Upon reactivation in [[1984]], Ironhide immediately began bickering with [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}}

[[File:Ironhidehufferlaststand.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Phew. There we go.]]
This rivalry continued when it was discovered that the [[human]] [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] had created useable fuel for the Decepticons during his kidnapping. Huffer demanded Sparkplug pay for his treason, while Ironhide suggested sympathy. However, this argument only provided a distraction for Sparkplug and his son, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] to escape; this attempt was aborted when Sparkplug suffered a heart attack. Soon, the Decepticons, fully refueled, came for the Ark, and Ironhide was one of just five Autobots selected to fight the invasion, using pooled fuel from his comrades. Their near-victory was robbed from them when [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] arrived, surprising everyone, and blasted the surviving Autobots into spare parts. {{storylink|The Last Stand}}

Ironhide 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, returned to the Ark in secret to see this for himself; indeed, Ironhide and the others still hung deactivated. {{storylink|Warrior School!}} Ratchet managed to re-secure the Ark, and Ironhide was subsequently rebuilt. {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}} Ironhide would be one of the first Autobots to battle the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] when his team attempted to destroy a transmission from [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] to his Decepticon comrades back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}} Ironhide also suffered damage at the hands of a Decepticon-controlled Optimus Prime body shortly before their fallen leader was restored to them. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

[[File:Ironhidetarget2006.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|When Ironhide's in charge, he nominates Megatron to take over. Scary, huh?]]
''Once repaired, he worked alongside [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] in the Dinobot Hunt, initially distrusting and clashing with him because of his Decepticon origins. He learnt to trust him during the mission.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}} ''He at one point broke protocol to single-handedly break a [[Greater glory terrorists|terrorist]] siege in [[Los Angeles]], only to become frustrated when the police almost ruined it.'' {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}} ''Later on, he would be dispatched as a bodyguard for [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] to prevent any reprisal attacks from the Decepticons—he had a more successful rematch against the Constructicons, and was also happily introduced to the wonders of demolition derbies.'' {{storylink|Devastation Derby!}}

''When the time-travelling [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] arrived in [[1986]] and Optimus Prime, Ratchet, and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] were both lost in [[Limbo]], Ironhide was one of the Autobots who battled the Decepticon. It went so poorly that the beaten and humiliated Ironhide was desperate enough to salvage the similarly-defeated [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and Soundwave to temporarily take command of the Autobots.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

Ironhide would go on to fight against [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s forces on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] shortly before the crews of the Ark and the ''Steelhaven'' joined under one banner. {{storylink|Totaled!}} ''He was also briefly seen fighting alongside the Transformers of two eras against Galvatron during the Time Wars.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

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Although not explicitly named as being among those who were taken offline by the [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], Ironhide probably fell victim to this fate since, when he was next heard from, he was offline in a stasis aboard the Ark. In [[1990]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] revived him and all the other invalid Autobots with [[Nucleon]] in time to participate in the climactic battle with [[Unicron]] on Cybertron. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} Shortly after the planet-eater's destruction, Ironhide was seen loading supplies onto one of the ships the Autobots were about to use to depart Cybertron. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}}
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=====Earthforce=====
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While in stasis aboard the Ark, Ironhide was hacked into by an alternate [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]], who was looking for potential soldiers with dark sides he could corrupt. As a result, Ironhide was reactivated and helped stop Galvatron. {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}} He went on to be a founding member of [[Earthforce]], fighting against Megatron and Shockwave's rival Decepticon armies. {{storylink|Break-Away!}}

In his first mission, alongside [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]], he used his knowledge of Decepticon [[automated defence ring]]s and riddles to get into a Decepticon facility and end their attempts at creating a new [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Desert Island Risks!}} Later, he was present at the Decepticon [[Enclave]], and came up with a devious plan to stop Megatron & Shockwave from uniting their two factions. Knocking out [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]] and using him as a patsy, Ironhide and the other Autobots faked a sniper attack on Megatron, prompting the Decepticons to shoot back at the rock cropping where they were hiding. The Autobots then dropped Headstrong off the ledge as if he'd been hit, framing him and Shockwave's army for trying to assassinate Megatron. The Enclave quickly turned into a [[Ruckus (G1)|ruckus]]. A [[Brawl (G1)|brawl]]. A [[Mixmaster (G1)|mixmas]]—no, wait. That one doesn't work. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}}

Ironhide also joined Earthforce and the [[Survivors]] in taking down the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]]. {{storylink|Where Wolf?}} While fighting to protect Starscream from Decepticon assassins, in order to get a systems boost for [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]'s fading health, Ironhide had to fight against Megatron. He took several hits from the [[fusion cannon]], going down and leaving the fight to the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. {{storylink|The Lesser Evil!}} Perhaps looking to sharpen his skills, Ironhide was next seen working out with Jazz in the Combat Room against a robot drone. {{storylink|Front Line! (issue)|Front Line!}}

=====Another Time & Place=====
Ironhide was part of a commando unit sent to [[Hydrus Four]] after the Dinobots. He and a small group of Autobots surprised [[Fangry]] and tore him limb from limb. {{storylink|Another Time & Place}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Power Play!}} {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}} {{storylink|Decepticon Dam-Busters!}} {{storylink|Brainstorm!}} {{storylink|Crisis of Command!}} {{storylink|The Icarus Theory}} {{storylink|...The Harder They Die!}} {{storylink|Resurrection!}} {{storylink|Once upon a Time...}} {{storylink|The House that Wheeljack Built!}} {{storylink|External Forces!}} {{storylink|The Quest!}} {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}}}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
When Optimus Prime and Grimlock discovered the threat of the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]], they called in Autobots scattered across the galaxy, including Ironhide. And, when Grimlock chose to disobey Prime's directives and make a tactical first strike against [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s ships, Ironhide went with him. They were quickly found out and captured, though, leaving it to Optimus to bail them out of trouble. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}}

Later, when Prime had the brilliant idea that Megatron would be willing to "just talk" after laying waste to much of the planet Earth, Ironhide joined the rescue party Grimlock threw together to bail him out. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} He was also involved in the defense of [[Ethos]] against the [[Ethos raiding party|Cybertronians]]. Ironhide took several shots to the chest while protecting that world. {{storylink|Escalation!}}

====''Classics''====
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Ironhide came to Earth, along with [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], to bolster Optimus Prime's forces as Megatron began reassembling his army. Ironhide was seen defending a human settlement from the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] as Megatron and the captive Ratchet watched on. {{storylink|At Fight's End}}

Ironhide was aboard the ''[[Graviton (Classics)|Graviton]]'' when it was pulled into the [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon]] universe and deposited near that universe's prehistoric [[Earth]]. After being shot down by the ''[[Talon (Classics)|Talon]]'', the Autobots adopted organic alternate modes to avoid the ambient [[Energon radiation]], and though Ironhide wasn't keen on the idea, he took the form of an [[elephant]]. {{storylink|Shattered Time}} On discovering that three [[stasis pod]]s were missing from the ship, the Autobots set out to find them, but after suffering a Decepticon attack on the way, they arrived to find [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] had already activated them as Decepticons. Prowl, Silverbolt and Ironhide were blasted by [[Autojetter]], and it was only the arrival of [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s subsequent recovery that saved them. {{storylink|Shattered Expectations (BWSG)|Shattered Expectations}}

The Autobots retreated across a rock bridge, and watched as Magnus faced off against Megatron, dealing their foe a temporary defeat. Back at the ''Graviton'', Depth Charge gave the "Maximals" more of an explanation regarding his presence, though it gave Ironhide a bit of a headache. {{storylink|Shattered Paths}} When they located their missing energy purifier, the Maximals went out to fetch it. Despite the new ability of Ironhide, Prowl and Silverbolt to merge into [[Magnaboss]], they were trounced by [[God Neptune (BWSG)|God Neptune]]. {{storylink|Shattered Hope}} Returning to the ship, the Maximals fueled up before joining Depth Charge, who had located the Matrix he was seeking. The Maximals kept a security system occupied long enough for Magnus to retrieve the Matrix in question, however a short time later they were confronted by Megatron piloting a giant mech. {{storylink|Shattered Balance}} Ironhide again took part in merging into Magnaboss, but the combiner was soundly defeated by Megatron's [[Gigastorm Armor]]. The Maximals were moments later pulled into a dimensional rift created by Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Shattered Destiny}}

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====''Regeneration One''====
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Ironhide was part of the Autobot detachment that Optimus Prime took with him to confront Megatron on a devastated Earth in [[2012]]. While the two leaders clashed, Ironhide and the others battled Megatron's [[zombie]] army of "Ex-Bots". {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5|Loose Ends #5}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
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Ironhide was part of the bridge crew of the [[Ark (G1)|Autobots' spacecraft]] when it embarked on its fateful voyage to seek out new sources of energy beyond [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] four million years ago and its crash on [[Earth]]. He was reactivated in 1984, Becoming a member of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime's]] Autobots, playing a key role in stopping many of the Decepticon's plots on Earth. He even came back from retirement!

Sadly, his luck came to and end when in 2005, the [[Decepticons]] boarded his shuttle en route to [[Autobot City]]. Even the old timer could not stand up when severely outnumbered, as all of his crewmates were killed, and he was executed by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] from point blank range.

In some other cartoons and comics, he came back from the dead (maybe).

===Marvel Storybooks continuity===
Ironhide was one of the thrity-five Autobots rebuilt on Earth in the form of a terrestrial vehicle. Along with Hound, Windcharger and Optimus, Ironhide once cheered so loudly that it almost made a volcano erupt. Later, he was a participant in a fight that ensued between the Autobts and the Decepticons when Megatron attempted to take millions of humans hostage in order to demand Earth's unconditional surrender to the Decepticons. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}

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===Marvel coloring books===
Wither Ironhide or Ratchet helped the Autobots in protecting Hoover Dam from the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Deadly Fuel Shortage}}

Ironhide was part of the Autobot convoy that followed Optimus Prime into battle when it was discovered that the Decepticons were using a [[molecular transfer device]] to steal fuel from all around the globe. After the encountered Decepticon opposition en-route, Ironhide volunteered to donate some of his fuel to the more energy-efficient Autobots so that they continue fighting without him. The Autobots utlimately succeeded in turning the Decepticons' device against them, and returned the stolen fuel to its rightful owners. {{storylink|Summertime Coloring Book}}

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

===Ladybird Books continuity===
While stretching his suspension, Ironhide inadvertently picked up a radio contact of Decepticons in flight, and reported it to Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Megatron's Fight for Power}}

Ironhide volunteered for grocery trip duties with Spike and Sparkplug Witwicky. Apparently, the two humans ate so much it put a strain on Ironhide's suspension. {{storylink|Autobots Fight Back}}

Ironhide was part of a battle unit assembled by Optimus Prime to stop the Decepticons from seizing control of...a single windmill. (No, really.) {{storylink|Laserbeak's Fury}}

===''Find Your Fate Junior''===
{{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.}}
====Attack of the Insecticons====
Ironhide was in the process of completing a trial-run with [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]'s newest invention, the [[Sun-Pak]], when the Decepticons attacked the Autobots' secret underground testing track. The ensuing fight between the two factions was skewed in favour of the Decepticons, forcing the Autobots into a series of difficult choices. In the subsequent possible scenarios, Ironhide was more in favour of bargaining with the Decepticons for the Autobots' lives, and ran into difficulties in keeping the Sun-Pak out of Decepticon hands. {{storylink|Attack of the Insecticons}}

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

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

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

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

In yet another possible scenario, Optimus opted to use the tainted fuel as a weapon against an encroaching Decepticon squadron. The plan went off without a hitch, and the Autobots celebrated another victory over the Decepticons.

In a completely different scenario, Optimus decided to go on the offensive and strike back at the Decepticons after they had poisoned a good number of Autobots. Prowl quickly pointed out that the mission required brains, not muscles, pointing to Ironhide. Optimus agreed, and Ironhide could only grumble while Prowl smirked. Prick.

In one possible scenario that followed, Optimus and his squadron returned to base with the antidote and cured the poisoned Autobots. The Autobots then proceeded to stop the Decepticons in their latest plot: to poison the nearby water supply.

If Optimus led his troops back to the Decepticons’ poison lab, Ironhide was amongst the Autobot convoy that drove into action. Upon seeing the Decepticons hauling out drums of poison, Ironhide suggested the Autobots go in strong and attack them directly.

If Optimus went along with Ironhide’s plan, Ironhide, Brawn, Twin Twist and Hound were called forth by Optimus to gun down the laboratory. The laboratory then caved in on itself, signalling an Autobot victory. {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}

====Autobot Alert!====
Ironhide was present at the Autobot city of Metroplex when an Autobot Alert sounded.

He and the other Autobots learned of two Decepticon plots simultaneously occurring. One of which was the theft of a coded message meant for Ultra Magnus’s eyes only. If Ultra Magnus decided to prioritize theft of the coded message, Ironhide was part of the captive audience that listened to Kup divulge information about an ancient Autobot formula. Ironhide took off towards the Autobots’ desert research centre along with a number of other Autobots. Once there, they learned from Springer that the Cybertite sphere containing the formula was discovered by humans during the 16th century. If the Decepticons had decoded Springer's message, they would be searching off the coast of California, where the ship containing the sphere had sunk. If they hadn’t decoded the message, the Decepticons would still be digging in the nearby crater.

If Ultra Magnus decided to assume that the Decepticons had already decrypted the message, he ordered his forces to split up to more efficiently address the situation. Ironhide was part of the main group of Autobot forces led by Ultra Magnus towards the California coast. Arriving at the scene, Ultra Magnus’s troops were informed by Powerglide (who had flown ahead of the land-bound group) that he had discovered the location of the sunken ship containing the cybertite sphere. Simultaneously, Blurr caught up with the group to inform them that the Decepticons were quickly approaching. The Autobots then needed to decide whether they would raise the ship themselves, or try and ambush the Decepticons after they had done so.

If Ultra Magnus decided to have his Autobots hide while the Decepticons raised the ship, Ironhide found himself in a cave with Brawn and and Grapple. The three Autobots spied Devastator retrieving the sunken ship from the water, and decided that the three of them would snatch the sphere away from the Decepticons.

If Ironhide and his team executed their plan before any other Autobots, they had Grapple reel the ship away from the Decepticons with his crane hook, while Ironhide and Brawn attempted to defend their position. The Decepticons destroyed both the ship and the cybertite sphere contained within, and then began pummelling the Autobots with their superior firepower. Trapped in their caves, the Autobts were left at the Decepticons’ mercy. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}

===''Transformers in 3-D''===
[[File:TFin3D2 Ironhide rips through wall.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|There's a door just to your left, Ironhide.]]
When a distress call from [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] reached [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Ironhide set off to find out why the small Autobot was so far from his assigned area. This lead him to the planet [[Andellor]], to which Cosmos had traveled in search of the [[Prism of Power]]. Ironhide first managed to dispatch [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] without breaking a sweat, before he, Cosmos, and the five children who needed the Prism, encountered [[Grogg]], guardian of the ancient artifact. Though Ironhide pleaded with Grogg that they needed the Prism, Grogg insisted they answer his riddle or die. After one of the children answered the riddle, Ironhide returned with Cosmos and the children to the [[S.S. Exton 9]] space station and defeated [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] in battle. {{storylink|Transformers in 3-D issue 2|Transformers in 3-D #2}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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Before the war, Ironhide was a construction engineer, working on the bridges that connected cybertron's city states.
When war broke out, he joined [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s commando unit, along with [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], when they attempted to defend [[Altihex]] against the Decepticons. Though Altihex was lost, the unit survived to attend [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s inauguration. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}} He took part in the preparations for the evacuation of Cybertron at the [[Central Spaceport]], despite expressing his disagreement to [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] about the new Prime's decision. The pair subsequently observed Grimlock's even greater dissatisfaction and the Dinobot stormed off. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} During a Decepticon attack, he and the rest of the unit met Grimlock on the [[Tri-Torus Loop]], only to be surprised by Grimlock's decision to leave [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] to the foe. Instead they traveled to the crater of the [[Forum of Enlightenment]] to look for Optimus. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}}

Underground, Ironhide's sensors led the group to find the [[Planetary engine|planetary turbines]]. Grimlock ordered him, Kup and Wheeljack to shut it down. The trio listened in on [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s plans, but were discovered by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} Ironhide and Kup worked to fight the Constructicons off, becoming pinned down until Grimlock arrived to lend a hand with Optimus. They kept the Decepticons distracted long enough for Wheeljack to take out the planetary engines. Though Ironhide expected Optimus to resume the evacuation, Prime announced they were staying. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

After Prime was lost through a space bridge, and the Cybertronians fell into even more factions, Ironhide became a part of Grimlock's [[Lightning Strike Coalition]]. During an attempt by Starscream's forces to seize a couple of transporters full of energon, Ironhide and Wheeljack were able to board and fly off in the transporters while the rest of the team kept Starscream busy. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}}

He was part of the ''Ark'''s original crew four million years ago, and awoke with the rest of them in 1984. After the crash of the ''[[Ark II]]'', however, Ironhide was among the Transformers secretly acquired by [[Lazarus (G1)|Lazarus]] as a potential weapon of mass destruction for sale. He was tortured and heavily damaged by the Decepticons when they broke Lazarus' control over them, and was unable to immediately aid Prime and the others against Megatron. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}} {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}}

''When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] returned from an alien world with the malevolent [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]] in tow, Ironhide was one of the first Autobots who joined them in the fight against the invaders. The Keepers had taken residence in [[Las Vegas]], Nevada, and a united force of Autobots and Decepticons descended on the city in the hopes of stopping the aliens before the United States government unleashed a nuclear strike. When Optimus Prime used an energon pool to supercharge himself and the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], Ironhide and the other Autobots joined their own energon with Prime to enhance his efforts. Through their combined energies, the nuclear missile was averted and the Keepers were displaced into the Void. {{storylink|Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation}}''

[[File:PassiveAggression-KupIronhidereunite.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Old people ''never'' stop doing it. Now try to get that out of your brain!]]

''After the battle, Optimus Prime was forced by a debt of honor to hand over the Matrix to Megatron, a decision which didn't sit well with many of the Autobots. Ironhide did his best to defend his leader's actions against the likes of [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], but even he had trouble justifying the decision. Ironhide also joined the Autobots in confronting the American military in the Nevada desert, where the President attempted to have them assassinated. The military used [[deconstructionite]]s, reverse-engineered Cybertronian technology in the form of tiny microchips that literally sapped away the Transformers' strength. Ironhide was the first of the Autobots to fall before this assault, and had to be hauled to safety inside Prime's trailer segment. {{storylink|Transformers: Fusion|Fusion}}''

Sometime after Ironhide was repaired, the Autobots again confronted the Decepticons, this time over a mysterious shuttle pod that landed in Northern Canada. [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] got the drop on Ironhide during the fight, riddling his backside with explosive shells. The feisty security agent had to be dragged off the battlefield so that Ratchet could perform the necessary repairs back at base. {{storylink|New World Order}} In the meantime, a force of United Cybertronians arrived on Earth and demanded that Prime and his crew surrender themselves into protective custody, in order to prevent them from rekindling the war which had been over on Cybertron now for centuries. Leaving behind a skeleton crew to watch over Earth, Optimus Prime, Ironhide and the other Autobots allowed [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and his operatives to bring them back to their home planet. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} On Cybertron, Optimus Prime was separated from the other Autobots, and Ironhide's team was covertly brought by [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] to the Autobot resistance. Many Autobots on Cybertron questioned the beneficence of their "commander", [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], and had organized into several insurgency cells. Ironhide and Prowl met with [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]'s unit, who in turn brought them in touch with Optimus and second unit led by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and Kup. Ironhide quickly exchanged greetings (and a few good-natured insults) with his war-buddy Kup. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} With the ''Ark'''s crew at hand, the insurgency took to the streets, fighting back against Shockwave and his "[[Guardian robot|Dark Guardians]]". Ironhide joined [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and Hot Rod on the front lines during the advance. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}

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In the days that followed, Ironhide, Prowl and Kup attempted to coordinate things on Cybertron, but gratefully stepped aside once Ultra Magnus had finished his repair cycle. Ironhide was greatly amused when the uncharismatic Prowl attempted to make a public address at [[Central Hall]], only to be bombarded with questions from concerned citizens. Later, he, Prowl and Kup knocked back [[Kremzeek|refreshments]] at the [[Alpha Preserve]] and reflected upon the changing political landscape of Cybertron, and wondered if it would be best for old warriors such as themselves to leave. {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}} With the discovery of a [[Sunstorm (G1)|mysterious cloned Transformer]] possessing the accumulated knowledge of [[Vector Sigma]] heading towards [[Earth]], Prowl decided that the ''Ark'''s old crew had an obligation to return there and defend their second home. Though some such as [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] griped, Ironhide knew that for all of their complaints, they would join the mission anyway. {{storylink|Atonement}} They returned to Earth and began construction of a new Autobot base of operations: [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' continuity===
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Many years after the Ark had crashed on Earth, the human terrorist organization [[Cobra]] discovered it and its dormant crew. The Transformers were reprogrammed to be under Cobra's control and given new alternate modes, with Ironhide, Ratchet and Optimus Prime now turning into [[HISS tank]]s. Along with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], the three Autobots were forced to attack a peace summit in [[Washington, D.C.]] {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1}} The reprogrammed Transformers were eventually freed thanks to [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], and despite Cobra's efforts to regain control of Ironhide, the Autobot got away when Ratchet ripped their control cables out of his head. Along with [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], the two then joined Optimus Prime in fighting back against both the freed Decepticons and Cobra. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}} During the battle, Ironhide didn't do much but liken the density of Decepticons on [[Cobra Island]] to that of [[astro tick]]s on [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s behind. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}}

After defeating the Decepticons on Earth, the Autobots returned to Cybertron, which [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] had conquered in their absence. With the Autobots reduced to a small resistance band, Ironhide helped Optimus Prime and Jazz steal a pile of [[energon cube]]s from the Decepticons. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}} He was understandably surprised when his two friends suddenly disappeared in a flash of light. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}}

Much later, when Optimus Prime was captured by [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]], Ironhide joined a team of Autobots who were waiting for a chance to free him. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}} When Serpent O.R.'s hostages were freed and [[G.I. Joe (team)|reinforcements]] arrived from Earth, the team attacked and ultimately defeated the Decepticon army. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}
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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
Along with the other Autobots, Iron Hide {{sic}} lay deactivated among the [[Fera Islands]] for four million years, until one day in [[1939]] when [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] arrived on the archipelago to defeat [[Cobra]]. [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] accidentally activated the Autobots' [[Sky Spy|repair drone]], which awakened the Autobots and reformatted them, starting with Iron Hide, who was given the form of a human tank. The spooked humans opened fire on the metal giant, but their bullets merely bounced off, and Iron Hide politely asked them to cut it out before the ricochets hurt anyone. After things had settled down, Iron Hide supported the idea of the Autobots helping G.I. Joe, as he needed some workout after that little nap they took. {{storylink|Transformed}}

On behalf of [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], Iron Hide later asked [[Scarlett]] what she was brooding about. The human cryptically said that someone important was missing, but wouldn't explain [[Snake-Eyes|who]]. Shortly afterwards, Iron Hide was shipped out on a barge to attack the [[Terrordrome]] along with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]. {{storylink|Trenches}} During the ensuing battle, he punched out [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and offered to help [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] in his duel with [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], but it turned out Grimlock didn't need any help. Iron Hide presumably perished when the life-giving [[Matrix of Leadership]] was shattered in order to stop [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

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===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
When a badly-damaged Starscream was brought to the Ark, Ironhide agreed with Jazz that it was probably a trap. When Starscream turned out to be amnesiac and amenable to the Autobot cause, Ironhide and Cliffjumper were assigned to him as escorts, just in case. Ironhide would later join Optimus in shielding Starscream from the Decepticons, when they turned up to retrieve their comrade, noting that as Starscream was weaponless, it would hardly seem fair to not protect him. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

===''The Beast Within''===
Ironhide participated in a savage battle against the Decepticons, though he did not fare too well, and got tossed around like a ragdoll by Megatron. He later looked on in horror as the Dinobots merged into [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]] and began rampaging across the battlefield. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

Later, Ironhide was carried inside Optimus Prime’s trailer as the Autobots attempted to outrun The Beast. Ironhide successfully managed to get through to Jetfire, who picked up all of the passengers within Prime’s trailer, save Skids, who was killed moments before Jetfire managed to show up. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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An early Autobot and one of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s teachers, Ironhide ended up as part of [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]]'s counter-infiltration unit on Earth. There, he aided [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]], [[Verity Carlo]] and [[Jimmy Pink]] in trying to discover what happened had happened to the missing [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], and almost ended up killed from an explosion while saving the two humans with his [[holomatter]] avatar, leading to a merry chase for [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)#IDW Generation 1 continuity|Wheeljack]] to recover him against [[Machination]]'s [[Sunstreaker clone|Headmasters]].

After the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], he was part of a group of Autobots trapped on Earth, where he took a [[Skywatch]] shot meant for Hot Rod, and died...

...but not for long. Reborn one year later, albeit missing four million years of memories, on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] through the machinations of [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], he was left to finish off the [[Insecticon swarm]] infesting the planet with a crippled Sunstreaker until Hot Rod (now calling himself "Rodimus") and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] recovered them. Reunited with the Autobots in time for Cybertron's rebirth, he had a vision of a peaceful time centuries in the future, which influenced him until it was apparently proven wrong with the destruction of [[Gorlam Prime]], sending him into a deep depression for some time.

 

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===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
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Ironhide served on the [[Maximal Imperium]], alongside [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]. Leadership seemed to have robbed him of a bit of his gusto, although according to [[Big Convoy (BWN)|Big Convoy]] he was 'right honorable'. Ironhide, Prowl and Silverbolt sent [[Ikard]] to request a report from Big Convoy, but he refused, citing his need to investigate the [[Angolmois]]-fueled murders. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}
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===''Hearts of Steel''===
Ironhide was part of the Autobot forces who fought the Decepticons on Earth in the distant past until an incoming ice age threatened to deactivate them all. Both sides went into hiding underground, remaining in stasis until the 1860's, at which point they were accidentally awakened by [[human]]s. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}} As they resumed their war with the Decepticons, Ironhide and the others took on train modes and allied themselves with [[John Henry]] in order to pursue the [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3|Hearts of Steel #3}} Ironhide was the second car in the Autobot train, an artillery boxcar with his name on it. When [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] began to attack the Autobot train from above, he partially transformed to [[robot mode]] in order to shoot him down. After the Decepticons were defeated, the Autobots went back to sleep underground. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 4|Hearts of Steel #4}}

By [[1888]], Ironhide had gotten involved with humanity again, hiding on the [[USS Miskatonic|USS ''Miskatonic'']] in the form of an gun turret. On the way to [[Ireland]] the ship was attacked by a tentacled monster from underneath the waves, forcing Ironhide to abandon it and report to the other Autobots. A week later at [[Port Cenotaph]], he ran into [[fish people|additional creatures]] and [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]], who revealed that he and the Decepticons were now following the [[Elder God]]s instead of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Ironhide tried to fight the empowered Decepticon, but was overcome by his eldritch tentacles. {{storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 1|Infestation 2: The Transformers #1}} As a servant of the Elder Gods, Ironhide stood guard at Port Cenotaph with the Decepticons, protecting it against an international fleet when they came to investigate the disappearance of multiple ships. Ironhide was freed from the Elder Gods' control when [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Hearts of Steel|Optimus Prime]] injured the attending Elder God enough to force it back into the depths of the ocean. {{storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 2|Infestation 2: The Transformers #2}}{{storylink|Infestation 2 issue 1|Infestation 2 #1}}

===Descent into Evil===
[[File:Ratchetironhidedescent.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Amazingly not dead.]]
Ironhide was severely injured during a battle on [[Moon Base Four]], but Optimus Prime used his [[Reconfiguration Matrix]] to create a new body for his old friend. {{storylink|Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide's ''Timelines'' toy bio}}

Years after the Autobot-Decepticon Wars ended, Ironhide and five other Autobots were sent to [[Ceti Alpha Seven]] to destroy General [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] clone lab and stop his planned Decepticon uprising. After a team of four (consisting of [[Outback (G1)|Fallback]], [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], [[Flareup (G1)|Flareup]], and [[Ricochet (Timelines)|Ricochet]]) failed, Ironhide and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] followed to help. After battling swarms of [[Virulent Clone]]s and [[Buzzclaw (G1)|Buzzclaw]], they finally met up with Deathsaurus himself. Ironhide stayed to fight the general, and Ratchet separated to find their fallen friends. However, Ironhide was shot in the back by [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]] and he went into stasis lock. Ironhide woke up restrained inside Deathsaurus' lab with Ratchet, while Deathsaurus appeared to them on a monitor and told them he planned to destroy the lab by remote. Before the lab could detonate, Ricochet snuck in and freed them, allowing them to gather their fallen and escape. {{storylink|Descent into Evil}}
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===''Encore'' toy bio===
Ironhide acquired a new protective black coating to disguise himself from both Decepticons and members of the [[human]] criminal underworld, to better allow him to do his job as Optimus Prime's bodyguard. The other Autobots joke that he looks like a stereotypical "Men in Black" vehicle, but Ironhide insists he got the idea from black pickups trucks he saw around town. The coating, a composite gel metal, has made his trithyllium steel skin even more durable, allowing him to self-repair minor injuries right away, and his robot and mobile artillery forms are now 25% more maneuverable than before. {{storylink|Ironhide (G1)/toys#black|'Protect Black Ironhide' toy bio}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in comic===
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{{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 7|Henkei! Henkei! #7}}

Ironhide, [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] tracked [[Nightstick (Cyclonus)|Nightstick]] to a volcanic region of the planet where [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] was about to unveil the awe-inspiring [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Engaging the jets in battle, Ironhide and the Autobots successfully blocked the lava pool Galvatron was too emerge from. Their satisfaction turned to horror, however, when Galvatron blasted free from the rubble anyhow. Luckily, Galvatron was not a morning person, and was more interested in berating Cyclonus and Starscream for interrupting his nap than attacking the Autobots. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 9|Henkei! Henkei! #9}}

Ironhide was taking a pounding from the uncharacteristically-aggressive [[Octane (G1)|Octane]] when Mirage stepped in, meutralizing the 'Con before he was even aware of the invisible Autobot's presence. Both Ironhide and Mirage were shocked when Octane continued moving despite having his circuits disrupted, and were downright beside themselves when the ghost of Starscream emerged from within the [[Triple Changer]]. {{storylink|Mirage's Rebirth}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Starscream's New Body}}}}

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===''Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun'' manga===
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{{storylink|To the Sea of Stars}}
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===''Transformers United''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|A New Battle!}}}}
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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
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{{storylink|Another Episode, Part 2}} {{storylink|The Fated Rival, Once Again...}} {{storylink|To Earth}} {{storylink|Plans of the Emperor of Destruction}} {{storylink|Revenge (All Spark)}} {{storylink|The False Power}} {{storylink|Ray of Hope}} {{storylink|Great Aspirations}} {{storylink|Conclusion}}

===''Cloud''===
Ironhide was one of the Autobots of [[Metropolis]], who maintained order throughout the multiverse from [[Cloud World]]. As a surveillance 'bot, Ironhide dispatched [[Bumblebee (Cloud)|Bumblebee]] and other agents to particular Spacetimes in need of care, although he still pushed for field duties assignments himself from time to time. {{storylink|Uprising (Cloud)|Uprising}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Leap}} {{storylink|Shock (Cloud)|Shock}} {{storylink|Eagerness}} {{storylink|Lightwave}} {{storylink|Metamorphosis (Cloud)|Metamorphosis}}}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}}}}

==Games==
===''Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons''===
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops from the Decepticons, Ironhide could come to Optimus Prime's aid, acting as a bodyguard against Decepticon attacks. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}

===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{voiceactor|[[Russ Veillard]] (English)}}
{{Note|Ironhide is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers G1: Awakening''===
[[File:Gluawakening ironhide.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
Ironhide was among the Autobots who left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], and spent four million years in stasis after it was shot down over Earth by the Decepticons. As one of the more badly injured, he was placed in [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] until the Autobots had gathered enough energon to revive him. He was well enough to take part in a battle when the Autobots saved [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] from a bunch of Decepticons, and took part in the defense of the Ark when the Decepticons attempted to assault it. {{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
When Megatron challenged Optimus Prime to a duel, Ironhide was one of the few Autobots left at HQ to defend it from an attack by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. Taking command, he attempted to organize the defense, but they were no match for the Decepticon team. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War - Part 1}}

When the Decepticons discovered a pool of [[Electrum]] and plotted to use this new discovery to annihilate the Autobots, Ironhide and the rest of Optimus's forces sneakily located the lagoon themselves and coated themselves with the substance. In the end, they Autobots forced the Decepticons to retreat, but the miraculous Electrum lagoon was destroyed. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (Legends)|The Golden Lagoon}}

Ironhide took part in the defense of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] during a Decepticon assault, but was unable to prevent their advance. {{storylink|One Shall Fall...}} He had better luck during an assault by [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] — he and [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] managed to retrieve [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]] and fight their way through the Decepticon ranks to get Metroplex back on his feet. {{storylink|Monstrosity}}
==Transformers: Battle Tactics==
NOTE: Ironhide is only shown in an image. [[File:5autobotsinbattletactics.jpg|200px]]
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}

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

==Merchandise==
{{main|Ironhide (G1)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
*[[Bob Budiansky]] named Ironhide after the TV detective show, ''[[Wikipedia: Ironside (TV series)|Ironside]]'', whose titular protagonist was also a grizzled veteran of his profession.<ref>[http://moonbase2.libsyn.com/the-moonbase-2-podcast-interviews-bob-budiansky- Moonbase 2 podcast interview with Bob Budiansky]</ref>
*A 1986 [[Panini]] stickerbook sold in Belgium and the Netherlands gave Ironhide the alternate French language name "Ferro Métal". Whether this name was used in any other media made for French-speaking regions is unknown.
*While ''Cloud'' Ironhide doesn't appear in any illustrations, a [https://twitter.com/gikogakodo/status/537809990669451264 photo] of the ''Cloud'' Autobots together by writer [[Makoto Wakabayashi]] shows him as the [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|''Henkei! Henkei!'' Ironhide]] toy.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ironhide''' (アイアンハイド ''Aianhaido'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''Tei-Paid''' (鐵皮, "Iron Skin", "Iron Hide")
*''French:'' '''Rhino''' (Canada)
*''Hebrew:'' '''Ór Pladá''' (עור פלדה, "Steel Hide")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Acélfej''' ("Steel-head"), '''Vasököl''' (Movie, "Ironfist")
*''Italian:'' '''Falco''' ("Hawk")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Zàng Tiě''' (Taiwan, 藏鐵, "Hiding Iron"), '''Tiěpí''' (China, 鐵皮, "Iron Skin")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Couraça''' (Brazil comics, "Hide"), '''Arma-de-Ferro''' (Portugal comics, "Iron Weapon")
*''Russian:'' '''Bronevik''' (Броневик, "Armored Car")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Zaliznyak''' (Залізняк, "Ironer")

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Ironhide Ironhide's Universe profile at NTFA.net]
* [http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/shop/shopdetail.html?brandcode=034000000005&search=%A5%A2%A5%A4%A5%A2%A5%F3%A5%CF%A5%A4%A5%C9 e-Hobby's page for Black Protect Ironhide]

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:''Ironhide is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Ironhideg1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Properly pronounced "Arn-hahhhd".]]
'''Ironhide''' is one of the oldest and toughest Autobots, and has been on [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s team for a long time. "They don't make them like they used to" is an apt description of Ironhide—he's yesterday's model, but he's built to last.

Gruff and ornery, he prefers actions to words, and dislikes talk for talk's sake. (He wouldn't enjoy being paired up with [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]].) But though he may be rough around the edges, he's still optimistic and upbeat. The upside to being through more than your share of trouble means trouble ain't so big a scare anymore.

Ironhide's most distinctive ability is the [[water gun]], a weapon which can generate and shoot a liquid of virtually any type. Liquid nitrogen is historically a favorite, but there have been acids, mortar, and more.

His vehicle mode sometimes splits into his robot and a [[Onebox component|separate component]].

{{quote|When are we gonna start bustin' Deceptichops?|Ironhide's version of diplomacy|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Ironhideg1firstappearance.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|HAY GUYS CAN I HAVE A CHARACTER MODEL PLEASE KTHANX]]
Four million years ago, when the war was still young, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] fought an uphill battle against the Decepticons. Ironhide was beside him when Optimus Prime, despite being wounded, refused to raise the white flag, and due to their courage, the tide of the war was turned. {{storylink|Surrender!}}

Ironhide was chosen to join the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] mission to save Cybertron from an asteroid belt—a mission that saw him stranded on [[Earth]] for four million years. Upon reactivation in [[1984]], Ironhide immediately began bickering with [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}}

[[File:Ironhidehufferlaststand.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Phew. There we go.]]
This rivalry continued when it was discovered that the [[human]] [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] had created useable fuel for the Decepticons during his kidnapping. Huffer demanded Sparkplug pay for his treason, while Ironhide suggested sympathy. However, this argument only provided a distraction for Sparkplug and his son, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] to escape; this attempt was aborted when Sparkplug suffered a heart attack. Soon, the Decepticons, fully refueled, came for the Ark, and Ironhide was one of just five Autobots selected to fight the invasion, using pooled fuel from his comrades. Their near-victory was robbed from them when [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] arrived, surprising everyone, and blasted the surviving Autobots into spare parts. {{storylink|The Last Stand}}

Ironhide 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, returned to the Ark in secret to see this for himself; indeed, Ironhide and the others still hung deactivated. {{storylink|Warrior School!}} Ratchet managed to re-secure the Ark, and Ironhide was subsequently rebuilt. {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}} Ironhide would be one of the first Autobots to battle the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] when his team attempted to destroy a transmission from [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] to his Decepticon comrades back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}} Ironhide also suffered damage at the hands of a Decepticon-controlled Optimus Prime body shortly before their fallen leader was restored to them. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

[[File:Ironhidetarget2006.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|When Ironhide's in charge, he nominates Megatron to take over. Scary, huh?]]
''Once repaired, he worked alongside [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] in the Dinobot Hunt, initially distrusting and clashing with him because of his Decepticon origins. He learnt to trust him during the mission.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}} ''He at one point broke protocol to single-handedly break a [[Greater glory terrorists|terrorist]] siege in [[Los Angeles]], only to become frustrated when the police almost ruined it.'' {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}} ''Later on, he would be dispatched as a bodyguard for [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] to prevent any reprisal attacks from the Decepticons—he had a more successful rematch against the Constructicons, and was also happily introduced to the wonders of demolition derbies.'' {{storylink|Devastation Derby!}}

''When the time-travelling [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] arrived in [[1986]] and Optimus Prime, Ratchet, and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] were both lost in [[Limbo]], Ironhide was one of the Autobots who battled the Decepticon. It went so poorly that the beaten and humiliated Ironhide was desperate enough to salvage the similarly-defeated [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and Soundwave to temporarily take command of the Autobots.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

Ironhide would go on to fight against [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s forces on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] shortly before the crews of the Ark and the ''Steelhaven'' joined under one banner. {{storylink|Totaled!}} ''He was also briefly seen fighting alongside the Transformers of two eras against Galvatron during the Time Wars.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

[[File:Grimlockwasthatwise.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
Although not explicitly named as being among those who were taken offline by the [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], Ironhide probably fell victim to this fate since, when he was next heard from, he was offline in a stasis aboard the Ark. In [[1990]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] revived him and all the other invalid Autobots with [[Nucleon]] in time to participate in the climactic battle with [[Unicron]] on Cybertron. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} Shortly after the planet-eater's destruction, Ironhide was seen loading supplies onto one of the ships the Autobots were about to use to depart Cybertron. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}}
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=====Earthforce=====
{{earthforcefiction}}
While in stasis aboard the Ark, Ironhide was hacked into by an alternate [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]], who was looking for potential soldiers with dark sides he could corrupt. As a result, Ironhide was reactivated and helped stop Galvatron. {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}} He went on to be a founding member of [[Earthforce]], fighting against Megatron and Shockwave's rival Decepticon armies. {{storylink|Break-Away!}}

In his first mission, alongside [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]], he used his knowledge of Decepticon [[automated defence ring]]s and riddles to get into a Decepticon facility and end their attempts at creating a new [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Desert Island Risks!}} Later, he was present at the Decepticon [[Enclave]], and came up with a devious plan to stop Megatron & Shockwave from uniting their two factions. Knocking out [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]] and using him as a patsy, Ironhide and the other Autobots faked a sniper attack on Megatron, prompting the Decepticons to shoot back at the rock cropping where they were hiding. The Autobots then dropped Headstrong off the ledge as if he'd been hit, framing him and Shockwave's army for trying to assassinate Megatron. The Enclave quickly turned into a [[Ruckus (G1)|ruckus]]. A [[Brawl (G1)|brawl]]. A [[Mixmaster (G1)|mixmas]]—no, wait. That one doesn't work. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}}

Ironhide also joined Earthforce and the [[Survivors]] in taking down the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]]. {{storylink|Where Wolf?}} While fighting to protect Starscream from Decepticon assassins, in order to get a systems boost for [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]'s fading health, Ironhide had to fight against Megatron. He took several hits from the [[fusion cannon]], going down and leaving the fight to the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. {{storylink|The Lesser Evil!}} Perhaps looking to sharpen his skills, Ironhide was next seen working out with Jazz in the Combat Room against a robot drone. {{storylink|Front Line! (issue)|Front Line!}}

=====Another Time & Place=====
Ironhide was part of a commando unit sent to [[Hydrus Four]] after the Dinobots. He and a small group of Autobots surprised [[Fangry]] and tore him limb from limb. {{storylink|Another Time & Place}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Power Play!}} {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}} {{storylink|Decepticon Dam-Busters!}} {{storylink|Brainstorm!}} {{storylink|Crisis of Command!}} {{storylink|The Icarus Theory}} {{storylink|...The Harder They Die!}} {{storylink|Resurrection!}} {{storylink|Once upon a Time...}} {{storylink|The House that Wheeljack Built!}} {{storylink|External Forces!}} {{storylink|The Quest!}} {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}}}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
When Optimus Prime and Grimlock discovered the threat of the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]], they called in Autobots scattered across the galaxy, including Ironhide. And, when Grimlock chose to disobey Prime's directives and make a tactical first strike against [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s ships, Ironhide went with him. They were quickly found out and captured, though, leaving it to Optimus to bail them out of trouble. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}}

Later, when Prime had the brilliant idea that Megatron would be willing to "just talk" after laying waste to much of the planet Earth, Ironhide joined the rescue party Grimlock threw together to bail him out. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} He was also involved in the defense of [[Ethos]] against the [[Ethos raiding party|Cybertronians]]. Ironhide took several shots to the chest while protecting that world. {{storylink|Escalation!}}

====''Classics''====
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Ironhide came to Earth, along with [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], to bolster Optimus Prime's forces as Megatron began reassembling his army. Ironhide was seen defending a human settlement from the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] as Megatron and the captive Ratchet watched on. {{storylink|At Fight's End}}

Ironhide was aboard the ''[[Graviton (Classics)|Graviton]]'' when it was pulled into the [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon]] universe and deposited near that universe's prehistoric [[Earth]]. After being shot down by the ''[[Talon (Classics)|Talon]]'', the Autobots adopted organic alternate modes to avoid the ambient [[Energon radiation]], and though Ironhide wasn't keen on the idea, he took the form of an [[elephant]]. {{storylink|Shattered Time}} On discovering that three [[stasis pod]]s were missing from the ship, the Autobots set out to find them, but after suffering a Decepticon attack on the way, they arrived to find [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] had already activated them as Decepticons. Prowl, Silverbolt and Ironhide were blasted by [[Autojetter]], and it was only the arrival of [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s subsequent recovery that saved them. {{storylink|Shattered Expectations (BWSG)|Shattered Expectations}}

The Autobots retreated across a rock bridge, and watched as Magnus faced off against Megatron, dealing their foe a temporary defeat. Back at the ''Graviton'', Depth Charge gave the "Maximals" more of an explanation regarding his presence, though it gave Ironhide a bit of a headache. {{storylink|Shattered Paths}} When they located their missing energy purifier, the Maximals went out to fetch it. Despite the new ability of Ironhide, Prowl and Silverbolt to merge into [[Magnaboss]], they were trounced by [[God Neptune (BWSG)|God Neptune]]. {{storylink|Shattered Hope}} Returning to the ship, the Maximals fueled up before joining Depth Charge, who had located the Matrix he was seeking. The Maximals kept a security system occupied long enough for Magnus to retrieve the Matrix in question, however a short time later they were confronted by Megatron piloting a giant mech. {{storylink|Shattered Balance}} Ironhide again took part in merging into Magnaboss, but the combiner was soundly defeated by Megatron's [[Gigastorm Armor]]. The Maximals were moments later pulled into a dimensional rift created by Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Shattered Destiny}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Another Light: Falling into Place}}}}

====''Regeneration One''====
{{noteRG1}}
Ironhide was part of the Autobot detachment that Optimus Prime took with him to confront Megatron on a devastated Earth in [[2012]]. While the two leaders clashed, Ironhide and the others battled Megatron's [[zombie]] army of "Ex-Bots". {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5|Loose Ends #5}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
[[File:Mtmte1 ironhide mans laser.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.2|Ironhide firing the gun at the side of the [[Ark (G1)|ship]] that magically fired straight in front of the ship.]]
{{main|Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}

Ironhide was part of the bridge crew of the [[Ark (G1)|Autobots' spacecraft]] when it embarked on its fateful voyage to seek out new sources of energy beyond [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] four million years ago and its crash on [[Earth]]. He was reactivated in 1984, Becoming a member of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime's]] Autobots, playing a key role in stopping many of the Decepticon's plots on Earth. He even came back from retirement!

