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Talk:Convobat

2022-09-11T18:35:27Z

Liokaser19: /* Tfwiki headache */

==Revert Convobat/Megalligator?==
http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Convobat&diff=1051240&oldid=1051225
I don't want to start an edit war, but I don't agree with the above removal of content. It's established canon that micro-continuities exist involving ambiguities regarding G1 and Beast Wars. I think the images and toy info should be returned. If anything we know that these characters are based on these toys, regardless of whether Megatron/Optimus are their G1 forms, BW forms or unique individuals as brought up by Vector Prime. At the very lease the figures can be repurposed for that. --[[User:Iustitia|Iustitia]] ([[User talk:Iustitia|talk]]) 21:01, 27 January 2016 (EST)
:"Established canon" aka "AVP said some irrelevant shit" because Jesus God that's all everything ever is lately. That aside, we don't know what Convobat and Megaligator look like, so we cannot say that the toys are repurposed; BWU characters don't use beast modes, so the likeliness of those two particular toys being repurposed is not high. Furthermore, images and toys specifically intended for the G1 characters do not belong or apply here. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 21:13, 27 January 2016 (EST)
::I love AVP and I don't think those images belong here. Everyone we've seen in Beast Wars Uprising has had a new, pre-beast mode, usually based on some other toy. I think we have to assume that Megaligator and Convobat would be the same way. --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 22:30, 27 January 2016 (EST)
:::Don't get me wrong, I don't outright hate AVP as much as some others here do, but I'm getting increasingly tired of editing justifications/arguments hinging on "well, AVP said..." [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 22:40, 27 January 2016 (EST)
::::Well... it is canon, so it's a valid reason to make a straightforward, non-controversial edit. On the other hand, if it's a controversial edit, I'm starting to think maybe there has to be an extra level of thought put into it. In this case, I think that it's ambiguous enough to not jump straight to an edit. If AVP said, yes, this toy existed in this universe as this character, sure, put it on there. But here we know that Convobat exists as his own bot in a universe where there are no beast modes, so it's clearly drawing from some part of the source material but not all of it. --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 22:57, 27 January 2016 (EST)
::::::I don't really have a preference for this, as I don't care what the final decision ends up being. But I would suggest building a case around pre-existing articles, and what we settled on for those. I think both [[Jawbreaker]] and [[Goldbug (IDW)]]'s articles have had similar premises, though each is different enough from this one. Mainly, that both had at least a visual to reinforce a connection to a toy that isn't a perfect match for their appearance. Maybe what is different, and what is similar, should be used as determinations on whether or not this edit is to go through. There's undoubtedly other articles that could be used for the argument that I have not thought of. --[[User:Ascendron|Ascendron]] ([[User
talk:Ascendron|talk]]) 23:33, 27 January 2016 (EST)
:::::::Can you explain Jawbreaker's relevance to this? [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 23:35, 27 January 2016 (EST)
::::::::Isn't it somewhat of a similar situation? Both "beast era" toys represented in their only fictional appearances, (or in this case, implied representation), as a pre-Earth body? I felt it to be relevant, especially since it takes place in the same Universe. --[[User:Ascendron|Ascendron]] ([[User talk:Ascendron|talk]]) 23:47, 27 January 2016 (EST)
:::::::::BWU Jawbreaker is just a version of BW Jawbreaker, though. Convobat as a unique character didn't exist till last year and is just a homage to an alternate name. Like, [[Lionhead]] is a reference to [[Under-3]]'s alternate name, but we're not putting Under-3 stuff on Lionhead's page. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 00:18, 28 January 2016 (EST)
::::::::::Hmm, yes. Your argument is quite sound. Having read your explanation, I personally can't really think up of a solid counterpoint, even if I were to want to play devil's advocate. --[[User:Ascendron|Ascendron]] ([[User talk:Ascendron|talk]]) 00:27, 28 January 2016 (EST)

==Tfwiki headache==

The TR/legends variant says the head is a Nucleon retool, an Apeface retool, and an Infinitus retool. Please clarify. -[[User:Liokaser19|Liokaset19]]

== "Repurposed" as "Beast Convoy"? ==

This is more about the figure being released in Japan than the character; do we know anything about it yet that excludes it (also) being a figure that represents Optimus Primal/Beast Convoy, too? Obviously it has its own name so going here would be obvious... but IIRC the release of the original Bat Primal figure in Japan was also called Convobat. [[User:Magaroja|Magaroja]] ([[User talk:Magaroja|talk]]) 09:47, 8 September 2016 (EDT)
:Which toy are you talking about? [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 10:05, 8 September 2016 (EDT)
::Sounds like the e-HOBBY figure to me. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 12:26, 8 September 2016 (EDT)
:::In that case, then no. It is pretty specifically its own character, unless the full comic tells us that he ends up being Primal or whatever. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 13:09, 8 September 2016 (EDT)
::::The general speculation so far is that the Convobat comic might be telling a Japanese continuity origin story for BW Convoy/Optimus Primal and BW Megatron, but yes we need to wait and see if that will or won't be the case in the full comic before we do anything. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 13:32, 8 September 2016 (EDT)
:::::Giggity, I know you erased what you wrote, but that's not what this conversation is talking about. Of COURSE we're gonna keep the e-HOBBY Convobat toy on this page. We were discussing whether or not it should ALSO go on Optimus Primal's toy page as a "repurposed as Optimus Primal" toy or not, and for which we're first gonna wait and see what the comic says about that before making any decision on that. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 17:45, 8 September 2016 (EDT)
::::::If anything, there's now an argument for putting the original Convobat toys on this page, since e-HOBBY Convobat retcons their bios into a lie. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 17:52, 8 September 2016 (EDT)
:::::::I apologize. I had a tough day at school. I shouldn't edit angry. That's why I deleted the comment. I do think that it would make alot of sense to add the two Convobat toys to this page, in light of this new toy bio and what happened in Ask Vector Prime. --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 18:39, 8 September 2016 (EDT)
:: Sorry, I got a little wordy there, but yes, I was curious if the 2016/17 e-Hobby figure (the one using the TR Infinitus and Mindwipe molds) could also be used for Optimus Primal, since the G1-colored Bat Primal and Purple crocodile Megatron were released in Japan as "Convobat" and "Megalligator". It's sounding like no; I think I saw somewhere that the fiction attached to the 2016/17 figure explicitly defines them as new dudes. I have no opinion as to whether any other figures called "Convobat" should go here, though. [[User:Magaroja|Magaroja]] ([[User talk:Magaroja|talk]]) 12:24, 20 September 2016 (EDT)
:::At this point, we just don't know if this toy will be used to represent Optimus Primal or not because we simply don't have enough information pertaining to that notion yet. We have to wait and see what the 16-page comic that's gonna come with the figure will say about the toy's identity before we can do anything about it here. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 12:43, 20 September 2016 (EDT)

== Red Convobat ==

Jim's addition was almost certainly for BW:U Convobat, no? [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 21:35, 3 February 2021 (EST)
:Blue is fine. It's silly not to have this toy here in some form given the long complicated history.--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 21:37, 3 February 2021 (EST)

Talk:Convobat

2022-09-11T18:34:55Z

Liokaser19: /* Tfwiki headache */

==Revert Convobat/Megalligator?==
http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Convobat&diff=1051240&oldid=1051225
I don't want to start an edit war, but I don't agree with the above removal of content. It's established canon that micro-continuities exist involving ambiguities regarding G1 and Beast Wars. I think the images and toy info should be returned. If anything we know that these characters are based on these toys, regardless of whether Megatron/Optimus are their G1 forms, BW forms or unique individuals as brought up by Vector Prime. At the very lease the figures can be repurposed for that. --[[User:Iustitia|Iustitia]] ([[User talk:Iustitia|talk]]) 21:01, 27 January 2016 (EST)
:"Established canon" aka "AVP said some irrelevant shit" because Jesus God that's all everything ever is lately. That aside, we don't know what Convobat and Megaligator look like, so we cannot say that the toys are repurposed; BWU characters don't use beast modes, so the likeliness of those two particular toys being repurposed is not high. Furthermore, images and toys specifically intended for the G1 characters do not belong or apply here. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 21:13, 27 January 2016 (EST)
::I love AVP and I don't think those images belong here. Everyone we've seen in Beast Wars Uprising has had a new, pre-beast mode, usually based on some other toy. I think we have to assume that Megaligator and Convobat would be the same way. --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 22:30, 27 January 2016 (EST)
:::Don't get me wrong, I don't outright hate AVP as much as some others here do, but I'm getting increasingly tired of editing justifications/arguments hinging on "well, AVP said..." [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 22:40, 27 January 2016 (EST)
::::Well... it is canon, so it's a valid reason to make a straightforward, non-controversial edit. On the other hand, if it's a controversial edit, I'm starting to think maybe there has to be an extra level of thought put into it. In this case, I think that it's ambiguous enough to not jump straight to an edit. If AVP said, yes, this toy existed in this universe as this character, sure, put it on there. But here we know that Convobat exists as his own bot in a universe where there are no beast modes, so it's clearly drawing from some part of the source material but not all of it. --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 22:57, 27 January 2016 (EST)
::::::I don't really have a preference for this, as I don't care what the final decision ends up being. But I would suggest building a case around pre-existing articles, and what we settled on for those. I think both [[Jawbreaker]] and [[Goldbug (IDW)]]'s articles have had similar premises, though each is different enough from this one. Mainly, that both had at least a visual to reinforce a connection to a toy that isn't a perfect match for their appearance. Maybe what is different, and what is similar, should be used as determinations on whether or not this edit is to go through. There's undoubtedly other articles that could be used for the argument that I have not thought of. --[[User:Ascendron|Ascendron]] ([[User
talk:Ascendron|talk]]) 23:33, 27 January 2016 (EST)
:::::::Can you explain Jawbreaker's relevance to this? [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 23:35, 27 January 2016 (EST)
::::::::Isn't it somewhat of a similar situation? Both "beast era" toys represented in their only fictional appearances, (or in this case, implied representation), as a pre-Earth body? I felt it to be relevant, especially since it takes place in the same Universe. --[[User:Ascendron|Ascendron]] ([[User talk:Ascendron|talk]]) 23:47, 27 January 2016 (EST)
:::::::::BWU Jawbreaker is just a version of BW Jawbreaker, though. Convobat as a unique character didn't exist till last year and is just a homage to an alternate name. Like, [[Lionhead]] is a reference to [[Under-3]]'s alternate name, but we're not putting Under-3 stuff on Lionhead's page. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 00:18, 28 January 2016 (EST)
::::::::::Hmm, yes. Your argument is quite sound. Having read your explanation, I personally can't really think up of a solid counterpoint, even if I were to want to play devil's advocate. --[[User:Ascendron|Ascendron]] ([[User talk:Ascendron|talk]]) 00:27, 28 January 2016 (EST)

