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Nemesis Part 2

2021-07-29T22:36:41Z

JazZeke: /* Continuity notes */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=52
|series2=Metals
|ep2=25
|next=The Reformatting
|next2=Remix: I Lost the Banana!
|image=Nemesis2 shuttle crash.jpg
|caption=It had a good run, but ''Beast Wars'' [[Furmanism|never did want to live forever]].
|title="''Nemesis'' Part 2"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[May 7]], 1999
|written by=[[Simon Furman]]
|directed by=[[Cal Shumiatcher]],<br />[[Steve Sacks]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''Megatron has possession of the ''Nemesis'', and the Maximals need a last-minute miracle to defeat him as the Beast Wars come to an end.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Nemesis2 Primal and Tigerhawk charge.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Optimus and Tigerhawk conclude that it is better to fight and die than run.]]
[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] has raised the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' from its watery grave and has begun a random attack on everything in sight, all the while quoting the [[Covenant of Primus]]. After telling Rhinox to "deploy [[Operation Eternity]]", [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and [[Tigerhawk]] attempt to fight it off, but their weapons don't even scratch the hull. Tigerhawk tells Primal to rally the Maximals and that he will remain to fight. On the ''Nemesis'', [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] is commenting that his [[spark]] has changed and feels complete. Aspects of [[Dinobot (BW)|the original Dinobot]] begin to emerge. He admires Tigerhawk's defense. Tigerhawk is able to damage power on several decks, limiting Megatron's offensive options to using the fusion cannon, which he uses to destroy Tigerhawk. Going to the [[Protohuman]] settlement, Megatron prepares to destroy it. Dinobot objects, asking where the honor is in such an act, but Megatron fires anyway, killing [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] in the process.

[[File:Nemesis2 Nemesis over Mount St. Hilary.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The Nemesis hovering like some vast, predatory bird over Mount St. Hilary.]]
At [[Mount St. Hilary]], the Maximals are preparing a last-ditch strategy—bring the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] online and fight the ''Nemesis''. However, the ship has been offline too long, and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] are having trouble restoring power. The ''Nemesis'' arrives, but Tigerhawk's attack, as well as the wasted attack on the Protohumans, has depleted its [[energon]] reserves, and the fusion cannon requires time to recharge. Megatron activates its [[tractor beam]], and Primal enters the ''Nemesis''. He and Megatron duke it out, but the Predacon clearly has the advantage. On the Ark, the Maximals manage to get the engines on line, but they burn out almost instantly. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] proclaims that they are all going to die, and for once, no one tells him to shut up. Instead, the characteristically stoic Rhinox simply responds with "Yup".

[[File:Megatron Primal Nemesis 2.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|If Optimus can't beat Megatron, what chance do we have?]]
However, Dinobot, disapproving of Megatron's actions, sends a message to the Maximals of an [[Autobot Shuttle Omega Delta|Autobot shuttle]] stored in the Ark. Megatron orders Dinobot to fire, but he refuses, stating that he has his honor. In a last bid to save them all, Rhinox pilots the shuttle on a collision course with the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s bridge, crashing through the viewport and going out the other side, dragging Megatron along. Optimus urges Dinobot to save himself, but he simply bids farewell to Primal and remains as the bridge explodes around him. As the ''Nemesis'' crashes, Primal rejoins the other Maximals.

[[File:Nemesis2 Autobot shuttle Earth.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The Beast Wars are over—finished. But [[The Reformatting|it never ends]]!]]
Sometime later, after repairing the shuttle and rigging a [[transwarp cell]] to it, the Maximals leave [[Earth]] for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Optimus, piloting the ship, declares that the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] are over, and memorializes the Maximals who fell during the war. Rattrap, however, is more happy to be going home and points out that they won't have to see Megatron 'til they get there, as the Predacon is tied to the hull of their shuttle. As the shuttle enters [[unspace|transwarp]], the scene shifts to the Protohumans, who have built a village and are using parts of Inferno and Quickstrike in a ritual to celebrate their new leader...[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]].

Waspinator declares that he is "happy at last".

[['Til all are one|'Til all are -]] [[The Reformatting|waaaaait a cycle...]]
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in video footage.<br>
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (1)
*[[Tigerhawk]] (2)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (3)
*[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] (4)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (5)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (6)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (7)
*''[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]'' (15)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (8)
*[[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] (9)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (11)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (12)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (16)

|h3=[[Protohuman]]s|c3=
*Protohumans (10)
*[[Blix|Leader Neanderthal]] (13)
*[[Una]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"'I am that which is, which was, and is yet to come! And you will know my name is [[Megatron (myth)|Megatron]] when I lay my vengeance upon you!'"<br />
"You have already read the Covenant of Primus?"<br />
"Just the good parts."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Dinobot'''

"I'll say one thing for my namesake, he liked his artillery big and plentiful. Now, where was I? Ah yes, mindless destruction! Good for the spark, I always say."<br />
:-'''Megatron''', commenting on the Nemesis' firepower.

"Quickly, go to your fellow Maximals. Prepare them! If Megatron destroys the ''Ark'' and its occupants, history as we know it will unravel."<br />
"You can't stop that thing alone."<br />
"Perhaps, but it is my destiny to try. I will hold the line here. Go!"
:—'''Tigerhawk''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

"Hmm, I suppose, given my imminent godhood, these primitives should really be beneath my intention. Ah, still, no score is too small to settle, I always say."<br />
[''stops Megatron from activating the weapons''] "You would turn the full fury of this mighty warship on a lone anthropoid?! Tell me, Megatron, where's the honor in that?!"<br />
[''growls''] "You dare use the h-word to me?!"<br />
"I…I apologize. I merely felt our power should be conserved for…the larger battle."<br />
"Duly noted...and ignored!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Dinobot'''

"Well, come on, let's have it. The usual 'destiny and honor' speech."<br />
"Speech ''this''!"
:—'''Megatron''' gets decked by '''Optimus Primal'''

"'And there came a hero who said, "Hurt not the earth, nor the seas, nor the trees, nor the very fabric of time." But the hero would not prevail'".<br />
"Finish the quote, Megatron. 'Nor would he surrender!'"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

"Destroy them!"<br />
"...Negative."<br />
"''What?!'' What possible reason could you have to disobey me?! I am your master! I am your creator!"<br />
"And I...have my HONOR!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Dinobot'''

"Waspinator happy at last."
:—The most well known ending of all. [[Thrust (BM)|Until he gets chased away.]]

==Notes==
===Script timeline===
* First script: 16th November 1998
* Second draft: 22nd November 1998
* Finalised: 22nd November 1998
* As Air: 27th March 1999

===Animation and technical errors===
*As Tigerhawk is about to be overwhelmed by the fusion cannon, it cuts to a reaction shot by Dinobot, whose "monocle" is on the wrong eye.
*In the same scene, Tigerhawk is shown being stripped apart to a skeletal structure by the beam, but is shown fully intact before the beam finally destroys him.
*When Optimus returns to the Maximal base and tries to communicate with Tigerhawk, his right wing is missing.
*At one point, Optimus tears his wing off and tosses it to jam the giant grinder mechanisms on the bottom of the ''Nemesis''. However, in the next scene in which he appears, his wing has been replaced with no explanation.
*The conduit Blackarachnia splices with Rattrap's tail can be seen in an earlier scene with the tail already installed.
*As the Maximals await their doom inside the Ark and Rattrap comments on how they're "all gonna die", he's missing his [[robot mode]] "backpack".
*Megatron apparently transforms to dragon mode off-screen, transforms back to robot mode on-screen before the scene cuts away, then when next we see him, he is in dragon mode again!
*For most of the episode, Optimus is missing the "blast shields" that he usually wears on either his forearms or shoulders. He tends to have them when he's in vehicle mode, but not consistently.
*When Megatron grabs Optimus Primal by the head during the battle on the Nemesis' bridge, Primal's suddenly got his missing blast shields back. They go missing again in the very next scene.
*In the final battle scene, Dinobot is flipped horizontally. (See first glitch.)
*Bringing us full circle with how the planet tended to look in season one, the shots of Earth from space look nothing like the planet should. (See picture above.)

===Continuity errors===
[[File:G1Megs Nemesis part2 deletedclip.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Ploink!]]
*Although it was cut from the final episode for time, the script called for Generation 1 Megatron's spark to be removed from Megatron and placed back in its proper body before the Maximals leave Earth. This very brief scene was animated and can be seen on the ''Beast Wars'' Season 3 box sets produced by [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]] and [[Madman Entertainment]].<ref> https://youtu.be/aYS71y5Z3zs </ref>It should be noted, however, that despite the cut, Optimus's lines from that segment were still included in the episode, albeit used in a different context.
**Furman later wrote the short story "[[A Meeting of Minds]]", which was mostly set between "[[Master Blaster]]" and "[[Other Victories]]" but included a short epilogue effectively recounting the events of this deleted scene.
**Almost two decades later, [[Ask Vector Prime]] would confirm that the deleted scene was indeed canon for the episode.

===Continuity notes===
*Was Dinobot's spirit influencing Dinobot II, or was something else going on? After Dinobot flashes between himself and the original Dinobot, his voice no longer has the electronic effect. The 2010 [[Transformers Hall of Fame]] competition would eventually say that Dinobot's "consciousness" was influencing him. "[[Dark Glass]]" provides a more direct explanation but it was ultimately not produced.
*There are echoes of the musical cues from "[[Code of Hero]]" playing as Dinobot starts to recall the life of the original Dinobot.
*When the Nemesis has the Ark in its sites and Megatron shouts "Destroy them!", only for Dinobot II to refuse to do so, this is a callback to [[Beast_Wars_(Part_1)| the very first episode]], where in the battle above Earth, Dinobot is the one to shout "Destroy them!" only for Megatron to refuse to do so.
*As they leave Earth, Optimus Primal asks the survivors to reflect on the Maximals [[Transmutate (BW)|who]] [[Tigatron|lost]] [[Airazor (BW)|their]] [[Depth Charge (BW)|lives]] [[Dinobot (BW)|in]] the conflict. (To be fair, the Maximals fared far better than the Predacons who with the exception of Megatron were all either killed, switched sides, or—in Waspinator's case—quit.)

===Transformers references===
*There is the ''Nemesis'' itself, carrying over from the previous episode. Among its arsenal is a tractor beam, which it used to snag the ''Ark'' in Generation 1 media.
*"In the darkest hour, there will be a light," a line from the Covenant of Primus most likely derived from "Light our [[darkest hour]]" in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*Speaking of that movie, Primal's declaration of "This has to stop! At any cost" mirrors Optimus Prime's declaration of "Megatron must be stopped! No matter the cost".

===Real-world references===
*Megatron targeting grid 3H was a shout-out to [[3H Productions|3H Enterprises]], then-organizers of [[BotCon]].
*The lines Megatron reads from the Covenant of Primus bear some similarities to lines from English translations of the {{w|Bible}} of [[Earth]]'s [[human]]s.
*One of Megatron's Covenant of Primus quotes bears stronger resemblance to the paraphrase of {{w|Book of Ezekiel|Ezekiel 25:17}} in the film ''{{w|Pulp Fiction}}'' than it does to the original Bible quote.
*The protohuman celebration, with the jubilant primitives happily using the parts of their defeated enemies as musical instruments, is reminiscent of the Ewok celebration in ''[[Star Wars|Return of the Jedi]]''.

===Trivia===
[[File:Transwarpcellanimaticnem2.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Yoink!]]
*In an interview, Furman stated he was approached at BotCon 1998 to write a "G1-centric" episode, and worked closely with Bob Forward on what would become "''Nemesis''" (they originally weren't sure who'd write which part). Various ideas were pitched, but for reasons of budget and a lack of a fourth season meant everything needed to be wrapped up here; one key decision was to ensure the core cast "got a good send off, one that didn't leave them in limbo". Bob would do most of the Dinobot writing. [http://www.bwint.net/interviewsimonfurman.htm] Despite the rewrite to turn this into a series finale, Forward and Larry DiTillo learnt "too late" that they were being replaced after Season 3 "to tie up all the threads".<ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/beast-wars-creative-team-to-change-after-season-3/18271/ Beast Wars Creative Team to change after Season 3]</ref>
*[[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino's]] Season 3 box set contains an animatic with additional footage cut out from the final episode (presumably to save time). One of the edits shows Optimus Primal tearing a [[transwarp cell]] from the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki> control deck prior to telling [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] to save himself. The transwarp cell is visible in the (finished) episode in Primal's hand as he escapes the exploding ''Nemesis'', and is later seen installed on the controls of the Autobot shuttle, explaining how the Maximals were able to travel through both space and time and return home.
*In the early plot of the episode, the Maximals successfully launched the ''Ark'' itself, instead of an Autobot shuttle. Also, [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] would have reactivated, ramming into the ''Nemesis'' instead of the Autobot shuttle. This would have possibly explained where the three [[Conehead]]s came from when they suddenly appeared in season two of the original cartoon.
*It should be noted that ''had'' Megatron heeded Dinobot and not turned the fusion cannon on the proto-human colony, he would have most likely won the Beast Wars, by the simple fact that it would have been fully charged by the time the [[Nemesis (G1)|''Nemesis'']] reached the ''Ark'' (as pointed out by Dinobot, the fusion cannon's reactor was depleted to 65% power when they had arrived) without the Maximals having a chance to prepare in time. In retrospect, this could be why he makes such a big deal about displaying honor [[The Weak Component|later on...]]
* By the end of the series, of the original ten Maximals and Predacons, only Optimus, Cheetor, Rattrap, Rhinox, Megatron, and Waspinator survive the Beast Wars. ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' would wipe out several of the Beast Wars survivors leaving Cheetor, Rattrap, and Waspinator as the only ones who managed to survive both series from beginning to end.
*Had the Maximals just bound Megatron ''inside'' the shuttle, rather than atop the roof, they could've saved themselves [[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|so much trouble.]]
*There is a rather raunchy bit of adult humor towards the episode's climax. When looking for a power conduit for the engines, Blackarachnia steals Rattrap's tail sword, to which he calls her an “emasculating fem-bot”. Immediately thereafter, she slices the end of the sword off in a sort of symbolic gesture, much to the shock (and somewhat disgust) of Silverbolt.
*It seems rather odd that the Maximals would leave a Predacon on Earth, even one as incompetent as Waspinator. However, it's possible that they didn't know he was still alive.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''''Némésis'' 2'''" (Canada)

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Destini - Parte 2''' ("Fates - Part 2")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Happy? Kore de ii no da'''" (ハッピー?これでいいのだ, "Happy? This Should Do It")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 22]] [[2000]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''''Nemesis'' Parte 2'''" ("''Nemesis'' Part 2")

'''Spanish'''
:''Title:'' "'''''Nemesis'' Segunda Parte'''" (America, "''Nemesis'' Second Part")

'''Mandarin'''
:''Title:'' "'''Zhèngyì de Jiéjú'''" (正义的结局, "End of Justice")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Happy? This Should Do It ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.<br>
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 4 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio.<br>
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Third Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]])<br>
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]])<br>
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory)<br>
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3 ([[Madman Entertainment]])<br>
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Nemesis Part 2

2021-07-29T22:27:57Z

JazZeke: /* Continuity notes */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=52
|series2=Metals
|ep2=25
|next=The Reformatting
|next2=Remix: I Lost the Banana!
|image=Nemesis2 shuttle crash.jpg
|caption=It had a good run, but ''Beast Wars'' [[Furmanism|never did want to live forever]].
|title="''Nemesis'' Part 2"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[May 7]], 1999
|written by=[[Simon Furman]]
|directed by=[[Cal Shumiatcher]],<br />[[Steve Sacks]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''Megatron has possession of the ''Nemesis'', and the Maximals need a last-minute miracle to defeat him as the Beast Wars come to an end.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Nemesis2 Primal and Tigerhawk charge.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Optimus and Tigerhawk conclude that it is better to fight and die than run.]]
[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] has raised the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' from its watery grave and has begun a random attack on everything in sight, all the while quoting the [[Covenant of Primus]]. After telling Rhinox to "deploy [[Operation Eternity]]", [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and [[Tigerhawk]] attempt to fight it off, but their weapons don't even scratch the hull. Tigerhawk tells Primal to rally the Maximals and that he will remain to fight. On the ''Nemesis'', [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] is commenting that his [[spark]] has changed and feels complete. Aspects of [[Dinobot (BW)|the original Dinobot]] begin to emerge. He admires Tigerhawk's defense. Tigerhawk is able to damage power on several decks, limiting Megatron's offensive options to using the fusion cannon, which he uses to destroy Tigerhawk. Going to the [[Protohuman]] settlement, Megatron prepares to destroy it. Dinobot objects, asking where the honor is in such an act, but Megatron fires anyway, killing [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] in the process.

[[File:Nemesis2 Nemesis over Mount St. Hilary.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The Nemesis hovering like some vast, predatory bird over Mount St. Hilary.]]
At [[Mount St. Hilary]], the Maximals are preparing a last-ditch strategy—bring the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] online and fight the ''Nemesis''. However, the ship has been offline too long, and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] are having trouble restoring power. The ''Nemesis'' arrives, but Tigerhawk's attack, as well as the wasted attack on the Protohumans, has depleted its [[energon]] reserves, and the fusion cannon requires time to recharge. Megatron activates its [[tractor beam]], and Primal enters the ''Nemesis''. He and Megatron duke it out, but the Predacon clearly has the advantage. On the Ark, the Maximals manage to get the engines on line, but they burn out almost instantly. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] proclaims that they are all going to die, and for once, no one tells him to shut up. Instead, the characteristically stoic Rhinox simply responds with "Yup".

[[File:Megatron Primal Nemesis 2.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|If Optimus can't beat Megatron, what chance do we have?]]
However, Dinobot, disapproving of Megatron's actions, sends a message to the Maximals of an [[Autobot Shuttle Omega Delta|Autobot shuttle]] stored in the Ark. Megatron orders Dinobot to fire, but he refuses, stating that he has his honor. In a last bid to save them all, Rhinox pilots the shuttle on a collision course with the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s bridge, crashing through the viewport and going out the other side, dragging Megatron along. Optimus urges Dinobot to save himself, but he simply bids farewell to Primal and remains as the bridge explodes around him. As the ''Nemesis'' crashes, Primal rejoins the other Maximals.

[[File:Nemesis2 Autobot shuttle Earth.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The Beast Wars are over—finished. But [[The Reformatting|it never ends]]!]]
Sometime later, after repairing the shuttle and rigging a [[transwarp cell]] to it, the Maximals leave [[Earth]] for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Optimus, piloting the ship, declares that the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] are over, and memorializes the Maximals who fell during the war. Rattrap, however, is more happy to be going home and points out that they won't have to see Megatron 'til they get there, as the Predacon is tied to the hull of their shuttle. As the shuttle enters [[unspace|transwarp]], the scene shifts to the Protohumans, who have built a village and are using parts of Inferno and Quickstrike in a ritual to celebrate their new leader...[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]].

Waspinator declares that he is "happy at last".

[['Til all are one|'Til all are -]] [[The Reformatting|waaaaait a cycle...]]
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in video footage.<br>
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (1)
*[[Tigerhawk]] (2)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (3)
*[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] (4)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (5)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (6)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (7)
*''[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]'' (15)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (8)
*[[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] (9)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (11)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (12)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (16)

|h3=[[Protohuman]]s|c3=
*Protohumans (10)
*[[Blix|Leader Neanderthal]] (13)
*[[Una]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"'I am that which is, which was, and is yet to come! And you will know my name is [[Megatron (myth)|Megatron]] when I lay my vengeance upon you!'"<br />
"You have already read the Covenant of Primus?"<br />
"Just the good parts."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Dinobot'''

"I'll say one thing for my namesake, he liked his artillery big and plentiful. Now, where was I? Ah yes, mindless destruction! Good for the spark, I always say."<br />
:-'''Megatron''', commenting on the Nemesis' firepower.

"Quickly, go to your fellow Maximals. Prepare them! If Megatron destroys the ''Ark'' and its occupants, history as we know it will unravel."<br />
"You can't stop that thing alone."<br />
"Perhaps, but it is my destiny to try. I will hold the line here. Go!"
:—'''Tigerhawk''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

"Hmm, I suppose, given my imminent godhood, these primitives should really be beneath my intention. Ah, still, no score is too small to settle, I always say."<br />
[''stops Megatron from activating the weapons''] "You would turn the full fury of this mighty warship on a lone anthropoid?! Tell me, Megatron, where's the honor in that?!"<br />
[''growls''] "You dare use the h-word to me?!"<br />
"I…I apologize. I merely felt our power should be conserved for…the larger battle."<br />
"Duly noted...and ignored!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Dinobot'''

"Well, come on, let's have it. The usual 'destiny and honor' speech."<br />
"Speech ''this''!"
:—'''Megatron''' gets decked by '''Optimus Primal'''

"'And there came a hero who said, "Hurt not the earth, nor the seas, nor the trees, nor the very fabric of time." But the hero would not prevail'".<br />
"Finish the quote, Megatron. 'Nor would he surrender!'"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

"Destroy them!"<br />
"...Negative."<br />
"''What?!'' What possible reason could you have to disobey me?! I am your master! I am your creator!"<br />
"And I...have my HONOR!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Dinobot'''

"Waspinator happy at last."
:—The most well known ending of all. [[Thrust (BM)|Until he gets chased away.]]

==Notes==
===Script timeline===
* First script: 16th November 1998
* Second draft: 22nd November 1998
* Finalised: 22nd November 1998
* As Air: 27th March 1999

===Animation and technical errors===
*As Tigerhawk is about to be overwhelmed by the fusion cannon, it cuts to a reaction shot by Dinobot, whose "monocle" is on the wrong eye.
*In the same scene, Tigerhawk is shown being stripped apart to a skeletal structure by the beam, but is shown fully intact before the beam finally destroys him.
*When Optimus returns to the Maximal base and tries to communicate with Tigerhawk, his right wing is missing.
*At one point, Optimus tears his wing off and tosses it to jam the giant grinder mechanisms on the bottom of the ''Nemesis''. However, in the next scene in which he appears, his wing has been replaced with no explanation.
*The conduit Blackarachnia splices with Rattrap's tail can be seen in an earlier scene with the tail already installed.
*As the Maximals await their doom inside the Ark and Rattrap comments on how they're "all gonna die", he's missing his [[robot mode]] "backpack".
*Megatron apparently transforms to dragon mode off-screen, transforms back to robot mode on-screen before the scene cuts away, then when next we see him, he is in dragon mode again!
*For most of the episode, Optimus is missing the "blast shields" that he usually wears on either his forearms or shoulders. He tends to have them when he's in vehicle mode, but not consistently.
*When Megatron grabs Optimus Primal by the head during the battle on the Nemesis' bridge, Primal's suddenly got his missing blast shields back. They go missing again in the very next scene.
*In the final battle scene, Dinobot is flipped horizontally. (See first glitch.)
*Bringing us full circle with how the planet tended to look in season one, the shots of Earth from space look nothing like the planet should. (See picture above.)

===Continuity errors===
[[File:G1Megs Nemesis part2 deletedclip.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Ploink!]]
*Although it was cut from the final episode for time, the script called for Generation 1 Megatron's spark to be removed from Megatron and placed back in its proper body before the Maximals leave Earth. This very brief scene was animated and can be seen on the ''Beast Wars'' Season 3 box sets produced by [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]] and [[Madman Entertainment]].<ref> https://youtu.be/aYS71y5Z3zs </ref>It should be noted, however, that despite the cut, Optimus's lines from that segment were still included in the episode, albeit used in a different context.
**Furman later wrote the short story "[[A Meeting of Minds]]", which was mostly set between "[[Master Blaster]]" and "[[Other Victories]]" but included a short epilogue effectively recounting the events of this deleted scene.
**Almost two decades later, [[Ask Vector Prime]] would confirm that the deleted scene was indeed canon for the episode.

===Continuity notes===
*Was Dinobot's spirit influencing Dinobot II, or was something else going on? After Dinobot flashes between himself and the original Dinobot, his voice no longer has the electronic effect. The 2010 [[Transformers Hall of Fame]] competition would eventually say that Dinobot's "consciousness" was influencing him. "[[Dark Glass]]" provides a more direct explanation but it was ultimately not produced.
*There are echoes of the musical cues from "[[Code of Hero]]" playing as Dinobot starts to recall the life of the original Dinobot.
*When the Nemesis has the Ark in its sites and Megatron shouts "Destroy them!", only for Dinobot II to refuse to do so, this is a callback to the very first episode, where in the battle above Earth, Dinobot is the one to shout "Destroy them!" only for Megatron to refuse to do so.
*As they leave Earth, Optimus Primal asks the survivors to reflect on the Maximals [[Transmutate (BW)|who]] [[Tigatron|lost]] [[Airazor (BW)|their]] [[Depth Charge (BW)|lives]] [[Dinobot (BW)|in]] the conflict. (To be fair, the Maximals fared far better than the Predacons who with the exception of Megatron were all either killed, switched sides, or—in Waspinator's case—quit.)

===Transformers references===
*There is the ''Nemesis'' itself, carrying over from the previous episode. Among its arsenal is a tractor beam, which it used to snag the ''Ark'' in Generation 1 media.
*"In the darkest hour, there will be a light," a line from the Covenant of Primus most likely derived from "Light our [[darkest hour]]" in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*Speaking of that movie, Primal's declaration of "This has to stop! At any cost" mirrors Optimus Prime's declaration of "Megatron must be stopped! No matter the cost".

===Real-world references===
*Megatron targeting grid 3H was a shout-out to [[3H Productions|3H Enterprises]], then-organizers of [[BotCon]].
*The lines Megatron reads from the Covenant of Primus bear some similarities to lines from English translations of the {{w|Bible}} of [[Earth]]'s [[human]]s.
*One of Megatron's Covenant of Primus quotes bears stronger resemblance to the paraphrase of {{w|Book of Ezekiel|Ezekiel 25:17}} in the film ''{{w|Pulp Fiction}}'' than it does to the original Bible quote.
*The protohuman celebration, with the jubilant primitives happily using the parts of their defeated enemies as musical instruments, is reminiscent of the Ewok celebration in ''[[Star Wars|Return of the Jedi]]''.

===Trivia===
[[File:Transwarpcellanimaticnem2.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Yoink!]]
*In an interview, Furman stated he was approached at BotCon 1998 to write a "G1-centric" episode, and worked closely with Bob Forward on what would become "''Nemesis''" (they originally weren't sure who'd write which part). Various ideas were pitched, but for reasons of budget and a lack of a fourth season meant everything needed to be wrapped up here; one key decision was to ensure the core cast "got a good send off, one that didn't leave them in limbo". Bob would do most of the Dinobot writing. [http://www.bwint.net/interviewsimonfurman.htm] Despite the rewrite to turn this into a series finale, Forward and Larry DiTillo learnt "too late" that they were being replaced after Season 3 "to tie up all the threads".<ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/beast-wars-creative-team-to-change-after-season-3/18271/ Beast Wars Creative Team to change after Season 3]</ref>
*[[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino's]] Season 3 box set contains an animatic with additional footage cut out from the final episode (presumably to save time). One of the edits shows Optimus Primal tearing a [[transwarp cell]] from the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki> control deck prior to telling [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] to save himself. The transwarp cell is visible in the (finished) episode in Primal's hand as he escapes the exploding ''Nemesis'', and is later seen installed on the controls of the Autobot shuttle, explaining how the Maximals were able to travel through both space and time and return home.
*In the early plot of the episode, the Maximals successfully launched the ''Ark'' itself, instead of an Autobot shuttle. Also, [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] would have reactivated, ramming into the ''Nemesis'' instead of the Autobot shuttle. This would have possibly explained where the three [[Conehead]]s came from when they suddenly appeared in season two of the original cartoon.
*It should be noted that ''had'' Megatron heeded Dinobot and not turned the fusion cannon on the proto-human colony, he would have most likely won the Beast Wars, by the simple fact that it would have been fully charged by the time the [[Nemesis (G1)|''Nemesis'']] reached the ''Ark'' (as pointed out by Dinobot, the fusion cannon's reactor was depleted to 65% power when they had arrived) without the Maximals having a chance to prepare in time. In retrospect, this could be why he makes such a big deal about displaying honor [[The Weak Component|later on...]]
* By the end of the series, of the original ten Maximals and Predacons, only Optimus, Cheetor, Rattrap, Rhinox, Megatron, and Waspinator survive the Beast Wars. ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' would wipe out several of the Beast Wars survivors leaving Cheetor, Rattrap, and Waspinator as the only ones who managed to survive both series from beginning to end.
*Had the Maximals just bound Megatron ''inside'' the shuttle, rather than atop the roof, they could've saved themselves [[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|so much trouble.]]
*There is a rather raunchy bit of adult humor towards the episode's climax. When looking for a power conduit for the engines, Blackarachnia steals Rattrap's tail sword, to which he calls her an “emasculating fem-bot”. Immediately thereafter, she slices the end of the sword off in a sort of symbolic gesture, much to the shock (and somewhat disgust) of Silverbolt.
*It seems rather odd that the Maximals would leave a Predacon on Earth, even one as incompetent as Waspinator. However, it's possible that they didn't know he was still alive.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''''Némésis'' 2'''" (Canada)

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Destini - Parte 2''' ("Fates - Part 2")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Happy? Kore de ii no da'''" (ハッピー?これでいいのだ, "Happy? This Should Do It")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 22]] [[2000]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''''Nemesis'' Parte 2'''" ("''Nemesis'' Part 2")

'''Spanish'''
:''Title:'' "'''''Nemesis'' Segunda Parte'''" (America, "''Nemesis'' Second Part")

'''Mandarin'''
:''Title:'' "'''Zhèngyì de Jiéjú'''" (正义的结局, "End of Justice")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Happy? This Should Do It ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.<br>
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 4 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio.<br>
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Third Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]])<br>
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]])<br>
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory)<br>
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3 ([[Madman Entertainment]])<br>
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Megatron (BW)

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{{disambig3|Megatron}}{{suite}}
:''Megatron is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]], yesss.''

[[File:MegatronBWsourcebook.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|That's the problem with heroes, really. Their only purpose in life is to thwart others. They make no plans, develop no strategies. They react instead of act. Without villains, heroes would stagnate. Without heroes, villains would be running the world. Heroes have morals. Villains have work ethic.]]
'''Megatron''' (aka '''[[Noble (BM)|Savage, Noble]],''' '''Gnashteeth,''' '''Beast Megatron''' and, um, '''Joe''') began with one goal: restoring glory and power to the Predacon race, with himself at the helm. What distinguishes Megatron from the countless others who share this goal is his chutzpah. This is a guy who [[Megatron (myth)|named himself after his faith's equivalent ''of the Antichrist'']]. He is willing to risk ''everything''—time, space, himself—if need be. He's willing to commit omnicide if it will further his goals. And there were times he would have won were it not for [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]].

Megatron is skillful at orchestrating vast schemes by manipulating others into doing them for him—an idle suggestion here, a conspicuously-planted object of interest there. He knows his enemies, and these include [[Tarantulas (BW)|some]] [[Blackarachnia (BW)|minions]], inside and out and exactly how to provoke them. He has no friends, only pawns, or occasionally, [[Inferno (BW)|pawns that are too reliable to risk losing]]. Because of this attitude, this superiority complex, he despises working with the very troops he needs to carry out his plans. His hubris does not make him very popular, and so he must rely on power and fear to rule them. In fact, he prefers [[Vehicon (BM)|mindless drones]].

Megatron is a gambler and can sometimes be a ham. (His manner of saying "Yesss..." is practically vaudevillian.) He has a twisted sense of humor and an overdeveloped sense of drama which rule everything he conceives, both long and short term. When he destroys you, he wants you to know that it was he who did this, and just how badly you were had. This is his greatest weakness. Like a Bond villain, he'll gladly boast to the hero at length about how smart and clever he was, giving his victim time to formulate a counterattack (he admits the Predacons sometimes gloat too much). He often sabotages himself by neglecting the quick and easy solutions for the bigger, meaner, and more complex.

He has a [[Rubber Ducky]].

{{quote|The universe cowered once at the name of Megatron and it shall do so again!|Megatron|"[[Optimal Situation]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Toy bios===
[[File:PrimavsMegs toycomic.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Look out Batman, it's Killer Croc!]]

Megatron believed that the Predacon way of life was to prosper or perish, and that the Maximals must be wiped out if the Predacons were to prosper. As for Optimus Primal, he planned to ''eat'' him! {{storylink|Megatron (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Megatron bio (basic alligator mold)}}

The Maximals' "[[bio-genetic morphing process]]" allowed them to fuse organic musculature and Transformers technology... so Megatron and his Predacons did the same thing, with the DNA of Earth's most vicious predators! When the Maximals tried to destroy the Predacons' lab, Megatron was waiting in his ferocious alligator form. Mistaken for a harmless Earth creature, he was able to get to the drop on Optimus Primal and summoned in his soldiers [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]].

[[File:Optimusprimalvsmegatronmegandlab.jpg|thumb|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un6FxjUAChA I drive a Chevrolet movie theatre.]]]
The battle was still lost, leading to Megatron destroying the lab so his enemies couldn't get its secrets. He then fled, vowing to return with new forms and new plans when the Maximals least expected it. {{storylink|Optimus Primal vs Megatron!}}

Megatron eventually succeeded in obtaining ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' DNA, stolen from human research labs, and subsequently used it to re-engineer his body into a powerful new form. Amongst his artillery, he boasted "poisonous paralyzer fluids blasts" that emanated from his [[beast mode]]'s mouth, while his tail was configured into a "powerful pincher claw" capable of slicing an enemy in half. {{storylink|Megatron (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Megatron bio (ultra ''T. rex'' mold)}}

{{note|This comic, along with 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]].}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
{{main|Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity}}
[[File:Double Dinobot Megatron clone.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|A picture can tell a lot without words.]]

Megatron was a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] criminal who stole the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], realizing that [[Megatron (G1)|his namesake]] left a message on it pointing to the location of [[Earth]] where, with [[transwarp|time travel technology]], one could attempt to change history so that the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] ended in favor for the [[Decepticon]]s. Despite the interference of the [[Maximal]] ship ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', commanded by [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]], the Predacons in the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'' managed to make it to Earth, although it was not apparent at first. Megatron put his original plans on hold to gather the massive amounts of [[energon]] on the planet that he could use to conquer the universe. His band of Predacons fought Optimus Primal's Maximals in the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]. Despite much plotting and machination, such as the attempted murder of [[human]]ity and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Megatron was defeated and brought back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars}}

However, Megatron was able to free himself from his bonds and arrive on Cybertron before the Maximals did. Using an immobilizing virus and the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]] on an unsuspecting populace, Megatron conquered the planet, beginning an era of technological superiority in deadly opposition to the organic. However, the Maximals soon returned and were tasked by the mystical [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] to end Megatron's reign and bring about a widespread evolution into the [[technorganic]]. Optimus Primal succeeded at this task, sacrificing both himself and Megatron in the organic core of Cybertron. {{storylink|Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines}}

When [[Unicron]] began his abduction of Transformers across the [[multiverse]], starting the [[Universe War]], [[Primus]] called Optimus Primal out of the [[Transformer afterlife|Allspark]] to lead his troops against Unicron. This action also freed Megatron's spark, and he returned to his typical plotting nature. {{storylink|Transformers: Universe (comic)|Universe}}

In a divergent timeline, Megatron joined forces with the original Megatron in 21st century Earth and with a [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] from another [[Universal stream|universal cluster]]. He was also considered as a recipient of the powers of the ancient Transformer, [[Logos Prime]]. {{storylink|Beast Wars Reborn}}

===''Beast Wars II'' catalog===
[[File:MegatronGalvatronBW1.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Pwned.]]
On planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Megatron once disagreed with [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] over opinions on galactic conquest, and engaged him in battle over it. At the time, Megatron momentarily let his guard down, and was defeated. Galvatron declared "Your era is over, Megatron!"

Later, Megatron noted that while Galvatron was ambitious, he cared for his underlings—and although he was loathe to admit it, he acknowledged that Galvatron probably had all the regal bearing of a new [[Emperor of Destruction]]. {{storylink|Catalog#Beast Wars II|The next stage of battle advances to the Second War... ...Beast Wars, Transform!}}
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===''TransTech''===
{{voiceactor|[[David Kaye]] (English)}}

Somehow ending up at the multiversal hub of [[Axiom Nexus]], Megatron hid out under the alias "Joe". When he ran into [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and learned of the [[AllSpark Key]], he pretended to be a heroic character and helped rescue Bumblebee's friends, only to steal the Key. Using his experience with MacGuffins, he swiftly learned how to power himself and create an army. Unfortunately, his army turned on him after learning of bureaucracy and the amount of forms they'd have to fill in now that they were alive. However, before being carried away by his former minions, Megatron promised that he would be back, and that he would get his extremely overwrought and melodramatic revenge. {{storylink|Bee in the City}}
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{{storylink|Bee in the City 2: Electric Bugaloo}}

===''Beast Wars Metals'' manga===
[[File:MegatronMangaDominatrix01.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|''Megs!'' Kids could be reading this comic!!]]

After killing Optimus Primal in a Transwarp explosion, Megatron was mutated by the resulting Quantum Surge into a Transmetal, as was almost every other Transformer on [[Earth|Energoa]]. With their leader dead and their forces scattered, Megatron wasted no time in plotting an immediate counter-attack on the Maximals. Quickstrike and his drone forces were sent to attack the Maximal base while, with Tarantulas's help, Megatron recovered and resurrected Primal's body as a mindless killing machine.