Sadly, his luck came to and end when in 2005, the [[Decepticons]] boarded his shuttle en route to [[Autobot City]]. Even the old timer could not stand up when severely outnumbered, as all of his crewmates were killed, and he was executed by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] from point blank range.

In some other cartoons and comics, he came back from the dead (maybe).

===Marvel Storybooks continuity===
Ironhide was one of the thrity-five Autobots rebuilt on Earth in the form of a terrestrial vehicle. Along with Hound, Windcharger and Optimus, Ironhide once cheered so loudly that it almost made a volcano erupt. Later, he was a participant in a fight that ensued between the Autobts and the Decepticons when Megatron attempted to take millions of humans hostage in order to demand Earth's unconditional surrender to the Decepticons. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Autobots' Secret Weapon}}}}
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===Marvel coloring books===
Wither Ironhide or Ratchet helped the Autobots in protecting Hoover Dam from the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Deadly Fuel Shortage}}

Ironhide was part of the Autobot convoy that followed Optimus Prime into battle when it was discovered that the Decepticons were using a [[molecular transfer device]] to steal fuel from all around the globe. After the encountered Decepticon opposition en-route, Ironhide volunteered to donate some of his fuel to the more energy-efficient Autobots so that they continue fighting without him. The Autobots utlimately succeeded in turning the Decepticons' device against them, and returned the stolen fuel to its rightful owners. {{storylink|Summertime Coloring Book}}

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

===Ladybird Books continuity===
While stretching his suspension, Ironhide inadvertently picked up a radio contact of Decepticons in flight, and reported it to Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Megatron's Fight for Power}}

Ironhide volunteered for grocery trip duties with Spike and Sparkplug Witwicky. Apparently, the two humans ate so much it put a strain on Ironhide's suspension. {{storylink|Autobots Fight Back}}

Ironhide was part of a battle unit assembled by Optimus Prime to stop the Decepticons from seizing control of...a single windmill. (No, really.) {{storylink|Laserbeak's Fury}}

===''Find Your Fate Junior''===
{{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.}}
====Attack of the Insecticons====
Ironhide was in the process of completing a trial-run with [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]'s newest invention, the [[Sun-Pak]], when the Decepticons attacked the Autobots' secret underground testing track. The ensuing fight between the two factions was skewed in favour of the Decepticons, forcing the Autobots into a series of difficult choices. In the subsequent possible scenarios, Ironhide was more in favour of bargaining with the Decepticons for the Autobots' lives, and ran into difficulties in keeping the Sun-Pak out of Decepticon hands. {{storylink|Attack of the Insecticons}}

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

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

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

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

In yet another possible scenario, Optimus opted to use the tainted fuel as a weapon against an encroaching Decepticon squadron. The plan went off without a hitch, and the Autobots celebrated another victory over the Decepticons.

In a completely different scenario, Optimus decided to go on the offensive and strike back at the Decepticons after they had poisoned a good number of Autobots. Prowl quickly pointed out that the mission required brains, not muscles, pointing to Ironhide. Optimus agreed, and Ironhide could only grumble while Prowl smirked. Prick.

In one possible scenario that followed, Optimus and his squadron returned to base with the antidote and cured the poisoned Autobots. The Autobots then proceeded to stop the Decepticons in their latest plot: to poison the nearby water supply.

If Optimus led his troops back to the Decepticons’ poison lab, Ironhide was amongst the Autobot convoy that drove into action. Upon seeing the Decepticons hauling out drums of poison, Ironhide suggested the Autobots go in strong and attack them directly.

If Optimus went along with Ironhide’s plan, Ironhide, Brawn, Twin Twist and Hound were called forth by Optimus to gun down the laboratory. The laboratory then caved in on itself, signalling an Autobot victory. {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}

====Autobot Alert!====
Ironhide was present at the Autobot city of Metroplex when an Autobot Alert sounded.

He and the other Autobots learned of two Decepticon plots simultaneously occurring. One of which was the theft of a coded message meant for Ultra Magnus’s eyes only. If Ultra Magnus decided to prioritize theft of the coded message, Ironhide was part of the captive audience that listened to Kup divulge information about an ancient Autobot formula. Ironhide took off towards the Autobots’ desert research centre along with a number of other Autobots. Once there, they learned from Springer that the Cybertite sphere containing the formula was discovered by humans during the 16th century. If the Decepticons had decoded Springer's message, they would be searching off the coast of California, where the ship containing the sphere had sunk. If they hadn’t decoded the message, the Decepticons would still be digging in the nearby crater.

If Ultra Magnus decided to assume that the Decepticons had already decrypted the message, he ordered his forces to split up to more efficiently address the situation. Ironhide was part of the main group of Autobot forces led by Ultra Magnus towards the California coast. Arriving at the scene, Ultra Magnus’s troops were informed by Powerglide (who had flown ahead of the land-bound group) that he had discovered the location of the sunken ship containing the cybertite sphere. Simultaneously, Blurr caught up with the group to inform them that the Decepticons were quickly approaching. The Autobots then needed to decide whether they would raise the ship themselves, or try and ambush the Decepticons after they had done so.

If Ultra Magnus decided to have his Autobots hide while the Decepticons raised the ship, Ironhide found himself in a cave with Brawn and and Grapple. The three Autobots spied Devastator retrieving the sunken ship from the water, and decided that the three of them would snatch the sphere away from the Decepticons.

If Ironhide and his team executed their plan before any other Autobots, they had Grapple reel the ship away from the Decepticons with his crane hook, while Ironhide and Brawn attempted to defend their position. The Decepticons destroyed both the ship and the cybertite sphere contained within, and then began pummelling the Autobots with their superior firepower. Trapped in their caves, the Autobts were left at the Decepticons’ mercy. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}

===''Transformers in 3-D''===
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When a distress call from [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] reached [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Ironhide set off to find out why the small Autobot was so far from his assigned area. This lead him to the planet [[Andellor]], to which Cosmos had traveled in search of the [[Prism of Power]]. Ironhide first managed to dispatch [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] without breaking a sweat, before he, Cosmos, and the five children who needed the Prism, encountered [[Grogg]], guardian of the ancient artifact. Though Ironhide pleaded with Grogg that they needed the Prism, Grogg insisted they answer his riddle or die. After one of the children answered the riddle, Ironhide returned with Cosmos and the children to the [[S.S. Exton 9]] space station and defeated [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] in battle. {{storylink|Transformers in 3-D issue 2|Transformers in 3-D #2}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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Before the war, Ironhide was a construction engineer, working on the bridges that connected cybertron's city states.
When war broke out, he joined [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s commando unit, along with [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], when they attempted to defend [[Altihex]] against the Decepticons. Though Altihex was lost, the unit survived to attend [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s inauguration. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}} He took part in the preparations for the evacuation of Cybertron at the [[Central Spaceport]], despite expressing his disagreement to [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] about the new Prime's decision. The pair subsequently observed Grimlock's even greater dissatisfaction and the Dinobot stormed off. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} During a Decepticon attack, he and the rest of the unit met Grimlock on the [[Tri-Torus Loop]], only to be surprised by Grimlock's decision to leave [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] to the foe. Instead they traveled to the crater of the [[Forum of Enlightenment]] to look for Optimus. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}}

Underground, Ironhide's sensors led the group to find the [[Planetary engine|planetary turbines]]. Grimlock ordered him, Kup and Wheeljack to shut it down. The trio listened in on [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s plans, but were discovered by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} Ironhide and Kup worked to fight the Constructicons off, becoming pinned down until Grimlock arrived to lend a hand with Optimus. They kept the Decepticons distracted long enough for Wheeljack to take out the planetary engines. Though Ironhide expected Optimus to resume the evacuation, Prime announced they were staying. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

After Prime was lost through a space bridge, and the Cybertronians fell into even more factions, Ironhide became a part of Grimlock's [[Lightning Strike Coalition]]. During an attempt by Starscream's forces to seize a couple of transporters full of energon, Ironhide and Wheeljack were able to board and fly off in the transporters while the rest of the team kept Starscream busy. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}}

He was part of the ''Ark'''s original crew four million years ago, and awoke with the rest of them in 1984. After the crash of the ''[[Ark II]]'', however, Ironhide was among the Transformers secretly acquired by [[Lazarus (G1)|Lazarus]] as a potential weapon of mass destruction for sale. He was tortured and heavily damaged by the Decepticons when they broke Lazarus' control over them, and was unable to immediately aid Prime and the others against Megatron. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}} {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}}

''When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] returned from an alien world with the malevolent [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]] in tow, Ironhide was one of the first Autobots who joined them in the fight against the invaders. The Keepers had taken residence in [[Las Vegas]], Nevada, and a united force of Autobots and Decepticons descended on the city in the hopes of stopping the aliens before the United States government unleashed a nuclear strike. When Optimus Prime used an energon pool to supercharge himself and the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], Ironhide and the other Autobots joined their own energon with Prime to enhance his efforts. Through their combined energies, the nuclear missile was averted and the Keepers were displaced into the Void. {{storylink|Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation}}''

[[File:PassiveAggression-KupIronhidereunite.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Old people ''never'' stop doing it. Now try to get that out of your brain!]]

''After the battle, Optimus Prime was forced by a debt of honor to hand over the Matrix to Megatron, a decision which didn't sit well with many of the Autobots. Ironhide did his best to defend his leader's actions against the likes of [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], but even he had trouble justifying the decision. Ironhide also joined the Autobots in confronting the American military in the Nevada desert, where the President attempted to have them assassinated. The military used [[deconstructionite]]s, reverse-engineered Cybertronian technology in the form of tiny microchips that literally sapped away the Transformers' strength. Ironhide was the first of the Autobots to fall before this assault, and had to be hauled to safety inside Prime's trailer segment. {{storylink|Transformers: Fusion|Fusion}}''

Sometime after Ironhide was repaired, the Autobots again confronted the Decepticons, this time over a mysterious shuttle pod that landed in Northern Canada. [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] got the drop on Ironhide during the fight, riddling his backside with explosive shells. The feisty security agent had to be dragged off the battlefield so that Ratchet could perform the necessary repairs back at base. {{storylink|New World Order}} In the meantime, a force of United Cybertronians arrived on Earth and demanded that Prime and his crew surrender themselves into protective custody, in order to prevent them from rekindling the war which had been over on Cybertron now for centuries. Leaving behind a skeleton crew to watch over Earth, Optimus Prime, Ironhide and the other Autobots allowed [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and his operatives to bring them back to their home planet. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} On Cybertron, Optimus Prime was separated from the other Autobots, and Ironhide's team was covertly brought by [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] to the Autobot resistance. Many Autobots on Cybertron questioned the beneficence of their "commander", [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], and had organized into several insurgency cells. Ironhide and Prowl met with [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]'s unit, who in turn brought them in touch with Optimus and second unit led by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and Kup. Ironhide quickly exchanged greetings (and a few good-natured insults) with his war-buddy Kup. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} With the ''Ark'''s crew at hand, the insurgency took to the streets, fighting back against Shockwave and his "[[Guardian robot|Dark Guardians]]". Ironhide joined [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and Hot Rod on the front lines during the advance. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}

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In the days that followed, Ironhide, Prowl and Kup attempted to coordinate things on Cybertron, but gratefully stepped aside once Ultra Magnus had finished his repair cycle. Ironhide was greatly amused when the uncharismatic Prowl attempted to make a public address at [[Central Hall]], only to be bombarded with questions from concerned citizens. Later, he, Prowl and Kup knocked back [[Kremzeek|refreshments]] at the [[Alpha Preserve]] and reflected upon the changing political landscape of Cybertron, and wondered if it would be best for old warriors such as themselves to leave. {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}} With the discovery of a [[Sunstorm (G1)|mysterious cloned Transformer]] possessing the accumulated knowledge of [[Vector Sigma]] heading towards [[Earth]], Prowl decided that the ''Ark'''s old crew had an obligation to return there and defend their second home. Though some such as [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] griped, Ironhide knew that for all of their complaints, they would join the mission anyway. {{storylink|Atonement}} They returned to Earth and began construction of a new Autobot base of operations: [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' continuity===
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Many years after the Ark had crashed on Earth, the human terrorist organization [[Cobra]] discovered it and its dormant crew. The Transformers were reprogrammed to be under Cobra's control and given new alternate modes, with Ironhide, Ratchet and Optimus Prime now turning into [[HISS tank]]s. Along with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], the three Autobots were forced to attack a peace summit in [[Washington, D.C.]] {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1}} The reprogrammed Transformers were eventually freed thanks to [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], and despite Cobra's efforts to regain control of Ironhide, the Autobot got away when Ratchet ripped their control cables out of his head. Along with [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], the two then joined Optimus Prime in fighting back against both the freed Decepticons and Cobra. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}} During the battle, Ironhide didn't do much but liken the density of Decepticons on [[Cobra Island]] to that of [[astro tick]]s on [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s behind. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}}

After defeating the Decepticons on Earth, the Autobots returned to Cybertron, which [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] had conquered in their absence. With the Autobots reduced to a small resistance band, Ironhide helped Optimus Prime and Jazz steal a pile of [[energon cube]]s from the Decepticons. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}} He was understandably surprised when his two friends suddenly disappeared in a flash of light. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}}

Much later, when Optimus Prime was captured by [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]], Ironhide joined a team of Autobots who were waiting for a chance to free him. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}} When Serpent O.R.'s hostages were freed and [[G.I. Joe (team)|reinforcements]] arrived from Earth, the team attacked and ultimately defeated the Decepticon army. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}
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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
Along with the other Autobots, Iron Hide {{sic}} lay deactivated among the [[Fera Islands]] for four million years, until one day in [[1939]] when [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] arrived on the archipelago to defeat [[Cobra]]. [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] accidentally activated the Autobots' [[Sky Spy|repair drone]], which awakened the Autobots and reformatted them, starting with Iron Hide, who was given the form of a human tank. The spooked humans opened fire on the metal giant, but their bullets merely bounced off, and Iron Hide politely asked them to cut it out before the ricochets hurt anyone. After things had settled down, Iron Hide supported the idea of the Autobots helping G.I. Joe, as he needed some workout after that little nap they took. {{storylink|Transformed}}

On behalf of [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], Iron Hide later asked [[Scarlett]] what she was brooding about. The human cryptically said that someone important was missing, but wouldn't explain [[Snake-Eyes|who]]. Shortly afterwards, Iron Hide was shipped out on a barge to attack the [[Terrordrome]] along with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]. {{storylink|Trenches}} During the ensuing battle, he punched out [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and offered to help [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] in his duel with [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], but it turned out Grimlock didn't need any help. Iron Hide presumably perished when the life-giving [[Matrix of Leadership]] was shattered in order to stop [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

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===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
When a badly-damaged Starscream was brought to the Ark, Ironhide agreed with Jazz that it was probably a trap. When Starscream turned out to be amnesiac and amenable to the Autobot cause, Ironhide and Cliffjumper were assigned to him as escorts, just in case. Ironhide would later join Optimus in shielding Starscream from the Decepticons, when they turned up to retrieve their comrade, noting that as Starscream was weaponless, it would hardly seem fair to not protect him. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

===''The Beast Within''===
Ironhide participated in a savage battle against the Decepticons, though he did not fare too well, and got tossed around like a ragdoll by Megatron. He later looked on in horror as the Dinobots merged into [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]] and began rampaging across the battlefield. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

Later, Ironhide was carried inside Optimus Prime’s trailer as the Autobots attempted to outrun The Beast. Ironhide successfully managed to get through to Jetfire, who picked up all of the passengers within Prime’s trailer, save Skids, who was killed moments before Jetfire managed to show up. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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An early Autobot and one of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s teachers, Ironhide ended up as part of [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]]'s counter-infiltration unit on Earth. There, he aided [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]], [[Verity Carlo]] and [[Jimmy Pink]] in trying to discover what happened had happened to the missing [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], and almost ended up killed from an explosion while saving the two humans with his [[holomatter]] avatar, leading to a merry chase for [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)#IDW Generation 1 continuity|Wheeljack]] to recover him against [[Machination]]'s [[Sunstreaker clone|Headmasters]].

After the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], he was part of a group of Autobots trapped on Earth, where he took a [[Skywatch]] shot meant for Hot Rod, and died...

...but not for long. Reborn one year later, albeit missing four million years of memories, on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] through the machinations of [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], he was left to finish off the [[Insecticon swarm]] infesting the planet with a crippled Sunstreaker until Hot Rod (now calling himself "Rodimus") and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] recovered them. Reunited with the Autobots in time for Cybertron's rebirth, he had a vision of a peaceful time centuries in the future, which influenced him until it was apparently proven wrong with the destruction of [[Gorlam Prime]], sending him into a deep depression for some time.

 

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon===
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===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
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Ironhide served on the [[Maximal Imperium]], alongside [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]. Leadership seemed to have robbed him of a bit of his gusto, although according to [[Big Convoy (BWN)|Big Convoy]] he was 'right honorable'. Ironhide, Prowl and Silverbolt sent [[Ikard]] to request a report from Big Convoy, but he refused, citing his need to investigate the [[Angolmois]]-fueled murders. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}
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===''Hearts of Steel''===
Ironhide was part of the Autobot forces who fought the Decepticons on Earth in the distant past until an incoming ice age threatened to deactivate them all. Both sides went into hiding underground, remaining in stasis until the 1860's, at which point they were accidentally awakened by [[human]]s. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}} As they resumed their war with the Decepticons, Ironhide and the others took on train modes and allied themselves with [[John Henry]] in order to pursue the [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3|Hearts of Steel #3}} Ironhide was the second car in the Autobot train, an artillery boxcar with his name on it. When [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] began to attack the Autobot train from above, he partially transformed to [[robot mode]] in order to shoot him down. After the Decepticons were defeated, the Autobots went back to sleep underground. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 4|Hearts of Steel #4}}

By [[1888]], Ironhide had gotten involved with humanity again, hiding on the [[USS Miskatonic|USS ''Miskatonic'']] in the form of an gun turret. On the way to [[Ireland]] the ship was attacked by a tentacled monster from underneath the waves, forcing Ironhide to abandon it and report to the other Autobots. A week later at [[Port Cenotaph]], he ran into [[fish people|additional creatures]] and [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]], who revealed that he and the Decepticons were now following the [[Elder God]]s instead of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Ironhide tried to fight the empowered Decepticon, but was overcome by his eldritch tentacles. {{storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 1|Infestation 2: The Transformers #1}} As a servant of the Elder Gods, Ironhide stood guard at Port Cenotaph with the Decepticons, protecting it against an international fleet when they came to investigate the disappearance of multiple ships. Ironhide was freed from the Elder Gods' control when [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Hearts of Steel|Optimus Prime]] injured the attending Elder God enough to force it back into the depths of the ocean. {{storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 2|Infestation 2: The Transformers #2}}{{storylink|Infestation 2 issue 1|Infestation 2 #1}}

===Descent into Evil===
[[File:Ratchetironhidedescent.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Amazingly not dead.]]
Ironhide was severely injured during a battle on [[Moon Base Four]], but Optimus Prime used his [[Reconfiguration Matrix]] to create a new body for his old friend. {{storylink|Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide's ''Timelines'' toy bio}}

Years after the Autobot-Decepticon Wars ended, Ironhide and five other Autobots were sent to [[Ceti Alpha Seven]] to destroy General [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] clone lab and stop his planned Decepticon uprising. After a team of four (consisting of [[Outback (G1)|Fallback]], [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], [[Flareup (G1)|Flareup]], and [[Ricochet (Timelines)|Ricochet]]) failed, Ironhide and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] followed to help. After battling swarms of [[Virulent Clone]]s and [[Buzzclaw (G1)|Buzzclaw]], they finally met up with Deathsaurus himself. Ironhide stayed to fight the general, and Ratchet separated to find their fallen friends. However, Ironhide was shot in the back by [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]] and he went into stasis lock. Ironhide woke up restrained inside Deathsaurus' lab with Ratchet, while Deathsaurus appeared to them on a monitor and told them he planned to destroy the lab by remote. Before the lab could detonate, Ricochet snuck in and freed them, allowing them to gather their fallen and escape. {{storylink|Descent into Evil}}
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===''Encore'' toy bio===
Ironhide acquired a new protective black coating to disguise himself from both Decepticons and members of the [[human]] criminal underworld, to better allow him to do his job as Optimus Prime's bodyguard. The other Autobots joke that he looks like a stereotypical "Men in Black" vehicle, but Ironhide insists he got the idea from black pickups trucks he saw around town. The coating, a composite gel metal, has made his trithyllium steel skin even more durable, allowing him to self-repair minor injuries right away, and his robot and mobile artillery forms are now 25% more maneuverable than before. {{storylink|Ironhide (G1)/toys#black|'Protect Black Ironhide' toy bio}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in comic===
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Ironhide, [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] tracked [[Nightstick (Cyclonus)|Nightstick]] to a volcanic region of the planet where [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] was about to unveil the awe-inspiring [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Engaging the jets in battle, Ironhide and the Autobots successfully blocked the lava pool Galvatron was too emerge from. Their satisfaction turned to horror, however, when Galvatron blasted free from the rubble anyhow. Luckily, Galvatron was not a morning person, and was more interested in berating Cyclonus and Starscream for interrupting his nap than attacking the Autobots. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 9|Henkei! Henkei! #9}}

Ironhide was taking a pounding from the uncharacteristically-aggressive [[Octane (G1)|Octane]] when Mirage stepped in, meutralizing the 'Con before he was even aware of the invisible Autobot's presence. Both Ironhide and Mirage were shocked when Octane continued moving despite having his circuits disrupted, and were downright beside themselves when the ghost of Starscream emerged from within the [[Triple Changer]]. {{storylink|Mirage's Rebirth}}

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===''Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun'' manga===
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===''Transformers United''===
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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
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{{storylink|Another Episode, Part 2}} {{storylink|The Fated Rival, Once Again...}} {{storylink|To Earth}} {{storylink|Plans of the Emperor of Destruction}} {{storylink|Revenge (All Spark)}} {{storylink|The False Power}} {{storylink|Ray of Hope}} {{storylink|Great Aspirations}} {{storylink|Conclusion}}

===''Cloud''===
Ironhide was one of the Autobots of [[Metropolis]], who maintained order throughout the multiverse from [[Cloud World]]. As a surveillance 'bot, Ironhide dispatched [[Bumblebee (Cloud)|Bumblebee]] and other agents to particular Spacetimes in need of care, although he still pushed for field duties assignments himself from time to time. {{storylink|Uprising (Cloud)|Uprising}}

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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
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==Games==
===''Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons''===
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops from the Decepticons, Ironhide could come to Optimus Prime's aid, acting as a bodyguard against Decepticon attacks. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}

===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{voiceactor|[[Russ Veillard]] (English)}}
{{Note|Ironhide is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers G1: Awakening''===
[[File:Gluawakening ironhide.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
Ironhide was among the Autobots who left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], and spent four million years in stasis after it was shot down over Earth by the Decepticons. As one of the more badly injured, he was placed in [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] until the Autobots had gathered enough energon to revive him. He was well enough to take part in a battle when the Autobots saved [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] from a bunch of Decepticons, and took part in the defense of the Ark when the Decepticons attempted to assault it. {{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
When Megatron challenged Optimus Prime to a duel, Ironhide was one of the few Autobots left at HQ to defend it from an attack by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. Taking command, he attempted to organize the defense, but they were no match for the Decepticon team. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War - Part 1}}

When the Decepticons discovered a pool of [[Electrum]] and plotted to use this new discovery to annihilate the Autobots, Ironhide and the rest of Optimus's forces sneakily located the lagoon themselves and coated themselves with the substance. In the end, they Autobots forced the Decepticons to retreat, but the miraculous Electrum lagoon was destroyed. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (Legends)|The Golden Lagoon}}

Ironhide took part in the defense of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] during a Decepticon assault, but was unable to prevent their advance. {{storylink|One Shall Fall...}} He had better luck during an assault by [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] — he and [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] managed to retrieve [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]] and fight their way through the Decepticon ranks to get Metroplex back on his feet. {{storylink|Monstrosity}}
==Transformers: Battle Tactics==
NOTE: Ironhide is only shown in an image. [[File:5autobotsinbattletactics.jpg|200px]]
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}

==Transformers: Battle Tactics==
NOTE: Ironhide is only shown in an image. [[File:5autobotsinbattletactics.jpg]]
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}

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

==Merchandise==
{{main|Ironhide (G1)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
*[[Bob Budiansky]] named Ironhide after the TV detective show, ''[[Wikipedia: Ironside (TV series)|Ironside]]'', whose titular protagonist was also a grizzled veteran of his profession.<ref>[http://moonbase2.libsyn.com/the-moonbase-2-podcast-interviews-bob-budiansky- Moonbase 2 podcast interview with Bob Budiansky]</ref>
*A 1986 [[Panini]] stickerbook sold in Belgium and the Netherlands gave Ironhide the alternate French language name "Ferro Métal". Whether this name was used in any other media made for French-speaking regions is unknown.
*While ''Cloud'' Ironhide doesn't appear in any illustrations, a [https://twitter.com/gikogakodo/status/537809990669451264 photo] of the ''Cloud'' Autobots together by writer [[Makoto Wakabayashi]] shows him as the [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|''Henkei! Henkei!'' Ironhide]] toy.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ironhide''' (アイアンハイド ''Aianhaido'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''Tei-Paid''' (鐵皮, "Iron Skin", "Iron Hide")
*''French:'' '''Rhino''' (Canada)
*''Hebrew:'' '''Ór Pladá''' (עור פלדה, "Steel Hide")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Acélfej''' ("Steel-head"), '''Vasököl''' (Movie, "Ironfist")
*''Italian:'' '''Falco''' ("Hawk")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Zàng Tiě''' (Taiwan, 藏鐵, "Hiding Iron"), '''Tiěpí''' (China, 鐵皮, "Iron Skin")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Couraça''' (Brazil comics, "Hide"), '''Arma-de-Ferro''' (Portugal comics, "Iron Weapon")
*''Russian:'' '''Bronevik''' (Броневик, "Armored Car")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Zaliznyak''' (Залізняк, "Ironer")

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Ironhide Ironhide's Universe profile at NTFA.net]
* [http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/shop/shopdetail.html?brandcode=034000000005&search=%A5%A2%A5%A4%A5%A2%A5%F3%A5%CF%A5%A4%A5%C9 e-Hobby's page for Black Protect Ironhide]

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Ironhide (G1)

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:''Ironhide is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Ironhideg1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Properly pronounced "Arn-hahhhd".]]
'''Ironhide''' is one of the oldest and toughest Autobots, and has been on [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s team for a long time. "They don't make them like they used to" is an apt description of Ironhide—he's yesterday's model, but he's built to last.

Gruff and ornery, he prefers actions to words, and dislikes talk for talk's sake. (He wouldn't enjoy being paired up with [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]].) But though he may be rough around the edges, he's still optimistic and upbeat. The upside to being through more than your share of trouble means trouble ain't so big a scare anymore.

Ironhide's most distinctive ability is the [[water gun]], a weapon which can generate and shoot a liquid of virtually any type. Liquid nitrogen is historically a favorite, but there have been acids, mortar, and more.

His vehicle mode sometimes splits into his robot and a [[Onebox component|separate component]].

{{quote|When are we gonna start bustin' Deceptichops?|Ironhide's version of diplomacy|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Ironhideg1firstappearance.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|HAY GUYS CAN I HAVE A CHARACTER MODEL PLEASE KTHANX]]
Four million years ago, when the war was still young, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] fought an uphill battle against the Decepticons. Ironhide was beside him when Optimus Prime, despite being wounded, refused to raise the white flag, and due to their courage, the tide of the war was turned. {{storylink|Surrender!}}

Ironhide was chosen to join the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] mission to save Cybertron from an asteroid belt—a mission that saw him stranded on [[Earth]] for four million years. Upon reactivation in [[1984]], Ironhide immediately began bickering with [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}}

[[File:Ironhidehufferlaststand.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Phew. There we go.]]
This rivalry continued when it was discovered that the [[human]] [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] had created useable fuel for the Decepticons during his kidnapping. Huffer demanded Sparkplug pay for his treason, while Ironhide suggested sympathy. However, this argument only provided a distraction for Sparkplug and his son, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] to escape; this attempt was aborted when Sparkplug suffered a heart attack. Soon, the Decepticons, fully refueled, came for the Ark, and Ironhide was one of just five Autobots selected to fight the invasion, using pooled fuel from his comrades. Their near-victory was robbed from them when [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] arrived, surprising everyone, and blasted the surviving Autobots into spare parts. {{storylink|The Last Stand}}

Ironhide 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, returned to the Ark in secret to see this for himself; indeed, Ironhide and the others still hung deactivated. {{storylink|Warrior School!}} Ratchet managed to re-secure the Ark, and Ironhide was subsequently rebuilt. {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}} Ironhide would be one of the first Autobots to battle the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] when his team attempted to destroy a transmission from [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] to his Decepticon comrades back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}} Ironhide also suffered damage at the hands of a Decepticon-controlled Optimus Prime body shortly before their fallen leader was restored to them. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

[[File:Ironhidetarget2006.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|When Ironhide's in charge, he nominates Megatron to take over. Scary, huh?]]
''Once repaired, he worked alongside [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] in the Dinobot Hunt, initially distrusting and clashing with him because of his Decepticon origins. He learnt to trust him during the mission.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}} ''He at one point broke protocol to single-handedly break a [[Greater glory terrorists|terrorist]] siege in [[Los Angeles]], only to become frustrated when the police almost ruined it.'' {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}} ''Later on, he would be dispatched as a bodyguard for [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] to prevent any reprisal attacks from the Decepticons—he had a more successful rematch against the Constructicons, and was also happily introduced to the wonders of demolition derbies.'' {{storylink|Devastation Derby!}}

''When the time-travelling [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] arrived in [[1986]] and Optimus Prime, Ratchet, and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] were both lost in [[Limbo]], Ironhide was one of the Autobots who battled the Decepticon. It went so poorly that the beaten and humiliated Ironhide was desperate enough to salvage the similarly-defeated [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and Soundwave to temporarily take command of the Autobots.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

Ironhide would go on to fight against [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s forces on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] shortly before the crews of the Ark and the ''Steelhaven'' joined under one banner. {{storylink|Totaled!}} ''He was also briefly seen fighting alongside the Transformers of two eras against Galvatron during the Time Wars.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

[[File:Grimlockwasthatwise.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
Although not explicitly named as being among those who were taken offline by the [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], Ironhide probably fell victim to this fate since, when he was next heard from, he was offline in a stasis aboard the Ark. In [[1990]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] revived him and all the other invalid Autobots with [[Nucleon]] in time to participate in the climactic battle with [[Unicron]] on Cybertron. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} Shortly after the planet-eater's destruction, Ironhide was seen loading supplies onto one of the ships the Autobots were about to use to depart Cybertron. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}}
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=====Earthforce=====
{{earthforcefiction}}
While in stasis aboard the Ark, Ironhide was hacked into by an alternate [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]], who was looking for potential soldiers with dark sides he could corrupt. As a result, Ironhide was reactivated and helped stop Galvatron. {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}} He went on to be a founding member of [[Earthforce]], fighting against Megatron and Shockwave's rival Decepticon armies. {{storylink|Break-Away!}}

In his first mission, alongside [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]], he used his knowledge of Decepticon [[automated defence ring]]s and riddles to get into a Decepticon facility and end their attempts at creating a new [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Desert Island Risks!}} Later, he was present at the Decepticon [[Enclave]], and came up with a devious plan to stop Megatron & Shockwave from uniting their two factions. Knocking out [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]] and using him as a patsy, Ironhide and the other Autobots faked a sniper attack on Megatron, prompting the Decepticons to shoot back at the rock cropping where they were hiding. The Autobots then dropped Headstrong off the ledge as if he'd been hit, framing him and Shockwave's army for trying to assassinate Megatron. The Enclave quickly turned into a [[Ruckus (G1)|ruckus]]. A [[Brawl (G1)|brawl]]. A [[Mixmaster (G1)|mixmas]]—no, wait. That one doesn't work. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}}

Ironhide also joined Earthforce and the [[Survivors]] in taking down the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]]. {{storylink|Where Wolf?}} While fighting to protect Starscream from Decepticon assassins, in order to get a systems boost for [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]'s fading health, Ironhide had to fight against Megatron. He took several hits from the [[fusion cannon]], going down and leaving the fight to the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. {{storylink|The Lesser Evil!}} Perhaps looking to sharpen his skills, Ironhide was next seen working out with Jazz in the Combat Room against a robot drone. {{storylink|Front Line! (issue)|Front Line!}}

=====Another Time & Place=====
Ironhide was part of a commando unit sent to [[Hydrus Four]] after the Dinobots. He and a small group of Autobots surprised [[Fangry]] and tore him limb from limb. {{storylink|Another Time & Place}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Power Play!}} {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}} {{storylink|Decepticon Dam-Busters!}} {{storylink|Brainstorm!}} {{storylink|Crisis of Command!}} {{storylink|The Icarus Theory}} {{storylink|...The Harder They Die!}} {{storylink|Resurrection!}} {{storylink|Once upon a Time...}} {{storylink|The House that Wheeljack Built!}} {{storylink|External Forces!}} {{storylink|The Quest!}} {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}}}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
When Optimus Prime and Grimlock discovered the threat of the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]], they called in Autobots scattered across the galaxy, including Ironhide. And, when Grimlock chose to disobey Prime's directives and make a tactical first strike against [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s ships, Ironhide went with him. They were quickly found out and captured, though, leaving it to Optimus to bail them out of trouble. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}}

Later, when Prime had the brilliant idea that Megatron would be willing to "just talk" after laying waste to much of the planet Earth, Ironhide joined the rescue party Grimlock threw together to bail him out. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} He was also involved in the defense of [[Ethos]] against the [[Ethos raiding party|Cybertronians]]. Ironhide took several shots to the chest while protecting that world. {{storylink|Escalation!}}

====''Classics''====
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Ironhide came to Earth, along with [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], to bolster Optimus Prime's forces as Megatron began reassembling his army. Ironhide was seen defending a human settlement from the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] as Megatron and the captive Ratchet watched on. {{storylink|At Fight's End}}

Ironhide was aboard the ''[[Graviton (Classics)|Graviton]]'' when it was pulled into the [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon]] universe and deposited near that universe's prehistoric [[Earth]]. After being shot down by the ''[[Talon (Classics)|Talon]]'', the Autobots adopted organic alternate modes to avoid the ambient [[Energon radiation]], and though Ironhide wasn't keen on the idea, he took the form of an [[elephant]]. {{storylink|Shattered Time}} On discovering that three [[stasis pod]]s were missing from the ship, the Autobots set out to find them, but after suffering a Decepticon attack on the way, they arrived to find [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] had already activated them as Decepticons. Prowl, Silverbolt and Ironhide were blasted by [[Autojetter]], and it was only the arrival of [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s subsequent recovery that saved them. {{storylink|Shattered Expectations (BWSG)|Shattered Expectations}}

The Autobots retreated across a rock bridge, and watched as Magnus faced off against Megatron, dealing their foe a temporary defeat. Back at the ''Graviton'', Depth Charge gave the "Maximals" more of an explanation regarding his presence, though it gave Ironhide a bit of a headache. {{storylink|Shattered Paths}} When they located their missing energy purifier, the Maximals went out to fetch it. Despite the new ability of Ironhide, Prowl and Silverbolt to merge into [[Magnaboss]], they were trounced by [[God Neptune (BWSG)|God Neptune]]. {{storylink|Shattered Hope}} Returning to the ship, the Maximals fueled up before joining Depth Charge, who had located the Matrix he was seeking. The Maximals kept a security system occupied long enough for Magnus to retrieve the Matrix in question, however a short time later they were confronted by Megatron piloting a giant mech. {{storylink|Shattered Balance}} Ironhide again took part in merging into Magnaboss, but the combiner was soundly defeated by Megatron's [[Gigastorm Armor]]. The Maximals were moments later pulled into a dimensional rift created by Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Shattered Destiny}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Another Light: Falling into Place}}}}

====''Regeneration One''====
{{noteRG1}}
Ironhide was part of the Autobot detachment that Optimus Prime took with him to confront Megatron on a devastated Earth in [[2012]]. While the two leaders clashed, Ironhide and the others battled Megatron's [[zombie]] army of "Ex-Bots". {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5|Loose Ends #5}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
[[File:Mtmte1 ironhide mans laser.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.2|Ironhide firing the gun at the side of the [[Ark (G1)|ship]] that magically fired straight in front of the ship.]]
{{main|Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}

Ironhide was part of the bridge crew of the [[Ark (G1)|Autobots' spacecraft]] when it embarked on its fateful voyage to seek out new sources of energy beyond [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] four million years ago and its crash on [[Earth]]. He was reactivated in 1984, Becoming a member of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime's]] Autobots, playing a key role in stopping many of the Decepticon's plots on Earth. He even came back from retirement!

Sadly, his luck came to and end when in 2005, the [[Decepticons]] boarded his shuttle en route to [[Autobot City]]. Even the old timer could not stand up when severely outnumbered, as all of his crewmates were killed, and he was executed by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] from point blank range.

In some other cartoons and comics, he came back from the dead (maybe).

===Marvel Storybooks continuity===
Ironhide was one of the thrity-five Autobots rebuilt on Earth in the form of a terrestrial vehicle. Along with Hound, Windcharger and Optimus, Ironhide once cheered so loudly that it almost made a volcano erupt. Later, he was a participant in a fight that ensued between the Autobts and the Decepticons when Megatron attempted to take millions of humans hostage in order to demand Earth's unconditional surrender to the Decepticons. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Autobots' Secret Weapon}}}}
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===Marvel coloring books===
Wither Ironhide or Ratchet helped the Autobots in protecting Hoover Dam from the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Deadly Fuel Shortage}}

Ironhide was part of the Autobot convoy that followed Optimus Prime into battle when it was discovered that the Decepticons were using a [[molecular transfer device]] to steal fuel from all around the globe. After the encountered Decepticon opposition en-route, Ironhide volunteered to donate some of his fuel to the more energy-efficient Autobots so that they continue fighting without him. The Autobots utlimately succeeded in turning the Decepticons' device against them, and returned the stolen fuel to its rightful owners. {{storylink|Summertime Coloring Book}}

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

===Ladybird Books continuity===
While stretching his suspension, Ironhide inadvertently picked up a radio contact of Decepticons in flight, and reported it to Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Megatron's Fight for Power}}

Ironhide volunteered for grocery trip duties with Spike and Sparkplug Witwicky. Apparently, the two humans ate so much it put a strain on Ironhide's suspension. {{storylink|Autobots Fight Back}}

Ironhide was part of a battle unit assembled by Optimus Prime to stop the Decepticons from seizing control of...a single windmill. (No, really.) {{storylink|Laserbeak's Fury}}

===''Find Your Fate Junior''===
{{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.}}
====Attack of the Insecticons====
Ironhide was in the process of completing a trial-run with [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]'s newest invention, the [[Sun-Pak]], when the Decepticons attacked the Autobots' secret underground testing track. The ensuing fight between the two factions was skewed in favour of the Decepticons, forcing the Autobots into a series of difficult choices. In the subsequent possible scenarios, Ironhide was more in favour of bargaining with the Decepticons for the Autobots' lives, and ran into difficulties in keeping the Sun-Pak out of Decepticon hands. {{storylink|Attack of the Insecticons}}

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

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

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

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

In yet another possible scenario, Optimus opted to use the tainted fuel as a weapon against an encroaching Decepticon squadron. The plan went off without a hitch, and the Autobots celebrated another victory over the Decepticons.

In a completely different scenario, Optimus decided to go on the offensive and strike back at the Decepticons after they had poisoned a good number of Autobots. Prowl quickly pointed out that the mission required brains, not muscles, pointing to Ironhide. Optimus agreed, and Ironhide could only grumble while Prowl smirked. Prick.

In one possible scenario that followed, Optimus and his squadron returned to base with the antidote and cured the poisoned Autobots. The Autobots then proceeded to stop the Decepticons in their latest plot: to poison the nearby water supply.

If Optimus led his troops back to the Decepticons’ poison lab, Ironhide was amongst the Autobot convoy that drove into action. Upon seeing the Decepticons hauling out drums of poison, Ironhide suggested the Autobots go in strong and attack them directly.

If Optimus went along with Ironhide’s plan, Ironhide, Brawn, Twin Twist and Hound were called forth by Optimus to gun down the laboratory. The laboratory then caved in on itself, signalling an Autobot victory. {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}

====Autobot Alert!====
Ironhide was present at the Autobot city of Metroplex when an Autobot Alert sounded.

He and the other Autobots learned of two Decepticon plots simultaneously occurring. One of which was the theft of a coded message meant for Ultra Magnus’s eyes only. If Ultra Magnus decided to prioritize theft of the coded message, Ironhide was part of the captive audience that listened to Kup divulge information about an ancient Autobot formula. Ironhide took off towards the Autobots’ desert research centre along with a number of other Autobots. Once there, they learned from Springer that the Cybertite sphere containing the formula was discovered by humans during the 16th century. If the Decepticons had decoded Springer's message, they would be searching off the coast of California, where the ship containing the sphere had sunk. If they hadn’t decoded the message, the Decepticons would still be digging in the nearby crater.

If Ultra Magnus decided to assume that the Decepticons had already decrypted the message, he ordered his forces to split up to more efficiently address the situation. Ironhide was part of the main group of Autobot forces led by Ultra Magnus towards the California coast. Arriving at the scene, Ultra Magnus’s troops were informed by Powerglide (who had flown ahead of the land-bound group) that he had discovered the location of the sunken ship containing the cybertite sphere. Simultaneously, Blurr caught up with the group to inform them that the Decepticons were quickly approaching. The Autobots then needed to decide whether they would raise the ship themselves, or try and ambush the Decepticons after they had done so.