==Tfwiki headache==

The TR/legends variant says the head is a Nucleon retool, an Apeface retool, and an Infinitus retool. Please clarify. -[[User:Liokaser19/talk]]

== "Repurposed" as "Beast Convoy"? ==

This is more about the figure being released in Japan than the character; do we know anything about it yet that excludes it (also) being a figure that represents Optimus Primal/Beast Convoy, too? Obviously it has its own name so going here would be obvious... but IIRC the release of the original Bat Primal figure in Japan was also called Convobat. [[User:Magaroja|Magaroja]] ([[User talk:Magaroja|talk]]) 09:47, 8 September 2016 (EDT)
:Which toy are you talking about? [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 10:05, 8 September 2016 (EDT)
::Sounds like the e-HOBBY figure to me. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 12:26, 8 September 2016 (EDT)
:::In that case, then no. It is pretty specifically its own character, unless the full comic tells us that he ends up being Primal or whatever. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 13:09, 8 September 2016 (EDT)
::::The general speculation so far is that the Convobat comic might be telling a Japanese continuity origin story for BW Convoy/Optimus Primal and BW Megatron, but yes we need to wait and see if that will or won't be the case in the full comic before we do anything. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 13:32, 8 September 2016 (EDT)
:::::Giggity, I know you erased what you wrote, but that's not what this conversation is talking about. Of COURSE we're gonna keep the e-HOBBY Convobat toy on this page. We were discussing whether or not it should ALSO go on Optimus Primal's toy page as a "repurposed as Optimus Primal" toy or not, and for which we're first gonna wait and see what the comic says about that before making any decision on that. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 17:45, 8 September 2016 (EDT)
::::::If anything, there's now an argument for putting the original Convobat toys on this page, since e-HOBBY Convobat retcons their bios into a lie. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 17:52, 8 September 2016 (EDT)
:::::::I apologize. I had a tough day at school. I shouldn't edit angry. That's why I deleted the comment. I do think that it would make alot of sense to add the two Convobat toys to this page, in light of this new toy bio and what happened in Ask Vector Prime. --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 18:39, 8 September 2016 (EDT)
:: Sorry, I got a little wordy there, but yes, I was curious if the 2016/17 e-Hobby figure (the one using the TR Infinitus and Mindwipe molds) could also be used for Optimus Primal, since the G1-colored Bat Primal and Purple crocodile Megatron were released in Japan as "Convobat" and "Megalligator". It's sounding like no; I think I saw somewhere that the fiction attached to the 2016/17 figure explicitly defines them as new dudes. I have no opinion as to whether any other figures called "Convobat" should go here, though. [[User:Magaroja|Magaroja]] ([[User talk:Magaroja|talk]]) 12:24, 20 September 2016 (EDT)
:::At this point, we just don't know if this toy will be used to represent Optimus Primal or not because we simply don't have enough information pertaining to that notion yet. We have to wait and see what the 16-page comic that's gonna come with the figure will say about the toy's identity before we can do anything about it here. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 12:43, 20 September 2016 (EDT)

== Red Convobat ==

Jim's addition was almost certainly for BW:U Convobat, no? [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 21:35, 3 February 2021 (EST)
:Blue is fine. It's silly not to have this toy here in some form given the long complicated history.--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 21:37, 3 February 2021 (EST)

Talk:Convobat

2022-09-11T18:34:09Z

Liokaser19: /* Revert Convobat/Megalligator? */

==Revert Convobat/Megalligator?==
http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Convobat&diff=1051240&oldid=1051225
I don't want to start an edit war, but I don't agree with the above removal of content. It's established canon that micro-continuities exist involving ambiguities regarding G1 and Beast Wars. I think the images and toy info should be returned. If anything we know that these characters are based on these toys, regardless of whether Megatron/Optimus are their G1 forms, BW forms or unique individuals as brought up by Vector Prime. At the very lease the figures can be repurposed for that. --[[User:Iustitia|Iustitia]] ([[User talk:Iustitia|talk]]) 21:01, 27 January 2016 (EST)
:"Established canon" aka "AVP said some irrelevant shit" because Jesus God that's all everything ever is lately. That aside, we don't know what Convobat and Megaligator look like, so we cannot say that the toys are repurposed; BWU characters don't use beast modes, so the likeliness of those two particular toys being repurposed is not high. Furthermore, images and toys specifically intended for the G1 characters do not belong or apply here. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 21:13, 27 January 2016 (EST)
::I love AVP and I don't think those images belong here. Everyone we've seen in Beast Wars Uprising has had a new, pre-beast mode, usually based on some other toy. I think we have to assume that Megaligator and Convobat would be the same way. --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 22:30, 27 January 2016 (EST)
:::Don't get me wrong, I don't outright hate AVP as much as some others here do, but I'm getting increasingly tired of editing justifications/arguments hinging on "well, AVP said..." [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 22:40, 27 January 2016 (EST)
::::Well... it is canon, so it's a valid reason to make a straightforward, non-controversial edit. On the other hand, if it's a controversial edit, I'm starting to think maybe there has to be an extra level of thought put into it. In this case, I think that it's ambiguous enough to not jump straight to an edit. If AVP said, yes, this toy existed in this universe as this character, sure, put it on there. But here we know that Convobat exists as his own bot in a universe where there are no beast modes, so it's clearly drawing from some part of the source material but not all of it. --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 22:57, 27 January 2016 (EST)
::::::I don't really have a preference for this, as I don't care what the final decision ends up being. But I would suggest building a case around pre-existing articles, and what we settled on for those. I think both [[Jawbreaker]] and [[Goldbug (IDW)]]'s articles have had similar premises, though each is different enough from this one. Mainly, that both had at least a visual to reinforce a connection to a toy that isn't a perfect match for their appearance. Maybe what is different, and what is similar, should be used as determinations on whether or not this edit is to go through. There's undoubtedly other articles that could be used for the argument that I have not thought of. --[[User:Ascendron|Ascendron]] ([[User
talk:Ascendron|talk]]) 23:33, 27 January 2016 (EST)
:::::::Can you explain Jawbreaker's relevance to this? [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 23:35, 27 January 2016 (EST)
::::::::Isn't it somewhat of a similar situation? Both "beast era" toys represented in their only fictional appearances, (or in this case, implied representation), as a pre-Earth body? I felt it to be relevant, especially since it takes place in the same Universe. --[[User:Ascendron|Ascendron]] ([[User talk:Ascendron|talk]]) 23:47, 27 January 2016 (EST)
:::::::::BWU Jawbreaker is just a version of BW Jawbreaker, though. Convobat as a unique character didn't exist till last year and is just a homage to an alternate name. Like, [[Lionhead]] is a reference to [[Under-3]]'s alternate name, but we're not putting Under-3 stuff on Lionhead's page. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 00:18, 28 January 2016 (EST)
::::::::::Hmm, yes. Your argument is quite sound. Having read your explanation, I personally can't really think up of a solid counterpoint, even if I were to want to play devil's advocate. --[[User:Ascendron|Ascendron]] ([[User talk:Ascendron|talk]]) 00:27, 28 January 2016 (EST)

==Tfwiki headache==

The TR/legends variant says the head is a Nucleon retool, an Apeface retool, and an Infinitus retool. Please clarify.

== "Repurposed" as "Beast Convoy"? ==

This is more about the figure being released in Japan than the character; do we know anything about it yet that excludes it (also) being a figure that represents Optimus Primal/Beast Convoy, too? Obviously it has its own name so going here would be obvious... but IIRC the release of the original Bat Primal figure in Japan was also called Convobat. [[User:Magaroja|Magaroja]] ([[User talk:Magaroja|talk]]) 09:47, 8 September 2016 (EDT)
:Which toy are you talking about? [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 10:05, 8 September 2016 (EDT)
::Sounds like the e-HOBBY figure to me. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 12:26, 8 September 2016 (EDT)
:::In that case, then no. It is pretty specifically its own character, unless the full comic tells us that he ends up being Primal or whatever. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 13:09, 8 September 2016 (EDT)
::::The general speculation so far is that the Convobat comic might be telling a Japanese continuity origin story for BW Convoy/Optimus Primal and BW Megatron, but yes we need to wait and see if that will or won't be the case in the full comic before we do anything. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 13:32, 8 September 2016 (EDT)
:::::Giggity, I know you erased what you wrote, but that's not what this conversation is talking about. Of COURSE we're gonna keep the e-HOBBY Convobat toy on this page. We were discussing whether or not it should ALSO go on Optimus Primal's toy page as a "repurposed as Optimus Primal" toy or not, and for which we're first gonna wait and see what the comic says about that before making any decision on that. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 17:45, 8 September 2016 (EDT)
::::::If anything, there's now an argument for putting the original Convobat toys on this page, since e-HOBBY Convobat retcons their bios into a lie. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 17:52, 8 September 2016 (EDT)
:::::::I apologize. I had a tough day at school. I shouldn't edit angry. That's why I deleted the comment. I do think that it would make alot of sense to add the two Convobat toys to this page, in light of this new toy bio and what happened in Ask Vector Prime. --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 18:39, 8 September 2016 (EDT)
:: Sorry, I got a little wordy there, but yes, I was curious if the 2016/17 e-Hobby figure (the one using the TR Infinitus and Mindwipe molds) could also be used for Optimus Primal, since the G1-colored Bat Primal and Purple crocodile Megatron were released in Japan as "Convobat" and "Megalligator". It's sounding like no; I think I saw somewhere that the fiction attached to the 2016/17 figure explicitly defines them as new dudes. I have no opinion as to whether any other figures called "Convobat" should go here, though. [[User:Magaroja|Magaroja]] ([[User talk:Magaroja|talk]]) 12:24, 20 September 2016 (EDT)
:::At this point, we just don't know if this toy will be used to represent Optimus Primal or not because we simply don't have enough information pertaining to that notion yet. We have to wait and see what the 16-page comic that's gonna come with the figure will say about the toy's identity before we can do anything about it here. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 12:43, 20 September 2016 (EDT)

== Red Convobat ==

Jim's addition was almost certainly for BW:U Convobat, no? [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 21:35, 3 February 2021 (EST)
:Blue is fine. It's silly not to have this toy here in some form given the long complicated history.--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 21:37, 3 February 2021 (EST)

File talk:HMep4 ramhorn eject.jpg

2022-09-05T15:26:03Z

Liokaser19: Created page with "Small suggestion on the caption for this on Ramhorn’s page: “Dinobot and Rattrap did this too. Badly.”"