Through a strange voodoo ritual, Megatron attempted to use his mutated blood to put Primal's body under his everlasting control. However, with the intervention of Rhinox, Primal's spark was retrieved from Transwarp Space and returned to his body. Primal swiftly defeated Megatron in battle. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 1|Beast Wars Metals #1}}

Recovering from his injuries in a hot spring, Megatron was not pleased when Waspinator buzzed in with news of a new stasis pod landing. Megatron, unable to go after it, swatted the bug away. More than that, he was being haunted by visions of [[Megatron (G1)|his ancestor]]. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 2|Beast Wars Metals #2}}

Megatron later confronted [[Jaguar]], but the rogue Predacon promptly defeated him, severing his head in battle. Waspinator recovered Megatron's noggin and flew away with it. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 3|Beast Wars Metals #3}}

Megatron directed Waspinator to the ''Ark'' where he intended to kill the slumbering [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. Blackarachnia didn't want to see the timestream mangled, so she kicked his head into a lava pit. There, Megatron floated down to the body of the original Megatron and merged with his spark, taking on a humongous dragon form. He then waited for Optimus Primal to show up and blasted Optimus Prime to pieces in front of his eyes. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 5|Beast Wars Metals #5}}

Optimus Primal quickly ate Optimus Prime's spark in order to save him and became Optimal Optimus in the process. The two enemies then had a showdown and Optimus prevailed, plucking Megatron's spark out of his body and crushing it like a beer can, killing his arch foe. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 6|Beast Wars Metals #6}}

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===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
The Predacons crash landed in [[Mexico]] around 1,000 BC. A time into their war with the Maximals, Megatron found the village in which the [[Natiltec]] tribe dwelt. After the Predacons had asserted their dominance, Megatron ordered Tarantulas and Waspinator to enslave the male villagers and use them to mine energon. {{storylink|Fire in the Dark}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
In [[Aurex 1104.30-JH Zeta]], Megatron's Predacons fought Optimus Primal's Maximals in the war for the [[Mini-Con]]s, which the Maximals emerged victorious . {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/13}}

===''Q-Robo Transformer''===
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===''Lil Formers''===
Megatron claimed that he spent so much time in his jacuzzi because a true leader had to be squeaky clean. {{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===''Legends'' comic===
[[File:Legends 13 Megatron.jpg|thumb|]]
The president of [[Tera-Kura Co.]], Megatron once watched [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] party it up after work. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 10#Head of Partying, Cheetor|Head of Partying, Cheetor}} He thought of his company as the rivals of [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]'s [[Axalon Trading Company]], but had all kinds of trouble dealing with his eccentric employees. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 13#Rivals! Tera-Kura Co.!|Rivals! Tera-Kura Co.!}} Among them was [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], who Megatron had to punish more than once for talking about or playing with ''Transformers'' instead of doing his job. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 13#Buzz Buzz Buzz, Wasps Flyyy|Buzz Buzz Buzz, Wasps Flyyy}} This changed when he learned that [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], his favorite hostess at a host club, was also a ''Transformers'' fan, at which point he sheepishly asked Waspinator to teach him more about the franchise so he could impress her. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 14#President Mega's Requests|President Mega's Requests}} Through songs and glossary cards, Megatron learned to recite the names of several ''Transformers'' characters, much to Blackarachnia's excitement. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 14#President Mega's Studies|President Mega's Studies}}

[[File:Xmas Megatron.jpg|thumb|left]]
During a lesson on the subject of [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] and [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]], Megatron latched onto the fact that they'd [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|first appeared in the UK]] and imagined them as English stereotypes, ignoring Waspinator's protests that they were nothing like that. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 15#Whirl and Roadbuster Now on Sale, Buzz|Whirl and Roadbuster Now on Sale, Buzz}} Megatron spent that [[Christmas]] lovingly exchanging presents with Blackarachnia. {{storylink|Merry X'mas!!}} After watching the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|third Transformers movie]] as part of his studies, he acted strange while interviewing [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]], giving the potential new employee a time limit to "appeal to him". {{storylink|Legends Vol. 16#The Results of Mega-chan's Studies|The Results of Mega-chan's Studies}} Megatron was annoyed when Blackarachnia remained at the office to work longer than everyone else, wanting to leave himself so that he could visit his usual club. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 16#Widow-chan at Work|Widow-chan at Work}}

[[File:Deckss SD Beasties.jpg|thumb|]]
Megatron listened to [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] explain that the [[Legends World|Legends Universe]] he and the others lived in was created by the telepathic powers of the [[Zamojin (species)|Zamojin]], but didn't understand a word of it. To his annoyance, Waspinator took the story at face value and told him that he'd understand too if he'd properly studied ''Transformers'' like he was supposed to. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 12|Bonus Edition Vol. 12}} As part of a partnership between Tera-Kura Co. and Axalon Trading Company, Megatron invited Optimus Primal and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] to a ''[[Q-Transformers]]'' event, which he mostly just went to buy gifts for Blackarachnia. During their visit, the three tried different food and drink to collect stamps to exchange for prizes, but Megatron messed up the stamping process and made his all blurry. {{storylink|Deckss × Q-Transformers Collaboration Event Report|Deckss × Q-Transformers}}

[[File:LG13 Megses.jpg|thumb|left]]
While holding more job interviews, Megatron was interrupted by a tank driving through the wall, transforming into a robot and announcing that it was another [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]! Knowing nothing of the newcomer's identity, Megatron had Waspinator explain who the other Megatron was, and was actually pretty impressed by his resume. Unfortunately, the new Megatron had no intent of ''working'' for Tera-Kura Co. as the old Megatron had assumed, but sought to ''control'' the company by making himself president. Beast-Megatron protested that ''he'' was the president, but this only led to tank-Megatron declaring himself the chairman above the president instead, nevertheless causing the original to lose control of his company. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 13|Bonus Edition Vol. 13}} To add to this insult, he was forced to have a suit made for Chairman Megatron. {{storylink|LG13 Megatron Sequel#Presidential Inauguration! Lord Megatron|Presidential Inauguration! Lord Megatron}} He was confused by Blackarachnia's cold treatment of their new boss, unaware that she was just trying really hard not to fangirl about working for the "real" Megatron. {{storylink|LG13 Megatron Sequel#Widow-chan's Usual Day|Widow-chan's Usual Day}}

[[File:Legends 28 three Megatrons.jpg|thumb|]]
After a hard day's work, Megatron invited his co-workers for a night on the town, but to his disappointment no one showed up other than the chairman. They then ran into a ''third'' Megatron, [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Armada Megatron]], at the place they went to eat, and President Megatron listened on in fear as the other two bonded over subjects like Chairman Megatron having killed his [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|old second-in-command]]. {{storylink|LG14 Ultra Magnus Prologue#The Autumn Megatron Festival|The Autumn Megatron Festival}} When the two larger Megatrons drunkenly agreed to conquer the world together, the small beast Megatron was left weakly pleading to his boss that they cut it out and continue their after-work fun instead. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 14|Bonus Edition Vol. 14}}

[[File:LG17 Megatrons.jpg|thumb|left]]
Megatron was initially pleased that Tera-Kura was able to sell a ton of clones based on [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]], a robot brought to the Legends world by the other Megatron, but got very concerned when they started going on a rampage. His chairman explained that their innate evil couldn't be suppressed, causing Megatron to snap at him, asking why they'd gone ahead and sold them then. He tried ordering a recall of the products only to find customers ''liked'' their evil robots, though he doubted Chairman Megatron's claims that this was part of the plan. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 15|Bonus Edition Vol. 15}} Megatron would later gain another employee when Tera-Kura hired [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 16|Bonus Edition Vol. 16}} The Megatrons went trick-or-treating for [[Halloween]], and Legends Megatron had to remind his counterpart that the tradition didn't involve threatening people with a fusion cannon. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 17|Bonus Edition Vol. 17}}

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Megatron was at his usual club when his waiter, [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Armada Starscream]], was assaulted by Slipstream. {{storylink|LG-16 Slipstream Sequel}} After Armada Megatron's greed powered up the Zamojin and almost destroyed the Legends World, Legends Megatron warned his chairman to be careful with his own ambitions. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 18|Bonus Edition Vol. 18}} Megatron found himself overthrown when the [[Waspinator (BW)#Cartoon continuity|Waspinator]] of another world took over Tera-Kura Co. and declared himself president, though the intruder quickly left again. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Waspinator)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}} He was distressed when G1 Megatron was seemingly killed in [[Skids (G1)|Skids]]'s attempts to return him to his own universe, and pleasantly surprised when the chairman turned out to be okay. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 20}}

Jealous that Axalon Trading Company had joined forces with the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], Megatron struck a deal with their Decepticon counterparts to form the "Decepticon Tera-Kura Co." partnership. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 22|Bonus Edition Vol. 22}} Unfortunately their new allies conspired against G1 Megatron and turned him into [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], who went on a rampage before returning to his normal self. Noting that the destruction had led to increased sales for his company, Legends Megatron sheepishly asked the chairman if he could do a repeat performance. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 23|Bonus Edition Vol. 23}} He was later hypnotized into serving [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] for a while. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 34|Bonus Edition Vol. 34}} Megatron was hired by [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] to star in his film ''[[Transformers: Convobat Amazon Showdown]]'' as [[Megalligator]], but upset the director by ad-libbing his lines. During filming, he helped pacify the transtector used for [[Convobat]] by combining with Optimus Primal and blasting it. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Convobat)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

Megatron was present when his company was further taken over by [[Devil Z]], who'd bought all their stocks, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 35|Bonus Edition Vol. 35}} and suffered Devil Z's rage when he was betrayed by [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 36|Bonus Edition Vol. 36}} He was then levitated by [[Apeface]] after he'd mastered [[telekinesis]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 38|Bonus Edition Vol. 38}} When [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]] attacked the Legends World, Megatron was both impressed and annoyed that Waspinator could identify him. {{storylink|LGEX Headmaster Set Chapter}} He was around when the Decepticon Headmasters constructed [[Godbomber]] at the Tera-Kura, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 42|Bonus Edition Vol. 42}} as well as when the [[Dimensional Patrol]] showed up and caused trouble for everyone. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Scourge 2)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

When the Headmasters betrayed the company and came to steal the [[transformation cog]] from their new office building, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], Megatron was ordered to hide the device but was caught by [[Full-Tilt (G1)|Full-Tilt]] who stole it. {{storylink|LG43 Trypticon Mobilization Chapter: Decepticon Civil War|Decepticon Civil War}} The Headmasters used the cog to complete [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and attack the city, and Megatron could do nothing about it but stay at Metroplex and fidget uselessly. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|Bonus Edition Vol. 43}} After Trypticon devastated [[Akihabara]] and it was rebuilt as Neo Akihabara City, Megatron was seen wandering the town. He got his company back when G1 Megatron moved on to be mayor of the city. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Prologue}} When [[Fastlane]] and [[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]] arrived in the Legends World, Megatron was surprised by the airplane and the car. {{Storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 58|Bonus Edition Vol. 58}}

While Megatron was doing business at Tera-Kura, the [[Concurrence]] invaded and [[Cobra Commander|Old Snake]] used his [[synthoid]] process in reverse to strip out Megatron's organic nature and convert him to a wholly robotic [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]. The organic parts formed a new being, [[Noble (BM)|Noble]], who was disposed of. Filled with revenge for the other Megatron for overthrowing him, President Megatron turned over his company's resources to the Concurrence so that they could conquer Mayor Megatron's precious world. G1 Megatron, not wanting to another subordiante to come under harm, found Noble and set off a chain of events that allowed Noble and Beast Megatron to "combine" and restore Beast Megatron's sanity. The two Megatrons chased the Concurrence off the Legends World, although Beast Megatron still had trouble not falling to his wicknedness when separated from Noble, but beast half was there to keep him on the wagon. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 63|Bonus Edition Vol. 63}}

Before the Legends World was destroyed, Megatron was forced to board the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' to flee the universe. They crash landed on [[Beast (planet)|Beast]] in the [[G1 World]]'s [[2038]]. When [[Galvatron II]] arrived with his [[Nemesis (BWII)|Nemesis]], [[Lio Convoy|Leo Prime]] induced [[Transformers sickness]] on the Legends World's refugees, transforming them into their G1 World counterparts' likenesses. Crashing the ''Axalon'' into Nemesis, the Beast Warrior were able to take down the fortress. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 3}} The refugees settled on Beast, where they received news from [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] that G1 Megatron had died as part of the [[Dark Nova|Star Giant]]. Beast Megatron in particular took this news badly, dropping to his knees and crying. But Optimus told them to help resurrect the fallen Decepticon if the Legends World was restored. [[2039|The next year]], this indeed came to pass, and Beast Megatron worked on constructing a new body for G1 Megatron that he revived in. Things went back to normal on the Legends World, till G1 Megatron announced his departure. Beast Megatron was again the most touched, so G1 Megatron told him he could keep up with his adventures in the fiction of the Legends World. Taking his words to heart, Beast Megatron consumed all the ''Transformers'' media he could and kept a portrait of G1 Megatron in the Tera-Kura offices. One of his workdays was disturbed when [[T-AI|Officer Ai]] tried to arrest [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]. {{storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Epiloge}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
[[Vector Prime]] speculated that the [[Dark Spark]] could have been the essence of Megatron from a timeline where the Maximals failed to stop his plot to absorb all sparks, among other explanations. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/18}}

===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
[[Thrashclaw]] had a mentor who was a "[[Dinobot (BW)|brown and blue, thick-headed, dynamic]]" bot who went off with a "purple lunatic". {{storylink|Life Finds a Way}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
The Predacon originally known as Gnashteeth was an apprentice and even a friend to the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]] [[Double Punch]]. An amenable, open sort, even towards Maximals, though still egotistical, Gnashteeth was assigned as deputy administrator of the [[Dynamic Energon Distillery]] Plant, a rare position for a Predacon in the Maximal-friendly [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], much less the Builder-dominated Cybertron. Within eight cycles of his posting, having gradually absorbed more and more power from the uninterested Double Punch, he was promoted to administrator. From there, secretly advising Double Punch all the way, Gnashteeth managed to increase all of DED's energy output. Some twenty cycles after gaining the position, he made an appointment with Scorponok, a programmer with several decades of experience at the plant, to talk with him about an incident where the older Predacon had accidentally prevented a severe case of theft. The two talked about Scorponok's algorithms for a whole three megacycles, developing a rapport.

Then everything changed. Double Punch summoned Gnash to his luxurious estate to inform his friend that due to his promotion to the [[Builder Assembly]], he had to make someone chairman in his place. And it wouldn't be Gnashteeth. Outraged, the two began arguing, only stopping when Punch snapped that the Predacon should have shown gratitude for being allowed to get as far as he had.

This changed the mechanoid, bringing out his darker side. Some cycles after his first meeting with Scorponok, he summoned him back to his office, to discuss a proposal the analyst had made, one that promised a 10% increase in efficiency, but the time to properly see whether it would work would have taken years, by which time Gnashteeth would be long gone from his job. Furthermore, rushing the process would just get Gnashteeth shot down, and doing it in secret would raise questions as to where the extra energon came from. And then Scorponok idly suggested selling it. Within three solar cycles, the two had no less than fifty-four energon cubes of their own, ready to sell on the border of Iacon. Not satisfied with the meager rate of their first transaction, Gnashteeth decided the two would sell their produce directly to the consumers, using their newly-acquired payment to do it. Despite an initial shaky start, their scheme soon began to grow.

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As the deca-cycles passed, the day came when Gnashteeth was removed from his position at the plant, down to co-deputy administrator with his former deputy [[Budora (BWU)|Budora]], their new boss [[Datamine]] expecting the two to jockey for favor, something Gnashteeth had no intention of doing. To make matters worse, one of Gnash's best dealers had been murdered the night before by the [[Kospego (group)|Kopsego]]s. Determined not to be forced out, Gnashteeth had the word spread out that he wished to talk with the gang's leadership. The meeting did not go well. First, the gang leader [[Thunderhoof (BWU)|Thunderhoof]] made them wait before making his presence known, then took issue when Gnashteeth tried to smooth things over. Then, after Thunderhoof gave Gnashteeth's hired help the "generous offer" to go for a stroll, he offered to sell the Predacon's wares for much less than their actual worth. Gnashteeth refused, vehemently, earning himself a vicious beating from the Maximal crime boss, though he was spared thanks to Thunderhoof admiring the quality of the administrator's energon (and secretly wanting Gnashteeth under his employ). Gnashteeth's colorful vow to get even with Thunderhoof earned him the mocking title of "Megatron", and a leg removed at the knee.

After thirteen hours in the plant's CR Chamber, the bad news kept on coming: Budora was threatening to oust Gnashteeth, endangering their supply lines. This was the last straw for Gnashteeth, who decided to stop playing by the rules altogether. Rather than take a small sample of the plant's energon, Gnashteeth decided it was best to take all of it. That night, Gnashteeth burgled his former mentor's estate, and killed Double Punch with his own former weapons, framing the Kopsegos for it. After that, the two returned to the plant, where Gnashteeth repayed Budora for his lack of loyalty, and began a meltdown, allowing Gnash and Scorponok to abscond with the energon.

A decacycle later, they met with Thunderhoof again. Only this time, Gnashteeth had come prepared. Before arriving, he'd thought to buy out the gang leader's muscle, and the two turned on their employer, allowing Gnash to fulfill his former promise. As the newly minted "[[Darksyder]]s" celebrated, Gnashteeth informed Scorponok that his former name was no more. From that moment on, he really would be Megatron. {{storylink|Identity Politics}}

[[File:NotAllMegatrons-newbodies.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"Alright. I can see that I will have to teach you how to be...''villains''!"]]

The Darksyders continued to bully their way through Cybertron's underworld, eventually edging out the reigning [[Minion of Unicron (BW)|Minions of Unicron]]. [[Cryotek (Universe)|Cryotek]] and his goon squad paid a visit to Megatron after capturing and interrogating a low-ranking nobody named [[Doom-Lock (BWU)|Doom-Lock]]. Megatron managed to see off the intruders by outwitting them... and siccing a horde of [[Dropkick (G1)|Dropkick]] drones on the interlopers when they refused to join his growing movement. Cryotek, the sole survivor, grudgingly swore allegiance to the 'bot who had bested him - Megatron returned the favor by sending [[Psychobat (BWU)|Psychobat]] to [[mnemosurgery|ensure]] that his newest recruit wouldn't get any ideas.

Urged onward by a mental computer simulation of the original Megatron, the Predacon leader mused on the best way to take advantage of the [[Grand Uprising]] when Scorponok's hubris spurred a moment of self-reflection. The Builders had designed the Maximals and Predacons to run off of conventional energon, forever shackling them to the dwindling supplies controlled by their elders. Reflecting on the native [[mechanimal]] life, Megatron began to wonder if Transformers could process their own energon - and in the process free themselves from the thumbs of the Builders by becoming beasts themselves.

The Predacon leader began experimenting on willing and unwilling volunteers, scrounging materials for his experiments from various illicit sources. The very first test subject, a nebbish sort named [[Overbite (BWU)|Overbite]], wound up mutating into a horrific [[oxide shark]]-submarine hybrid, forcing Megatron to put the monster out of its misery. Volunteers two through five didn't end up much better; [[Paralon (BWU)|the fifth victim]] of his experiments revealed that the [[Predacon Secret Police|PSP]] had gotten wind of his activities and were currently shadowing the organization. From this mole, however, Megatron learned of the disgraced ex-Autobot [[Leatherhide (Universe)|Leatherhide]], who had conducted similar experiments on himself decades ago, and sent Terrorsaur to bring the Builder into the fold.

Meanwhile, Megatron met with an addled [[Bisk (BWU)|Predacon nobody]], whom he used as a catspaw to gain access to the Builder's supply of new protoforms in the ruins of the [[Grand Mal]]. From the purloined protoform, he created [[Inferno (BW)|Formikon]], an energy-independent Predacon with an [[Antroid|ant-droid]] alternate mode. That wasn't enough for Megatron; within a few cycles, he and all of the Cybertronians under his command had successfully upgraded to beast modes. Now that the technology was out in the open, Megatron took the opportunity to delete the original Megatron from his processor, then proclaimed that soon all Maximals and Predacons would adopt this technology–the Beast Wars had begun. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}}

Sure enough, the Beast Upgrade as it was called spread through the Maximals and Predacons like wildfire, and Megatron became very, ''very'' rich indeed. He used that wealth to securely reinforce the center of his "legitimate" enterprises, which came in handy at the end of the war, during the nightmare of the [[Vehicon Apocalypse]], as he and his inner circle managed to hold off the Vehicon hordes, until Leatherhide and Packrat revealed their new invention: The [[esau]], which saved them all by turning the hapless Wasp into half a Vehicon himself, and allowing him a measure of control over the hordes. Megatron was pleased, declaring that the Darksyders would be able to take advantage of the aftermath.

And take advantage they did. With the addition of a creepy new recruit called Tarantulas, Megatron was a leading figure in the post-war Cybertron, with the Darksyders about the only pan-geographic faction left. When the prospective delegates of the remaining states and factions met, Megatron chose to represent himself, looking for all the world to Lio Convoy like he was going to swallow the room. {{storylink|Derailment}}

Ironically, and curiously, Megatron's pivotal role in his species' history would end up being forgotten entirely over the following millennia, with his deeds instead being credited to Lio Convoy (at least according to questionable historians). {{storylink|Lio Convoy: Unity Through Tyranny}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
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Twelve million years ago, "'''Beast Megatron'''" was a [[Maximal]] under the command of [[Liege Maximo]]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 5: Endless Forever|Endless Forever}} When [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] and his [[Darklands|Darklander]] army conquered the [[Forgotten Plains]], Maximo and his army were forced into exile, and evnetually came into the employ of "[[Onyx Prime]]"... in reality, an alias assumed by a time-travelling [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]]. {{storylink|Origin Myths}} As part of his grand plan to engineer Cybertronian history, "Onyx" took control of Liege Maximo's forces and incorporated them into his "Menagerie" of bestial warriors, {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 5: Endless Forever|Endless Forever}} and Beast Megatron was one of the warriors who accompanied his new master to the [[Crystal City]]. There, they joined forces with [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]'s council to battle the Darklanders. {{storylink|Origin Myths}}

[[File:GhostStories-MegatronBeastMode.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The only shot of my beast mode and it's miscoloured.]]

Two million years later—after the ascension of the [[Thirteen]] and the subsequent [[First Cybertronian Civil War]] that saw their alliance undone—Beast Megatron became now a member of Onyx Prime's innermost retinue, and joined the Prime when he left Cybertron aboard the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Nemesis (BWII)|Nemesis]] to advance his plans. {{storylink|Unstopped and Unstoppable}} The Maximals made camp on [[Antilla]], a planet that the Cybertronians had once attempted to colonize years before, now the site of a weapon that Onyx dubbed the "[[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]]." {{storylink|Our Finest}} After many millions of years, Onyx sent the Talisman away aboard the starship ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', {{storylink|Strange Visitors}} with Beast Megatron and the other Maximals remaining on Antilla. At some point afterwards, the [[Mistress of Flame|Matriarch of Incaendium]], [[Praesidia Magna|Praesidia]], and [[Magrada]] traveled there to investigate a Cybertronian signal, and Beast Megatron was one of the Maximals who watched as Onyx slew Magdra. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|Surfeit of Primes}} Some time later, he was among the Maximals who travelled to [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]], the Cybertronian colony from whence the intruders had came, and clashed with the [[Torchbearer]]s over a supply of [[Ore-4]]. {{storylink|Ghost Stories}}

In the modern day, Shockwave began the final stage of his plan to begin a new Cybertronian empire, and in early 2018 Beast Megatron joined the other Maximals as they boarded Nemesis and travelled to Cybertron. With Onyx claiming that he had "captured" his co-conspirator Liege Maximo and delivered him to be tried by the [[Council of Worlds]], Beast Megatron guarded Liege Maximo alongside [[Ramulus]]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine}} "Onyx" soon unmasked himself as Shockwave, and with his machinations having plunged Iacon into chaos, Beast Megatron joined Maximo's squadron to finish off the crew of the fallen [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]]. He later helped [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] restrain [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] after Maximo confiscated her sword. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 5: Endless Forever|Endless Forever}} Though Shockwave and Liege Maximo were both defeated—fatally, in the case of the latter—Beast Megatron and the other surviving Maximals fled Cybertron aboard Nemesis {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable|Unforgivable}} to rendezvous with Shockwave's ultimate weapon: [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. {{storylink|Unstopped and Unstoppable}}

[[File:StrangerEons-MutantMaximals.jpg|thumb|left|250px|You! You're not Megatron! You're one of those Kung Fu Creatures on the Rampage... 2!]]

Shockwave believed that the Maximals had done so at his behest, helping Unicron devour each colony world before destroying Cybertron, at which point the Talisman would kill Unicron and allow the Transformers to establish a new Transformer empire on Earth. He was unaware of their true intentions; despite pledging fealty to Shockwave, the manipulative ex-Decepticon had shattered ''their'' faith as well, and their decision to ''truly'' join forces with Unicron was an act of revenge, aiming to bring down the entire galaxy in defiance of Shockwave's carefully-curated plan. {{storylink|Ceremony}}

After meeting up with Unicron as the planet-eater consumed [[Devisiun (planet)|Devisiun]], {{storylink|Unstopped and Unstoppable}} the Maximal swarm travelled with him to [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]] and attacked the surface, allowing Unicron to consume them as he devoured Caminus. {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}} This was not the end of the Maximals, however; as Unicron had already consumed [[Eukaris]] and its supplies of [[Ore-11]], the Maximals were exposed to the mutagenic ore in Unicron's systems. It was in this state that Unicron regurgitated them to deal with the [[Decepticon Vengeance Division]], and thanks to the powers of Ore-11, Beast Megatron and the other Maximals were able to manifest a monstrous new robot mode. D.V.D. commander [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], already a Unicron loyalist, had double-crossed the fleet under his command, and allowed the Maximals to board the [[Worldsweeper]] flagship so as to pass on their mutation to the Decepticons sent to impede Unicron's progress. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}}

[[File:Unicron5-BWMegatron.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Are you Samuel James... er, wait.]]

Concealing his new form beneath his old bestial guise, Beast Megatron and several other Maximals made their way to [[Earth]] in advance of Unicron's arrival and landed in [[Toronto]] as Shockwave teleported in. With Cybertron gone, Shockwave believed that his plan had worked, and that Unicron had perished in the act; at his command, Primal, Beast Megatron, and Rhinox began razing the city to make way for the birth of Shockwave's new Cybertronian empire.{{storylink|Road's End}} Beast Megatron noticed members of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] trying to sneak past him and moved to attack, but was nailed in the throat (and subsequently slain) by a well-placed shot from [[Agent Helix]], which sent him to his knees and alerted his two comrades to the interlopers. {{storylink|Assembly (Unicron)|Assembly}}

{{note|Several other Maximals in the 2005 IDW continuity are depicted with Megatron's alligator, [[Transmetal]] ''T. rex'' and [[Transmetal 2]] dragon bodies.}}
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==Commercial appearances==
Megatron hid in his beast mode amid a bask of alligators in a tropical river. When Optimus Primal fluttered over him in his bat mode, Megatron nearly managed to snap him out of the air. When his adversary transformed, Megatron did so as well, and the two Transformers began exchanging blows. Though Megatron managed to land a laser blast, Optimus relieved him of his gun with a swing of his sword. {{storylink|Commercial/Beast Wars#Wave 1 Deluxe|Beast Wars Wave 1 Deluxe toys commercial}}

==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 Predacons and their Maximal adversaries to take on beast alternate forms. {{storylink|Beast Wars: Transformers video game advertising comic}}

====''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game====
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Many Beast Wars combatants had managed to construct personal bases, customized to their personal tastes, due to the extended duration of the war. Megatron opted to stay within the [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon ship]] as the central hub of Predacon activity. Megatron joined his fellow Predacons in battling not only the persistent Maximal resistance, but the interdimensional monsters known as the [[Skriix]].

=====Maximal campaign=====
Retaliating after the Maximals eliminated Inferno and halted the experiments on the Skriix the Predacon was performing, Megatron sent his own troops to attack the ''Axalon.'' his aggressions were rebuffed, however, and the Maximals launched a counter-strike. After having secured access to the Predacon ship, the Maximals destroyed Megatron, winning the Beast Wars in the process.

=====Predacon campaign=====
When the Maximals had been eliminated, Megatron was able to fulfill his objective of using the planet's vast Energon resources to destroy Cybertron, and conquer the Galaxy! {{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 Megatron can accomplish throughout gameplay in Predacon Mode, it is told on the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)|''Beast Wars'' video game]] page, wherein Megatron fills the role of the nameless Predacon.}}

===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (N64)===
[[File:N64Megatrons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|[[Jhiaxus (G2)|Tyrannosaurus Jhiax]] and ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]], apparently.]]
{{voiceactor|[[David Kaye]] (English), [[Shigeru Chiba]] (Japanese)}}

Megatron was captured by the Maximals. Unknown to his captors, however, Megatron sent a message back in time through transwarp in a last-ditch effort to change the outcome of the Beast Wars; back in the past, Megatron participated in a one-on-one beatdown involving nearly all of the other active beast warriors. At the end, he confronted his mysterious doppelganger, [[Megatron X (BW)|Megatron X]].

[[File:N64 Megatron.jpg|frame|left|"Dear me: Forget the grand scheme, just walk over and punch Optimus in his ****ing FACE. Yours sincerely, me."]]

Knowing fully that the planet where their war was taking place was in actuality prehistoric Earth, Megatron decided to make the ultimate gamble after gaining the upper hand in a grueling battle against the Maximals. Breaking into the Ark, Megatron murders Optimus Prime while he slumbers, securing victory for both Decepticons and Predacons. However, in the year 2005, the Decepticons, having conquered both Earth and Cybertron, face Unicron. As the Matrix died eons ago, along with Optimus Prime, how can the Decepticons defeat the [[Unicron|devourer of worlds]]? {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)}}

{{note|Each character possessed an alternate ending, displayed if the Nintendo 64 version of the game was beaten with said character. Each character has only their own ending listed on their pages, see the other characters' pages for Megatron's fate in those outcomes.}}

===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (PS)===
{{voiceactor|[[David Kaye]] (English), [[Shigeru Chiba]] (Japanese)}}
{{Storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)}}
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===''Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars''===
[[File:DuelFightMegatronGameGuideArt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Ah am alpha an' omega, da beginnin' an' da end. Ah am dat which is, which wuz, and is yet ta come... an' ya will know mah name is Megatwon when I way my veng-e-ance upon ya!"]]
Megatron battled several other Maximals and Predacons in an attempt to obtain the super-powerful [[Energon Quartz]] recently discovered on [[Earth]]. He was capable of summoning his lackeys Waspinator, Terrorsaur, Tarantulas, Inferno, and Scorponok in order to aid him in this task.

Megatron could also partake in various other tasks, such as a mission to break a boulder to reveal an energon crystal hidden within before sundown, using a block in a mission to defend himself against various incoming projectiles, and missions to run across a pit-riddled field, sometimes involving hideously large bacteria he had to fend off.

The series of one-on-one battles that ensued ended in a strange duel, when Megatron had to battle his double as a final opponent. Once he defeated himself, he gained possession of the Quartz, setting out to defeat his eternal nemesis, [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]. {{storylink|Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Warriors' Strongest Decisive Battle|Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars}}

{{note|Each character possessed an alternate ending, displayed if the game was beaten with said character. Each character has only their own ending listed on their pages, see the other characters' pages for Megatron's fate in those outcomes.}}

===3D Battle-Card Game===
Megatron, in his original ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' body, leads a ragtag group of Decepticon warriors from various backgrounds (and/or universes) against Optimus Primal and his Autobot allies. {{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game#Energon Wars expansion|Energon Wars Expansion Set}}

===''Transformers Battle Universe''===
At the edge of time, when the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] needed a new host, Megatron was among several warriors (and [[Megatron (disambiguation)|Megatrons]]) summoned from the multiverse to battle for control of the prize. {{storylink|Transformers Battle Universe}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
After a huge earthquake exposed a large amount of [[Energon]], Megatron led his Predacons in an ambush of the Maximals, successfully gaining control of the new Energon supply. As the Predacons harvested this new resource, Megatron set his sights on the Maximal base and the destruction of Optimus Primal. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Legends)|Beast Wars}}

Much later, when a badly wounded [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] stood near death, Megatron offered a piece of his own spark. Accepting this transfusion of sorts, Rampage's life would most likely be saved. It would also ensure that the new Predacon recruit would forever be bound to Megatron's will from that moment forth. {{storylink|When Sparks Fly}}

Megatron eventually managed to conquer Cybertron with the aid of his Vehicon armies, and set his three generals on the Maximals after they returned to the planet. {{storylink|Beast Machines (Legends)|Beast Machines}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
Megatron participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He appeared in multiple different bodies:
*''Megatron''—This Super Rare character first appeared in the "Beast Wars: Episode 1" event, and could be recruited by collecting 250 units of Cybermetal, 75 units of Transmetal, 35 event cores, and 10 cores of this character.
*''Megatron Alligator''—This Epic character first appeared in the "Beast Wars: Episode 3" event, and could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal, 100 event cores, and 50 cores of this character.
*'' Megatron Transmetal''—This Epic character was available as a reward in the "Transmetals: Beast Wars - Episode 1" event.
*''Megatron Transmetal II''—This Epic character first appeared in the "Transmetals 2: Episode 1" mini events, and could be recruited by collecting 650 units of Cybermetal, 350 units of Transmetal, 150 exclusive cores, and 50 cores of this character.
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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[[File:BattleTacticsBWMegatron.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Yesss...]]
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Megatron-Transmetal.jpg|thumb|right|400px|In this game, Megatron goes Transmetal at the cost of turning into a tiny ''T-Rex''.]]
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[[File:Battle-Tactics-Megatron-Alligator.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Yeesss...]]
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:Beast-Wars-Megatron-Earth-Wars.jpg|thumb|400px| Ah, Yesss!]]
In an unknown time and place, the Beast Wars came to a conclusion. [[Optimus Primal (BW)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Optimus Primal]] planned on going home, with Megatron's future in an iso-containment cell. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Primal Instinct}} As the [[Autobot Shuttle Omega Delta|shuttle]] traveled through chronospace, Megatron, unanchored in time, reverted to his original beast mode, as did Optimus Primal. {{storylink| Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|A Stitch in Time}}

They were pulled to 21st century Earth due to [[Shockwave (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Shockwave]]'s meddling with the signals the Autobots were using to bring Optimus Primal to their Headquarters. Optimus ordered the transit be aborted, but he faded out before his comrades could hear him. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Mixed Signals}} The two arrived on Earth, where they were forced to part ways when the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] and [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] closed on to them. Megatron ran into [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], who assumed the fellow ''Tyrannosaurus'' was himself from the future; the Predacon clarified who he was and fought the Autobot to test his beast mode's strength. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Blast from the Past}} {{storylink|Quantum Beast Leap}}

Elsewhere, Shockwave explained to the original [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] his completed plan and their new "recruit", but the Decepticon leader was enraged that "a prehistoric throwback" would dare call himself "Megatron".

Despite his reluctance at the presence of another Megatron, Starscream decided to assist the Predacon in his plan to make the original Megatron extinct. They left the battlefield and Grimlock behind.

*'''Class''': Special
*'''Lowest star rating''': 2 stars
*'''Weapons''': Megatron in his beast mode first uses his fire breath on a target far away. (15 second cooldown) He thens leaps into the air and lands on a defense dealing Area of Effect damage. (10 second cooldown) He then proceeds to bite and smash the target.
*'''Ability: Battle Orders''' - Target their defenses! Friendly bots are given a health shield and prioritize all defenses for a time.
{{note|This ability was fan-voted as a community favorite on the Transformers: Earth Wars BAND page. It has been redesigned from restoring health to bonus health.}}
**'''Cost''': 6 ability points +2 for reuses.

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:beast-wars-megatron Beast Wars Megatron at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]

==Toys==
{{Main|Megatron (BW)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{Main|Megatron (BW)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
*Hasbro originally intended [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] to be the new body for Megatron. According to [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_thread/thread/b334d45514e26ab4/bc8e54e9165e0823?hl=en&lnk=st&q=bob+forward+interview+inferno+megatron&rnum=1#bc8e54e9165e0823 a 1997 interview conducted by fan HooksX], [[Bob Forward]] stated: "For a while there Hasbro was planning to make the Inferno toy the new Megatron. We were going to kill Megatron and bring him back as Inferno."

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Megatron''' (メガトロン ''Megatoron''), '''Megalligator''' (alligator, メガリゲーター ''Megarigētā''), '''Beast Megatron''' (ビーストメガトロン ''Bīsuto Megatoron'')
*''European:'' '''Metal T-Rex''' (Transmetal), '''Dragone''' (Transmetal 2)
*''Korean:'' '''Megatron''' (메가트론 ''Megateuron'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Kǒnglóng Wáng''' (Taiwan, 恐龍王, "King Dinosaur"), '''Bàwánglóng''' (China ''Beast Wars'', 霸王龙, "Tyrannosaur"), '''Wúdí Lóng''' (China ''Beast Machines'', 无敌龙, "Invincible Dragon"), '''Wēi Zhèn Tīan Èrshì''' (comics, 威震天二世, "Extremely Prestigious II", literally "Heaven-shaking Might II")
*''Spanish:'' '''Megatrón''' (Latin America)

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Cheetor (BW)/toys

2019-02-15T17:48:35Z

JazZeke:

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[[File:CheetorBWtoys.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|A sea of yellow and spots.]]
Being the yellow [[kid-appeal character]] of the [[Beast Era]], '''[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]''' gets a lot of toys!

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
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[[File:BWtoy-Cheetorgreeneyes.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|From robot... to brick.]]
*'''Cheetor''' (Deluxe, 1996/1997)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-3'''
**''Accessories:'' Tail-gun, water-shooting gun

: Cheetor transforms into an organic, big cat-like creature somewhat resembling a [[Popular beast alternate modes|cheetah]]. As such, he is yellow and covered in spots. In [[robot mode]], he is armed with a rifle made out of his hindquarters and tail, along with a second "gut gun" formed out of his stomach. The gut-gun has a [[Water-squirting gimmick]]. As with most early ''Beast Wars'' toys, he features a "[[mutant head]]" that replaces his face.

: There are several variations of this toy. The initial "rocky bubble" version of the toy features blue cheetah eyes and was incredibly hard to find [[Cheetor (BW)|due to delayed shipping]]. The "smooth bubble" release later in the year gave him red cheetah eyes. He was released again in 1997 (what with being a popular show character) in ''Beast Wars'''s second year, this time with bright green cheetah eyes, and the gold robot eyes of the previous two versions were changed to green.