If Ultra Magnus decided to have his Autobots hide while the Decepticons raised the ship, Ironhide found himself in a cave with Brawn and and Grapple. The three Autobots spied Devastator retrieving the sunken ship from the water, and decided that the three of them would snatch the sphere away from the Decepticons.

If Ironhide and his team executed their plan before any other Autobots, they had Grapple reel the ship away from the Decepticons with his crane hook, while Ironhide and Brawn attempted to defend their position. The Decepticons destroyed both the ship and the cybertite sphere contained within, and then began pummelling the Autobots with their superior firepower. Trapped in their caves, the Autobts were left at the Decepticons’ mercy. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}

===''Transformers in 3-D''===
[[File:TFin3D2 Ironhide rips through wall.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|There's a door just to your left, Ironhide.]]
When a distress call from [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] reached [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Ironhide set off to find out why the small Autobot was so far from his assigned area. This lead him to the planet [[Andellor]], to which Cosmos had traveled in search of the [[Prism of Power]]. Ironhide first managed to dispatch [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] without breaking a sweat, before he, Cosmos, and the five children who needed the Prism, encountered [[Grogg]], guardian of the ancient artifact. Though Ironhide pleaded with Grogg that they needed the Prism, Grogg insisted they answer his riddle or die. After one of the children answered the riddle, Ironhide returned with Cosmos and the children to the [[S.S. Exton 9]] space station and defeated [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] in battle. {{storylink|Transformers in 3-D issue 2|Transformers in 3-D #2}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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Before the war, Ironhide was a construction engineer, working on the bridges that connected cybertron's city states.
When war broke out, he joined [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s commando unit, along with [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], when they attempted to defend [[Altihex]] against the Decepticons. Though Altihex was lost, the unit survived to attend [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s inauguration. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}} He took part in the preparations for the evacuation of Cybertron at the [[Central Spaceport]], despite expressing his disagreement to [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] about the new Prime's decision. The pair subsequently observed Grimlock's even greater dissatisfaction and the Dinobot stormed off. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} During a Decepticon attack, he and the rest of the unit met Grimlock on the [[Tri-Torus Loop]], only to be surprised by Grimlock's decision to leave [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] to the foe. Instead they traveled to the crater of the [[Forum of Enlightenment]] to look for Optimus. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}}

Underground, Ironhide's sensors led the group to find the [[Planetary engine|planetary turbines]]. Grimlock ordered him, Kup and Wheeljack to shut it down. The trio listened in on [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s plans, but were discovered by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} Ironhide and Kup worked to fight the Constructicons off, becoming pinned down until Grimlock arrived to lend a hand with Optimus. They kept the Decepticons distracted long enough for Wheeljack to take out the planetary engines. Though Ironhide expected Optimus to resume the evacuation, Prime announced they were staying. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

After Prime was lost through a space bridge, and the Cybertronians fell into even more factions, Ironhide became a part of Grimlock's [[Lightning Strike Coalition]]. During an attempt by Starscream's forces to seize a couple of transporters full of energon, Ironhide and Wheeljack were able to board and fly off in the transporters while the rest of the team kept Starscream busy. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}}

He was part of the ''Ark'''s original crew four million years ago, and awoke with the rest of them in 1984. After the crash of the ''[[Ark II]]'', however, Ironhide was among the Transformers secretly acquired by [[Lazarus (G1)|Lazarus]] as a potential weapon of mass destruction for sale. He was tortured and heavily damaged by the Decepticons when they broke Lazarus' control over them, and was unable to immediately aid Prime and the others against Megatron. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}} {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}}

''When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] returned from an alien world with the malevolent [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]] in tow, Ironhide was one of the first Autobots who joined them in the fight against the invaders. The Keepers had taken residence in [[Las Vegas]], Nevada, and a united force of Autobots and Decepticons descended on the city in the hopes of stopping the aliens before the United States government unleashed a nuclear strike. When Optimus Prime used an energon pool to supercharge himself and the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], Ironhide and the other Autobots joined their own energon with Prime to enhance his efforts. Through their combined energies, the nuclear missile was averted and the Keepers were displaced into the Void. {{storylink|Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation}}''

[[File:PassiveAggression-KupIronhidereunite.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Old people ''never'' stop doing it. Now try to get that out of your brain!]]

''After the battle, Optimus Prime was forced by a debt of honor to hand over the Matrix to Megatron, a decision which didn't sit well with many of the Autobots. Ironhide did his best to defend his leader's actions against the likes of [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], but even he had trouble justifying the decision. Ironhide also joined the Autobots in confronting the American military in the Nevada desert, where the President attempted to have them assassinated. The military used [[deconstructionite]]s, reverse-engineered Cybertronian technology in the form of tiny microchips that literally sapped away the Transformers' strength. Ironhide was the first of the Autobots to fall before this assault, and had to be hauled to safety inside Prime's trailer segment. {{storylink|Transformers: Fusion|Fusion}}''

Sometime after Ironhide was repaired, the Autobots again confronted the Decepticons, this time over a mysterious shuttle pod that landed in Northern Canada. [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] got the drop on Ironhide during the fight, riddling his backside with explosive shells. The feisty security agent had to be dragged off the battlefield so that Ratchet could perform the necessary repairs back at base. {{storylink|New World Order}} In the meantime, a force of United Cybertronians arrived on Earth and demanded that Prime and his crew surrender themselves into protective custody, in order to prevent them from rekindling the war which had been over on Cybertron now for centuries. Leaving behind a skeleton crew to watch over Earth, Optimus Prime, Ironhide and the other Autobots allowed [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and his operatives to bring them back to their home planet. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} On Cybertron, Optimus Prime was separated from the other Autobots, and Ironhide's team was covertly brought by [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] to the Autobot resistance. Many Autobots on Cybertron questioned the beneficence of their "commander", [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], and had organized into several insurgency cells. Ironhide and Prowl met with [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]'s unit, who in turn brought them in touch with Optimus and second unit led by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and Kup. Ironhide quickly exchanged greetings (and a few good-natured insults) with his war-buddy Kup. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} With the ''Ark'''s crew at hand, the insurgency took to the streets, fighting back against Shockwave and his "[[Guardian robot|Dark Guardians]]". Ironhide joined [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and Hot Rod on the front lines during the advance. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}

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In the days that followed, Ironhide, Prowl and Kup attempted to coordinate things on Cybertron, but gratefully stepped aside once Ultra Magnus had finished his repair cycle. Ironhide was greatly amused when the uncharismatic Prowl attempted to make a public address at [[Central Hall]], only to be bombarded with questions from concerned citizens. Later, he, Prowl and Kup knocked back [[Kremzeek|refreshments]] at the [[Alpha Preserve]] and reflected upon the changing political landscape of Cybertron, and wondered if it would be best for old warriors such as themselves to leave. {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}} With the discovery of a [[Sunstorm (G1)|mysterious cloned Transformer]] possessing the accumulated knowledge of [[Vector Sigma]] heading towards [[Earth]], Prowl decided that the ''Ark'''s old crew had an obligation to return there and defend their second home. Though some such as [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] griped, Ironhide knew that for all of their complaints, they would join the mission anyway. {{storylink|Atonement}} They returned to Earth and began construction of a new Autobot base of operations: [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' continuity===
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Many years after the Ark had crashed on Earth, the human terrorist organization [[Cobra]] discovered it and its dormant crew. The Transformers were reprogrammed to be under Cobra's control and given new alternate modes, with Ironhide, Ratchet and Optimus Prime now turning into [[HISS tank]]s. Along with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], the three Autobots were forced to attack a peace summit in [[Washington, D.C.]] {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1}} The reprogrammed Transformers were eventually freed thanks to [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], and despite Cobra's efforts to regain control of Ironhide, the Autobot got away when Ratchet ripped their control cables out of his head. Along with [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], the two then joined Optimus Prime in fighting back against both the freed Decepticons and Cobra. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}} During the battle, Ironhide didn't do much but liken the density of Decepticons on [[Cobra Island]] to that of [[astro tick]]s on [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s behind. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}}

After defeating the Decepticons on Earth, the Autobots returned to Cybertron, which [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] had conquered in their absence. With the Autobots reduced to a small resistance band, Ironhide helped Optimus Prime and Jazz steal a pile of [[energon cube]]s from the Decepticons. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}} He was understandably surprised when his two friends suddenly disappeared in a flash of light. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}}

Much later, when Optimus Prime was captured by [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]], Ironhide joined a team of Autobots who were waiting for a chance to free him. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}} When Serpent O.R.'s hostages were freed and [[G.I. Joe (team)|reinforcements]] arrived from Earth, the team attacked and ultimately defeated the Decepticon army. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}
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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
Along with the other Autobots, Iron Hide {{sic}} lay deactivated among the [[Fera Islands]] for four million years, until one day in [[1939]] when [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] arrived on the archipelago to defeat [[Cobra]]. [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] accidentally activated the Autobots' [[Sky Spy|repair drone]], which awakened the Autobots and reformatted them, starting with Iron Hide, who was given the form of a human tank. The spooked humans opened fire on the metal giant, but their bullets merely bounced off, and Iron Hide politely asked them to cut it out before the ricochets hurt anyone. After things had settled down, Iron Hide supported the idea of the Autobots helping G.I. Joe, as he needed some workout after that little nap they took. {{storylink|Transformed}}

On behalf of [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], Iron Hide later asked [[Scarlett]] what she was brooding about. The human cryptically said that someone important was missing, but wouldn't explain [[Snake-Eyes|who]]. Shortly afterwards, Iron Hide was shipped out on a barge to attack the [[Terrordrome]] along with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]. {{storylink|Trenches}} During the ensuing battle, he punched out [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and offered to help [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] in his duel with [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], but it turned out Grimlock didn't need any help. Iron Hide presumably perished when the life-giving [[Matrix of Leadership]] was shattered in order to stop [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

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===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
When a badly-damaged Starscream was brought to the Ark, Ironhide agreed with Jazz that it was probably a trap. When Starscream turned out to be amnesiac and amenable to the Autobot cause, Ironhide and Cliffjumper were assigned to him as escorts, just in case. Ironhide would later join Optimus in shielding Starscream from the Decepticons, when they turned up to retrieve their comrade, noting that as Starscream was weaponless, it would hardly seem fair to not protect him. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

===''The Beast Within''===
Ironhide participated in a savage battle against the Decepticons, though he did not fare too well, and got tossed around like a ragdoll by Megatron. He later looked on in horror as the Dinobots merged into [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]] and began rampaging across the battlefield. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

Later, Ironhide was carried inside Optimus Prime’s trailer as the Autobots attempted to outrun The Beast. Ironhide successfully managed to get through to Jetfire, who picked up all of the passengers within Prime’s trailer, save Skids, who was killed moments before Jetfire managed to show up. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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An early Autobot and one of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s teachers, Ironhide ended up as part of [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]]'s counter-infiltration unit on Earth. There, he aided [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]], [[Verity Carlo]] and [[Jimmy Pink]] in trying to discover what happened had happened to the missing [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], and almost ended up killed from an explosion while saving the two humans with his [[holomatter]] avatar, leading to a merry chase for [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)#IDW Generation 1 continuity|Wheeljack]] to recover him against [[Machination]]'s [[Sunstreaker clone|Headmasters]].

After the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], he was part of a group of Autobots trapped on Earth, where he took a [[Skywatch]] shot meant for Hot Rod, and died...

...but not for long. Reborn one year later, albeit missing four million years of memories, on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] through the machinations of [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], he was left to finish off the [[Insecticon swarm]] infesting the planet with a crippled Sunstreaker until Hot Rod (now calling himself "Rodimus") and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] recovered them. Reunited with the Autobots in time for Cybertron's rebirth, he had a vision of a peaceful time centuries in the future, which influenced him until it was apparently proven wrong with the destruction of [[Gorlam Prime]], sending him into a deep depression for some time.

 

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===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
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Ironhide served on the [[Maximal Imperium]], alongside [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]. Leadership seemed to have robbed him of a bit of his gusto, although according to [[Big Convoy (BWN)|Big Convoy]] he was 'right honorable'. Ironhide, Prowl and Silverbolt sent [[Ikard]] to request a report from Big Convoy, but he refused, citing his need to investigate the [[Angolmois]]-fueled murders. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}
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===''Hearts of Steel''===
Ironhide was part of the Autobot forces who fought the Decepticons on Earth in the distant past until an incoming ice age threatened to deactivate them all. Both sides went into hiding underground, remaining in stasis until the 1860's, at which point they were accidentally awakened by [[human]]s. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}} As they resumed their war with the Decepticons, Ironhide and the others took on train modes and allied themselves with [[John Henry]] in order to pursue the [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3|Hearts of Steel #3}} Ironhide was the second car in the Autobot train, an artillery boxcar with his name on it. When [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] began to attack the Autobot train from above, he partially transformed to [[robot mode]] in order to shoot him down. After the Decepticons were defeated, the Autobots went back to sleep underground. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 4|Hearts of Steel #4}}

By [[1888]], Ironhide had gotten involved with humanity again, hiding on the [[USS Miskatonic|USS ''Miskatonic'']] in the form of an gun turret. On the way to [[Ireland]] the ship was attacked by a tentacled monster from underneath the waves, forcing Ironhide to abandon it and report to the other Autobots. A week later at [[Port Cenotaph]], he ran into [[fish people|additional creatures]] and [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]], who revealed that he and the Decepticons were now following the [[Elder God]]s instead of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Ironhide tried to fight the empowered Decepticon, but was overcome by his eldritch tentacles. {{storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 1|Infestation 2: The Transformers #1}} As a servant of the Elder Gods, Ironhide stood guard at Port Cenotaph with the Decepticons, protecting it against an international fleet when they came to investigate the disappearance of multiple ships. Ironhide was freed from the Elder Gods' control when [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Hearts of Steel|Optimus Prime]] injured the attending Elder God enough to force it back into the depths of the ocean. {{storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 2|Infestation 2: The Transformers #2}}{{storylink|Infestation 2 issue 1|Infestation 2 #1}}

===Descent into Evil===
[[File:Ratchetironhidedescent.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Amazingly not dead.]]
Ironhide was severely injured during a battle on [[Moon Base Four]], but Optimus Prime used his [[Reconfiguration Matrix]] to create a new body for his old friend. {{storylink|Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide's ''Timelines'' toy bio}}

Years after the Autobot-Decepticon Wars ended, Ironhide and five other Autobots were sent to [[Ceti Alpha Seven]] to destroy General [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] clone lab and stop his planned Decepticon uprising. After a team of four (consisting of [[Outback (G1)|Fallback]], [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], [[Flareup (G1)|Flareup]], and [[Ricochet (Timelines)|Ricochet]]) failed, Ironhide and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] followed to help. After battling swarms of [[Virulent Clone]]s and [[Buzzclaw (G1)|Buzzclaw]], they finally met up with Deathsaurus himself. Ironhide stayed to fight the general, and Ratchet separated to find their fallen friends. However, Ironhide was shot in the back by [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]] and he went into stasis lock. Ironhide woke up restrained inside Deathsaurus' lab with Ratchet, while Deathsaurus appeared to them on a monitor and told them he planned to destroy the lab by remote. Before the lab could detonate, Ricochet snuck in and freed them, allowing them to gather their fallen and escape. {{storylink|Descent into Evil}}
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===''Encore'' toy bio===
Ironhide acquired a new protective black coating to disguise himself from both Decepticons and members of the [[human]] criminal underworld, to better allow him to do his job as Optimus Prime's bodyguard. The other Autobots joke that he looks like a stereotypical "Men in Black" vehicle, but Ironhide insists he got the idea from black pickups trucks he saw around town. The coating, a composite gel metal, has made his trithyllium steel skin even more durable, allowing him to self-repair minor injuries right away, and his robot and mobile artillery forms are now 25% more maneuverable than before. {{storylink|Ironhide (G1)/toys#black|'Protect Black Ironhide' toy bio}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in comic===
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Ironhide, [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] tracked [[Nightstick (Cyclonus)|Nightstick]] to a volcanic region of the planet where [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] was about to unveil the awe-inspiring [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Engaging the jets in battle, Ironhide and the Autobots successfully blocked the lava pool Galvatron was too emerge from. Their satisfaction turned to horror, however, when Galvatron blasted free from the rubble anyhow. Luckily, Galvatron was not a morning person, and was more interested in berating Cyclonus and Starscream for interrupting his nap than attacking the Autobots. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 9|Henkei! Henkei! #9}}

Ironhide was taking a pounding from the uncharacteristically-aggressive [[Octane (G1)|Octane]] when Mirage stepped in, meutralizing the 'Con before he was even aware of the invisible Autobot's presence. Both Ironhide and Mirage were shocked when Octane continued moving despite having his circuits disrupted, and were downright beside themselves when the ghost of Starscream emerged from within the [[Triple Changer]]. {{storylink|Mirage's Rebirth}}

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===''Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun'' manga===
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===''Transformers United''===
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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
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{{storylink|Another Episode, Part 2}} {{storylink|The Fated Rival, Once Again...}} {{storylink|To Earth}} {{storylink|Plans of the Emperor of Destruction}} {{storylink|Revenge (All Spark)}} {{storylink|The False Power}} {{storylink|Ray of Hope}} {{storylink|Great Aspirations}} {{storylink|Conclusion}}

===''Cloud''===
Ironhide was one of the Autobots of [[Metropolis]], who maintained order throughout the multiverse from [[Cloud World]]. As a surveillance 'bot, Ironhide dispatched [[Bumblebee (Cloud)|Bumblebee]] and other agents to particular Spacetimes in need of care, although he still pushed for field duties assignments himself from time to time. {{storylink|Uprising (Cloud)|Uprising}}

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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
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==Games==
===''Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons''===
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops from the Decepticons, Ironhide could come to Optimus Prime's aid, acting as a bodyguard against Decepticon attacks. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}

===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{voiceactor|[[Russ Veillard]] (English)}}
{{Note|Ironhide is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers G1: Awakening''===
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Ironhide was among the Autobots who left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], and spent four million years in stasis after it was shot down over Earth by the Decepticons. As one of the more badly injured, he was placed in [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] until the Autobots had gathered enough energon to revive him. He was well enough to take part in a battle when the Autobots saved [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] from a bunch of Decepticons, and took part in the defense of the Ark when the Decepticons attempted to assault it. {{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
When Megatron challenged Optimus Prime to a duel, Ironhide was one of the few Autobots left at HQ to defend it from an attack by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. Taking command, he attempted to organize the defense, but they were no match for the Decepticon team. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War - Part 1}}

When the Decepticons discovered a pool of [[Electrum]] and plotted to use this new discovery to annihilate the Autobots, Ironhide and the rest of Optimus's forces sneakily located the lagoon themselves and coated themselves with the substance. In the end, they Autobots forced the Decepticons to retreat, but the miraculous Electrum lagoon was destroyed. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (Legends)|The Golden Lagoon}}

Ironhide took part in the defense of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] during a Decepticon assault, but was unable to prevent their advance. {{storylink|One Shall Fall...}} He had better luck during an assault by [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] — he and [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] managed to retrieve [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]] and fight their way through the Decepticon ranks to get Metroplex back on his feet. {{storylink|Monstrosity}}
==Transformers: Battle Tactics==
NOTE: Ironhide is only shown in an image. [[File:5autobotsinbattletactics.jpg]]
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==Toys==
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==Merchandise==
{{main|Ironhide (G1)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
*[[Bob Budiansky]] named Ironhide after the TV detective show, ''[[Wikipedia: Ironside (TV series)|Ironside]]'', whose titular protagonist was also a grizzled veteran of his profession.<ref>[http://moonbase2.libsyn.com/the-moonbase-2-podcast-interviews-bob-budiansky- Moonbase 2 podcast interview with Bob Budiansky]</ref>
*A 1986 [[Panini]] stickerbook sold in Belgium and the Netherlands gave Ironhide the alternate French language name "Ferro Métal". Whether this name was used in any other media made for French-speaking regions is unknown.
*While ''Cloud'' Ironhide doesn't appear in any illustrations, a [https://twitter.com/gikogakodo/status/537809990669451264 photo] of the ''Cloud'' Autobots together by writer [[Makoto Wakabayashi]] shows him as the [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|''Henkei! Henkei!'' Ironhide]] toy.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ironhide''' (アイアンハイド ''Aianhaido'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''Tei-Paid''' (鐵皮, "Iron Skin", "Iron Hide")
*''French:'' '''Rhino''' (Canada)
*''Hebrew:'' '''Ór Pladá''' (עור פלדה, "Steel Hide")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Acélfej''' ("Steel-head"), '''Vasököl''' (Movie, "Ironfist")
*''Italian:'' '''Falco''' ("Hawk")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Zàng Tiě''' (Taiwan, 藏鐵, "Hiding Iron"), '''Tiěpí''' (China, 鐵皮, "Iron Skin")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Couraça''' (Brazil comics, "Hide"), '''Arma-de-Ferro''' (Portugal comics, "Iron Weapon")
*''Russian:'' '''Bronevik''' (Броневик, "Armored Car")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Zaliznyak''' (Залізняк, "Ironer")

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Ironhide Ironhide's Universe profile at NTFA.net]
* [http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/shop/shopdetail.html?brandcode=034000000005&search=%A5%A2%A5%A4%A5%A2%A5%F3%A5%CF%A5%A4%A5%C9 e-Hobby's page for Black Protect Ironhide]

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Transformers: Battle Tactics

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{{videogame
|title=''Transformers: Battle Tactics''
|image=TFBattleTactics_LoadingScreen.jpg
|caption=Arcee isn't in the game. [[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game) | Déjà vu?]]
|developer=[[DeNA]]
|publisher=DeNA Corp
|date=[[January 30]], 2015
|platform=Android, iOS
}}

'''''Transformers: Battle Tactics''''' is a multiplayer battle game published by [[DeNA]] for mobile devices. It features over 75 characters designed after toys from different toylines, including [[Transformers: Classics | Classics]], [[Transformers: Generations | Generations]], [[Combiner Wars]] and [[Transformers Collectors' Club | Collectors' Club]] exclusives.

==Gameplay==
Battle Tactics gameplay is similar to other mobile battle games. Players select four Transformers from their purchased characters to form a team. Players can create up to three different teams. Gamers can choose to battle a random computer-controlled team or a random live player; the other choice is to pick from three different computer teams. The "random" mode also changes slightly under two different circumstances:

If an event is being held, it will become the way to earn League Points, but otherwise remains the same.

If a player fills their Experience bar, it will become the Advancement Mode. Players must win three of their next five games to level up. This mode is the only way to level up, because otherwise players would simply choose the throwaway team in the other mode to win easily.

Once the battle begins, the Transformers will randomly get one of their five damage numbers. These numbers change and become special abilities, depending on whether the character is in alternate mode or robot mode. Players also get three Ability Points every round, which allow them to activate powerups, including a re-spin of a character's number and several different air strikes, among others. When the battle begins, one of the two parties is randomly chosen to attack first, unless a Transformer has a first strike special ability active. Each character attacks once per round.
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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Autobot]]s|c1=
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* [[Cliffjumper (G1) | Cliffjumper]]
* [[Gears (G1) | Gears]]
* [[Junkyard (G1) | Junkheap]]
* [[Scoop (G1) | Scoop]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1) | Bumblebee]]/Goldfire
* [[Hoist (G1) | Hoist]]
* [[Wheeljack (G1) | Wheeljack]]
* [[Joyride (G1) |Joyride]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1) | Optimus Prime]]/Orion Pax
* [[Tailgate (G1) | Tailgate]]
* [[Swerve (G1) | Swerve]]
* [[Ratchet (G1) | Ratchet]]
* [[Powerglide (G1) | Powerglide]]
* [[Kup (G1) | Sergeant Kup]]
* [[Huffer (G1) | Huffer]]
* [[Warpath (G1) | Warpath]]
* [[Cosmos (G1) | Cosmos]]
* [[Windcharger (G1) | Windcharger]]
* [[Blurr (G1) | Blurr]]
* [[Red Alert (G1) | Red Alert]]
* [[Fireflight (G1) | Firefly]]
* [[Alpha Bravo]]
* [[Crosscut (Autobot) | Crosscut]]
* [[Nightbeat (G1) | Nightbeat]]
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* [[Drift (G1) | Drift]]
* [[Side Burn (G1) | Sideburn]]
* [[Sandstorm (G1) | Sandstorm]]
* [[Jazz (G1) | Jazz]]
* [[Skids (G1) | Skids]]
* [[Jetfire (G1) | Jetfire]]
* [[Springer (G1) | Springer]]
* [[Chromedome (G1) | Chromedome]]
* [[Brainstorm]]
* [[Circuit (Movie) | Circuit]]
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1) | Ultra Magnus]]
* [[Arcee (G1) | Arcee]]*
* [[Trailbreaker (G1) | Trailcutter]]
* [[Ironhide (G1)| Ironhide]]*
;Exclusives
* [[Roadbuster (G1) | Roadbuster]]
* [[Whirl (G1) | Whirl]]
* [[Rewind (G1) | Rewind]]
* [[Jetfire (G1) | Jetfire II]]
;Event
* [[Air Raid (G1) | Air Raid]]
* [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot) | Skydive]]
* [[Silverbolt (G1) | Silverbolt]]
* [[Jackpot (Animated) | Jackpot]]
* [[Punch (G1) | Punch]]
* [[Groove (G1) | Groove]]
* [[Rook (Generations) | Rook]]
* [[Streetwise (G1) | Streetwise]]
* [[Blades (G1) | Blades]]
* [[Hot Spot (G1) | Hot Spot]]
* [[First Aid (G1) | First Aid]]
;Combiners
* [[Superion (G1) | Superion]]
* [[Defensor (G1) | Defensor]]
{{!}}}

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s|c2=
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* [[Acid Storm (G1) | Acid Storm]]
* [[Thundercracker (G1) | Thundercracker]]
* [[Starscream (G1) | Starscream]]
* [[Tankor (BM) | Tankor]]
* [[Blackjack]]
* [[Megatron (G1) | Megatron]]
* [[Viper]]
* [[Dreadwing (G2) | Dreadwing]]
* [[Nemesis Prime (G1) | Nemesis Prime]]
* [[Breakdown (G1) | Breakdown]]
* [[Dirge (G1) | Dirge]]
* [[Thrust (G1) | Thrust]]
* [[Ramjet (G1) | Ramjet]]
* [[Jhiaxus (G2) | Jhiaxus]]
* [[Skullgrin]]
* [[Drag Strip (G1) | Dragstrip]]
* [[Skywarp (G1) | Skywarp]]
* [[Thunderwing (G1) | Thunderwing]]
* [[Scourge (G1)]]
* [[Octane (G1) | Octane]]
* [[Straxus (G1) | Darkmount]]
* [[Doubledealer]]
* [[Cyclonus (G1) | Cyclonus]]
* [[Blitzwing (G1) | Blitzwing]]
* [[Barricade (WFC) | Barricade]]
* [[Megatron (Armada) | Armada Megatron]]
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* [[Starscream (Armada)|Armada Starscream]]
* [[Krok (G1) | Krok]]
* [[Nacelle (G1) | Nacelle]]
;Exclusives
* [[Runamuck (G1) | Runamuck]]
* [[Astrotrain (G1) | Astrotrain]]
* [[Black Shadow (Victory) | Sky Shadow]]
* [[Sunstorm (G1) | Sunstorm]]
* [[Slipstream (WFC) | Slipstream]]
* [[Scourge (RID)]]
* [[Spinister (G1)| Spinister]]
;Event
* [[Runabout (G1) | Over-Run]]
* [[Offroad]]
* [[Dead End (G1) | Dead End]]
* [[Motormaster (G1) | Motormaster]]
* [[Punch (G1) | Counterpunch]]
* [[Treadshot (G1) | Treadshot]]
* [[Brawl (G1) | Brawl]]
* [[Onslaught (G1) | Onslaught]]
* [[Vortex (G1) | Vortex]]
* [[Swindle (G1) | Swindle]]
* [[Blast Off (G1) | Blast Off]]
* [[Bombshell (G1) | Bombshell]]
* [[Shrapnel (G1) | Skrapnel]]
* [[Kickback (G1) | Kickback]]

;Combiners
* [[Menasor (G1) | Menasor]]
* [[Bruticus (G1) | Bruticus]]
{{!}}}

|h3=[[Maximal]]s|c3=
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{{!}}-
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* [[Optimus Primal | Optimus Primal]]
* [[Cheetor (BW) | Cheetor]]
{{!}}}

|h4=[[Predacon]]s|c4=
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{{!}}-
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* [[Megatron (BW) | Megatron]]
* [[Waspinator (BW) | Waspinator]]
* [[Blackarachnia (BW) | Blackarachnia]]
* [[Tarantulas (BW) | Tarantulas]]
* [[Inferno (BW) | Inferno]]
* [[Scorponok (BW) | Scorponok]]
{{!}}}

|h5=[[Mini-Con]]s|c5=
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{{!}}-
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* [[Windshear]]
* [[Runway (Generations) | Runway]]
* [[Heavytread (Generations) | Heavytread]]
;Combiners
* [[Centuritron]]
{{!}}}
|nonumbering=true
}}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Characters that aren't in the game yet, but appear in promotional material.
 

==Notes==
*The Exclusive version of Skywarp, the one based on his [[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]] figure, is the only character represented by a [[TakaraTomy]] figure rather than its [[Hasbro]] counterpart.

* Unlike the event cores, which are removed 48 hours after the event ends, the Alpha/Beta/Omega and character cores stay when the new monthly character is added.

==External links==
* [http://www.transformersbattletactics.com/ Official Website]

[[Category:Video games]]

Whirl (G1)

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ItsLeo20: /* IDW Generation 1 continuity */ I'm allowed to write a caption, right?

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:''Whirl is an [[Autobot]] [[Deluxe Vehicle]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:G1Whirl boxart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Whirl enjoys making hand puppets in his own image.]]

[[Units of time|Vorns]] before [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] coined the phrase "Sometimes crazy works", '''Whirl''' was living it in action. Whirl believes that, logically speaking, insanity makes an extremely effective weapon. Enemies flee in terror before the absolutely insane maneuvers he pulls on the battlefield. His extreme maneuverability in helicopter mode lets him spin, bob, weave, dive, and bank like someone totally out of control. Or totally out of his mind.

Needless to say, Whirl is a rather reckless fighter and can take damage because of it. He's okay with that, because he absolutely LOVES his job...perhaps a little ''too'' much. Many of Whirl's comrades remain unsure if his wild behavior is truly an affectation, or if his increasingly-fleeting displays of rationality are actually the facade hiding a troubled psyche.

Whirl is (or was) a member of the elite [[Wrecker]]s unit.

{{bigquote|You wanna know a '''secret''', [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|hornhead]]? Life's messed up. '''I'm''' messed up. I've done bad things and I '''continue''' to do bad things, because the voice telling me '''not to'''...? He's not said much for a while. And y'know what keeps me going? <big>'''ANGER.'''</big> Anger's an '''insulator'''. Stops life getting '''too close'''. If I got myself "fixed," maybe the anger would leave me—and then I really '''would''' be screwed.|Whirl, psychotic and unapologetic|"[[Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukexclusive|Whirl}}
Whirl was a member of the elite Wreckers unit under the command of [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]]. Alongside [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]], he accompanied his commander as Impactor argued with [[Xaaron]] over [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]' trip to [[Earth]] to investigate the disappearance of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]].

[[File:Whirl copter Target 2006.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|This is one choppah you cannot get to.]]
Later, the Wreckers continued preparing for [[Operation: Volcano]], an attempt to eliminate some of the [[Decepticon|Decepticons']] [[Ten Deadliest Killers|deadliest killers]]. During the simulation, Whirl demonstrated his trademark aerial combat style to draw fire away from his teammates. As the simulation concluded, Impactor decided that without Ultra Magnus' support, the operation would basically become a suicide mission for the Wreckers. Whirl and the others agreed with him and Impactor left to tell Xaaron that the Wreckers were bowing out of Volcano. Taking some downtime, Whirl, Roadbuster, and [[Twin Twist (G1)|Twin Twist]] went to [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] to unwind. While Roadbuster and Twin Twist were having uneasy feelings about the decision to ditch Volcano, Whirl seemed fine with it, pointing out that it was only logical and no one would say that they were in the wrong. Their discussion was interrupted when they noticed [[Fang]], a Decepticon who began bullying a [[Piano Transformer guy|smaller Transformer]] in the place. Twin Twist violently intervened, realizing that as Autobots, it was their duty to always do their best to stop the Decepticons. His sudden revelation seemed to energize Whirl and Roadbuster, and after Impactor was convinced by Xaaron to go through with Operation: Volcano, the rest of the Wreckers eagerly volunteered.

[[File:Target 2006 Whirl Roadbuster Do It.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|My face is down here, Roadbuster...I think.]]
Unfortunately, Operation: Volcano failed when most of the targeted Decepticons were unknowingly ordered clear of the ambush by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]. Only [[Macabre]] went ahead and attempted to assassinate Xaaron, shooting and mortally-wounding Impactor instead. Whirl and the rest of the Wreckers immediately gunned Macabre down in retaliation. {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

Later, Whirl was seen alongside Ultra Magnus and his fellow Wreckers on a hunt for a Decepticon spy posing as Optimus Prime. This was revealed, thanks to the efforts of [[Outback (G1)|Outback]], to be a product of Decepticon misinformation and Prime was welcomed back into the fold. {{storylink|Distant Thunder!}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[File:Whirl Triton Peace.jpg|left|100px|thumb|Hands, glorious hands!]]
In an alternate version of [[2510]], Whirl and the Wreckers led the final Autobot offensive against Decepticon held territory, bringing the war to a close. At the ceremony where he officially announced the end of the war, [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] chose to make [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], leader of the Wreckers, his successor as Autobot leader and carrier of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]. One Autobot named [[Triton]] objected to the idea, though: he said Springer was a fighter, not a tactician, and Ultra Magnus would be a better leader for a world at peace. Whirl took offense to Triton putting down his commanding officer, and shoved the little guy in the back, asking where was his "precious Ultra Magnus" when the Wreckers were winning the war? Triton struck back, and the situation turned from bad to worse as the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] sided with Ultra Magnus against the Wreckers. Shots were fired, battle lines were drawn, and a new war picked up where the old one left off. Tragically, it seems no one took the time to examine Triton's fallen body, and the hidden Decepticon insignia on his chest. The last act of the last Decepticon was to see that there would never truly be peace on Cybertron. {{storylink|Peace}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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[[File:Whirl LooseEnds2.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb]]
Along with the other [[Wrecker]]s Whirl voted to follow [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]'s plan to leave Cybertron to visit the other planets touched by the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] and so they hitched a ride with [[Berko]]'s [[Cosmic Carnival]] to Earth. Whirl looked on in horror as their surveillance drones showed a devastated planet, and worse still—Megatron! Before any of the Wreckers could react, the Decepticon promptly launched nuclear warheads at their shuttle, apparently destroying it. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 1}}

The Wreckers managed to make it to Earth's surface in escape pods, and Whirl was sent to survey the ruined planet. He spied an incoming horde of [[Zombie|reanimated Decepticons]] sent by Megatron and reported back to the others. The Wreckers' priority then became to get a message back to Cybertron about the situation on Earth. They eventually found the [[Deep Space Network]] located in [[Goldstone]], and put a plan into action to utilize its radio transmitter to send a distress call. Whirl joined Kup and Springer in making a break for the facility while the other Wreckers distracted Megatron's forces. They succeeded in sending their message to Cybertron, but Kup was captured in the process. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 2}}

The Wreckers soon encountered [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Circuit Smasher]]—formerly Spike Witwicky, one of the last vestiges of resistance on Megatron's conquered Earth. Despite some initial hostility on his part, the Wreckers were soon invited to [[Argus Base]], the human resistance's headquarters. On the way there, Whirl asked Spike how things had gotten so bad on Earth. Spike filled them in on the tale of Megatron's rise and humanity's fall. After arriving at Argus Base and convening with the leader of the resistance, [[G.B. Blackrock]], the Wreckers agreed to aid them in destroying Megatron's chief power base—the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}}

Whirl embarked on a rescue mission with Springer and [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] to retrieve Kup and also to divert Megatron's forces from the assault on the Ark. While Sandstorm considered the plan to be "reckless suicide", Whirl cheerfully voiced his approval of it. They soon encountered Megatron's air defenders, and experienced trouble fighting them, as the undead Decepticons apparently no longer felt any pain. While Whirl managed to fly circles around [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] for a bit, he was eventually shot down. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 4}}

After returning to Cybertron, Whirl was present with the other Wreckers as they attempted to defuse a tense situation between civilians on a main highway road. They failed and it erupted into a brawl. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Two}} He later participated in an attack on [[Fort Scyk]] to root out [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s cell of Decepticon insurgents, but was flung through the air when the whole place exploded. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}}

Whirl was with the Wreckers when the entire Autobot fleet attacked the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]]. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}} While the rest of the fleet was shot down or captured, the Wreckers covertly infiltrated the Hub's slam tube rail system and began wreaking havoc from within. The Wreckers traveled from point to point, seeking to destabilize the Hub by severing its planetary links with targeted nuclear explosions. Whirl and the others engaged the troops of [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] in a crowded slam tube and managed to blow them out into space. Eventually, the surviving Autobots managed to escape as the Hub suffered catastrophic damage. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}} What became of Whirl after this point is unknown, but if he managed to return to Cybertron and survive the battle with the Dark [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] creature, he likely [[Death|died]] of old age after [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] severed their reality's link to the [[multiverse]]. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}
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===Milton Bradley mini-comic===
Whirl was among the Autobots under [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'s command who launched in the [[Ark (G1)|ark]] to clear a path through an asteroid belt. When the Decepticons attacked the ship, [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] sent it crashing into [[Earth]], knocking everyone aboard offline. Four million years later, they were repaired when the ship's systems were reactivated by a volcanic eruption. {{storylink|In the Transformers}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:War and Peace 4 RoadbusterWhirl.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"RAGH, WHIRL NOT IN [[The Transformers (cartoon)|CARTOON]]!! MENASOR REMOVE FROM STORY!"]]
When the Autobots split into multiple factions after the disappearance of their leaders, Whirl joined Springer's group, known as the Wreckers. During the Dark Ages of Cybertron, he participated in an attack against [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}}

Much later, during [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s rule of Cybertron, Whirl continued with the Wreckers, now a small unit of Autobots dedicated to keeping the peace wherever (and however) necessary. When [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] released the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] from their imprisonment in Cybertron's [[Detention Banks]], the Wreckers were sent in to deal with the escapees. Unfortunately, both Whirl and [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] were crushed before [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] brought down the Stunticons' combined form, [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. {{storylink|War and Peace}}
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Escalation}} {{storylink|Devastation}} {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} {{storylink|Passive Aggression}}}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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[[File:Interiors WhirlPreEmpurataFlashback.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
{{quote|Twice voted "Autobot most likely to defect".|{{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|''Meet The Crew''}}}}

In the pre-war era, under the reign of [[Nominus Prime]], Whirl was a member of the [[Aerial Corps]]. Dissatisfied with his lot, Whirl managed to accomplish what was thought impossible, defying the function he was created with and actually changing professions to become a watchmaker. And Whirl was ''good'' at what he did—so good that the [[Functionist Council]], angry that a moderate functionary had given him permission to switch jobs, decided to teach him a lesson. They had the local criminal elements demand a cut of his profits so that when he refused, the [[Heavies]] would be sent to destroy his business and leave the Council's hands 'clean'. Whirl was left destitute and roamed the [[Dead End (place)|Dead End]], where he hung out with a bad crowd and started getting into fights. His combat prowess caught the attention of the [[Senate]]'s agents, who press-ganged a reluctant Whirl into their service. Whirl was made to do despicable things in the Senate's employ. When he tried to resist, he was put through the barbaric [[empurata]] ritual, costing him his original hands and effectively neutering his watchmaking skills. The Senate had, in fact, been ''arranged'' to hire him for all this by the vindictive Functionist Council. {{storylink|Interiors}}{{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}}{{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 2: Stet|Stet}}

[[File:Ongoing22 WhirlbeatsMegatron.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|''I'M THE HERO I CAN DO WHAT I WANT!'']]
Whirl was eventually granted a position in the [[Rodion]] police force. When a rabble-rousing miner named [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] was brought in for brawling with other law enforcement officers, the Senate ordered Whirl to kill him, presumably to silence his increasingly loud voice of dissension. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1|Chaos Theory #1}} {{storylink|Interiors}} Failing to finish the job, Whirl was arrested by his captain [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]], so the Senate sent more men to free him, fearing his actions would be exposed. Their men attacked the Rodion police station and freed Whirl, but Orion Pax wouldn't stand for it and defeated them, shooting Whirl's leg off in the process. Whirl warned his captain that the Senate would not be happy if any further harm came to him, but Orion merely picked him up, went to the [[Grand Imperium]] in person and confronted the entire Senate with his actions. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2|Chaos Theory #2}}

[[File:Whirl Impactor Patternism.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Due to Orion Pax's public display of Whirl's crime, the Senate had no choice but to send him to [[Garrus-1]]. After Whirl's mistreatment of Megatron in Rodion was exposed, he found himself suffering constant attacks and beatings in prison by Decepticon sympathizers. Whirl saved his one [[communicube]] call for an appropriate occasion, and found it when his former handler [[Kroma]] briefly became his cellmate. Whirl was told of an impending Senate plot involving assassination and a city-destroying bomb. He consequently used his one call to bring Orion Pax to Garrus-1, where he informed his former captain of all he had heard. While Orion initially assumed Whirl was acting out of compassion, Whirl immediately corrected him, explaining that he just wanted revenge against the Senate for mutilating, using, and abandoning him. After Orion left, Whirl was introduced to his new cellmate- [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]], who promptly beat him into critical condition. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}}

Whirl eventually wound up in the [[Kaon]] Security Service, where he witnessed the full extent of what his actions had wrought, as Megatron, now convinced that violence was the only way forward, assaulted the city and slew [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], beginning the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}} Orion Pax—now Optimus Prime—personally invited Whirl to join the Autobots before the Decepticons reached him: "forgiveness as a weapon of war", as Whirl put it. After "bouncing around a bit", he changed his name to "Jetstream" and became a flight instructor at the [[Iaconian Aerial Academy]]. {{storylink|Interiors}}

One of his most promising cadets at the academy was [[Rotorstorm (G1)|Rotorstorm]], but he insisted on berating him in private, his verbal abuse eventually evolving into regular unprovoked beatings. After one particularly savage beating, "Jetstream" shoved Rotorstorm into the academy's newly installed [[CR chamber]], and by the time Rotorstorm recovered, his instructor had moved to a training facility in another province. Whirl later returned to using his original name, and attended the ceremony when Rotorstorm received the [[Novic Medal for Outstanding Valor]], applauding and cheering from the front row. {{storylink|Bullets}}

[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers4-triumphoverevil.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Category: Things That Do Not Exist.]]
Whirl eventually joined the Autobot special operations taskforce, the Wreckers. He was with the team when they triumphed in final battle over their longtime rivals [[Squadron X]] on the planet [[Pova]], only to discover they had no jurisdiction on the planet and would be required to let the Squadron go. Refusing to accept this, Wrecker leader Impactor murdered the entire squadron while Whirl looked away in apparent shame, but took no action. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}} {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Last Stand of the Wreckers #5}} The incident was covered up by [[Autobot High Command]], and to avoid being implicated in the crime alongside their leader, Whirl and the other Wreckers lied and told Springer that they had no idea what Impactor was planning on doing. Springer believed them and defended their inaction at Impactor's trial, also agreeing to become the new leader of the Wreckers at Whirl and the others' request. {{storylink|Zero Point}}

At some point during the war, Whirl established a rivalry with the wand-wielding Decepticon known as [[Killmaster]]. The rivalry ended when Whirl broke into a medical center where Killmaster was recharging, crushed the Decepticon's brain as he slept, and shoved his wand up his- ''AHEM!'' {{storylink|Cybertronian Homesick Blues}}

[[File:Whirl copter Stormbringer4.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Is [[Obsidian (BM)|"Obsidianesque"]] a word?]]
Years later, Whirl was deployed with the other Wreckers to [[Varas Centralus]] to help [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]]'s counter-insurgency team deal with the Decepticon [[infiltration protocol|infiltration team]] there, which had just activated Siege Mode. Partway into the battle, they were forced to pull out and return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] when news came through of the possible resurgence of [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}} Arriving at their homeworld, the team saved the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] and [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] from a patrol of [[Centurion droid]]s, then joined Optimus Prime in attacking [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s secret base. Whirl and Roadbuster helped Jetfire from his imprisonment, but they were too late: Bludgeon had indeed recalled Thunderwing home. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3|Stormbringer #3}} Whirl joined Springer and [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] in attacking the mindless [[Pretender]], but their weapons were disabled when he ionized the air around them, forcing them to back off. Fortunately, a team of Decepticons led by [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] arrived to supplement the Autobot forces and the day was soon won. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4|Stormbringer #4}}

The Wreckers got a rematch with Thunderwing some time later when the denizens of the [[Dead Universe]] took control of him and stationed him on [[Corata-Vaz]] to guard one of the [[Nega-Core]]s required for their [[Expansion]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}} Whirl fought hard alongside his teammates {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} and eventually the Wreckers were able to disable the Nega-Core when [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] lost control of Thunderwing. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

During the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], when the Decepticons launched a devastating simultaneous attack against the Autobots across the galaxy—Whirl and several other Wreckers were captured by Decepticons under the command of [[Turmoil]]. [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] led an extraction team to rescue the Autobots from a Decepticon cruiser, and they were ultimately saved thanks to the efforts the former Decepticon [[Drift (G1)|Drift]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Drift}}

[[File:Whirl Sparkeaterweapon Interiors.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|left|"What, ''this''? It's uhm...just his new [[Beast Hunters]] armor! Yeah, that's it."]]
Around three years later, when putting together a squad to liberate [[Garrus-9]] from the clutches of the deranged Decepticon [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]], Springer ruled Whirl out of the mission on account of his recently becoming something of a liability. {{storylink|Bullets}} The mission to Garrus-9 left Springer in a comatose state, and Whirl and Roadbuster were assigned the task of watching over him and tending to his needs until he awoke. Convinced that this was never going to happen, Whirl attempted to euthanize his leader with Roadbuster's [[Sparkeater (weapon)|Sparkeater weapon]], but was caught in the act by Roadbuster and ejected from the Wreckers by the power of "the veto"—the ability of a Wrecker to have another member of the unit removed at any time. {{storylink|Interiors}} He wound up in prison for his actions, but was released and given a "final warning" by Ultra Magnus to stay out of trouble. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|Hangers On}}

After the war was ended and Cybertron was returned to a primordial state, Whirl and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] were tasked with policing a mob of [[NAIL|neutral Transformers]] that had recently returned to Cybertron. They came upon Optimus Prime being harassed by [[Tappet|one of the mob]], and promptly began bullying the smaller neutral. Optimus Prime had to pointedly lower Whirl's gun and asked to be filled in on current events. Later, the mob revolted and dragged Whirl to the ground during the ensuing riot. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}}

[[File:Whirl Sweeps Liars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Dear God...they're no longer mint in box!]]
Frustrated with the NAILs and having been kicked out of the Wreckers, Whirl acquired a disturbing method of stress relief: gathering up several leftover [[Sweep]] carcasses, pinning them to a wall inside a shabby structure out in Cybertron's wastelands, and apparently mutilating them. Eventually deciding that he'd had his fun, Whirl doused the ruins with fuel and bid a very creepy thank you and farewell to the remains, planning to burn it all—quite possibly, himself included. Interrupted by [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]], who had misidentified the Sweeps' energy readings as those of [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], Whirl immediately attacked him and set the place ablaze to cover his tracks. Their battle carried them to the [[Mitteous Plateau]], where they were discovered by [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]], [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], and [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]], prompting Whirl to try and pin all the blame on Cyclonus before killing him so he couldn't contradict his story. Before he could, however, a huge subterranean explosion triggered by [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] erupted beneath Whirl, heavily damaging him and knocking him offline. Figuring that Whirl was too dangerous to leave lying around, Ratchet had him brought along with Tailgate aboard the ''[[Lost Light]]'' as it left Cybertron. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|How to Say Goodbye and Mean It}}

[[File:HangersOn Whirl Cyclonus.jpg|thumb|left|110px|Expressions, glorious expressions!]]
Whirl awoke in the medibay of the ''Lost Light'', his first instinct being to reach out and throttle the nearest person to him, which turned out to be [[Rung (G1)|Rung]]. Brought to his senses with the warning that he'd go back to prison if he didn't behave, Whirl left to skulk around the hallways, where he was found by Ultra Magnus and brought him into a meeting between [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] and Cyclonus. Advised to make his peace with Cyclonus, Whirl continued to dodge all responsibility for starting the fight but nonetheless offered him a hand of "forgiveness", only to have Cyclonus respond by drawing him into a ''hug''... followed by a whispered threat that he would kill him at some point and the Autobot would never see it coming.