Small suggestion on the caption for this on Ramhorn’s page: “Dinobot and Rattrap did this too. Badly.”

Eject (G1)

2022-09-05T15:15:14Z

Liokaser19: /* War for Cybertron: Kingdom */

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{{disambig3|Eject}}
:''Eject is an [[Autobot]] [[Autobot Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassette]] ('''ready for some football!''') from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:EjectVisualworks.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Skree! Unnecessary roughness, unnecessary roughness!]]
The best way to describe '''Eject''' is that he is always ''ready for some football!'' A confirmed Earth-sports junkie, Eject constantly scans the airwaves for everything from baseball, basketball, football, soccer, hockey, ''anything'', from professional to academic-level competition. This occasionally interferes with his job as a surveillance agent, should a game go into overtime when he should be monitoring [[Decepticon]] activity. Sports clichés and terms litter his speech: "home runs", "touchdowns", "gooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooal!!" and, of course, "Are you'' '''ready for some football?!"'''

For Eject, sports are more than a form of entertainment. To his mind, they are also the answer to the war. He feels that sports could replace the way Cybertronians traditionally settle disputes: with bloody arena combat or a millennia or two of killing each other in mass numbers. He tries to get the other Autobots in on the idea, and envisions one day a [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] free of the horrors of war, where arenas are filled with fans cheering a three-point shot rather than a decapitation, where all Transformers are united in being truly'' '''READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!!!''' ''

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:TFTM EjectVsFrenzy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"SPEAR! SPEAR! SPEAR! BAH GAWD!"]]
During the Battle of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], Eject sacked [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] in mid-air while defending [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]] in the communications tower. They continued grappling with each other as the "Mini-Cassette War" raged on. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Eject’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]".}}

After the defeat of [[Unicron]], Eject was first seen stationed inside [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] when Blaster was calling for help from [[Earth Defense Command]] on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} Sometime later, he joined Blaster and his fellow cassettes in traveling to [[Menonia]], looking for the missing [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]]. The strong silent type, Eject still helped overthrow [[Mara-Al-Utha]] and bring the [[Golden One]] back into power. {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}}
{{--}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
[[File:HMep4 ramhorn eject.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}} {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}} {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}}}

=====''Legends'' comic=====
In the year 2021, Eject and the other cassettes were inside Twincast when a battle caused many Autobots to be infected with "[[blackball]]s", fortunately saving them from the same fate. They left Twincast's body before it was shrunken into nothingness by blackballs, and aided in converting him and others into [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]. {{storylink|Headmaster Chapter Prologue}} The Autobots then traveled to the [[Legends World]] where Twincast, returned to being Blaster, released Eject and the rest from his service to find their own happiness. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 27|Bonus Edition Vol. 27}}
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====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic====
When the Decepticons posed as Autobots to defame their enemies in the eyes of humanity, Eject and [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] rode inside [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] when the Autobots busted up a Decepticon-run anti-Autobot rally. Eject and Rewind fired their blasters at a pair of hooded-and-robed figures, who were revealed as the Decepticons [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]].

The two small Autobots then beat the ever-loving snot out of the two small Decepticons. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 7|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #7}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
In an 'amalgam' reality engineered by [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] and [[Gong (GoBots)|Gong]], Eject was one of the many cassettes whom Blaster deployed against [[Re-Volt]], [[Chaos (GoBots)|Chaos]], and [[Traitor (GoBots)|Traitor]] when the [[Renegade]]s tried to breach Autobot City. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

===Marvel UK future timelines===
[[File:EjectSpacePirates.jpg|left|thumb|"Usually the team that scores the most points wins the game."]]
Eject was stationed on Cybertron in 2008. He fielded a distress signal sent by an unknown party, and then passed the ball to his coach, Ultra Magnus, to call the play. Ultra Magnus decided that they would play ball, and Eject was among the players he brought to the field. Together, they helped Soundwave's team in driving the Quintessons off the home court. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:EjectTWW.jpg|thumb|Ready for a game that won't be invented for millennia!]]
Eject was among the many Autobots who congregated in a secret base during the [[Age of Internment]], when the recently returned [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] covered the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], capturing countless Autobot heroes and sending the remnants of the army underground. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}} During some downtime, Eject listened to [[Slamdance (G1)|Slamdance]] tale of how he narrowly escaped death at [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s hand before [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] broke up the story-telling session. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.3}}

{{Unreleased WW comic}}
Eject accompanied Blaster as he used an ancient map of Cybertron's depths to infiltrate Megatron's slave camp, only for them to be discovered by Megatron himself. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.4}}

At a later time, Eject was with Blaster when Optimus rallied the splintered Autobot forces into an organized resistance movement against [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s totalitarian rule of Cybertron. He presumably participated in the final conflict against the Decepticons and the [[Guardian robot]]s, bringing the planet back under Autobot control. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:Eject-blackhorizon.jpg|upright=1.4|left|thumb|The CHIFFON! Pick the CHIFFON! No, not the taffeta!]]
Eject was part of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s team, working in conjunction with [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] to round up stray Cybertronian technology on Earth. When the Autobots disrupted one of [[Destro]]'s sales on a dock in [[Cuba]], Eject wound up taking on eight [[S.N.A.K.E.]] armored robots by himself.

''And he won.''

Back at the submerged space ship ''[[Arc II]]'', he was having a pleasant day watching reality TV shows with [[Firewall]] until the [[Pretender Monster]]s attacked. While Prowl, [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] all fell before the Decepticons' assault...

''Eject got away without a scratch.''

Eject carried Firewall to the surface for [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] to pick up, before heading below to recharge and help the others. Whether this "help" consisted of single-handedly driving off their attackers is not made clear, but really, his track record points that way. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2}}

After [[Unicron]] was defeated, Eject happily went back to watching bad television with Firewall. He was elated when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] chose to join them. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 2 of 2}}
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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
After the Autobots’ and Decepticons’ conflict came to an end due to Earth's forces relegating them back to Cybertron, Eject came to be known as '''The Administrator'''. As one of the smaller Autobots, he was one of the few original "[[Builder of Cybertron|Builders of Cybertron]]" who had managed to keep his mobility in energon-starved times. His position as supervisor of Cybertronian sports, most importantly the gladiatorial [[Games (competition)|Games]], allowed him a place of prestige among the elite ruling class. On top of all this, Eject managed to secure a CNA sample of [[Lio Convoy]], bearer of the [[Energon Matrix|energon matrix]]. He held onto this sample as leverage should ever have need to placate the [[Builder Assembly]]; a clone of Lio Convoy would also yield a cloned matrix.

The Games were fought between Predacons and Maximals, oppressed descendants of Eject's generation. To ensure that the Games could always be fixed so that the status quo was maintained, Eject took Lio Convoy under his tutelage to do the rigging in person. Eject became rather fond of his protégé, often giving him constructive criticisms and advice if he ever erred. His affection towards Lio Convoy was enough that when he learned the Maximal had taken part in some rebellious activities in-between games, Eject used all of his political influence to keep the absent Lio Convoy out of trouble. Though the idea of not being able to fix the upcoming match made him nervous (and excited), Eject didn't need to deal with such a situation as Lio Convoy returned to his post before the Game took place. Instead, a much worse scenario arose; Lio Convoy revealed the Builders' selfish motives to the masses, engendering a revolution that swept across the planet.

Protecting Lio Convoy had put Eject in a rather precarious position with the other members of the Builder Assembly. To avoid a horrid fate, Eject presented his "Galva Contingency" plan to his peers. Ratbat and the other assemblymen were receptive to his proposal to create their own pawn to raise a battle-ready army. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

Eject derived samples of the [[G-Virus]] from the [[Forever Vaults]], using the virus to reconstruct Lio Convoy's CNA data to create a wholly unique being called [[Galva Convoy]], who retained access to the Energon Matrix and the font of life. Unfortunately, Galva Convoy could not produce this new army on the Administrator's time table. Even four years into the Uprising and months after Galva Convoy was brought online, he still wasn't ready to bring life to a new proto-race for the Builders. Eject grew impatient with Galva Convoy's requests for more time, but he ultimately had little choice but to accept his creation at his word. {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}}{{storylink|Not All Megatrons}}

Eventually, the time came. Galva Convoy created his first [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]], powered by an anti-spark instead of a traditional spark. The first Vehicon created more, and had the ability to convert any proto-race Cybertronian to their cause as well. Eject was thrilled, but also cautious about creating another new race of Cybertronians that could potentially turn on the Builders. Galva Convoy insisted the Vehicon nanovector could not work on any Cybertronian larger than a Micromaster, but Eject pushed for contingencies. His major score was [[General Order 66]], a hard-wired programming command that prevented the Vehicons from passing above 66 degrees latitude on Cybertron. Since uncontested Iacon was at the north pole and the battle front was all below the 66th, it seemed prudent.