:[[TakaraTomy|Takara]] released two different Cheetor toys; one that was the same as the original, red-eyed version, and a [[Variant|running change]] [[:File:BW toy - Running change Cheetor.jpg|version]] that not only has various color tweaks to make him slightly more show-colored (including dark green cheetah eyes, a gold head crest instead of blue, and red robot eyes), but also has a slight [[Retool|mold tweak]] to keep the beast head pointed forward in robot mode, which has been retained on all versions thereafter, excepting [[Hasbro]]'s initial release of [[Tigatron]].

: This mold was later [[redeco]]ed for a "[[#DxFK|Fox Kids]]" version, as well as [[#Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|both the Hasbro and Takara 10th anniversary versions]] of the character.

: This mold was also used to make [[Shadow Panther]]/[[Ravage (G1)/toys|Tripredacus Agent]] and [[Tigatron]]. It was slated to be used for ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Nightprowler]], but that toy set was canceled.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1996/Maximal/Cheetor/cheetor.htm More information on Cheetor at TFU.info]''

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[[File:VS3-CheetorWaspinator.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Is it possible to win a battle of the losers?]]
*'''Showdown of the Quickest: Cheetus VS Waspeeter''' (VS pack, 1997)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''VS-3'''
**''Accessories:'' Tail-gun, water-shooting gun

: In Japan, Cheetor was available both separately and in a VS pack with [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]. Both toys are identical to their original releases.

:Currently, it is unknown if the latter "show-like" version of the two toys were ever released in the VS set.

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*'''Cheetus''' golden version (Deluxe, 1997)
**''Accessories:'' Tail-gun, water-shooting gun

: A one-of-a-kind, all-gold version of Cheetor was awarded in Japan for a ''[[TV Magazine]]'' contest. Presumably, his softer joint-plastic and water bladder were unchromed gold, while everything else was blindingly gold-chromed.

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[[File:BWtoy-CheetorTM.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|NOT a Power Rangers zord.]]
*'''Cheetor''' (Transmetal Deluxe, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-42'''
**''Accessories:'' Tail-whip

: As with most first-wave [[Transmetal]]s toys, Cheetor's [[beast mode]] is entirely robotic, but his robot mode has organic elements in its design. In beast mode, two rocket boosters can be flipped out (and extended, which the cartoon failed to show) of the sides of the cat torso to create a "flight mode", plus his tail rotates 180 to provide a "stabilizer" fin. In robot mode, his removable tail becomes a spiked whip, but he has no ranged weaponry, though you can put his two-fingered hands together to simulate the "gun" he used on the show. The toy suffers from a design flaw where the breast plate's hinges that holds both arms up in beast mode suffers from a lot of stress, and, over time, can't hold up the cheetah head properly anymore.

: The Takara ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (franchise)|Beast Wars Metals]]'' release of the Transmetal Cheetor toy features five changes from the Hasbro version. The more immediately noticeable is that the "CHEETOR" [[tampograph]] on his beast mode was changed to "CYBERTRON" and the Maximal [[insignia|faction symbol]]. The other changes make Takara's version closer to Cheetor's show appearance than the Hasbro version. The Takara Cheetor has green robot mode eyes (Hasbro's version has light blue), the robot mode chest has a full coat of yellow paint (Hasbro's version fades to the gray plastic at the outer edges), the cheetah teeth are painted (Hasbro's are unpainted), and the gray plastic is less brown than Hasbro's.

: This mold was retooled into [[Ravage (G1)/toys|Metals Jaguar]] and [[BotCon 2001]]'s [[Tigatron]], and slightly retooled to make ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Cheetor (Armada)|Cheetor]]. It was also used as the model for the non-toy character [[Cataclysm (BW)|Cataclysm]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Maximal/Cheetor/cheetor.htm More information on Transmetal Cheetor at TFU.info]''

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*'''Hurricane Showdown: Metals Cheetus VS Metals Waspeeter''' (VS pack, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''VS-42'''
**''Accessories:'' Tail-whip

: Once again Cheetor was packaged in a VS pack with [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], this time in their "Metals" forms. Again, both toys are identical to the individual releases.

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[[File:BeastWars Transmetal2 Cheetor.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|A body only Primal could love.]]
*'''Cheetor''' (Transmetal 2 Deluxe, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-49'''
**''Accessories:'' Launcher, missile, tail-flail

: Transmetal 2 Cheetor is the first major departure from the usual Cheetor styling, but maintains the standard "stand up cat"-style transformation, for which the robot mode is essentially the beast mode standing on its hind legs. Transmetal 2 Cheetor transforms into a saber-toothed tiger-type big cat with a large rocket engine grafted into his back. In robot mode, this rocket engine becomes a spring-loaded missile launcher.

: In order to give your Cheetor toy a little more [[Show-accuracy]], Cheetor's upper arms need to be popped off and swapped around. The forearms are already in the correct configuration.

: As with all Transmetal 2 toys, he features a [[spark]] crystal, a small, clear-colored ball with a vacuum-metalized faction logo inside. Cheetor's spark is placed on his left hind leg.

: This mold was later redecoed into [[Ravage (G1)/toys|Tripredacus Agent]]. (Notice the pattern yet?)

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Maximal/TM2Cheetor/cheetor.htm More information on Transmetal 2 Cheetor at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BW-toy CheetorFK.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Ohh... I shouldn't have eaten that seventh gazelle...]]
*'''Cheetor''' (Fox Kids Deluxe, 1999)
**''Accessories:'' Tail-gun, water-shooting gun

: In 1999, a redeco of the [[#Dx1|original Cheetor toy]] was released, with "[[Fox Kids]]" branding on the packaging to advertise the show's move from syndication to a network. Aside from changing the black spots on his fur to a strange maroon color, at first glance, FK Cheetor seems identical to his original counterpart. However, a closer look shows that both the blue and the gold robot parts were all replaced with a metallic blue trim.

: Product listings gave this toy the name "Jungle Roar Cheetor,"<ref>https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.toys.transformers/C30fV9dqOK0/gPO8D3N_PAUJ</ref> but that name never made it to packaging.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Maximal/FKCheetor/fkcheetor.htm More information on Fox Kids Cheetor at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BW-toy CheetorTMFK.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|[[Jim Sorenson|First guy]] to say I look like [[Cataclysm (BW)|Cataclysm]] gets a whip in the nuts.]]
*'''Cheetor''' (Fox Kids Transmetal Deluxe, 1999)
**''Accessories:'' Tail-whip

: Shortly afterwards, [[#TM1|Transmetal Cheetor]] received a "Fox Kids" redeco, released along with a redeco of [[Tarantulas (BW)|Transmetal Tarantulas]]. This red-and-dark-green version of Cheetor proved to be hard to come by, as this assortment did not ship for very long at all. Shipping lists listed the toy as "Mech-Tech Cheetor",<ref>https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.toys.transformers/C30fV9dqOK0/gPO8D3N_PAUJ</ref> but that name never made it to the packaging.

: In Japan, this toy was released as a [[JafCon]] convention [[exclusive]], along with the "Fox Kids" versions of [[Airazor (BW)#TMFK|Transmetal Airazor]] and [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#FK|Transmetal Rattrap]].

: This version of Cheetor was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as [[Cataclysm]] in the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' story "[[Derailment]]".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Maximal/FKTMCheetor/fktmcheetor.htm More information on Fox Kids Transmetal Cheetor at TFU.info]''

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===Beast Machines===
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[[File:BMtoy-CheetorMega.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|You will never stand this thing up. Never.]]
*'''Cheetor''' (Mega, 2000/2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BR-02'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[2004]]-[[November 18|11-18]]'''
**''Accessories:'' Tail-whip

: Part of the first assortment of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' Megas, Cheetor transforms into a super-lean [[technorganic]] cheetah. In keeping with the early ''Beast Machines'' design trend of "articulated features", turning the beast mode head causes its jaw to open and close. His left foreleg has a gear-spring horizontal "swiping" action activated by pushing a section of the above shoulder-armor towards his body.

: In robot mode, his head has the same feature; turning it left or right opens and closes his Muppet-like jaw. The "swiping"-action arm—now on his right side—is still available in this mode and can be used to swing his tail-whip around. Because of Cheetor's unusual body proportions and very small feet, he has issues standing up properly in this mode, especially with his legs positioned in the proper cat-like digitigrade style.

: In 2005, the Mega Cheetor toy was re-released as "Cheetus" as part of the Japanese Toys "R" Us [[exclusive]] ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars Returns]]'' line. It does not appear that any significant changes were made to it. Reportedly, this item had a run of only 4000 pieces.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Maximal/Cheetor/cheetor.htm More information on Beast Machines Cheetor (Mega) at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BMtoy-CheetorMcD.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Worst cheetah mode ever? Dude, he walks on his knees.]]
*'''Cheetor''' (McDonald's Happy Meal, 2000)
**''McNumber:'' '''1'''

: This tiny, softer-plastic representation of Cheetor is great for the yung'uns. As one of ''ten'' toys in the [[List of Transformers restaurant promotions|McDonald's]] ''Beast Machines'' Happy Meal promotion, it features an incredibly simplistic transformation with no removable parts. Why does he have that sideways articulation at the knees? Why are the fins on the back of his legs oversized, making his cheetah mode look even more ridiculous than it has to? These are the questions that burn in our nightmares.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Maximal/McCheetor/cheetor.htm More information on Beast Machines Cheetor (McDonald's) at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BM Supreme Cheetor.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|So near, yet so far!]]
*'''Cheetor''' (Supreme, 2000)
**''Accessories:'' Tail-sword, 2 missiles

: One of the largest ''Transformers'' toys, nearly as tall as [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] in robot mode, Supreme Cheetor was heavily hyped as an "ultimate" toy. Aside from having the most [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] sculpting of any ''Beast Machines'' Cheetor toy, he features electronic lights and sounds in both modes, articulated jaws on both his beast and robot mode heads, and raising "hackles" on his beast mode back. Each arm contains a [[gimmick]] as well. His left arm has a geared up-and-down "slashing" movement, with extending fingers (yes, fingers) that can spring out of his hand. His right arm contains a spring-loaded twin missile launcher that fires two missiles out of his palm when the arm is pulled back at the elbow. Disappointingly for such a large and well hyped figure, these gimmicks sharply limit his arm articulation. Even with his wide and rubber-padded feet, like [[#BMMega|Mega Cheetor]] he has balance issues in robot mode thanks to his top-heavy construction and oddly jointed legs. His teeth-clenched grin in robot mode is also somewhat off-putting.

: This toy was an ultimately inauspicious start for the Supreme price point. It [[Shelfwarmer|shelfwarmed]] pretty badly and ended up in blowout sales at online retailers discounted more than 75% off its original price tag.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Maximal/SupCheetor/cheetor.htm More information on Beast Machines Cheetor (Supreme) at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BM-toy CheetorNightSlash.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|This is totally backwards. The black repaint is supposed to come AFTER the yellow one.]]
*'''Night Slash Cheetor''' (Deluxe, 2001)

: Part of the first wave of the [[Subline imprint|rebranded]] "Battle for the Spark" ''Beast Machines'' Deluxes, "Night Slash" Cheetor is a much more angular and mechanical-looking version of the character, with a more show-like face sculpt. Each bicep holds a spring-loaded sword attached by a brace that flips into his waiting hands when released. He has a Spark Crystal mounted on his upper back between his shoulders, and just behind that, a pair of thrusters on his back as well. His interior chest has a red and silver column that spins within a reflective silver dish when his Spark Crystal is pressed, meant to show the power of his Spark. However, this does not work terribly well given the opacity of the transparent plastic that normally covers it.

: This mold was used to make [[CatSCAN#Expanded Universe|CatSCAN]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Maximal/NightSlashCheetor/cheetor.htm More information on Night Slash Cheetor at TFU.info]''

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[[File:PfCCheetas.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|"Optimus, I don't wanna be mint in sealed box!"]]
*'''Cheetus Black Version''' (Mega, 2005)

: "Cheetus Black Version" (チータスブラックver), otherwise known as "Perfect Choice Cheetus", was the [[#BMMega|original Mega Cheetor toy]] [[redeco]]ed in black and silver as a special ''Beast Wars Returns'' promotional contest prize. By ordering the cartoon series through the digital cable provider, you were automatically entered in a drawing for the toy, along with several other smaller merchandise prizes. All of the gimmicks from the first version are retained in this one.<ref>http://www.soundwavesoblivion.com/japanesebeastwarsreturns.html</ref>

:It is currently unknown how many "Cheetus Black Version" prizes were awarded.

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*'''Cheetor''' (Jollibee Kids Meal, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' Container in Disguise

: Cheetor was available as one of three figures in a Jollibee promotion. The toy is a greatly simplified version of his ''Beast Machines'' Mega toy.

===Transtech===
[[File:TTCheetorToy.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|It's an evolution revolution!]]
*'''Cheetor''' (Deluxe?)

:A new (seemingly Deluxe scale) version of Cheetor was designed for ''[[Transtech]]'', the proposed follow-up to ''Beast Machines'', which would have turned into a Cybertronic F-1 race car with a cheetah motif. It made it at least as far as a resin hardcopy, seemingly with near-final engineering. Aside from featuring a launching, spring-loaded front bumper, it is uncertain what gimmicks it may have had. The toy was ultimately scrapped alongside the rest of the ''Transtech'' line.

:An earlier version of the ''Transtech'' Cheetor design was the basis for the [[Transcendent Technomorph]] version of [[Cheetor (TransTech)|Cheetor]].
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===Universe (2003)===
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[[File:TFU03-toy Cheetor.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|My love for Primal is like the sun and the moon, knowing they can never touch...]]
*'''Night Slash Cheetor''' (Deluxe, 2005)

: A redeco of the [[#BMNSC|''Beast Machines'' Night Slash Cheetor toy]], the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Autobot]] version gives Cheets a predominantly orangey-yellow coloration again, but this time with a lot of dark red and some super-dark blue accents. All of his gimmicks from the previous version are retained.

: This toy was one of the last toys in the original ''Universe'' toyline sold at normal wide-release retail.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/NSCheetor/cheetor.htm More information on Universe Cheetor at TFU.info]''
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===Beast Wars 10th Anniversary===
[[File:BW-toy Cheetor10th.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Guess what, I'm gonna have blue arms from now on.]]
*'''Cheetor''' (Beast Wars 10th Anniversary, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' Tail-gun, water-shooting gun

: In 2006, Hasbro redecoed the [[#Dx1|original Cheetor toy]] for their ''Beast Wars 10th Anniversary'' reissue line. He was cast in a different shade of yellow, and unlike most of the other toys in the line, he was actually ''further'' off model than his original toy, the biggest difference being that the newer toy lacks the gold paint on its forearms and feet found on the show model. His right beast mode shoulder was [[tampograph]]ed with a Maximal sigil. He came packed with build-a-figure [[Transmutate (character)|Transmutate]]'s torso and a DVD disc containing the episode "[[Equal Measures]]".

:At this point the mold for the gut gun had degraded somewhat, and a new mold had to be made.

::*''[http://www.File:tfu.info/2006/Maximal/Cheetor/cheetor.htm More information on 10th Anniversary Cheetor at TFU.info]''
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===Timelines===
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[[File:TL-toy Cheetor-BC06.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Leopard print is in!]]
*'''Dawn of Future's Past''' (Multi-pack, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' Engine-blaster, left & right side-pipes, Maximal "Golden Disk Key"

: "Axalon Cheetor" is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]], transforming into a low-ridin' Cybertronian race car with a large Maximal sigil on his hood and a cheetah-pattern deco for his upholstery. Stylin'! Inserting a "[[Cyber Key|Golden Disk Key]]" into the slot on his back pops up a pair of gun barrels, which can be held in robot mode as his pre-beast Quasar gun. His head is also [[retool]]ed from the original body to represent his ''Beast Wars'' head more closely, making his face even more show-accurate than the original toy's.

: He was available only as part of the [[BotCon 2006]] "[[Dawn of Future's Past]]" box-set, with "Axalon" versions of [[Optimus Primal#Timelines|Optimus Primal]], [[Rhinox (BW)#Timelines|Rhinox]], [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#Timelines|Rattrap]], and "[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]" [[Dinobot (BW)#Timelines|Dinobot]].

: This toy—with the retooled head—was used to make "[[Tigatron#Timelines|Unit 2]]". The original version was also used to make ''Cybertron'' [[Swerve (Cybertron)|Swerve]] and [[Movie (toyline)|movie-verse]] [[Clocker (Movie)|Clocker]]. It was also the basis for many many non-toy [[Maximal Command Security Force]] members.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Maximal/BCCheetor/cheetor.htm More information on Axalon Cheetor at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TL-toy AlphaTrizer.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|A knight ''and'' a pirate. A knirate, if you will. Or a pight.]]
*'''Knight Alpha Trizer''' (BotCon 2014 add-on)
**''Accessories:'' Two swords, transforming blade/claw, beast-foot/claw

: Part of a Knights souvenir set that included [[Apelinq (BM)#Timelines|Apelinq]] and [[Flareup (G1)#BotCon2014|Flareup]], Alpha Trizer is a [[redeco]] of [[Thundertron#Toys|Thundertron]], transforming into a mechanical lion that homages the never-made [[Alpha Trion (G1)#Unreleased|Alpha Trion]] redeco out of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' [[Snarl (BM)|Snarl]]. His right robot mode foot can detach to reveal a bladed "peg-leg", with the original foot converting into a claw-weapon. Like his mold-mate [[Go Prime]], Alpha Trizer also comes with a redeco of the twin swords that originally came with [[Kenzan]], which he can hold or plug into his beast mode's hip/wings. The toy also includes Thundertron's original weapon, a claw with swing-out sword-blade, though the electronic light-up feature has been removed.

: This toy was also redecoed into [[Lio Convoy#Prime|Leo Prime]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/BCAlphaTrizer/alphatrizer.htm More information on Alpha Trizer at TFU.info]''
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===Beast Wars Telemocha Series===
[[File:BWTelemocha Cheetor.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Now THAT'S gorgeous!]]
* '''Cheetus''' (Deluxe, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TM-03'''
**''Accessories:'' Tail-gun, water-shooting gun

: In 2007, Takara did the 10th Anniversary thing for the ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Telemocha Series|Beast Wars Telemocha Series]]'' line, except much more show-accurate than Hasbro, with a high number of [[Paint operation|paint applications]] in order to be show-accurate.

: This release came with a DVD of "Convoy Disappeared", the Japanese dub of "[[Chain of Command (BW)|Chain of Command]]" which was an episode that didn't feature Cheetor in any sort of meaningful way, despite episodes that do being easy to come by.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Maximal/Cheetor/cheetor.htm More information on Telemocha Cheetor at TFU.info (scroll down)]''
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===Titanium Series===
[[File:TitaniumSeries-CheetorBM.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Do you remember a time when Cheetor was technorganic? Pepperidge Farm® remembers.]]
*'''Cheetor''' (Cybertron Heroes, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' 2 scimitars

: Part of the sixth wave of ''[[Titanium Series]]'' Cybertron Heroes, Cheetor is based heavily on the design of Cheetor seen in the ''Beast Machines'' cartoon, albeit with some differences, notably much thicker limbs, making him far more stable in robot mode. His twin scimitars can peg onto his hips for storage and are made of softer, rubbery plastic. His [[die-cast]] metal is limited to his shoulders, torso, and thighs.

: Care must be taken when transforming Cheetor into beast mode. His robot head ''must'' be pushed back into his beast mode's neck until it ''clicks''. Failure to do so will cause his robot mode head to get stuck inside the chest after the cheetah mode's neck is pushed into it, and may require disassembling the torso to get it out again.

: This figure is the first transforming toy commemorating the ''Beast Machines'' story, designs, and faction symbols. According to ''Titanium Series'' concept designer [[Don Figueroa]], making ''Titanium'' Cheetor use the BM body was his idea. It seems he was told simply to make "Cheetor", but his [[Hasbro]] supervisors never specified ''which'' Cheetor to make. [[Aaron Archer]] corroborated this, saying Hasbro had not meant to produce a Beast Machines figure: they had simply put Cheetor's name on a list, and the toy ended up being, as Archer put it, "the wrong one."

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Maximal/TitCheetor/cheetor.htm More information on Titanium Series Cheetor at TFU.info]''
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===Universe (2008)===
[[File:TFU08-toy Cheetor.jpg|right|300px|thumb|He went through five bodies... and then back to ''this''.]]
*'''Cheetor''' (Deluxe, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' [[Club|Battle Club]], [[Shuriken|Triple-Bladed Battle Discs]]

: First available in the fourth wave of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' Deluxes, this version of Cheetor is based on the original ''Beast Wars'' Cheetor, transforming into an organic cheetah that's much closer in proportions to the real animal than any previous attempt, with a robot face sculpt based much more on the CGI show model. Alas, the compromise is that he has a far ''less'' [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] robot mode due to a markedly different [[transformation scheme]] that involves his entire beast-chest ending up as a huge hunchback in robot mode. When a lever is pulled on his beast mode back, the cheetah head's jaw opens and the cheetah's eyes change colors from green to red, a bizarre [[homage]] to the differing eye-colors the [[#Beast_Wars|original Cheetor toy]] went through in its many releases. His tail becomes a whip-weapon, plus he comes with a pair of triple-bladed throwing stars that store in compartments on his legs.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Maximal/Cheetor/cheetor.htm More information on Universe Cheetor at TFU.info]''
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===Henkei! Henkei!===
[[File:Cheetorhenkeitoy.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Chromed, but not Transmetal.]]
*'''Cybertron Cheetus''' (Deluxe, 2008-[[December 27|12-27]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-12'''
**''Accessories:'' Battle Club, Triple-Bladed Battle Discs

: ''Henkei! Henkei!'' Cheetor replaces some of his yellow plastic—including his arms and stomach among other parts—with gold plastic. He has more elaborate and varied paint applications, including painting the insides of his beast mode kibble for a greater contrast. As with all ''Henkei'' toys, he has vacuum-metalized plastic parts, specifically his entire head and the bodies of his throwing blades.
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===Device Label===
[[File:DeviceLabeltoy-Cheetusdesktop.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Cheetus wears {{w|It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia|Kitten Mittens}}.]]
*'''Device Cheetus''' ([[May 29|5/29]]/2010)

:A [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers Device Label|Device Label]]'' [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Device Label|Ravage]] and [[Tigatron#Device Label|Tigatron]], Cheetus transforms from a working USB 2 gigabyte thumb drive into a yellow mechanoid cheetah.

:Stored on the USB drive is an installable program called "Transformers Desktop Defender." When the Cheetor device is plugged in, a Cheetor avatar appears on the screen, transforming from thumb drive to cheetah mode as the program is activated. The program's setup allows you to rename your cheetah to anything you desire, alter the avatar's movement speed and his personality, decide whether he eats your desktop icons, and view his function, mission, and [[tech Spec|tech spec]] numbers. Whether he appears as Cheetor, Ravage, or Tigatron can be selected as well.

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===Kre-O===
[[File:KreO-Toy CheetorKreon.jpg|right|300px|thumb]]
*'''Cheetor''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2013)
**''Collection'': '''3'''
**''Bag number'': '''***** 59'''
**''Accessories'': Stand brick, small pistol, katana

:As part of the third wave of [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[Micro-Changer]]s, Cheetor is a [[Kreon]] that can be rebuilt into a [[beast mode]] very very vaguely representing a cheetah. He reuses the animal helmet which debuted with [[Razorclaw (Kre-O)|Razorclaw]]'s team. His handgun originally comes from [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]] while his sword used to be [[Bludgeon (Kre-O)|Bludgeon]]'s.

: This Micro-Changer assortment was the last one to appear at [[Target]], with later waves showing up only at [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] or drug/discount stores.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/Kre-OCheetor/cheetor.htm More information on Cheetor at TFU.info]''

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*'''Cheetor''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, [[2017]])
**''Collection'': '''Collection 3'''
**''Accessories'': Logo plate, small pistol

:In 2017, the Collection 3 Micro-Changers were re-released in a whole new production run, first appearing at [[Walgreens]] stores in the US. These releases use the almost-entirely-[[retool]]ed 2015 Kreon (making most parts incompatible with older Kreons), with slightly-differently-hued plastics than the originals. Cheetor gained a new [[tampograph]] on his back, adding black spots so his beast mode looks more cheetah-y (what you can see of it anyway).

:Sadly, this release has no individual-identification code on the bag, requiring you to use the feel-through-the-bag method or just buy blind and hope.

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===Masterpiece===
[[File:BW-Masterpiece-MP34-Cheetor.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Welcome to Masterpiece Cheetor.]]
*'''Cheetus (Beast Wars)''' ([[February 25|02-25]]-2017)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-34'''
**''Accessories:'' Three cheetah heads, three cheetah eyes, three robot faces, Laser Shot A, [[quasar rifle|Laser Shot B]]
:''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Cheetus transforms from a show-accurate cheetah to a show-accurate robot, albeit taking a few shortcuts (such as using a faux cheetah head for the robot mode torso). He comes with two different guns: his traditional "gut gun" and his secondary "rump gun" which saw sporadic use in early ''Beast Wars'' episodes. Additionally, he sports three different robot faces (serious, angry and smiling), three different cheetah heads (neutral, angry and shocked) and three different pairs of cheetah eyes (looking straight, looking left and looking right). Both weapons can stow on his backside. His hands are completely removable at the wrist, which makes it much easier for you to put his "rump gun" in his hand.

:He takes show-accuracy to a dedicated extreme, including having fuzzy, dotted spots on his cheetah parts to mimic the stretched textures of the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]] CGI model. This is also the first beast-mode Transformers toy to implement realistic whiskers, though the nature of the figure's transformation scheme means that these whiskers are prone to deforming. Unfortunately, the figure is known to suffer from paint chipping.

:Asian preorders come with a die-cast Optimus Primal minifigure. Cheetus was redecoed into ''Masterpiece'' [[Shadow Panther#Masterpiece|Shadow Panther]].
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==Merchandise==
*'''Beast Wars Transformers 200 piece puzzle''' (puzzle, 1996)
: A [[Beast Wars Transformers Jigsaw Puzzle|200-piece puzzle]] from [[Milton Bradley]] featured art of Cheetor fighting Megatron and [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]]. It was very chrome-foil-y! [http://tfmuseum.com/tf-00080.html]

*'''Beast Wars Transformers sweatshirt''' (1996)
: A sweatshirt depicting a jovial Cheetor, in [[robot mode]], crouching behind some rocks and firing his gut-gun. His [[beast mode]]'s head is drawn behind him, the Beast Wars logo layered over the explosion that is leaving his gun's barrel, and the name "CHEETOR" is spelled out at the bottom of the image.

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* '''Beast Wars magnet set''' (1997)

: The original cast of ten from the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon was rendered in adorable [[super deformed|super-deformed]] style for a set of magnets. Awwwww.

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[[File:Cheetormutatingcard.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|right|Wait, so the cheetah mode is ''slower''?]]
* '''Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game''' (1997)
:Cheetor 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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[[File:3DBattleCard-Cheetor.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|Probably more involved than the actual toy's transformation.]]
*'''Cheetor''' (3D Battle-Card, 2007)

: A 31-point character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Cheetor "transforms" into a Transmetal 2 cheetah. He uses the same parts layout as [[Ravage (G1)/toys|Ravage]] and [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]].

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===Kabaya candy toys===
*'''Cheetus''' (candy toy, 1997)

: A tiny plastic Cheetor figurine molded onto an irregularly-shaped stand was released by Kabaya. Labeled toy 4 of 6, the other characters in his wave were Dinobot, Rattrap, Megatron, Optimus Primal, and Rhinox. As always, terrible candy is included.

*'''Cheetus''' (candy toy kit, 1997)

: Part of a set of four [[Kabaya]] [[candy toy]]s, this version of Cheetor, based on [[#Dx1|the original toy]], is an unpainted and unassembled plastic kit that transforms (and partially re-assembles) from cheetah to robot mode, though much smaller (and cheaper) than the original toy. It is cast entirely in pale yellow and grayish-tan plastics, as are the other three toys in the set: [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], and [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]]. [http://soundwave810.blogspot.com/2008_05_01_archive.html]

*'''Cheetus''' (candy toy, 1997)
: A tiny superdeformed Cheetor was also available from Kabaya. [http://tfmuseum.com/tf-00713.html]
[[File:BWmerch-CheetorTMKabaya.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1]]
*'''Cheetus''' (snap-together model with candy, 1999)
:Kabaya released a set of models based on ''Metals'' characters, of which Cheetor was one. He came with candy! He also came in translucent plastic, if you wanted it.

*'''Cheetus''' (figurine with candy, 1999)
:A tiny statuette of ''Metals'' Cheetor on a rectangular stand was available with candy, alongside other ''Metals'' characters. [http://www.dvandom.com/tv99.html]

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===Robot Heroes===
[[File:Robotheroescheetorblackarachnia.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|...[[Ian James Corlett|Nimbus]]?]]
* '''Cheetor''' / '''Blackarachnia''' (2-pack, 2008)

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]''-branded ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'', Cheetor is a simple, yet well-detailed two-inch tall figurine with exaggerated, cartoony proportions. He is depicted in a running pose and is articulated at the shoulders and neck. He has a Maximal [[insignia|faction symbol]] on his butt.

: He was only available in a two-pack with [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]].

: This mold was also used to make [[Tigatron]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Maximal/Cheetor/cheetor.htm More information on Robot Heroes Cheetor at TFU.info]''
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* '''Cheetor''' / '''Tankor'''

[[File:RobotHeroes Cheetor VS Tankor.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Proudly wearing his faction symbol on his knee.]]
: Cheetor is part of the fourth wave of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]] [[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' and is designated as from the "Beast Machines Series," along with his packmate [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]]. His sculpt and color scheme is derived solely from his television show appearance. Cheetor has articulation at the neck and shoulders, though his left arm's large sword inhibits movement.

:Rather than using the ''Beast Machines'' Maximal and Vehicon symbols, the embossed faction logos on the top of the Cheetor/Tankor packaging are the pre-existing ''Beast Wars'' Maximal and Predacon symbols found on ''Beast Wars''-themed ''Universe'' Robot Heroes packs.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Maximal/RHBMCheetor/cheetor.htm More information on Robot Heroes Beast Machines Cheetor at TFU.info]''
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===Tiny Titans===
[[File:TinyTitans-Series6-Cheetor.jpg|right|thumb]]
*'''Cheetor''' (Tiny Titans, 2016)
**''Series'': '''6'''
**''Number: '''4/12'''
: Part of the sixth [[Blindpacking|blind-bagged]] assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'', this small, soft-plastic figurine comes with a trading card with a scan-badge for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.

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==Notes==
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[[File:Cheetor-preliminarytoy.jpg|right|thumb|The original guns, featuring realistically painted cheetah guts. Hooray!]]
[[File:BWRConcept01.jpg|right|thumb|Cheetor's control art. Yes, that IS Cheetor, not Shadow Panther. Yes, it's not a cheetah.]]
* The first Cheetor toy was originally intended to be part of the first wave of ''Beast Wars'' Deluxes released, but experienced a delayed initial release, coming several weeks afterward. This was likely due to a change made to his "tail gun", which on the toy is much different from the version glimpsed in catalogues, commercials, and toy packaging cross-sells. The prototype gun is held via a handle on the top side of the tail rather than underneath the haunches and has a small blue gun barrel that flips out. Why this change was made and whether it was the actual cause of the delay are currently unknown.
* Cheetor's design art seems to indicate he wasn't originally designed to be a cheetah... or was at least designed to be generically big-cat-like enough to be other types of feline.
* Transmetal Cheetor's engineering was reused for [[Stampy (BWN)|Stampy]], though the two toys share no actual parts.

==References==
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[[Category:3D Battle-Cards]]
[[Category:Beast Machines Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars 10th Anniversary]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Telemocha Series]]
[[Category:BotCon exclusives]]
[[Category:Contest prizes]]
[[Category:Convention exclusives]]
[[Category:Henkei! Henkei! Autobots]]
[[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Masterpiece]]
[[Category:McDonald's exclusives]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]
[[Category:Timelines characters]]
[[Category:Titanium Series]]
[[Category:Toys "R" Us exclusives]]
[[Category:Transmetals]]
[[Category:Transmetals 2]]
[[Category:Universe Autobots]]
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IGA

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[[Image:Igalogo.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Using lead paint long before China started to make it a trend.]]
'''Plasticos IGA, S.A.''' (often referred to as simply "IGA") was a Mexican company that held the license to manufacture and market Transformers toys in Mexico and Central America during [[Generation 1]].

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==History==
[[Image:MexicanDevastator.jpg|left|130px|thumb|Lead paint makes Devastator's eyes bleed.]]
[[Image:IGA Brawn.jpg|left|130px|thumb|¡El Brawno!]]Beginning in 1985, IGA introduced a wide variety of Mexican-made Transformers toys, including such unique variants as a silver [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] and a [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] with the same [[retool|head sculpt]] as [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]. However, the Mexican Transformers toyline sold well below expectations, and in 1986 IGA introduced only [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and a handful of repainted [[Mini Vehicle|Mini Vehicles]] before giving up on Transformers altogether.
Around 1989, significant quantities of IGA Transformers were quasi-legally exported to Europe, and these created some concern by not meeting European safety standards; for instance, the Mexican [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]' nosecones were made of hard plastic as opposed to rubber, and some Mexican toys had lead [[Paint operation|paint applications]].

Today, IGA Transformers are prized by many collectors due to the presence of unusual variants.

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==External links==
* [http://www.tf-1.com/cat_frame.php?cat=mex Mexican Transformers]

* [http://www.reocities.com/futuristgroup/vmexico.html Mexican Transformers!]
* [http://www.tfarchive.com/toys/articles/mexican_invasion.php The Mexican Invasion]

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Trasformer

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'''''Trasformer''''' {{sic}} was a unique international release of [[TakaraTomy|Takara's]] ''[[Diaclone]]'' and ''[[Micro Change|MicroChange]]'' lines by an Italian company named [[GiG]] that was launched in [[1984]]. The toys are infamous for featuring several characteristics of Hasbro's ''Transformers'' versions of those toys, even though GiG initially only had a license from Takara for importing their ''Diaclone'' versions.

==History==
In [[1983]], GiG had acquired the license for selling imported Diaclone and MicroChange toys on the Italian market from Takara. Initially, GiG simply released the toys under the name ''Diaclone'', such as the Dia-Battles combiner, the Dia-Train or the Power Bases playsets.

However, when [[Hasbro]] had launched their ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Transformers]]'' version of the line with considerable success the following year, GiG quickly realized the potential. Since GiG didn't want to pay for a second license, they came up with quite an original concept: As they couldn't directly mimick Hasbro's ''Transformers'' toys, they would now release the ''Diaclone'' toys in color schemes based on the Hasbro versions, even using the same sticker sheets as the Hasbro toys, omitting the pilots (in most cases, anyway) and renaming the line into ''Trasformer'', with the ''Diaclone'' "Car Robos" (the Autobot Cars) being called "Auto Robots". The packaging, however, was still more or less based on Takara's ''Diaclone'' packaging, and the toys featured no bios or any kind of fiction that would identify them as Hasbro's Transformers characters. The ''Trasformer'' line also included the ''Diaclone'' [[Jet-helicopter Decepticon|jet-helicopter]] [[Triple Changer]], which was never released as part of the ''Transformers'' line. On the other hand, GiG also undertook some bizarre [[For safety reasons|safety modifications]], replacing the toys' regular missiles with all-new missiles that featured ridiculously oversized rubber tips. Interestingly enough, GiG also released their version of the [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] mold as part of the ''Trasformer'' line, even though toy wasn't licensed from Takara, but another company named ToyBox.

Obviously, Hasbro weren't too happy about this and thus quickly pressured GiG into acquiring a proper license. In [[1985]], GiG then abandoned the ''Trasformer'' line and instead re-released the toys in actual ''Transformers'' packaging, albeit keeping a small remainder of the old ''Trasformer'' logo in addition to the larger ''Transformers'' logo (the small ''Trasformer'' logo would finally be dropped for good starting with the Pretenders toys from 1988). Still, GiG would keep their ties with Takara, which allowed them to release toys as part of the Transformers line which Hasbro would never release (such as a [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] giftset or [[Galaxy Shuttle]]).

==Toys==
===Auto Robot===
[[Image:Topolino Datsun Fairlady Z.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Shiny!]]
*No 1 Countach LP 500S (Pre-[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]])
*No 2 Super Countach LP 500s (Pre-[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]])
*No 3 Fuoristrada J59 (Pre-[[Hound (G1)|Hound]])
*No 4 Ligier JS11 F-1 (Pre-[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]])
*No 5 Fairlady Z 280Z (Pre-[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]])
*No 6 Fairlady Z Police Car (Pre-[[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl]])
*No 7 Porsche 935 Turbo (Pre-[[Jazz (G1)/toys|Jazz]])
*No 8 Fairlady Z Racing Type (Pre-[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]])
*No 9 Ambulance (Pre-[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]])
*No 10 Lancia Stratos Turbo (Pre-[[Wheeljack (G1)/toys|Wheeljack]])
*No 11 4WD Hilux (Pre-[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]])
*No 12 Honda City Turbo (Pre-[[Skids (G1)|Skids]])
*No 13 Corvette Stingray (Pre-[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], or Pre-[[Road Rage]])
*No 14 New Countach LP500S Police Car (Pre-[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], or Pre-[[Clamp Down]])
*No 15 4WD Hilux Autogru (Pre-[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]])
*No 16 Cherry Vanette (Pre-[[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide]])
*No 30 Camion Pompieri (Pre-[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]])
*No 31 Camion Gru (Pre-[[Grapple]])
*No 50 Camion Convoy Portauto (Pre-[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Ultra Magnus]])
*Camion Convoy (Pre-[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]])
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===Dinosaur Robots===
*1 Tyrannosaurus (Pre-[[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock]])
*2 Triceratops (Pre-[[Slag (G1)|Slag]])
*3 Brontosaurus (Pre-[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]])
*4 Stegosaurus (Pre-[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]])
*5 Pteranodon (Pre-[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] NEVER SEEN!)