Later, Rodimus addressed the crew to update them on the situation. When he asked if there were any important questions, Whirl made a point to speak up and state that he was embarrassed to be among this group and that they at least needed a decent name. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|Hangers On}}

When a [[Sparkeater (creature)|Sparkeater]] was reported to be loose on board the ''Lost Light'', the crew were ordered to pair off and lock themselves into habitation suites until the creature was dealt with. Being a jerk, Whirl locked himself in without waiting for his temporary roommate [[Animus]] and ignored the other Autobot's pleas to enter, resulting in his being killed by the Sparkeater. Whirl attacked the creature, but his missiles were intercepted by [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]'s [[force field]] to prevent the catastrophic detonation of the sparks the monster was digesting inside it. Whirl was nonplussed. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}}

During a therapy session with Rung, [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]'s extra-sensitive ears overheard Whirl having a "blazing row" with...himself. {{storylink|How Ratchet Got His Hands Back}} Whirl later attempted to cheer up and advise a despondent Trailbreaker on changing his image. His advice consisted of telling Trailbreaker to change his name, always talk big of himself, and then suggested he get [[Brainstorm]] to build him a new weapon. After one of Brainstorm's inventions malfunctioned the entire crew of the ''Lost Light'', save the newly rechristened Trail''cutter'', were temporarily frozen in place when a [[Titan Hunters|group of Decepticons]] inconveniently boarded the ship. Whirl was in the middle of watching a furious Rodimus chew Rewind out on the bridge when he was frozen, and Trailcutter was forced to use his inert body as a shield against gunfire, stealing the guns mounted on Whirl's chest to return fire. {{storylink|The Reluctant Specialist}}

[[File:Whirl Interiors yes.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Whirl: '''1'''. {{-}} Hostage situation: '''-2'''.]]
Not long thereafter, Whirl was having a session with Rung when recent crew addition [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] had an acute psychotic episode and went on a rampage through the ship, holing up in Rung's office and immobilizing Whirl by stabbing him to the floor with a pipe. Unfazed, Whirl taunted Maximus, trying to bait him into killing him, but Maximus only grew more curious about Whirl's mental state and reputation, and threatened Rung in order to force Whirl into telling his life story. The story provided [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] and [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] enough time to position themselves outside Rung's office and distract Maximus with a projection of his tormentor, Overlord. Whirl used the distraction to tear the pipe out of his gut, unpinning himself from the floor. When a shot intended to take Maximus out went wild and hit Rung in the head instead, Whirl took the opportunity to stab the distraught Max with the pipe, ending the hostage situation after three-plus hours. {{storylink|Interiors}}

[[File:Whirl graffiti MTMTEAnnual2012.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|left|"Yeah well, I'll build my own spaceship! With blackjack! And hookers! In fact, forget the spaceship!"]]
Whirl joined Rodimus, [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] in being shrunk down and sent to deal with a swarm of [[Nanocon]]s that had been revived within Ultra Magnus' body, where he showed some difficulty with his "no guns" orders. After Magnus smiled them to death, Whirl managed to leave some graffiti inside Ultra Magnus, a fact that he would proudly inform First Aid of during Tailgate's [[Act of Affiliation]] ceremony.

Later, Whirl was among the Autobots that were teleported to the surface of [[Theophany]] by representatives of the [[Galactic Council]]. After the group found [[Crystal City]] in ruins, Whirl openly mocked Drift's despair at seeing the desolation and was decked by the former Decepticon for his irreverence. The group ventured into the ruins and soon discovered an inert [[Metrotitan (body-type)|Metrotitan]], which had once been used to power the city. An abortive attempt by Chromedome to hack into the giant's [[brain module]] accidentally woke the Metrotitan, causing it to fire an eye-blast that hit the Council's ship, ''[[The Benign Intervention]]''. Whirl was ordered to take a team to hold off the troops sent to take revenge on the Cybertronians, with Rodimus stressing to the trigger-happy bot that there should be ''no fatalities''. Whirl and the others successfully fended off their attackers until the Autobots were all teleported back to the ''Lost Light'' by the freed Metrotitan, before the ship quantum-jumped to safety. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations}}

[[File:Mtmte-before-and-after-whirl-weaponup.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|right|*insert any drill sergeant quote here*]]
Whirl declined to attend Rewind's movie night when he learned the [[Proteus|subject matter]] of the film. {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}} He did, however, agree to aid in Rewind's attempt to expedite Rung's mental recovery. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} Rewind brought together a group who each took turns telling their parts in a story of past events from before the war. When Whirl's turn began, he became quite agitated when Ratchet brought up the tender subject of Whirl's encounter with Megatron in Rodion. He settled down and told the others of Orion Pax's visit to Garrus-1 and what they had discussed. When Whirl mentioned that Impactor was his cellmate for a while, Rewind became excited and posited that Impactor had earmarked Whirl then and there for the Wreckers. Whirl shot down that suggestion and admitted that he just got badly beaten-up and he and Impactor met again years later under different circumstances. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}} Everyone took a break from storytelling, giving Swerve an opportunity to leave and bring back some booze. Whirl wouldn't let him back into the room without uttering the password- ''"Whirl is a million billion times tougher than Cyclonus"''. He later had fun positioning Rung's eyebrows to make the still-unresponsive psychiatrist look cross. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}}

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When Rodimus led a mission to [[Temptoria]] to fight Decepticons, Whirl was only to happy to volunteer. Aboard the ''[[Leading Light]]'', he had Rewind record him limbering up, and joined in with some impromptu battle chants with the other Autobots. As they fought Decepticons, his attempt to bond with Cyclonus was rebuffed rather bluntly. He subsequently faked a door malfunction, trapping Cyclonus and Rewind with an exploding bomb. He apparently at least had the courtesy to take Rewind back to the ''Leading Light'', and when it turned out he had a compatible [[spark]], allowed First Aid to use him to jumpstart Rewind, earning him Chromedome's gratitude. {{storylink|Before & After}}

Whirl tagged along with Swerve's group when the crew of the ''Lost Light'' was granted leave on the planet [[Hedonia]]. He was granted a new human-based [[holomatter]] avatar, which he seemed to approve of based solely on the fact that it carried weapons. When the group found a Transformer-friendly bar, Whirl got Ultra Magnus black-out drunk after slipping him a drink containing weapons-grade [[Nucleon]], much to everyone's chagrin. While waiting for Magnus to regain consciousness, the group played "the nemesis game", each sharing their own personal arch-enemies. Whirl named the deceased Killmaster as his, and proceeded to describe the graphic nature of how he ended their rivalry before being cut off by Rung. When Magnus began to stir, the group left Swerve to deal with him and took a trip to a nearby gift shop. Whirl opted to remain outside and continually bang his head against a display case- something he felt relieved pressure on his brain. {{storylink|Cybertronian Homesick Blues}} {{storylink|Signal to Noise}}

[[File:Whirlholomatter.jpg|right|thumb|Because [[wikipedia: Carl Grimes|one trigger-happy kid with a missing eye]] wasn't bad enough.]]
Sometime later, the group encountered a group of [[Ammonite]]s- a mechanical race similar to Transformers who were entangled in a long and bitter war with their hated foes, the [[Terradore]]s. Whirl and Skids engaged in a bit of a "my war is bigger than yours" contest with them, with the Ammonites outclassing them in most categories. When [[Imperius Drax]], the leader of the Terradores unexpectedly entered the same bar as them, Whirl took it upon himself to show the Ammonites a thing or two about war. He walked up to chat with Drax, things escalated, and then Whirl simply killed the guy. {{storylink|Little Victories}}

Ultra Magnus was still out cold when they returned to check on him, so Whirl hatched a plan to get him back in time for pick-up. He ferried the others to the shuttle, then they projected their holomatter avatars back to the bar to drive Magnus' [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] through an organics-only section. While forcing Magnus into vehicle mode proved difficult, they eventually managed it and drove him home. Whirl admitted to the others that, difficulties aside, he had a fun time. {{storylink|Cybertronian Homesick Blues}}

Whirl was among those interviewed for Rewind's documentary, "Little Victories". A "Person You'd Like To Punch" theme night at [[Swerve's]] had an overwhelming majority of people who attended pick Whirl. {{storylink|Little Victories}}

[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] allowed Whirl to vent some frustration and blow up a few asteroids in the ''Lost Light'''s path. They were interrupted by [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]], who wanted to record a message to send back to Cybertron whenever Blaster managed to repair the subspace communications channel. Whirl and Blaster would be the last Autobots to see Pipes alive, as the hapless [[Mini Vehicle|Minibot]] was murdered by [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] minutes later. Having escaped from his cell underneath the ''Lost Light'', Overlord was quickly discovered and dozens of Autobots threw themselves into battle with him. For Whirl's part, he only managed to be used as a club and smashed into [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] during the fight. {{storylink|Under Cold Blue Stars}} In the aftermath, Whirl attended the funeral of those who lost their lives fighting Overlord and engaged in some speculation with Swerve and Skids over what was in Brainstorm's ever-present briefcase. {{storylink|The Gloaming}}

[[File:Whirl Cyclonus HouseOfAmbus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.95]]
When a search for the abducted Ultra Magnus led the ''Lost Light'' to discover the long-missing [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]], Rodimus asked Whirl to be part of an advance landing party. Finding the "miracle moon" to be a hot spot seething with newborn [[spark]]s, Tailgate asked the others to define for him the difference between being "forged" and being "constructed cold". When Chromedome identified himself as someone who had been constructed cold, Whirl couldn't help but point out that he himself had been forged and "perfected" in a hot spot just like the one they were standing in. Shortly thereafter, the group was attacked by [[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]]'s [[Titan Hunters]], forcing Whirl and the others to flee from superior numbers. {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|The Fecund Moon}} Retreating didn't sit well with Whirl, and he invited Cyclonus to join him in a counterattack on their pursuers. {{storylink|Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|House of Ambus}}

Their attack was successful only in that they didn't get captured along with the others. Whirl couldn't help himself in claiming that he had killed more Decepticons than Cyclonus during the battle. On smelling the enriched Nucleon of a nearby armory close to a jail suspended over a [[smelting pool]], Whirl was eager to organise a jailbreak to free Rodimus and the others.

In company with a far more cautious Cyclonus, Whirl found that he couldn't open the armory door due to his unwieldy claws and needed Cyclonus to help him. Occupied with the door mechanism, Cyclonus inquired of Whirl why he never had his empurata features "fixed". Whirl replied that he was messed up, that he had done and would continue to do bad things. While he remained angry about his mutilations, he was insulated against the voice of his conscience. If fixed he "really would be screwed". In the spirit of ''quid pro quo'' Whirl tried to ask Cyclonus about the gashes on his face, but the reply was lost when a stealthy [[Legislator]] stabbed Cyclonus through the midriff with his sword.

[[File:Whirl Cyclonus TheDividedSelf.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66|"You know what I keep thinking about, Cyclonus? You know the end of Butch Cassidy? Redford and Newman are almost out of ammunition, and the whole Bolivian army is out in front of this little hut?"{{-}} "Whirl, I'm going to make you pay for this."]]

Fortunately, Whirl (or unfortunately for Whirl) he fought Cyclonus's attacker off so that Cyclonus could remove the blade without too much injury. The pair then teamed up with other rescued prisoners, [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] and the remaining survivors of the ill fated [[Circle of Light]], just as an army of Legislators attacked en masse. Whirl asked Cyclonus to call off his previous death threats if they made it out of the fight alive as they rushed into battle wielding [[Great Sword]]s procured from the armory. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}}

In the middle of the battle Whirl noticed something very unusual about Cyclonus' Great Sword, it was, in Whirl's words, "frikkin nuclear-powered", glowing with light and cutting a swathe through the attacking Legislator army. Cyclonus had a surprisingly deep connection with his sword for a novice, as only Dai Atlas could manage a similar feat with his own sword. Dai Atlas suggested to Whirl that "your friend is clearly ''devout''". Whirl was more surprised by the use of the word "friend" than the rest of Atlas' explanation.

However much headway they were making, it wasn't fast enough for Cyclonus. Cyclonus' rather obtuse comment of being "needed elsewhere" made Whirl respond cattily that he was dragging their battle out for fun, that he’d just finish up himself. Dai Atlas asked Cyclonus if Whirl was being sarcastic, and Cyclonus replied that he didn't believe that even Whirl knew. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}}

Whirl and the surviving members of the Circle of Light continued to fight the Legislators, but they were eventually overwhelmed. Moments from being killed, Whirl was saved when Chief Justice [[Tyrest (G1)|Tyrest]] called all remaining Legislators to his position. In the battle's aftermath, Whirl and Cyclonus conferred on the edge of the smelting pool. A heavily-damaged and unable-to-fly Whirl asked Cyclonus if he was still willing to let bygones be bygones in regards to their mutual death threats against one another. Despite briefly entertaining a fantasy of shoving Whirl into the pool, a preoccupied Cyclonus agreed and departed.

Later aboard the ''Lost Light'', Whirl would reveal that Dai Atlas had commented on the unnatural strength of Cyclonus's spark- demonstrated while Cyclonus was wielding a Great Sword. Atlas had wondered if Cyclonus had the spark of a newborn with the intense energy he was producing. Relaying this information to Cyclonus, Whirl indirectly helped save Tailgate's life, as Cyclonus consequently used his excess spark energy to revitalize his dying roommate. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}}

[[File:Whirl fightfightfight BlackMetal.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66]]

The ''Lost Light'' received a distress call from Orion Pax and headed to [[Gorlam Prime]]. They rescued the ''[[Skyroller]]'' from the collapsing planet's gravity well and welcomed Orion and his crew aboard. Whirl derived amusement from [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]'s outright hostility toward Cyclonus. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} Later, when Orion and Rodimus were looking for volunteers to journey into the [[Dead Universe]], Hardhead took another verbal potshot at Cyclonus. Whirl was gleeful at first, but then disappointed when they didn't come to blows. {{storylink|Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Black Metal}}

After the ''Lost Light'' was by guided by to an unknown planet, the Autobots found themselves underwater and attacked by thousands of Ammonites. Whirl was among those who boarded the [[Rodpod]] to launch a counterattack. Eventually, the Autobots found the inert [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] hiding on the ocean floor. {{storylink|Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|Into the Abyss}}

The Rodpod entered Metroplex's empty eye socket and made its way to the [[Brain module|brain]], where the group discovered it missing. The Autobots disembarked and after journeying around in Metroplex's head for a brief time, they ended up right back where they started at the Rodpod. Whirl took his frustration out on the garish vehicle, but it was soon discovered to be booby-trapped by an Ammonite. {{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}} The Rodpod exploded, but the Autobots were shielded from the blast by a wall that had suddenly sprung up within the chamber. Ratchet worryingly noticed that Whirl had gone missing in the chaos. Whirl quickly returned, however, having captured the Ammonite that blew up the Rodpod. After some strong-arming, the Ammonite revealed that they had been ordered by [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] to sabotage the ''Lost Light'''s efforts to return to Cybertron. Before the Autobots could discuss these revelations further, they were confronted by [[Nautica]] and [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]]. {{storylink|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|The Dead Are Not Enough}}

After a brief introduction, the two [[Female Transformer|female]] Autobots offered to lead the others to Metroplex's brain. Another horde of Ammonites appeared, and Ultra Magnus ordered the others to follow Nautica and Chromia. Whirl opted to stay behind and fight the Ammonites with a few others, noting that he was in his element in battle. Eventually, the Autobots were able to connect Metroplex to the ''Lost Light'', which he used as a makeshift life support system. He quantum-jumped back to Cybertron, bringing the ''Lost Light'' with him. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} Unfortunately, this didn't solve the problem of the Ammonite infestation, and Whirl's group were still fighting for their lives within Metroplex as the giant Autobot squared off with the [[Necrotitan]]. The Ammonites kept combining into larger and larger forms, prompting Whirl to admit that even he was tired of fighting with them. Thankfully, through the efforts of [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] and Megatron, Metroplex was given a sudden boost of power, which reactivated his internal defenses. This immediately eliminated any Ammonite invaders, with Whirl charmingly referring to them as being "deader than a [[Duobot]]". {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}}

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After the Necrotitan was felled, Whirl, putting aside past enmities he may have for the Decepticons, sang along to a tune alongside several of them in Swerve's bar, including [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]].{{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} The moment of levity was cut short, however, by the arrival of a 70-million strong Ammonite army. Whirl was once again thrust into Ammonite-murdering duty. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} Whirl joked around with [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] about accidentally causing an escalation amongst the Ammonites' war, and made a little remark about his role in the start of their own war. When the Ammonites all spontaneously exploded, Whirl called foul on the whole thing for ruining his fun.{{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}

[[File:Whirl Megatron MTMTE28.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.45]]

Six months after that, Whirl was still on board the ''Lost Light'', only this time due to a series of events, the captain (or rather, co-captain) of the ship was, in fact, Megatron. Whirl was apparently upset by this turn of events, first messing up Megatron's door with graffiti and attacking him with a crossbow. Whirl then physically assaulted Megatron, the brawl taking both of them to the fuel furnaces. Whirl claimed that he was tired of waiting for Megatron to make his first move, and had instead taken the initiative. However, the fight offered a shocking revelation from Megatron: the only reason Whirl had survived for so long is because Megatron had ensured it by giving an order for the Decepticons never to kill Whirl, so that Megatron could save Whirl's death for himself. A furious Whirl punched through Megatron's stomach, only to have his arm disappear thanks to the [[space bridge]] within the former Decepticon leader's body. In exchange for keeping quiet about the attack, Megatron ordered Whirl to clean up the graffiti, leaving the shaken Whirl in the engine rooms. Whirl then reported to someone with a communicator that his attempt to bait Megatron into attacking him had failed.{{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}}

Later on, suspected to be behind the theft of Ultra Magnus' desk tidy, Whirl was confined to his quarters. As 'protest' for this, Whirl watched off-world cinema at Swerve's using his holomatter avatar. While braiding his hair, Whirl revealed that he was a fan of Jean-Luc Godard's works. During the subsequent alarm as portions of the ''Lost Light'' began to disappear, Whirl's holomatter disappeared. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}} Whether he made it to a lifepod or not, Whirl presumably disappeared along with the rest of the original crew of the ''Lost Light''.{{storylink|Twenty Plus One}}

Eventually, the remaining crew found the ruins of an alternate timeline's ''Lost Light'', which had been attacked by the [[Decepticon Justice Division]]. This vessel's Whirl had his arms torn off before having his head blown off by [[Kaon (DJD)|Kaon]]. {{storylink|slaughterhouse}}

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===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
Whirl and [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] were built by [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]], inspired by designs from a [[w:Special Armored Battalion Dorvack|certain '80s giant robot anime]], to aid him in his plans to return the world to how it was in the '80s. In spite of Tankor's design intentions, however, [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] recognized them as Autobots from a [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|British ''Transformers'' comic]], an origin story that confused the pair. Setting out to take humans hostage to further their cause, Whirl then encountered an innocent little girl and caused had a change of heart about his role in life. Placing the girl in his chest canopy, he decided to fight for her sake as a hero of justice and turned on Roadbuster, only to later get admonished by the girl for being too violent. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Business Trip Edition Vol. 4|''Legends Business Trip Edition'' #4}} Entrusted with Tankor's '80s Transformation Beam, Roadbuster then started turning everyone present into various '80s forms, though the weapon didn't affect Whirl since he was already from the 80's. When Tankor resolve was broken by a speech from [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], Whirl took the chance to air-drop the rat onto the villains like a bomb, defeating Roadbuster. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Business Trip Edition Vol. 5|''Legends Business Trip Edition'' #5}}

Running into Roadbuster again while spending time with the girl, Whirl took his new friend hostage to prevent Roadbuster from attacking, shocking his former partner with the decidedly un-heroic act. The girl was upset and took control of Whirl from the inside, forcing him to heroically pick up garbage instead. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)|Whirl Versus Roadbuster!}} For some undisclosed reason, Whirl eventually returned to Tankor and Roadbuster's side and the three went back to terrorizing the population, but it all came to an end when a dimensionally displaced [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] defeated Tankor for good. Whirl and Roadbuster were left lost and confused about what to without their leader, so Jetfire invited them back to his [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|home dimension]], reasoning they'd fit in better there. The pair accepted his offer and traveled through a [[solitarium]] portal to his universe, where they joined the Autobots and became founding members of a new unit: the Wreckers. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Business Trip Edition Vol. 7|''Legends Business Trip Edition'' #7}}
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==Games==
===3D Battle-Card Game===
Whirl was one of [[Optimus Primal]]'s many Autobot allies in a fight against [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s Decepticon forces, in what might possibly have been an inter-universe battle. {{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game#Energon Wars expansion|Energon Wars Expansion Set}}

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===''Transformers Legends''===
Whirl was involved in a chaotic kerfuffle. What outcome the battle yielded is unclear. {{storylink|By Land, Sea, or Air}}

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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsWhirl.jpg|thumb|right|400px|]]
Whirl participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Whirl toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Shockwave's younger brother? Only in the wild world of [[Fan fiction|fanfic]]s.]]
*'''Whirl''' (Deluxe Vehicle, 1985)
**''Accessories'': "Null-Ray Module", "[[Paralyzo box]]", "Photon Beam Rifle", "Shell Cannon"

:Whirl transforms into a light blue Cybertronian attack helicopter, similar to a Bell [[Wikipedia:AH-1 Cobra|AH-1 Cobra]]. In this mode, he has two wing-mounted weapons installed: a Gatling-like "Shell Cannon" and a four-tube "Photon Beam Rifle".

:In [[robot mode]], Whirl is unusual in that he appears quite different from the other Transformers in the line at the time. He has no humanoid hands; instead, his arms end in a pair of mechanical pincers. A "[[Null-ray|Null-Ray]] Module" cannon can be fitted over either pincer, while his "Paralyzo-Box" weapon slides onto the fin on his right leg.

:There is a variation in the construction of his canopy; while most are smooth and featureless, some have raised "cage" outlines on the edges.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Whirl/whirl.htm More information on Whirl at TFU.info]''
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===Classics===
[[File:ClassicsWhirl toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Am I blue? Am I blue? Ain't these tears in my eye tellin' you?]]
*'''Autobot Whirl''' (Legends, 2007)
**''Accessories'': Rotor blade

:A [[redeco]] of ''[[Legends Class|Legends of Cybertron]]'' [[Evac (Cybertron)#Cybertron|Evac]], Whirl transforms into a blue Eurocopter Dauphin rescue helicopter. A ''heavily'' simplified version of the Voyager Class Evac toy, his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] has a back mounted (non-firing) twin missile launcher which is carried onto his robot mode, and he is also armed with a rotor blade on his left arm which can rotate, but does not spin freely.

:In terms of articulation, he has ball-jointed hips and knees and can rotate his arms, although the arms can otherwise barely move beyond pointing straight down due to his ball-jointed shoulders being blocked by plastic.

:This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Blades (G1)#LOC|Blades]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/ClassicsWhirl/whirl.htm More information on ''Classics'' Whirl at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:Whirl generations voyager.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Not as super-unvincible as people were hoping.]]
*'''Autobot Whirl''' (Voyager, 2014)
**''Series / Number:'' '''02 / 006'''
**''Accessories'': Null-Ray Module, Paralyzo box, Shell Cannon, Photon Beam Rifle

: Whirl is heavily styled after his Generation 1 toy, but sports a more curved head and reverse knee "chicken legs" which evoke (but do not match) his appearance in [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]''. He also has a third, Gerwalk-esque mode known as a "Heloped". Just as with his original toy, he has a pair of mechanical pincers which a weapon similar to his "Null-Ray Module" cannon can be fitted over. All four of his weapons can attach via c-clips to various sculpted rods.

:Unmentioned in the instruction sheet is that his shoulder-struts can collapse into his torso for a more pleasing robot mode. Also, in robot mode, you can rotate the shoulder-struts so that the thin tabs on top face down to allow for greater shoulder poseability. It's also likely that the knee transformations are swapped between robot and heloped mode in the instructions, so that the robot mode has the digitigrade legs and the heloped mode has the "gerwalk"-style backwards knees, and this hypothesis is supported by the [[:File:RID26 subcvr.jpg|packaging art]]. A smaller detail of note is that Whirl's neck is on an extra hinged panel that allows the head to be raised up a few millimeters from where it normally sits.

:Whirl comes with a sticker sheet, with one sticker referencing [[Wild Bill|CW-4 William S. Hardy]].

:This mold was [[redeco]]ed into ''[[Transformers Cloud|Cloud]]'' [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Cloud|Shockwave]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/GenWhirl/whirl.htm More information on ''Generations'' Whirl at TFU.info]''
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===Legends===
[[File:Legends-toy Whirl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|]]
*'''Whirl''' (Voyager, [[November 29|11-29]]-2014)
**''ID number:'' '''LG05'''
**''Accessories'': Null-Ray Module, Paralyzo box, Shell Cannon, Photon Beam Rifle

:''Legends'' Whirl is a redeco of ''Generations'' Whirl featuring a lighter blue closer to his original toy and additional paint detail on his canopy and shoulders but dropping the black off his nape and the red stripe pattern on his rotor blades. Some of his black plastic (on his toes and head) is replaced with blue. The antenna mounted on his head is angled 45 degrees lower towards the front as opposed to the 90 degrees in the Generations version. He doesn't have a sticker sheet, though two of his Autobot symbols and a single canopy detailing are now tampographed. He now comes with a leaflet featuring a character profile, tech specs and [[Legends Comic: Business Trip Edition Vol. 5|volume 5]] of the ''[[Transformers Legends (comic)|Transformers Legends]]: Business Trip Edition'' mini-comic.

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==Merchandise==
===3D Battle-Card Game===
[[File:3DBattleCard Whirl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Soi soi soi soi]]
*'''Whirl''' (2007)

:A 30-point "rare" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Whirl "transforms" into a blue helicopter. He uses the same parts layout as [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], [[Evac (Movie)|Evac]], and [[Stormcloud (Energon)|Vortex]].
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==Notes==
*Both [[Deluxe Vehicle]]s were licensed from [[Takatoku Toys]] by [[Hasbro]] for inclusion in the 1985 line, and hence were not included in the Japanese line, the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]], or the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|US Marvel comics]]. Whirl was originally the "Oberon Gazette" from the ''Armored Trooper Dorvack'' toyline, although the toy's dark and light blues were inverted for the ''Transformers'' release.
*In recent years, toys sporting the name "Whirl" require an additional "Autobot" prefix for [[trademark]] reasons, hence making the official name "'''Autobot Whirl'''".
*Poor Whirl never got a printed ''[[The Transformers Universe|Transformers Universe]]'' bio. One was written though, and finally revealed to the fans on [http://boltax.blogspot.com/2011/01/extended-bio-whirl.html ''Disciples of Boltax''] in 2011.
*Whirl is possibly the most influential character in the entire [[IDW timeline|IDW Generation 1 continuity]], having been the one who brought Megatron to life with a [[Point One Percenter]] spark (knowing full well that Megatron would eventually bring about the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]), and was explicitly pointed out by Megatron as being the one who "taught" him how to hate and use violence instead of peaceful means, which started Megatron down the path that would eventually lead to the Great War. Of course, the latter of these two instances can also be blamed on the Senate, as they had pressed him into service and it was the Senate that Megatron was initially rebelling against, but ultimately, it was Whirl's influence on Megatron that caused him to rebel with violence. In addition, it's implied that his attack on the Heavies during his travel back in time and his subsequent argument with Chromedome let the Senate know when and where to abduct Shockwave. Oh, and his accidental reheating of the Ammonite-Terradore War made the Ammonites desperate enough to forge an alliance with Shockwave. Thanks, buddy.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Whirl''' (ホワール ''Howāru'')
*''French:'' '''Tourbillon''' (Canada, "Whirlwind")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Xuán Rèn''' (China, 旋刃, "Turning Blades")

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Arcee (G1)

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:''Arcee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:ArceeG1-2010storypage.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|These aren't high heels, they just forgot to finish building my feet.]]
Most make the mistake of noticing only '''Arcee'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Female Transformer|gender]], but these first impressions are quickly expanded upon. Arcee is a merciless and deadly warrior who's an expert in hand-to-hand combat and one of the best sharpshooters on record. The reason for her ferocity is how much she cares for her fellow Autobots and especially the [[human]]s they protect. She knows how fragile her organic companions are, and she's equally aware of the evils the [[Decepticon]]s are capable of. Peers such as [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] may be more durable than the humans, but she no less fights to defend them as well. They get in plenty of trouble, so someone has to be the level-headed one. (Some believe Arcee has a [[Transformer romance|romantic]] attraction to either of those two, but that depends on who and when you ask.)

If concern for her friends is her strength, it's regrettably also her weakness. If anything would happen to, say, [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]], she might just completely lose it. And she may be quick, but she's not very strong.

She's also [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]'s "[[Relatives|great-aunt]]".

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Susan Blu]] (English), [[Masako Katsuki]] (Japanese, ''2010''), [[Yōko Kawanami]] (Japanese, ''The Movie''), [[Atsuko Yuya]] (Japanese, "The Rebirth")|[[Carmen Sheila]] (Portuguese), [[Christine Stichler]] (German, ''The Movie TV Dub''), [[Irene Oberrauch]] (German, Season 3 & 4)}}

[[File:Springerarceecmonwoman.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|"I bet you Hot Rod is the Chosen One." "What? He's cute, but ''please''." "Okay, if I'm right, you have to date me instead." "You're on!"]]

During the assault on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] Arcee was instrumental in helping [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] transform the fortress to repel the [[Decepticon]] invaders, buying precious time for reinforcements and likely saving many lives. She was among the few Autobots to survive [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s savage blitz on the city and to form the small army sent to engage the planet eater, [[Unicron]], who was threatening [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] at the time. Although she was nearly left behind when Unicron's minion [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] attacked, she, along with Autobot leader [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], and his small attack force managed to hold their own against the villain long enough to befriend the citizens of the planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], reunite with their lost Autobot comrades, and fight their way into the depths of Unicron where [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] was finally able to open the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] and kill the giant foe.

[[File:ArceeTFMovie.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|She, uh, meant to flood the tunnel.]]

Throughout the entire affair, one of Arcee's top priorities was the protection and care of young [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]], a human friend of Hot Rod who had wound up on the adventure with her. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

After the Matrix chose Hot Rod to become the new leader of the Autobots, [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]], Arcee remained as one of his closest soldiers. She helped fight a surprise attack on the first [[Galactic Olympics]]. When Ultra Magnus, [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]], and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] were discovered missing, she and Springer took off after the perceived kidnapper. Although they were successful in capturing their quarry, the [[Skuxxoid]], and taking [[Rockeroid|his ship]], he deceived them about the identity of his employer. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} This still turned out to be beneficial as they arrived in time to save Rodimus Prime and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] from being pummeled by a mob of Decepticons. When Rodimus learned that the [[Quintesson]]s were the real ones behind the kidnapping, she partook in the rescue mission on [[Quintessa]], saving Magnus, Kup and Spike seconds before the planet was detonated. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}}

She, along with the others, was sent by the explosion to the planet of [[Goo 8739B]] where they were stranded until the Junkions were called in to salvage them. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} Although she was only briefly seen in the aftermath, it was assumed she returned to Cybertron with the others, and fought when Galvatron waged a full-scale assault on the planet. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

Arcee was among the small group of Autobots that managed to stop a Quintesson plot to use the resurrected body of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] as a sort of sleeper agent to lure the rest of the Autobots into a trap. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}} She was also seen among the other Autobots cheering when Unicron's plan to connect himself to Cybertron failed. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (episode)|Ghost in the Machine}}

[[File:ArceeDepth.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|With this, she won't ''need'' to be a sharpshooter!]]
Later she accompanied a squad sent after Galvatron and his troops who had broken into a secret chamber on Cybertron. This too would turn out to be a Quintesson trap. This time, the Decepticons were fooled into releasing the Quintessons’ dangerous experiments, the [[Trans-Organic]]s, and their most powerful member The [[Dweller]], a giant energy leech that turned all Transformers into energy vampires. After trying to fight off both Galvatron and the Dweller in the dark tunnels, only she and Ultra Magnus were able to escape and warn Rodimus Prime and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] in time to stop the Dweller and turn the other Transformers back to normal. {{storylink|The Dweller in the Depths}}
[[File:OnlyHumanlineup.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Alpha 5, I need four fully-grown adults with attitude.]]

She, along with Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, and Springer became the targets of crime lord [[Victor Drath]] after busting one too many of his operations. With the help of [[Cobra Commander|Old Snake]], the four Autobots were captured. Their minds were transferred from their bodies into the forms of [[synthoid]] humans. They managed to escape disposal by Drath’s men, and Arcee eventually made it back to Autobot City in an attempt to warn their comrades that their former bodies were going to be used to blow up the city. Being an unrecognizable human, no one believed her, and she was locked in a detention cell instead. Luckily when Ultra Magnus and Springer managed to foil Drath's plan all four Autobots were subsequently returned to their rightful bodies. {{storylink|Only Human}}

[[File:HeadmasterDanielRebirth1.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Daniel has two mommies.]]
The almost maternal connection between Daniel and Arcee was a powerful one, which was only strengthened some time later when Galvatron tried his most ambitious plan. Using the [[Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber|Key]] to the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]], Galvatron tried to release its destructive power. Arcee, along with Hot Rod, Kup, and a large Autobot crew, managed to snatch the key away and escaped to the far off planet of [[Nebulos]]. There, they became embroiled in the Nebulons' struggle for freedom against their own oppressors, the [[Hive (G1)|Hive]]. In an effort to combat both the Hive and the Decepticons that had tracked them down, the Autobots and the Nebulons agreed to become partners and developed the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] and [[Targetmaster]] processes. Having been critically injured trying to save her from [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]], Arcee chose Daniel to partner with as he now needed an [[exosuit]] to survive and was her ”dearest friend”. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}

[[Binary bonding|Binary bonded]], the two proved quite effective in combat as did all the Autobots and, later, Decepticons who became Headmasters and Targetmasters. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}} Trying to escape with the key, Arcee and Daniel were captured by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and held prisoner until Spike and [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] were able to break them out of the Decepticon City just before it was blown out into the deep reaches of space by a blast of energy from the Plasma Energy Chamber. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}
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====Madman ''The Transformers'' comic====
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====Rodimus vs. Cyclonus====
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in the Japanese timeline as detailed above, except the events of season 3 are pushed back to 2010, and "The Rebirth" does not occur. Japanese continuity inserts several new stories into the timeline.}}

=====MC Axis comic=====
[[File:Arcee-modelkit.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|"My hair! He shot my hair! Son of a bitch..."]]

On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], following a devastating battle, [[Firestar (G1)|Firestar]] and [[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]] observed their enemies retreating and presumed that things would be quiet for a while. Suddenly, they were attacked from behind by a massive [[Decepticon]]. Arcee immediately saved them by killing the villain with a single shot. Arcee reminded the two Female Autobots that war is especially tough on females. They then pondered whether danger is tripled when three beautiful women are involved. {{storylink|The Transformers (MC Axis manga)|The Transformers: Arcee}}

=====''Story of Binaltech''=====
In the divergent [[universal stream]] of Primax 903.0 Beta, splintered off from the mainstream timeline when the time-tossed Decepticon [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] altered history, Arcee was selected to participate in the [[Timaeus Project]], an Autobot experiment to breach super-dimensional space being carried out on the urging of the mysterious [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Protector]], a disembodied spark from the future. Arcee's consciousness was transferred into a [[Binaltech]] body, and after saying goodbye to the Protector, she began her objective: driving in around an accelerator track while a chip in her cerebro-circuitry helped focus her thoughts towards breaching "superspace". Just as she succeeded in opening a rift into higher-dimensional space, however, a Decepticon attack led by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] struck Autobot City. Fearing for the safety of the Protector and the future he represented, Arcee recklessly attempted to go to his rescue, leaping off the track without taking the proper slowdown procedures. Arcee's body was crushed by undissipated kinetic energy, but in her unconscious state, the Protector's spark contacted her, and told her that he was unimportant: it was the Timaeus Project and its researchers who had to be saved. 38 seconds later, Arcee awoke, her spark having been automatically transferred to a spare S-2000 Binaltech unit, and she fulfilled the Protector's wishes, saving the project's human workforce and the [[Alternium|strange object]] that had passed through the rift she had opened. Alas, this allowed Shockwave's agents to capture the Proctor's spark, and bring it to Decepticon leader [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]]. {{storylink|Unfinished Business, Part 3}}

When Nemesis Prime resurfaced in Australia, the Autobots confronted him. As Ultra Magnus and the others assaulted the Decepticons directly, Arcee managed to free the Protector from the villains' clutches. The liberated Protector then merged with Optimus Prime, giving him the strength to defeat his evil counterpart. {{storylink|Unfinished Business, Part 4}}

=====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms'' manga=====
[[File:Arcee2010MangaBoogie01.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|She's supposed to be ''running''. Seriously.]]
After receiving an SOS signal, Arcee and the Autobots responded to aid the humans. Their rescue efforts were interrupted by Galvatron and the Decepticons, but Rodimus Prime managed to defeat their enemies, and the Autobots flew the refugees to safety. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 1|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #1}}

On another occasion, Arcee and her friends were confronted with five copies of the lost Decepticon leader [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. They eventually uncovered Galvatron directing the "[[Megatron Corps]]", and destroyed his drones. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 2|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #2}}

Arcee was also present when Ultra Magnus gave a tour of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] to a group of human children. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 3|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #3}}

She was present on the planet [[Feminia]] during the Decepticon invasion of the world, as well. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5}}
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=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Yōko Kawanami]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Hmep3 arcee cries.jpg|thumb|225px|Blurr cares not for your pain, woman!]]
In 2011, Arcee was stationed at the Autobots' secondary command post on the planet [[Athenia]] when Cybertron's mega-computer [[Vector Sigma]] began to destabilize, threatening the planet and opening it up to an attack by Decepticons and their new "Headmaster" warriors. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} She remained there with Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] and [[Carly]] to hold down the fort while the other Autobots joined the battle on Cybertron, and watched from afar as an object that they believed to be a star also headed for the planet. The "star" was in actuality the colossal spaceship the Maximus, carrying the Autobot Headmasters from their homeworld of planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], and with their added strength, the Autobot forces were able to rout the Decepticons. While Optimus Prime headed into Cybertron's depths to try and stabilize the computer, Arcee helped welcome the Autobot Headmasters to Athenia, and again remained on the planet with Kup and Blurr while most of the other Autobots began searching for the missing Matrix of Leadership on Earth, required to bring Vector Sigma under control. Arcee wept when news of [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]]'s death during the quest reached Athenia. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Lack of any further news put Blurr on edge, and Arcee was trying to get him calm down before he drove her nuts when Autobot Headmaster commander [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] announced that he was going to Cybertron to try to help Optimus Prime. Arcee and the others went with him, helping to monitor Vector Sigma while he followed Prime into Cybertron's catacombs. Ultimately, the Matrix was recovered and used to stabilize Vector Sigma, but not before Optimus Prime perished once more, leaving Hot Rod—now Rodimus Prime again—as leader. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

[[File:Headmasters threestooges.jpg|left|thumb|225px]]
Arcee, Kup and Blurr counselled Rodimus Prime on how to deal with the Decepticons' newest weapon, the [[Madmachine]]; Arcee put both Blurr and [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] in their place for underestimating the threat. She then watched as Fortress used the technology of Master to resurrect Blaster as Twincast. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}} A little later, Arcee relayed a report from Fortress about the Decepticon conquest of planet [[Beast (planet)|Beast]] to Rodimus. {{storylink|Rebellion on Planet Beast}} Later still, she helped track the trajectory of the Decepticons' newest space-borne weapon, the meteorite [[Metamorphose]], and assured Daniel that Fortress's battleship would be able to deal with it before it posed any thread to Athenia. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

Receiving a distress call from the planet [[Praum]], Arcee conferred with Kup and Blurr on what to do, since Rodimus himself was on Earth checking up on a report of a new energy discovery. While the Autobot Headmasters went to investigate Praum, Rodimus radioed in that the energy report was a fake, prompting Arcee to re-examine the report and discover it had been given by hypnotised victim of the Decepticon Headmaster [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]. Realising the energy report was a distraction, Rodimus headed for Praum and saved the Autobot Headmasters from the ambush waiting for them there. {{storylink|The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery}} Chromedome started to develop a crush on Arcee, and the other Headmasters made fun of him by comparing Arcee's looks to the [[Statue of Liberty]]'s. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}

[[File:Hm11 arcee handsonhips.jpg|thumb|225px|Yeah, you'll be seeing this a lot if you get married, and it'll always be while you're trying to watch football.]]
When the Decepticons launched another major attack on Cybertron in order to seize control of the new alloy [[cybertonuron]] that Vector Sigma had created, Arcee rushed to the planet to join the battle, though she and Kup were held up by having to stop and pull Blurr out of a chair he'd gotten stuck in. The trio watched as Rodimus and Galvatron battled. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} Unfortunately, the Autobots did not reckon with Decepticon Headmaster leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], who used [[plasma energy]] bombs to destroy Cybertron, rather than allow Galvatron to obtain the cybertonuron. Rodimus Prime decided to leave leadership to Fortress while he departed to search space for a new homeworld for the Transformers, and Kup and Blurr volunteered to go along with him; Arcee expressed her desire to join them, but Rodimus instructed her to stay behind to look after Daniel and Wheelie. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

[[File:Hm11 chromedome arcee dance.jpg|left|thumb|225px|Boy is ''her'' gaydar off.]]