Eject and the Builder Assembly then authorized the deployment of Vehicons, with test runs on the isolated city-states of [[Damaxus]] and [[Carpessa]], followed by a Trojan horse play getting infected Micromasters taken as P.O.W.s to [[Protihex]]. Soon, the Vehicons were in play, and the Resistance was on the run.

Unfortunately, they were running north. The Resistance's cautious advance on the front turned into a mad dash towards the Builder Assembly in Iacon. Even unaware of General Order 66, the Resistance had clearly decided this was their last chance to seize control of Cybertron and possibly stop the Vehicons as well. With Lio Convoy's troops closing in on the High Pavilion, the Assembly ignored Eject's caution and rescinded General Order 66, allowing the Vehicons to come right to their doorstep in the hopes of finding salvation. Foreseeing disaster, Eject readied his helicopter, [[Black-Out]], to reach Hot Rod on the front.

Sure enough, Galva Convoy betrayed the Builder Assembly, assimilating them into the latest formats of his Vehicons. The [[Vehicon Apocalypse]] began, with Builder, Micromaster, and protoformer alike being consumed by it. Seeking allies anywhere he could find, Eject and the surviving Micromaster Assemblybot [[Riker]] approached Lio Convoy on the battlefield. Eject reached out to his old protégé, offering intelligence and transport to the [[Grand Mal]], where Galva Convoy was based.

Black-Out was blasted out of the sky as Eject, Lio Convoy, and his commando team of Resistance troops approached the Grand Mal. Eject took the control and tried to auger in. The rest of the team made it in one piece, but Eject was impaled on a shard of debris when they landed. He apologized to Lio Convoy that they wouldn't have time to settle accounts, then shooed the protoformers out of the helicopter before it caught fire, exploding and consuming everything inside. {{storylink|Derailment}}
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===INSIRT continuity===
====''Recordicons''====
After [[Rewind (G1)#INSIRT continuity|Rewind]] died, [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity#INSIRT continuity|Brainstorm]] set [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity#INSIRT continuity|Chromedome]] up on a blind date with Eject. {{storylink|Recordicons issue 27|Recordicons #27}}

===''Transformers Go! Go!''===

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Go! Go! issue 13}}}}

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==Games==
===Transformers G1: Awakening===
[[File:Gluawakening eject.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85]]
Eject was among the Autobots who left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], and spent four million years in stasis after it was shot down over Earth by the Decepticons. As Blaster had been damaged in the crash, Eject was forced to remain inside him until he could be repaired sufficiently to return to combat. This was eventually achieved shortly before the Autobots returned to Cybertron to assault the Decepticon fortress in an attempt to free the enslaved Autobots there. {{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
When the Decepticons seemed to be having a run of luck, Eject helped Blaster, [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], and [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] uncover [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s infiltration. {{storylink|Covert Operations}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{note|Eject appears as a wearable accessory in the game.}}
{{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}
{{charstubgame|Who is he an accessory for? Does he do anything, game-play wise? How about adding to the note how much it costs?}}

===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
Eject - alongside Ramhorn, Steeljaw, and Rewind - are minions released by Blaster as the larger bot's special ability.

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1Eject toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|RIBEIB, or EIBRIB? The (lesser) debate continues...]]
*'''Ramhorn / Eject''' (Mini-Cassette 2-pack, [[1986]])
**''Accessories'': 2 "Electrical Overload Guns"

:Among the first new-mold cassettes in the line (rather than being pre-''Transformers'' ''[[Microman]]'' toys), Eject shares the same mold as [[Rewind (G1)#Toys|Rewind]], transforming into a blue microcassette. In this mode, he can fit in the chest compartment of the [[Blaster (G1)#Toys|Blaster]] or [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Soundwave]] toys. He was available only in a two-pack with [[Ramhorn (G1)#Toys|Ramhorn]] in the [[Hasbro]] line.

: The initial Hasbro releases of Ramhorn/Eject had chromed-gold weapons; subsequent releases used chromed-silver. There are also [[Variant|variations]] of all new-mold cassettes from this series, in which the cassette back detailing is either a factory-applied foil decal, or painted-on detailing. It is unknown what (if any) correlation there is between the weapon and detailing variants. An even ''later'' variation of Eject (with the painted tape details) has the [[rubsign]] indent on his arm filled in.

: This mold was (much) later used to make [[Flip Sides (G1)#Toys|Flip Sides]], [[Rosanna (KP)#Toys|Rosanna]], [[Solarbot#Toys|Solarbot]], and ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Rewind (SG)#Toys|Rewind]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Eject/eject.htm More information on Eject at TFU.info]''
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*'''Eject''' (Cassettebot, 1986/[[1987]])
**''ID number:'' '''C-68''', '''C-117'''
**''Accessories'': 2 "Electrical Overload Guns"

: In Japan, Eject — like most of the "Cassettebots" and "Cassettetrons" — was originally available only as in individual, on a single card. He was also released again during the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1987 (The Headmasters)|Headmasters]]''-themed series in new packaging under a new ID number. It is uncertain how many variants were available throughout his run in Japan; silver weapons with sticker tape detailing has been confirmed with on-card samples.
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===''Encore''===
[[File:G1toy encore cassettes1.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Eject gets confused when Soundwave shouts his name.]]
*'''Great Cassette Operation''' ([[2009]])
**''ID number'': '''15'''
**''Accessories'': 2 "Electrical Overload Guns", tape case

: As part of [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' [[Generation 1 reissues|Generation 1 reissue]] line, Eject was released along with [[Rewind (G1)#Encore|Rewind]], [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Encore|Ravage]], and [[Buzzsaw (G1)/toys#Encore|Buzzsaw]]. This release of Eject features silver weapons and sticker tape detailing like the original Japanese release, but adds a tiny Autobot symbol [[tampograph]] to his stomach. Each tape also comes with a clear cassette storage case.

:In 2014, Eject and the rest of the Cassettes were re-released as a lucky draw prize (along with the other two box sets) for the ''Transformers Celebration 2014'' event held at Ikebukuro Sunshine City store's [[Toys"R"Us]], though this was very likely just leftover stock.
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:Universe2008 SDCC G1Blaster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''Sports, sports, sports, sports, sports, sports, sports, sports''... Marge, Eject gets to be in this boxset tonight because he's a good guy at sports.]]
*'''Autobot Blaster''' ([[2010]])
**''Series:'' '''G1 Series'''
**''Accessories'': 2 "Electrical Overload Guns"

:Eject was available in this [[San Diego Comic-Con]] [[exclusive]] reissue of Blaster alongside Steeljaw and Ramhorn. Identical to the ''Encore'' release, the figure has an Autobot symbol tampographed on its abdomen, decaled "Side A" details, and comes with silver chromed weapons. For this release Eject featured a red face (instead of orange), silver plastic (over gray), and a tampographed Autobot symbol (different than the one featured on the ''Encore'' release). Released as part of the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'' toyline]], the packaging also has a special foil-detailed outer slip case.

:This set was also made available at the Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong Fair 2010.
{{G1RewindEjectMold}}
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===''Timelines''===
[[File:Timelinestoy-Eject.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Are you ready for some '''''[[Broken Windshields|RIGGED FIGHTING TO THE DEATH!?]]''''']]
*'''Eject''' (TFSS 2.0, 2014)
**''TFSS2 number'': '''6b'''
**''Accessories'': Left & right cannons

:Part of the 2014 [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service#Series 2.0 (2014)|Figure Subscription Service]], ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' Eject is a [[redeco]] of his packaging mate [[Rewind (G1)#Timelines|Rewind]], who himself was a redeco/[[retool]] of ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)#RTS|Transformers: Reveal the Shield]]'' Scout Class [[Rumble (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Demolition Rumble]], transforming into a dual-cannon anti-aircraft tank. In robot mode, his arms can transform into spring-loaded pile-driver weapons, and his two [[C joint]] guns can be attached to bars on either his arms or back. Eject was the intended secret bonus seventh figure from the subscription service.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/TFSSEject/eject.htm More information on ''Timelines'' Eject at TFU.info]''
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===''Platinum Edition''===
[[File:Platinum-Edition-G1-Autobot-Intel-Ops-Eject.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|"Reject."]]
*'''Autobot Intel Ops''' (2015)
**''Accessories'': 2 "Electrical Overload Guns", tape case

:Hasbro again released [[Blaster (G1)/toys#Platinum Edition|Blaster]] in 2015 as part of the [[Transformers: Platinum Edition|''Platinum Edition'']] toyline. He was co-packed with [[Perceptor (G1)/toys#IntelOps|Perceptor]], [[Ramhorn (G1)#Generations|Ramhorn]], and [[Steeljaw (G1)#Generations|Steeljaw]] in a box with an opening front cover.

:This release of Eject was, bizarrely, given [[Ratbat (G1)#Toys|Ratbat]]'s cassette-mode [[tampograph]].

:In the United States, this set was officially a [[Target]] exclusive, though it was initially only ever found at a single Target store, otherwise only available via the company's website. It was later revealed that multiple Target stores had kept it in their stockroom and eventually put it out on instant clearance many months later. However, it was also stocked by US-based online retailers [[BigBadToyStore]] and TFSource, who supposedly obtained it as an import from Asia. It was available in several of Hasbro's Asian markets (namely Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore; it's currently unknown whether it was exclusive to any particular stores there or not). In Australia, it was sold at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores.