===Tripla Trasformazione===
*Aereo A Tripla Trasformazione (Pre-[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], or Pre-[[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]])
*Elicottero A Tripla Transformazione (jet/helicopter Triple Changer; [[Jet-helicopter Decepticon|never released as a Transformer]])

===Scatter===
*Aragon (Pre-[[Powerdasher]] car)
*Zetar (Pre-[[Powerdasher]] drill)
*Cromar (Pre-[[Powerdasher]] jet)
[[Image:1985_Topolino_Walther_P-38_UNCLE.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.]]

===Destroy Car===
*[unnamed] (Diaclone Change Attacker "Oneboxcar Vanette"; never released as a Transformer)
*[unnamed] (Diaclone Change Attacker "Starion Turbo 2000"; never released as a Transformer)
*[unnamed] (Diaclone Change Attacker "Lamborghini Cheetah"; never released as a Transformer)

===Others===
*MC-13 Walther P-38 (Pre-[[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]])
*Megarobot multi-azione (Pre-[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]])
*Padlock
*Crono Laser
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==Gallery==
<center><gallery>
Image:Camion_Convoy.jpg|It only exists when no one's looking.
Image:Topolino Padlock Dude.jpg|Security more questionable than Red Alert.
Image:Topolino Trasformer Watches.jpg|James Bond WISHES he was this cool.
Image:GiG_Devastator.jpg|A contest? As if anyone needed incentive to want DEVASTATOR.
</gallery></center>

==Notes==
* "Ligier JS11 F-1", the ''Trasformer'' version of [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], sports "Ligier" decals on the sides of the vehicle mode rather than the standard "Citanes" logos found on the ''Diaclone'' and ''Transformers'' versions. Two known variants exist, with either "Ligier" stickers covering the original tampographed "Citanes" logos, or tampographed "Ligier" logos.
* Although "Camion Convoy", the ''Trasformer'' version of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]], is shown in catalogs, no packaged sample has surfaced thus far, hence making it impossible to tell whether the toy has actually ever been released or not.
* There was a white police version of pre-[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] released at the beginning of the line but it may never have made it to mass production and only three samples have been known to exist. The spoiler and the chrome intake were painted white and the Japanese stickers removed; the spoiler sticker read "Polis Countach". This could possibly be one of the rarest of the "pre-Transformers".

==External links==
*[http://www.nijirain.com/Lady-ToysDIA.htm Overview of pre-''Trasformer'' Diaclone releases by GiG]
*[http://digilander.libero.it/tfitalia/toys/trasformer/index.htm Catalog images of GiG's ''Trasformer'' toys]
*[http://www.reocities.com/futuristgroup/vitaly.html Information on Italian Transformers and Pre-Transformers toys]
*[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/eurous/gig_template.html GiG article at TF-1.com]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsc-AWO1ZsM Trasformer commercial featuring the over-sized missiles]

[[Category:Toys]]
[[Category:Generation 1]]

File:GiG Devastator.jpg

2011-03-06T05:08:32Z

JazZeke: Rough translation: "DEVASTATOR ...AND THE GROUND SHAKES!" ...and below is a description of the contest, where for just 5 points you can win a REAL Suzuki Santana ("Samurai" or "Jimny" in USA...the smallest Suzuki jeep-thing) "for your dad", and a mini mot

Rough translation:
"DEVASTATOR
...AND THE GROUND SHAKES!"
...and below is a description of the contest, where for just 5 points you can win a REAL Suzuki Santana ("Samurai" or "Jimny" in USA...the smallest Suzuki jeep-thing) "for your dad", and a mini motorized dirt-bike "for yourself"!

{{fairuse}}

Trasformer

2011-02-24T04:52:09Z

JazZeke:

{{picsneeded|logo, box design something.}}
'''''Trasformer''''' {{sic}} was a unique international release of [[TakaraTomy|Takara's]] ''[[Diaclone]]'' and ''[[Micro Change|MicroChange]]'' lines by an Italian company named [[GiG]] that was launched in [[1984]]. The toys are infamous for featuring several characteristics of Hasbro's ''Transformers'' versions of those toys, even though GiG initially only had a license from Takara for importing their ''Diaclone'' versions.

==History==
In [[1983]], GiG had acquired the license for selling imported Diaclone and MicroChange toys on the Italian market from Takara. Initially, GiG simply released the toys under the name ''Diaclone'', such as the Dia-Battles combiner, the Dia-Train or the Power Bases playsets.

However, when [[Hasbro]] had launched their ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Transformers]]'' version of the line with considerable success the following year, GiG quickly realized the potential. Since GiG didn't want to pay for a second license, they came up with quite an original concept: As they couldn't directly mimick Hasbro's ''Transformers'' toys, they would now release the ''Diaclone'' toys in color schemes based on the Hasbro versions, even using the same sticker sheets as the Hasbro toys, omitting the pilots (in most cases, anyway) and renaming the line into ''Trasformer'', with the ''Diaclone'' "Car Robos" (the Autobot Cars) being called "Auto Robots". The packaging, however, was still more or less based on Takara's ''Diaclone'' packaging, and the toys featured no bios or any kind of fiction that would identify them as Hasbro's Transformers characters. The ''Trasformer'' line also included the ''Diaclone'' [[Jet-helicopter Decepticon|jet-helicopter]] [[Triple Changer]], which was never released as part of the ''Transformers'' line. On the other hand, GiG also undertook some bizarre [[For safety reasons|safety modifications]], replacing the toys' regular missiles with all-new missiles that featured ridiculously oversized rubber tips. Interestingly enough, GiG also released their version of the [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] mold as part of the ''Trasformer'' line, even though toy wasn't licensed from Takara, but another company named ToyBox.

Obviously, Hasbro weren't too happy about this and thus quickly pressured GiG into acquiring a proper license. In [[1985]], GiG then abandoned the ''Trasformer'' line and instead re-released the toys in actual ''Transformers'' packaging, albeit keeping a small remainder of the old ''Trasformer'' logo in addition to the larger ''Transformers'' logo (the small ''Trasformer'' logo would finally be dropped for good starting with the Pretenders toys from 1988). Still, GiG would keep their ties with Takara, which allowed them to release toys as part of the Transformers line which Hasbro would never release (such as a [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] giftset or [[Galaxy Shuttle]]).

==Toys==
===Auto Robot===
[[Image:Topolino Datsun Fairlady Z.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Shiny!]]
[[Image:Camion_Convoy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|It only exists when no one's looking.]]
*No 1 Countach LP 500S (Pre-[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]])
*No 2 Super Countach LP 500s (Pre-[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]])
*No 3 Fuoristrada J59 (Pre-[[Hound (G1)|Hound]])
*No 4 Ligier JS11 F-1 (Pre-[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]])
*No 5 Fairlady Z 280Z (Pre-[[Bluestreak]])
*No 6 Fairlady Z Police Car (Pre-[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]])
*No 7 Porsche 935 Turbo (Pre-[[Jazz (G1)/toys|Jazz]])
*No 8 Fairlady Z Racing Type (Pre-[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]])
*No 9 Ambulance (Pre-[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]])
*No 10 Lancia Stratos Turbo (Pre-[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]])
*No 11 4WD Hilux (Pre-[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]])
*No 12 Honda City Turbo (Pre-[[Skids (G1)|Skids]])
*No 13 Corvette Stingray (Pre-[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], or Pre-[[Road Rage]])
*No 14 New Countach LP500S Police Car (Pre-[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], or Pre-[[Clamp Down]])
*No 15 4WD Hilux Autogru (Pre-[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]])
*No 16 Cherry Vanette (Pre-[[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide]])
*No 30 Camion Pompieri (Pre-[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]])
*No 31 Camion Gru (Pre-[[Grapple]])
*No 50 Camion Convoy Portauto (Pre-[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Ultra Magnus]])
*Camion Convoy (Pre-[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]])
{{--}}

===Dinosaur Robots===
[[Image:1985_Topolino_Walther_P-38_UNCLE.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.]]
*1 Tyrannosaurus (Pre-[[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock]])
*2 Triceratops (Pre-[[Slag (G1)|Slag]])
*3 Brontosaurus (Pre-[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]])
*4 Stegosaurus (Pre-[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]])
*5 Pteranodon (Pre-[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] NEVER SEEN!)

===Tripla Trasformazione===
*Aereo A Tripla Trasformazione (Pre-[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], or Pre-[[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]])
*Elicottero A Tripla Transformazione (jet/helicopter Triple Changer; [[Jet-helicopter Decepticon|never released as a Transformer]])

===Scatter===
[[Image:Topolino Padlock Dude.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Security more questionable than Red Alert.]]
*Aragon (Pre-[[Powerdasher]] car)
*Zetar (Pre-[[Powerdasher]] drill)
*Cromar (Pre-[[Powerdasher]] jet)

===Destroy Car===
*[unnamed] (Diaclone Change Attacker "Oneboxcar Vanette"; never released as a Transformer)
*[unnamed] (Diaclone Change Attacker "Starion Turbo 2000"; never released as a Transformer)
*[unnamed] (Diaclone Change Attacker "Lamborghini Cheetah"; never released as a Transformer)

===Others===
[[Image:Topolino Trasformer Watches.jpg|right|150px|thumb|James Bond WISHES he was this cool.]]
*MC-13 Walther P-38 (Pre-[[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]])
*Megarobot multi-azione (Pre-[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]])
*Padlock
*Crono Laser

==Notes==
* "Ligier JS11 F-1", the ''Trasformer'' version of [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], sports "Ligier" decals on the sides of the vehicle mode rather than the standard "Citanes" logos found on the ''Diaclone'' and ''Transformers'' versions. Two known variants exist, with either "Ligier" stickers covering the original tampographed "Citanes" logos, or tampographed "Ligier" logos.
* Although "Camion Convoy", the ''Trasformer'' version of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]], is shown in catalogs, no packaged sample has surfaced thus far, hence making it impossible to tell whether the toy has actually ever been released or not.
* There was a white police version of pre-[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] released at the beginning of the line but it may never have made it to mass production and only three samples have been known to exist. The spoiler and the chrome intake were painted white and the Japanese stickers removed; the spoiler sticker read "Polis Countach". This could possibly be one of the rarest of the "pre-Transformers".

==External links==
*[http://www.nijirain.com/Lady-ToysDIA.htm Overview of pre-''Trasformer'' Diaclone releases by GiG]
*[http://digilander.libero.it/tfitalia/toys/trasformer/index.htm Catalog images of GiG's ''Trasformer'' toys]
*[http://www.reocities.com/futuristgroup/vitaly.html Information on Italian Transformers and Pre-Transformers toys]
*[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/eurous/gig_template.html GiG article at TF-1.com]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsc-AWO1ZsM Trasformer commercial featuring the over-sized missiles]

[[Category:Toys]]
[[Category:Generation 1]]

Trasformer

2011-02-24T04:44:31Z

JazZeke: /* Others */

{{picsneeded|logo, box design something.}}
'''''Trasformer''''' {{sic}} was a unique international release of [[TakaraTomy|Takara's]] ''[[Diaclone]]'' and ''[[Micro Change|MicroChange]]'' lines by an Italian company named [[GiG]] that was launched in [[1984]]. The toys are infamous for featuring several characteristics of Hasbro's ''Transformers'' versions of those toys, even though GiG initially only had a license from Takara for importing their ''Diaclone'' versions.

==History==
In [[1983]], GiG had acquired the license for selling imported Diaclone and MicroChange toys on the Italian market from Takara. Initially, GiG simply released the toys under the name ''Diaclone'', such as the Dia-Battles combiner, the Dia-Train or the Power Bases playsets.

However, when [[Hasbro]] had launched their ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Transformers]]'' version of the line with considerable success the following year, GiG quickly realized the potential. Since GiG didn't want to pay for a second license, they came up with quite an original concept: As they couldn't directly mimick Hasbro's ''Transformers'' toys, they would now release the ''Diaclone'' toys in color schemes based on the Hasbro versions, even using the same sticker sheets as the Hasbro toys, omitting the pilots (in most cases, anyway) and renaming the line into ''Trasformer'', with the ''Diaclone'' "Car Robos" (the Autobot Cars) being called "Auto Robots". The packaging, however, was still more or less based on Takara's ''Diaclone'' packaging, and the toys featured no bios or any kind of fiction that would identify them as Hasbro's Transformers characters. The ''Trasformer'' line also included the ''Diaclone'' [[Jet-helicopter Decepticon|jet-helicopter]] [[Triple Changer]], which was never released as part of the ''Transformers'' line. On the other hand, GiG also undertook some bizarre [[For safety reasons|safety modifications]], replacing the toys' regular missiles with all-new missiles that featured ridiculously oversized rubber tips. Interestingly enough, GiG also released their version of the [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] mold as part of the ''Trasformer'' line, even though toy wasn't licensed from Takara, but another company named ToyBox.

Obviously, Hasbro weren't too happy about this and thus quickly pressured GiG into acquiring a proper license. In [[1985]], GiG then abandoned the ''Trasformer'' line and instead re-released the toys in actual ''Transformers'' packaging, albeit keeping a small remainder of the old ''Trasformer'' logo in addition to the larger ''Transformers'' logo (the small ''Trasformer'' logo would finally be dropped for good starting with the Pretenders toys from 1988). Still, GiG would keep their ties with Takara, which allowed them to release toys as part of the Transformers line which Hasbro would never release (such as a [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] giftset or [[Galaxy Shuttle]]).

==Toys==
===Auto Robot===
[[Image:Topolino Datsun Fairlady Z.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Shiny!]]
[[Image:Camion_Convoy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|It only exists when no one's looking.]]
*No 1 Countach LP 500S (Pre-[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]])
*No 2 Super Countach LP 500s (Pre-[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]])
*No 3 Fuoristrada J59 (Pre-[[Hound (G1)|Hound]])
*No 4 Ligier JS11 F-1 (Pre-[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]])
*No 5 Fairlady Z 280Z (Pre-[[Bluestreak]])
*No 6 Fairlady Z Police Car (Pre-[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]])
*No 7 Porsche 935 Turbo (Pre-[[Jazz (G1)/toys|Jazz]])
*No 8 Fairlady Z Racing Type (Pre-[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]])
*No 9 Ambulance (Pre-[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]])
*No 10 Lancia Stratos Turbo (Pre-[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]])
*No 11 4WD Hilux (Pre-[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]])
*No 12 Honda City Turbo (Pre-[[Skids (G1)|Skids]])
*No 13 Corvette Stingray (Pre-[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], or Pre-[[Road Rage]])
*No 14 New Countach LP500S Police Car (Pre-[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], or Pre-[[Clamp Down]])
*No 15 4WD Hilux Autogru (Pre-[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]])
*No 16 Cherry Vanette (Pre-[[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide]])
*No 30 Camion Pompieri (Pre-[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]])
*No 31 Camion Gru (Pre-[[Grapple]])
*No 50 Camion Convoy Portauto (Pre-[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Ultra Magnus]])
*Camion Convoy (Pre-[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]])
{{--}}

===Dinosaur Robots===
*1 Tyrannosaurus (Pre-[[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock]])
*2 Triceratops (Pre-[[Slag (G1)|Slag]])
*3 Brontosaurus (Pre-[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]])
*4 Stegosaurus (Pre-[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]])
*5 Pteranodon (Pre-[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] NEVER SEEN!)

===Tripla Trasformazione===
*Aereo A Tripla Trasformazione (Pre-[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], or Pre-[[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]])
*Elicottero A Tripla Transformazione (jet/helicopter Triple Changer; [[Jet-helicopter Decepticon|never released as a Transformer]])

===Scatter===
*Aragon (Pre-[[Powerdasher]] car)
*Zetar (Pre-[[Powerdasher]] drill)
*Cromar (Pre-[[Powerdasher]] jet)

===Destroy Car===
*[unnamed] (Diaclone Change Attacker "Oneboxcar Vanette"; never released as a Transformer)
*[unnamed] (Diaclone Change Attacker "Starion Turbo 2000"; never released as a Transformer)
*[unnamed] (Diaclone Change Attacker "Lamborghini Cheetah"; never released as a Transformer)

===Others===
[[Image:1985_Topolino_Walther_P-38_UNCLE.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.]]
[[Image:Topolino Padlock Dude.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Security more questionable than Red Alert.]]
[[Image:Topolino Trasformer Watches.jpg|right|150px|thumb|James Bond WISHES he was this cool.]]
*MC-13 Walther P-38 (Pre-[[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]])
*Megarobot multi-azione (Pre-[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]])
*Padlock
*Crono Laser

==Notes==
* "Ligier JS11 F-1", the ''Trasformer'' version of [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], sports "Ligier" decals on the sides of the vehicle mode rather than the standard "Citanes" logos found on the ''Diaclone'' and ''Transformers'' versions. Two known variants exist, with either "Ligier" stickers covering the original tampographed "Citanes" logos, or tampographed "Ligier" logos.
* Although "Camion Convoy", the ''Trasformer'' version of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]], is shown in catalogs, no packaged sample has surfaced thus far, hence making it impossible to tell whether the toy has actually ever been released or not.
* There was a white police version of pre-[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] released at the beginning of the line but it may never have made it to mass production and only three samples have been known to exist. The spoiler and the chrome intake were painted white and the Japanese stickers removed; the spoiler sticker read "Polis Countach". This could possibly be one of the rarest of the "pre-Transformers".

==External links==
*[http://www.nijirain.com/Lady-ToysDIA.htm Overview of pre-''Trasformer'' Diaclone releases by GiG]
*[http://digilander.libero.it/tfitalia/toys/trasformer/index.htm Catalog images of GiG's ''Trasformer'' toys]
*[http://www.reocities.com/futuristgroup/vitaly.html Information on Italian Transformers and Pre-Transformers toys]
*[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/eurous/gig_template.html GiG article at TF-1.com]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsc-AWO1ZsM Trasformer commercial featuring the over-sized missiles]

[[Category:Toys]]
[[Category:Generation 1]]

File:Topolino Trasformer Watches.jpg

2011-02-24T04:40:11Z

JazZeke: Scan of the Trasformer toy by GiG from a 1985 issue of the Italian Topolino magazine. {{fairuse}}

Scan of the [[Trasformer]] toy by [[GiG]] from a [[1985]] issue of the Italian [[wikipedia:Topolino|Topolino]] magazine.

{{fairuse}}

File:Topolino Padlock Dude.jpg

2011-02-24T04:36:45Z

JazZeke: Scan of a Trasformer toy by GiG from a 1985 issue of the Italian Topolino magazine. {{fairuse}}

Scan of a [[Trasformer]] toy by [[GiG]] from a [[1985]] issue of the Italian [[wikipedia:Topolino|Topolino]] magazine.

{{fairuse}}

Trasformer

2011-02-21T18:20:58Z

JazZeke: /* Auto Robot */

{{picsneeded|logo, box design something.}}
'''''Trasformer''''' {{sic}} was a unique international release of [[TakaraTomy|Takara's]] ''[[Diaclone]]'' and ''[[Micro Change|MicroChange]]'' lines by an Italian company named [[GiG]] that was launched in [[1984]]. The toys are infamous for featuring several characteristics of Hasbro's ''Transformers'' versions of those toys, even though GiG initially only had a license from Takara for importing their ''Diaclone'' versions.

==History==
In [[1983]], GiG had acquired the license for selling imported Diaclone and MicroChange toys on the Italian market from Takara. Initially, GiG simply released the toys under the name ''Diaclone'', such as the Dia-Battles combiner, the Dia-Train or the Power Bases playsets.

However, when [[Hasbro]] had launched their ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Transformers]]'' version of the line with considerable success the following year, GiG quickly realized the potential. Since GiG didn't want to pay for a second license, they came up with quite an original concept: As they couldn't directly mimick Hasbro's ''Transformers'' toys, they would now release the ''Diaclone'' toys in color schemes based on the Hasbro versions, even using the same sticker sheets as the Hasbro toys, omitting the pilots (in most cases, anyway) and renaming the line into ''Trasformer'', with the ''Diaclone'' "Car Robos" (the Autobot Cars) being called "Auto Robots". The packaging, however, was still more or less based on Takara's ''Diaclone'' packaging, and the toys featured no bios or any kind of fiction that would identify them as Hasbro's Transformers characters. The ''Trasformer'' line also included the ''Diaclone'' [[Jet-helicopter Decepticon|jet-helicopter]] [[Triple Changer]], which was never released as part of the ''Transformers'' line. On the other hand, GiG also undertook some bizarre [[For safety reasons|safety modifications]], replacing the toys' regular missiles with all-new missiles that featured ridiculously oversized rubber tips. Interestingly enough, GiG also released their version of the [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] mold as part of the ''Trasformer'' line, even though toy wasn't licensed from Takara, but another company named ToyBox.

Obviously, Hasbro weren't too happy about this and thus quickly pressured GiG into acquiring a proper license. In [[1985]], GiG then abandoned the ''Trasformer'' line and instead re-released the toys in actual ''Transformers'' packaging, albeit keeping a small remainder of the old ''Trasformer'' logo in addition to the larger ''Transformers'' logo (the small ''Trasformer'' logo would finally be dropped for good starting with the Pretenders toys from 1988). Still, GiG would keep their ties with Takara, which allowed them to release toys as part of the Transformers line which Hasbro would never release (such as a [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] giftset or [[Galaxy Shuttle]]).

==Toys==
===Auto Robot===
[[Image:Topolino Datsun Fairlady Z.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Shiny!]]
[[Image:Camion_Convoy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|It only exists when no one's looking.]]
*No 1 Countach LP 500S (Pre-[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]])
*No 2 Super Countach LP 500s (Pre-[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]])
*No 3 Fuoristrada J59 (Pre-[[Hound (G1)|Hound]])
*No 4 Ligier JS11 F-1 (Pre-[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]])
*No 5 Fairlady Z 280Z (Pre-[[Bluestreak]])
*No 6 Fairlady Z Police Car (Pre-[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]])
*No 7 Porsche 935 Turbo (Pre-[[Jazz (G1)/toys|Jazz]])
*No 8 Fairlady Z Racing Type (Pre-[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]])
*No 9 Ambulance (Pre-[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]])
*No 10 Lancia Stratos Turbo (Pre-[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]])
*No 11 4WD Hilux (Pre-[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]])
*No 12 Honda City Turbo (Pre-[[Skids (G1)|Skids]])
*No 13 Corvette Stingray (Pre-[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], or Pre-[[Road Rage]])
*No 14 New Countach LP500S Police Car (Pre-[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], or Pre-[[Clamp Down]])
*No 15 4WD Hilux Autogru (Pre-[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]])
*No 16 Cherry Vanette (Pre-[[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide]])
*No 30 Camion Pompieri (Pre-[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]])
*No 31 Camion Gru (Pre-[[Grapple]])
*No 50 Camion Convoy Portauto (Pre-[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Ultra Magnus]])
*Camion Convoy (Pre-[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]])
{{--}}

===Dinosaur Robots===
*1 Tyrannosaurus (Pre-[[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock]])
*2 Triceratops (Pre-[[Slag (G1)|Slag]])
*3 Brontosaurus (Pre-[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]])
*4 Stegosaurus (Pre-[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]])
*5 Pteranodon (Pre-[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] NEVER SEEN!)

===Tripla Trasformazione===
*Aereo A Tripla Trasformazione (Pre-[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], or Pre-[[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]])
*Elicottero A Tripla Transformazione (jet/helicopter Triple Changer; [[Jet-helicopter Decepticon|never released as a Transformer]])

===Scatter===
*Aragon (Pre-[[Powerdasher]] car)
*Zetar (Pre-[[Powerdasher]] drill)
*Cromar (Pre-[[Powerdasher]] jet)

===Destroy Car===
*[unnamed] (Diaclone Change Attacker "Oneboxcar Vanette"; never released as a Transformer)
*[unnamed] (Diaclone Change Attacker "Starion Turbo 2000"; never released as a Transformer)
*[unnamed] (Diaclone Change Attacker "Lamborghini Cheetah"; never released as a Transformer)

===Others===
[[Image:1985_Topolino_Walther_P-38_UNCLE.jpg|right|150px|thumb]]
*MC-13 Walther P-38 (Pre-[[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]])
*Megarobot multi-azione (Pre-[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]])
{{--}}

==Notes==
* "Ligier JS11 F-1", the ''Trasformer'' version of [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], sports "Ligier" decals on the sides of the vehicle mode rather than the standard "Citanes" logos found on the ''Diaclone'' and ''Transformers'' versions. Two known variants exist, with either "Ligier" stickers covering the original tampographed "Citanes" logos, or tampographed "Ligier" logos.
* Although "Camion Convoy", the ''Trasformer'' version of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]], is shown in catalogs, no packaged sample has surfaced thus far, hence making it impossible to tell whether the toy has actually ever been released or not.
* There was a white police version of pre-[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] released at the beginning of the line but it may never have made it to mass production and only three samples have been known to exist. The spoiler and the chrome intake were painted white and the Japanese stickers removed; the spoiler sticker read "Polis Countach". This could possibly be one of the rarest of the "pre-Transformers".

==External links==
*[http://www.nijirain.com/Lady-ToysDIA.htm Overview of pre-''Trasformer'' Diaclone releases by GiG]
*[http://digilander.libero.it/tfitalia/toys/trasformer/index.htm Catalog images of GiG's ''Trasformer'' toys]
*[http://www.reocities.com/futuristgroup/vitaly.html Information on Italian Transformers and Pre-Transformers toys]
*[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/eurous/gig_template.html GiG article at TF-1.com]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsc-AWO1ZsM Trasformer commercial featuring the over-sized missiles]

[[Category:Toys]]
[[Category:Generation 1]]

File:Camion Convoy.jpg

2011-02-21T18:19:04Z

JazZeke: Scan of the Trasformer Camion Convoy toy by GiG from a 1985 issue of the Italian Topolino magazine. {{fairuse}}

Scan of the [[Trasformer]] Camion Convoy toy by [[GiG]] from a [[1985]] issue of the Italian [[wikipedia:Topolino|Topolino]] magazine.

{{fairuse}}

Trasformer

2011-02-21T18:11:37Z

JazZeke:

{{picsneeded|logo, box design something.}}
'''''Trasformer''''' {{sic}} was a unique international release of [[TakaraTomy|Takara's]] ''[[Diaclone]]'' and ''[[Micro Change|MicroChange]]'' lines by an Italian company named [[GiG]] that was launched in [[1984]]. The toys are infamous for featuring several characteristics of Hasbro's ''Transformers'' versions of those toys, even though GiG initially only had a license from Takara for importing their ''Diaclone'' versions.

==History==
In [[1983]], GiG had acquired the license for selling imported Diaclone and MicroChange toys on the Italian market from Takara. Initially, GiG simply released the toys under the name ''Diaclone'', such as the Dia-Battles combiner, the Dia-Train or the Power Bases playsets.

However, when [[Hasbro]] had launched their ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Transformers]]'' version of the line with considerable success the following year, GiG quickly realized the potential. Since GiG didn't want to pay for a second license, they came up with quite an original concept: As they couldn't directly mimick Hasbro's ''Transformers'' toys, they would now release the ''Diaclone'' toys in color schemes based on the Hasbro versions, even using the same sticker sheets as the Hasbro toys, omitting the pilots (in most cases, anyway) and renaming the line into ''Trasformer'', with the ''Diaclone'' "Car Robos" (the Autobot Cars) being called "Auto Robots". The packaging, however, was still more or less based on Takara's ''Diaclone'' packaging, and the toys featured no bios or any kind of fiction that would identify them as Hasbro's Transformers characters. The ''Trasformer'' line also included the ''Diaclone'' [[Jet-helicopter Decepticon|jet-helicopter]] [[Triple Changer]], which was never released as part of the ''Transformers'' line. On the other hand, GiG also undertook some bizarre [[For safety reasons|safety modifications]], replacing the toys' regular missiles with all-new missiles that featured ridiculously oversized rubber tips. Interestingly enough, GiG also released their version of the [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] mold as part of the ''Trasformer'' line, even though toy wasn't licensed from Takara, but another company named ToyBox.

Obviously, Hasbro weren't too happy about this and thus quickly pressured GiG into acquiring a proper license. In [[1985]], GiG then abandoned the ''Trasformer'' line and instead re-released the toys in actual ''Transformers'' packaging, albeit keeping a small remainder of the old ''Trasformer'' logo in addition to the larger ''Transformers'' logo (the small ''Trasformer'' logo would finally be dropped for good starting with the Pretenders toys from 1988). Still, GiG would keep their ties with Takara, which allowed them to release toys as part of the Transformers line which Hasbro would never release (such as a [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] giftset or [[Galaxy Shuttle]]).

==Toys==
===Auto Robot===
[[Image:Topolino Datsun Fairlady Z.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Shiny!]]
*No 1 Countach LP 500S (Pre-[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]])
*No 2 Super Countach LP 500s (Pre-[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]])
*No 3 Fuoristrada J59 (Pre-[[Hound (G1)|Hound]])
*No 4 Ligier JS11 F-1 (Pre-[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]])
*No 5 Fairlady Z 280Z (Pre-[[Bluestreak]])
*No 6 Fairlady Z Police Car (Pre-[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]])
*No 7 Porsche 935 Turbo (Pre-[[Jazz (G1)/toys|Jazz]])
*No 8 Fairlady Z Racing Type (Pre-[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]])
*No 9 Ambulance (Pre-[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]])
*No 10 Lancia Stratos Turbo (Pre-[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]])
*No 11 4WD Hilux (Pre-[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]])
*No 12 Honda City Turbo (Pre-[[Skids (G1)|Skids]])
*No 13 Corvette Stingray (Pre-[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], or Pre-[[Road Rage]])
*No 14 New Countach LP500S Police Car (Pre-[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], or Pre-[[Clamp Down]])
*No 15 4WD Hilux Autogru (Pre-[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]])
*No 16 Cherry Vanette (Pre-[[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide]])
*No 30 Camion Pompieri (Pre-[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]])
*No 31 Camion Gru (Pre-[[Grapple]])
*No 50 Camion Convoy Portauto (Pre-[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Ultra Magnus]])
*Camion Convoy (Pre-[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]])

===Dinosaur Robots===
*1 Tyrannosaurus (Pre-[[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock]])
*2 Triceratops (Pre-[[Slag (G1)|Slag]])
*3 Brontosaurus (Pre-[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]])
*4 Stegosaurus (Pre-[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]])
*5 Pteranodon (Pre-[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] NEVER SEEN!)

===Tripla Trasformazione===
*Aereo A Tripla Trasformazione (Pre-[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], or Pre-[[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]])
*Elicottero A Tripla Transformazione (jet/helicopter Triple Changer; [[Jet-helicopter Decepticon|never released as a Transformer]])

===Scatter===
*Aragon (Pre-[[Powerdasher]] car)
*Zetar (Pre-[[Powerdasher]] drill)
*Cromar (Pre-[[Powerdasher]] jet)

===Destroy Car===
*[unnamed] (Diaclone Change Attacker "Oneboxcar Vanette"; never released as a Transformer)
*[unnamed] (Diaclone Change Attacker "Starion Turbo 2000"; never released as a Transformer)
*[unnamed] (Diaclone Change Attacker "Lamborghini Cheetah"; never released as a Transformer)

===Others===
[[Image:1985_Topolino_Walther_P-38_UNCLE.jpg|right|150px|thumb]]
*MC-13 Walther P-38 (Pre-[[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]])
*Megarobot multi-azione (Pre-[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]])
{{--}}

==Notes==
* "Ligier JS11 F-1", the ''Trasformer'' version of [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], sports "Ligier" decals on the sides of the vehicle mode rather than the standard "Citanes" logos found on the ''Diaclone'' and ''Transformers'' versions. Two known variants exist, with either "Ligier" stickers covering the original tampographed "Citanes" logos, or tampographed "Ligier" logos.
* Although "Camion Convoy", the ''Trasformer'' version of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]], is shown in catalogs, no packaged sample has surfaced thus far, hence making it impossible to tell whether the toy has actually ever been released or not.
* There was a white police version of pre-[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] released at the beginning of the line but it may never have made it to mass production and only three samples have been known to exist. The spoiler and the chrome intake were painted white and the Japanese stickers removed; the spoiler sticker read "Polis Countach". This could possibly be one of the rarest of the "pre-Transformers".

==External links==
*[http://www.nijirain.com/Lady-ToysDIA.htm Overview of pre-''Trasformer'' Diaclone releases by GiG]
*[http://digilander.libero.it/tfitalia/toys/trasformer/index.htm Catalog images of GiG's ''Trasformer'' toys]
*[http://www.reocities.com/futuristgroup/vitaly.html Information on Italian Transformers and Pre-Transformers toys]
*[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/eurous/gig_template.html GiG article at TF-1.com]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsc-AWO1ZsM Trasformer commercial featuring the over-sized missiles]

[[Category:Toys]]
[[Category:Generation 1]]

File:Topolino Datsun Fairlady Z.jpg

2011-02-21T18:05:38Z

JazZeke: Scan of the Trasformer Datsun Fairlady Z toy by GiG from a 1985 issue of the Italian Topolino magazine. {{fairuse}}

Scan of the [[Trasformer]] Datsun Fairlady Z toy by [[GiG]] from a [[1985]] issue of the Italian [[wikipedia:Topolino|Topolino]] magazine.

{{fairuse}}

Trasformer

2011-02-21T05:32:36Z

JazZeke: fixing detour's unnecessary revert

{{picsneeded|logo, box design something.}}
'''''Trasformer''''' {{sic}} was a unique international release of [[TakaraTomy|Takara's]] ''[[Diaclone]]'' and ''[[Micro Change|MicroChange]]'' lines by an Italian company named [[GiG]] that was launched in [[1984]]. The toys are infamous for featuring several characteristics of Hasbro's ''Transformers'' versions of those toys, even though GiG initially only had a license from Takara for importing their ''Diaclone'' versions.

==History==
In [[1983]], GiG had acquired the license for selling imported Diaclone and MicroChange toys on the Italian market from Takara. Initially, GiG simply released the toys under the name ''Diaclone'', such as the Dia-Battles combiner, the Dia-Train or the Power Bases playsets.

However, when [[Hasbro]] had launched their ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Transformers]]'' version of the line with considerable success the following year, GiG quickly realized the potential. Since GiG didn't want to pay for a second license, they came up with quite an original concept: As they couldn't directly mimick Hasbro's ''Transformers'' toys, they would now release the ''Diaclone'' toys in color schemes based on the Hasbro versions, even using the same sticker sheets as the Hasbro toys, omitting the pilots (in most cases, anyway) and renaming the line into ''Trasformer'', with the ''Diaclone'' "Car Robos" (the Autobot Cars) being called "Auto Robots". The packaging, however, was still more or less based on Takara's ''Diaclone'' packaging, and the toys featured no bios or any kind of fiction that would identify them as Hasbro's Transformers characters. The ''Trasformer'' line also included the ''Diaclone'' [[Triple Changer]], which was never released as part of the ''Transformers'' line. On the other hand, GiG also undertook some bizarre [[For safety reasons|safety modifications]], replacing the toys' regular missiles with all-new missiles that featured ridiculously oversized rubber tips. Interestingly enough, GiG also released their version of the [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] mold as part of the ''Trasformer'' line, even though toy wasn't licensed from Takara, but another company named ToyBox.

Obviously, Hasbro weren't too happy about this and thus quickly pressured GiG into acquiring a proper license. In [[1985]], GiG then abandoned the ''Trasformer'' line and instead re-released the toys in actual ''Transformers'' packaging, albeit keeping a small remainder of the old ''Trasformer'' logo in addition to the larger ''Transformers'' logo (the small ''Trasformer'' logo would finally be dropped for good starting with the Pretenders toys from 1988). Still, GiG would keep their ties with Takara, which allowed them to release toys as part of the Transformers line which Hasbro would never release (such as a [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] giftset or [[Galaxy Shuttle]]).

==Toys==
===Auto Robot===
*No 1 Countach LP 500S (Pre-[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]])
*No 2 Super Countach LP 500s (Pre-[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]])
*No 3 Fuoristrada J59 (Pre-[[Hound (G1)|Hound]])
*No 4 Ligier JS11 F-1 (Pre-[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]])
*No 5 Fairlady Z 280Z (Pre-[[Bluestreak]])
*No 6 Fairlady Z Police Car (Pre-[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]])
*No 7 Porsche 935 Turbo (Pre-[[Jazz (G1)/toys|Jazz]])
*No 8 Fairlady Z Racing Type (Pre-[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]])
*No 9 Ambulance (Pre-[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]])
*No 10 Lancia Stratos Turbo (Pre-[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]])
*No 11 4WD Hilux (Pre-[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]])
*No 12 Honda City Turbo (Pre-[[Skids (G1)|Skids]])
*No 13 Corvette Stingray (Pre-[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], or Pre-[[Road Rage]])
*No 14 New Countach LP500S Police Car (Pre-[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], or Pre-[[Clamp Down]])
*No 15 4WD Hilux Autogru (Pre-[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]])
*No 16 Cherry Vanette (Pre-[[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide]])
*No 30 Camion Pompieri (Pre-[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]])
*No 31 Camion Gru (Pre-[[Grapple]])
*No 50 Camion Convoy Portauto (Pre-[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Ultra Magnus]])
*Camion Convoy (Pre-[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]])

===Dinosaur Robots===
*1 Tyrannosaurus (Pre-[[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock]])
*2 Triceratops (Pre-[[Slag (G1)|Slag]])
*3 Brontosaurus (Pre-[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]])
*4 Stegosaurus (Pre-[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]])
*5 Pteranodon (Pre-[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] NEVER SEEN!)