Arcee was downcast by these turns of events, but tried to encourage Wheelie and Daniel to keep their spirits up. They all attended a party to commemorate the completion of the joint Autobot-human project, the [[Sol 1]] satellite, at which Arcee slow-danced with Chromedome, surprised at his skill. {{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}} Arcee later helped to monitor the mysterious Decepticon-controlled planet [[Zarak (planet)|Zarak]] {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}} and alerted Fortress to the appearance on Athenia of [[buridanka|a carnivorous plant]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

When Fortress departed Athenia to join a battle on Mars, Carly worried for the safety on Daniel, and Arcee assured her he would be fine. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}} During the fight on Mars, Fortress was hit by a blast of energy by the Decepticons that drained all his power, and Arcee desperately tried to raise him on the communications channel. She analyzed the energy that had struck him, identifying it as plasma energy, and realized that the Decepticons planned to destroy Mars in order to generate more of it. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}} Unbelievably, the villains succeeded in the goal, and Arcee joined with Spike and [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] in scanning the planetary debris to assess the damage the planet's destruction had caused to the solar system. After they reported their findings to Fortress, a strange new phenomenon appeared on Athenia: Daniel and Wheelie saw a UFO! Arcee filled Fortress in on the mystery sighting, and travelled with the Autobot Headmasters to watch as Daniel tried communicating with the strange visitor via music. Chromedome was particularly honored to drive alongside Arcee, and got a thrill out of seeing her transform. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}}

[[File:Hm18 arcee memo.jpg|thumb|225px|"So, yeah, this is basically all I do now."]]

Arcee was the first to speak out in favour of offering aid to the energy-depleted planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]], and gathered information on the Autobots' energon stockpiles in order to verify the energy could be spared. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}} Soon after, Arcee used [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] to send a request from Spike to Galvatron about the unlikely possibility of the two factions uniting in a new energy research programme... and received a surprised response in the positive! Unfortunately, the negotiations proved to be a Decepticon distraction, granting the rest of the villains time to depart on an interplanetary energy-plundering quest. Once the Autobots discovered they had been duped, they set off in pursuit of their foes across space; Arcee accompanied them, helping to look after Daniel and Wheelie on the trip. {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}}

[[File:Hm19 nurse arcee.jpg|left|thumb|225px|"Hey you look a lot like..." "Riderman? Yeah, I get that a lot."]]

The Autobots discovered that the Decepticons' first target was the planet [[Hive (planet)|Hive]] when they found a damaged ship and an injured soldier from the planet floating in space. Arcee did her best to save the soldier's life with the Maximus's medical equipment, but his wounds were to severe. {{storylink|Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!}} Next, the Decepticons went after the planet [[Twin Star|Sperity]]; Fortress instructed [[Brainstorm]] to take Arcee, Daniel and Wheelie to Sperity's barren twin [[Twin Star|Toruin]] where they could be safe until the fighting was over. However, the quartet discovered that most of Sperity's population had evacuated to a subterranean city on Toruin, and Arcee was forced to volunteer herself as a "hostage", remaining on Toruin as a show of good faith while Brainstorm went to pass this important information on to the Autobots on Sperity. {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}}

Arcee's image was programmed into one of Daniel's video games as a hapless damsel who had to be saved from sprites of the Decepticon Headmasters. Fortunately, she didn't take any offense at this, and happily watched Daniel play the game, complimenting him on his marksmanship. Soon after, the Autobots saved the injured [[Beastformer]] [[Tekna]] from the planet Darhos, and Arcee monitored his vitals as Chromedome tried and failed to save his life. {{storylink|Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!}} Arcee then joined the Autobots in traveling to planet [[Paradise]], {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}} and [[Pirate Planet]], but just really stood around on the Maximus and didn't do much. {{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}} She carried on doing nothing after the Autobots returned to Athenia {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} and even took the time to advocate that ''others'' do nothing as well, such as when she had Spike refrain from contacting Fortress in the face of a diversionary Decepticon attack. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} She spent most of the time that immediately followed sitting at a monitor, either sending communications or overseeing Fortress's telekinetic surgery on an injured Spike. She finally got off her butt to tell a benched Chromedome that Fortress was in trouble in a battle on Earth, but fortunately, Chromedome had just deduced the location of Scorponok's weak spot and left Arcee in charge on Athenia while he headed off to pass the info on. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}}

[[File:Hm27 ambassador arcee.jpg|thumb|"Weren't you a little taller the last time we met?" "Shut up."]]

Fortress's victory over Scorponok forced the Decepticons off of Earth, leaving the Autobots to begin clean-up operations and restore the damage done to the planet. Arcee was appointed Spike's aide in his meeting with the [[United Nations]], working to help co-ordinate the relief effort; their first endeavour was the destruction of the Decepticons' abandoned Earth headquarters. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}} Despite these new duties, however, Arcee still joined with the other Autobots in travelling to the planet Master when word reached them that Scorponok had withdrawn there and was causing chaos. She put her medical knowledge to work again treating the wounds of Chromedome's old friend [[Jack (Headmasters)|Jack]]. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}} She proceeded to do absolutely nothing for the entirety of the remainder of the Autobots' time on the planet, but she sure did a good job of sitting silently in a chair. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

Arcee's massively importantly contribution to the Autobots' return flight to Earth was reminding Daniel and Wheelie to wear their seatbelts. Soon after touching down on the planet, Arcee received a report that an airliner carrying Spike and Carly had crashed in the Andes, prompting Daniel and the Headmasters to head to the rescue. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} She then ''finally'' stepped back on to the battlefield for the first time in ages when she joined all the other Autobots in a climactic final battle with the Decepticons at the North Pole. She united her energies with her team-mates, funnelling them through the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]], super-charging Fortress Maximus and giving him the strength to destroy Scorponok's [[transtector]]. This victory finally led the Decepticons to flee Earth for good, and Arcee stood stoically by Fortress and the other Headmasters as they bid Spike, Carly and Daniel goodbye, before heading into space to carry on the fight. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

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===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[File:Arceeprimesrib.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|They're not men, Arcee. Transformers have no gender. We've been over this!]]
Arcee was constructed by the Autobots in an alternate future 1995 as a good-will attempt to placate [[Feminist mob|angry feminists]] who thought that they were "sexist" for having no women in their group. After trying multiple times to explain that Autobots, being robots, had no gender, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] surrendered and ordered the creation of a new Autobot who would meet the humans' demands for sexual equality. However, when Arcee was unveiled at a public ceremony, her pink, skinny and curvaceous form enraged the very audience Prime intended to placate. [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Horri-Bull (G1)|Horri-Bull]], [[Fangry]] and [[Squeezeplay (G1)|Squeezeplay]] who immediately attacked, looking to crush the "secret weapon" that was promised. Prime warned Arcee to stay back, lest she get hurt in battle, but the female Autobot, rightfully annoyed at the Autobots' lack of faith in her equal ability, singlehandedly forced the Decepticons into a retreat. [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] thought that was pretty hot. The feminists were enraged beyond words. {{storylink|Prime's Rib!}}

[[File:Arceehotrodspacepirates.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Y'know, Arcee, if you'd stop running pigeon-toed, maybe we'd be out of here by now.]]
Arcee and Hot Rod became quite friendly, but with his ascension to Prime status in 2006, they began to drift apart. She was stationed at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth and got bored by her duties. The [[Quintesson]]s attacked in 2008, stringing out the city's population to the wall and using a wounded Arcee as bait to attract Rodimus; when he tried to use the Matrix to heal her, they stole it and he reverted to Hot Rod. Despite her injuries, she assisted him in awakening [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and devastating the Quintesson fleet. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

In 2009, Arcee tracked down [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] on Earth, where they were planning to use a laser bore to leech energy right from the [[Earth's core|planet's core]]. Joining a small Autobot detachment, they destroyed the drill and returned to Autobot City to face the greater threat: a timestorm that threatened 20 years of history with destruction. As Galvatron had spent months back in the 20th century, the universe was unraveling from the anomaly.

[[File:TimeWars3-ArceeDinobots.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Dinobots 1, Chivalry 0]]

Arcee, Rodimus and several other Autobots traveled back in time to 1989 in order to retrieve the Decepticon villain. Unfortunately, the Autobots of that day mistook them for imposters and tried to kill them. Arcee was nearly mauled to death by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] before [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] explained that they were actually travelers from the future. Even more unfortunately, Galvatron had acquired some allies in the past: Scourge, [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], and the mighty [[Straxus (G1)|Megatron]]. She joined [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)#Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] in trying to triple-team Megatron, but was only swatted aside like a bothersome insect. Arcee survived, however, and managed to take a few cheap shots at Galvatron later on in the fight. Eventually, the timestorm asserted itself on the battle, and consumed Galvatron utterly, ending the temporal distortion. {{storylink|Time Wars}}

Arcee and the Autobots returned to their time only to find it had reset so Galvatron never time-jumped and had instead conquered Cybertron. Their resistance movement was quickly crushed, and the Autobots were forced to leave their homeworld. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}} Arcee joined a hundreds-strong Autobot team in fleeing to Earth to regroup. When the Matrix-imprisoned [[Unicron]] possessed Rodimus, Arcee showed a more ruthless side in being the only one of the Autobots to advocate using lethal force on him. {{storylink|The Void! (UK)|The Void}} {{storylink|White Fire}} As Unicron would go on to possess Rodimus again and devastate Cybertron in 2010—an event she witnessed—her ruthless attitude appears to have been the right one all along. Yes, Rodimus Prime managed to contain Unicron again, but at what price...? {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Void! (UK)|The Void!}} {{storylink|Edge of Impact}} {{storylink|Shadow of Evil}}}}

====''Regeneration One''====
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Hot Rod, sent on a journey through time and space via [[Primus]], was sent to Junkion, and came across the deceased crew of an Autobot shuttle. One of the victims was Arcee. {{storylink|Less Than Zero}}

{{note|Her only other appearances in the Marvel U.S. comics were in their [[Transformers: The Movie (Marvel comic)|Transformers: The Movie]] adaptation ("[[The Planet-Eater!]]", "[[Judgment Day!]]", and "[[The Final Battle!]]"), and a profile in issue #4 of ''[[The Transformers Universe|Transformers Universe]]''. All stuff out-of-continuity with the US storyline.}}

===Sticker Adventures books===
Arcee was part of the crew of an Autobot ship that was studying the Universe. She asked Springer to make note of a specific star. After being hit by meteors, they were forced to make landfall on the nearby Junk planet. There, she helped Springer and Perceptor fix the ship, until the native Junkions attacked them. The fighting stopped when Kup arrived on-world, and used the universal greeting to calm down the Junkions. Now friends, the Junkions and the Autobots worked together to fix the damaged ship. Arcee and the Autobots then blasted off and went on their way. {{storylink|Battle on the Junk Planet}}
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===''Big Looker Storybook'' continuity===
[[File:Wildboyofquintessonbattle.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Look, Dinobots, do you get along with Arcee or not?]]
Kup led Hot Rod, Arcee, and the Dinobots on a special mission to take supplies from Earth to a space station on Cybertron's second moon. Despite Kup's warnings, the Dinobots loaded too many supplies onto the ship, and the ship crashed on a planet. Everyone landed safely, but Kup recognized the place. It was the planet [[Quintessa|Quintesson]]! They were interrupted by a tribal scream and a flurry of firestones. However, the boy who made his presence known was not aiming at them, but at the Quintessons behind them. The boy's name was [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], and he had been abandoned on the planet when his ship crashed there earlier.

Wheelie led them through the jungle, battling Quintessons along the way, until they reached Wheelie's crashed ship. Hot Rod was able to fix it, and everyone left the planet Quintesson, Wheelie included! {{storylink|The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson}}

===Coloring books===
Arcee didn't get a seat during a meeting and later shot at Decepticons. {{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}

===Beast Era===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
After digging his way out from underneath a sudden rockslide caused by an unexpected energy surge from a damaged [[stasis pod]], Rattrap demanded to know what in the name of his [[Relatives|great aunt]] Arcee was going on. {{storylink|Transmutate (episode)|Transmutate}}

====3H comics====
{{note|The following takes place during the [[Beast Era]], specifically its cartoon continuity, which took from both the original cartoon and the Marvel Comics. However, these stories seem to be written to be specifically taking place solely after the events of the original cartoon.}}

{{bigquote|I liked her better when she had that kid in her head.|[[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]]|"[[Betrayal]]"}}

[[File:Arceedeparturemourns.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Gothy 'cuz all her toys get canceled.]]
During a battle against a horde of killer [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbirds]], [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] (now an adult) sacrificed their lives to end the threat. The death of Daniel took a serious toll on Arcee, who became reclusive, preferring to sit alone with images of her former [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster partner]]. Over time, she slipped away from her friends entirely, disappearing within [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. After an unspecified event, she took on the form of a techno-organic spider, and learned the skills of both [[Crystalocution]] and the previously lost art of [[Tekkaido]]. She strongly believed that she had premonitions of her friends' deaths before they would happen, and this knowledge had driven her insane. She hid herself away, hoping to spare herself the pain of experiencing this phenomenon.

[[File:Arceedeparturespider.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Don't underestimate me, I'm more than just a pretty fa— well, just don't underestimate me, okay?]]
Hundreds of [[stellar cycle]]s later, when [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] returned from [[Earth]]'s past and conquered Cybertron with his army of [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]], Arcee's solitude spared her from the onslaught. [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], now known simply as Rodimus, had helped form a new team of [[Wrecker]]s and wished to enlist Arcee. But Arcee rejected his offer as she was still too embittered by her experience, though she was touched by the Wrecker [[Fractyl (BW)|Fractyl]]'s words. Rodimus's Wreckers were followed by Megatron's new Vehicon generals, [[Quake (G1)|Quake]] and [[Blastcharge (BM)|Blastcharge]], causing a battle that resulted in Fractyl's near-death. Refusing to lose another, Arcee used her spark to save Fractyl, also reformatting him into a Transmetal body. Arcee agreed to depart with the rest of the Wreckers, and she and Fractyl assisted them in defeating a vast Vehicon army in order to reach an old [[Autobot shuttle]]. {{storylink|Departure}}

But the Autobot bounty hunter [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] had snuck aboard their ship and attacked some of their group. Arcee and the others raced to the rescue, and Arcee was quickly felled by Devcon, despite his new, smaller Vehicon body. After things were sorted out, Arcee tended to Fractyl, whose new Transmetal form was wildly unstable. At Arcee's insistence, [[Apelinq]] created a crude medical bot, [[CatSCAN]], to assist Fractyl's recovery. Arcee was oddly unable to foresee the deaths of [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]] and [[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]], a result of a yet-unknown saboteur amongst their ranks, as she happily watched CatSCAN discover himself while working on Fractyl. Their ship set down on their [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]]-given destination, the remote planet of [[Akalo|Archa Nine]]. Arcee stayed behind with a few others to repair damage to their ship by their mysterious saboteur, who turned out to be fellow Wrecker [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. Cyclonus stole the [[Divine Light]], the artifact the Wreckers were searching for, and returned to his true master, [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]]. {{storylink|Betrayal}}

[[File:Arceedisclosure.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Just like old times, but smaller.]]
Arcee blamed herself, as she hadn't been able to foresee death since she saved Fractyl. Demoralized, Arcee and the Wreckers left Archa Nine and headed to another planet at the insistence of their divinely-inspired leader, [[Primal Prime]]. They landed on a small icy planet, and a small scout team, including Arcee, was sent to investigate. After searching for hours, they stumbled upon [[Al-Badur]], a [[Quintesson]] scientist. Arcee immediately readied her weapon, as she and Rodimus had had enough of the Quintessons for several lifetimes, but Primal Prime asked her to lower them. Al-Badur was a somewhat welcome source of information regarding their quest, and before they could leave the planet with him, they were under attack by a horde of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] sent by Cryotek. Arcee and Rodimus quietly bonded as they battled the Sharkticons; it was just like old times. Slowly but surely, Arcee's demeanor had lightened. After the Sharkticons were defeated, Al-Badur explained their problem. The Divine Light was an ancient Quintesson piece of technology that allowed them to tap directly into the power of [[Primus]], and now Cryotek had it! {{storylink|Disclosure}}

But when they returned to Cybertron, it had changed during their absence into a [[technorganic]] paradise by the [[Great Reformatting]]. Quintessons had seized the opportunity to invade the planet, but Primal Prime assured Arcee and the others that Cryotek was their only concern. Primal Prime, Apelinq, [[Ramulus]] and [[Tigatron]] left them to find Cryotek, leaving Arcee and the others to take their injured to safety before joining the counterattack forces on the ground. Instead, their shuttle took heavy damage and was descending in a ball of fire and smoke. Arcee, grabbing Fractyl's body and what life support she could, abandoned ship with the rest. Disregarding Primal Prime's orders, Arcee suggested they find Cryotek and help the other Wreckers defeat him. Descending into the layers of Cybertron, they met [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], who joined them on their journey.

Finding the battleground between Cryotek and [[Sentinel Maximus]] (the combined form of Apelinq and Primal Prime, newly merged by Primus), Arcee reluctantly set aside Fractyl and his life support to join the fight. She helped Devcon defeat Cryotek's mutated pet [[Chro]], using her weblines to hold the monster still so the bounty hunter could shoot at it. But Cyclonus and Rodimus had disappeared beneath some rubble, so Arcee, Fractyl (who had been magically repaired by Tigatron expending all of his [[Vok]] powers) and the others went digging for him... and instead found [[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]], [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]]... and Arcee's nephew, [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]. They avoided each other's glance awkwardly.

They found Rodimus, but he was in rough shape, having fought nearly to the death with Cyclonus. Arcee and the others agreed to follow Al-Badur's instruction in defeating Cryotek, and helped direct the battle between Sentinel Maximus and Cryotek to a chamber deep within Cybertron. Arcee asked Fractyl to keep on Rodimus, who was extremely weak. Their group arrived in the desired chamber, but Arcee had a bad feeling about the place. It seemed familiar. She recognized it too late. It was a Quintesson banishment chamber, and Al-Badur had activated the containment shield within, locking Sentinel Maximus, Cryotek, and himself inside a forcefield bubble that fed into a strongly gravitational portal into nothingness. To Arcee's initial horror, despite her pleas, Rodimus stood up to deal with the situation. She knew that his next action would kill him in his weakened state, but after his assurances, she resigned herself to the outcome. Rodimus and Cheetor, both [[Matrix Templar]]s, used their skills to drain Cryotek of his Primus-stolen powers. As expected, this was too much for Arcee's long-time friend, and though they succeeded in saving Cybertron, Rodimus was dead.

But death isn't an ending, she realized. It was just another change. "And change is what we do." Arcee and Fractyl gathered his body to take it to a secret burial ground that Arcee knew of. She promised that this time, she wouldn't disappear forever. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
Before the war, Arcee worked in a hazardous materials treatment plant. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide}} She became a member of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]'s underground rebellion team headquartered in the [[Wastelands]] during the reign of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. She was regarded as one of the team's odd ones along with [[Gnaw]], though neither were unappreciated. Both [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and Hot Rod quickly fell in love with her. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} What no one knew, however, was that Arcee was a sleeper agent of the [[Quintesson]]s and a member of [[Female Autobots|their elite warriors]]. Her task was to keep an eye on the proceedings of the war, particularly Autobot activity, and both the location of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and any Transformers with an affinity for the object. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}} As such, Arcee was delighted when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] was brought to the rebels' base, much to Hot Rod's misguided annoyance. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} Since the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] were making a mess in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] at the time, Shockwave unleashed the [[Guardian robot|Omega Sentinels]] on the polity, forcing the rebels to make their final stance against him immediately. Arcee ended up teamed-up with [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]—a situation that bugged Hot Rod because he couldn't keep an eye on her. Halfway the battle, Arcee witnessed [[Shockwave's Tower]] shooting a beam of sorts to an [[Unicron|unknown destination]]. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} Shortly after, she also witnessed the Decepticon hijack of [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], but even with these setbacks the Autobots won and reclaimed Iacon. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

[[File:LostandFound Arcee friends.jpg|upright=1.4|left|thumb|"I'm glad you said that. I'll invite [[Female Autobots|them]] over [[Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Generation One|right away]]."]]
The Autobots set up a new [[Autobase]] in Iacon, where Springer and Hot Rod made use of the relative peace time to win Arcee's affection. Hot Rod had a date of sorts with Arcee to help prepare and watch the shuttle that would send a group of Autobots to [[Earth]] take off, but only after he'd be done training. Springer jumped onto the opportunity and offered to go with Arcee while Hot Rod was busy. She accepted, much to Hot Rod's annoyance. At Landing Platform A, after they were done loading baggage, Arcee was lost in thoughts, of which a few she shared with Springer when he asked what was on her mind: she wasn't sure of her purpose in life and if she belonged on Cybertron. Springer assured her she belonged with her friends.

Over at [[Quintessa]], Arcee's masters observed the proceedings on Cybertron with glee, noting that not only had they found another Transformer with an affinity for the Matrix in Hot Rod, but that their own agent Arcee would work perfectly as a key to break his will. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}} The Quintessons' plans would even be able to be executed well ahead of time by the Autobots' next move. Arcee was selected to leave with Kup, Springer, and the Dinobots to set up a new moonbase, while Hot Rod was selected for guard duty at Autobase with only Gnaw and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] to assist him. Arcee's report on this situation got the Quintessons to send in her colleagues for both Hot Rod and the Matrix. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

{{note|[[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] filed for bankruptcy and stopped producing ''Transformers'' books right as the Female 'Autobots' story arc was beginning. A few details of [[Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Generation One|Generation One #11]] are known because [[Don Figueroa]] published the line-art of the comic up to page 9 on his DeviantArt account. In the shuttle taking them all to one of Cybertron's moons, Arcee witnessed an amusing conversation between Kup and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]. Her attention was soon drawn back to the view outside though, where an [[Quintesson Cruiser|odd-looking object]] floated in wait for the shuttle.}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' continuity===
[[File:TheArtofWar1 girltalk.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb]]
In order to oversee the decommissioning of all Cybertronian technology on Earth, Arcee was sent to the planet alongside [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], the last of which whom she had a mutual attraction to. Shortly after the group arrived at [[Area 52 (G1)|Area 52]], the facility came under attack by [[Cobra]], and Arcee helped fight them off alongside [[Scarlett]], who was surprised over the existence of "girl robots". {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}} Upon hearing about a security breach in the lower levels of Area 52, the group headed there and, to Arcee's horror, found Bumblebee injured and low on energy. Before much could be done about him, the group was attacked by [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]], who took control of [[G.I. Joe battle mech|G.I. Joes' mechs]] and forced them to fight the Autobots before bringing the roof down on everyone. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}}

The Autobots and Joes survived, and quickly followed Serpent O.R. through a warpgate to Cybertron, where they were attacked by [[cannibalizer]]s. Arcee didn't think they were very threatening, but suggested that they retreat to protect the humans. During their escape, she promised that she'd rotate Bumblebee's tires if he could outrace her... only to run straight into Serpent O.R. and his new army, who remorselessly killed Bumblebee and captured the others. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} They eventually managed to escape thanks to their G.I. Joe friends. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}}

[[File:GIJoevsTFArtofwar5 Arceecrys.jpg|thumb]]
After hearing that Serpent O.R. had captured [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Arcee and the others made their way to his chambers, only to find that [[Cobra Commander]] had taken control of Serpent O.R.'s body after he had seized the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. "Serpentor Prime" effortlessly defeated most of the Autobots and Joes, but Arcee dodged his tentacles and managed to rip his chestplate off, allowing [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] to take the Matrix's power and defeat him. Some time later, Arcee cried for Bumblebee during a memorial service for him. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Spotlight Arcee traumatic flashback.jpg|thumb|Jhiaxus is big into Rule 63.]]
Over six million years ago, Arcee was an early test subject of the mad genius [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], after he decided to introduce gender into the Transformers just to see the results. Her fundamental [[CNA]] was altered, something that she loathes, giving her a "maddening maelstrom of contradictory sensory input" and causing all other Transformers to sense a fundamental difference about her and inadvertently use feminine pronouns around her. Arcee failed to live up to Jhiaxus's standards and was abandoned, but, driven by an implacable homing instinct towards her creator's experiments, she cut a mech-fluid swath of carnage across several planets in her obsession with destroying everything Jhiaxus created. She was eventually taken down by [[Tyrest Accord]] enforcer [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and incarcerated on the Autobot penitentiary on [[Garrus-9]]. As was policy for threats of her level, Arcee's [[spark]] was separated from her body, and in this limbo, she found a kind of peace.

[[File:IDW Arcee mad.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Sexual violence hardens female character into skilled warrior -- the freshest idea in comics, everybody.]]

That peace was shattered when the [[Decepticon Secret Service]], led by [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzaitron]], attacked Garrus-9 to liberate the recently incarcerated [[Pretender Monster|Monstructor Six]], more of Jhiaxus's experiments. When the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] infiltrated the facility, warden [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] freed Arcee as a last resort to stop them. She presented quite the frightening obstacle for the invaders, severely wounding [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] and [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]], but in the end they managed to escape with their target. [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] convinced Maximus to allow her to pursue them, {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}} and she followed their trail to the Decepticon Battle Platform [[Zuska]], where she tortured a Decepticon for information on the escapees' location. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus}}

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Using this intel to locate Banzaitron, Arcee found that the Transformers from the [[Dead Universe]]—Jhiaxus among them—had activated Monstructor and spirited him away, decimating the Banzaitron's team in the process. Arcee agreed to help Banzaitron in recovering Monstructor, on the basis that it would lead her to Jhiaxus. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}} Tracking Monstructor to [[Rotan]], she and the Decepticons engaged him in battle until [[Skram (G2)|Skram]] arrived with information on Jhiaxus's location. Abandoning the fight, Arcee headed for [[Gorlam Prime]], where she murdered her way through a legion of [[Micromaster]]s before finally cornering him beneath the planet's surface. There, she was surprised and delighted to find that, as he came from the Dead Universe, and they were in a location close to its influence, Jhiaxus could not die. And that meant she could kill him over, and over, and over... {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

[[File:SpotlightSideswipe Jhiaxus deathbecomeshim.jpg|upright=1.34|thumb|Those were the best days of our lives.]]

Arcee did just that for six years, and would later profess that the experience helped her straighten her head out. {{storylink|A Better Tomorrow}} This demented "therapy" came to an end when Gorlam Prime's portal to the Dead Universe reactivated, hypnotically drawing all life on the planet into it. Arcee also felt its lure but [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] held her back until the effect faded, and the two Autobots decided to investigate. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 2|Heart of Darkness #2}} A while later, they detected [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]], [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and Jhiaxus in the vicinity and attacked them. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 1|Heart of Darkness #1}} Discovering that her arch-enemy had been restored by Galvatron's [[Darkness (G1)|Heart of Darkness]], she vowed to destroy Jhiaxus all over again, but those plans had to be tabled when Galvatron powered himself up by tapping into the Dead Universe via the portal. Convinced by Hardhead to flee and warn the Autobots of Galvatron's return, Arcee was blasted into a chasm by her pursuers, but managed to survive. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 2|Heart of Darkness #2}}

[[File:HeartofDarkness1-ArceeHardhead.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|You know how the saying goes about wearing your spine on your stomach-- wait, that's not how the saying goes? ....scrap.]]

Some time later, as Galvatron was in the process of assembling an army and preparing to enact his grand plan, Arcee and Hardhead came to the rescue of an Autobot escape pod full of survivors from the [[Kimia Facility]]. {{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings|Kings}} Bringing the survivors aboard, she and Hardhead had to explain at least five times to them all about the Dead Universe, the Heart of Darkness, [[D-Void]], and Galvatron's plans. The rag-tag group made it to Cybertron, by which time Galvatron infected [[Vector Sigma]] with the Heart of Darkness, which caused a maelstrom to break out on the planet's surface. Arcee suggested guiding the ship through an underground tunnel, crashing right on top of Galvatron himself, but this failed to take the super-powered villain out, and he quickly engaged and defeated Arcee and Hardhead. {{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis|Genesis}}

[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] subsequently used the Matrix to purify Vector Sigma, but in the process reverted Cybertron to a primordial state. In this tumultuous new era, Arcee fell into the employ of [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]], acting as his shadowy enforcer in an era of uneasy peace. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|The Autonomy Lesson}} She inaugurated her new role by assassinating [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] before the former senator could have [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] killed, but her vicious methods sat ill with Prowl. {{storylink|The World & Everything in It}} Later, Arcee watched with amusement from a high vantage point as a set of rockets [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] had fired into orbit successfully drew away dangerous energies that would have caused an explosion on the planet's surface. {{storylink|Stick Together}}

[[File:Arcee Ratbat WorldandEverythingInIt.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|She never was one for politics.]]

Prowl soon called upon Arcee again to aid him in dealing with Decepticon malcontents, this time confronting [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] and his [[cerebro-shell]]-controlled minions. After Arcee killed the mind-controlled [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] against Prowl's wishes, the pair pursued Bombshell into underground tunnels, but ran into the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], whom Arcee took on solo, saving an unknowing [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] in the process. Prowl, meanwhile, went after Bombshell, but succumbed to his newly improved method of mind control. Under Bombshell's sway, Prowl returned to Arcee's side and "destroyed" Constructicons by detonating their [[Inhibitor/deterrence chip|I/D chips]], then sent her after [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], who had witnessed the whole thing. Evidently suspecting that something was amiss with Prowl, she secretly allowed Dirge to escape. {{storylink|Devisive}} Deducing what had happened to Prowl, she met with him later, informing him she "knew his secret" and cautioning him to remember that she was not his killer to order around, {{storylink|A Better Tomorrow}} but continued to work towards whatever objectives Bombshell was manipulating Prowl for, allowing the Insecticon to think she was on his side so she could discover what he was up to and stop him. {{storylink|Plan for Everything}}

Arcee later secretly joined "Prowl" and the other Autobot security officers in tracking Dirge to the Decepticons' bolt-hole, but once again, she stood back and allowed him and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] to escape during the ensuing firefight. {{storylink|A Better Tomorrow}} She would later be seen prowling the rooftops of the city, watching [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] through the sight of her weapon and graciously deciding not to snipe them. {{storylink|Night and the City}}

When the time came for the Decepticons to put the final stage of their plan into action, Bombshell directed Arcee, through Prowl, to exfiltrate [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]], [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and their men from their present living quarters in the Decepticon pen. She chose to do so in the most violent way possible, of course, first attacking and killing the pen guards [[Triggerhappy]] and [[Blot (G1)|Blot]] and then detonating a shrapnel bomb that disabled all the other Decepticons present. Before departing with their unconscious bodies, she planted another explosive which Prowl then deliberately tripped while leading a "raid" on the pen, making it appear that the Decepticons within had been destroyed by their own booby-trap. Meanwhile, unaware of what had truly transpired, Starscream assumed that all of this had gone down as a result of his blackmailing Prowl with the knowledge he had gained from Dirge, so Arcee decided to drop in and rain on his parade, informing him she knew exactly where he had hidden Dirge, and could take away his "advantage" at any time. {{storylink|The End of the Beginning of the World}}

[[File:TheVerge-Arcee.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|I'll cry when I'm done killing!]]

That, as it turned out, was exactly what she did when riots broke out upon the return of [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]. Recovering Dirge from his hideaway and informing him of "Prowl's" involvement with the Decepticons, she took him and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] to [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]], where a standoff with [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] ensued. {{storylink|City on Fire}} Convincing him to listen to her by revealing that she was the one who had saved him from the Constructicons, Arcee handed Dirge and Swindle off to him and cut a path through the rioters for him so he could take them and the information to Bumblebee. {{storylink|The Verge}} Arcee proceeded to join Prowl, Bombshell, Megatron and the other Decepticons in the [[Black Room]], relaying a message from [[Turmoil]] and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] that they were in position. Following the information she had fed them via Dirge, Bumblebee and his team soon arrived; they were overpowered, and Arcee stabbed [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] through the torso, pinning his body to the wall (but avoiding doing any serious damage, cluing him in to her deception). Together, they all watched as the Decepticons' plan was enacted, and a perfected version of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] was formed, incorporating Prowl as its mind-controlled head. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} Calmly waiting until the most dramatic moment possible—when Bumblebee asked her what her place in the plot was—Arcee then promptly stabbed Bombshell through the head, cutting off his control of Devastator and shutting the combiner down. Calling on Sideswipe to open fire, Arcee armed Bumblebee and apologized for not acting sooner, explaining that she had had to wait until she was close enough to Bombshell to act. {{storylink|Plan for Everything}} As the battle began to rage, with [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] busy with Prowl and Bumblebee busy with Megatron, Arcee and the Dinobots were put in charge of taking on the rest of the Decepticon army. Following Megatron's defeat, as Starscream took control, Arcee and the other Autobots were cast out into the wilderness.{{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}}

As the Autobots left the city, they were trailed by the Constructicons, who had become fans of Prowl after having combined with him. Arcee wanted to intervene when the Constructicons and the Dinobots came to blows, but Prowl restrained her while Bumblebee's worsening condition stopped the fighting for good. During Bumblebee's restoration, Arcee tried her best to comfort Prowl, who was visibly upset, but Arcee's emotional detachment made it difficult for her to connect. Her failure to empathize with Prowl sent her to Sideswipe next, whose love of violence she thought would give them common ground, but Sideswipe also shooed her away. The Constructicons picked a fight with her next, pointing out her lack of Autobot symbol as a sign that no one wanted her, and Arcee was all too happy to oblige. Their skirmish ended when Ironhide and the Dinobots broke them up, and Ironhide confided in Arcee that he was worried the night would bring madness to their camp as it did to the Aerialbots and Dinobots earlier. Arcee, confident that the madness wouldn't affect her, stayed up all night guarding Bumblebee, and when Bumblebee awoke the next morning in his new body, he found her outside with an Autobot symbol carved into her arm. But suddenly there was a weird glow over the horizon, and the sunrise wasn't for another few hours. Arcee immediately suspected Jhiaxus. {{storylink|Second Exodus}}

[[File:TheBecoming-Arcee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Prowl thinks this is special, despite this being Arcee's fourth body in as many years.]]

Suddenly, an undead [[Metrotitan (body-type)|Titan]], a [[Necrotitan]], burst free from the ground before them. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} Arcee was happy to have a giant target to shoot at, though she wasn't hopeful of their odds of survival. Bumblebee insisted on caution rather than rash action, but before Arcee and the others could act, Soundwave's Decepticons were upon them. {{storylink|Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Black Metal}} Their battle was interrupted by Starscream arriving overhead and landing on the inert Necrotitan's shoulder. Arcee offered to shoot him out of the sky, but before she could, the Necrotitan suddenly unleashed a strange, deadly wave that spread in all directions, and leaving Arcee without one of her arms and one of her legs. {{storylink|Winners & Losers: Dark Cybertron Chapter 3|Winners & Losers}} Arcee sat quietly as the others freaked out in the wake of the strange wave. {{storylink|Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|Into the Abyss}} She did not let her major limb damage deter her whatsoever once the Autobots chose to besiege Shockwave's lair (thought it probably helped that she'd somehow grown back her missing arm). {{storylink|Finest Hour: Dark Cybertron Chapter 5|Finest Hour}} Still without one of her legs, she was forced to retreat with the others, leaving Megatron and Bumblebee behind. {{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}}

Arcee, the other Autobots, and Soundwave's Decepticons returned to the city, where the Necrotitan had recently advanced, reducing what was left to ashes. Prowl ordered anyone still able to fight (Arcee included herself) to attack the Necrotitan before it could do more damage, but there was little they could do. Thankfully, that was when [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and the ''[[Lost Light]]'' appeared over them via [[Space Bridge]] and engaged the Necrotitan for them. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} With the surprising help of Megatron, Metroplex was able to defeat the Necrotitan, and the citizens of Cybertron and the crew of the ''Lost Light'' were reunited. Arcee approached and greeted the female Transformers the ''Lost Light'' had brought along. In the calm that followed, Arcee was rebuilt into a new body, and Prowl wondered if she was considering this a fresh start. Before too long, however, their calm was ended by the arrival of Shockwave's army of [[Ammonite]]s. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} She fought alongside her many comrades against the [[Ammonite]]s. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11}} and also got to talk with [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] about how he ended the Ammonite's war and started [[Cybertronian Civil Wars|their own]] war, leading her to reflect on how they should have hung out more. Later, after fighting was over, Arcee was in a crowd of bots watching Optimus and Megatron exit the Lost Light. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale}}

After the events of Dark Cybertron, Arcee attended Megatron's trial alongside Whirl and Ratchet {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|Words Hang in the Air}} After Megatron's trial on Luna 2, Watching Windblade pass Alpha Trion's message to Optimus Prime Prowl asked her opinion of the new female Autobot arrival, [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], and Arcee stated as much as she'd always hoped there were other bots like her out there, she felt nothing. Prowl assured her that was because unlike the [[Caminus]] natives, Arcee belonged on Cybertron. Arcee then tried to connect with Sideswipe over their mutual killing of Decepticons during Megatron's previous takeover, but he inadvertently insulted her by saying no-one knew who to trust at the time. Arcee approached Optimus Prime, who was setting up a mission to Earth to look for Alpha Trion and after he assumed she was looking to talk to Windblade - she asked Optimus to join, in memory of her friend Hardhead who'd told her of the world, and Optimus accepted her onto the mission. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 3: The Mind Bomb|The Mind Bomb}} When Autobot ship ''[[Ark-7]]'' arrived in Earth's orbit, they were attacked by Earth Defense Command's orbital missiles, Optimus Prime ordered the ship to orbit the dark side of the moon, While he took a small team of autobots aboard Sky Lynx. Upon their arrival on the surface, Prowl and Arcee were tasked by Prime to investigate who fired the rockets as he took Jazz and Kup to investigate the mysterious Cybertronian life sign. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 1: Hello Cruel World|Hello Cruel World}} Optimus Prime's team was attacked by the combined forces of Galvatron's newly assembled Decepticons and Earth Defense Command. Prowl send Arcee and Sideswipe in the form of back-up to assist Prime's team. She provided cover fire by riding on Kup's truck mode but was soon told to isguise as the Autobots didn't want to reveal presence to the humans. The Autobots were lead by Gavlvatron's Decepticons to the human settlement called Poverty Flats. Where Prowl alongside his Constructicons revealed the Cybertronian presence on Earth by combining into Devastator. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}} As the matters heated up, Soundwave cut-off all the incoming and outgoing communications in the settlement to ensure their presence remains a secret while Prowl as Devastator fought Galvatron. However all Decepticons were knocked off by EDC's mind bomb and were teleported away from the settlement on Marissa Fairborn's orders. On Autobot's' way back to Ark-7, Prime scolded Prowl for his actions to which Arcee backed Prowl up. Returning to the Ark, She noticed Constructicon Scavenger's suspicious behavior. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 3: The Mind Bomb|The Mind Bomb}} The Autobots tracked the EDC's mind bomb signal to their base on island Bikini Atoll where Jazz found Alpha Trion's shuttle underwater. Optimus Prime planned for the direct assault on the base, Before leaving, She told Prowl about Scavenger's suspicious behavior and suspected that he may be a decepticon spy, Prowl in return asked her if she had told Prime about this and If she was loyal to him to which she replied she was only loyal to the Autobot cause. Prowl only laughed in her face and had no interest in her concern and told her to watch for Prime in the battlefield. She along with other Autobots were led by Prime on human's secret however their direct assault was halted by sudden arrival of Decepticon Spaceship Nemesis. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 4: Full Fathom Five|Full Fathom Five}} She along with other Autobots were distracted by dealing with the Decepticon Spaceship. Optimus Prime ordered to shoot the ship down to buy Jazz enough time to snatch Alpha Trion from the human custody. The Autobots were saved when Prowl entered the EDC mainframe and fired all missiles on the Nemesis. She was later seen helping the wounded Kup on board Sky Lynx when the Autobot's mission was successful and Trion was rescued. {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 5: I Dream of Wires|I Dream of Wires}} Jetfire, Arcee and D. O. C later investigated who had opened the Ark's hangar unnannouced. It was later discovered that Prime went to the other side of the moon to privately discuss matters with Alpha Trion. {{storylink|The Crucible}} In the next few weeks after autobot's mission to rescue Alpha Trion, The decepticons had done quiet. Optimus Prime put Prowl incharge of the Ark's crew while he journeyed backed to Cybertron for a special anniversary. He gave Arcee the task of keeping an eye on Prowl because she was the only of the autobots close to him. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part One: Signals, Calls, and Marches|Signals, Calls, and Marches}} After Spike Witwicky's resurfacimg in Japan, Prowl planned a mission without Prime's permission to find the Enigma of Combination believing that Spike may hold the answer to where it is. Borrowing Sideswipe's jetpack, Arcee followed Prowl to Tokoyo where she stopped Prowl and the Constructicons from harming Spike and Jimmy Pink. Prowl assured her that everything is under control and that there was more at stake than they knew and told her to trust him. Not falling for any of Prowl's trick she told him she didn't trusted him anymore and went to chase him herself. The events took an odd turn when Galvatron's Decepticons also came after Spike. The two autobots and the constructicons worked together to save the humans from the Decepticons by damaging the building they were on, while Prowl fled with Spike. Arcee saved Jimmy Pink from falling from the collapsing building but was caught between Decepticon and Constructicons, to which she vowed to get revenge on Prowl for abandoning her. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|Vs.}} Galvatron tried to calm matters down by asking Arcee's and Constructicon's assistance as all of them were after the same target, Spike. Arcee decided not to get involved left with Jimmy Pink so the Constructicons would deal with the situation themselves, However Galvatron tackled her while Jimmy Pink was snatched by Buzzsaw. The Decepticon leader took the Autobot into orbit where the two battled and destroyed a satellite in process. Arcee grabbed Galvatron and threw him into the Australian surface at terminal velocity. Galvatron survived with minor injuries and only wanted have a private chat. He discussed about the Enigma about her and also of what Jhiaxus did to her in the past. However she was not interested in having the talk and decided that they could just get back to fight. However Galvatron told her about Prowl murdering the Daniel Witwicky, his ally so he could draw out his son Spike. Arcee was shocked that what her friend had done not knowing that it was a lie. Galvatron told her that Prowl being a combiner was being robbed out of individuality and was turning into mindless killer and all he wanted was her assistance to prevent Prowl from causing more damage to both Earth and Cybertron. She agreed to help the Decepticon was taken to their shuttle on top of Mount Fuji. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Three: ONoffON|ONoffON}}
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==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
[[File:TheTransformersPS2-Arcee.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Sure, her head looks small, but have you seen everyone else's?]]
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In 2010, the Decepticon military commander [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] acquired a source of infinite power called [[Zel Quartz]]. It drove him to madness, and he destroyed Cybertron while threatening to lay waste to the rest of the galaxy. Rodimus Prime and the Autobots desperately coordinated with the [[Quintesson]]s to use a timeslip device and travel back in time, preventing Shockwave from ever getting his hand on Zel Quartz. Unfortunately, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and the remaining Decepticons learned of the mission, and intercepted the Autobots on the way through the timeslip.