:In the United Kingdom, it was both sold at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores and officially available via the UK division of [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]], making this the first official UK release of all the toys contained within! In Spain, it was officially available via the Spanish division of Amazon. In Germany, it was originally available via Bankroft, an online retailer that otherwise specializes in [[Nerf]] blasters and accessories, as part of a special "Fan Edition" arrangement through Hasbro Germany, with the help of several German [[fandom|fan]] sites. Due to low sales, the unsold stock was later sold to Actionfiguren24, a German online retailer that specializes in imported toys, who was able to lower its price for its existing stock of imported Autobot Intel Ops sets as a result.
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===''War for Cybertron: Kingdom''===
[[File:WFC-Kingdom-Eject.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Hahahaha... '''''RONALDINHO SOCCEEERR!!!''''']]
*'''Autobot Blaster & Eject''' (Voyager Class, [[2021]])
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''WFC-K44'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''KD-21'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[July 30]], [[2022]]

:Part of wave 5 of ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom]]'' Voyager Class toys, Eject is included with [[Blaster (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Blaster]]. He transforms from robot to a stereo cassette that can fit into Blaster's chest (as per the norm). Arriving in stores in December [[2021]], Eject also returned as a [[Rebranding|package refresh]] for ''[[Transformers: Legacy (toyline)|Legacy]]'' wave 1 with Blaster, and to bridge the two lines, Eject himself is composed of translucent plastic for an "[[Energon|Energon-infused]]" look that fits in with Legacy's [[play pattern]]. Unfortunately, this makes him ''extremely'' prone to stress marks, fractures and worst of all breakage on all of his joints, so caution must be exercised when transforming or handling him. He features a hexagonal 5mm port on each of his forearms. He also has cassette holes in his arms, like some of the previous molds, but the translucency makes it difficult to notice. His transformation sequence is similar to his original mold.

:Eject can also fit inside the chest of any version of the ''Siege'' Soundwave mold.

:Though Blaster and Eject were scheduled for a first quarter 2022 release, they arrived on U.S. store shelves in December 2021.

:Eject was redecoed into ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Shattered Glass Collection|Shattered Glass Collection]]'' [[Rewind (SG)# Shattered Glass Collection|Rewind]].
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===''Legacy''===
*'''Autobot Blaster & Eject''' (Voyager Class, [[2022]])

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Legacy (toyline)|Legacy]]'' Voyager Class toys, Blaster is a [[package refresh]] of the previous ''Kingdom'' figure above, now in all-new packaging. As such, there's no new changes to Eject. Blaster and Eject were discovered on shelves in [[France]] in late January. Like his above Kingdom mold, he is just barely smaller than his earliest mold from G1, with the head just below the original’s shoulders.
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==Merchandise==
===''G.I. Joe and the Transformers''===
[[File:GIJoe Epic Conclusion Blaster and cassettes.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
*'''''The Epic Conclusion!'' box set''' (2013)
:Among the accessories included in the [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2013 [[exclusive]] ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers (toyline)|G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]'' box set "The Epic Conclusion!" is a non-transforming, 3.75" scale [[Blaster (G1)/toys#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Blaster]] boombox accessory with cassette pieces representing Eject, [[Steeljaw (G1)#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Steeljaw]], and [[Ramhorn (G1)#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Ramhorn]]. Eject is solid blue and features sculpted accessories based on his [[#Toys|original toy]]. The three cassettes can fit into a slot above Blaster's tape door, and the boombox itself can mount on a G.I. Joe figure's back.

:The set also comes with a retooled [[Skystriker (vehicle)|Sky Striker]] representing [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Jetfire]], a G.I. Joe [[VAMP]] redecoed into [[Hound (G1)/toys#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Hound]], a new [[Snake-Eyes#G.I. Joe and the Transformers 2|Snake-Eyes]] figure bearing an Autobot symbol, a [[Baroness]] figure with [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] on a leash, and a [[Bludgeon (G1)#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Bludgeon]] figure. The three cassette molds were later redecoed into [[Crusticon#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Crusticon]]s.

::*''[https://www.yojoe.com/action/13/snakeeyes66.shtml More information on Snake Eyes (v66) (with Autobot Blaster and mini-cassettes) at YoJoe.com]''
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===Transformers Trading Card Game===
[[File:Eject35A.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Eject, Electronic Surveillance''' (2019)
**'''Blaster vs. Soundwave: 35th Anniversary Edition'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T02/T08'''
**''Stars: ''5

:Eject, Electronic Surveillance was released in the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]] Blaster vs. Soundwave box set. The box also includes the character cards [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], Communications, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], Communications, [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]], Warrior, [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], Tracker, [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]], Spy, [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], Warrior, and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], Saboteur, along with two ready to play 40 card battle decks themed around both Blaster and Soundwave.

:In order to represent Eject's size as a [[Mini-Cassette]], the card is the same size as a battle card, about half the size of a standard character card.

:The first release of this set was a 35th Anniversary Edition was initially released at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2019 alongside the TCG's [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibot]] Convention Pack, and later available online on [[Hasbro Pulse]]. The 35th Anniversary Edition features throwback artwork, with the original G1 Eject packaging art on the Bot Mode side, and original artwork matching the G1 packaging art aesthetic for Alt Mode. This original Alt Mode artwork was drawn by [[Marcelo Matere]] and colored by [[Brian Valeza]].
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[[File:BvSEject.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Eject, Electronic Surveillance''' (2019)
**'''Blaster vs. Soundwave'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T02/T08'''
**''Stars: ''5
:This version of Eject, Electronic Surveillance was released as part of the general retail version of the Transformers Trading Card Game Blaster vs. Soundwave box set.

:Gameplay-wise the card is identical to the 35th Anniversary Edition of the set, and features different artwork reused from the [[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]] mobile game.
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==Notes==
*For the original draft of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' and several revisions, there was going to be only one humanoid Autobot Mini-Cassette, who was going to be called [[Bolts]].<ref>[http://boltax.blogspot.com/2010/12/heritaage-auctions-transformers-movie.html TFTM script draft at Disciples of Boltax]</ref><ref>[http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/transformers.html Early script for ''The Transformers: The Movie'' at dailyscript.com]</ref> Between the original draft and actual product, Bolts's role was split in two; his attitude and tussle with [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] went to Eject, while his fight with [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]] sort of went to [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]]. During their initial ejection from Blaster however, both Eject and Rewind swap color schemes multiple times for the duration of the scene.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Eject''' (イジェクト ''Ijekuto'')
*''French:'' '''Ejecteur''' (Canada, "Ejector")
*''Italian:'' '''Catapulta'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Pēn Shè''' (喷射, "Eject")
*''Russian:'' '''Effect''' (Эффект ''Jeffekt'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Autobots]]
[[Category:Legacy Autobots]]
[[Category:Legends Autobots]]
[[Category:Mini-Cassettes]]
[[Category:Platinum Edition]]
[[Category:Surveillance specialists]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]

Eject (G1)

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:''Eject is an [[Autobot]] [[Autobot Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassette]] ('''ready for some football!''') from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:EjectVisualworks.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Skree! Unnecessary roughness, unnecessary roughness!]]
The best way to describe '''Eject''' is that he is always ''ready for some football!'' A confirmed Earth-sports junkie, Eject constantly scans the airwaves for everything from baseball, basketball, football, soccer, hockey, ''anything'', from professional to academic-level competition. This occasionally interferes with his job as a surveillance agent, should a game go into overtime when he should be monitoring [[Decepticon]] activity. Sports clichés and terms litter his speech: "home runs", "touchdowns", "gooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooal!!" and, of course, "Are you'' '''ready for some football?!"'''

For Eject, sports are more than a form of entertainment. To his mind, they are also the answer to the war. He feels that sports could replace the way Cybertronians traditionally settle disputes: with bloody arena combat or a millennia or two of killing each other in mass numbers. He tries to get the other Autobots in on the idea, and envisions one day a [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] free of the horrors of war, where arenas are filled with fans cheering a three-point shot rather than a decapitation, where all Transformers are united in being truly'' '''READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!!!''' ''

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:TFTM EjectVsFrenzy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"SPEAR! SPEAR! SPEAR! BAH GAWD!"]]
During the Battle of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], Eject sacked [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] in mid-air while defending [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]] in the communications tower. They continued grappling with each other as the "Mini-Cassette War" raged on. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Eject’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]".}}

After the defeat of [[Unicron]], Eject was first seen stationed inside [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] when Blaster was calling for help from [[Earth Defense Command]] on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} Sometime later, he joined Blaster and his fellow cassettes in traveling to [[Menonia]], looking for the missing [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]]. The strong silent type, Eject still helped overthrow [[Mara-Al-Utha]] and bring the [[Golden One]] back into power. {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}}
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
[[File:HMep4 ramhorn eject.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}} {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}} {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}}}

=====''Legends'' comic=====
In the year 2021, Eject and the other cassettes were inside Twincast when a battle caused many Autobots to be infected with "[[blackball]]s", fortunately saving them from the same fate. They left Twincast's body before it was shrunken into nothingness by blackballs, and aided in converting him and others into [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]. {{storylink|Headmaster Chapter Prologue}} The Autobots then traveled to the [[Legends World]] where Twincast, returned to being Blaster, released Eject and the rest from his service to find their own happiness. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 27|Bonus Edition Vol. 27}}
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====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic====
When the Decepticons posed as Autobots to defame their enemies in the eyes of humanity, Eject and [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] rode inside [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] when the Autobots busted up a Decepticon-run anti-Autobot rally. Eject and Rewind fired their blasters at a pair of hooded-and-robed figures, who were revealed as the Decepticons [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]].