===Tripla Trasformazione===
*Aereo A Tripla Trasformazione (Pre-[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], or Pre-[[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]])
*Elicottero A Tripla Transformazione (jet/helicopter Triple Changer; [[Jet-helicopter Decepticon|never released as a Transformer]])

===Scatter===
*Aragon (Pre-[[Powerdasher]] car)
*Zetar (Pre-[[Powerdasher]] drill)
*Cromar (Pre-[[Powerdasher]] jet)

===Destroy Car===
*[unnamed] (Diaclone Change Attacker "Oneboxcar Vanette"; never released as a Transformer)
*[unnamed] (Diaclone Change Attacker "Starion Turbo 2000"; never released as a Transformer)
*[unnamed] (Diaclone Change Attacker "Lamborghini Cheetah"; never released as a Transformer)

===Others===
[[Image:1985_Topolino_Walther_P-38_UNCLE.jpg|right|150px|thumb]]
*MC-13 Walther P-38 U.N.C.L.E. (Pre-[[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]])
*Megarobot multi-azione (Pre-[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]])
{{--}}

==Notes==
* "Ligier JS11 F-1", the ''Trasformer'' version of [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], sports "Ligier" decals on the sides of the vehicle mode rather than the standard "Citanes" logos found on the ''Diaclone'' and ''Transformers'' versions. Two known variants exist, with either "Ligier" stickers covering the original tampographed "Citanes" logos, or tampographed "Ligier" logos.
* Although "Camion Convoy", the ''Trasformer'' version of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]], is shown in catalogs, no packaged sample has surfaced thus far, hence making it impossible to tell whether the toy has actually ever been released or not.
* There was a white police version of pre-[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] released at the beginning of the line but it may never have made it to mass production and only three samples have been known to exist. The spoiler and the chrome intake were painted white and the Japanese stickers removed; the spoiler sticker read "Polis Countach". This could possibly be one of the rarest of the "pre-Transformers".

==External links==
*[http://www.nijirain.com/Lady-ToysDIA.htm Overview of pre-''Trasformer'' Diaclone releases by GiG]
*[http://digilander.libero.it/tfitalia/toys/trasformer/index.htm Catalog images of GiG's ''Trasformer'' toys]
*[http://www.reocities.com/futuristgroup/vitaly.html Information on Italian Transformers and Pre-Transformers toys]
*[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/eurous/gig_template.html GiG article at TF-1.com]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsc-AWO1ZsM Trasformer commercial featuring the over-sized missiles]

[[Category:Toys]]
[[Category:Generation 1]]

Trasformer

2011-02-21T05:07:53Z

JazZeke: /* Others */ Magazine scan added; more to come soon

{{picsneeded|logo, box design something.}}
'''''Trasformer''''' {{sic}} was a unique international release of [[TakaraTomy|Takara's]] ''[[Diaclone]]'' and ''[[Micro Change|MicroChange]]'' lines by an Italian company named [[GiG]] that was launched in [[1984]]. The toys are infamous for featuring several characteristics of Hasbro's ''Transformers'' versions of those toys, even though GiG initially only had a license from Takara for importing their ''Diaclone'' versions.

==History==
In [[1983]], GiG had acquired the license for selling imported Diaclone and MicroChange toys on the Italian market from Takara. Initially, GiG simply released the toys under the name ''Diaclone'', such as the Dia-Battles combiner, the Dia-Train or the Power Bases playsets.

However, when [[Hasbro]] had launched their ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Transformers]]'' version of the line with considerable success the following year, GiG quickly realized the potential. Since GiG didn't want to pay for a second license, they came up with quite an original concept: As they couldn't directly mimick Hasbro's ''Transformers'' toys, they would now release the ''Diaclone'' toys in color schemes based on the Hasbro versions, even using the same sticker sheets as the Hasbro toys, omitting the pilots (in most cases, anyway) and renaming the line into ''Trasformer'', with the ''Diaclone'' "Car Robos" (the Autobot Cars) being called "Auto Robots". The packaging, however, was still more or less based on Takara's ''Diaclone'' packaging, and the toys featured no bios or any kind of fiction that would identify them as Hasbro's Transformers characters. The ''Trasformer'' line also included the ''Diaclone'' [[Triple Changer]], which was never released as part of the ''Transformers'' line. On the other hand, GiG also undertook some bizarre [[For safety reasons|safety modifications]], replacing the toys' regular missiles with all-new missiles that featured ridiculously oversized rubber tips. Interestingly enough, GiG also released their version of the [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] mold as part of the ''Trasformer'' line, even though toy wasn't licensed from Takara, but another company named ToyBox.

Obviously, Hasbro weren't too happy about this and thus quickly pressured GiG into acquiring a proper license. In [[1985]], GiG then abandoned the ''Trasformer'' line and instead re-released the toys in actual ''Transformers'' packaging, albeit keeping a small remainder of the old ''Trasformer'' logo in addition to the larger ''Transformers'' logo (the small ''Trasformer'' logo would finally be dropped for good starting with the Pretenders toys from 1988). Still, GiG would keep their ties with Takara, which allowed them to release toys as part of the Transformers line which Hasbro would never release (such as a [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] giftset or [[Galaxy Shuttle]]).

==Toys==
===Auto Robot===
*No 1 Countach LP 500S (Pre-[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]])
*No 2 Super Countach LP 500s (Pre-[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]])
*No 3 Fuoristrada J59 (Pre-[[Hound (G1)|Hound]])
*No 4 Ligier JS11 F-1 (Pre-[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]])
*No 5 Fairlady Z 280Z (Pre-[[Bluestreak]])
*No 6 Fairlady Z Police Car (Pre-[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]])
*No 7 Porsche 935 Turbo (Pre-[[Jazz (G1)/toys|Jazz]])
*No 8 Fairlady Z Racing Type (Pre-[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]])
*No 9 Ambulance (Pre-[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]])
*No 10 Lancia Stratos Turbo (Pre-[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]])
*No 11 4WD Hilux (Pre-[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]])
*No 12 Honda City Turbo (Pre-[[Skids (G1)|Skids]])
*No 13 Corvette Stingray (Pre-[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], or Pre-[[Road Rage]])
*No 14 New Countach LP500S Police Car (Pre-[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], or Pre-[[Clamp Down]])
*No 15 4WD Hilux Autogru (Pre-[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]])
*No 16 Cherry Vanette (Pre-[[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide]])
*No 30 Camion Pompieri (Pre-[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]])
*No 31 Camion Gru (Pre-[[Grapple]])
*No 50 Camion Convoy Portauto (Pre-[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Ultra Magnus]])
*Camion Convoy (Pre-[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]])

===Dinosaur Robots===
*1 Tyrannosaurus (Pre-[[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock]])
*2 Triceratops (Pre-[[Slag (G1)|Slag]])
*3 Brontosaurus (Pre-[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]])
*4 Stegosaurus (Pre-[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]])
*5 Pteranodon (Pre-[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] NEVER SEEN!)

===Tripla Trasformazione===
*Aereo A Tripla Trasformazione (Pre-[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], or Pre-[[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]])
*Elicottero A Tripla Transformazione (jet/helicopter Triple Changer; [[Jet-helicopter Decepticon|never released as a Transformer]])

===Scatter===
*Aragon (Pre-[[Powerdasher]] car)
*Zetar (Pre-[[Powerdasher]] drill)
*Cromar (Pre-[[Powerdasher]] jet)

===Destroy Car===
*[unnamed] (Diaclone Change Attacker "Oneboxcar Vanette"; never released as a Transformer)
*[unnamed] (Diaclone Change Attacker "Starion Turbo 2000"; never released as a Transformer)
*[unnamed] (Diaclone Change Attacker "Lamborghini Cheetah"; never released as a Transformer)

===Others===
[[Image:1985_Topolino_Walther_P-38_UNCLE.jpg|right|150px|thumb]]
*MC-13 Walther P-38 U.N.C.L.E. (Pre-[[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]])
*Megarobot multi-azione (Pre-[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]])

==Notes==
* "Ligier JS11 F-1", the ''Trasformer'' version of [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], sports "Ligier" decals on the sides of the vehicle mode rather than the standard "Citanes" logos found on the ''Diaclone'' and ''Transformers'' versions. Two known variants exist, with either "Ligier" stickers covering the original tampographed "Citanes" logos, or tampographed "Ligier" logos.
* Although "Camion Convoy", the ''Trasformer'' version of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]], is shown in catalogs, no packaged sample has surfaced thus far, hence making it impossible to tell whether the toy has actually ever been released or not.
* There was a white police version of pre-[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] released at the beginning of the line but it may never have made it to mass production and only three samples have been known to exist. The spoiler and the chrome intake were painted white and the Japanese stickers removed; the spoiler sticker read "Polis Countach". This could possibly be one of the rarest of the "pre-Transformers".

==External links==
*[http://www.nijirain.com/Lady-ToysDIA.htm Overview of pre-''Trasformer'' Diaclone releases by GiG]
*[http://digilander.libero.it/tfitalia/toys/trasformer/index.htm Catalog images of GiG's ''Trasformer'' toys]
*[http://www.reocities.com/futuristgroup/vitaly.html Information on Italian Transformers and Pre-Transformers toys]
*[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/eurous/gig_template.html GiG article at TF-1.com]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsc-AWO1ZsM Trasformer commercial featuring the over-sized missiles]

[[Category:Toys]]
[[Category:Generation 1]]

File:1985 Topolino Walther P-38 UNCLE.jpg

2011-02-21T04:56:36Z

JazZeke: Scan of the original pre-G1 Megatron toy from a 1985 issue of the Italian wikipedia:Topolino| magazine. {{hastak}}

Scan of the original pre-[[Megatron (G1)|G1 Megatron]] toy from a [[1985]] issue of the Italian [[wikipedia:Topolino|Topolino]] magazine.

{{hastak}}

Andy Schmidt

2010-12-03T19:25:39Z

JazZeke: He's makin' this too easy.

[[Image:Andy Schmidt.jpg|right|thumb|200px|He's not smug, he just photographs that way!]]
'''Andy Schmidt''' is a comic book writer and Senior Editor for [[IDW Publishing]], as well as a pretty frequent goofer. But he's doing his best to improve.

Before working for IDW, he was an editor at [[Marvel Comics]], where he handled most titles under the "Marvel Heroes" brand as well as numerous of their top titles, and oversaw the multi-title "Annihilation" crossover event.

He moved to IDW Publishing in 2008, starting out editing their ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' and ''Star Trek'' titles before leaving Star Trek to work on the ''Transformers'' brand, first as co-editor, and then taking over as full editor when [[Denton J. Tipton]] moved on to other projects. To say that he was overwhelmed with how obsessive Transfans are with the continuity would be an understatement.

He also owns and teaches at the Comics Experience school of comics in California.

{{quote|I'm just constantly surprised at how you guys keep track of all this stuff. It's really impressive. And yes, it's a part of my job, but it's not how my brain works naturally. I have to really work at it. This is part of the job that doesn't come easily to me. ... Back at Marvel we just didn't care ;)|Andy Schmidt<ref>[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=178902#178902 Tongue-in-cheek comment made on the IDW forums, on April 20, 2010]</ref>}}

{{quote|If I could go back to the 70s and 80s and stop Marvel and DC from ingraining in comics fans brains that continuity is paramount, I would.|Guess who?<ref>[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=214908&sid=5894ac2171f0fd9d0196eb1e71d4bf18#214908 December 3, 2010]</ref>}}

==Comic bibliography==
===IDW Publishing===
====Writer====
* ''[[All Hail Megatron]]'' [[All Hail Megatron issue 14|#14 ("Rebirth")]]
* ''[[Spotlight (comics)|Spotlight]]'' [[Spotlight: Metroplex|#24 "Metroplex"]]
* ''[[The Transformers Continuum: The Definitive Chronology]]''

====Editor====
(many with [[Denton J. Tipton]])
* ''[[All Hail Megatron]]'' [[All Hail Megatron issue 9|#9]], [[All Hail Megatron issue 10|#10]], [[All Hail Megatron issue 11|#11]], [[All Hail Megatron issue 12|#12]], [[All Hail Megatron issue 13|#13]], [[All Hail Megatron issue 15|#15]], [[All Hail Megatron issue 16|#16]]
* ''[[The Transformers: Bumblebee]]'': all issues.
* ''[[Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'': all issues.
* ''[[Spotlight (comics)|Spotlight]]'' [[Spotlight: Jazz|#22 "Jazz"]], [[Spotlight: Prowl|#25 "Prowl"]].
* ''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' (ongoing): all issues thus far.
* ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (comic)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''
* ''[[Transformers: Prime (comic)|Transformers: Prime]]''

==Reference==
<references/>

==External links==
* [http://www.comicsexperience.com Comics Experience]
* [http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/interviews-27/tfw2005-interviews-idw-publishing-editor-andy-schmidt-168776/ November 16, 2009 interview with TFW2005.com]
* [http://tformers.com/article.php?sid=12679 November 23, 2009 interview with Tformers.com, where he addresses criticism about Transformers: Continuum]
* [http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/seibertron-interviews-idws-transformers-lead-editor-andy-schmidt/17393/ November 24, 2009 interview with Seibertron.com]

{{stub}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schmidt, Andy}}
[[Category:Editors]]
[[Category:IDW]]
[[Category:Writers]]

Andrew Griffith

2010-09-15T05:05:25Z

JazZeke:

{{disambig3|Andrew}}
[[Image:AndrewGriffith BotCon2009.jpg|220px|right|thumb|[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] isn't so lonely!]]
'''Andrew Griffith''' is an American comic book artist at [[IDW Publishing]]. He is one of the fans whose work was brought to the attention of IDW through IDW's comic cover contest.

==Comic book art==
===IDW Publishing===
*''[[Best of UK: City of Fear]]'' [[Best of UK: City of Fear#Issue .231|#1 (regular cover)]], [[Best of UK: City of Fear#Issue .232|#2 (regular cover art)]], [[Best of UK: City of Fear#Issue .233|#3 (regular cover)]]
* ''[[Defiance]]'' [[Defiance issue 1|#1 (finishes)]], [[Defiance issue 2|#2 (pencils and inks)]], [[Defiance issue 4|#4 (pencils and inks)]]
* [[Spotlight: Jazz]] (cover B)
* [[All Hail Megatron issue 14|''All Hail Megatron'' #14]] ("Rebirth")
* [[Last Stand of the Wreckers]] [[Last_Stand_of_the_Wreckers_issue_3|#3 (inks)]], [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|#4 (inks)]]

===Titan Books===
*''[[Transformers Comic issue 24]]'' Movie comic (pencils)

==Text story illustrations==
===Fun Publications===
*"[[Flames of Yesterday]]" (lineart)

==DVD cover art==
===Shout! Factory===
* [[The Transformers (cartoon)#Shout! Factory (US, 2009)|The Transformers - 25th Anniversary Matrix of Leadership Edition: Collector’s Set]] [http://glovestudios.deviantart.com/art/DVD-Autobot-Matrix-124489822]
* [[The Transformers (cartoon)#Shout! Factory (US, 2009)|The Transformers - The Complete Second Season: 25th Anniversary Edition]] [http://glovestudios.deviantart.com/art/Season-2-DVD-Box-Art-128689552]

==External links==
* [http://glovestudios.deviantart.com Griffith's DeviantArt page]
* [http://glovestudios.com/ Glovestudios: the Art of Andrew Griffith]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Griffith, Andrew}}
[[Category:IDW]]
[[Category:Illustrators]]

Razorbeast

2010-05-07T02:46:20Z

JazZeke: /* Trivia */

{{factions|maximal}}
{{picsneeded|Fiction, toys, trivia bits}}
:''Razorbeast is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Razorbeast.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Whose '''tusks gleam''' in the night?<ref>The wild '''boar''', one of the most '''feared''' of jungle predators!</ref>]]
'''Razorbeast''' is a stubborn infantry fighter with great strength and tenacity befitting a warthog. He will keep struggling and fighting ferociously against all odds no matter how hopeless the situation. This steadfastness in the face of adversity, coupled with his considerable improvisational skills has earned Razorbeast respect from comrades and foes alike, despite his diminutive stature. His self-reliant, self-sufficient nature and fierce refusal to give up has made him a prime choice for important but dangerous solo missions. Razorbeast has a healthy respect for the chain of command and would never disobey an order from above.

:''Spanish name:'' '''Jabali'''
:''Italian name:'' '''Razor'''
:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Sanglier'''

==Fiction==
===First wave toy bios===
Razorbeast is an infantry soldier serving under [[Optimus Primal]], a leader he would never disobey due to his respect for Optimus, not only as his leader, but also as his fellow comrade. He is stubborn, aggressive, and always starving for combat, something he engages in ferociously, causing even his fellow Maximals to consciously attempt to always stay on his good side. {{storylink|Razorbeast#Toys|Razorbeast toy bio}}
[[Image:Whosetusksgleaminthenight.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Whose prose gleams in the night?]]
In a swamp outside the [[Fusion Building]] genetics lab, a fleet of ferocious animals has gathered. Suddenly, the wild boar and his wild comrades is under attack by a massive alligator! Surprise! This is a battle between [[Optimus Primal]] and his [[Maximal|Maximals]] and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]! Razorbeast quickly transforms to attack [[Tarantulas]], and the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] have begun! {{storylink|Optimus Primal vs Megatron!}}
{{note|Collect them all!}}
{{note|This comic, along with the on-package [[Bio|bios]] 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]].}}
{{-}}

===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
[[Image:Cybertronian Razorbeast.jpg|left|90px|thumb|Maybe his alt mode is a Razor scooter?]]
Razorbeast was an undercover agent embedded by [[Lio Convoy]] in [[Magmatron]]'s organization to discover, and if possible to foil, the general's plans. He traveled back in time to prehistoric [[Earth]] with Magmatron and his crew to retrieve the rogue [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. However this was just a front to the true plan, to challenge the Maximals for control of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Magmatron needed an army, and prehistoric Earth was littered with the stasis pods that had been abandoned by the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''. Magmatron had Razorbeast awaken these [[Protoform|protoforms]] as [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], however, Razorbeast inserted a virus into the protoform-awakening software which allowed some of them to retain their Maximal allegiance. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

Fleeing from Magmatron, Razorbeast hooked up with the few Maximals he could immediately find: [[B'Boom]], [[Snarl (BW)|Snarl]], [[Optimus Minor]], [[Bonecrusher (BW)|Bonecrusher]], [[Ramulus]], and [[Wolfang (Maximal)|Wolfang]]. B'Boom in particular had difficulty trusting Razorbeast at first, as the warthog's camouflage programming caused him to broadcast a Predacon spark signature even now. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 2|The Gathering #2}}

Still, this rag-tag crew worked together on a pair of simultaneous missions: to prevent Magmatron from mucking with the timeline, and salvage the proper equipment to send a distress signal back to Cybertron. Magmatron was successfully dispatched back into the future, but the signal array was destroyed before it could be properly utilized. In the end, Razorbeast and company joined up with [[Torca]]'s militia, [[Prowl II|Prowl]]'s air force, and the remaining Maximals to continue protecting Earth against the Predacons and their new commander, the rebuilt [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 3|The Gathering #3}} {{storylink|The Gathering issue 4|The Gathering #4}}

[[Image:BerserkRazorbeast.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Hakuna MatatAAAIIGGHH!!!]]
Razorbeast continued to lead the Maximals against Ravage's Predacons, hoping for eventual rescue. After launching constant hit-and-run attacks, Ravage eventually set his Predacons on a full-tilt assault against the Maximals, hoping to steal the [[chronal phase armband|chronal phase armbands]] that would allow him to [[Chronal phase|sync up]] with the "[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|other]]" Beast Wars. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1|The Ascending #1}}

With the arrival of the [[Pack]] on Earth, victory and rescue seemed imminent. But the machinations of [[Unicron]] came into play when Razorbeast was infected with [[Angolmois]] by [[Rartorata]], and was transformed into a feral beast. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}

The Maximals were forced to wrestle Razorbeast to the ground and restrain him to get him under control as the Predacons handled Rartorata. Lio Convoy managed to break through the Angolmois-madness and bring Razorbeast back to his senses temporarily, but when [[Drancron]] and [[Elephorca]] arrived on the scene, Razorbeast broke free and turned his rage on the two [[Blendtrons]]. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}}

He managed to defeat Elephorca largely by himself, and the others managed to beat Drancron and Rartorata. With no new enemies to focus his rage on, Razorbeast began to lose control again. A distraught Optimus Minor was forced to shoot his friend in the head, killing him, lest he harm the surviving Maximals and Predacons.

[[Image:DeadRazorbeast.jpg|left|250px|thumb|That'll do, Maximal. That'll do.]]
Showing his respect and regard for a fallen foe, Magmatron would later remark that if anyone deserved a monument for their actions this day, Razorbeast would be the one. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}
{{-}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
*'''Razorbeast''' (Basic, 1996)

: Part of the very first wave of ''Beast Wars'' product, Razorbeast transforms from a red warthog to robot mode with a spring-loaded one-step transforming action. His mane becomes a dual barreled (non-firing) handgun. The original releases came on a "rocky bubble" card, but this later changed to the "smooth bubble" style.

: This mold was also used for ''[[Beast Wars Neo (toyline)|Beast Wars Neo]]'''s [[Randy (BWN)|Randy]].
::*''[http://tfu.info/1996/Maximal/Razorbeast/razorbeast.htm More information on Razorbeast at TFU.info]''

*'''Razorbeast''' (MicroVerse, 1997)

: This tiny, non-transforming Razorbeast was available with a tiny, non-transforming alligator Megatron and the [[Arachnid]] [[MicroVerse]] playset. There are two variants of this piece; one has bright yellow legs, the other bright green.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Predacon/Arachnid/arachnid.htm More information on Arachnid, including Razorbeast figure at TFU.info]''
{{-}}
==Merchandise==
* '''Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game''' (1997)
:Razorbeast 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]].
{{-}}

==Trivia==
[[Image:RazorbeastMutatingCardGame.jpg|thumb|250px|HAIR-trigger temper ha ha ha.]]
* The card-art for Razorbeast shows him with two handguns. It's possible that an early design of the toy was intended to split the mane in half. In the comics, he alternates between holding his gun in his hand and leaving it mounted on his back while firing.

* [[Simon Furman]] picked Razorbeast as the main Maximal character of ''The Gathering'' before he even saw a picture of him. Razorbeast's name just stood out to him. He also stated that had he seen the toy before he made that decision, he might have used someone different.<ref>http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=705&highlight=furman</ref>

*Unsurprisingly, the going price for Razorbeast's toy on [[eBay]] has jumped considerably since his starring role in IDW's comics. Call it [[Bludgeon (G1)|"The Bludgeon Effect"]] - Simon does it again!

*Razorbeast's original claim to fame came during The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episode, "The Butler's Son Did It," when Will Smith begins playing with Transformers toys (identified as such, even) and shouts "I have been looking for Razorbeast since October!" Judging by the way he talks for his toys, though, he must think Razorbeast is a Predacon.

* Don't call him Pumbaa.
{{-}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars characters]]
[[Category:Double agents]]
[[Category:Maximals]]
[[Category:Pack]]
[[Category:Spies]]

Razorbeast

2010-05-07T02:44:14Z

JazZeke: /* Trivia */

{{factions|maximal}}
{{picsneeded|Fiction, toys, trivia bits}}
:''Razorbeast is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Razorbeast.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Whose '''tusks gleam''' in the night?<ref>The wild '''boar''', one of the most '''feared''' of jungle predators!</ref>]]
'''Razorbeast''' is a stubborn infantry fighter with great strength and tenacity befitting a warthog. He will keep struggling and fighting ferociously against all odds no matter how hopeless the situation. This steadfastness in the face of adversity, coupled with his considerable improvisational skills has earned Razorbeast respect from comrades and foes alike, despite his diminutive stature. His self-reliant, self-sufficient nature and fierce refusal to give up has made him a prime choice for important but dangerous solo missions. Razorbeast has a healthy respect for the chain of command and would never disobey an order from above.

:''Spanish name:'' '''Jabali'''
:''Italian name:'' '''Razor'''
:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Sanglier'''

==Fiction==
===First wave toy bios===
Razorbeast is an infantry soldier serving under [[Optimus Primal]], a leader he would never disobey due to his respect for Optimus, not only as his leader, but also as his fellow comrade. He is stubborn, aggressive, and always starving for combat, something he engages in ferociously, causing even his fellow Maximals to consciously attempt to always stay on his good side. {{storylink|Razorbeast#Toys|Razorbeast toy bio}}
[[Image:Whosetusksgleaminthenight.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Whose prose gleams in the night?]]
In a swamp outside the [[Fusion Building]] genetics lab, a fleet of ferocious animals has gathered. Suddenly, the wild boar and his wild comrades is under attack by a massive alligator! Surprise! This is a battle between [[Optimus Primal]] and his [[Maximal|Maximals]] and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]! Razorbeast quickly transforms to attack [[Tarantulas]], and the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] have begun! {{storylink|Optimus Primal vs Megatron!}}
{{note|Collect them all!}}
{{note|This comic, along with the on-package [[Bio|bios]] 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]].}}
{{-}}

===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
[[Image:Cybertronian Razorbeast.jpg|left|90px|thumb|Maybe his alt mode is a Razor scooter?]]
Razorbeast was an undercover agent embedded by [[Lio Convoy]] in [[Magmatron]]'s organization to discover, and if possible to foil, the general's plans. He traveled back in time to prehistoric [[Earth]] with Magmatron and his crew to retrieve the rogue [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. However this was just a front to the true plan, to challenge the Maximals for control of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Magmatron needed an army, and prehistoric Earth was littered with the stasis pods that had been abandoned by the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''. Magmatron had Razorbeast awaken these [[Protoform|protoforms]] as [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], however, Razorbeast inserted a virus into the protoform-awakening software which allowed some of them to retain their Maximal allegiance. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

Fleeing from Magmatron, Razorbeast hooked up with the few Maximals he could immediately find: [[B'Boom]], [[Snarl (BW)|Snarl]], [[Optimus Minor]], [[Bonecrusher (BW)|Bonecrusher]], [[Ramulus]], and [[Wolfang (Maximal)|Wolfang]]. B'Boom in particular had difficulty trusting Razorbeast at first, as the warthog's camouflage programming caused him to broadcast a Predacon spark signature even now. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 2|The Gathering #2}}

Still, this rag-tag crew worked together on a pair of simultaneous missions: to prevent Magmatron from mucking with the timeline, and salvage the proper equipment to send a distress signal back to Cybertron. Magmatron was successfully dispatched back into the future, but the signal array was destroyed before it could be properly utilized. In the end, Razorbeast and company joined up with [[Torca]]'s militia, [[Prowl II|Prowl]]'s air force, and the remaining Maximals to continue protecting Earth against the Predacons and their new commander, the rebuilt [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 3|The Gathering #3}} {{storylink|The Gathering issue 4|The Gathering #4}}

[[Image:BerserkRazorbeast.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Hakuna MatatAAAIIGGHH!!!]]
Razorbeast continued to lead the Maximals against Ravage's Predacons, hoping for eventual rescue. After launching constant hit-and-run attacks, Ravage eventually set his Predacons on a full-tilt assault against the Maximals, hoping to steal the [[chronal phase armband|chronal phase armbands]] that would allow him to [[Chronal phase|sync up]] with the "[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|other]]" Beast Wars. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1|The Ascending #1}}

With the arrival of the [[Pack]] on Earth, victory and rescue seemed imminent. But the machinations of [[Unicron]] came into play when Razorbeast was infected with [[Angolmois]] by [[Rartorata]], and was transformed into a feral beast. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}

The Maximals were forced to wrestle Razorbeast to the ground and restrain him to get him under control as the Predacons handled Rartorata. Lio Convoy managed to break through the Angolmois-madness and bring Razorbeast back to his senses temporarily, but when [[Drancron]] and [[Elephorca]] arrived on the scene, Razorbeast broke free and turned his rage on the two [[Blendtrons]]. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}}

He managed to defeat Elephorca largely by himself, and the others managed to beat Drancron and Rartorata. With no new enemies to focus his rage on, Razorbeast began to lose control again. A distraught Optimus Minor was forced to shoot his friend in the head, killing him, lest he harm the surviving Maximals and Predacons.

[[Image:DeadRazorbeast.jpg|left|250px|thumb|That'll do, Maximal. That'll do.]]
Showing his respect and regard for a fallen foe, Magmatron would later remark that if anyone deserved a monument for their actions this day, Razorbeast would be the one. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}
{{-}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
*'''Razorbeast''' (Basic, 1996)

: Part of the very first wave of ''Beast Wars'' product, Razorbeast transforms from a red warthog to robot mode with a spring-loaded one-step transforming action. His mane becomes a dual barreled (non-firing) handgun. The original releases came on a "rocky bubble" card, but this later changed to the "smooth bubble" style.

: This mold was also used for ''[[Beast Wars Neo (toyline)|Beast Wars Neo]]'''s [[Randy (BWN)|Randy]].
::*''[http://tfu.info/1996/Maximal/Razorbeast/razorbeast.htm More information on Razorbeast at TFU.info]''

*'''Razorbeast''' (MicroVerse, 1997)

: This tiny, non-transforming Razorbeast was available with a tiny, non-transforming alligator Megatron and the [[Arachnid]] [[MicroVerse]] playset. There are two variants of this piece; one has bright yellow legs, the other bright green.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Predacon/Arachnid/arachnid.htm More information on Arachnid, including Razorbeast figure at TFU.info]''
{{-}}
==Merchandise==
* '''Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game''' (1997)
:Razorbeast 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]].
{{-}}

==Trivia==
[[Image:RazorbeastMutatingCardGame.jpg|thumb|250px|HAIR-trigger temper ha ha ha.]]
* The card-art for Razorbeast shows him with two handguns. It's possible that an early design of the toy was intended to split the mane in half. In the comics, he alternates between holding his gun in his hand and leaving it mounted on his back while firing.

* [[Simon Furman]] picked Razorbeast as the main Maximal character of ''The Gathering'' before he even saw a picture of him. Razorbeast's name just stood out to him. He also stated that had he seen the toy before he made that decision, he might have used someone different.<ref>http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=705&highlight=furman</ref>

*Unsurprisingly, the going price for Razorbeast's toy on [[eBay]] has jumped considerably since his starring role in IDW's comics. Call it [[Bludgeon (G1)|"The Bludgeon Effect"]] - Simon does it again!

*Razorbeast's original claim to fame came during of episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, when Will Smith begins playing with Transformers toys (identified as such, even) and shouts "I have been looking for Razorbeast since October!" Judging by the way he talks for his toys, though, he must think Razorbeast is a Predacon.

* Don't call him Pumbaa.
{{-}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars characters]]
[[Category:Double agents]]
[[Category:Maximals]]
[[Category:Pack]]
[[Category:Spies]]

Andy Schmidt

2010-04-21T04:34:30Z

JazZeke:

{{stub}}

[[Image:Andy Schmidt.jpg|right|thumb|200px|He's not smug, he just photographs that way!]]

{{bigquote|I'm just constantly surprised at how you guys keep track of all this stuff. It's really impressive. And yes, it's a part of my job, but it's not how my brain works naturally. I have to really work at it. This is part of the job that doesn't come easily to me. ... Back at Marvel we just didn't care|Andy Schmidt<ref>[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=178902#178902 Comment made on the IDW forums, on April 20, 2010]</ref>}}

'''Andy Schmidt''' is a comic book writer and editor for [[IDW Publishing]], as well as a pretty frequent goofer.

==Comic bibliography==
===IDW Publishing===
====Writer====
* ''[[All Hail Megatron]]'' [[All Hail Megatron issue 14|#14 ("Rebirth")]]
* ''[[Spotlight (comics)|Spotlight]]'' [[Spotlight: Metroplex|#24 "Metroplex"]]
* ''[[The Transformers Continuum: The Definitive Chronology]]''

====Editor====
(many with [[Denton J. Tipton]])
* ''[[All Hail Megatron]]'' [[All Hail Megatron issue 9|#9]], [[All Hail Megatron issue 10|#10]], [[All Hail Megatron issue 11|#11]], [[All Hail Megatron issue 12|#12]], [[All Hail Megatron issue 13|#13]], [[All Hail Megatron issue 15|#15]], [[All Hail Megatron issue 16|#16]]
* ''[[The Transformers: Bumblebee]]'': all issues thus far.
* ''[[Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'': all issues thus far.
* ''[[Spotlight (comics)|Spotlight]]'' [[Spotlight: Jazz|#22 "Jazz"]]
* ''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' (ongoing): all issues thus far.

==External links==
* [http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/interviews-27/tfw2005-interviews-idw-publishing-editor-andy-schmidt-168776/ November 16, 2009 interview with TFW2005.com]
* [http://tformers.com/article.php?sid=12679 November 23, 2009 interview with Tformers.com, where he addresses criticism about Transformers: Continuum]
* [http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/seibertron-interviews-idws-transformers-lead-editor-andy-schmidt/17393/ November 24, 2009 interview with Seibertron.com]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schmidt, Andy}}
[[Category:Editors]]
[[Category:IDW]]
[[Category:Writers]]

Andy Schmidt

2010-04-21T04:33:42Z

JazZeke: Added a quote that pretty much sums up his career.

{{stub}}

[[Image:Andy Schmidt.jpg|right|thumb|200px|He's not smug, he just photographs that way!]]

{{bigquote|I'm just constantly surprised at how you guys keep track of all this stuff. It's really impressive. And yes, it's a part of my job, but it's not how my brain works naturally. I have to really work at it. This is part of the job that doesn't come easily to me. It's really incredible. Back at Marvel we just didn't care|Andy Schmidt<ref>[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=178902#178902 Comment made on the IDW forums, on April 20, 2010]</ref>}}

'''Andy Schmidt''' is a comic book writer and editor for [[IDW Publishing]], as well as a pretty frequent goofer.

==Comic bibliography==
===IDW Publishing===
====Writer====
* ''[[All Hail Megatron]]'' [[All Hail Megatron issue 14|#14 ("Rebirth")]]
* ''[[Spotlight (comics)|Spotlight]]'' [[Spotlight: Metroplex|#24 "Metroplex"]]
* ''[[The Transformers Continuum: The Definitive Chronology]]''

====Editor====
(many with [[Denton J. Tipton]])
* ''[[All Hail Megatron]]'' [[All Hail Megatron issue 9|#9]], [[All Hail Megatron issue 10|#10]], [[All Hail Megatron issue 11|#11]], [[All Hail Megatron issue 12|#12]], [[All Hail Megatron issue 13|#13]], [[All Hail Megatron issue 15|#15]], [[All Hail Megatron issue 16|#16]]
* ''[[The Transformers: Bumblebee]]'': all issues thus far.
* ''[[Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'': all issues thus far.
* ''[[Spotlight (comics)|Spotlight]]'' [[Spotlight: Jazz|#22 "Jazz"]]
* ''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' (ongoing): all issues thus far.

==External links==
* [http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/interviews-27/tfw2005-interviews-idw-publishing-editor-andy-schmidt-168776/ November 16, 2009 interview with TFW2005.com]
* [http://tformers.com/article.php?sid=12679 November 23, 2009 interview with Tformers.com, where he addresses criticism about Transformers: Continuum]
* [http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/seibertron-interviews-idws-transformers-lead-editor-andy-schmidt/17393/ November 24, 2009 interview with Seibertron.com]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schmidt, Andy}}
[[Category:Editors]]
[[Category:IDW]]
[[Category:Writers]]

Talk:The Transformers: All Hail Megatron

2010-04-20T21:00:17Z

JazZeke: New plot hole?

== Bludgeon ==
On the AHM #15 thread on the IDW boards, Denton stated that Last Stand of the Wreckers will delve into what went down on Garrus-9 and why Bludgeon is present in Coda. Could someone update the article to represent that?

== Evolutions? ==

Since this is yet another "Elseworld" for Transformers, is this series considered under the Evolutions umbrella?--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 00:22, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
::Not an AU. It's part of the main timeline. Basically, Autobots buggered off,and the cons have the run of the place. Far as I know, only bots on Earth are the Dinos, Hot Rod and Sunstreaker
:::Takes place a year later. In reality it WAS written as an Elseworld-style alternate universe storyline, but was vaugley reworked to fit into the current storyline. Judging by the interview with the writer, the decision seemed to be made soley for the purposes of marketing - IDW were evidently worried about turning off new readers with the serialised nature of Furman's storyline, so they essentially put that on the backburner and started a new storyline, that's why the writer remarked that you can just jump into the storyline without prior knowledge of the previous books because, hey, they weren't written with them in mind anyway. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 13:12, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

==Oh fark==
What the heck happened? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 01:32, 19 March 2009 (EDT)

:What's up with the copy protection on this page? Do you have to be an admin or something to edit it now? [[User:Rod-E-Mace|Rod-E-Mace]] 19:50, 25 April 2009 (EDT)
:: It got hit by some angry fans a few days back, so unregistered users are restricted from editing it. It also restricts editing from very new editors. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 19:58, 25 April 2009 (EDT)

==Ironhide==

I don't think the listed "glitches" with Ironhide from AHM #13 ''are'' glitches.
*(1) Ironhide willing to die for Prime when they met, AHM #4, versus an initially antagonist relationship, AHM #13. There's no contradiction here. Ironhide's a good soldier, willing to die for a commanding officer, even if he doesn't agree with him. That flows perfectly with his character. His line from AHM #4, "I would have died for him, Jazz, even back then.", suggests this. One way of reading it, of course, is they had a bromance from the beginning. But another way is that Ironhide would've died for him even when they were butting heads. It shouldn't be called a glitch or an error just because there's one way to interpret it that makes things contradict.
*(2) There's no indication Optimus and Ironhide actually knew each other in Spotlight: Blurr. Ironhide vanished before Optimus appeared on panel. There was no interaction between them at all. All soldiers don't know each other personally, even if they happen to be at the same battle. When Optimus and Blurr converse over the dead Autobot, Piston, Optimus mentions having "met him once...briefly." This indicates they were not in the same "platoon" or close group and, by extension, all Autobots present at that battle were not in the same close group. Spotlight: Blurr only shows Ironhide and Optimus crossed paths briefly before the AHM #13 flashback -- the show ''Lost'' has mega-history of similar "crossed paths" that aren't actual meetings.
*(3) AHM #8 says ''nothing'' about Ironhide being ignored by other Autobots. It said he passed up promotions to stay in the thick of things. That in no way contradicts the idea that Optimus Prime listens to him. --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] 21:13, 14 March 2010 (EDT)
:I agree with Xaaron. Trying to make up more inconsistencies just makes the page look more petty than it has to be. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 21:44, 14 March 2010 (EDT)
::Well at least ''now'' he's arguing beyond "they weren't in the exact same panel in Spotlight Blurr so they couldn't have known each other" as grounds to remove the whole thing. But yeah, his additional arguments make sense. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 21:47, 14 March 2010 (EDT)
:::Sue me. It's hard to make a complete argument on an editing blurb. :-) --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] 21:58, 14 March 2010 (EDT)

== Ironhide, Optimus and Spotlight Blurr ==

So Xaaron is saying that Prime and Ironhide weren't even together in Spotlight: Blurr.