Crashing in 2003 on [[Zel Samine]], where the quartz originated, Arcee awoke with Kup and Rodimus Prime. Separated from the rest of their team, they sent out an SOS and were met by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the present day Autobots. After explaining the situation, Arcee and her allies joined up with Optimus to search for the Zel Quartz before the Decepticons could find it.

Wheeljack searched the planet for any records or power signatures that might be Zel Quartz. After three false leads, they finally located Zel Quartz at the [[Enormous Laser Transmission Array]]. After fighting through numerous Decepticon lieutenants, and facing the might of Megatron and Galvatron united, Arcee and the Autobots secured the Zel Quartz and ultimately disposed of it so that it could do no further harm. With the rock no longer a threat, the Autobots of 2010 vanished and returned to their home timeline. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:TFLegends-Arcee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Hold still, you've got a little Aligned on ya.]]
Arcee was part of [[Elita One|Elita 1]]'s team as they made a series of raids on Decepticon bases. Unfortunately, her nemesis [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]]'s knowledge of her tactics allowed the Decepticon to put a stop to the team's successful run. {{storylink|Fatal Furies}} At some point she changed her color scheme from blue to pink. She took part in the defense of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] against [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|'Til All Are One (Legends)|'Til All Are One}} She and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] encountered a group of Decepticons while hunting for their friends inside the monster. After fending off an attack by Unicron's internal defenses, the pair managed to reunite with their friends and escape before Unicron exploded. {{storylink|Belly of the Beast (Legends)|Belly of the Beast}}

Arcee was still an active participant in the Autobot/Decepticon war when Ultra Magnus decided to reunite with his unit from the planet Junkion, only to be attacked by the Insecticons. {{storylink|Junkion Reunion}} When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] were abducted by [[Skuxxoid]]s during the [[Galactic Olympics|Galactic Games]], Arcee and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] gave chase. Instead of finding the Skuxxoids, they caught up with [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], just as their leader was having a vision that the [[Quintesson]]s were behind the kidnapping. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 1}}

[[File:TFLegends-ArceeG1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|There. All better.]]
Following an Decepticon assault led by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], Arcee, alongside Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, and Spike were forced into taking cover within the [[Autobot Mausoleum]]. This did little to improve their situation, however, as the Decepticons continued their advance. Unexpectedly, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] rose from his tomb, providing hope that the tide may yet turn in the Autobots' favour. This was not to be, unfortunately, as the resurrected Autobot leader left the group stranded after having received the Matrix of leadership from Rodimus. After Optimus regained his senses, the Autobots were left to mourn their leader as he sacrificed himself once more to undo the Quintessons' trap. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (Legends)|Dark Awakening}} Arcee, Rodimus, Ultra Magnus and Springer were trapped in human bodies by [[Victor Drath]] and [[Cobra Commander|Old Snake]], but still managed to foil the pair's plan to destroy Autobot City. They were later successfully returned to their robot bodies. {{storylink|Only Human (Legends)|Only Human}}

In the aftermath of the restoration of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Arcee was part of a team led by [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] which attempted to map the changes to their planet. They were briefly delayed by [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] and [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]]. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (Legends)|The Autonomy Lesson}}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
{{note|Arcee has yet to appear in ''Transformers: Battle Tactics'' as a playable character, but is featured in promotional material and artwork.}}[[File:Acreeinbattletacticspromo.jpg]]
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Arcee''' (Autobot Car?, <s>198?</s>)
[[File:G1ArceeProto.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Orange? Where'd that come from?]]

: Despite being a major character in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', no transforming toy of Arcee was made during the [[The Transformers (toyline)|original toyline]]'s run. Images of a hand-sculpted [[prototype]] based on Arcee's original character design ([[#Notes|see below]]) have appeared in several Japanese publications - including a booklet included with ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'' [[Wikipedia:LaserDisc|LaserDisc]] set and ''[[Transformers First Series Complete]]'' - but it appears the toy never progressed beyond this stage.
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*'''Arcee''' (Headmaster, <s>198?</s>)
[[File:Concept-HeadmasterArcee.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Pinkdome.]]

: The Japanese ''[[Transformers Generations]]'' book shows a piece of concept artwork of the Headmaster [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome's]] car mode in pink and white, labeled "Arcee". This was evidently a proposal for a redeco of the toy as Headmaster Arcee from "[[The Rebirth]]". (Presumably, then, this was a Hasbro-initiated idea.) The idea does not appear to have gone any further.

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*'''Arcee''' (Action Master, <s>199?</s>)
[[File:ArceeActionMasterSketch.JPG|upright=1.66|thumb|Toy companies just keep teasing us, don't they?]]

:''[[Transformers Generations 2011]]'' revealed sketches for an unproduced [[Action Master]] Arcee figure.

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[[File:Botconarceetoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Don't underestimate me, I'm more than just a pretty face. Arcee, MAXIMIZE! Don't underestimate me, I'm more than just a pretty face. Arcee, MAXIMIZE! Don't underestimate me, I'm more than just a pretty face. Arcee, MAXIMIZE! Don't underestimate me, I'm more than just a pretty face. Arcee, MAXIMIZE!]]
*'''Arcee''' (Mega, 2001)
: The very first true transforming Arcee toy is a [[redeco]] and minor [[retool]]ing of the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Transmetal 2]] [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], transforming into a malformed mish-mash of machine and organic parts in the form of a large spider. The spider mode fangs become a grappling weapon for her [[robot mode]] which extend on a [[Retractable string gimmick|retractable string]]. She has a special [[spark crystal]] that changes her [[Insignia|faction symbol]] from [[Autobot]] to [[Maximal]] when rotated. The [[robot mode]] also features a spring-powered waist-swivel for "power kick" action. Arcee lacks the [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] toy's additional chest armor, and thus has oddly-placed holes in her... well, chest, that keep the armor in place.

: Arcee was available only as an [[exclusive]] to [[BotCon 2001]], and along with [[Tigatron]] was the first time since the inception of [[3H Productions|3H]] that they were allowed to use existing characters for convention exclusives. Arcee is also the first convention toy to feature retooling. Preorders received their Arcees with a bonus; the box contained a light-sensitive sound chip featuring voice actress [[Susan Blu]]'s voice saying "Don't underestimate me, I'm more than just a pretty face. Arcee, MAXIMIZE!". These chips are VERY light-sensitive. Many won't shut up to this day.

:Both Arcee and Tigatron were limited to 1200 pieces.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Autobot/Arcee/arcee.htm More information on Generation 1 Arcee at TFU.info]''

===Titanium Series===
[[File:Arceetitanium.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Seems like a mercy killing, really.]]
*'''Arcee'''
: A 6" transforming Arcee toy was designed and displayed at [[BotCon]] 2007, but the [[Titanium Series]] was canceled before its tooling could be completed.

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===Binaltech===
[[File:Binaltech arcee toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Well, it's progress.]]
*'''Arcee''' (2008)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BT-21'''
**''Accessories:'' Engine/gun

:Arcee is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' [[Decepticharge]] (himself a [[retool]] of [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]]/[[Overdrive]]), using Honda's "Pearl White" for the car bodywork. The figure transforms into a "street performance" Honda S2000. Her hardtop roof can be removed for an open-top [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] and used as a shield in [[robot mode]]. The engine and driveshaft may be removed and used as a long-barreled rifle (as the toy is Japanese issue and not subject to the same issues that removed the long barrel from the [[Hasbro]] versions of the mold).

: In spite of fan speculation, no retooling has been applied to the mold to enhance character resemblance or make her look less butch.

: A redeco of this toy as [[Paradron Medic (G1)|Paradron Medic]] was originally planned to be released simultaneously (but was canceled), a fate that also befell a redeco meant to be Arcee's occasional mold-mate [[Blackarachnia (BW)#Binaltech|Blackarachnia]]. The [[robot mode]] was used as the base model for the non-toy car-form [[Legion (KP)|Legion]].

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===Generations===
[[File:Generations 30 deluxe Arcee.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Yup, ''definitely'' progress.]]
*'''Arcee''' (Deluxe Class, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Large gun, small gun, two swords
:''Generations'' Arcee is the holy grail that, after 28 years, many thought would never happen. Based directly upon her original Generation 1 character model, Arcee transforms into a "futuristic" pink and white sports car. She is armed with two guns, and a pair of translucent blue swords that pay homage to her ''[[Arcee (Animated)|Animated]]'' and IDW incarnations; all four weapons each feature several universally-sized rectangular pegs that allows them to be tabbed into multiple matching ports in her fists, forearms, hips, shoulders, and the sides and rear of her car mode. Additionally, her two pistols can store beneath her car mode, though this is not mentioned in her instructions. The smaller gun also appears in Chromia's [[stock photography]], but that toy does not come with a copy of it. There was a running change to the mold with the first release having her fists rounded close and the second molded open.

:Originally scheduled for March 2014 in the ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' toyline along with [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], Arcee was delayed to Autumn of that year.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/GenArcee/arcee.htm More information on ''Generations'' Arcee at TFU.info]''
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===Legends===
[[File:Legends-toy Arcee.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67]]
*'''Arcee''' (Deluxe Class, [[February 14|2-14]]-2015)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''LG10'''
**''Accessories:'' Large gun, small gun, two swords

:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Arcee is a cartoon-accurate redeco of ''Generations'' Arcee. This version uses the second mold revision with open hands. The molding on the gaps of her fists prevent the handles of her pistols from being fully inserted. She comes with a leaflet featuring a character profile, tech specs and [[Legends Comic: Business Trip Edition Vol. 10|volume 10]] of the ''[[Transformers Legends (comic)|Transformers Legends]]: Business Trip Edition'' mini-comic.

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==Merchandise==
===MC Axis===
[[File:Hybrid model arcee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Arcee pets a dog. (Dog not included.)]]
*'''Arcee''' (Super Hybrid Model, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''H-03'''

:Arcee was one of three non-transforming ''[[Super Hybrid Model]]'' vinyl figurines created in 1987 by Japanese collectables company [[MC Axis]]. Standing at about eight inches tall and featuring articulation in the head and neck, Arcee and her fellows (Rodimus Prime and Galvatron) were based on their [[Studio OX]] character models, featuring much more anime-styled proportions and detailing.

:For reasons unknown, the retail release of Arcee and the other ''Super Hybrid Model'' figures was canceled. While Galvatron was eventually released as an exclusive at [[BotCon Japan 1997]], Arcee and Rodimus have never been officially released, though they do occasionally pop up on the secondary market, commanding prices in excess of $600.
 
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[[File:Mcaxis arcee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Look, Arcee pets a lot of invisible dogs, okay?]]
*'''Arcee''' (1996)

:This Japanese "garage kit", an unpainted resin model, was made by [[MC Axis]] and was also the first official product of Arcee that got a retail release. Included among its paperwork is a [[The Transformers (MC Axis manga)|comic strip]] starring Arcee. It is not known for its exceptional quality control - numerous unsightly air bubbles in the plastic are not an uncommon thing to encounter.

::*''[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1492/Axis-Model+Kit/Arcee.html Gallery of an assembled and painted Arcee at Transformers @ The Moon]
::*''[http://heroicdecepticon.blogspot.com/2012/02/takara-mc-axis-arcee-resin-model-kit.html Photos and review of unpainted and unused complete Arcee kit at HeroicDecepticon.com]
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===Super Collection Figure===
[[File:Hoc arcee and daniel.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Arcee should maybe reconsider something that big transforming into her head.]]
* '''Arcee''' (2000)
: A three-inch tall [[plastic|PVC]] figurine of Arcee was available in the first wave of Takara's ''[[Heroes of Cybertron|Super Collection Figure]]'' line. In a nice spot of attention to detail, she is holding the unremarkable small grey pistol she wielded in the Generation 1 cartoon episode, "[[The Dweller in the Depths]]". Like all the figures in the "act", it was available as both a standard full color figure and a colorless translucent version, one of each of which was available in a standard case of twelve [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] figures.

:Arcee was redecoed to create the chase figure for the eighth wave of the series, the [[Paradron Medic (G1)|Paradron Medic]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/HoCArcee/arcee.htm More information on ''Super Collection Figure'' Arcee at TFU.info]''

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Cybertron/ClearArcee/arcee.htm More information on clear Arcee at TFU.info]''

* '''Arcee and Daniel''' (2001)
:The Arcee figurine was re-released as part of the fourth wave of the ''Super Collection Figure'' series, now packaged with a figure of Daniel Witwicky in his exo-suit. The pair were available in both full color and metallic "pewter" versions; in eight out of every ten cases, the pewter version of the set came with the body of the line's collectable [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] "build-a-figure".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Cybertron/PewterArcee/arcee.htm More information on pewter Arcee at TFU.info]''

===Heroes of Cybertron===
* '''Arcee''' (2002)
:When Hasbro released the ''Super Collection Figure'' line as ''[[Heroes of Cybertron]]'', the Arcee figure was released as part of the first wave, now featuring a [[light-piping]] gimmick in the character's eyes, accomplished by casting the figure in translucent blue plastic and then painting over it. Rather than come blindpacked like the ''SCF'' figure, Arcee came on a blister card with a profile card included. The mold would later be redecoed in this fashion into the ''Heroes of Cybertron'' Paradron Medic.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/HoCArcee/arcee.htm More information on Heroes of Cybertron Arcee at TFU.info]''
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===MyClone===
[[File:Myclone arcee.jpg|thumb|Ladies should do this about once per month, and more regularly after turning 50.]]
* '''Arcee''' (2003)
**''ID number:'' '''MTF005'''
**''Accessories:'' White display base

:Released in the first wave of the ''[[MyClone]]'' line of Transformers PVC figures, this [[super deformed]] Arcee comes with a hexagonal white display stand, which can link up with the identical stands included with other ''MyClone'' figures. Her modular design allows her parts to be mixed and matched with those of any other MyClone figure.
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===Palisades statues===
[[File:Palisades arcee.jpg|thumb|And so Arcee waits / Arcee waits / Arcee waits]]
*'''Arcee''' (2004)

:Inspired by a [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] pin-up lithograph/poster by [[Rob Armstrong]],<ref name="dread">[http://web.archive.org/web/20080314045623/http://www.dreadforce.com/creators.html The creators list for Jaran Studios' ''Dread Force''] includes this information in Rob's profile.</ref><ref name="disguise">[http://www.lilformers.com/blog/2012/03/21/dreamslaves-2-artists-in-disguise/ Matt Moylan] confirmed that it had been drawn by Armstrong, but credited to [[Pat Lee]].</ref> (itself based on Arcee's Studio OX character model, complete with obnoxious shoulder-armor rig) this statue features looks-right-at-only-one-angle perspective and a face so flat you'd swear she'd flown into a window. Standing around 6" tall, Arcee was limited to 2000 pieces worldwide.

:The Arcee statue was later repainted into that old standby, the [[Paradron Medic (G1)|Paradron Medic]].
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===Robot Heroes===
[[File:Robotheroesrumblearcee.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|She's actually running after [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Robot Heroes|''Robot Heroes'' Cheetor]].]]
* '''Arcee vs. Decepticon Rumble''' (2008)

:Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]] [[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'', Arcee is packaged with [[Rumble (G1)|"Decepticon Rumble"]] as part of the "Generation 1 Series." She is sculpted as running across a patch of mechanical flooring, and she has articulation at the head and shoulders.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/RHArcee/arcee.htm More information on ''Robot Heroes'' Arcee at TFU.info]''

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===Transformers - Mini Bust===
[[File:Arcee statue.jpg|thumb|Not pictured: Springer and Weirdwolf.]]
* '''Arcee''' (Diamond Select, 2009)

:Released by [[Diamond Select Toys]] in 2009, Arcee was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 1000 pieces. She is featured packing two of the style of pistol she is commonly seen with and looking off to one side. As is the case in certain [[Continuity|continuities]], she is listed as a member of [[Elita One]]'s [[Female Autobots|resistance group]]. Arcee's tech specs give her the following classifications: STR 5.5, INT 8, SPD 8, END 5, RNK 6, CRG 9, FBL 6, SKL 10.

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===EX Gōkin===
*'''Arcee''' (2015)

: A non-transforming Arcee action figure produced by [[Art Storm]] as part of their ''EX Gōkin Transformers Series'' line. It was first revealed at the Japanese 2014 Transformers Expo alongside [[Elita One#EX Gōkin|Elita One]].

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==Notes==
[[File:G1ArceeModelComp.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Extreme Makeover: Arcee Edition.]]
[[File:FriedmanAuctionArceeModelEdit.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Ready to join Jake and Finn for adventures in the Land of Ooo.]]
[[File:BotCon1996ProgramAMArcee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]

{{quote|And they were absolutely resistant to Arcee. I said I had a daughter who loves this stuff. There are other girls that like it. Put in a female Autobot!|[[Ron Friedman]], [http://toddmatthy.com/2013/12/31/he-killed-optimus-prime-an-interview-with-ron-friedman-writer-of-transformers-the-movie/]}}

*[[Ron Friedman]] fought for Arcee's inclusion in ''The Transformers: The Movie'' because his daughter was a Transformers fan, but Hasbro/Sunbow were very resistant. [http://toddmatthy.com/2013/12/31/he-killed-optimus-prime-an-interview-with-ron-friedman-writer-of-transformers-the-movie/]
* Arcee had two different [[character model]]s in 1980s ''Transformers'' media. An earlier model served as the basis for her original unproduced toy (seen above), which was also the model used for most of her Marvel Comics appearances and for parts of the episode "[[Only Human]]". Her final model, meanwhile, was used for her appearances in ''The Transformers: The Movie'', the rest of her season 3 appearances, and her Japanese ''Headmasters'' appearances.
* Arcee's finalized character model was used to make a lot of the background female characters during the movie and season 3. Various Junkion ladies and the [[Paradron Medic (G1)|Paradron Medic]]s share her design, only without the shoulder-thingies, and a [[Cheesecake robot|more "shaped" version of her earlier model]] appeared in "[[Starscream's Ghost]]".
* When asked about Arcee's design in an interview, [[Floro Dery]]'s reply was, "Arcee is the naked mechanical equivalent of Princess Leia of ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]''."<ref>[http://transformersph.blogspot.com/2007/06/interview-with-floro-dery.html TransFormers Philippines: Interview With Floro Dery]</ref> Well, that answers that question... while raising a whole bunch of others!
*In 2010, a set of Arcee's original color models from ''The Transformers: The Movie'' went up for sale on Heritage Auctions, sold from [[Ron Friedman|Ron Friedman's]] collection of [[Sunbow Productions]] materials. In contrast to her final model and her original toy prototype, this early color model depicted her almost exclusively in shades of pink, save for some lavender on her collar, anklets, and [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] seats.
*[[Men in Black|Men in Black Collectibles]], the organizers of [[BotCon 1996]], attempted to produce an original "[[Action Master]]-inspired" Arcee figure as the '96 convention exclusive. As the steel tooling required to produce plastic action figures costs in the tens of thousands of dollars, this idea never went anywhere, and it is unknown whether MiB had entered into any actual discussions to license the use of the character besides. This figure was presumably unrelated to the actual Hasbro/Takara Action Master Arcee conceived of a few years earlier.
* Around 1999, [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] released a special version of the Replica (reissue) [[Microman]] Lady Command figure as part of a [[Lucky Draw figure|lucky draw]] for "The Official Guide to Takara SF Land" book in white and gold chrome named Arcee. The regular versions of the Lady Command figure all had names starting with "A" (Ann, Alice, Annie and Ai<ref>[http://microforever.com/replicam18X.htm Replica Microman Series; Reissued Lady Command M181 Ann, M182 Alice, M183 Annie & M184 Ai (11/1999) at Microman Forever]</ref>), so Arcee makes sense by that logic - but whether this is an incarnation of "our" G1 character is currently not known. Only 5 Lady Command Arcee figures were released.<ref>[http://microforever.com/sflandprize.htm Replica Microman Series; Kodashan Takara SF Land Book Prize - Microman Lady Command Arcee (?/00) at Microman Forever]</ref>
* Arcee has the most romantic attachments of any Transformers character: Hot Rod in the movie, Marvel Comics, the Big Looker Storybooks and Dreamwave continuities, Springer after the movie, Chromedome (and possibly Rodimus Prime) in ''The Headmasters'', and Bumblebee in [[Devil's Due Press|Devil's Due]] continuity. Then there's the weird affection shown toward Daniel in "[[The Rebirth, Part 3]]", but most fans won't read too much into it, for their own sanity.
* The extras in "[[Spotlight: Arcee]]" reveal a few alternative color schemes [[Alex Milne]] and [[Simon Furman]] tried to get approved for IDW's version of Arcee, one blue, two red. [[Hasbro]] nixed all three, insisting on Arcee's usual coloration. Apparent reasons given were that "they didn't want her to be like the other female bots[,] so they wanted the pink look" and that "they wanted her different from <nowiki> </nowiki>[[Elita One]] <nowiki></nowiki>".<ref>[http://markerguru.deviantart.com/art/arcee-cover-colors-70762649 Alex Milne's comments on IDW Arcee's colors at deviantART]</ref> As of 2014, new female Autobots have finally been introduced, but it seems unlikely they were part of IDW's planning back then.
* In the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]] Transformers were originally treated as genderless but use 'he/him/his' as the pronouns of choice. Arcee would have existed as a genderless robot prior to Jhiaxus' experiments which gave her a female gender, with the issue being her possessing gender in a genderless society. Later issues not only introduced naturally occurring female Transformers but "[[Onyx Interface Part Three: ONoffON|Onyx Interface Part Three]]" hinted that dual genders were once a natural occurrence on Cybertron. The issues have approached this retcon as being relatively insignificant in terms of Arcee's character development.
* While IDW Arcee was firmly established as an Autobot in ''[[Spotlight: Arcee]]'' - in the opening blurb, in dialogue and in the form of an Autobot [[insignia]] constantly present on her chest (outside of the flashback to her being experimented on) - it is the ''only'' IDW issue to suggest that she was ever a formal Autobot. Starting with ''[[Revelation (IDW)|Revelation]]'' and continuing thereafter, she was depicted without the chest insignia, and ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Second Exodus|issue 18]] appears to retcon matters such that she was never [[Rite of the Autobrand|Autobranded]] at all!

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Arcee''' (アーシー ''Āshī'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Arszi''', '''RC''' (''The Movie'')
*''Italian:'' '''Saturnia''' (''The Headmasters'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Arcee''' (阿尔茜 ''Āěrxī'')
*''Russian:'' '''Arcee''' (Арси ''Arsi'')
*''Spanish:'' '''Silvia''' (America ''The Headmasters'')

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

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Transformers: Battle Tactics

2015-05-15T14:31:16Z

ItsLeo20: Moving some Aerialbots that were event rewards, haven't seen Nacelle in the exclusives section, minor wording tweak

[[File:TransformersBattleTactics logo.png|center|500px]]
{{videogame
|title=''Transformers: Battle Tactics''
|image=TFBattleTactics_LoadingScreen.jpg
|caption=Arcee isn't in the game. [[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game) | Déjà vu?]]
|developer=[[DeNA]]
|publisher=DeNA Corp
|date=[[January 30]], 2015
|platform=Android, iOS
}}

'''''Transformers: Battle Tactics''''' is a multiplayer battle game published by [[DeNA]] for mobile devices. It features over 75 characters designed after toys from different toylines, including [[Transformers: Classics | Classics]], [[Transformers: Generations | Generations]], [[Combiner Wars]] and [[Transformers Collectors' Club | Collectors' Club]] exclusives.

==Gameplay==
Battle Tactics gameplay is similar to other mobile battle games. Players select four Transformers from their purchased characters to form a team. Players can create up to three different teams. Gamers can choose to battle a random computer-controlled team or a random live player; the other choice is to pick from three different computer teams. The "random" mode also changes slightly under two different circumstances:

If an event is being held, it will become the way to earn League Points, but otherwise remains the same.

If a player fills their Experience bar, it will become the Advancement Mode. Players must win three of their next five games to level up. This mode is the only way to level up, because otherwise players would simply choose the throwaway team in the other mode to win easily.

Once the battle begins, the Transformers will randomly get one of their five damage numbers. These numbers change and become special abilities, depending on whether the character is in alternate mode or robot mode. Players also get three Ability Points every round, which allow them to activate powerups, including a re-spin of a character's number and several different air strikes, among others. When the battle begins, one of the two parties is randomly chosen to attack first, unless a Transformer has a first strike special ability active. Each character attacks once per round.
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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
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* [[Cliffjumper (G1) | Cliffjumper]]
* [[Gears (G1) | Gears]]
* [[Junkyard (G1) | Junkheap]]
* [[Scoop (G1) | Scoop]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1) | Bumblebee]]/Goldfire
* [[Hoist (G1) | Hoist]]
* [[Wheeljack (G1) | Wheeljack]]
* [[Joyride (G1) |Joyride]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1) | Optimus Prime]]/Orion Pax
* [[Tailgate (G1) | Tailgate]]
* [[Swerve (G1) | Swerve]]
* [[Ratchet (G1) | Ratchet]]
* [[Powerglide (G1) | Powerglide]]
* [[Kup (G1) | Sergeant Kup]]
* [[Huffer (G1) | Huffer]]
* [[Warpath (G1) | Warpath]]
* [[Cosmos (G1) | Cosmos]]
* [[Windcharger (G1) | Windcharger]]
* [[Blurr (G1) | Blurr]]
* [[Red Alert (G1) | Red Alert]]
* [[Fireflight (G1) | Firefly]]
* [[Alpha Bravo]]
* [[Crosscut (Autobot) | Crosscut]]
* [[Nightbeat (G1) | Nightbeat]]
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* [[Drift (G1) | Drift]]
* [[Side Burn (G1) | Sideburn]]
* [[Sandstorm (G1) | Sandstorm]]
* [[Jazz (G1) | Jazz]]
* [[Skids (G1) | Skids]]
* [[Jetfire (G1) | Jetfire]]
* [[Springer (G1) | Springer]]
* [[Chromedome (G1) | Chromedome]]
* [[Brainstorm]]
* [[Circuit (Movie) | Circuit]]
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1) | Ultra Magnus]]
* [[Arcee (G1) | Arcee]]*
* [[Trailbreaker (G1) | Trailcutter]]

;Exclusives
* [[Roadbuster (G1) | Roadbuster]]
* [[Whirl (G1) | Whirl]]
* [[Rewind (G1) | Rewind]]
* [[Jetfire (G1) | Jetfire II]]
;Event
* [[Air Raid (G1) | Air Raid]]
* [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot) | Skydive]]
* [[Silverbolt (G1) | Silverbolt]]
* [[Jackpot (Animated) | Jackpot]]
* [[Punch (G1) | Punch]]
* [[Groove (G1) | Groove]]
* [[Rook (Generations) | Rook]]
* [[Streetwise (G1) | Streetwise]]
* [[Blades (G1) | Blades]]
* [[Hot Spot (G1) | Hot Spot]]
* [[First Aid (G1) | First Aid]]
;Combiners
* [[Superion (G1) | Superion]]
* [[Defensor (G1) | Defensor]]
{{!}}}

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* [[Acid Storm (G1) | Acid Storm]]
* [[Thundercracker (G1) | Thundercracker]]
* [[Starscream (G1) | Starscream]]
* [[Tankor (BM) | Tankor]]
* [[Blackjack]]
* [[Megatron (G1) | Megatron]]
* [[Viper]]
* [[Dreadwing (G2) | Dreadwing]]
* [[Nemesis Prime (G1) | Nemesis Prime]]
* [[Breakdown (G1) | Breakdown]]
* [[Dirge (G1) | Dirge]]
* [[Thrust (G1) | Thrust]]
* [[Ramjet (G1) | Ramjet]]
* [[Jhiaxus (G2) | Jhiaxus]]
* [[Skullgrin]]
* [[Drag Strip (G1) | Dragstrip]]
* [[Skywarp (G1) | Skywarp]]
* [[Thunderwing (G1) | Thunderwing]]
* [[Scourge (G1)]]
* [[Octane (G1) | Octane]]
* [[Straxus (G1) | Darkmount]]
* [[Doubledealer]]
* [[Cyclonus (G1) | Cyclonus]]
* [[Blitzwing (G1) | Blitzwing]]
* [[Barricade (WFC) | Barricade]]
* [[Megatron (Armada) | Armada Megatron]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Starscream (Armada)|Armada Starscream]]
* [[Krok (G1) | Krok]]
* [[Nacelle (G1) | Nacelle]]
;Exclusives
* [[Runamuck (G1) | Runamuck]]
* [[Astrotrain (G1) | Astrotrain]]
* [[Black Shadow (Victory) | Sky Shadow]]
* [[Sunstorm (G1) | Sunstorm]]
* [[Slipstream (WFC) | Slipstream]]
* [[Scourge (RID)]]
* [[Spinister (G1)| Spinister]]
;Event
* [[Runabout (G1) | Over-Run]]
* [[Offroad]]
* [[Dead End (G1) | Dead End]]
* [[Motormaster (G1) | Motormaster]]
* [[Punch (G1) | Counterpunch]]
* [[Treadshot (G1) | Treadshot]]
* [[Brawl (G1) | Brawl]]
* [[Onslaught (G1) | Onslaught]]
* [[Vortex (G1) | Vortex]]
* [[Swindle (G1) | Swindle]]
* [[Blast Off (G1) | Blast Off]]
* [[Bombshell (G1) | Bombshell]]
* [[Shrapnel (G1) | Skrapnel]]
* [[Kickback (G1) | Kickback]]

;Combiners
* [[Menasor (G1) | Menasor]]
* [[Bruticus (G1) | Bruticus]]
{{!}}}

|h3=[[Maximal]]s|c3=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Optimus Primal | Optimus Primal]]
* [[Cheetor (BW) | Cheetor]]
{{!}}}

|h4=[[Predacon]]s|c4=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Megatron (BW) | Megatron]]
* [[Waspinator (BW) | Waspinator]]
* [[Blackarachnia (BW) | Blackarachnia]]
* [[Tarantulas (BW) | Tarantulas]]
* [[Inferno (BW) | Inferno]]
* [[Scorponok (BW) | Scorponok]]
{{!}}}

|h5=[[Mini-Con]]s|c5=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Windshear]]
* [[Runway (Generations) | Runway]]
* [[Heavytread (Generations) | Heavytread]]
;Combiners
* [[Centuritron]]
{{!}}}
|nonumbering=true
}}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Characters that aren't in the game yet, but appear in promotional material.
 

==Notes==
*The Exclusive version of Skywarp, the one based on his [[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]] figure, is the only character represented by a [[TakaraTomy]] figure rather than its [[Hasbro]] counterpart.

* Unlike the event cores, which are removed 48 hours after the event ends, the Alpha/Beta/Omega and character cores stay when the new monthly character is added.

==External links==
* [http://www.transformersbattletactics.com/ Official Website]

[[Category:Video games]]

Transformers: Battle Tactics

2015-05-14T23:36:07Z

ItsLeo20: Forgot Streetwise.

[[File:TransformersBattleTactics logo.png|center|500px]]
{{videogame
|title=''Transformers: Battle Tactics''
|image=TFBattleTactics_LoadingScreen.jpg
|caption=Arcee isn't in the game. [[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game) | Déjà vu?]]
|developer=[[DeNA]]
|publisher=DeNA Corp
|date=[[January 30]], 2015
|platform=Android, iOS
}}

'''''Transformers: Battle Tactics''''' is a multiplayer battle game published by [[DeNA]] for mobile devices. It features over 75 characters designed after toys from different toylines, including [[Transformers: Classics | Classics]], [[Transformers: Generations | Generations]], [[Combiner Wars]] and [[Transformers Collectors' Club | Collectors' Club]] exclusives.

==Gameplay==
Battle Tactics gameplay is similar to other mobile battle games. Players select four Transformers from their purchased characters to form a team. Players can create up to three different teams. Gamers can choose to battle a random computer-controlled team or a random live player; the other choice is to pick from three different computer teams. The "random" mode also changes slightly under two different circumstances:

If an event is being held, it will become the way to earn League Points, but otherwise remains the same.

If a player fills their Experience bar, it will become the Advancement Mode. Players must win three of their next five games to level up. This mode is the only way to level up, because otherwise players would simply choose the throwaway team in the other mode to win easily.

Once the battle begins, the Transformers will randomly get one of their five damage numbers. These numbers change and become special abilities, depending on whether the character is in alternate mode or robot mode. Players also get three Ability Points every round, which allow them to activate powerups, including a re-spin of a character's number and several different air strikes, among others. When the battle begins, one of the two parties is randomly chosen to attack first, unless a Transformer has a first strike special ability active. Each character attacks once per round.
{{gamestub}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Autobot]]s|c1=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Cliffjumper (G1) | Cliffjumper]]
* [[Gears (G1) | Gears]]
* [[Junkyard (G1) | Junkheap]]
* [[Scoop (G1) | Scoop]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1) | Bumblebee]]/Goldfire
* [[Hoist (G1) | Hoist]]
* [[Wheeljack (G1) | Wheeljack]]
* [[Joyride (G1) |Joyride]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1) | Optimus Prime]]/Orion Pax
* [[Tailgate (G1) | Tailgate]]
* [[Swerve (G1) | Swerve]]
* [[Ratchet (G1) | Ratchet]]
* [[Powerglide (G1) | Powerglide]]
* [[Kup (G1) | Sergeant Kup]]
* [[Huffer (G1) | Huffer]]
* [[Warpath (G1) | Warpath]]
* [[Cosmos (G1) | Cosmos]]
* [[Windcharger (G1) | Windcharger]]
* [[Blurr (G1) | Blurr]]
* [[Red Alert (G1) | Red Alert]]
* [[Fireflight (G1) | Firefly]]
* [[Alpha Bravo]]
* [[Crosscut (Autobot) | Crosscut]]
* [[Nightbeat (G1) | Nightbeat]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Drift (G1) | Drift]]
* [[Side Burn (G1) | Sideburn]]
* [[Sandstorm (G1) | Sandstorm]]
* [[Jazz (G1) | Jazz]]
* [[Skids (G1) | Skids]]
* [[Jetfire (G1) | Jetfire]]
* [[Springer (G1) | Springer]]
* [[Chromedome (G1) | Chromedome]]
* [[Brainstorm]]
* [[Circuit (Movie) | Circuit]]
* [[Air Raid (G1) | Air Raid]]
* [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot) | Skydive]]
* [[Silverbolt (G1) | Silverbolt]]
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1) | Ultra Magnus]]
* [[Arcee (G1) | Arcee]]*
* [[Trailbreaker (G1) | Trailcutter]]

;Exclusives
* [[Roadbuster (G1) | Roadbuster]]
* [[Whirl (G1) | Whirl]]
* [[Rewind (G1) | Rewind]]
* [[Jetfire (G1) | Jetfire II]]
;Event
* [[Jackpot (Animated) | Jackpot]]
* [[Punch (G1) | Punch]]
* [[Groove (G1) | Groove]]
* [[Rook (Generations) | Rook]]
* [[Streetwise (G1) | Streetwise]]
* [[Blades (G1) | Blades]] (coming soon)
* [[Hot Spot (G1) | Hot Spot]] (coming soon)
* [[First Aid (G1) | First Aid]] (coming soon)
;Combiners
* [[Superion (G1) | Superion]]
* [[Defensor (G1) | Defensor]]
{{!}}}

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s|c2=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Acid Storm (G1) | Acid Storm]]
* [[Thundercracker (G1) | Thundercracker]]
* [[Starscream (G1) | Starscream]]
* [[Tankor (BM) | Tankor]]
* [[Blackjack]]
* [[Megatron (G1) | Megatron]]
* [[Viper]]
* [[Dreadwing (G2) | Dreadwing]]
* [[Nemesis Prime (G1) | Nemesis Prime]]
* [[Breakdown (G1) | Breakdown]]
* [[Dirge (G1) | Dirge]]
* [[Thrust (G1) | Thrust]]
* [[Ramjet (G1) | Ramjet]]
* [[Jhiaxus (G2) | Jhiaxus]]
* [[Skullgrin]]
* [[Drag Strip (G1) | Dragstrip]]
* [[Skywarp (G1) | Skywarp]]
* [[Thunderwing (G1) | Thunderwing]]
* [[Scourge (G1)]]
* [[Octane (G1) | Octane]]
* [[Straxus (G1) | Darkmount]]
* [[Doubledealer]]
* [[Cyclonus (G1) | Cyclonus]]
* [[Blitzwing (G1) | Blitzwing]]
* [[Barricade (WFC) | Barricade]]
* [[Megatron (Armada) | Armada Megatron]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Starscream (Armada)|Armada Starscream]]
* [[Krok (G1) | Krok]]

;Exclusives
* [[Runamuck (G1) | Runamuck]]
* [[Astrotrain (G1) | Astrotrain]]
* [[Black Shadow (Victory) | Sky Shadow]]
* [[Sunstorm (G1) | Sunstorm]]
* [[Slipstream (WFC) | Slipstream]]
* [[Scourge (RID)]]
* [[Nacelle (G1) | Nacelle]]
* [[Spinister (G1)| Spinister]]
;Event
* [[Runabout (G1) | Over-Run]]
* [[Offroad]]
* [[Dead End (G1) | Dead End]]
* [[Motormaster (G1) | Motormaster]]
* [[Punch (G1) | Counterpunch]]
* [[Treadshot (G1) | Treadshot]]
* [[Brawl (G1) | Brawl]]
* [[Onslaught (G1) | Onslaught]]
* [[Vortex (G1) | Vortex]]
* [[Swindle (G1) | Swindle]]
* [[Blast Off (G1) | Blast Off]]
* [[Bombshell (G1) | Bombshell]]
* [[Shrapnel (G1) | Skrapnel]]
* [[Kickback (G1) | Kickback]]

;Combiners
* [[Menasor (G1) | Menasor]]
* [[Bruticus (G1) | Bruticus]]
{{!}}}

|h3=[[Maximal]]s|c3=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Optimus Primal | Optimus Primal]]
* [[Cheetor (BW) | Cheetor]]
{{!}}}

|h4=[[Predacon]]s|c4=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Megatron (BW) | Megatron]]
* [[Waspinator (BW) | Waspinator]]
* [[Blackarachnia (BW) | Blackarachnia]]
* [[Tarantulas (BW) | Tarantulas]]
* [[Inferno (BW) | Inferno]]
* [[Scorponok (BW) | Scorponok]]
{{!}}}

|h5=[[Mini-Con]]s|c5=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Windshear]]
* [[Runway (Generations) | Runway]]
* [[Heavytread (Generations) | Heavytread]]
;Combiners
* [[Centuritron]]
{{!}}}
|nonumbering=true
}}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Characters that aren't in the game yet, but appear in promotional material.
 

==Notes==
*The Exclusive version of Skywarp, the one based on his [[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]] figure, is the only character represented by a [[TakaraTomy]] figure rather than its [[Hasbro]] counterpart.

==External links==
* [http://www.transformersbattletactics.com/ Official Website]

[[Category:Video games]]

Transformers: Battle Tactics

2015-05-14T22:56:07Z

ItsLeo20: Protectobots, SPinister, and moving Event characters into their own category

[[File:TransformersBattleTactics logo.png|center|500px]]
{{videogame
|title=''Transformers: Battle Tactics''
|image=TFBattleTactics_LoadingScreen.jpg
|caption=Arcee isn't in the game. [[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game) | Déjà vu?]]
|developer=[[DeNA]]
|publisher=DeNA Corp
|date=[[January 30]], 2015
|platform=Android, iOS
}}

'''''Transformers: Battle Tactics''''' is a multiplayer battle game published by [[DeNA]] for mobile devices. It features over 75 characters designed after toys from different toylines, including [[Transformers: Classics | Classics]], [[Transformers: Generations | Generations]], [[Combiner Wars]] and [[Transformers Collectors' Club | Collectors' Club]] exclusives.

==Gameplay==
Battle Tactics gameplay is similar to other mobile battle games. Players select four Transformers from their purchased characters to form a team. Players can create up to three different teams. Gamers can choose to battle a random computer-controlled team or a random live player; the other choice is to pick from three different computer teams. The "random" mode also changes slightly under two different circumstances:

If an event is being held, it will become the way to earn League Points, but otherwise remains the same.

If a player fills their Experience bar, it will become the Advancement Mode. Players must win three of their next five games to level up. This mode is the only way to level up, because otherwise players would simply choose the throwaway team in the other mode to win easily.