The two small Autobots then beat the ever-loving snot out of the two small Decepticons. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 7|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #7}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
In an 'amalgam' reality engineered by [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] and [[Gong (GoBots)|Gong]], Eject was one of the many cassettes whom Blaster deployed against [[Re-Volt]], [[Chaos (GoBots)|Chaos]], and [[Traitor (GoBots)|Traitor]] when the [[Renegade]]s tried to breach Autobot City. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

===Marvel UK future timelines===
[[File:EjectSpacePirates.jpg|left|thumb|"Usually the team that scores the most points wins the game."]]
Eject was stationed on Cybertron in 2008. He fielded a distress signal sent by an unknown party, and then passed the ball to his coach, Ultra Magnus, to call the play. Ultra Magnus decided that they would play ball, and Eject was among the players he brought to the field. Together, they helped Soundwave's team in driving the Quintessons off the home court. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:EjectTWW.jpg|thumb|Ready for a game that won't be invented for millennia!]]
Eject was among the many Autobots who congregated in a secret base during the [[Age of Internment]], when the recently returned [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] covered the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], capturing countless Autobot heroes and sending the remnants of the army underground. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}} During some downtime, Eject listened to [[Slamdance (G1)|Slamdance]] tale of how he narrowly escaped death at [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s hand before [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] broke up the story-telling session. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.3}}

{{Unreleased WW comic}}
Eject accompanied Blaster as he used an ancient map of Cybertron's depths to infiltrate Megatron's slave camp, only for them to be discovered by Megatron himself. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.4}}

At a later time, Eject was with Blaster when Optimus rallied the splintered Autobot forces into an organized resistance movement against [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s totalitarian rule of Cybertron. He presumably participated in the final conflict against the Decepticons and the [[Guardian robot]]s, bringing the planet back under Autobot control. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:Eject-blackhorizon.jpg|upright=1.4|left|thumb|The CHIFFON! Pick the CHIFFON! No, not the taffeta!]]
Eject was part of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s team, working in conjunction with [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] to round up stray Cybertronian technology on Earth. When the Autobots disrupted one of [[Destro]]'s sales on a dock in [[Cuba]], Eject wound up taking on eight [[S.N.A.K.E.]] armored robots by himself.

''And he won.''

Back at the submerged space ship ''[[Arc II]]'', he was having a pleasant day watching reality TV shows with [[Firewall]] until the [[Pretender Monster]]s attacked. While Prowl, [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] all fell before the Decepticons' assault...

''Eject got away without a scratch.''

Eject carried Firewall to the surface for [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] to pick up, before heading below to recharge and help the others. Whether this "help" consisted of single-handedly driving off their attackers is not made clear, but really, his track record points that way. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2}}

After [[Unicron]] was defeated, Eject happily went back to watching bad television with Firewall. He was elated when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] chose to join them. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 2 of 2}}
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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
After the Autobots’ and Decepticons’ conflict came to an end due to Earth's forces relegating them back to Cybertron, Eject came to be known as '''The Administrator'''. As one of the smaller Autobots, he was one of the few original "[[Builder of Cybertron|Builders of Cybertron]]" who had managed to keep his mobility in energon-starved times. His position as supervisor of Cybertronian sports, most importantly the gladiatorial [[Games (competition)|Games]], allowed him a place of prestige among the elite ruling class. On top of all this, Eject managed to secure a CNA sample of [[Lio Convoy]], bearer of the [[Energon Matrix|energon matrix]]. He held onto this sample as leverage should ever have need to placate the [[Builder Assembly]]; a clone of Lio Convoy would also yield a cloned matrix.

The Games were fought between Predacons and Maximals, oppressed descendants of Eject's generation. To ensure that the Games could always be fixed so that the status quo was maintained, Eject took Lio Convoy under his tutelage to do the rigging in person. Eject became rather fond of his protégé, often giving him constructive criticisms and advice if he ever erred. His affection towards Lio Convoy was enough that when he learned the Maximal had taken part in some rebellious activities in-between games, Eject used all of his political influence to keep the absent Lio Convoy out of trouble. Though the idea of not being able to fix the upcoming match made him nervous (and excited), Eject didn't need to deal with such a situation as Lio Convoy returned to his post before the Game took place. Instead, a much worse scenario arose; Lio Convoy revealed the Builders' selfish motives to the masses, engendering a revolution that swept across the planet.

Protecting Lio Convoy had put Eject in a rather precarious position with the other members of the Builder Assembly. To avoid a horrid fate, Eject presented his "Galva Contingency" plan to his peers. Ratbat and the other assemblymen were receptive to his proposal to create their own pawn to raise a battle-ready army. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

Eject derived samples of the [[G-Virus]] from the [[Forever Vaults]], using the virus to reconstruct Lio Convoy's CNA data to create a wholly unique being called [[Galva Convoy]], who retained access to the Energon Matrix and the font of life. Unfortunately, Galva Convoy could not produce this new army on the Administrator's time table. Even four years into the Uprising and months after Galva Convoy was brought online, he still wasn't ready to bring life to a new proto-race for the Builders. Eject grew impatient with Galva Convoy's requests for more time, but he ultimately had little choice but to accept his creation at his word. {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}}{{storylink|Not All Megatrons}}

Eventually, the time came. Galva Convoy created his first [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]], powered by an anti-spark instead of a traditional spark. The first Vehicon created more, and had the ability to convert any proto-race Cybertronian to their cause as well. Eject was thrilled, but also cautious about creating another new race of Cybertronians that could potentially turn on the Builders. Galva Convoy insisted the Vehicon nanovector could not work on any Cybertronian larger than a Micromaster, but Eject pushed for contingencies. His major score was [[General Order 66]], a hard-wired programming command that prevented the Vehicons from passing above 66 degrees latitude on Cybertron. Since uncontested Iacon was at the north pole and the battle front was all below the 66th, it seemed prudent.

Eject and the Builder Assembly then authorized the deployment of Vehicons, with test runs on the isolated city-states of [[Damaxus]] and [[Carpessa]], followed by a Trojan horse play getting infected Micromasters taken as P.O.W.s to [[Protihex]]. Soon, the Vehicons were in play, and the Resistance was on the run.

Unfortunately, they were running north. The Resistance's cautious advance on the front turned into a mad dash towards the Builder Assembly in Iacon. Even unaware of General Order 66, the Resistance had clearly decided this was their last chance to seize control of Cybertron and possibly stop the Vehicons as well. With Lio Convoy's troops closing in on the High Pavilion, the Assembly ignored Eject's caution and rescinded General Order 66, allowing the Vehicons to come right to their doorstep in the hopes of finding salvation. Foreseeing disaster, Eject readied his helicopter, [[Black-Out]], to reach Hot Rod on the front.

Sure enough, Galva Convoy betrayed the Builder Assembly, assimilating them into the latest formats of his Vehicons. The [[Vehicon Apocalypse]] began, with Builder, Micromaster, and protoformer alike being consumed by it. Seeking allies anywhere he could find, Eject and the surviving Micromaster Assemblybot [[Riker]] approached Lio Convoy on the battlefield. Eject reached out to his old protégé, offering intelligence and transport to the [[Grand Mal]], where Galva Convoy was based.

Black-Out was blasted out of the sky as Eject, Lio Convoy, and his commando team of Resistance troops approached the Grand Mal. Eject took the control and tried to auger in. The rest of the team made it in one piece, but Eject was impaled on a shard of debris when they landed. He apologized to Lio Convoy that they wouldn't have time to settle accounts, then shooed the protoformers out of the helicopter before it caught fire, exploding and consuming everything inside. {{storylink|Derailment}}
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===INSIRT continuity===
====''Recordicons''====
After [[Rewind (G1)#INSIRT continuity|Rewind]] died, [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity#INSIRT continuity|Brainstorm]] set [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity#INSIRT continuity|Chromedome]] up on a blind date with Eject. {{storylink|Recordicons issue 27|Recordicons #27}}

===''Transformers Go! Go!''===

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Go! Go! issue 13}}}}

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==Games==
===Transformers G1: Awakening===
[[File:Gluawakening eject.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85]]
Eject was among the Autobots who left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], and spent four million years in stasis after it was shot down over Earth by the Decepticons. As Blaster had been damaged in the crash, Eject was forced to remain inside him until he could be repaired sufficiently to return to combat. This was eventually achieved shortly before the Autobots returned to Cybertron to assault the Decepticon fortress in an attempt to free the enslaved Autobots there. {{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
When the Decepticons seemed to be having a run of luck, Eject helped Blaster, [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], and [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] uncover [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s infiltration. {{storylink|Covert Operations}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{note|Eject appears as a wearable accessory in the game.}}
{{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}
{{charstubgame|Who is he an accessory for? Does he do anything, game-play wise? How about adding to the note how much it costs?}}

===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
Eject - alongside Ramhorn, Steeljaw, and Rewind - are minions released by Blaster as the larger bot's special ability.

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1Eject toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|RIBEIB, or EIBRIB? The (lesser) debate continues...]]
*'''Ramhorn / Eject''' (Mini-Cassette 2-pack, [[1986]])
**''Accessories'': 2 "Electrical Overload Guns"

:Among the first new-mold cassettes in the line (rather than being pre-''Transformers'' ''[[Microman]]'' toys), Eject shares the same mold as [[Rewind (G1)#Toys|Rewind]], transforming into a blue microcassette. In this mode, he can fit in the chest compartment of the [[Blaster (G1)#Toys|Blaster]] or [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Soundwave]] toys. He was available only in a two-pack with [[Ramhorn (G1)#Toys|Ramhorn]] in the [[Hasbro]] line.

: The initial Hasbro releases of Ramhorn/Eject had chromed-gold weapons; subsequent releases used chromed-silver. There are also [[Variant|variations]] of all new-mold cassettes from this series, in which the cassette back detailing is either a factory-applied foil decal, or painted-on detailing. It is unknown what (if any) correlation there is between the weapon and detailing variants. An even ''later'' variation of Eject (with the painted tape details) has the [[rubsign]] indent on his arm filled in.