While it's true they weren't present on the same panel, they were part of the same squad and indeed in the exact same place, at the same time, together, so saying they weren't together at that time is like saying Kyle Reese and the Terminator weren't actually fighting each other in the bar because Michael Biehn and Arnold Schwarzenegger weren't together on-screen in any shots of the bar scene.

Let's look at how it goes down: Ironhide takes Blurr to cover. In the same building are two corpses. As Ironhide stays next to Blurr, there are two corpses next to them, who happen to be Piston and Fasttrack. In fact, Prime's voice is heard just as Blurr looks at Piston's corpse, which is one whole panel after Ironhide was next to Blurr. And then Blurr and Prime begin discussing. I'm sorry, but saying that Prime and Ironhide didn't know each other because they didn't share a panel is bullcrap. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 21:14, 14 March 2010 (EDT)

: That doesn't mean they didn't actually ''know'' each other. There are people in my department at work that I know by reputation, but wouldn't know face-to-face, and there are people I've seen around, but don't actually know anything about. Especially in what appears to be the haphazard early days of the war, it's entirely feasible two guys from two different units who've never really met could be fighting in the same area without really being aware of each other beyond "that guy over there." [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 12:26, 15 March 2010 (EDT)

== Coda ==

* The way Sunstreaker was treated in AHM #14 isn't any different from how Circuit Breaker treated "the machines" back in the old Marvel Comics. The Machination are just being cold and callous towards a lifeform too different from themselves for them to feel any empathy towards "it". They aren't denying Sunstreaker is alive at any point in the dialogue...they just don't care. As for the "It spoke!" scene, the Machination agent is likely just surprised Sunstreaker can speak in his current condition, not that he can speak at all.

* In AHM #16, ''The Man of Steel'' takes place over a year after AHM #12. Spike's men were depicted operating with "ray guns" as Manhattan was nearly rebuilt. ''Hidden'', on the other hand, seems to take place very soon after AHM #12, with people still in hiding and the fires of devastation still burning. The absence of ray guns is because the Shockwave Weapon hasn't been mass-produced yet. The two stories take place at two different points in the timeline, which explains any apparent "discrepancies". --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] 17:53, 4 April 2010 (EDT)

==One year?==
Forgive me if this is the wrong place to bring it up. [http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=178791#178791/ According to Andy Shmoot,] AHM took place over the course of over a year. That seems like a lot of time for the Decepticons to basically vandalize the United States and (maybe, depending on the issue,) some of China and the Middle East. It seems hard to swallow that they would have spent so much time on Earth and left Europe untouched, Megatron's plans aside. And this raises even more questions concerning the Autobots' ark. Does this seem worth adding to the notes?

Tales of the Fallen issue 1

2010-01-10T08:02:49Z

JazZeke: /* Items of note */ Ladiesman217, not Ladiesman127

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[Tales of the Fallen|Transformers: Tales of the Fallen]]'' #1
|prev=Revenge of the Fallen Movie Adaptation issue 4
|next=Tales of the Fallen issue 2
|image=TalesoftheFallen1 CoverA.jpg
|caption=Alex Milne RULES.
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[August 12]], [[2009]]
|coverdate=August 2009
|written by=[[Chris Mowry]]
|pencils by=[[Carlos Magno]]
|colors by=[[Josh Perez]]
|letters by=[[Chris Mowry]]
|associate editor=[[Denton J. Tipton]]
|editor=[[Andy Schmidt]]
|continuity=[[Movie continuity]]
}}
'''Bumblebee adjusts to life with Sam.'''
==Synopsis==
After the events of [[Alliance issue 4]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] returns to his role as guardian to [[Sam Witwicky]]. In doing so, 'Bee scares [[Mojo]] onto the front lawn, much to the displeasure of [[Ron Witwicky]], and a cat up into a tree. After Sam returns Mojo to the back yard, Bumblebee "helps" by shaking the tree until the traumatized cat is free.

After discovering that Bumblebee is there to watch over him, Sam uses the [[Autobot]] as his ride for a double date to the movies. Sam and [[Mikaela Banes| Mikaela]] are accompanied by [[Miles Lancaster]] and Mikaela's friend [[Lyndsey]]. On the way to the movie, Sam sees [[Trent DeMarco|Trent]]'s truck and totally freaks out. The movie night goes without a hitch, but it seems Bumblebee decided to overturn Trent's truck, much to the jock's consternation.

Without the guiding influence of the other Autobots, Bumblebee grows more reckless and impulsive, running red lights and even flinging a random punk into the air with his vehicle doors.

Sam discusses his upcoming college plans with Bumblebee, explaining that the yellow guy might not be able to accompany him at school. Sam tries to persuade his parents to let Bumblebee stay in the garage while he's at school, but Ron rather strenuously rejects that notion, stating that 'Bee can only stay for the summer.

Frustrated, Sam decides to walk to Mikaela's to cool off, but twenty minutes in, Sam encounters a rather less friendly Cybertronian presence. Hours later as Bumblebee prepares to shut down for the night, Ron comes into the garage and explains that Sam never made it to Mikaela's.

Bumblebee zooms out of the garage and drives towards Mikaela's house but he hears a report of hacked highway matrix signs on the radio. The signs turn out to be a message in the Cybertronian alphabet "The [[AllSpark (Movie)|All Spark]] for the boy."

"The boy" is chained up and hanging from a hook over a junkyard car crusher as he is being interrogated by [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]. The Decepticon is trying to find the location of Bumblebee or the All Spark fragment. Sam, having no idea where these items are located, is being a less than stellar interviewee. Barricade makes preparations to drop the fleshling into the crusher, but is interrupted by Bumblebee leaping in. The Autobot's intervention is timely enough that Sam is able to fall onto a pile of tires while Barricade is taunting Bumblebee.

Barricade easily swats Bumblebee aside and begins to re-apprehend Sam using a shuriken like weapon. Bumblebee manages to pull himself out of the scrap and assaults Barricade once more. The two robots duke it out, with the Decepticon having the upper hand until Sam drives in with a crane. However, Sam is having trouble controlling the vehicle and Barricade snaps the chain-hook off and tosses it aside before charging at the crane's occupant. Bumblebee swings the abandoned chain-hook and knocks Barricade into a pool of gasoline.

Barricade rises from the gasoline pool and stalks towards Bumblebee. Bumblebee sends Sam off to a safer distance and fires his cannon at the gasoline-soaked Decepticon menace, causing a massive explosion. Bumblebee steps out of the explosion to pick up Sam, but makes it clear he doesn't think Barricade is finished. Sure, enough, this is confirmed as we see Barricade driving out of the flames.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] (2)
|c2=
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] (10)
|c3=
*[[Sam Witwicky]] (1)
*[[Miles Lancaster]] (5)
*[[Trent DeMarco]] (6)
*Street Punk (7)
*[[Ron Witwicky]] (8)
*[[Judy Witwicky]] (9)
|h4=Animals|c4=
*House Cat (3)
*[[Mojo]] (4)
}}

==Quotes==
* TBA

==Errors==
* TBA

==Items of note==
* While not explicitly stated, this follows on from Bumblebee being reassigned to Sam at the end of [[Alliance issue 4|''Alliance'' #4]].
* This is now [[Alliance issue 1|the]] [[The Veiled Threat|fourth]] [[Transformers Comic issue 2.1#Law and Disorder|time]] that Barricade has turned up in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' prequel fiction, despite not being in the actual film and only having a handful of spin-off toys. Neither the book nor the IDW comics take the path of killing him off to explain his ROTF absence either, as he keeps escaping to fight another day. Apparently, everyone just loves Barricade!
* Sam's parents are already aware of Bumblebee, though as in the second film it's not stated when they became aware.
* It's possible that artist Carlos Magno wasn't allowed to draw [[Sam Witwicky]] to resemble actor [[Shia LaBeouf]]. It's rather unlikely that the extra body mass was part of this requirement, however.
* Bumblebee never puts on his battle mask during the entire fight with Barricade.
* Miles totally perved on Mikaela's friend and you know it.
* Barricade still refers to Sam as Ladiesman217.

===Covers (4)===
*'''Cover A:''' Bumblebee and Sam by [[Alex Milne]]
*'''Cover B:''' Bumblebee protecting Sam by [[Carlos Magno]] and colors by [[Josh Perez]]
*'''Cover RI:''' Virgin cover of cover A
*'''Cover RE:''' [[wikipedia:Fan Expo Canada|Fan Expo Canada]] exclusive, press photo of [[Mikaela Banes]] next to one of the stone buildings. This edition came in a special polybag with a Fanexpo logo and was limited to 1000 copies. They did not sell out by the end of the convention.
<gallery>
Image:TalesoftheFallen1 CoverA.jpg|
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Image:TalesoftheFallen1 CoverRI.jpg|
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</gallery>

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Tales of the Fallen issue 5

2010-01-10T01:21:53Z

JazZeke: /* Errors */

{{comicstub}}

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[Tales of the Fallen|Transformers: Tales of the Fallen]]'' #5
|prev=Tales of the Fallen issue 4
|next=Tales of the Fallen issue 6
|image=Talesoffallen5covera.jpeg
|caption=
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[December 23]], [[2009]]
|coverdate=December 2009
|written by=[[Simon Furman]]
|pencils by=[[Alex Milne]]
|colors by=[[Josh Perez]]
|letters by=[[Chris Mowry]]
|associate editor=[[Denton J. Tipton]]
|editor=[[Andy Schmidt]]
|continuity=[[Movie continuity]]
}}

'''Ravage is raised for a new mission.'''

==Synopsis==
Someone make Ravage not dead. Ravage steal something for them. Humans chase Ravage. Humans chase Ravage. Humans chase Ravage. Humans chase Ravage. Humans chase Ravage. Humans chase Ravage. Humans blow up Ravage's hiding place. Ravage not dead.

==Featured Characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)| Bumblebee]] (1)
|c2=
*[[Ravage (ROTF)| Ravage]] (2)
*[[Rampage (ROTF)| Rampage]] (4)
*[[Reedman]] (5)
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] (7)
|c3=
*[[Sam Witwicky]] (3)
*[[Barack Obama]] (6)
}}

==Quotes==
*TBA

==Errors==
They wanted four bucks for "Humans chase Ravage."

==Items of note==
*Rampage is colored red here as he was in the movie, instead of yellow like the original toy and the [[Revenge of the Fallen issue 4| movie adaptation]].
*This issue got written as IDW didn't know Ravage was getting killed until ''after'' he'd been made a key part of ''[[Nefarious]]'', and suddenly found they needed to have him come back to life. It was also originally going to be #6. [http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/next-up-%e2%80%94-transformers-nefarious/]
===Covers (3)===
*'''Cover A:''' [[Soundwave (ROTF)| Soundwave]] and [[Ravage (ROTF)| Ravage]] by [[Alex Milne]]
*'''Cover B:''' '''Ravage''' attacking some soldiers by [[Carlos Magno]] and colors by [[Josh Perez]]
* '''Cover RI:''' Text-free version of Cover A
<gallery>
Image:Talesoffallen5covera.jpeg|Doctor Claw's calling - he's got some tips to exchange.
Image:Talesoffallen5coverb.jpeg|WHO GAVE HIM THE SUPER CATNIP?!
Image:TalesoftheFallen5 CoverRI.jpg|How DOES Soundwave keeps him all nice and clean?
</gallery>

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Tales of the Fallen issue 5

2010-01-10T01:20:16Z

JazZeke: /* Synopsis */

{{comicstub}}

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[Tales of the Fallen|Transformers: Tales of the Fallen]]'' #5
|prev=Tales of the Fallen issue 4
|next=Tales of the Fallen issue 6
|image=Talesoffallen5covera.jpeg
|caption=
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[December 23]], [[2009]]
|coverdate=December 2009
|written by=[[Simon Furman]]
|pencils by=[[Alex Milne]]
|colors by=[[Josh Perez]]
|letters by=[[Chris Mowry]]
|associate editor=[[Denton J. Tipton]]
|editor=[[Andy Schmidt]]
|continuity=[[Movie continuity]]
}}

'''Ravage is raised for a new mission.'''

==Synopsis==
Someone make Ravage not dead. Ravage steal something for them. Humans chase Ravage. Humans chase Ravage. Humans chase Ravage. Humans chase Ravage. Humans chase Ravage. Humans chase Ravage. Humans blow up Ravage's hiding place. Ravage not dead.

==Featured Characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)| Bumblebee]] (1)
|c2=
*[[Ravage (ROTF)| Ravage]] (2)
*[[Rampage (ROTF)| Rampage]] (4)
*[[Reedman]] (5)
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] (7)
|c3=
*[[Sam Witwicky]] (3)
*[[Barack Obama]] (6)
}}

==Quotes==
*TBA

==Errors==
They wanted four bucks for "Other Humans chase Ravage."

==Items of note==
*Rampage is colored red here as he was in the movie, instead of yellow like the original toy and the [[Revenge of the Fallen issue 4| movie adaptation]].
*This issue got written as IDW didn't know Ravage was getting killed until ''after'' he'd been made a key part of ''[[Nefarious]]'', and suddenly found they needed to have him come back to life. It was also originally going to be #6. [http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/next-up-%e2%80%94-transformers-nefarious/]
===Covers (3)===
*'''Cover A:''' [[Soundwave (ROTF)| Soundwave]] and [[Ravage (ROTF)| Ravage]] by [[Alex Milne]]
*'''Cover B:''' '''Ravage''' attacking some soldiers by [[Carlos Magno]] and colors by [[Josh Perez]]
* '''Cover RI:''' Text-free version of Cover A
<gallery>
Image:Talesoffallen5covera.jpeg|Doctor Claw's calling - he's got some tips to exchange.
Image:Talesoffallen5coverb.jpeg|WHO GAVE HIM THE SUPER CATNIP?!
Image:TalesoftheFallen5 CoverRI.jpg|How DOES Soundwave keeps him all nice and clean?
</gallery>

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Tales of the Fallen issue 5

2010-01-08T22:39:51Z

JazZeke: /* Errors */

{{comicstub}}

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[Tales of the Fallen|Transformers: Tales of the Fallen]]'' #5
|prev=Tales of the Fallen issue 4
|next=Tales of the Fallen issue 6
|image=Talesoffallen5covera.jpeg
|caption=
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[December 23]], [[2009]]
|coverdate=December 2009
|written by=[[Simon Furman]]
|pencils by=[[Alex Milne]]
|colors by=[[Josh Perez]]
|letters by=[[Chris Mowry]]
|associate editor=[[Denton J. Tipton]]
|editor=[[Andy Schmidt]]
|continuity=[[Movie continuity]]
}}

'''Ravage is raised for a new mission.'''

==Synopsis==
Humans revive Ravage. Ravage steal something for them. Other humans chase Ravage. Other humans chase Ravage. Other humans chase Ravage. Other humans chase Ravage. Other humans chase Ravage. Other humans blow up Ravage's hiding place. Ravage not dead.

==Featured Characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)| Bumblebee]] (1)
|c2=
*[[Ravage (ROTF)| Ravage]] (2)
*[[Rampage (ROTF)| Rampage]] (4)
*[[Reedman]] (5)
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] (7)
|c3=
*[[Sam Witwicky]] (3)
*[[Barack Obama]] (6)
}}

==Quotes==
*TBA

==Errors==
They wanted four bucks for "Other Humans chase Ravage."

==Items of note==
*Rampage is colored red here as he was in the movie, instead of yellow like the original toy and the [[Revenge of the Fallen issue 4| movie adaptation]].
*This issue got written as IDW didn't know Ravage was getting killed until ''after'' he'd been made a key part of ''[[Nefarious]]'', and suddenly found they needed to have him come back to life. It was also originally going to be #6. [http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/next-up-%e2%80%94-transformers-nefarious/]
===Covers (3)===
*'''Cover A:''' [[Soundwave (ROTF)| Soundwave]] and [[Ravage (ROTF)| Ravage]] by [[Alex Milne]]
*'''Cover B:''' '''Ravage''' attacking some soldiers by [[Carlos Magno]] and colors by [[Josh Perez]]
* '''Cover RI:''' Text-free version of Cover A
<gallery>
Image:Talesoffallen5covera.jpeg|Doctor Claw's calling - he's got some tips to exchange.
Image:Talesoffallen5coverb.jpeg|WHO GAVE HIM THE SUPER CATNIP?!
Image:TalesoftheFallen5 CoverRI.jpg|How DOES Soundwave keeps him all nice and clean?
</gallery>

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Tales of the Fallen issue 5

2010-01-08T22:37:53Z

JazZeke: /* Synopsis */

{{comicstub}}

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[Tales of the Fallen|Transformers: Tales of the Fallen]]'' #5
|prev=Tales of the Fallen issue 4
|next=Tales of the Fallen issue 6
|image=Talesoffallen5covera.jpeg
|caption=
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[December 23]], [[2009]]
|coverdate=December 2009
|written by=[[Simon Furman]]
|pencils by=[[Alex Milne]]
|colors by=[[Josh Perez]]
|letters by=[[Chris Mowry]]
|associate editor=[[Denton J. Tipton]]
|editor=[[Andy Schmidt]]
|continuity=[[Movie continuity]]
}}

'''Ravage is raised for a new mission.'''

==Synopsis==
Humans revive Ravage. Ravage steal something for them. Other humans chase Ravage. Other humans chase Ravage. Other humans chase Ravage. Other humans chase Ravage. Other humans chase Ravage. Other humans blow up Ravage's hiding place. Ravage not dead.

==Featured Characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)| Bumblebee]] (1)
|c2=
*[[Ravage (ROTF)| Ravage]] (2)
*[[Rampage (ROTF)| Rampage]] (4)
*[[Reedman]] (5)
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] (7)
|c3=
*[[Sam Witwicky]] (3)
*[[Barack Obama]] (6)
}}

==Quotes==
*TBA

==Errors==
*TBA

==Items of note==
*Rampage is colored red here as he was in the movie, instead of yellow like the original toy and the [[Revenge of the Fallen issue 4| movie adaptation]].
*This issue got written as IDW didn't know Ravage was getting killed until ''after'' he'd been made a key part of ''[[Nefarious]]'', and suddenly found they needed to have him come back to life. It was also originally going to be #6. [http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/next-up-%e2%80%94-transformers-nefarious/]
===Covers (3)===
*'''Cover A:''' [[Soundwave (ROTF)| Soundwave]] and [[Ravage (ROTF)| Ravage]] by [[Alex Milne]]
*'''Cover B:''' '''Ravage''' attacking some soldiers by [[Carlos Magno]] and colors by [[Josh Perez]]
* '''Cover RI:''' Text-free version of Cover A
<gallery>
Image:Talesoffallen5covera.jpeg|Doctor Claw's calling - he's got some tips to exchange.
Image:Talesoffallen5coverb.jpeg|WHO GAVE HIM THE SUPER CATNIP?!
Image:TalesoftheFallen5 CoverRI.jpg|How DOES Soundwave keeps him all nice and clean?
</gallery>

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Hot Rod Patrol

2008-05-29T23:09:29Z

JazZeke: /* Dreamwave comics continuity */

{{disambig2|the swingin', rockin', rollin' Micromasters|turbo-revvin' young punk|Hot Rod}}

:''The Hot Rod Patrol is a team of [[Autobot]] [[Micromaster]]s from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Hotrodpatrolcommercial.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Robot Hoouuuuse!"]]

Sin Street, [[Little Iacon]]. Trouble hits hot and heavy when the '''Hot Rod Patrol''' roll into town. These are the children of violence, who live today as if there's no tomorrow. Hep cats, who learn the naked facts of life too soon. Witness if you dare, the ravaged lives in the adolescent jungles of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] today. They are in your city, your town, your neighborhood. These... are ''the delinquents''.

These are the hottest of hot rodders, the cool and the crazy -- guys who've got what it takes. They're ''jazzed up'' and ''power mad!'' Starring:

* [[Big Daddy]], the rockin'est, rollin'est of cats.
* [[Greaser]], the lost boy, child of the streets
* [[Hubs]], the nice kid who'd rather ''die'' than be called chicken
* [[Trip-Up]], the bully-boy punk whose courage was a snap-open blade

:''Japanese name'': '''Hot Rod Team'''

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave comics continuity===
They rebelled, came back, then rebelled again. There was much vacillation, angst, and shooting.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Hot Rod Patrol''' (Micromaster Patrol, 1990)

===Return of Convoy===
*'''Hot Rod Team''' ([[Micro Trailer]] team, 1991)
:''Japanese ID number'': '''C-362'''
:This set came with Micro Trailer # 2.

{{stub}}
[[Category: Autobots]]
[[Category: Micromaster teams]]
[[Category: Return of Convoy]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Spotlight: Arcee

2008-05-29T23:01:42Z

JazZeke: /* Items of note */

[[Image:Spotlight arcee.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Graduated from St. Trinians with honors.]]
{{comicnav | Spotlight (comics)| 12 | seriesname=''The Transformers: Spotlight''| prev=Spotlight: Blaster| next=Spotlight: Mirage}}
'''This ain't the Fembot we all know and love, folks... She's an entirely ''different'' stereotype!'''

==Synopsis==
An enraged Arcee has been tearing a path of destruction through the universe, necessitating Ultra Magnus to hunt her down and bring her in as authorized by the [[Tyrest Accord]]. After a protracted battle, she gets knocked out by a flash/concussion grenade and taken into custody by Magnus. As they leave the area, a couple of apparent [[drone]]s surface and talk to a monitor {{m-}} promising that the [[Nega-Core]] has not been detected and/or taken, which elicits a confirmation from their [[Jhiaxus|red-helmeted, gold-shouldered master]] that preparations for the Expansion will continue.

[[Garrus-9]] penitentiary: Arcee's [[spark]] is being held in a cell, along with some notable others. Apparent warden Fortress Maximus confers with Jetfire and the Technobots about when they can incarcerate the Monstructor components in the same way; Jetfire notes that they can't break through the destructive programming far enough to rehabilitate/reform the sparks (as per [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s orders), and as such, haven't pulled the sparks from the frames. As they confer, the [[Decepticon]] Onslaught leads his Combaticons in a perfectly-timed (as monitored by Banzaitron) assault on the facility, striking at precisely the right grid-sensor-shuffling moment and breaking into the penitentiary.

Fortress Maximus has no choice but to unleash the "threat-level-9" Arcee on them, with the sole caveat of destroying her spark (via a spark casing g-force crush) if she attempts to escape. A furious battle ensues, but after she cuts through Blast Off and plows through Brawl in vehicle mode, the [[Combaticon]]s (who recognized her when she first attacked) manage to teleport out with the unconscious Monstructor 'cons (whom Banzaitron wants to join his Secret Service).

Arcee proposes that she be released to hunt them down or killed on the spot. When asked for '''her''' motivation she grows angry, commenting that "you don't even know you're DOING it...you unconsciously SENSE a difference." She then reveals that [[Jhiaxus]] tampered with her [[CNA]] at creation, turning her into a female, "because he was curious, because he '''could'''," just to see what introducing gender to the Transformer race would do. He then discarded her and left her to her fate. Traumatized and vengeful, all she can think of is wiping out all trace of his tampering in this universe.

Maximus disagrees, pointing the remote spark-casing-control unit at her, but Jetfire tells him to let her go (he'll back up whatever story Maximus concocts for her escape), as they have precious little to lose at this point.

==Credits==
'''Script:''' [[Simon Furman]]<br>
'''Art:''' [[Alex Milne]]<br>
'''Colors:''' [[Josh Perez]] and [[Chris Carter]]<br>
'''Lettering:''' [[Chris Mowry]]<br>
'''Editors:''' [[Andrew Steven Harris]]<br>
* ''Originally published:'' February 20, 2008
* ''Continuity:'' [[IDW continuity]]

===Featured characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
* [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (1)
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (2)
* [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] (4)
* The [[Technobots]] (5)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (6)
* [[Kick-Off]] (9)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
* [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzaitron]] (8)
* [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (10)
* [[Onslaught]] (11)
* [[Blast Off]] (12)
* [[Vortex]] (13)

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
* [[Jhiaxus]] (3)
* [[Pretender Monster]]s/<br>[[Monstructor]] (7)
|}

== Trivia ==
* Arcee states that she was the first female Transformer experiment and it is implied she is something rare and (perhaps) unique. However nothing in the issue states that she was the ''only'' female Transformer created due to Jhiaxus's program. Indeed, in ''[[Megatron: Origin]]'' a number of female Transformers make cameo appearances. It may be that Arcee isn't completely alone and that her trauma stems more from being used, altered (perhaps against her will), and abandoned than anything else.

==Errors==

== Items of note ==
* The issue contains bonus sketch art by Alex Milne, including color tests for Arcee.
* Cameos include:
**Banzaitron's crew: [[Axer]], [[Roadblock (G1)|Roadblock]], [[Gutcruncher]], [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]], [[Blast Off]], [[Vortex]], [[Onslaught]] (note that the only absent G1 [[Combaticons|Combaticon]] is [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], since he had previously appeared in [[Spotlight: Ultra Magnus]])
**Garrus 9 Autobots: [[Fastlane]], [[Cloudraker]], [[Kick-Off]], [[Rad (G1)|Rad]], [[Jackpot]], [[Rollout (G1)|Rollout]], [[Over-Run (G1)|Over-Run]], [[Skyfall (G1)|Skyfall]], [[Sprocket]], [[Vroom]], [[Windbreaker]], [[Turbofire]]
**Sparks in custody: [[Skyjack]], [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Longtooth]], [[Ransack (G2)|Ransack]], [[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]]
* On page 3, Arcee mentions Jhiaxus's "dark designs". This was the title of a ''[[Generation 2]]'' issue.
* One of the Autobots defending Garrus 9 mentions them being overrun. Let's hope this didn't lead to [[Over-Run (G1)|anyone]] being distracted during the battle.
* Arcee's reference to gendered pronouns makes little sense in context. It stands to reason that a race originally entirely devoid of gender would lack sexually-oriented pronouns in their native language. So the use and "he" and "she" would likely be supplemented with a uniform variation of "it" for everybody.
* Cover B was colored in a style that pays homage to the cover of [http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=40-180 ''Akira Vol.1''.]<ref>[http://dyemooch.deviantart.com/art/Spotlight-Arcee-alt-cover-72893344 Colorist at deviantART]</ref>

===Covers (3)===
[[Image:Spotlight_Arcee_b.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMiSSlwioM0 Look at you, hacker. A pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting and sweating as you run through my corridors...]]]
* '''Cover A:''' Arcee, [[Nova Prime]], the Pretender Monsters, Ultra Magnus, Fortress Maximus and some dead guy by Alex Milne and Josh Perez.
* '''Cover B:''' Arcee being assembled by Alex Milne and Josh Perez.
* '''Cover RI:''' Uncolored sketch of cover B.

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==References==
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Overhaul (Cybertron)

2008-05-29T22:58:09Z

JazZeke:

{{disambig2|the Cybertron-series Autobot|the Generation 1 War Within Autobot|Overhaul (G1)}}{{picsneeded|Toys}}

:''Overhaul is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]]. Upon recieving a new body, he took the name '''Leobreaker'''.''

[[Image:Map-Leobreaker01.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Let's lionize, guys!]]

'''Overhaul''' is an elder Autobot warrior, having fought alongside [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] during the [[Unicron Battles]] and [[Powerlinx Battles]], and likely before that, as well. He is gruff and oftentimes confrontational, but exceptionally loyal to the Autobot cause. He says he prefers to work alone, but knows deep down the value of friendship and teamwork.

As '''Leobreaker''', his gung-ho attitude is heavily amplified, but he's no longer so independent-minded. He's become fast friends with [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] of the [[Jungle Planet]], and has even gained his own [[Platinum Mini-Cons|personal Mini-Con attendants]]. He's even taken a shining to [[Earth]] team sports like baseball, possibly as a replacement for war. This new focus on teamwork does have its downside; he harbors a litlte bit of resentment that his "Savage Claw Mode" combination with Optimus might not be as strong as the "Sonic Wing Mode" the Autobot leader can form with [[Wing Saber]].

He is the cousin of the [[Decepticon]] [[Brushguard]].

:''Japanese name:'' '''Jackshot / Ligerjack'''<br>
:''Hungarian name, as Overhaul'': '''Generál''' ('''Generálozó''' in ''Ultimate Battle'' DVD)<br>
:''Hungarian name, as Leobreaker'': '''Vastigris''' ("Iron-tiger")

==Fiction==
===Cybertron cartoon continuity===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Paul Dobson]] (US), [[Hisao Egawa]] (Japan)<br>

[[Image:CybOverhaul.jpg|left|thumb|Who thought "Jackshot" was a good idea? No, seriously. Who?]]

Overhaul was one of the most bull-headed members of the Autobots. During a skirmish with the [[Decepticon]]s, he charged into battle without backup and was pinned under a massive boulder. When he came to, [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] was personally defending Overhaul's position, apologising to him for not coming sooner. This taught Overhaul to value friendship and camaraderie. {{Storylink|Honor}}

Soon afterwards, the [[Unicron Singularity]] threatened to destroy [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], so Overhaul accompanied Optimus Prime's unit to [[Earth]] in search of the [[Cyber Planet Keys]] that would restore the Allspark of [[Primus]], at least according to the time-travelling [[Vector Prime]]. {{Storylink|Fallen}} During the construction of their new base on Earth, Overhaul alone completed the application of the stealth coating that prevented their base from being detected by [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]. {{Storylink|Haven}}

Later, when [[Motorcycle refugee|an Autobot civilian]] discovered the warp coordinates leading to a Cyber Planet Key on another [[Jungle Planet|another world]], Overhaul and [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] were selected to scout out this strange prehistoric planet. Unfortunately, due to interference from [[Thundercracker (Cybertron)|Thundercracker]], Overhaul was left stranded by himself. {{Storylink|Search}}

{{charstubfiction}}

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==Toys==
===Cybertron===
*'''Overhaul''' (Scout class, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''GC-05'''
**''Accessories'': Missile, Cybertron Autobot Cyber Key (Takara only), Jungle Planet Key (Hasbro only)

[[Image:Overhaul_toy.jpg|left|thumb|200px|My arms really suck.]]

: Overhaul transforms into an off-road vehicle similar to a Humvee. Plugging a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into his robot mode back launches his chest-mounted missile (you can do this in car mode too, but the missile is blocked). In Japan, he came with a silver-bordered [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] Autobot Cyber Planet Key, but for his [[Hasbro]] release he came with a silver Jungle Planet style key, with the [[Cyber Key Codes|Key Code]] "'''s9d7'''" on the back. There are rumors that a later release of the Japanese version was changed to a Jungle key, but this has not been confirmed.

: This mold is also used by [[Brushguard]] and the [[Movie (franchise)|live-action-movie-verse]] [[Warpath (Movie)|Warpath]].

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*'''Leobreaker''' (Voyager-class, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''GC-16'''
**''Accessories'': Tail-blade, Jungle Planet Cyber Key

[[Image:Leobreaker_toy.jpg|thumb|200px|Another $13 and my arms still suck.]]

: The Overhaul upgrade transforms into a mechanical lion (though in Japan he's called a liger) with electronic sound effects. Each forelimb/arm has a Cyber-Key-released spring-loaded claw, and his tail becomes a blade-whip for robot mode. He can also transform into "Savage Claw Mode", becoming a massive clawed arm that can attach to the Super-class ''Cybertron'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)#CybSuper1|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (Armada)#CybSuper1|Megatron]] toys, usable on either side of their torsos.

: He comes with a silver-bordered Jungle Planet style Cyber Key; the Hasbro version has the [[Cyber Key Codes|Key Code]] "'''vg08'''" on the back.

: This mold is also used by [[Nemesis Breaker]]. It is also the visual model for the comic-only form of [[Generation 1]] [[Razorclaw (G1)#Timelines|Razorclaw]] in the [[Beast Era]].

*'''Leobreaker''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2005)

: This toy is a simplified version of the Leobreaker toy. Needless to say, it cannot combine with Optimus Prime.

: This mold is also used by ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' [[Lio Convoy|Leo Prime]].

===Attacktix===
*'''Overhaul''' (Starter Set, 2006)
[[Image:Attacktix_Overhaul.jpg|thumb|left|Eh, with a gun like this, who needs arms?]]
**''Attacktix ID number'': '''TF19'''
**''Faction'': Autobot
**''Class'': Leader
**''Special'': Sacrifice - 14/26 (54%)
**''Point Cost'': 30
**''Base Speed'': 4
**''Attack Type'': Shooter (Energy Blast)

:Available only in the Transformers series 1 Starter Set, ''[[Attacktix]]'' Overhaul is very similar in stats and attacks to [[Excellion]]. Unlike Excellion, Overhaul can use his sacrifice power to return to play by taking the play of any Autobot figure, not just Trooper figures.

:Overhaul's 360 degree shoulder articulation (in addition to his waist and head) arguably gives this little figure more satisfying poseability than his larger brother. Okay, keep your shirt on. We said ''arguably''.

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==Trivia==
[[Image:Leobreakerearly.jpg|thumb|Look, ma, a hand!]]

* The original plans for Leobreaker involved a more coherent Savage Claw Mode arm design, complete with fingers and thumbs. But a variety of factors resulted in the simplified form, including rising petroleum prices.

* Additionally, one of the early prototypes featured a faux-SUV chest for Leobreaker, probably to link him more closely to his first body. Like the previously-listed changes, this was likely removed to lower the production cost -- or possibly it was discarded for other reasons.

* The television CGI model of Leobreaker used during the combiner sequence animation, as well as the representation of the combined arm mode is based upon a modified version of one of the original prototypes of Leobreaker, who, as mentioned above, had a much more complex and believable 'arm-mode'.

* Originally, Overhaul was going to be called '''Trailbreaker''', in reference to the [[Generation 1]] [[Trailbreaker (G1)|character of the same name]]. However, the [[trademark]] could not be secured for this, resulting in the name-change.

* In a related tidbit, the original naming idea was apparently to go from "Trailbreaker" to "Leobreaker". When they couldn't get Trailbreaker, it seems Hasbro considered naming Overhaul's lion form ''Overcast'', as that name is listed as Leobreaker's American name in the ''[[Galaxy Force Phase Ignition]]'' guidebook. However, they ultimately kept the name Leobreaker.

* The combination sequence between Galaxy Convoy and Leo Breaker is a reference to the combination of Goldymarg and GaoGaiGar in the anime ''The King of Braves GaoGaiGar''. The attack they perform appears similar to the Shining Finger from G-Gundam.

* Both of this character's bodies feature three claws extending from each wrist. This makes him [[Wolverine]].

{{-}}
==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/Overhaul/overhaul.htm Overhaul at TFU.info]

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[[Category: Combiners]]
[[Category: Cybertron characters]]
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Spotlight: Arcee

2008-05-27T04:32:56Z

JazZeke: /* Items of note */

[[Image:Spotlight arcee.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Graduated from St. Trinians with honors.]]
{{comicnav | Spotlight (comics)| 12 | seriesname=''The Transformers: Spotlight''| prev=Spotlight: Blaster| next=Spotlight: Mirage}}
'''This ain't the Fembot we all know and love, folks... She's an entirely ''different'' stereotype!'''

==Synopsis==
An enraged Arcee has been tearing a path of destruction through the universe, necessitating Ultra Magnus to hunt her down and bring her in as authorized by the [[Tyrest Accord]]. After a protracted battle, she gets knocked out by a flash/concussion grenade and taken into custody by Magnus. As they leave the area, a couple of apparent [[drone]]s surface and talk to a monitor {{m-}} promising that the [[Nega-Core]] has not been detected and/or taken, which elicits a confirmation from their [[Jhiaxus|red-helmeted, gold-shouldered master]] that preparations for the Expansion will continue.

[[Garrus-9]] penitentiary: Arcee's [[spark]] is being held in a cell, along with some notable others. Apparent warden Fortress Maximus confers with Jetfire and the Technobots about when they can incarcerate the Monstructor components in the same way; Jetfire notes that they can't break through the destructive programming far enough to rehabilitate/reform the sparks (as per [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s orders), and as such, haven't pulled the sparks from the frames. As they confer, the [[Decepticon]] Onslaught leads his Combaticons in a perfectly-timed (as monitored by Banzaitron) assault on the facility, striking at precisely the right grid-sensor-shuffling moment and breaking into the penitentiary.

Fortress Maximus has no choice but to unleash the "threat-level-9" Arcee on them, with the sole caveat of destroying her spark (via a spark casing g-force crush) if she attempts to escape. A furious battle ensues, but after she cuts through Blast Off and plows through Brawl in vehicle mode, the [[Combaticon]]s (who recognized her when she first attacked) manage to teleport out with the unconscious Monstructor 'cons (whom Banzaitron wants to join his Secret Service).

Arcee proposes that she be released to hunt them down or killed on the spot. When asked for '''her''' motivation she grows angry, commenting that "you don't even know you're DOING it...you unconsciously SENSE a difference." She then reveals that [[Jhiaxus]] tampered with her [[CNA]] at creation, turning her into a female, "because he was curious, because he '''could'''," just to see what introducing gender to the Transformer race would do. He then discarded her and left her to her fate. Traumatized and vengeful, all she can think of is wiping out all trace of his tampering in this universe.

Maximus disagrees, pointing the remote spark-casing-control unit at her, but Jetfire tells him to let her go (he'll back up whatever story Maximus concocts for her escape), as they have precious little to lose at this point.