Once the battle begins, the Transformers will randomly get one of their five damage numbers. These numbers change and become special abilities, depending on whether the character is in alternate mode or robot mode. Players also get three Ability Points every round, which allow them to activate powerups, including a re-spin of a character's number and several different air strikes, among others. When the battle begins, one of the two parties is randomly chosen to attack first, unless a Transformer has a first strike special ability active. Each character attacks once per round.
{{gamestub}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Autobot]]s|c1=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Cliffjumper (G1) | Cliffjumper]]
* [[Gears (G1) | Gears]]
* [[Junkyard (G1) | Junkheap]]
* [[Scoop (G1) | Scoop]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1) | Bumblebee]]/Goldfire
* [[Hoist (G1) | Hoist]]
* [[Wheeljack (G1) | Wheeljack]]
* [[Joyride (G1) |Joyride]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1) | Optimus Prime]]/Orion Pax
* [[Tailgate (G1) | Tailgate]]
* [[Swerve (G1) | Swerve]]
* [[Ratchet (G1) | Ratchet]]
* [[Powerglide (G1) | Powerglide]]
* [[Kup (G1) | Sergeant Kup]]
* [[Huffer (G1) | Huffer]]
* [[Warpath (G1) | Warpath]]
* [[Cosmos (G1) | Cosmos]]
* [[Windcharger (G1) | Windcharger]]
* [[Blurr (G1) | Blurr]]
* [[Red Alert (G1) | Red Alert]]
* [[Fireflight (G1) | Firefly]]
* [[Alpha Bravo]]
* [[Crosscut (Autobot) | Crosscut]]
* [[Nightbeat (G1) | Nightbeat]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Drift (G1) | Drift]]
* [[Side Burn (G1) | Sideburn]]
* [[Sandstorm (G1) | Sandstorm]]
* [[Jazz (G1) | Jazz]]
* [[Skids (G1) | Skids]]
* [[Jetfire (G1) | Jetfire]]
* [[Springer (G1) | Springer]]
* [[Chromedome (G1) | Chromedome]]
* [[Brainstorm]]
* [[Circuit (Movie) | Circuit]]
* [[Air Raid (G1) | Air Raid]]
* [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot) | Skydive]]
* [[Silverbolt (G1) | Silverbolt]]
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1) | Ultra Magnus]]
* [[Arcee (G1) | Arcee]]*
* [[Trailbreaker (G1) | Trailcutter]]

;Exclusives
* [[Roadbuster (G1) | Roadbuster]]
* [[Whirl (G1) | Whirl]]
* [[Rewind (G1) | Rewind]]
;Event
* [[Jackpot (Animated) | Jackpot]]
* [[Punch (G1) | Punch]]
* [[Groove (G1) | Groove]]
* [[Blades (G1) | Blades]]
* [[Rook (Generations) | Rook]]
* [[Hot Spot (G1) | Hot Spot]] (coming soon)
* [[First Aid (G1) | First Aid]] (coming soon)
;Combiners
* [[Superion (G1) | Superion]]
* [[Defensor (G1) | Defensor]]
{{!}}}

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s|c2=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Acid Storm (G1) | Acid Storm]]
* [[Thundercracker (G1) | Thundercracker]]
* [[Starscream (G1) | Starscream]]
* [[Tankor (BM) | Tankor]]
* [[Blackjack]]
* [[Megatron (G1) | Megatron]]
* [[Viper]]
* [[Dreadwing (G2) | Dreadwing]]
* [[Nemesis Prime (G1) | Nemesis Prime]]
* [[Breakdown (G1) | Breakdown]]
* [[Dirge (G1) | Dirge]]
* [[Thrust (G1) | Thrust]]
* [[Ramjet (G1) | Ramjet]]
* [[Jhiaxus (G2) | Jhiaxus]]
* [[Skullgrin]]
* [[Drag Strip (G1) | Dragstrip]]
* [[Skywarp (G1) | Skywarp]]
* [[Thunderwing (G1) | Thunderwing]]
* [[Scourge (G1)]]
* [[Octane (G1) | Octane]]
* [[Straxus (G1) | Darkmount]]
* [[Doubledealer]]
* [[Cyclonus (G1) | Cyclonus]]
* [[Blitzwing (G1) | Blitzwing]]
* [[Barricade (WFC) | Barricade]]
* [[Megatron (Armada) | Armada Megatron]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Starscream (Armada)|Armada Starscream]]
* [[Krok (G1) | Krok]]

;Exclusives
* [[Runamuck (G1) | Runamuck]]
* [[Astrotrain (G1) | Astrotrain]]
* [[Black Shadow (Victory) | Sky Shadow]]
* [[Sunstorm (G1) | Sunstorm]]
* [[Slipstream (WFC) | Slipstream]]
* [[Scourge (RID)]]
* [[Nacelle (G1) | Nacelle]]
* [[Runabout (G1) | Over-Run]]
* [[Spinister (G1)| Spinister]]
;Event
* [[Offroad]]
* [[Dead End (G1) | Dead End]]
* [[Motormaster (G1) | Motormaster]]
* [[Punch (G1) | Counterpunch]]
* [[Treadshot (G1) | Treadshot]]
* [[Brawl (G1) | Brawl]]
* [[Onslaught (G1) | Onslaught]]
* [[Vortex (G1) | Vortex]]
* [[Swindle (G1) | Swindle]]
* [[Blast Off (G1) | Blast Off]]
* [[Bombshell (G1) | Bombshell]]
* [[Shrapnel (G1) | Skrapnel]]
* [[Kickback (G1) | Kickback]]

;Combiners
* [[Menasor (G1) | Menasor]]
* [[Bruticus (G1) | Bruticus]]
{{!}}}

|h3=[[Maximal]]s|c3=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Optimus Primal | Optimus Primal]]
* [[Cheetor (BW) | Cheetor]]
{{!}}}

|h4=[[Predacon]]s|c4=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Megatron (BW) | Megatron]]
* [[Waspinator (BW) | Waspinator]]
* [[Blackarachnia (BW) | Blackarachnia]]
* [[Tarantulas (BW) | Tarantulas]]
* [[Inferno (BW) | Inferno]]
* [[Scorponok (BW) | Scorponok]]
{{!}}}

|h5=[[Mini-Con]]s|c5=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Windshear]]
* [[Runway (Generations) | Runway]]
* [[Heavytread (Generations) | Heavytread]]
;Combiners
* [[Centuritron]]
{{!}}}
|nonumbering=true
}}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Characters that aren't in the game yet, but appear in promotional material.
 

==Notes==
*The Exclusive version of Skywarp, the one based on his [[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]] figure, is the only character represented by a [[TakaraTomy]] figure rather than its [[Hasbro]] counterpart.

==External links==
* [http://www.transformersbattletactics.com/ Official Website]

[[Category:Video games]]

Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)

2015-05-12T20:39:31Z

ItsLeo20: Stella will be playable in a new update

{{Nav-ABTF}}
{{videogame
|title=''Angry Birds Transformers''
|image=Angry birds transformers.jpg
|caption=It's happening.
|developer=[[Rovio]]
|publisher=Rovio Mobile
|date=October 15, 2014 (iOS) October 30, 2014 (Android)
|platforms=Apple iOS 7+ (iPad, iPhone) Android
|ratings=
}}
'''''Angry Birds Transformers''''' is a mobile app for both iPhone and Android platforms developed and published by [[Rovio]]. It is a themed version of the developer's mega-popular mobile game ''[[Wikipedia:Angry Birds|Angry Birds]]''.

==Synopsis==
The [[Allspark Egg]] has landed on [[Piggy Island]], transforming its dueling inhabitants and giving them bodies and powers based on the Transformers: the birds of the Flock become [[Autobird]]s and the Bad Piggies the [[Deceptihog]]s. The two sides briefly continue their struggle with these new powers until they are both threatened by another transformed group, the [[Eggbot (AB)|Eggbot]]s, who seek to transform all of Piggy Island into metal, backed by countless robotized [[Minion Pig]]s.

Most of the Autobirds and all of the Deceptihogs are captured leaving only [[Red (AB)|Red]] (who has the powers of [[Optimus Prime (disambiguation)|Optimus Prime]]) and [[Chuck (AB)|Chuck]] (with the powers of [[Bumblebee (disambiguation)|Bumblebee]]) free. The two head out to free the Autobirds ''and'' Deceptihogs, because only by joining forces can they restore Piggy Island to normal!

==Gameplay==
The game is a deviation from the normal ''Angry Birds'' formula, but the core goal, toppling block towers to pop the Bad Piggies on them, is the same.

Once you select an available stage from the map of Piggie Island, your chosen character runs along the foreground at a set speed, as block towers scroll by in the background. By tapping the screen, your character takes aim and fires their weapon. The trick is to quickly determine which blocks in the structure are best to destroy/shove to cause a domino effect, toppling them and popping the Piggies by dropping blocks on them or making them fall far enough. (Remember, weaker blocks are not always the best target!)

Block types include:
:*'''Glass (or Ice, according to other sources) Blocks''': Very weak, easily shattered
:*'''Wood Blocks''': Fairly sturdy but not hard to break
:*'''Stone Blocks''': Very durable, better for pushing than breaking
:*'''TNT Blocks''': Easily-broken red crates that explode with a considerable radius, sending blocks flying
:*'''Coin Blocks''': Golden blocks that spit out Coins with every hit. Pretty dang sturdy, but if you destroy them, you earned a lot of coins.

Most areas also have random destructible elements that can be blasted. The more destruction you cause, the more Coins you get to buy upgrades and explore new areas. Each level has a set length; you do not have to pop every Piggie to pass, merely survive to the end.

"Survive"? Yeah. Some Piggies are weaponized and will begin to attack shortly after appearing on-screen, even before you can retaliate. Thus, popping these Piggies (or at least upending them to throw off their aim) quickly becomes essential. You can also try to escape attacks and falling giant stone statues by transforming to vehicle mode. This speeds you along a bit, but removes your ability to attack, plus you can only maintain vehicle mode for a limited time. Attacking automatically transforms you back to robot mode. There are other obstacles that can decrease a character's health bar; lose all your life and the character is taken out of the game for a time, but they will eventually return. While you will not earn Piggie points for the level, you do keep any Coins you collected. Health does not restore between levels, so if a character is low you must spend Coins to repair them, which also takes them out of the game for a while, but not as long as defeat does. This time-out is in real-time, even when the game is off, but you can spend earned Gems or scan a figure with a [[Telepod]] to make the repairs instantaneous.

Cleared stages will slowly earn Coins over real-time. Tapping on the Coins on the map adds them to your bank. After a set point they will not accrue anymore. This threshold is about four hours of real time, yielding 400 coins per freed area. There are also randomly spawning treasure chests on the map, tap them to earn various amounts of Gems. However, roaming Eggbots will re-cyberform cleared stages, which removes their Coin bonuses. You can see which stages they are working on, how long the cyberforming process will take, and even speed up their work (at the cost of Gems). This too goes on in real-time. Once a stage is re-cyberformed, it can be played again. A good idea is to tap to see who's up at bat next. Note that merely peeking to see which character is next will not automatically charge you gems, you still have a choice to intercept now or not.

===Character choices===
Every stage has a pre-set character you control, based on who you've rescued so far. Every character has a different style of attack, movement speed, and armor rating, as well as an unlockable ability (which must be fueled first by blasting a cyberformed piece of scenery to return it to normal, which is not always as easy as it sounds). Working out the strengths and weaknesses of each character is key to high scores, and in some cases simple survival. (See each characters' individual page for a breakdown of their abilities.) Note that there are only three abilities in the game, though, and each character has only one. A shield (which is sponsored by StateFarm on the phone version but not the tablet version), a short range electromagnetic pulse that can stun pigs or bring down missiles and mortar towers, and an energon airstrike, or technically a carpet bombing run performed by Skywarp. Each ability can be upgraded through the character upgrades at different levels, and get stronger for each tier, but you must destroy a corresponding number of cyberformed terrain. 3 cyberformed bits means 3 cubes means a fully charged ability, but it can also be used with only one cube.

New characters can be added to your roster in two different ways. In-game, each character is held captive in a block of ice, and you must "spend" a specific number of popped Piggies to break them out. You then have to play a short level with that character, and if they make it to the end, they're yours to keep. If not, they are re-frozen, but thankfully you can try again without having to spend all those hard-earned Piggy points again.

Out-of-game, this is where you spend actual-factual money, on the [[Angry Birds Transformers (toyline)|tie-in toys]]. By placing one of the figures on a [[Telepod]] and placing ''that'' on your device's camera lens, the game reads the code on the figure and inserts it into the game for a limited amount of time (roughly 6 hours). Some variant characters can only be obtained via Telepod. While the characters unlocked this way are only available temporarily until unlocked via Piggie points, there is no limit on how often you can scan the figure, plus any upgrade progress is saved. You can also use this method to power-up already-unlocked characters before a stage or speed up their repairs without spending Gems; again there is no limit to the number of times you can scan (but the effects will not stack).

Every character can be upgraded multiple times by spending Coins, which (of course) takes them out of play for a while. Each upgrade is pre-set, increasing attack strength, armor strength, or vehicle mode duration. At certain levels, new abilities are unlocked. You can spend much-rarer Gems to make the upgrade happen instantly; the closer the upgrades are to complete, the less Gems you need to spend. Upgrading characters is ''vital'' as the levels get harder and harder, not to mention in the phone version you can only unlock new areas with an overall player level, which is raised by upgrading your characters. This isn't the case in the tablet version where you can spend Gold Coins to unlock new areas. You can only have one character undergoing upgrades at a time, though, which tempts you to spend those Gems...

Soon you get the option to have a second character on standby, who you can call in and have the computer control for a brief period. They enter the stage in slow motion with a massive shockwave that does heavy damage to most everything on-screen. However, there's a limit to when you are able to call in a partner; once you see [[Astrotrain]] fly overhead, your partner's no longer available. On the other hand, the stage is close to over! But if your partner is ''already'' out when you hit that checkpoint, then they will stay active until the very end of the level, nice for really piling on the destruction.

You get to see your partner before you start the stage, and if you don't like that character choice, you can change it by spending some Coins. Partners are either randomly generated, or pulled from the character rosters of your friends if you've connected to the game via Facebook or Google+ or iTunes or whatever the social network stuff the kids are into these days is. If you called on them in the level, you can "thank" them afterward. Doing so gives the other player a nominal reward (either a Gem or 25 Coins), while not thanking them simply tells the other player that while you're grateful for the firepower assist, you don't think they deserve any actual compensation. You jerk. However this seems to be only for your friends if you use the social network support. When you don't have friends or don't believe in social media, you get random users to help, and if people use your characters and you're not friends with them via social network you don't get any rewards if they thank you.

===Ads and upsells===
It's a free game, so how does Rovio make its money? By copious amounts of ads (largely for other games) and by enticing you to spend real currency on in-game currency.

The ads can actually have a gameplay effect, in a disturbingly clever move. After completing a stage, you are given the option to watch a short video ad; doing so doubles your end-of-stage rewards. When chosing a partner for a stage, you will also get a prompt to watch an ad; doing so gives your partner a one-stage stat boost and ups the amount of time they can stay in-play. However, you can only watch so many ads within a set amount of time, so choose which bonuses you go for wisely. And of course, sometimes ads will just pop up anyway.

Spending real monies allows you to buy large numbers of Gems, which are used to speed up character upgrades, repairs, and re-opening stages. Given that those can take from minutes or literal hours to over a day to finish, leaving you with no stages available to play til the required characters are back in commission, it gets tempting to drop some coin of the real variety.

Of course, you can get the same repair/upgrade speed-up effects with a Telepod-activated figure... which also costs real monies. And Rovio doesn't believe in cloud saves, so depending on who you ask, this means that, according to many reviewers, if you have to do a wipe or ever lose your files for some reason, you can lose all your progress. People have gotten their characters leveled up to the max. Which costs hundreds of thousands of gold coins or thousands of gems (read: lots and lots of grinding or real monies) only for it to be all for nought. If at all possible, play this on a device you don't need to use daily. That way you can also alter the devices time to make the upgrades go faster, although if you go too far or revert to current time, an error message saying something along the lines of "Error! Time travel detected! Your characters have suffered." and you'll be slapped on the wrist by getting them downgraded in relation to how far away from real time you were.

== Featured characters ==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Autobird]]s
|c1=
* [[Red (AB)|Red]] as Optimus Prime
**Regular
**Energon
**Ultimate
* [[Chuck (AB)|Chuck]] as Bumblebee
**Regular
**High-Octane
* [[Hal]] as Grimlock
**Grey Slam
**Energon
**Goldbite
* [[Terence (AB)|Terence]] as Heatwave
* Red as Ultra Magnus
* Terence as Sentinel Prime
* [[Bubbles]] as Jazz
*[[Stella]] as Arcee
|h2=[[Deceptihog]]s
|c2=
* [[King Pig]] as Megatron
**Dark
**Ultimate
* [[Corporal Pig]] as Galvatron
**Regular
**Energon
* [[Chef Pig]] as Soundwave
**Regular
**Energon
* [[Moustache Pig]] as Lockdown
**Regular
**Energon
* [[Minion Pig]] as Starscream
**Energon
* Minion Pig as Thundercracker
* King Pig as Bludgeon
* Chef Pig as Soundblaster
* King Pig as Brawl
;Non-playable
* Minion Pig as Skywarp
* [[Astrotrain (AB)|Astrotrain]]
|nonumbering=true
}}

Energon characters take a bit more damage from attacks than their non-Energon counterparts (and non-Energon characters in general), but they are the only ones who can heal using Energon Cubes; receiving one adds back parts of a heart AND fills up the meter for the Energon weapon. The Ultimate characters (Ultimate Prime and Megatron, along with High Octane Bumblebee and Goldbite Grimlock) get an automatic 2x bonus to their coins at the end of the match, but if they die the player doesn't get anything.

==Notes==
*For reasons unknown, Energon Galvatron is the only playable character without a corresponding [[Angry Birds Transformers (toyline)|''Telepods'' toy]].
===References===
This game is loaded with tiny jokes and references to Transformers lore.

* The character designs pull from a broad mix of generations. While (obviously) [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] gets the most representation, there are also elements from the [[Live-action film series|live-action movies]], ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (franchise)| Rescue Bots]]'' and ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)| War for Cybertron]]''. (See individual character pages for the rundown on each.)
*The initial loading screen has numerous nods to more specific (and occasionally obscure) bits of Transformers lore:
{{collist|3|
:*"[[Mechanical_Difficulties!|Crowning Grimlock]]"
:*"Rhyming with [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]"
:*"[[Target: 2006|Targeting 2006]]"
:*"Seeing if we've got [[The Touch]]"
:*"[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2|Dueling on dams]]"
:*"Rebuilding [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]]"
:*"[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|Hailing Megatron]]"
:*"Pouring water on [[scraplet]]s"
:*"Practicing [[Metallikato]]"
:*"Crashing the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]"
:*"Rebooting [[Teletraan (disambiguation)|Teletraan 1]]"
:*"Spying on [[Soundwave (disambiguation)|Soundwave]]"
:*"Having a taste of our own electro-medicine"
:*"[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 1|Satisfying logic circuits]]"
:*"[[Atlantis, Arise!|Enjoying hospitality]] of [[Sub-Atlantica]]"
:*"[[Day of the Machines|Detecting a rat named Megatron]]"
:*"[[Return of the Dino Bot|Thanking the Eggspark for hot, brown water]]"
}}
* The music for the game was composed by [[Vince DiCola]], who did the score for ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
* The building for friend activity resembles [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s city mode.
* Each character has one or two unique wearable accessories, many of which are based on wider ''Transformers'' lore:
{{collist|2|
:*Optimus Prime: [[Live-action film series|movie]] [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s [[Dual Energon Swords|Energon Sword]] (later removed in an update), [[Hi-Q]] Powermaster engine, the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|''Transformers Animated'']] [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]'s Wingblade jetpack.
:*Bumblebee: ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (franchise)|Rescue Bots]]'' [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'s ''Energize'' jackhammer tool.
:*Soundwave: [[Laserbeak (AB)|Laserbeak]].
:*Bludgeon: [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s tank-turret gun.
:*Heatwave: ''Rescue Bots'' [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]]'s ''Energize'' fire axe.
:*Lockdown: ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]]'' [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]]'s hook and head-gun (the latter of which was removed in an update).
:*Ultra Magnus: Generation 1 [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s shoulder-mounted rocket launcher and a red and blue-colored [[Wheelie (AB)|Wheelie]] riding on his head.
:*Galvatron: ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]]'s sword.
:*Soundblaster: A [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|"Deceptihogs" cassette tape]] vaguely emulating Generation 1 [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#SoundblasterG1|Soundblaster]]'s toy's dual cassette capacity, and [[Ravage (AB)|Ravage]].
:*Sentinel Prime: ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]'s shield and [[Primax Blade|Primax Blade]].
:*Thundercracker: ''[[Arms Micron]]'' [[Balo]] in shield mode and boob-mounted "missile pods".
:*Jazz: ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]]'s grappling hook and ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers (2010)]]'' [[Reveal the Shield|Reveal the Shield]] Jazz's speakers.
:*Brawl: Generation 1 [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]'s twin [[sonic cannon]] and one of movie [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]]'s missile pods (specifically based on his [[Fast Action Battlers]] toy, of all things).
:*Grey Slam Grimlock: Generation 1 [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s [[Dinobot Crown of Leadership|crown]] and [[Energo weapon|Energo-sword]].
:*Energon Starscream: Generation 1 [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s crown from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
:*Energon Soundwave: [[Ratbat (AB)|Ratbat]].
:*Energon Grimlock: Generation One Grimlock's intelligence transfer helmet and Energo-sword.
:*Energon Lockdown: An [[Energon cube]] and ''Age of Extinction'' Lockdown's shoulder missiles.
:*Energon Galvatron: A miniature [[Unicron]] and ''Age of Extinction'' [[Galvatron (AOE)|Galvatron]]'s chest hole.
:*Energon Optimus Prime: the "Eggspark", Generation One [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s [[Energon-axe]], and ''Transformers Animated'' Optimus Prime's Wingblade jetpack.
:*Ultimate Megatron: Generation 1 [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s [[Energon mace]].
:*Ultimate Optimus Prime: [[Powermaster]] Optimus Prime's shoulder cannons.
:*Goldbite Grimlock: [[Wheelie (AB)|Wheelie]] riding on his back.
:*Dark Megatron: "Deceptihogs" chest emblem.

}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.cnet.com/news/angry-birds-transformers-takes-wing-as-new-app-and-toys/ Angry Birds Transformers takes wing as new app and toys]
* [http://transformers.angrybirds.com/ Official Website]

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Bombshell (G1)

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:''Bombshell is a [[Decepticon]] [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:GenesisBombshell.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Not a hot blonde like the name implies.]]
A master of mind-controlling "[[cerebro-shell]]s", the twisted '''Bombshell''' plays with the minds of others as a child would a new toy, enthusiastically and recklessly. But there is nothing childlike about the gleeful malice he exposes in forcing his victims into more and more humiliating and destructive acts. Bombshell takes such sadistic joy in the destruction of his victims that even the other Decepticons can be put off, wondering if he wouldn't be just as pleased to play those same "games" with them...

His [[Action Master partner]] is [[Needler (G1)|Needler]]. He is sometimes known as '''Hardshell'''.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Michael Bell]] (English), [[Ken Shiroyama]] (Japanese)|[[Edgar Wald]] (American Spanish), [[Gianluca Crisafi]] (Italian, second dub)}}
[[File:G1 PlagueofInsecticons Bombshell blast.jpg|left|upright=0.95|thumb|Whoa, that usually doesn't happen to me, I swear.]]
Bombshell and the rest of the Insecticons jettisoned themselves out the [[Nemesis (G1)|Decepticon cruiser]] when it and the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot ship]] crashed on [[Earth|Prehistoric Earth]]. Landing in what would become modern [[Bali]] off of [[Indonesia]], the Insecticons were altered by their [[idento-computer]]s to possess insectoid [[beast mode]]s, and had the ability to convert organic matter into [[energon]]. The Insecticons were largely communal in nature, though Bombshell often alternated leadership with [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] ([[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] was out of luck).

Reactivating around the same time as those aboard the Ark, the Insecticons formed a small nest for themselves in [[Demon Swamp]] before being tracked down by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and the Decepticons. They formed an alliance for the purpose of collecting energon and vanquishing the Autobots. In their first encounter with the enemy, Bombshell demonstrated one of the most unique of the trio's abilities—after firing an "insecti-shell" at a farming machine to blow it into pieces, he and the other Insecticons used "clone beams" to somehow convert those fragments of metal into [[Insecticon clone|duplicates of the Insecticons]] in their insect modes, a virtual swarm of Insecticlones created nearly out of thin air.

The initial alliance between Decepticons and Insecticons broke down after the greedy insects attempted to gorge themselves on the cache of energon cubes Megatron had created, and then abandoned the Decepticons to the Autobots. After that, the two groups operated independently, only joining forces as a matter on convenience on rare occasions. {{storylink|A Plague of Insecticons}}

[[File:G1 Traitor Bombshell captures Mirage.jpg|upright=0.95|thumb|Bombshell approaching with something long and pointy. Mirage's exhaust port was sore for a month after they did this scene.]]
Bombshell and the Insecticons next hired out their services to Megatron during his experimentation with the [[electro-cell]]s as on-call guards, in exchange for a share of the profits. The Autobot [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] attempted to turn them against each other, however, by stealing the Insecticons' reward and framing the Decepticons for it. Bombshell and the others staged an assault on the electro cell station and their Decepticon "comrades". During a spray of one of Shrapnel's grenades, Mirage was inadvertently caught in the blast while invisible. Bombshell seized upon the opportunity to implant one of his cerebro-shells in the fallen Autobot and turn him into a slave. What he DIDN'T do, however, is question what an Autobot counter-intelligence agent was doing sneaking around Decepticon camp just then. Megatron had to force Bombshell to think at gunpoint before he realized that Megatron wouldn't rob them while [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the Autobots still lived. Maybe after, but not before. The united Decepticons then attempted to set a trap for the Autobots using Mirage, but ultimately Mirage was set free and the electro-cells were destroyed. {{storylink|Traitor}}

[[File:G1 EntertheNightbird Bombshell Nightbird.jpg|left|upright=0.95|thumb|Bombshell copping a feel on Nightbird. It must get lonely with all the fembots being Autobots.]]
Next, Bombshell's aid was commissioned to upgrade the human-built female ninja robot known as [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]] for Megatron, converting her into a functional assassin. His engineering skills shown here were rather remarkable for someone with no table manners. {{storylink|Enter the Nightbird}}

On their next joint venture, Megatron arranged for Bombshell and the Insecticons to have access to the [[Nova Power Core]], a meal that filled them with raw energy and caused them to increase in size dramatically. In exchange, they aided the Decepticons in raiding the armored installation known as [[Iron Mountain]] to gain control of the defense computer being housed there. Their new power went to their heads, however, and the Insecticons were overheard plotting against Megatron by his spy [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]]. Soundwave didn't get far, however, before Bombshell captured the Decepticon and turned him with the help of a cerebro-shell.

[[File:G1 InsecticonSyndrome Bombshell Soundwave.jpg|upright=0.95|thumb|A communications officer with a stethoscope...and he didn't hear THAT!?!?]]
He then systematically "bugged" the rest of Megatron's troops; by the time Iron Mountain was successfully infiltrated, Megatron was the only Decepticon left. The nova power proved to be too unstable for the Insecticons to synthesize, however, and an antidote was administered to rob Bombshell and Kickback of their additional mass and power. Shrapnel, however, exploded into pieces before the antidote could be properly administered. Somehow, though, Bombshell was able to completely reconstruct his fallen comrade in a matter of seconds, using a special insecti-shell to reunify the pieces. {{storylink|The Insecticon Syndrome}}

[[File:G1 QuestforSurvival Bombshell Kickback.jpg|left|upright=0.95|thumb|Seriously, tell me what isn't wrong with this picture.]]
In another scheme, Megatron convinced the Insecticons that he had a new energon processing system that could draw power from their organic-conversion process far more efficiently than their bodies normally could. The Insecticons would gather vast amounts of power through their clone armies, and then return to Decepticon headquarters to refine their amassed energies into energon cubes. Little did they know that the refinement process was far more effective than Megatron presented—Bombshell and the others were given scraps while dozens of cubes were being produced by their efforts. They slowly began to wise up to Megatron's duplicity and, when his henchman [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] attempted to warn them away from a certain valley, the Insecticons took it as a sign there was something valuable there. In fact there was: a can of [[robotic insecticide]] the Autobots had planned to use against the Insecticlones, and an ever-growing number of [[Morphobot]]s, techno-organic plants that fed on robot insects. Bombshell and the Insecticons attempted to feed on the plants, only to have their food "bite back" and their entire clone army destroyed in a matter of minutes. {{storylink|Quest for Survival}}

During the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]' attempt at destroying Earth by sending it into the sun, the Insecticons were seen in large numbers again and were responsible for taking apart the [[space bridge|Space Bridge]] controls. They would later be tracked by the combined Autobots and Decepticons after which they relinquished the controls. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

Bombshell would ultimately be mortally wounded during the battle of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] and was ejected alongside many other fallen Decepticon warriors (Megatron included), into deep space, where [[Unicron]] reformatted him into [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] or [[Cyclonus's Armada|the other guy]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

Either he got better or that was an identical clone, because all three Insecticons, along with the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] and [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]], were later seen on Earth trying to stop [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], [[Marissa Faireborn]] and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] from delivering the [[Transformation cog]] to [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. They were trampled by Sky Lynx. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}}}

====Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga=====
Bombshell along with the other Insecticons took part in an attack on Kyushu that attracted the attention of the Autobots. The [[4-Wheel-Drive Brigade]] responded, but the attack turned out to be an ambush as the Insecticons trapped the Autobots in a volcanic crater. Luckily, the 4-Wheel-Drive brigade was able to "combine" and perform the fearsome "4-Wheel-Drive Robo Combination Scrumbuster" attack. The blast of energy was so powerful that it sent the Insecticons fleeing in terror. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 3|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #3}}

=====''Story of Binaltech''=====
Bombshell's cerebro-shell technology was combined with [[Doctor Arkeville]]'s [[hypno-chip]] to create a new form of brainwashing. Using this technique, Starscream's Decepticons and their human allies the [[Concurrence]] infiltrated the Binaltech Project to steal the advanced bodies planned for the Autobots for themselves. {{storylink|Arise! Evil Binaltechs}}

====''Mars Attacks: The Transformers''====
[[File:Mars attacks the insecticons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left]]
The three Insecticons were among Decepticon forces who formed an alliance with the Autobots during a [[Martian]] invasion. They saved [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] from some of the Martians' giant ants. {{storylink|Mars Attacks: The Transformers}}
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Straxusholdscourt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Bombshell was first seen as a soldier on Cybertron, operating out of [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] under the command of Lord [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}} ''Bombshell was one of the Decepticon warriors targeted for termination by the [[Wrecker]]s in [[Operation: Volcano]]. A last minute change in orders prevented Bombshell and his cronies from walking into the Autobot trap, though.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}} After Straxus began an alliance with [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and the Decepticons of Earth, Bombshell was transported to our solar system by way of the [[space bridge]]. He, Kickback, and Shrapnel were then reformatted into the Insecticons, and granted impressive [[Size changing|mass shifting]] powers that enabled them to shrink down to the size of actual insects when transforming.

[[File:Bombshell marvel-21.jpg|upright=0.95|thumb|left|All he's missing is a leather halter top and a whip.]]
The Insecticons' first mission on Earth was to set up a conduit between Cybertron and Hoover Dam, stealing the hydro-electrical power. Bombshell tracked down the assistant chief engineer, [[Ricky Vasquez]], and implanted him with a cerebro-shell so that the Decepticons could infiltrate the plant clandestinely. With Megatron and the Insecticons riding shotgun, Vasquez snuck them into the control room where Shrapnel was able to take electronic control of the dam. Vasquez eventually managed to reassert his free will however and, with the interference of the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], the Decepticon operation proved ineffective. {{storylink|Aerialbots over America!}}

Still, Bombshell took advantage of the opportunity to infiltrate the Ark by riding atop Silverbolt back to the Autobot base. While inside, he seized a chance to fire one of his cerebro-shell inside [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] during a medical exam where Ratchet was cleaning a recent wound. He was unable to actually control Prime, but managed something almost as good—by piping in a radio connection to Megatron through Soundwave, Bombshell's implant was able to divert some of the Creation Matrix to the Decepticons, bringing life to the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] just as Prime was finalizing the life-sparks of the Aerialbots. Bombshell's implant was eventually discovered, but the damage was done. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}}

''Just before [[Christmas]] [[1986]], Bombshell accompanied [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] in a raid on a [[Blackrock Enterprises|Blackrock]] [[Blackrock's chemical plant|chemical plant]] as [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] were taking delivery of a consignment of [[Transformer fuel|fuel]]. Though Bombshell managed to incapacitate Jazz easily, Thrust did not do such a good job with Jetfire as the Autobot quickly recovered and shot Bombshell down. Only the threat of an impending explosion allowed the Decepticons to retreat.'' {{storylink|The Gift}}

{{GIJoeTransformersfiction}}
[[File:Bomshell marvel-41.jpg|upright=0.95|thumb|Bombshell learns that you don't have to be in the background to be block-colored by Nel Yomtov.]]
Later, Megatron commissioned Bombshell and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] to take control of the human creation known as [[Power Station Alpha]]. Sighting [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] casing the installation, Bombshell blasted a human boy with a cerebro-shell as a distraction, sending him off into danger while the Decepticon infiltrated Alpha and placed a specially-modified shell inside. {{storylink|Blood on the Tracks}} Things were too hot to retrieve it then, with the [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] team taking hostile action against Bumblebee and then being confronted themselves by [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], but later that night the remote control was triggered and Power Station Alpha sprung to life. Surprisingly for the Decepticons, though, it did NOT come to their base as programmed—[[Doctor Mindbender]] of [[Cobra]] was able to lock onto the electronic frequency of Bombshell's shell and bring Alpha to [[Cobra Island]] instead. Dirge and Bombshell were therefore forced into the position of emissaries for the Decepticon cause, proposing an alliance between them and Cobra in order to share Power Station Alpha's potential. {{storylink|Power Struggle}} While Mindbender was acting as Cobra's "ambassador", he uncovered the severity of their plans for Alpha, and the devastating effect it would have on the Earth. Once Cobra switched sides and joined in an alliance with the Joes and the Autobots, Mindbender was deemed "surplus parts" and Bombshell attempted to execute him. Instead, the Insecticon was disabled by a blast from one of the [[Baroness]]'s cannon weapons. As the two Cobra agents left to join [[Serpentor]] in conference with their new "friends", Mindbender scooped up the unconscious Bombshell (who had reverted to his tiny insect mode) in the hopes of dissecting his circuitry later. Only after arriving at the Joe base did they discover the connection between Bombshell and his cerebro-shells, as the Joe technical expert [[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]] prodded the shell which had been surgically retrieved from the boy Bombshell blasted days earlier, causing the still-inactive Insecticon to spontaneously transform out of his own control. {{storylink|...All Fall Down!}}

How Bombshell eventually regained control of his systems and returned to the Decepticons is unknown, but he did and was later seen participating in a raid on an [[oil tanker]]. He used his cerebro-shells to quickly locate the vessel's control room. Unfortunately, the tanker turned out to be dry.{{storylink|Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom}} When Decepticon leadership eventually passed to [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], Bombshell was seen among his troops. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

=====Earthforce=====
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[[File:Earthforce insecticons.jpg|upright=0.95|thumb|Dinner and a show, huh?]]
Bombshell and the Insecticons were allied with Megatron during the [[Decepticon Civil War]] against Shockwave. He attended the [[Enclave]] held by the two factions, but it didn't go well and Bombshell was later seen among the massive melee between the Decepticon armies. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}} Bombshell and the Insecticons were later tasked by Megatron to infiltrate Shockwave's base and spy on his war room to gain secret intelligence. Bombshell had tapped into the room with a listening prong right before [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] arrived, and caught the tiny intruders with a [[rustbug hoop]]. Forced to submit, the Insecticons were surprised that Starscream wasn't going to torture or kill them: instead, he offered them a juicy bit of gossip that Shockwave would be off alone on a mission soon. Bombshell realized that Starscream was setting his leader up for a fall, arranging for both Megatron and Shockwave to be disposed of in one felt swoop. He seemed okay with it. {{storylink|Bugged!}}

Sure enough, Megatron and Shockwave were soon excommunicated from their respective armies, and the Decepticons united under the command of Starscream and [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]. Bombshell was present at the united Decepticons' first major military action, an attack on Autobot Earthbase. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}} Soon, however, he turned his talents to less overt and more deceitful activities. At his leaders' request, Bombshell implanted the mighty warrior [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] with one of his cerebro-shells, turning the giant against the human populace in order to smear the Autobots' image. A human reporter named [[Irwin Spoon (G1)|Irwin Spoon]] managed to get inside Superion at the Autobots' request, however, and remove the shell before any permanent damage was done. {{storylink|Inside Story!}} Bombshell's follow-up surveillance revealed that the Autobots had offered the reporter an exclusive interview in exchange for his assistance. Such a positive "puff-piece" would go a long way towards improving the Autobots' image among the humans, and could not be allowed by the Decepticons. So, Soundwave and Starscream arranged for the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] to kidnap Spoon. {{storylink|Front Line! (issue)|Front Line!}} Trapping him inside [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]]'s cabin, the Stunticons led the Autobots on a merry chase through the highways until they finally forced Motormaster off the road and recovered Spoon. The damage had been done, however; unknown to the Autobots, Bombshell had been hiding inside Motormaster's cab, and implanted the reporter with a cerebro-shell before losing custody of the human. Irwin Spoon therefore wrote exactly the piece the Decepticons wanted, painting the Autobots as evil kidnappers set to destroy mankind. {{storylink|End of the Road! (UK)|End of the Road!}}

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===Kid Stuff Talking Story Books===
Bombshell and the rest of the Insecticons had enslaved the people of the island of [[Buru]] when the Decepticons had discovered that within the island was a plentiful supply of oil. He and the other Insecticons were eventually beaten back by the Dinobots. {{storylink|Slaves of the Insecticons}}
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===Marvel coloring books===
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===''Big Looker'' storybooks===

Megatron's plan to steal an oil truck involved Bombshell using cerebro-shells on the drivers. However, the Autobots interrupted the plan, foiling the theft. {{storylink|Decepticon Hijack}}

[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] and Bombshell were looking for a way to gain favor with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] when they came across [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]], the Autobots' architect. Bombshell infected him with a cerebro-shell to use the Autobots for his own evil deeds. After the mind-controlled Grapple chased off his friend [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]], Bombshell brought his new toy back to Megatron. When the Autobots attacked Decepticon headquarters to get Grapple back, the diminutive Bombshell was too frazzled by the explosions to keep focus on Grapple, and the Autobots managed to rescue him. {{storylink|Insecticon Attack!}}
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===Listen 'n Play audiobooks continuity===
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Bombshell aided Starscream in enacting Megatron's plan to abduct humans for ransom. When they reached [[Phoenix International]], they found the airport deserted, so instead went to check on the already-obtained hostages. Unfortunately the Autobots had found the warehouse already and liberated the prisoners, so Starscream's squad instead found an Autobot welcoming committee. With Starscream unable to transform and Bombshell injured, the Decepticons retreated. {{storylink|Sun Raid (Listen 'n Play)}}

===''The Transformers'' Adventure Game Books===
====Peril from the Stars====
{{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.}}
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Bombshell was recruited by Starscream, behind the backs of the other Decepticons, to help him capture the [[Los Palmos observatory]] and its staff [[Jack Richards|Jack]] and [[Sue Richards]] in order to track a weapons pod that had been launched from Cybertron. After implanting Sue Richards with a cerebro-shell and tangling with [[you]] and the Autobot [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], Bombshell ultimately retreated after Starscream left him to face Jazz alone. {{storylink|Peril from the Stars}}

{{note|As "Peril from the Stars" is a [[multipath adventure]], Bombshell doesn't necessarily implant Sue with a cerebro-shell. Depending on the choices you make, at that point in the book he could be blowing you and Jazz to pieces with an explosive shell instead.}}
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===Find Your Fate Junior===
{{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.}}
====Dinobots Strike Back====
With his buddy Kickback, Bombshell snuck into [[Hidden Valley]], where the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] were supposed to be on lookout duty. Seeing their inattentiveness, he was able to get close enough to launch a mortar which knocked them all out except Swoop, who dodged but got a wing injured in the explosion. Bombshell quickly transformed into insect mode and injected the four unconscious Dinobots with cerebro-shells, ordered them to transform, and sent Kickback back to Megatron to report his triumph. {{note|The preceding actions hold true for every path of this micro-continuity-nexus.}}

What happened next depended on Swoop's actions: if Swoop stayed and fought Bombshell, the Insecticon responded by hovering over the other Dinobots, making it too risky for him to take a shot from his position. If Swoop flew below him, it opened up two paths with basically the same result for Bombshell: hit with a missile, then threatened until he removed the four cerebro-shells. He flew off in defeat, apparently not damaged too badly in either outcome.

If Swoop tried to lure him higher, Bombshell ordered the other Dinobots to attack the Ark and level everything in their path, raising a dust cloud that obscured Swoop's vision. Bombshell saw his opportunity to sneak up on Swoop, and injected him with a poison that shrank him down to the size of a hummingbird, then flew off and left the Dinobot bombardier to his fate. The poison eventually wore off, allowing Swoop to go down the same path as if he'd just flown back to the Ark instead of trying to fight Bombshell in the first place.

Either way, Bombshell never figured back into this micro-continuity-nexus save for one path in which Windcharger popped the cerebro-shells off with his magnetism, allowing [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] to remember picking up a careless thought from Bombshell about his actions merely being a distraction from Operation Black Coral, spurring the Autobots to investigate [[Dolphin's Bay]]. One possible subsequent outcome involved the Dinobots foiling this plan by pretending to still be under the cerebro-shells' influence, indicating that Bombshell wasn't actively controlling their actions at all after giving the initial order, and that the mind-link with his victims is only one-way. {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}

====Battle Drive====
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In one possible scenario, when Starscream believed himself ambushed by a whole squadron of Autobots, he radioed Bombshell for back-up. Upon his arrival, the Decepticons realized they were only up against Bumblebee, and the pair ganged up on the little Autobot. If Bumblebee attempted to flee from this battle through a nearby cornfield, Bombshell would put the little Autobot out of commission by puncturing his tires after Starscream used his [[null-ray]]s on Bumblebee. In another possible sequence of events, Bumblebee is able to lose Bombshell through a smokescreen produced by a nearby burning field.

In another possible version of these events, Bombshell was amongst a squadron of Decepticons attacking Sparkplug as the human attempted to hide in a cave in the mountains. Bombshell and the rest of the Decepticons were defeated if Swoop managed to take out Megatron subsequently. Otherwise, he was amongst the Decepticons who stayed at the cave entrance after Swoop headed back to Autobot headquarters after the Dinobot's initial assault. In one of the possible following events, Bombshell has his wings blasted off when Prowl makes a mad dash back for Autobot headquarters, leaving him unable to pursue.

In a completely different version of these events, Bombshell is amongst the fleet of Decepticons who attack Optimus Prime and his small squad of Autobots when they are lured out in the open farmland. Whether or not the Decepticons triumphed depended on which decisions Optimus Prime made from that point on. In one possible scenario, Bombshell was scorched by Jazz's flamethrower after he and at least nine other Decepticons attempted to gang up on Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Battle Drive}}
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====Attack of the Insecticons====
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In one possible adventure, Bombshell was complicit in one of Starscream's schemes of overthrowing Megatron. Holding the recently kidnapped Sparkplug in his custody for the Seeker, Bombshell was instructed to use his Cerebro-Shells on the human in order to force him into creating a Sun-Pak for them, a device that would provide them with great energy reserves. Unknown to the duo, Buster and Blaster were hiding nearby.

If the two of them decided to contact Megatron, two possible outcomes were possible. First, if Buster provided Megatron proof that Starscream was planning to usurp the Decepticon leader, Megatron would arrive shortly and threaten Starscream for his duplicity. Not wanting to share Starscream's fate, Bombshell refused to collaborate Starscream's lies to Megatron. Though Bombshell managed to avoid punishment, this came at the cost of having to release Sparkplug, and keeping the existence of the Sun-Pak a secret. Second, if Buster refused to provide Megatron with proof of Starscream's treachery, Megatron turned up anyways, but allowed Bombshell to use his mind control device on Sparkplug. Unfrotunately for the Decepticons, the device caused memory damage in the human, rendering Sparkplug unable to create more Sun-Paks for the Decepticons.

If Blaster and Buster decided to seek Bumblebee's aid in confronting the Decepticons, the three of them would hatch a plan, which ultimately led to Bombshell accidentally hitting Starscream with his Cerebro-Shell in-lieu of Sparkplug. A fuming Bombshell was then forced to deal with the Seeker who was convinced by the Autobots that they were his masters, and was prevented from stopping both humans and both Autobots from escaping by the newly brainwashed Starscream.