: This mold was (much) later used to make [[Flip Sides (G1)#Toys|Flip Sides]], [[Rosanna (KP)#Toys|Rosanna]], [[Solarbot#Toys|Solarbot]], and ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Rewind (SG)#Toys|Rewind]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Eject/eject.htm More information on Eject at TFU.info]''
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*'''Eject''' (Cassettebot, 1986/[[1987]])
**''ID number:'' '''C-68''', '''C-117'''
**''Accessories'': 2 "Electrical Overload Guns"

: In Japan, Eject — like most of the "Cassettebots" and "Cassettetrons" — was originally available only as in individual, on a single card. He was also released again during the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1987 (The Headmasters)|Headmasters]]''-themed series in new packaging under a new ID number. It is uncertain how many variants were available throughout his run in Japan; silver weapons with sticker tape detailing has been confirmed with on-card samples.
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===''Encore''===
[[File:G1toy encore cassettes1.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Eject gets confused when Soundwave shouts his name.]]
*'''Great Cassette Operation''' ([[2009]])
**''ID number'': '''15'''
**''Accessories'': 2 "Electrical Overload Guns", tape case

: As part of [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' [[Generation 1 reissues|Generation 1 reissue]] line, Eject was released along with [[Rewind (G1)#Encore|Rewind]], [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Encore|Ravage]], and [[Buzzsaw (G1)/toys#Encore|Buzzsaw]]. This release of Eject features silver weapons and sticker tape detailing like the original Japanese release, but adds a tiny Autobot symbol [[tampograph]] to his stomach. Each tape also comes with a clear cassette storage case.

:In 2014, Eject and the rest of the Cassettes were re-released as a lucky draw prize (along with the other two box sets) for the ''Transformers Celebration 2014'' event held at Ikebukuro Sunshine City store's [[Toys"R"Us]], though this was very likely just leftover stock.
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:Universe2008 SDCC G1Blaster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''Sports, sports, sports, sports, sports, sports, sports, sports''... Marge, Eject gets to be in this boxset tonight because he's a good guy at sports.]]
*'''Autobot Blaster''' ([[2010]])
**''Series:'' '''G1 Series'''
**''Accessories'': 2 "Electrical Overload Guns"

:Eject was available in this [[San Diego Comic-Con]] [[exclusive]] reissue of Blaster alongside Steeljaw and Ramhorn. Identical to the ''Encore'' release, the figure has an Autobot symbol tampographed on its abdomen, decaled "Side A" details, and comes with silver chromed weapons. For this release Eject featured a red face (instead of orange), silver plastic (over gray), and a tampographed Autobot symbol (different than the one featured on the ''Encore'' release). Released as part of the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'' toyline]], the packaging also has a special foil-detailed outer slip case.

:This set was also made available at the Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong Fair 2010.
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===''Timelines''===
[[File:Timelinestoy-Eject.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Are you ready for some '''''[[Broken Windshields|RIGGED FIGHTING TO THE DEATH!?]]''''']]
*'''Eject''' (TFSS 2.0, 2014)
**''TFSS2 number'': '''6b'''
**''Accessories'': Left & right cannons

:Part of the 2014 [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service#Series 2.0 (2014)|Figure Subscription Service]], ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' Eject is a [[redeco]] of his packaging mate [[Rewind (G1)#Timelines|Rewind]], who himself was a redeco/[[retool]] of ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)#RTS|Transformers: Reveal the Shield]]'' Scout Class [[Rumble (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Demolition Rumble]], transforming into a dual-cannon anti-aircraft tank. In robot mode, his arms can transform into spring-loaded pile-driver weapons, and his two [[C joint]] guns can be attached to bars on either his arms or back. Eject was the intended secret bonus seventh figure from the subscription service.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/TFSSEject/eject.htm More information on ''Timelines'' Eject at TFU.info]''
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===''Platinum Edition''===
[[File:Platinum-Edition-G1-Autobot-Intel-Ops-Eject.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|"Reject."]]
*'''Autobot Intel Ops''' (2015)
**''Accessories'': 2 "Electrical Overload Guns", tape case

:Hasbro again released [[Blaster (G1)/toys#Platinum Edition|Blaster]] in 2015 as part of the [[Transformers: Platinum Edition|''Platinum Edition'']] toyline. He was co-packed with [[Perceptor (G1)/toys#IntelOps|Perceptor]], [[Ramhorn (G1)#Generations|Ramhorn]], and [[Steeljaw (G1)#Generations|Steeljaw]] in a box with an opening front cover.

:This release of Eject was, bizarrely, given [[Ratbat (G1)#Toys|Ratbat]]'s cassette-mode [[tampograph]].

:In the United States, this set was officially a [[Target]] exclusive, though it was initially only ever found at a single Target store, otherwise only available via the company's website. It was later revealed that multiple Target stores had kept it in their stockroom and eventually put it out on instant clearance many months later. However, it was also stocked by US-based online retailers [[BigBadToyStore]] and TFSource, who supposedly obtained it as an import from Asia. It was available in several of Hasbro's Asian markets (namely Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore; it's currently unknown whether it was exclusive to any particular stores there or not). In Australia, it was sold at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores.

:In the United Kingdom, it was both sold at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores and officially available via the UK division of [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]], making this the first official UK release of all the toys contained within! In Spain, it was officially available via the Spanish division of Amazon. In Germany, it was originally available via Bankroft, an online retailer that otherwise specializes in [[Nerf]] blasters and accessories, as part of a special "Fan Edition" arrangement through Hasbro Germany, with the help of several German [[fandom|fan]] sites. Due to low sales, the unsold stock was later sold to Actionfiguren24, a German online retailer that specializes in imported toys, who was able to lower its price for its existing stock of imported Autobot Intel Ops sets as a result.
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===''War for Cybertron: Kingdom''===
[[File:WFC-Kingdom-Eject.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Hahahaha... '''''RONALDINHO SOCCEEERR!!!''''']]
*'''Autobot Blaster & Eject''' (Voyager Class, [[2021]])
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''WFC-K44'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''KD-21'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[July 30]], [[2022]]

:Part of wave 5 of ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom]]'' Voyager Class toys, Eject is included with [[Blaster (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Blaster]]. He transforms from robot to a stereo cassette that can fit into Blaster's chest (as per the norm). Arriving in stores in December [[2021]], Eject also returned as a [[Rebranding|package refresh]] for ''[[Transformers: Legacy (toyline)|Legacy]]'' wave 1 with Blaster, and to bridge the two lines, Eject himself is composed of translucent plastic for an "[[Energon|Energon-infused]]" look that fits in with Legacy's [[play pattern]]. Unfortunately, this makes him ''extremely'' prone to stress marks, fractures and worst of all breakage on all of his joints, so caution must be exercised when transforming or handling him. He features a hexagonal 5mm port on each of his forearms.

:Eject can also fit inside the chest of any version of the ''Siege'' Soundwave mold.

:Though Blaster and Eject were scheduled for a first quarter 2022 release, they arrived on U.S. store shelves in December 2021.

:Eject was redecoed into ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Shattered Glass Collection|Shattered Glass Collection]]'' [[Rewind (SG)# Shattered Glass Collection|Rewind]].
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===''Legacy''===
*'''Autobot Blaster & Eject''' (Voyager Class, [[2022]])

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Legacy (toyline)|Legacy]]'' Voyager Class toys, Blaster is a [[package refresh]] of the previous ''Kingdom'' figure above, now in all-new packaging. As such, there's no new changes to Eject. Blaster and Eject were discovered on shelves in [[France]] in late January. Like his above Kingdom mold, he is just barely smaller than his earliest mold from G1, with the head just below the original’s shoulders.
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==Merchandise==
===''G.I. Joe and the Transformers''===
[[File:GIJoe Epic Conclusion Blaster and cassettes.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
*'''''The Epic Conclusion!'' box set''' (2013)
:Among the accessories included in the [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2013 [[exclusive]] ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers (toyline)|G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]'' box set "The Epic Conclusion!" is a non-transforming, 3.75" scale [[Blaster (G1)/toys#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Blaster]] boombox accessory with cassette pieces representing Eject, [[Steeljaw (G1)#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Steeljaw]], and [[Ramhorn (G1)#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Ramhorn]]. Eject is solid blue and features sculpted accessories based on his [[#Toys|original toy]]. The three cassettes can fit into a slot above Blaster's tape door, and the boombox itself can mount on a G.I. Joe figure's back.

:The set also comes with a retooled [[Skystriker (vehicle)|Sky Striker]] representing [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Jetfire]], a G.I. Joe [[VAMP]] redecoed into [[Hound (G1)/toys#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Hound]], a new [[Snake-Eyes#G.I. Joe and the Transformers 2|Snake-Eyes]] figure bearing an Autobot symbol, a [[Baroness]] figure with [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] on a leash, and a [[Bludgeon (G1)#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Bludgeon]] figure. The three cassette molds were later redecoed into [[Crusticon#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Crusticon]]s.

::*''[https://www.yojoe.com/action/13/snakeeyes66.shtml More information on Snake Eyes (v66) (with Autobot Blaster and mini-cassettes) at YoJoe.com]''
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===Transformers Trading Card Game===
[[File:Eject35A.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Eject, Electronic Surveillance''' (2019)
**'''Blaster vs. Soundwave: 35th Anniversary Edition'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T02/T08'''
**''Stars: ''5

:Eject, Electronic Surveillance was released in the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]] Blaster vs. Soundwave box set. The box also includes the character cards [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], Communications, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], Communications, [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]], Warrior, [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], Tracker, [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]], Spy, [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], Warrior, and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], Saboteur, along with two ready to play 40 card battle decks themed around both Blaster and Soundwave.

:In order to represent Eject's size as a [[Mini-Cassette]], the card is the same size as a battle card, about half the size of a standard character card.

:The first release of this set was a 35th Anniversary Edition was initially released at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2019 alongside the TCG's [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibot]] Convention Pack, and later available online on [[Hasbro Pulse]]. The 35th Anniversary Edition features throwback artwork, with the original G1 Eject packaging art on the Bot Mode side, and original artwork matching the G1 packaging art aesthetic for Alt Mode. This original Alt Mode artwork was drawn by [[Marcelo Matere]] and colored by [[Brian Valeza]].
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[[File:BvSEject.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Eject, Electronic Surveillance''' (2019)
**'''Blaster vs. Soundwave'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T02/T08'''
**''Stars: ''5
:This version of Eject, Electronic Surveillance was released as part of the general retail version of the Transformers Trading Card Game Blaster vs. Soundwave box set.