==Credits==
'''Script:''' [[Simon Furman]]<br>
'''Art:''' [[Alex Milne]]<br>
'''Colors:''' [[Josh Perez]] and [[Chris Carter]]<br>
'''Lettering:''' [[Chris Mowry]]<br>
'''Editors:''' [[Andrew Steven Harris]]<br>
* ''Originally published:'' February 20, 2008
* ''Continuity:'' [[IDW continuity]]

===Featured characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
* [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (1)
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (2)
* [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] (4)
* The [[Technobots]] (5)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (6)
* [[Kick-Off]] (9)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
* [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzaitron]] (8)
* [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (10)
* [[Onslaught]] (11)
* [[Blast Off]] (12)
* [[Vortex]] (13)

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
* [[Jhiaxus]] (3)
* [[Pretender Monster]]s/<br>[[Monstructor]] (7)
|}

== Trivia ==
* Arcee states that she was the first female Transformer experiment and it is implied she is something rare and (perhaps) unique. However nothing in the issue states that she was the ''only'' female Transformer created due to Jhiaxus's program. Indeed, in ''[[Megatron: Origin]]'' a number of female Transformers make cameo appearances. It may be that Arcee isn't completely alone and that her trauma stems more from being used, altered (perhaps against her will), and abandoned than anything else.

==Errors==

== Items of note ==
* The issue contains bonus sketch art by Alex Milne, including color tests for Arcee.
* Cameos include:
**Banzaitron's crew: [[Axer]], [[Roadblock (G1)|Roadblock]], [[Gutcruncher]], [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]], [[Blast Off]], [[Vortex]], [[Onslaught]] (note that the only absent G1 [[Combaticons|Combaticon]] is [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], since he had previously appeared in [[Spotlight: Ultra Magnus]])
**Garrus 9 Autobots: [[Fastlane]], [[Cloudraker]], [[Kick-Off]], [[Rad (G1)|Rad]], [[Jackpot]], [[Rollout (G1)|Rollout]], [[Over-Run (G1)|Over-Run]], [[Skyfall (G1)|Skyfall]], [[Sprocket]], [[Vroom]], [[Windbreaker]], [[Turbofire]]
**Sparks in custody: [[Skyjack]], [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Longtooth]], [[Ransack (G2)|Ransack]], [[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]]
* On page 3, Arcee mentions Jhiaxus's "dark designs". This was the title of a ''[[Generation 2]]'' issue.
* One of the Autobots defending Garrus 9 mentions them being overrun. Let's hope this didn't lead to [[Over-Run (G1)|anyone]] being distracted during the battle.
* Arcee's reference to gendered pronouns makes little sense in context. It stands to reason that a race originally entirely devoid of gender would lack sexually-oriented pronouns in their native language. So the use and "he" and "she" would likely be supplements with a uniform variation of "it" for everybody.
* Cover B was colored in a style that pays homage to the cover of [http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=40-180 ''Akira Vol.1''.]<ref>[http://dyemooch.deviantart.com/art/Spotlight-Arcee-alt-cover-72893344 Colorist at deviantART]</ref>

===Covers (3)===
[[Image:Spotlight_Arcee_b.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMiSSlwioM0 Look at you, hacker. A pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting and sweating as you run through my corridors...]]]
* '''Cover A:''' Arcee, [[Nova Prime]], the Pretender Monsters, Ultra Magnus, Fortress Maximus and some dead guy by Alex Milne and Josh Perez.
* '''Cover B:''' Arcee being assembled by Alex Milne and Josh Perez.
* '''Cover RI:''' Uncolored sketch of cover B.

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* ''[[Target 2006]]'' TPB
* ''[[Transformers: Animated]]'' books
* ''[[All Hail Megatron]]'' series
* ''Star Trek: New Frontier'' (back cover)

==References==
{{Reflist}}
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Mikaela Banes

2008-05-25T20:49:38Z

JazZeke:

{{picsneeded|Alternate universe "Twilight" Mikaela.}}

: ''Mikaela is a [[human]] in the [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Movie_MikaelaBanes.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Dull surprise|Dull surprise!]]]]

'''Mikaela Banes''' is a high school student. A beauty with brains, a penchant for fixing cars, and looks strong enough to make [[Samuel James Witwicky|Sam Witwicky]] offer to "ride" her home in [[Bumblebee (Movie)|his new car]].

She does not seem to mind making out on top of an alien car while [[Autobot|other alien car]]s watch. Kinky.

==Fiction==
===''Transformers'' (2007) movie===
:''Actor:'' [[Megan Fox]] (English) [[Kanako Toujô]] (Japanese-language dub voice)

[[Image:Movie_Mikaela_carfix.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Mikaela fails to find an enchilada of freedom under [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee's]] hood.]]

Mikaela learned how to fix cars from her father, a long-time car thief who has presumably been single for some time. When he couldn't find a babysitter, he'd bring young Mikaela along, and she learned his trade. She hid her automotive knowledge from her boyfriends, for fear that they will be insecure around a girl who knows more about cars than they do.

She went to school with Sam Witwicky since first grade, but had failed to notice him at all during that entire time. After a spat with her boyfriend [[Trent DeMarco|Trent]], she dumped him, and Sam gave her a ride home in his new car. When the car suffered engine trouble, she took a look at the engine and was very impressed with the layout. Sam was more impressed with her. After Sam drove her home, Mikaela asked him if he thought she was "shallow", to which Sam awkwardly replied that he thought that there was "more than meets the eye...with...you."

[[Image:Movie_Mikaela_Sam_Frenzy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Slasher film with a twist: Girl wields chainsaw against maniac alien monster!]]

The next day, Mikaela was having lunch with her friends when Sam passed by on his mother's bike, saying that his car was following him. Concerned, she followed him on her moped, but just as she caught up, Sam knocked her off. Angry, she demanded to know what his problem was...at which point [[Barricade (Movie)|a monster cop car]] came charging out from under the bridge where Sam had just been. Sam's Camaro knocked the monster down and then urged them to get in. After a hectic chase, the two teens arrived at a deserted chemical plant, where the Camaro [[Transformation|transformed]] into a [[Transformer|giant robot]]. However, the monster unleashed [[Frenzy (Movie)|a spastic abomination]] that went after Sam and pantsed him. Heading to an abandoned tool shed, Mikaela found a power saw and attacked the smaller robot, decapitating it. Mikaela then watched with trepidation as Sam tried to communicate with his now-bipedal car, learning that it could only speak through the radio and that it was an alien who had summoned others of its kind to [[Earth]]. Mikaela remained unsure about re-entering the vehicle, but then Sam asked her a simple question: "Fifty years from now, when you're looking back at your life, don't you wanna say you had the guts to get into the car?" Mikaela reluctantly agreed...unaware that the decapitated robot had slipped into her purse.

She still refused to sit in the driver's seat, as the car was driving, so Sam argued that since he had the only other seatbelt, she should sit in his lap. Safety first, after all. Mikaela agreed, then admitted that it was a smooth move on Sam's part. She then asked why the car turned back into a piece-of-crap Camaro if it was such a super-advanced robot. Insulted, the car forced the two teens out, only to return moments later as a sleek and shiny 2009 model. The car then took them to a local observatory, where they could see when four meteors entering Earth's atmosphere. Mikaela instinctively reached for Sam's hand as this spectacle took place. The Camaro then brought them to an abandoned alley, where four more cars joined them, then transformed into robots. After inquiring Sam's identity, the lead robot introduced himself as [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], the [[Prime (rank)|leader]] of the [[Autobot]]s, a race of sentient robots from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Prime introduced [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], his first lieutenant; [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], his weapons expert; [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], their medical officer (who revealed that Sam's pheromone levels indicated that he wanted to mate with Mikaela, something that embarrassed both teens); and identified the Camaro as Bumblebee, Sam's guardian. When Mikaela asked their intentions, Optimus explained their mission to find the [[All Spark]], the betrayal of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and the [[Decepticon]]s, and how [[Archibald Witwicky]]'s [[glasses]] played a role in finding their target.

[[Image:Movie Mikaela Prime's hand.JPG|left|thumb|250px|Now THAT'S home delivery!]]

Heading to Sam's house, Mikaela was told to stay and watch the Autobots, though they eventually headed to Sam's backyard and proceeded to cause some havoc. Losing patience with Sam's inability to locate the glasses within a couple of minutes, Optimus gave Mikaela a boost up through Sam's window so she could help. Further difficulties arose when Ratchet accidently hit some powerlines, causing a blackout. The blackout and their shuffling around attracted the unwanted attention of [[Ronald Witwicky|the]] [[Judy Witwicky|parents]], and Mikaela hid before they came in. This led to some awkward conversation as Sam tried to explain what was going on, until Mikaela finally stood up, revealing her presence as a "<strike>girlfriend</strike>" "a friend" of Sam's. This genuinely delighted his parents, and his mother rather awkwardly apologized for their family discussion. Mikaela commented that she thought Mrs. Witwicky was nice.

When [[Sector Seven]] forcibly detained Mikaela and Sam's family, [[Reggie Simmons|Agent Simmons]] revealed that she had a police record, confirmed that she was hot, and threatened her father's upcoming parole hearing. This strategy nearly made Mikaela cry...until Optimus Prime ripped off the roof of their SUV and <s>made Agent Simmons his bitch</s> demanded that the agents get out of the car and release the two teens. After the Autobots rescued the pair, Sam expressed misgivings about Mikaela's history. She huffily confided to him that her record stemmed from her refusal to turn her father over to the authorities. Sector Seven soon recaptured both teenagers (along with Bumblebee) and brought them to [[Hoover Dam]]. There Sam negotiated with Simmons to have Mikaela's criminal record expunged as part of his reward for helping Sector Seven with the information he had about the Transformers. Mikaela was pleased with and grateful for Sam's change in attitude toward her.

Inside Hoover Dam, the teens, along [[John Keller|Defense Secretary Keller]], [[Maggie Madsen|two]] [[Glen Whitmann|hackers]], and [[William Lennox|some]] [[Robert Epps|soldiers]], were shown the frozen body of [[N.B.E.-1]], which Sam and Mikaela recognized as Megatron, as well as a demonstration of the All Spark. However, the robot hiding in Mikaela's purse had slipped away and contacted the other Decepticons. Sam, with some help from one of the soldiers, managed to convince Sector Seven to release Bumblebee, who reformatted the cube.

[[Image:Movie_Mikaela_Bumblebee_deadBrawl.jpg|thumb|250px|Bumblebee totally checks out Mikaela's butt—er, the destruction he caused. Yeah, that's it.]]

They group fled to [[Mission City]], soon joined by the Autobots. During the Decepticon attack at Mission City, Bumblebee was injured by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], and Mikaela strapped the injured Bumblebee to an abandoned tow truck. Sam told her to get Bumblebee (and herself) away from the battle, while he took the All Spark to a building to be extracted by the military. They left, but Mikaela was soon overcome with guilt and frustration for having left. Looking at Bumblebee, the injured robot gave a simple nod, and Mikaela decided go back. She drove the tow truck backwards through the battle while Bumblebee shot at [[Brawl (Movie)|the tank]], destroying the Decepticon.

After the death of Megatron, Sam and Mikaela began dating, even making out on Bumblebee while the Autobots watched. That's kinky. {{Storylink|Transformers (2007)}}

===Transformers: The Game===
:''Voice Actor: [[Megan Fox]]''

She totally understands the [[Megatron (Movie)|frozen nemesis]], [[All Spark|robot lifeforce]], and magic [[glasses]] parts, but she still has trouble understanding why the [[Bumblebee (Movie)|super scout]] turns into a beater. Women.

===Titan Magazine===
In an alternate reality, the Decepticons won, and Mikaela is part of the resistance. She's an experienced veteran of guerilla warfare and partnered with Bumblebee, who was an old friend by this point. She still grieves over Sam's death.

She wears tight, body-hugging black spy clothes, including leather gloves and long boots. Hawt.

She and Bumblebee raided a Decepticon facility (the former [[Sector 7]] base) to rescue Optimus Prime, Earth's last hope{{m-}}only to find him frozen and offline—and to attract Megatron's attention. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9}} While the tyrant hunted Bumblebee, Mikaela tried to thaw out Optimus with guidance from [[Tom Banachek]]. Unfortunately, [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] was watching her... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10}} ...and when he shot at her, she immediately dodged and grabbed a fire-axe, ''this'' time intending to finish him for good. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 11}} He managed to dodge her every attack and smack her backwards into the liquid nitrogen tanks, but she appears to have wanted this: she dodged his finishing blow, letting him shatter the tank (freezing him to death in the process) while she escaped the area with a really cool slide under the door. Phase One was now complete and Optimus Prime was thawing out.

Phase Two involved entering a restricted area of the base with Tom's help and finding what appears to be a small [[All Spark]] replica... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 12}}

==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
*'''First Encounter''' (Screen Battles, 2007)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''SB-01'''

[[Image:Movie_ScreenBattles_SamMikaelaFrenzy.jpg|thumb|left|250px|We love Bruce Campbell too, but there was nothing WRONG with your hand.]]

: This Screen Battles pack features a largely unchanged Deluxe class Barricade figure, but the Frenzy accessory has been cast in black plastic to better blend in with Barricade's chest. The pack also comes with unposable figurines of Sam Witwicky in a running pose, Frenzy menacing Sam, and Mikaela Banes holding the power saw she uses to attack Frenzy. The set is packaged in a special window box with a diorama depicting the battle between Barricade and Bumblebee. This item was released during the last weeks of 2007.

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*'''Final Stand''' (Screen Battles, 2007)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''SB-02'''

[[Image:Movie_ScreenBattles_FinalStand1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|She'll drive, you shoot. Everyone wins (except [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]], but that's the point).]][[Image:Mikaela_Banes_Final_Stand_Figure.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Ah to be Longarm's seat cushion...]]

: This ''Screen Battles'' pack comes with a [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] figure redecoed in the same paint job as the tow truck Mikaela uses to tow Bumblebee to safety. The "Orson's Towing" markings have been replaced by the "Mike's Towing" markings seen on the actual truck used in the movie. Longarm's interior features a non-removable figurine of Mikaela where the driver's seat would be, plugged into one of the screw holes in the dashboard piece. The pack comes with a battle-damaged, posable Bumblebee figure similar to his ''Robot Replicas'' toy.

:This set comes in a special window box featuring a diorama background of the battle in Mission City. This item was released during the last weeks of 2007.

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[[Category:Humans|Banes, Mikaela]]
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Covenant of Primus

2008-02-21T05:03:02Z

JazZeke:

{{disambig2|the scriptural Covenant of Primus|the twelve pre-Cybertronic Transformers that guarded time and space|Covenant}}

[[Image:Covenant of Primus.JPG|thumb|300px|right|Among the many books of the ''Covenant'' are the "Acts of the [[13 original Transformers|13]]", "[[Vector Sigma]]'s Transmissions to the [[Junkion]]s", the "Book of Accessories", the "Prophecies of the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]s", the "Book of Armaments", and "[[Furmanism|Writings of Furman]]."<ref>No, not really.</ref>]]

The '''''Covenant of [[Primus]]''''' (or '''''Book of Primus''''') is a compilation of [[Transformer]]s [[religion|scriptural]] texts believed to be prophetic. Only two copies remain. One was placed on the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' prior to its launch. The other was found during the [[Beast Wars]] aboard the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', apparently having been placed there by [[Tarantulas]]. They speak of apocalyptic battles at the end of an age. It is believed that the ''Covenant of Primus'' foretold the Beast Wars, and it was from these scriptures that [[Predacon]] [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] took his name. (It is possible [[Megatron (G1)|the original Megatron]] may have taken his name from them as well.)

Whether the prophecies in the ''Covenant'' only refer to the end of the Beast Wars, or whether there is, say, something in there about [[Unicron]], is unknown. It's also unclear whether these were genuine "visions of the future" prophecies, or whether someone went back in time to write them. Both explanations have precedent.

==Known Covenant of Primus verses==
* "...and a mighty warrior came down from the sky...and a rainbow was on his head...and his feet were as pillars of fire...and the great dragon was cast out upon the Earth...and his followers were cast out with him." <ref name="Nem_1">"[[Nemesis Part 1]]"</ref>
* "...and as it were a great mountain, raging with fire, arose from the sea." <ref name="Nem_1" />
* "I am alpha and omega, the beginning and the end. I am that which is, which was, and is yet to come...and you will know my name is Megatron when I lay my vengeance upon you!" <ref name="Nem_2">"[[Nemesis Part 2]]"</ref>
* "...and the stone of their protection shall rise up forever and ever, as those who live and war as beast confront their final cycle." <ref name="Nem_2" />
* "...and there came a hero who said: 'Hurt not the Earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, nor the very fabric of time,' but the hero would not prevail, nor would he surrender." <ref name="Nem_2" />
* "In the spark of an enemy, there will be salvation, and in the darkest hour, there will be a light." <ref name="Nem_2" />
* The [[Sojourner's Passage]]: "Cursed curiosity compelled me to stay, to observe the enemy before the machine age. And now this demands my attention! My first responsibility is to those I left behind, yet I sense what unfolds below eclipses even that which cast me away. In the name of my creator, I will re-enter the void. I will seek that light which has fallen from the forges of our history." <ref>[[Apelinq's War Journals]], Journal 18: Point of No Return; and "[[Betrayal]]", ''Wreckers'' #2 Directors Cut</ref>
* "Do not judge a warrior by stature or action until you truly understand that which drives him."<ref>"[[Original Sin]]", ''The Transformers: Generation One'' vol. 3 #5</ref>
* "And the sun and its brother shall storm over the new world to reveal the beast and destroy it." <ref>"[[The Route of All Evil]]", ''The Transformers: Generation One'' vol. 3 #10</ref>

==Interpretation==
The first six quotes above were believed by [[Optimus Primal]] and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] to be prophecies relating to the climax of the Beast Wars.
* The "mighty warrior" is [[Tigerhawk]].
* The "great dragon" is Megatron.
* The "great mountain" was the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''.
* The quote about Megatron refers to how the Megatron of the Beast Wars was, at the time, also carrying the spark of the original [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], and was thus "alpha and omega".
* The "stone of their protection" was the mountain over the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', which Megatron partially lifted away.
* The hero who "would not prevail" was Optimus Primal.
* The enemy whose spark brought salvation was [[Dinobot II]], who in the end turned against Megatron.
* The "sun and its brother" are [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]].

==Footnotes==
{{reflist|2}}

[[Category: Beast Wars]]
[[Category: Generation 1]]
[[Category: Primus]]
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Polar Claw

2007-12-07T01:42:32Z

JazZeke: /* IDW Beast Wars Comics */

:''Polar Claw is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].

[[Image:IDW Polar Claw.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The toy isn't this cool.]]

Ferocity and frenzy are what '''Polar Claw''' possessses in abundance. When battling the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], his righteous ire knows no bounds.

:''Japanese name:'' '''White Claw'''

==Fiction==
===3H ''Tales of the Beast Wars'' comics===
During the final battle with [[Shokaract]], several realities converged into a single, apocalyptic timestorm. Beast Warriors from alternate realities emerged, including [[Cybershark]], [[B'Boom]], [[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]], [[Transquito]], [[Air Hammer]], Polar Claw and unidentified others, though all of them were summarily defeated.

===IDW Beast Wars Comics===
Polar Claw was one of the [[protoforms]] jettisoned from the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' on prehistoric [[Earth]]. He was activated and put in chronal phase by [[Razorbeast]] at [[Magmatron]]'s request. Magmatron had sent his troops to report on the awakening of his new Predacon army, and [[Spittor]] was unfortunate enough to witness Polar Claw's activation. Polar Claw was protected from Magmatron's Predacon shell-program by Razorbeast's viral code. The giant polar bear summarily squashed Spittor. {{Storylink|The Gathering, Part 1}}

Polar Claw worked his way toward Razorbeast's summoning signal, and eventually arrived in time to help fight off an army of Predacons. In the subsequent battle, Polar Claw stomped on [[Terragator]].

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==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
*'''Polar Claw''' (Mega, 1996)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-2'''

: Part of the very first ''Beast Wars'' Mega assortment, Polar Claw transforms into an agnostic killing machine. Rearing him up on his hind legs in beast mode exposes a pair of nasty-looking fangs. His left beast mode foreleg has a spring-loaded attack claw, while his right launches from the shoulder stub and transforms into his unnamed bat-partner. His robot head has a face on both sides; a normal robot-mode one, and a "mutant" face.

: This mold was also used to make [[Grizzly-1|Grizzly-1/Barbearian]] and [[Survive]].

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==Merchandise==
===Beast Wars===
*'''Polar Claw''' (1997)

: A ''Beast Wars'' PVC figurine set was released in Japan, including an action-posed Polar Claw.

==Trivia==
[[Image:BW-MegaPromo.jpg|left|thumb|125px|Collect all the nonexistent toys!]]

* The [[Barbearian]] toy was actually the "prototype" deco for Polar Claw. The first solicitations for the ''Beast Wars'' Megas featured the bear mold brown and yellow (as well as a differently-colored [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]]). The back of the first ''Beast Wars'' catalogue from the [[Optimus Primal]]/[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] two-pack called him "Grizzly-1", while soliciations sent to magazines used "Barbearian".

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==External links==
*[http://tfu.info/1996/Maximal/PolarClaw/polarclaw.htm Polar Claw at TFU.info]

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Transmetal

2007-12-05T23:38:29Z

JazZeke: /* ''Beast Wars'' animated series */

[[Image:Transmetal.JPG|thumb|300px|"Hey, I'm, uh, gorgeous!" "Hey, what about ''me''?!!"]]

A '''Transmetal''' is a (generally) [[Vok]] related enhanced form of a [[Beast Wars]] era Transformer, featuring a "mutated superstructure".

==Normal Transmetal==
In beast mode, the Transmetals seemed almost, if not entirely, mechanical, much like the animal Transformers of the previous [[Generation 1]] franchise. However, as part of a partial "inversion", many of their robot modes bore organic elements, such as [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]'s furry chest. Transmetals also typically featured a third "mobility" mode. While not full vehicular modes, these half-modes gave aspects of a vehicle to the existing beast forms. Examples included Rattrap as a wheeled rat and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] as a jet-powered inline skating enthusiast.

===''Beast Wars'' animated series===
The Transmetals were created as a result of transformers being bathed in a [[quantum surge]] after the destruction of the [[Vok]] [[Planet Buster]]. All the Beast warriors who were not "born" from a [[protoform]] on Earth or shielded in a [[CR Chamber]] were altered. (Why Earth-"born" Transformers were unaffected by the surge's effects is unknown.)

The affected characters were Megatron, [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], [[Rattrap]], and [[Cheetor]]. [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] and [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] were in the middle of their mutation when they fell into lava pits beneath the ''[[Darksyde]]'' and perished. [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]], [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]], and [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] also eventually became Transmetals as a result of the surge.

Most Transmetals had additional weapons and seemingly enhanced power levels. They were immune to many [[Vok]] weapons, and may even be immune to the effects of [[energon]] radiation.

This last point had little bearing on the plot, since most of the energon deposits on [[Earth]]'s surface had been destroyed by the Planet Buster cannon. However, in Tangled Web, Tarantulas is standing beneath an energon cache, completely unaffected. Meanwhile, in The Agenda, the non-Transmetal Inferno suffers energon overload while attempting to kill Optimus Primal and Cheetor. So immunity to the radiation may be a permanent effect of the Transmetal body.

According to [[Ben Yee]], the Transmetals were originally conceived of by ''Beast Wars'' writers as "absorbing" energon radiation and then needing to later discharge that energy, typically as weapon energy.<ref>[http://www.bwtf.com/bw/tvshow/episodes/seasontwo/badspark/ Ben Yee's "Bad Spark" review]</ref> However, the only time this was hinted at in the series was during "[[Bad Spark]]", when Cheetor "farts" a little energon cloud.

The [[Fuzor]]s [[Silverbolt (BW) (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]], like the Transmetals, were shown to be immune to Vok technology, seemingly possessing qualities of Transmetals.

===Toys===
In addition to the characters mentioned above, Transmetal toys were also produced for [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]], [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]], and technically [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (the [[Scavenger (BW)|Scavenger]] toy was initially intended to be his TM form, and was so in Japan and the UK.) None of these appeared on the show.

Scorponok, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], and [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], though also not Transmetal in the show, were given their own Transmetal toys as Happy Meal pack-ins from McDonald's. [[Claw Jaw]] and [[Spittor]] were redecoed and sold as Transmetals in European markets with a VHS tape.

Initial Transmetal toys were not designed with guns, only melee weapons, contrary to the requirements of the animated series (kinda the opposite of the situation with [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and co.'s toys vs. their comic book depictions). As a result, [[Mainframe Entertainment]] was forced to come up with creative solutions to give these characters ranged weapons without diminishing the newly increased [[Show-accuracy|toy accuracy]] of the show. Thus, [[Tarantulas]]' handheld buzzsaw functioned like a gun and the green markings on his shoulders were depicted as machine-gun ports, [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s pincer/whip/flail/"whiplash cutlass" thing (read: he's holding his damn tail) gained the ability to stiffen and fire like a cannon, and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]'s hideous hands were capable of firing energy blasts, although only when placed together and thus temporarily making the halves of his beast-mode head whole, with the zaps emenating from its mouth.

Even more elaborate was the functional reconceptualisation of [[Optimus Primal]]'s toy, whose hoverboard thruster/mace launcher was used as a laser pistol. Not content with this rather puny-looking firearm, some clever cove at Mainframe noticed that his shoulder-pad and mace-stowing bracket thing can be flipped over his head (a function of his tranformation) and improperly positioned in such a way that the long handles of his dual maces point outwards like gun barrels and, with the shoulder-pads positioned over his outsreched fists like trigger-guards, the whole device is reimagined as something resembling two gattling guns mounted on a steadicam harness.

The only exception to these exotic reimaginings was [[Rattrap]], who used his tail/whip/spear as intended but also retained his pre-transmetal gun (albeit with a redeco to suit his new colour scheme) despite the fact that the toy did not.

As an odd point of comparision, the later Transmetal (although never realy identified as such) [[Optimal Optimus]] ''was'' packaged with a rifle, which he never used in the show.

==Transmetal 2==
[[Image:Dinobot2-postcard.jpg|right|thumb|Pose!]]
Near the end of the series, a new breed, known as '''Transmetal 2'''s appeared. These new forms blurred the line between the mechanical and the organic even further, with equal parts of both appearing in both modes in an asymmetrical patchwork like jumble. This often resulted in somewhat monstrous looking designs.

===''Beast Wars'' animated series===
Within the context of the television series, the idea of a Transmetal 2 was somewhat vague. Only Cheetor, [[Dinobot II]], and Blackarachnia were definitely meant to be Transmetals 2. Each of them was altered by an enigmatic piece of Vok technology known as the "[[Transmetal Driver]]" which appeared early in season three. The exact origin and nature of the Driver is unknown.

Optimus Primal and Megatron also received new bodies in season three, in the same fashion as each other, but only Megatron's toy was labeled as a Transmetal 2. (Optimal Optimus was a normal Transmetal.) It is unclear whether, within the story of the cartoon, these bodies were meant to be similar to the bodies granted by the TM Driver. Both of their new bodies were the result of temporarily merging their [[spark]]s with the sparks of their ''[[Generation 1]]''-era counterparts, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|G1 Megatron]]. It may be of interest to note, however, that Cryotek's 3H-Bio, which considers itself a continuation of the cartoon, describes Megatron as a TM2.

[[Tigerhawk (BW)|Tigerhawk]]'s toy was also labeled as Transmetal 2. His in-show origin involved both the fusing of two sparks, those of [[Tigatron (BW)|Tigatron]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]], and Vok technology.

The new forms for all of these characters, whether produced by the Transmetal Driver or by spark fusion, were portrayed as substantially more powerful than normal Transmetals.

===Toys===
According to their toy packages and bios, the Transmetals 2 were all the results of Megatron's cloning experiments. This roughly aligned with the beginning of the cartoon story, as the first Transmetal 2, Dinobot II, was created by Megatron. This cloning experiment angle also helped to explain the presence of [[Optimus Minor]].

Unlike Transmetals, most Transmetals 2 did not have a third mode. Only the largest Transmetal 2 toys, Tigerhawk and Megatron, were designed to have more than two modes, but Megatron's was never featured in the TV show and Tigerhawk's was dropped entirely even from the toy. Neither vehicle mode was especially well-implemented.

Early on in the release of TM2 toys, the packaging used a Roman numeral "II", but a running change in the packaging was made to the Arabic number "2".

== IDW ''Beast Wars'' comic ==

In the IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics, a new group of Predacons traveled back to the Beast Wars era (taking place in the third season of the program around the episode "Changing of the Guard") and activated the remainder of the [[stasis pod]]s ejected from the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''. The Transformers who emerged from these pods included normal beast-form Transformers, Transmetals, and Transmetals 2.

All the Beast Wars characters/toys not featured in the original cartoon (barring a few that traveled back with [[Magmatron (BW)|Magmatron]]) were given this same origin regardless of their "Transmetal" status. It was not explained why their states differed, nor why their situation differed from the non-Transmetal Earth-"born" Transformers in the show.

==Beast Machines==
When the Maximals encountered Megatron's virus, the Transmetals among them had a strange reaction. Rather than becoming instantly paralyzed, they simply lost their Transmetallization (and their short-term memories for a while). Primal, Cheetor, Rattrap, and Blackarachnia reverted to their original beast designs and were able to stay mobile, but Rhinox and Silverbolt immediately succumbed. It seems that whatever Transmetal properties had protected Silverbolt from the [[Metal Hunter]] didn't save him from the virus.

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Beast Wars]]
[[Category: Subgroups]]
[[Category: Transmetals| ]]
[[Category: Transmetals 2| ]]
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Chris Ryall

2007-08-19T13:41:09Z

JazZeke:

[[Image:Chrischarger.jpg||thumb|right|250px|At least he doesn't have to worry about parking.]]
'''Chris Ryall''' is an American editor in charge of the current [[IDW]] ''Transformers'' line of comic books. He is a god among ants--a benevolent god. He's usually depicted in the letters column as wearing an Alternators [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] costume.

Kinky.

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Barricade (Movie)

2007-07-24T17:52:03Z

JazZeke: /* Trivia */

{{disambig3|Barricade}}

:''Barricade is a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:MovieBarricade_render1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"I'm ''always'' Bad Cop. And don't bother asking for the good cop. I killed him."]]

'''Barricade''' is apparently a complicated robot. He's considered "fractious" even by Decepticon standards, yet is willing to give [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] the benefit of the doubt and follow where he leads, at least for the time being. Though not totally dedicated to the service of the Decepticon's current leader, he is much more cautious and reserved about expressing mutinous dissent than say [[Blackout (Movie)|''most'']]. In many ways this makes him Starscream's closest ally in the naturally combative Decepticon ranks. Then again, it's been said that he likes to trick people into trusting him, just so he can see their reactions when they find out just how much of a bad idea it was.

:''Working name'': '''Brawl'''

==Fiction==
===''Prime Directives'' prequel comic===

===''Ghosts of Yesterday'' prequel novel===
Barricade acts as pilot and chief science officer for the [[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]. Through this he apparently possesses an impressive "mastery of physics", being very intelligent. He spent most of his time rubbing everyone the wrong way and loving every minute of it.

===Transformers The Game (console)===
:''Voice actor'': [[Keith David]]

====Autobot campaign====
Barricade was sent to Tranquility to hunt down Sam Witwicky and the glasses that held the location of the AllSpark. He attempted to capture Sam and Mikaela outside their high school, but Bumblebee stepped in. The humans fled for the nearby baseball field with Barricade in pursuit, but Bumblebee beat him to them, protecting them while they ran away again. He followed them to the power plant, but was once again foiled by Bumblebee and sent packing.

Later, in [[Mission City]], Barricade made one last grab for the AllSpark after [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] and [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] had each fallen to the Autobots. However, he was once again intercepted by Bumblebee, and finally defeated for good.

====Decepticon campaign====
Upon reaching Tranquility and choosing his alternate mode, Barricade attempted some recon, but encountered a squad of Autobot drones, a battle which spilled out to the local baseball field. Shortly afterwards, he was informed by Starscream that Frenzy had information they needed, but the diminutive Decepticon had been captured by [[Sector Seven]] agents. Barricade tracked them to the power plant, then hounded the agents across town, wrecking every building in his path until Frenzy was recovered.

Finally on the trail of Sam, he was stopped cold by Sam's protector Bumblebee. Barricade got the upper hand, but the Autobot led him on a chase that ended in [[Bay's Demolition]] lot, and an ambush courtesy of a lot of Autobot drones. Barricade overcame the odds, and hunted down Bumblebee once more, finally besting the Autobot and taking the glasses from Sam.

When the Decepticons converged on Mission City, Barricade was tasked in taking out the Autobot [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]]. He later stood in Megatron's presence after the AllSpark had been recovered and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] ordered the Earth to be destroyed before they left it on their way to conquering all of known space.

===''Transformers'' (2007 film)===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Jess Harnell]] (English)

{{spoiler}}

After being active on [[Earth]] for some time, Barricade arrived to pick up [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] after the smaller Decepticon's attempt to hack into and sabotage the United States military network on [[Air Force One]]. Using data Frenzy had acquired, the two learned of [[Sector Seven]], "Project Iceman", and the discoverer of the entombed [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], [[Archibald Witwicky]], the duo were able to use the internet to learn of both Archibald's descendants, [[Sam Witwicky|Sam]], and a pair of glasses that had been marked with the location of the long-lost [[AllSpark]].

[[Image:BarricadeVsSam.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Barricade negotiates an alternative to PayPal.]]

Later, Barricade confronted Sam regarding his recent eBay auctions while the human was fleeing [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], whom the human mistakenly believed was out to harm him. Sam fell for Barricade's ruse, and requested the "officer's" help, only for Barricade to turn on him and violently demand information on Sam's glasses. Sam and his friend [[Mikaela Banes|Mikaela]], who had been drawn into the encounter, managed to escape him when Bumblebee convinced Sam to trust him, and Barricade pursued both the Autobot and two humans to a junkyard. He engaged Bumblebee in battle, dispatching Frenzy to chase down the humans. However, his battle with Bumblebee ended with Barricade heavily damaged.

Evidently, though, he recovered, and was back to working order when Frenzy (who had survived and infiltrated Sector Seven) transmitted both Megatron and the Allspark's location to his fellow Decepticons. When the humans fled with the Allspark, Barricade joined in the pursuit along with [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] and [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]]. Sam recognized him, and warned that they were in danger.

Bonecrusher went on the offensive, and Barricade's final fate was left unclear.

====Barricade's fate====
[[Image:Movie_Barricade_finalappearance.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Barricade pulls everyone over for ''driving on the wrong side of the road''.]]

Barricade's disappearance from the film is puzzling. It appears he was originally meant to be destroyed, as both the novel and comic adaptations of the movie depict his destruction by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], who had both destroyed Bonecrusher and was delayed in joining the humans and fellow Autobots. (Alternatively the children's chapter book adaption of the film [[The Transformers Quest for the Matrix]] describes Barricade as being destroyed by the US military.) Regardless in the movie proper Barricade simply does not appear again after Bonecrusher transforms. Since his remains are not seen among the Decepticon parts being buried at sea, it is possible he survived.

Writers [[Roberto Orci]] and [[Alex Kurtzman]] have stated in a recent interview that Barricade's disappearance from the remainder of the film is a "thread for Movie 2" [http://transformerslive.blogspot.com/2007/07/kurtzman-and-orci-post-move-q.html]

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==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
* '''Barricade''' (Deluxe, 2007)
:''Japanese ID Number:'' '''MD-02'''

[[Image:Movie_DeluxeBarricade_toy.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The secret love child of [[Blackjack]] and [[Stakeout]].]]

:Barricade transforms into an accurate Saleen S281 Ford Mustang Custom Police Pursuit Cruiser. As with MOST deluxe-class cars in the ''Movie'' line, he features clear windows for his windshield and doors, but oddly his rear window is opaque black plastic. Stored inside the engine bay, behind the car's ram bar is a mini-figure [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] disguised as Barricade's grill.

: In robot mode, Barricade quite faithfully reproduces the CGI design, though his chest cannot deform to the same extent. He features a reasonable amount of articulation with ball joints for his shoulders and upper legs, ratcheting and swivels for his elbows and double-jointed knees (although the knees make it difficult to properly align the upper and lower portions of his legs). Barricade has no neck joint as the two car hood halves slot into place between the bottom of the head and the plate on which it sits. Additionally, his pelvis is extremely difficult (if not impossible) to clip into the underside of his torso. Barricade does not have any [[Automorph]]ing [[gimmick]] to speak of; in its place is a spring-loaded extending "punching" attack on his left arm.

: As with almost all Transformers toys issued over the last few years, a few of his transformation quirks are undocumented; in robot mode front wheel panels on his shoulders are ball-jointed, allowing one to position them in a manner similar to what is seen in the movie renders. Additionally, the sections that become his claws (apart from the thumb hinge) can swing up slightly to make themselves more pronounced, and spikes on the top of his feet can be swung up.

* '''Barricade''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2007)

: A much smaller version of the character, [[Legends of Cybertron]] Barricade features limited articulation and detail. In what could only be defined as an anomaly of physics, compared to the other Movie Legends, Barricade is quite close in appearance and transformation to the larger deluxe figure. Legends Barricade's instructions also overlook the fact that his grill can flip down to fill out his torso and raise his chest higher.

*'''Bumblebee vs. Barricade: First Encounter''' (Deluxe Multi-pack, 2007)

[[Image:Bumblebee_Barricade_deluxeboxset.jpg|right|thumb|130px|Mullethead vs. Cop]]

: This battle pack contains the deluxe-class Barricade and the 1974 Camaro deluxe-class [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] figures, based upon their confrontation as seen in the movie. The box features a diorama-style background from a movie scene, but toys themselves are unchanged from their original carded releases.

*'''Recon Barricade''' (Deluxe, 2007)

: A [[redeco]] of the normal Deluxe Barricade toy, this time in a "local security" blue and gray pattern. All the the [[gimmick]]s remain the same, including his little pal [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]].

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====Fast Action Battlers====
* '''Barricade''' (2007)

====Cyber Slammers====
* '''Barricade''' (2007)

[[Image:Barricade-CS.jpg|left|thumb|125px|Awwwwwww.]]

: This adorable, pudgy version of Barricade's car mode zips forward with a little motor. The robot mode Barricade pops up after a little while, rolling along. So cute!
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====Robot Replicas====
* '''Barricade''' (2007)

: A non-transforming action figure, [[Robot Replicas]] Barricade hews much closer to the CGI model of the character. With joints similar to the [[Revoltech]] series, he is also more posable than his transforming counterpart, plus features replacement arms that feature his "blender-blade tires" alternate hands briefly seen in the movie.