In another possible adventure, the Autobots had become Bombshell and Shrapnel's prisoners, thanks to the Insecticons' Electro-Disrupter. While the Autobots are paralyzed by the device, Bombshell prepared Cerebro-Shell to make slaves of all do-gooders present. Little did the Decepticons know that the disrupter left the humans unaffected, giving them the opportunity to turn the device on the Insecticons, allowing the Autobots to escape.

In yet another possible adventure, Bombshell and Kickback were present when Shrapnel, in possession of the Sun-Pak, gloated that using the device's power they would overthrow Megatron as leader of the Decepticons. However, nearby hid Buster and Mirage spying on the trio. If Buster and Mirage decided to confront the Insecticons themselves, Mirage used his holographic powers to disorient the Insecticons, allowing Buster the opening to steal the device from the Insecticons. If Buster and Mirage decided to call for reinforcements, Bombshell and the other two Insecticons would be around long enough for Megatron, himself having found out about Shrapnel's ploy, to arrive in the rotting forest where the Insecticons were hiding, and blast Shrapnel for his treachery, warning the other two Insecticons that a similar punish would await them should they try to betray him as well. Bombshell was subsequently sprayed by [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide's]] acid spray, alongside the other Decepticons, when Megatron's plan to ambush the Autobot reinforcements backfired. {{storylink|Attack of the Insecticons}}
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====The Invisibility Factor====
Bombshell was stationed in the Decepticons’ secret desert base. In one possible scenario, the Decepticons captured Sarah Sanders, a scientist who had discovered a way to make machinery invisible with her [[Invisibility Device]]. When she would not give up her secrets willingly, Galvatron ordered Bombshell to use his Cerebro-Shells to control her mind. Bombshell stepped forth from the shadows and greedily anticipated taking over a fresh mind. In one possible scenario, Bombshell succeeded despite the Autobots’ brief interference, and the Decepticons conquered the Earth. In another possible scenario, Bombshell was dazzled at the last second by a series of holographic projections, giving the Autobots the time to scoop up Sarah and run. Whether Bombshell recaptured Sarah or if she escaped the Insecticon’s clutches was a matter of chance from this point forward. {{storylink|The Invisibility Factor}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Bombshell kickback shrapnel soundwave ravage war within 1-2.jpg|left|upright=0.95|thumb|Oh, shut up.]]
Bombshell, sporting a spiffy tank mode, was first seen on Cybertron millions of years ago as part of a commando group being directed by Soundwave in a raid on Iacon. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} They ran into Optimus Prime on his first day on the job. It still hurt. A lot. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} During the Dark Ages, Bombshell and his fellow future Insecticons served under [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] as part of the primary Decepticon faction. At one point, they assaulted [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and the [[Chaos Trinity]] in [[Altihex]] to stop the chaos unleashed by [[the Fallen]]. {{storylink|Conflagration}} Bombshell was also present at [[Tyger Pax]] during the aborted peace treaty between the Autobots, Decepticons and [[Ultracon]]s. Megatron's sudden arrival with the [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] put a quick stop to those peace talks. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}} He later got to guard Autobot prisoners. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2|The Age of Wrath #2}}

Prior to the [[Great Shutdown]], Shockwave uncovered the crash location of the missing ships the Ark and ''Nemesis'': Earth. He sent Kickback, Shrapnel and Bombshell to the planet as part of some vast, incomprehensible scheme he'd been perfecting for millennia. They initially encountered resistance from the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]], but gave them the slip and went undercover on Earth for 48 thousand [[Units of time|vorns]]. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues|The Rules of Extinction}}

{{note|Bombshell and the Insecticons made a brief appearance in the second ''[[The Transformers Trilogy|Transformers Trilogy]]'' novel, ''[[Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation]]'', as troops under Starscream's command on Earth. This appearance is contradicted by later Dreamwave stories. Also, in the novel the Insecticons shrink down to insect-size as they did in Marvel Comics, whereas later Dreamwave issues showed them retaining their full size, like their cartoon versions.}}

In modern times, however, Bombshell seemed to have developed a few loose screws and begun operating outside his mission parameters. Having taken over a small town in rural America, Bombshell had begun mass production of techno-organic Insecticlones being grown from special pods. {{storylink|Infestation (Dreamwave)|Infestation}} His actions drew the attention of [[Earth Defense Command]] and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]'s Autobot faction, leading to an investigation of the town. The Autobots managed to uncover the Insecticons' schemes, free the townspeople, and capture their opponents. It was easy. Perhaps, too easy...? {{storylink|Extermination}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' continuity===
Bombshell-type Insecticons were part of the dreaded Insecticon swarms on an alternate future Earth ruled by the Decepticons. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #3}}

===''The Beast Within''===
Bombshell participated in a savage all-out Decepticon offensive against the Autobots. With the Decepticons maintaining the advantage throughout the battle, Bombshell was amongst those who approached a crippled Optimus Prime, ready to dispatch the Autobot leader. Before they could deliver the finishing blow, the Dinobots combined into [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]], shifting the Decepticons’ priorities. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Bombshell beachcomber spotlight blaster.jpg|upright=0.95|thumb|Cybertronian creature feature.]]
Shortly after [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]'s apocalyptic assault across Cybertron, a tiny mechanoid insect called Bombshell injected a cerebro-shell into [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] on [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s behalf. The shell enabled Soundwave to make Beachcomber into an assassin, sending him after [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], the inspirational broadcaster for the Autobots. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

{{note|Bombshell in "Spotlight: Blaster" was later considered as a different, earlier insect Decepticon that just so happened to be called Bombshell. In a later interview,<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC3b5epypnA</ref> Shane McCarthy confirmed that the earlier Bombshell was a prototype for the later Insecticons.}}

Several hundred years later, Bombshell was created on Cybertron as the first [[Insecticon swarm|non-insane]] Insecticon. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} Soundwave would later refer to him as a "different Bombshell", separate from the one he had used against Blaster. One of this new Bombshell's first tasks was to finish [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]]'s research on [[combiner]]s, resulting in the creation of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Shockpoint}} {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} After Devastator had defeated the Autobots on [[Earth]], Bombshell constructed a [[space bridge]] between Cybertron and Earth, which the Decepticons used to dump their defeated enemies in. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} After using the bridge to get rid of the Autobots on Earth, the Decepticons attacked [[New York City]]. During the assault, Bombshell tore apart [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] jets in his giant beetle mode. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 1|All Hail Megatron #1}} He later attended Megatron's glorious victory speech in the ruins of the city, but the line about the Decepticons being "united in our cause" clearly wasn't quite true. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 3|All Hail Megatron #3}} {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 4|All Hail Megatron #4}}

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Battle lines started being drawn between the Insecticons and the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]. In [[Beijing]], Bombshell began openly mocking [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and the Seekers as "Yesterday's news", ignored by their flight commander and cast aside by Megatron in favor of the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. Despite his mind games, though, Bombshell and the united Insecticons quickly scurried off when both Skywarp and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] stood up against them. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}} After returning to New York, Bombshell was approached by [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]], who apologized for the behavior of his fellow Seekers, and told the Insecticons about how he envisioned the future of the Decepticon Empire—a vision which incidentally included Starscream as the leader. At some point during the conquest of Earth, Bombshell also captured former [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] [[Hunter O'Nion]] and started performing twisted experiments on him. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 8|All Hail Megatron #8}}

Bombshell would go on to create another space bridge in New York and use Hunter to create a "hub" of some sort, which the Decepticons used to find Autobots all across the galaxy and deactivate their defenses. When Megatron complimented his work, Bombshell explained that human minds intrigued him, and that he found experimenting on them to be quite "delicious". He then promptly betrayed Megatron, as he had been sucked in by Starscream's words earlier and took the Seeker's side in his rebellion. In response, Megatron threw Kickback at him. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}} Not long afterwards, the Autobots returned to Earth, and a massive battle broke out in New York. Bombshell jumped [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] and taunted the Autobot by claiming to have toyed with [[Sunstreaker (G1)|his brother]]'s mind with information he had extracted from Hunter. He was punched out by [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] before he could kill Sideswipe, however, and the Decepticons soon found themselves defeated. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}} As the Decepticons fled the planet aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], Bombshell cheered for Starscream when he revealed that he was in possession of the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 13|Uneasy Lies the Head}}

Despite Starscream's "ascension", however, the Decepticon army began to crumble without clear direction. Bombshell and the rest of Starscream's followers eventually retreated to a lifeless planetoid in a distant solar system. Refugees from the broken Decepticon war machine began to trickle in over the next three years until nearly 100 were cowering together in the dark. Starscream ordered Bombshell to find some way to strengthen their meager energon reserves and keep what remained of the army properly fueled. Bombshell regarded this as a fool's errand, and left the Decepticons to reach "population saturation" on their own, as the strong cannibalized the weak for resources. Instead, he chose to work on perfecting cerebro-shell technology, and cobbled together a prototype to present to Starscream. It proved highly effective against the dissident [[Quake (G1)|Quake]], who attacked Starscream at that moment for reasons of his own. Bombshell's little toy incapacitated Quake long enough for Starscream to eliminate the mutineer. Intrigued, Starscream requested Bombshell begin production of ''more'' cerebro-shells. {{storylink|All His Engines}} Later, Bombshell reported to an uninterested Starscream that an approaching Autobot ship had crashed into their defenses. Tempted by the Matrix, he made an offer to take care of the relic, but Starscream violently repulsed him. Together with Shrapnel and [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]], he went to scavenge the ship's wreckage for anything useful, only to be attacked by the pilot, [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]]. Bombshell tried to fire one of his new cerebro-shells at the intruder, who blocked it with a piece of metal and defeated him. {{storylink|Heart Like a Wheel}}

Megatron would later use space bridge technology built into in his new body to summon Bombshell and the rest of the Decepticons to him on Cybertron. At first they did battle with the Autobots, but were soon mind-controlled by [[D-Void]] into combining with [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron's]] [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]] army and forming a [[Deceptigod|huge monster]]. {{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings}} Once this monster was defeated, all Decepticons but Megatron were left weakened and easily captured by the Autobots, but Bombshell, Soundwave and Shockwave secretly remained in contact with their leader in preparation for his return. Bombshell's task was to perfect combiner technology, granting Megatron a warrior powerful enough to conquer the newly restored Cybertron. {{storylink|Shockpoint}} After three weeks in captivity, the Decepticons were released to help the Autobots beat down a [[NAIL]] riot, though with [[Inhibitor/deterrence chip|I/D chip]] implants to keep them from going overboard. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}}

[[Needlenose]], unaware of their machinations and fed up with working as an enforcer for the Autobots, accused Bombshell, Soundwave and Shockwave of just sitting around instead of doing something about the Decepticons' situation. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|The Autonomy Lesson}} The three aided [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s plan to take control of the I/D chips, assassinate the [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Autobot leader]] and rise up against their captors, but only because it served as a good distraction from their own activities. {{storylink|Shockpoint}} {{storylink|The World & Everything in It}} When Ratbat was then mysteriously found dead, the Autobots claimed it was suicide, but Bombshell and the other Decepticons didn't believe them. {{storylink|Stick Together}}

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Following Ratbat's death, Bombshell began experimenting with using cerebro-shells to repress the wills of individuals and turn them into components of the perfect combiner, a concept he referred to as "[['Til all are one|all-who-are-one]]". Among his test subjects were [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] and [[Skydive (Predator)|Skydive]], but he was forced to murder the latter after he proved "divisive" and unsuitable for the experiments. As [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] found the body, Bombshell placed another cerebro-shell on him to prevent him from telling anyone he was responsible, but [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] found the device and tracked him back to his lair. Ordering Sunstorm to keep Prowl and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] busy, he fled into the [[reclamation tunnel]]s and recruited the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]' help, but it was all in vain as Prowl eventually cornered him and demanded to know what he was doing and who he was working with. When Bombshell refused to answer, Prowl prepared to execute him on the spot by shooting him in the head. {{storylink|Devisive}} However, using a tiny cerebro-shell masked by the larger one Prowl had found, Bombshell took control of his mind and made him miss at the last second. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}}

Now believed dead, Bombshell was able to go into hiding and use Prowl to manipulate events in anticipation of Megatron's return. This way, he was able to spirit away the Constructicons and modify them into a new Devastator, as well as take out [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], the only Autobot capable of defeating a combiner. When Megatron finally returned, they enacted the final part of their plan by having Prowl form Devastator's head, causing the giant to be completely under Bombshell's control. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} However, the Decepticons were betrayed by [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] who, knowing the only way of defeating the new Devastator would be to take out one controlling him, killed Bombshell by stabbing him in the head. {{storylink|Plan for Everything}}
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Verge}} {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}}}}

===''Hearts of Steel''===
[[File:HeartsofSteel2 Insecticons.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
Along with several other Decepticons, Bombshell awoke in the late 19th century when a sunken human submarine crashed onto their submerged ship. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}} He spent some time helping his comrades construct things underwater before being ordered by [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] to obtain "money" for their human ally, [[Tobias Muldoon]]. Taking on a new [[alternate mode]] alongside Kickback and Shrapnel, Bombshell transformed into the middle portion of the "[[Insectrain]]", which used his head-mounted cannon as a turret. The Insecticons attacked a train carrying money and gold from the Denver Mint, shrugging off the primitive weaponry of its human guards. Although he didn't see the value in tiny sheets of paper, Bombshell followed orders and delivered the loot to Starscream and Muldoon by the next morning. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2|Hearts of Steel #2}} He was later present when Starscream announced to his troops that the Autobots had awakened as well. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3|Hearts of Steel #3}}
{{--}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
{{ongoing}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Targetmasters (issue)|Targetmasters}}.}}
 

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

===''Transformers Legends''===
Hardshell and his Insecticons once captured [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] and [[Slag (G1)|Slug]] of the Lightning Strike Coalition, and delivered the prisoners to [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s lab, for the Decepticon scientist to experiment on them. {{storylink|Rescue the King}}

Chafing under Megatron's rule, Hardshell and his fellow Insecticons began raiding energy storage and high-energy research facilities worldwide. The energy gave them increased size and power, and it was only when the Autobots and Decepticons formed an alliance that they were able to be stopped. {{storylink|Harvest of the Insecticons}} When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] returned to Earth with new troops in the form of [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], the Insecticons managed to ambush them. {{storylink|Junkion Reunion}} The Decepticons managed to steal [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]], and Megatron had Hardshell reprogram her to serve the Decepticon cause. Though she succeeded in stealing the [[World Energy Chip]] from Autobot HQ, the Decepticons were forced to come to her aid and failed to prevent her falling back into Autobot hands. {{storylink|Enter the Nightbird (Legends)|Enter the Nightbird}} Bombshell was among the Decepticons who attacked Cybertron during an alliance with the Quintessons. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 3}}

At some point he was reformatted into [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. {{storylink|The Coronation of Starscream}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
Bombshell participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Bombshell toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|One not-so-big, bad, beetle 'borg]]
*'''Bombshell ''' (Insecticon, [[1985]])
**''Japanese ID number'': '''41'''
**''Accessories'': "Twin Ion Impulse Blaster"

:Bombshell transforms into a robotic rhinoceros beetle. He doesn't do a whole lot more than that. There is a variation on the mold's insect mode horn; some versions have a rounded indent on the "top" part near the base-joint, allowing it to fold down further in [[robot mode]]. As a legacy of his past as a mold from the ''[[Diaclone]]'' toyline, he has an opening canopy that can seat a ''Diaclone'' driver figure.

:In Japan, Bombshell and the other Insecticons were "re-released" as mail-order items from 1987 through 1988. They each cost 880 yen (their normal retail price) and two [[Robot Point|robot points]].

:This mold was used to make the [[Salvo]] drones.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Decepticon/Bombshell/bombshell.htm More information on Bombshell at TFU.info]''
{{-}}
{{Anchor|ActionMaster}}
[[File:G1-toy BombshellAM.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"We don't rent, we don't borrow, we don't share—we TAKE the mind."]]
*'''Bombshell''' ([[Action Master]], [[1991]])
**''Accessories'': "Needler" partner, "short burst stinger rifle"

:[[Action Master]] Bombshell is a non-transforming action figure that combines the cartoon model with a few toy-based elements. Interestingly enough, his distinctive head-cannon is no longer on his skull, but his hand-held blaster bears a similar design.

:He comes with his robot scarab [[Action Master partner|partner]] [[Needler (G1)|Needler]], who forms a backpack/battle helmet for Bombshell. He was only available in the European markets.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1991/Decepticon/Bombshell/bombshell.htm More information on Action Master Bombshell at tfu.info.]''
{{-}}

===''The Transformers Collection''===
*'''Insectrons''' (multi-pack, [[2004]])
**''Japanese ID number'': '''16''' (full set)

:Bombshell was released as part of ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' in a set with [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] and [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]]. This set also included three [[energon cube]] accessories that fit inside their chest compartments.

:The Bombshell in this set not only lacks the horn-indent of later variations, but has a couple other minor mold-differences to boot, with the horn lacking the "bumps" near the tip and base.

===''Universe'' (2008)===
*'''Insecticons''' (Toys"R"Us exclusive multi-pack, [[2009]])

:Bombshell was released as part of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' line, as a [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]], in a set with his Insecticon pals. Like with his 2008 ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' incarnation (see below), Bombshell has been renamed Hardshell for [[trademark]] reasons. Likewise [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] has had his name changed to "Sharpshot".

:This Bombshell uses the slightly [[retool]]ed "Transformers Collection" version of the horn. The tiny insect mode legs on the middle of his arms have also been retooled to be detachable, owing to breakage issues.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/CSHardshell/hardshell.htm More information on Hardshell at TFU.info.]''

===''Generations''===
[[File:Generationstoy-Bombshell.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Well, The Mind Taker, it seems that you have me tied up!]]
*'''Bombshell''' (Legends Class, [[2015]])

:''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Bombshell is a new mold based on his Generation 1 character model, still transforming into a robotic rhinoceros beetle. Plus he got his name back! Bombshell includes a collector card featuring art from the "[[Junkion Reunion]]" episode of ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]''. Like other ''[[Combiner Wars]]'' Legends, he is meant to have a third mode where he can be used as a weapon. However, instruction for this mode have not been included.
::*''[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/gallery/generations-combiner-wars/bombshell/3490/1/ Image gallery of ''Generations'' Bombshell at Seibertron.com]''
{{-}}

==Merchandise==
===Decoy===
*'''Bombshell''' (Decoy, [[1987]])

:Bombshell was one of the Decepticon [[Decoy]]s packed in with smaller carded ''Transformers'' toys. While the normal purple version could come on any Decepticon toy, the rarer red version was available ''only'' on [[Throttlebot]] cards and only for a short while before the switch to purple.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Decoys/Bombshell/bombshell.htm More information on Decoy Bombshell at TFU.info.]''

*'''Destron Hero Collection-22 Set''' (Decoy multi-pack, 1987)

:The entire run of twenty-two Decepticon Decoys were sold as a single boxed set in Japan, only in purple.

===Hard Hero===
[[File:HardHero Bombshell statue.JPG|upright=0.85|thumb]]
*'''Bombshell''' (Hard Hero statue, [[2003]])

:Number 3 in [[Hard Hero]]'s "Insecticon Series", Bombshell is a 9-inch cold-cast porcelain statue sculpted by [[Jason Ray]]. Only a thousand pieces of the statue were produced.
{{-}}

===''Robot Heroes''===
*'''Perceptor Vs. Hardshell''' ([[2008]])

[[File:Robotheroesperceptorhardshell.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
: Another victim of trademark losses, Bombshell's ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' figurine goes by the name "Hardshell". Part of the fourth wave of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]] Robot Heroes'', he's packed versus [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] as part of the "Generation 1 Series". His sculpt and colors are based mostly on his [[character model]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/RHHardshell/hardshell.htm More information on Robot Heroes Hardshell at tfu.info.]''
{{-}}

==Notes==
*Bombshell—like the other Insecticons—was originally a ''[[Diaclone]]'' "Waruder Kabutron" evil alien piloted mech in different colors... which were eventually used when the trio were [[redeco]]ed for [[e-HOBBY]] release. This is also the genesis of those opening chest compartments.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bombshell''' (ボンブシェル ''Bonbusheru'')
*''French:'' '''Obus''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Prudox'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Jà-dàn''' (炸彈, "Bombshell")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Granada''' (Portugal comic), '''Bomba''' (Brazil comic)
*''Russian:'' '''Bombomjot''' (cartoon, Бомбомёт, "Bomber")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Hranata''' (ICTV, Граната, "Grenade")

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Action Masters]]
[[Category:Alternators Decepticons]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Decoys]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Insecticons]]
[[Category:Mail order items]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]
[[Category:Universe (2008)]]

User:ItsLeo20

2015-05-02T01:18:07Z

ItsLeo20: Created page with "Hello, I am ItsLeo20! ==Talents== *Grammar *Spelling *Some experience with templates ==Opinions== *My favorite Transformers are Wheeljack (G1), Prowl (RID), [[Scourge ..."

Hello, I am ItsLeo20!
==Talents==
*Grammar
*Spelling
*Some experience with templates
==Opinions==
*My favorite Transformers are [[Wheeljack (G1)]], [[Prowl (RID)]], [[Scourge (RID)]], [[Swindle (Animated)]], and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)]].
*My favorite series is [[Transformers: Armada]].
*My favorite Transformer game is [[Transformers: Battle Tactics]].

Transformers: Battle Tactics

2015-05-02T01:16:31Z

ItsLeo20: Repitition; oops

[[File:TransformersBattleTactics logo.png|center|500px]]
{{videogame
|title=''Transformers: Battle Tactics''
|image=TFBattleTactics_LoadingScreen.jpg
|caption=Arcee isn't in the game. [[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game) | Déjà vu?]]
|developer=[[DeNA]]
|publisher=DeNA Corp
|date=[[January 30]], 2015
|platform=Android, iOS
}}

'''''Transformers: Battle Tactics''''' is a multiplayer battle game published by [[DeNA]] for mobile devices. It features over 75 characters designed after toys from different toylines, including [[Transformers: Classics | Classics]], [[Transformers: Generations | Generations]], [[Combiner Wars]] and [[Transformers Collectors' Club | Collectors' Club]] exclusives.

==Gameplay==
Battle Tactics gameplay is similar to other mobile battle games. Players select four Transformers from their purchased characters to form a team. Players can create up to three different teams. Gamers can choose to battle a random computer-controlled team or a random live player; the other choice is to pick from three different computer teams. The "random" mode also changes slightly under two different circumstances:

If an event is being held, it will become the way to earn League Points, but otherwise remains the same.

If a player fills their Experience bar, it will become the Advancement Mode. Players must win three of their next five games to level up. This mode is the only way to level up, because otherwise players would simply choose the throwaway team in the other mode to win easily.

Once the battle begins, the Transformers will randomly get one of their five damage numbers. These numbers change and become special abilities, depending on whether the character is in alternate mode or robot mode. Players also get three Ability Points every round, which allow them to activate powerups, including a re-spin of a character's number and several different air strikes, among others. When the battle begins, one of the two parties is randomly chosen to attack first, unless a Transformer has a first strike special ability active. Each character attacks once per round.
{{gamestub}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Autobot]]s|c1=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Cliffjumper (G1) | Cliffjumper]]
* [[Gears (G1) | Gears]]
* [[Junkyard (G1) | Junkheap]]
* [[Scoop (G1) | Scoop]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1) | Bumblebee]]/Goldfire
* [[Hoist (G1) | Hoist]]
* [[Wheeljack (G1) | Wheeljack]]
* [[Joyride (G1) |Joyride]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1) | Optimus Prime]]/Orion Pax
* [[Tailgate (G1) | Tailgate]]
* [[Swerve (G1) | Swerve]]
* [[Ratchet (G1) | Ratchet]]
* [[Powerglide (G1) | Powerglide]]
* [[Kup (G1) | Sergeant Kup]]
* [[Huffer (G1) | Huffer]]
* [[Warpath (G1) | Warpath]]
* [[Cosmos (G1) | Cosmos]]
* [[Windcharger (G1) | Windcharger]]
* [[Blurr (G1) | Blurr]]
* [[Red Alert (G1) | Red Alert]]
* [[Fireflight (G1) | Firefly]]
* [[Alpha Bravo]]
* [[Crosscut (Autobot) | Crosscut]]
* [[Nightbeat (G1) | Nightbeat]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Drift (G1) | Drift]]
* [[Side Burn (G1) | Sideburn]]
* [[Sandstorm (G1) | Sandstorm]]
* [[Jazz (G1) | Jazz]]
* [[Skids (G1) | Skids]]
* [[Jetfire (G1) | Jetfire]]
* [[Springer (G1) | Springer]]
* [[Chromedome (G1) | Chromedome]]
* [[Brainstorm]]
* [[Circuit (Movie) | Circuit]]
* [[Air Raid (G1) | Air Raid]]
* [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot) | Skydive]]
* [[Silverbolt (G1) | Silverbolt]]
* [[Jackpot (Animated) | Jackpot]]
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1) | Ultra Magnus]]
* [[Arcee (G1) | Arcee]]*
* [[Trailbreaker (G1) | Trailcutter]]

;Exclusives
* [[Roadbuster (G1) | Roadbuster]]
* [[Whirl (G1) | Whirl]]
* [[Rewind (G1) | Rewind]]
* [[Punch (G1) | Punch]]
;Combiners
* [[Superion (G1) | Superion]]
{{!}}}

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s|c2=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Acid Storm (G1) | Acid Storm]]
* [[Thundercracker (G1) | Thundercracker]]
* [[Starscream (G1) | Starscream]]
* [[Tankor (BM) | Tankor]]
* [[Blackjack]]
* [[Megatron (G1) | Megatron]]
* [[Viper]]
* [[Dreadwing (G2) | Dreadwing]]
* [[Nemesis Prime (G1) | Nemesis Prime]]
* [[Breakdown (G1) | Breakdown]]
* [[Dirge (G1) | Dirge]]
* [[Thrust (G1) | Thrust]]
* [[Ramjet (G1) | Ramjet]]
* [[Jhiaxus (G2) | Jhiaxus]]
* [[Skullgrin]]
* [[Drag Strip (G1) | Dragstrip]]
* [[Skywarp (G1) | Skywarp]]
* [[Thunderwing (G1) | Thunderwing]]
* [[Scourge (G1)]]
* [[Octane (G1) | Octane]]
* [[Straxus (G1) | Darkmount]]
* [[Doubledealer]]
* [[Cyclonus (G1) | Cyclonus]]
* [[Blitzwing (G1) | Blitzwing]]
* [[Barricade (WFC) | Barricade]]
* [[Megatron (Armada) | Armada Megatron]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Starscream (Armada)|Armada Starscream]]
* [[Krok (G1) | Krok]]

;Exclusives
* [[Runamuck (G1) | Runamuck]]
* [[Astrotrain (G1) | Astrotrain]]
* [[Black Shadow (Victory) | Sky Shadow]]
* [[Sunstorm (G1) | Sunstorm]]
* [[Slipstream (WFC) | Slipstream]]
* [[Scourge (RID)]]
* [[Nacelle (G1) | Nacelle]]
* [[Runabout (G1) | Over-Run]]
* [[Offroad]]
* [[Dead End (G1) | Dead End]]
* [[Motormaster (G1) | Motormaster]]
* [[Punch (G1) | Counterpunch]]
* [[Treadshot (G1) | Treadshot]]
* [[Brawl (G1) | Brawl]]
* [[Onslaught (G1) | Onslaught]]
* [[Vortex (G1) | Vortex]]
* [[Swindle (G1) | Swindle]]
* [[Blast Off (G1) | Blast Off]]
* [[Bombshell (G1) | Bombshell]]
* [[Shrapnel (G1) | Skrapnel]]
* [[Kickback (G1) | Kickback]]

;Combiners
* [[Menasor (G1) | Menasor]]
* [[Bruticus (G1) | Bruticus]]
{{!}}}

|h3=[[Maximal]]s|c3=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Optimus Primal | Optimus Primal]]
* [[Cheetor (BW) | Cheetor]]
{{!}}}

|h4=[[Predacon]]s|c4=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Megatron (BW) | Megatron]]
* [[Waspinator (BW) | Waspinator]]
{{!}}}

|h5=[[Mini-Con]]s|c5=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Windshear]]
* [[Runway (Generations) | Runway]]
* [[Heavytread (Generations) | Heavytread]]
;Combiners
* [[Centuritron]]
{{!}}}
|nonumbering=true
}}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Characters that aren't in the game yet, but appear in promotional material.
 

==Notes==
*The Exclusive version of Skywarp, the one based on his [[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]] figure, is the only character represented by a [[TakaraTomy]] figure rather than its [[Hasbro]] counterpart.

==External links==
* [http://www.transformersbattletactics.com/ Official Website]

[[Category:Video games]]

User talk:Avalanche

2015-05-02T00:59:15Z

ItsLeo20:

Hi. [[User:Avalanche|Avalanche]] ([[User talk:Avalanche|talk]]) 17:04, 28 March 2015 (EDT)

==Re:Your message==
Ah, okay then. --[[User:ItsLeo20|The Igneous Cabbage]] ([[User talk:ItsLeo20|talk]]) 20:59, 1 May 2015 (EDT)

Transformers: Battle Tactics

2015-05-01T12:40:27Z

ItsLeo20: Onslaught spelling

[[File:TransformersBattleTactics logo.png|center|500px]]
{{videogame
|title=''Transformers: Battle Tactics''
|image=TFBattleTactics_LoadingScreen.jpg
|caption=Arcee isn't in the game. [[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game) | Déjà vu?]]
|developer=[[DeNA]]
|publisher=DeNA Corp
|date=[[January 30]], 2015
|platform=Android, iOS
}}

'''''Transformers: Battle Tactics''''' is a multiplayer battle game published by [[DeNA]] for mobile devices. It features over 75 characters designed after toys from different toylines, including [[Transformers: Classics | Classics]], [[Transformers: Generations | Generations]], [[Combiner Wars]] and [[Transformers Collectors' Club | Collectors' Club]] exclusives.

==Gameplay==
Battle Tactics gameplay is similar to other mobile battle games. Players select four Transformers from their purchased characters to form a team. Players can create up to three different teams. Gamers can choose to battle a random computer-controlled team or a random live player; the other choice is to pick from three different computer teams. The "random" mode also changes slightly under two different circumstances:

If an event is being held, it will become the way to earn League Points, but otherwise remains the same.

If a player fills their Experience bar, it will become the Advancement Mode. Players must win three of their next five games to level up. This mode is the only way to level up, because otherwise players would simply choose the throwaway team in the other mode to win easily.

Once the battle begins, the Transformers will randomly get one of their five damage numbers. These numbers change and become special abilities, depending on whether the character is in alternate mode or robot mode. Players also get three Ability Points every round, which allow them to activate powerups, including a re-spin of a character's number and several different air strikes, among others. When the battle begins, one of the two parties is randomly chosen to attack first, unless a Transformer has a first strike special ability active. Each character attacks once per round.
{{gamestub}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Autobot]]s|c1=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Cliffjumper (G1) | Cliffjumper]]
* [[Gears (G1) | Gears]]
* [[Junkyard (G1) | Junkheap]]
* [[Scoop (G1) | Scoop]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1) | Bumblebee]]/Goldfire
* [[Hoist (G1) | Hoist]]
* [[Wheeljack (G1) | Wheeljack]]
* [[Joyride (G1) |Joyride]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1) | Optimus Prime]]/Orion Pax
* [[Tailgate (G1) | Tailgate]]
* [[Swerve (G1) | Swerve]]
* [[Ratchet (G1) | Ratchet]]
* [[Powerglide (G1) | Powerglide]]
* [[Kup (G1) | Sergeant Kup]]
* [[Huffer (G1) | Huffer]]
* [[Warpath (G1) | Warpath]]
* [[Cosmos (G1) | Cosmos]]
* [[Windcharger (G1) | Windcharger]]
* [[Blurr (G1) | Blurr]]
* [[Red Alert (G1) | Red Alert]]
* [[Fireflight (G1) | Firefly]]
* [[Alpha Bravo]]
* [[Crosscut (Autobot) | Crosscut]]
* [[Nightbeat (G1) | Nightbeat]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Drift (G1) | Drift]]
* [[Side Burn (G1) | Sideburn]]
* [[Sandstorm (G1) | Sandstorm]]
* [[Jazz (G1) | Jazz]]
* [[Skids (G1) | Skids]]
* [[Jetfire (G1) | Jetfire]]
* [[Springer (G1) | Springer]]
* [[Chromedome (G1) | Chromedome]]
* [[Brainstorm]]
* [[Circuit (Movie) | Circuit]]
* [[Air Raid (G1) | Air Raid]]
* [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot) | Skydive]]
* [[Silverbolt (G1) | Silverbolt]]
* [[Jackpot (Animated) | Jackpot]]
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1) | Ultra Magnus]]
* [[Arcee (G1) | Arcee]]*
* [[Trailbreaker (G1) | Trailcutter]]

;Exclusives
* [[Roadbuster (G1) | Roadbuster]]
* [[Whirl (G1) | Whirl]]
* [[Rewind (G1) | Rewind]]
* [[Punch (G1) | Punch]]
;Combiners
* [[Superion (G1) | Superion]]
{{!}}}

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s|c2=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Acid Storm (G1) | Acid Storm]]
* [[Thundercracker (G1) | Thundercracker]]
* [[Starscream (G1) | Starscream]]
* [[Tankor (BM) | Tankor]]
* [[Blackjack]]
* [[Megatron (G1) | Megatron]]
* [[Viper]]
* [[Dreadwing (G2) | Dreadwing]]
* [[Nemesis Prime (G1) | Nemesis Prime]]
* [[Breakdown (G1) | Breakdown]]
* [[Dirge (G1) | Dirge]]
* [[Thrust (G1) | Thrust]]
* [[Ramjet (G1) | Ramjet]]
* [[Jhiaxus (G2) | Jhiaxus]]
* [[Skullgrin]]
* [[Drag Strip (G1) | Dragstrip]]
* [[Skywarp (G1) | Skywarp]]
* [[Thunderwing (G1) | Thunderwing]]
* [[Scourge (G1)]]
* [[Scourge (RID)]]
* [[Octane (G1) | Octane]]
* [[Straxus (G1) | Darkmount]]
* [[Doubledealer]]
* [[Cyclonus (G1) | Cyclonus]]
* [[Blitzwing (G1) | Blitzwing]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Barricade (WFC) | Barricade]]
* [[Megatron (Armada) | Armada Megatron]]
* [[Starscream (Armada)|Armada Starscream]]
* [[Krok (G1) | Krok]]

;Exclusives
* [[Runamuck (G1) | Runamuck]]
* [[Astrotrain (G1) | Astrotrain]]
* [[Black Shadow (Victory) | Sky Shadow]]
* [[Sunstorm (G1) | Sunstorm]]
* [[Slipstream (WFC) | Slipstream]]
* [[Scourge (RID) | Scourge]]
* [[Nacelle (G1) | Nacelle]]
* [[Runabout (G1) | Over-Run]]
* [[Offroad]]
* [[Dead End (G1) | Dead End]]
* [[Motormaster (G1) | Motormaster]]
* [[Punch (G1) | Counterpunch]]
* [[Treadshot (G1) | Treadshot]]
* [[Brawl (G1) | Brawl]]
* [[Onslaught (G1) | Onslaught]]
* [[Vortex (G1) | Vortex]]
* [[Swindle (G1) | Swindle]]
* [[Blast Off (G1) | Blast Off]]

;Combiners
* [[Menasor (G1) | Menasor]]
* [[Bruticus (G1) | Bruticus]]
{{!}}}

|h3=[[Maximal]]s|c3=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Optimus Primal | Optimus Primal]]
* [[Cheetor (BW) | Cheetor]]
{{!}}}

|h4=[[Predacon]]s|c4=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Megatron (BW) | Megatron]]
* [[Waspinator (BW) | Waspinator]]
{{!}}}

|h5=[[Mini-Con]]s|c5=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Windshear]]
* [[Runway (Generations) | Runway]]
* [[Heavytread (Generations) | Heavytread]]
;Combiners
* [[Centuritron]]
{{!}}}
|nonumbering=true
}}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Characters that aren't in the game yet, but appear in promotional material.
 

==Notes==
*The Exclusive version of Skywarp, the one based on his [[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]] figure, is the only character represented by a [[TakaraTomy]] figure rather than its [[Hasbro]] counterpart.

==External links==
* [http://www.transformersbattletactics.com/ Official Website]

[[Category:Video games]]

Transformers: Battle Tactics

2015-04-30T14:36:14Z

ItsLeo20: spelling issue

[[File:TransformersBattleTactics logo.png|center|500px]]
{{videogame
|title=''Transformers: Battle Tactics''
|image=TFBattleTactics_LoadingScreen.jpg
|caption=Arcee isn't in the game. [[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game) | Déjà vu?]]
|developer=[[DeNA]]
|publisher=DeNA Corp
|date=[[January 30]], 2015
|platform=Android, iOS
}}

'''''Transformers: Battle Tactics''''' is a multiplayer battle game published by [[DeNA]] for mobile devices. It features over 75 characters designed after toys from different toylines, including [[Transformers: Classics | Classics]], [[Transformers: Generations | Generations]], [[Combiner Wars]] and [[Transformers Collectors' Club | Collectors' Club]] exclusives.

==Gameplay==
Battle Tactics gameplay is similar to other mobile battle games. Players select four Transformers from their purchased characters to form a team. Players can create up to three different teams. Gamers can choose to battle a random computer-controlled team or a random live player; the other choice is to pick from three different computer teams. The "random" mode also changes slightly under two different circumstances:

If an event is being held, it will become the way to earn League Points, but otherwise remains the same.

If a player fills their Experience bar, it will become the Advancement Mode. Players must win three of their next five games to level up. This mode is the only way to level up, because otherwise players would simply choose the throwaway team in the other mode to win easily.

Once the battle begins, the Transformers will randomly get one of their five damage numbers. These numbers change and become special abilities, depending on whether the character is in alternate mode or robot mode. Players also get three Ability Points every round, which allow them to activate powerups, including a re-spin of a character's number and several different air strikes, among others. When the battle begins, one of the two parties is randomly chosen to attack first, unless a Transformer has a first strike special ability active. Each character attacks once per round.
{{gamestub}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Autobot]]s|c1=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Cliffjumper (G1) | Cliffjumper]]
* [[Gears (G1) | Gears]]
* [[Junkyard (G1) | Junkheap]]
* [[Scoop (G1) | Scoop]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1) | Bumblebee]]/Goldfire
* [[Hoist (G1) | Hoist]]
* [[Wheeljack (G1) | Wheeljack]]
* [[Joyride (G1) |Joyride]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1) | Optimus Prime]]/Orion Pax
* [[Tailgate (G1) | Tailgate]]
* [[Swerve (G1) | Swerve]]
* [[Ratchet (G1) | Ratchet]]
* [[Powerglide (G1) | Powerglide]]
* [[Kup (G1) | Sergeant Kup]]
* [[Huffer (G1) | Huffer]]
* [[Warpath (G1) | Warpath]]
* [[Cosmos (G1) | Cosmos]]
* [[Windcharger (G1) | Windcharger]]
* [[Blurr (G1) | Blurr]]
* [[Red Alert (G1) | Red Alert]]
* [[Fireflight (G1) | Firefly]]
* [[Alpha Bravo]]
* [[Crosscut (Autobot) | Crosscut]]
* [[Nightbeat (G1) | Nightbeat]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Drift (G1) | Drift]]
* [[Side Burn (G1) | Sideburn]]
* [[Sandstorm (G1) | Sandstorm]]
* [[Jazz (G1) | Jazz]]
* [[Skids (G1) | Skids]]
* [[Jetfire (G1) | Jetfire]]
* [[Springer (G1) | Springer]]
* [[Chromedome (G1) | Chromedome]]
* [[Brainstorm]]
* [[Circuit (Movie) | Circuit]]
* [[Air Raid (G1) | Air Raid]]
* [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot) | Skydive]]
* [[Silverbolt (G1) | Silverbolt]]
* [[Jackpot (Animated) | Jackpot]]
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1) | Ultra Magnus]]
* [[Arcee (G1) | Arcee]]*
* [[Trailbreaker (G1) | Trailcutter]]

;Exclusives
* [[Roadbuster (G1) | Roadbuster]]
* [[Whirl (G1) | Whirl]]
* [[Rewind (G1) | Rewind]]
* [[Punch (G1) | Punch]]
;Combiners
* [[Superion (G1) | Superion]]
{{!}}}

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s|c2=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Acid Storm (G1) | Acid Storm]]
* [[Thundercracker (G1) | Thundercracker]]
* [[Starscream (G1) | Starscream]]
* [[Tankor (BM) | Tankor]]
* [[Blackjack]]
* [[Megatron (G1) | Megatron]]
* [[Viper]]
* [[Dreadwing (G2) | Dreadwing]]
* [[Nemesis Prime (G1) | Nemesis Prime]]
* [[Breakdown (G1) | Breakdown]]
* [[Dirge (G1) | Dirge]]
* [[Thrust (G1) | Thrust]]
* [[Ramjet (G1) | Ramjet]]
* [[Jhiaxus (G2) | Jhiaxus]]
* [[Skullgrin]]
* [[Drag Strip (G1) | Dragstrip]]
* [[Skywarp (G1) | Skywarp]]
* [[Thunderwing (G1) | Thunderwing]]
* [[Scourge (G1)]]
* [[Scourge (RID)]]
* [[Octane (G1) | Octane]]
* [[Straxus (G1) | Darkmount]]
* [[Doubledealer]]
* [[Cyclonus (G1) | Cyclonus]]
* [[Blitzwing (G1) | Blitzwing]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Barricade (WFC) | Barricade]]
* [[Megatron (Armada) | Armada Megatron]]
* [[Starscream (Armada)|Armada Starscream]]
* [[Krok (G1) | Krok]]

;Exclusives
* [[Runamuck (G1) | Runamuck]]
* [[Astrotrain (G1) | Astrotrain]]
* [[Black Shadow (Victory) | Sky Shadow]]
* [[Sunstorm (G1) | Sunstorm]]
* [[Slipstream (WFC) | Slipstream]]
* [[Scourge (RID) | Scourge]]
* [[Nacelle (G1) | Nacelle]]
* [[Runabout (G1) | Over-Run]]
* [[Offroad]]
* [[Dead End (G1) | Dead End]]
* [[Motormaster (G1) | Motormaster]]
* [[Punch (G1) | Counterpunch]]
* [[Treadshot (G1) | Treadshot]]
* [[Brawl (G1) | Brawl]]
* [[Onslaught (G1) | Onsluaght]]
* [[Vortex (G1) | Vortex]]
* [[Swindle (G1) | Swindle]]
* [[Blast Off (G1) | Blast Off]]

;Combiners
* [[Menasor (G1) | Menasor]]
* [[Bruticus (G1) | Bruticus]]
{{!}}}

|h3=[[Maximal]]s|c3=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Optimus Primal | Optimus Primal]]
* [[Cheetor (BW) | Cheetor]]
{{!}}}

|h4=[[Predacon]]s|c4=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Megatron (BW) | Megatron]]
* [[Waspinator (BW) | Waspinator]]
{{!}}}

|h5=[[Mini-Con]]s|c5=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Windshear]]
* [[Runway (Generations) | Runway]]
* [[Heavytread (Generations) | Heavytread]]
;Combiners
* [[Centuritron]]
{{!}}}
|nonumbering=true
}}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Characters that aren't in the game yet, but appear in promotional material.
 

==Notes==
*The Exclusive version of Skywarp, the one based on his [[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]] figure, is the only character represented by a [[TakaraTomy]] figure rather than its [[Hasbro]] counterpart.

==External links==
* [http://www.transformersbattletactics.com/ Official Website]

[[Category:Video games]]