====Micro IR Transformers Cars====
* '''Barricade''' (2007)

: Made under license by [[Radio Shack]]. Three-function infrared remote, in Barricade's signature colors, gives you control of the car with forward and reverse turn movement. More than just a vehicle styled after the Movie character, the car also transforms to robot mode. The top of the gun-shaped IR remote's barrel serves as a display stand.

==Merchandise==

===Robot Heroes===
* '''Galactic Bumblebee vs. Barricade''' (2007)

===XMODS® Evolution Transformers===
* '''Barricade''' (2007)
:''Model Number'': '''60-185'''

:Barricade is one of the first Transformers characters to be licensed by [[Radio Shack]] from [[Hasbro]] and [[Dreamworks]] for their XMODS Evolution line of radio control cars. "The maximum in modification", Barricade is a base kit that can be upgraded with a weapons and light kit featuring the weapons/manipulators he uses in the film (''Model Number'': '''600-barricade3'''), as well as any of the optional motor upgrades, body kits, steering and suspension upgrades, and more available for the brand.

===ZipZaps® Micro RC===
* '''Barricade''' (2007)
:''Model Number'': '''6000181'''

:Barricade is also one of the first Transformers characters licensed by Radio Shack for their ZipZaps line of pocket-size radio control cars. As a ZipZap, Barricade can be customized, trimmed, and tuned with any other accessories available for the brand. He has working headlights and requires four "AAA" batteries for the charger.

===Transformers 3D Battle Card Game===
*'''Barricade''' (3D Battle Card, 2007)

==Trivia==
*One of the [http://club.tfclub.com/viewthread.php?tid=10581 promotional Saleen S281 cars] used for premieres featured the slogan "Power in the hands of a few" rather than the usual "To punish and enslave", as well as Saleen decals rather than the Decepticon decals seen in the movie.

*The IDW ''Prime Directives'' seems to contradict his alternate mode, since the Decepticons were depicted as having come to Earth in 2003, yet his alternate mode is a 2006 model car. But then, Bumblebee also scanned a Camaro that won't be released for another two years. It could be that this reality's car technology is a few years ahead of our own.
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Jake Williams

2007-07-24T17:39:12Z

JazZeke: /* Yeller */

{{disambig3|Jake}}

'''''Jacob "Jake" Williams''' is a [[human]] in Armada continuity.''<br/>

Jake is a former trucker. He lived a good life, but with the death of his [[#Rose|wife]] and [[#Bobby|son]], he has no more good years to look forward to. He took to long trips out among the deserts of west Oregon to stare at the stars. It didn't make the hurt any less, but it made him able to go on a little longer.

Jake is a low-level telepath, an ability he's never done anything with, despite his wife's urgings to do something to benefit mankind. When he's upset of excited, those near him can feel his emotions.

Now… Jake lost his wife, his son… his [[#Yeller|dog]] has cancer, so he'll lose him too… but mostly, Jake lost his heart. The man is a country song waiting to happen, and then he meets giant robots.

==Fiction==
===Transformers Legends Anthology===
''Lonesome Diesel''<br/>
Following the death of his son, Jake heads out to the western desert in the company of his dying dog Yeller. The solitude of the mountains does not cure his pain, but it eases it enough for him to go on a while longer. That and the bourbon, the bourbon helps.

The [[Mini-Con]] healer [[QuickFire]] is attracted by Jake's psychic distress (and his sexy truck). He re-energizes the aging Jake, curing his eyesight and taking away the little aches and pains that creep in with age. (He also cures Yeller's cancer.) QuickFire's comatose partner RipTide turns into a Mack Truck. Jake agrees to help QuickFire, hauling freight across the country to hide their presence from the Decepticons while QuickFire heals RipTide.

Several pleasant months pass doing this. Jake's return to work, and purpose, heartens him, and he find a friend and kindred spirit in QuickFire, who has renounced the life of war he once led, wanting never to fight again.

When a Decepticon attack threatens to create a massive volcano, they reluctantly break cover to alert the Autobots. Jake saves QuickFire from Megatron by crashing his pickup truck off a cliff into him, following it up with a couple shotgun shells.

After the battle, RipTide and QuickFire return to their peaceful life with Jake rather than rejoin the Autobots.

==Associated Characters==
===Rose Williams===
Rose was Jacob Williams first love, (though she had shopped around a bit more.) Slowly dying after many years of blissful marriage, she frets that she has ruined Jake for other women, and urges him to find someone else after she is gone.
Rose is aware Jake is telepathic, and has repeatedly encouraged him to do something with it for the good of humanity.

===Bobby Williams===
Jake and Rose's son, killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq some time after his mother's death, two years prior to the present of ''Lonesome Diesel's'' 2004 publication.

===Yeller===
Yeller is a mangy good-for-nothing (but well-loved) Yellow [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labrador_Retriever Labrador Retriever] even more ancient and decrepit than Jake (in dog years.) Yeller is riddled with cancer and not long for the world when QuickFire heals and re-energizes him. He likes to chase rabbits and watch his owners have sex.

When Megatron threatens his master, Yeller responds by urinating on him.

''Yeller is name for the dog in the movie, Old Yeller, not the book. Jake ain't a book-readin' type.''

===Starheart===
''a.k.a. Nelly Belle, a.k.a. Bessie.<br/>
Nelly Belle is Jake's vintage 57 Ford Pickup. He loves the truck more than his dog, and possibly more than his wife when he was alive, with the kind of eyes for a fine machine only a former trucker can have. He keeps the truck in pristine condition.

[[QuickFire]] is overcome by Nelly Belle's beauty. He re-christens her with a Transformer name, Starheart, and wants to cherish her with a kind of undying devotion that can only be described using one of those tongue-twisting latin terms for--

Oh, who are we kidding? QuickFire has sex with Jake's truck.

''Jake named Nelly Belle after the jeep in Roy Rogers and Dale Evans shows.

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Scorponok (Movie)

2007-07-24T04:12:42Z

JazZeke: /* Trivia */

{{disambig3|Scorponok}}

:''Scorponok is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Movie_Scorponok_Procterrender1.jpg|thumb|right|350px|This is his first major role since ''Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie'' as Scorpitron.]]

'''Scorponok''' is a small transformer with a symbiotic connection to [[Blackout (Movie)| Blackout]]. Barely sentient, his main drives are to hunt, destroy, and hunt some more. Since he can tunnel underground with frightening speed, he's incredibly good at ambushing.

== Fiction ==

{{spoiler}}

===Ghosts of Yesterday===
He helped Blackout fight Optimus, and sabotaged the ''Ark''.

===''Transformers'' (2007) movie===

[[Image:Movie_Blackout_Scorponok_eject1.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Oh, [[slag (slang)|slag]], I forgot the Bungee cord!]]

During Blackout's attack on [[United States Military|US]] [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]], the Decepticon helicopter dispatched Scorponok to seek out and destroy the escaped unit under the command of [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]].

[[Image:Movie_Scorponok_attack.jpg|thumb|right|200px|No one buries Scorponok in the sand and leaves him to the tide!]]

The next morning, as the surviving soldiers discussed the attack, Scorponok observed their conversation from a distance while hidden in the sand. Targeting Lennox for elimination, Scorponok followed the unit as they made their way to [[Mahfous|the human boy's]] village. Choosing his moment to strike just as the men stopped on the outskirts of the settlement, his attack was foiled when [[Robert Epps|Sergeant Epps]] saw the metal scorpion tail pointed at Lennox's back and shouted a warning (well, a panicked "''WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!''" followed by gunfire, but hey, it counts). The other soldiers joined in the firefight as Scorponok dove under the sand to confuse them, before impaling [[Sergeant Donnelly|Sgt. Donnelly]] and dragging him under the sand.

[[Image:Movie_Scorponok_leapsout.jpg|left|thumb|150px|HUUUGZ!!!]]

Driving the soldiers into the village, Scorponok fired a barrage of missiles which destroyed the ruins that the villiage had grown around and critically injured [[Jorge Figueroa|Figueroa]]. Unfortunately for Scorponok, Lennox's distress call to the [[Pentagon]] had gotten through, and a [[MQ-1 Predator drone]] relayed images of the Decepticon to astonished US military commanders. They immediately sent two [[A-10 Thunderbolt II]]s to attack Scorponok to little effect, then followed up with a [[AC-130 Spectre gunship]] which damaged Scorponok enough for him to dive back into the sand and escape, leaving his broken tail behind.

Scorponok's tail was transported back to the States. Lennox, Epps, and several other soldiers examined it en-route, which lead to the discovery that the only damage the armor didn't either shrug off or quickly heal was the "6000-degree magnesium burn" of a Sabot round. Armed with this knowledge, the humans knew they now had a weapon that could hurt the invaders. {{Storylink|Transformers (2007)}}

Scorponok's current whereabouts, and what effect the death of his symbiotic partner Blackout will have, are unknown.

{{-}}

==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
*'''Scorponok''' (Deluxe, 2007)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-04'''

[[Image:Move_DeluxeScorponok_toy.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Ever notice every [[Scorponok]] has the same transformation? Claws into claws, legs from the main body, tail sits behind hoping to be ignored...]]

: Scorponok is a robotic scorpion superficially resembling a ''Zoids'' Death Stinger. His body is covered in military warning and command designation markings, suggesting he forms part of a larger military vehicle ([[Blackout (Movie)|hint, hint]]). Two wheels on the bottom of his beast mode, when pushed on a flat, smooth surface, rotates gears that causes the turbines in his body and the pincers on his arms to spin. His tail features a spring-loaded, yet non-launching stinger that extends when a latch is released.

: In beast mode, Scorponok can combine with the underside of Blackout's helicopter mode to exploit the larger Decepticon's own gear gimmick system. A geared shaft linked to Blackout's rotor mechanism connects to a geared peg on Scorponok's back. Thus, pressing the button on Blackout's tail not only rotates his blades, but also rotates Scorponok's pincers and the turbines in his body. This gimmick can also be activated (more easily) by rotating the geared wheels on Scorponok's undercarriage instead.

: Scorponok can transform into what might be ''charitably'' called a robot mode, but was most likely added as an afterthought to the design for added play-value. In any case, this robot mode never appears in the movie.

*'''Blackout''' (Voyager, 2007)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-01'''

: Blackout comes packed with a small silver figurine of Scorponok, who himself features a spring-loaded tail. He is usually stored in a cage on the rear of Blackout's helicopter mode.

*'''Decepticon Desert Attack''' (multi-pack, 2007)
:An unchanged Deluxe Scorponok is packaged with a similarly unaltered Voyager Blackout (which also includes Blackout's mini-Scorponok) in this package, which will be available only at Toys R Us.

:Ignoring the vast difference in scale between Scorponok's two figures while linked to Blackout takes some imagination.

===Attacktix===
*'''Battle Masters Megatron and Scorponok''' (Battle Master set, 2007)

[[Image:Attacktix-MovMegsScorp.jpg|right|thumb|150px|I am going to KILL Yukon Cornelius.]]

{{-}}
==Trivia==
* According to writer [[Roberto Orci]] on the official Transformers Movie board, [[Ravage]] was originally going to appear in the movie, but was later changed to Scorponok when the setting of the scenes changed.

* The movie novelization spells his name "Skorponok", probably yet another late production change.

* In interviews, Michael Bay constantly refers to him as "Scorponox." Come on, people. It's not like his name's Mxyzptlk.

* Real physical props of Scorponok's head and tail were made by ILM's crew for certain scenes... most notably Lennox and Epps' examination of the tail leftovers on the plane. The head prop was used in the close-up of Scorponok stalking the SOCCENT survivors.

* Speaking of real, the famous shot of Scorponok leaping from the sand after a trio of soldiers used in a lot of the promos? Scorponok is the ''only'' element of CGI in that shot. The sand-explosion behind the soldiers is real, caused by carefully-timed explosives placed under the dunes, which certainly must have encouraged the actors to run like hell. The overwhelming majority of explosions, flying cars, and broken buildings in the movie are similarly real effects, not CGI.

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Scorponok (Movie)

2007-07-24T01:06:08Z

JazZeke: /* ''Transformers'' (2007) movie */

{{disambig3|Scorponok}}

:''Scorponok is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Movie_Scorponok_Procterrender1.jpg|thumb|right|350px|This is his first major role since ''Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie'' as Scorpitron.]]

'''Scorponok''' is a small transformer with a symbiotic connection to [[Blackout (Movie)| Blackout]]. Barely sentient, his main drives are to hunt, destroy, and hunt some more. Since he can tunnel underground with frightening speed, he's incredibly good at ambushing.

== Fiction ==

{{spoiler}}

===Ghosts of Yesterday===
He helped Blackout fight Optimus, and sabotaged the ''Ark''.

===''Transformers'' (2007) movie===

[[Image:Movie_Blackout_Scorponok_eject1.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Oh, [[slag (slang)|slag]], I forgot the Bungee cord!]]

During Blackout's attack on [[United States Military|US]] [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]], the Decepticon helicopter dispatched Scorponok to seek out and destroy the escaped unit under the command of [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]].

[[Image:Movie_Scorponok_attack.jpg|thumb|right|200px|No one buries Scorponok in the sand and leaves him to the tide!]]

The next morning, as the surviving soldiers discussed the attack, Scorponok observed their conversation from a distance while hidden in the sand. Targeting Lennox for elimination, Scorponok followed the unit as they made their way to [[Mahfous|the human boy's]] village. Choosing his moment to strike just as the men stopped on the outskirts of the settlement, his attack was foiled when [[Robert Epps|Sergeant Epps]] saw the metal scorpion tail pointed at Lennox's back and shouted a warning (well, a panicked "''WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!''" followed by gunfire, but hey, it counts). The other soldiers joined in the firefight as Scorponok dove under the sand to confuse them, before impaling [[Sergeant Donnelly|Sgt. Donnelly]] and dragging him under the sand.

[[Image:Movie_Scorponok_leapsout.jpg|left|thumb|150px|HUUUGZ!!!]]

Driving the soldiers into the village, Scorponok fired a barrage of missiles which destroyed the ruins that the villiage had grown around and critically injured [[Jorge Figueroa|Figueroa]]. Unfortunately for Scorponok, Lennox's distress call to the [[Pentagon]] had gotten through, and a [[MQ-1 Predator drone]] relayed images of the Decepticon to astonished US military commanders. They immediately sent two [[A-10 Thunderbolt II]]s to attack Scorponok to little effect, then followed up with a [[AC-130 Spectre gunship]] which damaged Scorponok enough for him to dive back into the sand and escape, leaving his broken tail behind.

Scorponok's tail was transported back to the States. Lennox, Epps, and several other soldiers examined it en-route, which lead to the discovery that the only damage the armor didn't either shrug off or quickly heal was the "6000-degree magnesium burn" of a Sabot round. Armed with this knowledge, the humans knew they now had a weapon that could hurt the invaders. {{Storylink|Transformers (2007)}}

Scorponok's current whereabouts, and what effect the death of his symbiotic partner Blackout will have, are unknown.

{{-}}

==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
*'''Scorponok''' (Deluxe, 2007)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-04'''

[[Image:Move_DeluxeScorponok_toy.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Ever notice every [[Scorponok]] has the same transformation? Claws into claws, legs from the main body, tail sits behind hoping to be ignored...]]

: Scorponok is a robotic scorpion superficially resembling a ''Zoids'' Death Stinger. His body is covered in military warning and command designation markings, suggesting he forms part of a larger military vehicle ([[Blackout (Movie)|hint, hint]]). Two wheels on the bottom of his beast mode, when pushed on a flat, smooth surface, rotates gears that causes the turbines in his body and the pincers on his arms to spin. His tail features a spring-loaded, yet non-launching stinger that extends when a latch is released.

: In beast mode, Scorponok can combine with the underside of Blackout's helicopter mode to exploit the larger Decepticon's own gear gimmick system. A geared shaft linked to Blackout's rotor mechanism connects to a geared peg on Scorponok's back. Thus, pressing the button on Blackout's tail not only rotates his blades, but also rotates Scorponok's pincers and the turbines in his body. This gimmick can also be activated (more easily) by rotating the geared wheels on Scorponok's undercarriage instead.

: Scorponok can transform into what might be ''charitably'' called a robot mode, but was most likely added as an afterthought to the design for added play-value. In any case, this robot mode never appears in the movie.

*'''Blackout''' (Voyager, 2007)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-01'''

: Blackout comes packed with a small silver figurine of Scorponok, who himself features a spring-loaded tail. He is usually stored in a cage on the rear of Blackout's helicopter mode.

*'''Decepticon Desert Attack''' (multi-pack, 2007)
:An unchanged Deluxe Scorponok is packaged with a similarly unaltered Voyager Blackout (which also includes Blackout's mini-Scorponok) in this package, which will be available only at Toys R Us.

:Ignoring the vast difference in scale between Scorponok's two figures while linked to Blackout takes some imagination.

===Attacktix===
*'''Battle Masters Megatron and Scorponok''' (Battle Master set, 2007)

[[Image:Attacktix-MovMegsScorp.jpg|right|thumb|150px|I am going to KILL Yukon Cornelius.]]

{{-}}
==Trivia==
* According to writer [[Roberto Orci]] on the official Transformers Movie board, [[Ravage]] was originally going to appear in the movie, but was later changed to Scorponok when the setting of the scenes changed.

* The movie novelization spells his name "Skorponok", probably yet another late production change.

* In interviews, Michael Bay constantly refers to him as "Scorponox." Oy.

* Real physical props of Scorponok's head and tail were made by ILM's crew for certain scenes... most notably Lennox and Epps' examination of the tail leftovers on the plane. The head prop was used in the close-up of Scorponok stalking the SOCCENT survivors.

* Speaking of real, the famous shot of Scorponok leaping from the sand after a trio of soldiers used in a lot of the promos? Scorponok is the ''only'' element of CGI in that shot. The sand-explosion behind the soldiers is real, caused by carefully-timed explosives placed under the dunes, which certainly must have encouraged the actors to run like hell. The overwhelming majority of explosions, flying cars, and broken buildings in the movie are similarly real effects, not CGI.

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Scorponok (Movie)

2007-07-24T00:57:50Z

JazZeke: /* Trivia */

{{disambig3|Scorponok}}

:''Scorponok is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Movie_Scorponok_Procterrender1.jpg|thumb|right|350px|This is his first major role since ''Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie'' as Scorpitron.]]

'''Scorponok''' is a small transformer with a symbiotic connection to [[Blackout (Movie)| Blackout]]. Barely sentient, his main drives are to hunt, destroy, and hunt some more. Since he can tunnel underground with frightening speed, he's incredibly good at ambushing.

== Fiction ==

{{spoiler}}

===Ghosts of Yesterday===
He helped Blackout fight Optimus, and sabotaged the ''Ark''.

===''Transformers'' (2007) movie===

[[Image:Movie_Blackout_Scorponok_eject1.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Oh, [[slag (slang)|slag]], I forgot the Bungee cord!]]

During Blackout's attack on [[United States Military|US]] [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]], the Decepticon helicopter dispatched Scorponok to seek out and destroy the escaped unit under the command of [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]].

[[Image:Movie_Scorponok_attack.jpg|thumb|right|200px|No one buries Scorponok in the sand and leaves him to the tide!]]

The next morning, as the surviving soldiers discussed the attack, Scorponok observed their conversation from a distance while hidden in the sand. Targeting Lennox for elimination, Scorponok followed the unit as they made their way to [[Mahfous|the human boy's]] village. Choosing his moment to strike just as the men stopped on the outskirts of the settlement, his attack was foiled when [[Robert Epps|Sergeant Epps]] saw the metal scorpion tail pointed at Lennox's back and shouted a warning (well, a panicked "''WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!''" followed by gunfire, but hey, it counts). The other soldiers joined in the firefight as Scorponok dove under the sand to confuse them, before impaling [[Sergeant Donnelly|Sgt. Donnelly]] and dragging him under the sand.

[[Image:Movie_Scorponok_leapsout.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Slated to appear in Starship Troopers III.]]

Driving the soldiers into the village, Scorponok fired a barrage of missiles which destroyed the ruins that the villiage had grown around and critically injured [[Jorge Figueroa|Figueroa]]. Unfortunately for Scorponok, Lennox's distress call to the [[Pentagon]] had gotten through, and a [[MQ-1 Predator drone]] relayed images of the Decepticon to astonished US military commanders. They immediately sent two [[A-10 Thunderbolt II]]s to attack Scorponok to little effect, then followed up with a [[AC-130 Spectre gunship]] which damaged Scorponok enough for him to dive back into the sand and escape, leaving his broken tail behind.

Scorponok's tail was transported back to the States. Lennox, Epps, and several other soldiers examined it en-route, which lead to the discovery that the only damage the armor didn't either shrug off or quickly heal was the "6000-degree magnesium burn" of a Sabot round. Armed with this knowledge, the humans knew they now had a weapon that could hurt the invaders. {{Storylink|Transformers (2007)}}

Scorponok's current whereabouts, and what effect the death of his symbiotic partner Blackout will have, are unknown.

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==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
*'''Scorponok''' (Deluxe, 2007)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-04'''

[[Image:Move_DeluxeScorponok_toy.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Ever notice every [[Scorponok]] has the same transformation? Claws into claws, legs from the main body, tail sits behind hoping to be ignored...]]

: Scorponok is a robotic scorpion superficially resembling a ''Zoids'' Death Stinger. His body is covered in military warning and command designation markings, suggesting he forms part of a larger military vehicle ([[Blackout (Movie)|hint, hint]]). Two wheels on the bottom of his beast mode, when pushed on a flat, smooth surface, rotates gears that causes the turbines in his body and the pincers on his arms to spin. His tail features a spring-loaded, yet non-launching stinger that extends when a latch is released.

: In beast mode, Scorponok can combine with the underside of Blackout's helicopter mode to exploit the larger Decepticon's own gear gimmick system. A geared shaft linked to Blackout's rotor mechanism connects to a geared peg on Scorponok's back. Thus, pressing the button on Blackout's tail not only rotates his blades, but also rotates Scorponok's pincers and the turbines in his body. This gimmick can also be activated (more easily) by rotating the geared wheels on Scorponok's undercarriage instead.

: Scorponok can transform into what might be ''charitably'' called a robot mode, but was most likely added as an afterthought to the design for added play-value. In any case, this robot mode never appears in the movie.

*'''Blackout''' (Voyager, 2007)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-01'''

: Blackout comes packed with a small silver figurine of Scorponok, who himself features a spring-loaded tail. He is usually stored in a cage on the rear of Blackout's helicopter mode.

*'''Decepticon Desert Attack''' (multi-pack, 2007)
:An unchanged Deluxe Scorponok is packaged with a similarly unaltered Voyager Blackout (which also includes Blackout's mini-Scorponok) in this package, which will be available only at Toys R Us.

:Ignoring the vast difference in scale between Scorponok's two figures while linked to Blackout takes some imagination.

===Attacktix===
*'''Battle Masters Megatron and Scorponok''' (Battle Master set, 2007)

[[Image:Attacktix-MovMegsScorp.jpg|right|thumb|150px|I am going to KILL Yukon Cornelius.]]

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==Trivia==
* According to writer [[Roberto Orci]] on the official Transformers Movie board, [[Ravage]] was originally going to appear in the movie, but was later changed to Scorponok when the setting of the scenes changed.

* The movie novelization spells his name "Skorponok", probably yet another late production change.

* In interviews, Michael Bay constantly refers to him as "Scorponox." Oy.

* Real physical props of Scorponok's head and tail were made by ILM's crew for certain scenes... most notably Lennox and Epps' examination of the tail leftovers on the plane. The head prop was used in the close-up of Scorponok stalking the SOCCENT survivors.

* Speaking of real, the famous shot of Scorponok leaping from the sand after a trio of soldiers used in a lot of the promos? Scorponok is the ''only'' element of CGI in that shot. The sand-explosion behind the soldiers is real, caused by carefully-timed explosives placed under the dunes, which certainly must have encouraged the actors to run like hell. The overwhelming majority of explosions, flying cars, and broken buildings in the movie are similarly real effects, not CGI.

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Scavenger (Armada)

2007-06-03T15:33:46Z

JazZeke:

{{disambig3|Scavenger}}
:''Scavenger is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] continuity family.''

[[Image:Scavengerut.jpg|right|thumb|300px|" "]]

A former instructor at [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s top military academy, '''Scavenger''' sets the bar high. It was his (and [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]]'s) strict training regimen for the now-legendary Autobot leader [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] that has pushed the Autobots to countless victories. Not easily impressed, Scavenger despises cockiness and values only true skill. Like Optimus Prime, he sees potential in young [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]. Hot Shot's hotheaded and cocksure, especially now that he wields the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] sword. Scavenger sees this as a problem.

But it's nothing that can't be beaten out of him.

''Japanese name:'' '''Devastar'''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
'''Voice actor:''' [[Ward Perry]] (USA), [[Keiji Fujiwara]] (Japan)

[[Image:Pre-arm-scavenger.JPG|left|thumb|GAME OVER, MAN!]]

Scavenger was hired by [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] for his skills as a mercenary and a bounty hunter for [[Mini-Con]]s, due to the troubles Megatron was having with the troops under his command. Scavenger claimed that at first he did not know whether to accept the contract or not, until he saw the sorry state of the Decepticons after their defeat at the hands of Hot Shot and the Star Saber. His mocking lack respect or fear for Megatron intimidated the other Decepticons, as well as earning [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream's]] hatred.

His first appearance on Earth was during an observation of a battle between Starscream and Hot Shot. Noting that Hot Shot only won because the Star Saber sensed its wielder's inexperience, Scavenger challenged the younger Autobot and soundly beat him, despite suffering a serious wound. {{Storylink|Overmatch}}

Later, it was revealed that Scavenger was in fact an Autobot spy working on the behalf of Optimus Prime. After locating [[Rollbar (Armada)|Rollbar]], he set his goal on misleading the Decepticons. It is unclear how long Scavenger posed as a Decepticon, but Megatron takes note of his "legacy" in deciding to trust him.

Scavenger performed his spy duties so well, that he surprised most of the Autobots when he turned over an important member of the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom shield]] to Megatron. Scavenger continued to serve Megatron until abruptly turning on them and aiding Optimus Prime. Scavenger revealed his past with Prime as a teacher and fellow soldier before taking Hot Shot under his wing. Scavenger believes in hard work, but is also prone to bouts of laziness.

He served with the Autobots until the end of the ''[[Unicron Battles]]''.

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
====''Armada''====

====''Energon''====

==Toys==
===Armada===
*'''Scavenger with Rollbar''' (Max-Con, 2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MC-07'''
[[Image:ArmadaScavenger_toy.jpg|right|thumb|Walk like a maaan...]]

: Scavenger transformers into a large green bulldozer. Unusually for Transformers of this era, he features functional rubber treads. Rollbar (in robot mode) can be placed inside the driver's cabin, and pressing down on the Mini-Con activates engine start up and revving sounds. Pushing Scavenger forward will cause the large purple drum wheel at the back to rotate, making driving sounds.

: In robot mode, Scavenger unusually has no leg articulation whatsoever. His 'legs' are halves of the shovel blade clipped onto the purple drum wheel. Pushing Scavenger forwards in robot mode rotates the wheel, moving the legs up and down in a simulation of walking. Each 'step' is accompanying by a stomp sound effect. Moving his arms up and down activates a crashing metal sound effect. Powerlinking Rollbar to the active Powerlinx port on his hip, then pulling it back fires a purple projectile, as well as activating a laser firing sound.

He was released before the episode that revealed his true allegence was aired. Thanks for spoiling it for us, jerk!
: This mold was used to make [[Treadbolt]].

==Trivia==

* Scavenger's Cybertronic robot mode, seen in the episode [[Trust (Armada episode)|Trust]], uses a rifle drawn to resemble [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]'s.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/ArmScavenger/scavenger.htm Scavenger at TFU.info]

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Thrust (G1)

2007-04-26T18:47:52Z

JazZeke: /* Timelines */

{{disambig3|Thrust}}

:''Thrust is a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''

'''Thrust''' wants you to know he's coming. The other Decepticons have learned there's no being sneaky when he's around. He's a loud-mouthed braggart who will claim victory before he's even taken the field. He tries to terrify and demoralize the enemy with loud rumbling roars from his engines and boasts from his vocal circuits. The truth is that Thrust is mostly bluster with little to back it up. Any sort of strong resistance can send him flying back the way he came.

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Fatalo'''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
===Marvel Comics continuity===

===Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe vs the Transformers'' comics continuity===
As part of [[Serpent O.R.]]'s forces, Thrust defended the [[New Decepticon Army]]'s base against a combined Autobot/[[G.I. Joe]] strike force. In the course of the battle, he and [[Barrage (Decepticon)|Barrage]] were shot by [[Lady Jaye]]. {{storylink|The Art of War, Part 5}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Thrust''' (1985, 2001, 2004)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-57'''

: The original Thrust toy is a retool of the original [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], who was originally a [[Diaclone]] "Jet Robo Acrobat-Type" F-15 Eagle. His central F-15 body is unchanged, but he has new wings with ducted VTOL fans, and new rear stabilizers.

===Smallest Transformers===
*'''Thrust''' (2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''GTF-11'''
[[Image:STFThrust_toy.jpg|right|thumb|150px]]

: ''[[Smallest Transformers]]'' Thrust is a retool of Starscream. Like all toys in the line, Thrust is a tiny, simplified version of the original toy, transforming into a modified F-15 fighter jet. These toys were sold "blind-packed" in boxes, so you could not know which one you had until you actually opened the box.

===Timelines===
*'''Games of Deception!''' (Multi-pack, 2007)

: Thrust is part of the upcoming ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]''-themed [[BotCon 2007]] box set, along with [[Bugbite]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]], and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]. He is a [[retool]] of the ''Classics'' Ramjet toy.

==Trivia==
* Thrust is one of the few Decepticons from the G1 cartoon that didn't have red eyes. He had yellow eyes instead.

==External links==
*[http://tfu.info/1985/Decepticon/Thrust/thrust.htm Thrust at TFU.info]

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

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Padlock (Energon)

2007-04-12T19:48:11Z

JazZeke: New page: Padlock was a security guard on Cybertron, alongside Wing Dagger. He was aerated by Shockblast, which set Wing Dagger on a quest to avenge him.

Padlock was a security guard on [[Cybertron]], alongside [[Wing Saber|Wing Dagger]]. He was aerated by [[Shockblast (Energon)|Shockblast]], which set Wing Dagger on a quest to avenge him.<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Hunter O'Nion

2007-04-08T23:09:27Z

JazZeke: /* IDW Comics continuity */

:''Hunter is a [[human]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

If you crossed ''Scooby-Doo's'' Shaggy with ''The X-Files''' Fox Mulder, '''Hunter O'Nion''' is who you'd get. With scruffy ginger hair, a green "Alien Death Ray" T-shirt and a VW Kombi van, you'd be forgiven for writing him off as some hippie slacker, but Hunter O'Nion (that's Oh-Nigh-On, not ''un-yun;'' he's a little sensitive about his last name) is really a modern-day questing knight. He runs the [[Mechatopia.com]] website, a repository for information about the presence of gigantic extraterrestrial mechanoids on Earth, and is willing to personally scour the back-roads of continental North America for further evidence.

If there's one problem with Hunter, it's that he's not the most sensitive of people; also, in his drive to uncover the truth, he can get very blunt and direct when someone who may know more than they let on gets evasive - even if that someone has good reason to dissemble.

A chance encounter with [[Verity Carlo]] in Arizona, though, gives him more than he could have wished for: Not only does he achieve personal contact with an actual alien robot in disguise, he's dropped right into the middle of a covert war. The question is, now that Hunter's found his proof, what will he do with it?

==Fiction==

===IDW Comics continuity===
After picking up Verity Carlo in the North American desert, he was surprisingly thrust into the war between the [[Autobots]] and [[Decepticons]]. After being rescued from a Decepticon assault by [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], he offered assistance to the Autobots in an..."unofficial" capacity, spying on an abandoned Decepticon base before it was detonated by [[Megatron]].

After this mission, [[Optimus Prime]] ordered that Hunter and the other humans be sent home. However, it appears that Hunter and [[Sunstreaker]] were killed by the [[Machination]], but recent developments have cast doubts on this.
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Furmanism

2007-03-12T04:18:32Z

JazZeke: /* REAP THE WHIRLWIND! */

[[Image:Furmanismsrod.jpg|350px|right|thumb||''[[Rhythms of Darkness!]]'': A Furmanism in every bite!]]
''Transformers'' writer [[Simon Furman]] is infamous among fans for dialogue concepts that are frequently retreaded. Such repeated phrases are known informally as '''Furmanisms'''.

===CAN I DO LESS?===
*"Always lived life in the FAST LANE -- guess you DIED that way, too! Can we do any less?" --[[Jazz]], {{storylink|Life in the Slow Lane}}
*"I've stood here and watched humans -- frail flesh creatures -- fight and die for their world. CAN I DO LESS?" --Jazz, {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}
*"The real Scorponok wouldn't have turned and fled! He'd have accepted his responsibilities, his FATE! Can I then do less?" --[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

===FIGHT AND DIE===
*"Yeah. Better to FIGHT AND DIE-- than live with the knowledge that I ran!" --Jazz, {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}
*"But could I live with myself, knowing I fled, gave in to my fear?" --Scorponok, {{storylink|The Void! (Marvel US comic)|The Void!}}
*"We're Dinobots; we stick together, fight together -- and DIE together, if necessary! Better that than live with the knowledge that we turned and ran, abandoned a comrade!" --[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], {{storylink|Still Life!}}

===INDIGESTION===
*"Well, then... I'm about to give you the worst case of INDIGESTION you've EVER had!" --[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], {{storylink|Dark Shadows!}}
*"READY. Let's give this stuff the worst case of INDIGESTION it's EVER had!" --[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
*"Let's give this creature... the worst case of INDIGESTION it's ever had." --[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4}}

===IT CAN BE DESTROYED===
*"He's not invincible! He can be hurt!" --[[Buster Witwicky|Buster]], {{storylink|Robot Buster!}}
*"This is no demon, no ghost! It is metal and circuitry! It can feel pain -- IT CAN BE HURT!" --[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], {{storylink|Skin Deep}}
*"Concentrate your fire! It has FORM, it has SUBSTANCE... it can be DESTROYED!" --[[Mindset]], {{storylink|Swarm (comic issue)|Swarm}}
*"Whatever that thing is, it has mass, it has substance... IT CAN BE DESTROYED!" --[[Jhiaxus]], {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}

===IT NEVER ENDS===
*"I wish I could share their elation, believe that is truly over. Before he died, Jhiaxus mentioned a name, a place. In my heart of hearts, I know... IT NEVER ENDS!" --Optimus Prime, {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
*"As one they attack, Autobots and Decepticons who fought for and against the dream, now united in the pantheon of Transformer myth. Their time, they thought, had come and gone. But some battles... NEVER END!" --Narration, {{storylink|Reaching the Omega Point}}
*"Even the business of running a bitter war of attrition does nothing to stave off the dark, foreboding, fracturing of my psyche. I see the end. But the shuddering, lurching instant brings scant comfort. For I know, deep down... IT NEVER ENDS!" --Optimus Prime, {{storylink|Stormbringer, Part 1}}

===OVER -- FINISHED!===
*"To be honest, CHAINCLAW-- I don't know why we're BOTHERING! The war's over -- FINISHED!" --Jazz, {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}
*"I'm warning you, Prime -- Interfere now and the alliance is over, FINISHED!" -- Scorponok, {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}}
*"Do you not understand? It's OVER -- FINISHED!" --[[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], {{storylink|End of the Road! (Marvel US comic)|End of the Road!}}
* "The war is over, '''finished.'''" -- Optimus Prime {{Storylink|War Without End}}
*"ENOUGH! Do you not understand, Decepticons? It is over -- FINISHED!" -- Optimus Prime, {{storylink|End of the Road! (Marvel US comic)|End of the Road!}}
*"That's ENOUGH, Kup! It's OVER -- finished! Do you HEAR me?!" -- Optimus Prime, {{storylink|Primal Fear!}}
*"IDIOTS! INCOMPETENTS! I am surrounded by DOLTS! This should have been over, FINISHED!" -- Jhiaxus, {{storylink|Dark Shadows!}}
*"Officially, hostilies are OVER, finished. Maximal-Predacon, we're one big happy family. But WE know different." -- [[Leo Prime]], {{storylink|The Gathering, Part 1}}

===WHAT CHANCE DO WE HAVE?===
*"In my OWN time I destroyed an entire RACE of Autobots, their MIGHTIEST LEADER! What CHANCE then -- DO YOU HAVE?!" --[[Galvatron II]], {{storylink|Surrender!}}
*"If all those Autobots, all those humans, couldn't save Earth... WHAT CHANCE DO WE HAVE?" --[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}
*"Galvatron accounted for the most powerful Autobots around, so what chance do I have?" --Jazz, {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}
*"Even the Mighty Optimus Prime has fallen! What chance then, for the rest of us?" --Scorponok, {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}
*"If even THIS great force can fall, what chance then for the REST of us?" -- Optimus Prime, {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}
*"Five of us, weaponless, against the whole blasted Decepticon army! WHAT CHANCE DO WE HAVE?" --Prowl, {{storylink|End of the Road! (Marvel US comic)|End of the Road!}}

===REAP THE WHIRLWIND!===
*"Our sins remembered, final judgement pronounced. The heavens opened, and we reaped, I say... REAPED THE WHIRLWIND." --Spinister, {{storylink|Worlds Collide, part 2}}
*"When you posted me to this backwater rock in space, you were sowing the seeds of your OWN destruction! Now... REAP THE WHIRLWIND!" --Starscream, {{storylink|Escalation, part 6}}
*"We saw the signs, the portents--the dark clouds gathering on our horizons. And yet we averted our eyes, pretended it wasn't coming. And in doing so we unleashed a storm of even greater magnitude, one that so very nearly destroyed us all. And now, it seems... others shall REAP THE WHIRLWIND." --Optimus Prime inner monologue, {{storylink|Stormbringer, part 2}}

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