:Gameplay-wise the card is identical to the 35th Anniversary Edition of the set, and features different artwork reused from the [[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]] mobile game.
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==Notes==
*For the original draft of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' and several revisions, there was going to be only one humanoid Autobot Mini-Cassette, who was going to be called [[Bolts]].<ref>[http://boltax.blogspot.com/2010/12/heritaage-auctions-transformers-movie.html TFTM script draft at Disciples of Boltax]</ref><ref>[http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/transformers.html Early script for ''The Transformers: The Movie'' at dailyscript.com]</ref> Between the original draft and actual product, Bolts's role was split in two; his attitude and tussle with [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] went to Eject, while his fight with [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]] sort of went to [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]]. During their initial ejection from Blaster however, both Eject and Rewind swap color schemes multiple times for the duration of the scene.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Eject''' (イジェクト ''Ijekuto'')
*''French:'' '''Ejecteur''' (Canada, "Ejector")
*''Italian:'' '''Catapulta'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Pēn Shè''' (喷射, "Eject")
*''Russian:'' '''Effect''' (Эффект ''Jeffekt'')

==References==
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[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Autobots]]
[[Category:Legacy Autobots]]
[[Category:Legends Autobots]]
[[Category:Mini-Cassettes]]
[[Category:Platinum Edition]]
[[Category:Surveillance specialists]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]

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{{disambig3|Punch}}
:''Counterpunch is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. His [[Autobot]] counterpart, Punch, is nearby. Real nearby.''
[[File:G1 PunchCounterpunch art.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|He takes his energon shaken, AND stirred.]]
'''Punch''' (aka '''Nightbeat'''<ref name="nightbeat">The ''[[Kre-O]]'' line featured a [[Kreon]] [[Micro-Changer]] figure that was sold under the name "Nightbeat", but was very clearly designed to represent Punch, rather than the ''actual'' character named [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] who is ''not'' the same guy.</ref>) possesses a unique transformation ability that allows him to adopt a second robot mode—posing as a Decepticon named '''Counterpunch''' to spy on the 'Cons as a double agent.

On the surface, Punch is a stoic individual that can take charge and keep others calm in a crisis. However, this is an act that hides how paranoid he's become. His responsibilities as a spy, in addition to the things he's seen among the Decepticons, have made him a mess internally. Punch's entire personality changes when he becomes Counterpunch—although still loyal to the Autobots, Counterpunch is a violent brute that even Decepticons prefer to avoid. More recently Punch has suffered blackouts while disguised, the invented Counterpunch personality taking on a life of its own.<ref>Dreamwave [[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|''More than Meets the Eye'' #5]]</ref> Punch is suspicious of all those around him, fearing that there could be a double agent among the Autobots operating as easily as he does among the Decepticons.

Punch is armed with a [[Mortar cannon|twin mortar launcher]]. Counterpunch wields a [[photon cannon]] which fires a circuit-scrambling energy stream. All Autobots are given an energy damper that protects them from the gun's effects but generates pyrotechnics to keep Punch's cover.

In one universe, Punch gives in completely to his Counterpunch persona and combines with the [[Wrecker]]s to form [[Wreckage (G1)|Wreckage]].

{{bigquote|When you're under, right in the belly of the beast, you have to ''be'' the role. Anything less, the slightest tremor or waver--it's over, finished.|Counterpunch|"[[Secrets & Lies issue 1|Secrets & Lies #1]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[John Moschitta]] (English), [[Katsuhisa Hōki]] (Japanese)|[[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German, ''The Rebirth, Part 1''), [[Albert Augier]] (European French)}}
[[File:Rebirth punch and counterpunch.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"You're all of you quite out of your depth!"]]
In [[2007]], when the Decepticons attacked [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] after the end of a [[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2|short-lived truce]], Punch observed [[Pounce]] and [[Wingspan]] breaking into the city while the other Autobots were occupied with the battle. Seeking to discover their objective, he transformed into Counterpunch and caught up to them when they were breaking into a vault within the city. Informing them that [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] had told him to check up on them, Counterpunch's offer of help was rebuffed by the two clones, and Counterpunch departed, making a big noise about how he had heard his "Autobot counterpart" was "nearby... real nearby."

[[File:TheRebirth pt1 Punch FAILS.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Look I found James Bond! Punch him!]]
Naturally, Counterpunch promptly transformed back to Punch as soon as he had stepped out of the clones' line of sight, and opened fire on them from behind. Wingspan was able to get behind Punch and grabbed him, holding him so that Pounce could savage him in puma mode. Punch collapsed, and the two clones made off with the contents of the vault – the [[key to the Plasma Energy Chamber|key]] to the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]]. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] soon discovered Punch's unconscious body and roused him, but Punch could only silently point to the empty vault, confirming Prime's worst fear.

Punch was subsequently part of an Autobot contingent led by Prime who pursued the Decepticons to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. At Prime's order, Punch, [[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]] and [[Fastlane]] began searching the planet for the key, but unbeknownst to them, it had already been been used to briefly open the Plasma Energy Chamber. The resulting energy discharge blasted a group of Autobots led by [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] across the galaxy to the planet [[Nebulos]], and the key with them. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} Punch and the Autobot clones soon reported back to Prime that there was no sign of Kup's team or the key, prompting Prime to consult [[Vector Sigma]] for answers. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}
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===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Masaharu Satō]] (Japanese)|[[John Culkin]] (English, Omni Productions dub)}}

[[File:Headmasters cartoon punch.jpg|left|thumb|Queens up front.]]
By [[2011]], Punch was installed within the Decepticon ranks as Counterpunch and serving as [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s closely-trusted informant. Among the true information Counterpunch fed the Decepticon leader in order to maintain his cover were details of the movements of the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] when they attempted an impassioned attack on [[Chaar]] after the destruction of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. Using the information, Scorponok repelled their attack, much to the chagrin of [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundblaster]], who was particularly infuriated that Counterpunch had "somehow" turned up information that his own spying had failed to. Soon thereafter, Punch returned to the Autobot base on [[Athenia]], and informed Autobot [[Supreme Commander]] [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] that Scorponok was about to hold a ceremony on [[Earth]]'s [[moon (moon)|moon]] to coronate himself emperor of the Decepticons. During the ceremony, Galvatron returned from his prior apparent demise, and retook leadership of the Decepticons from Scorponok. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}}

When both the Autobots and Decepticons received an SOS signal from the energy-deprived planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]], Fortress was unsure how to proceed. Punch arrived to with information to help him come to a decision, as he let him know that the Decepticons had chosen to ignore the signal. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

[[File:Headmasters cartoon counterpunch.jpg|225px|thumb|Brooklyn's in the back.]]
Later, Punch informed the Autobots on Athenia of the arrival of the newest Decepticon warriors, the [[Horrorcon]]s, on Chaar. Not long after, when Galvatron departed for Earth to conduct potential peace talks with [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], Punch soon received a nasty surprise when he discovered that Spike was actually debating with a disguised [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]], and that the true Galvatron was still on Chaar, preparing to lead the Decepticons on an interplanetary energy raid while the Autobots were distracted. Punch snuck away from the crowd to radio the Autobots on Athenia and clue them in, but unfortunately, even with Punch's inside information, the Autobots were unable to stop the Decepticons from departing on their mission of evil. {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}}

As Counterpunch, Punch stayed with the Decepticons as they hopped from planet to planet. He met up with his Autobot comrades again when the Decepticons set down on the planet [[Daros]], informing them that Scorponok had sent the Decepticon Headmasters to kill a local [[Beastformer]] that knew of the location of Scorponok's secret weak spot. Punch informed the Autobot Headmasters that he believed the Beastformer, [[Tekna]], to be hiding in the [[South-North Caves]], and [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] set off to search for him. {{storylink|Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!}}

[[File:Punch sneakity sneak.jpg|left|thumb|Turn around! Your cover's blown!]]
Eventually, the Decepticons returned to Chaar with a huge stockpile of [[energon cube]]s, and it was Punch's duty to find out what Galvatron's master plan for the amassed energy was. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} Punch had little luck at first, bluffing his way through a carelessly-worded conversation with Galvatron and failing to learn anything more about the Decepticon leader's plan, other than that he was about to depart for Earth. Despite his lack of information, Punch raced to Earth to report his finding to Fortress with such speed that he almost forgot to transform out of his Counterpunch form before entering Autobot City. Completing his report, he then headed for the Decepticons' Earth base, in hopes of listening in on the schemes Galvatron was cooking up there. Again, he bumbled his way through an altercation with Scourge, claiming that he had been kneeling by a door because he had dropped something and quickly crawling off around a corner in search of this phantom object. He even considered switching out of his Counterpunch disguise, before he realized how foolish he was being. Finally, Punch found success with the time-honored tradition of listening through an air-vent, and discovered that Galvatron's master plan was to use the energy to fuse himself with the Earth itself. In the course of the conversation, Galvatron revealed that his head was his weakest point, and Punch quickly returned to Autobot City to reveal all he had discovered to Fortress. Fortress flew Punch to Alaska, where a battle was currently raging between Galvatron and the Autobot Headmasters, and Punch called out to inform them of Galvatron's weak spot. Enraged to discover that Punch was a spy, Galvatron soon found insult added to injury, as the Headmasters used Punch's information to finally defeat him and entomb him beneath the polar ice. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

[[File:Punch and fortress.jpg|thumb|He's been caught red-handed!]]
With the demise of Galvatron, Scorponok once again seized Decepticon leadership, a fact which Punch quickly passed along to the other Autobots. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}} When Scorponok took the Decepticons back to planet Master, Punch, as Counterpunch, went with them, then returned to Earth after Scorponok successfully forged his [[Zarak Shield]]. Setting down in the [[Strait of Gibraltar]], Scorponok instructed Counterpunch to observe the Autobots movements for him. Counterpunch leapt from Scorponok to the shore, but before he could even turn around, Scorponok had vanished beneath the waves, leaving Punch unable to inform Fortress of the evil emperor's whereabouts. Punch vowed to locate Scorponok for his commander. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} Little could Punch have known that Scorponok was operating out of the sub-oceanic ruins of [[Lemuria (myth)|Lemuria]], and was using the sunken continent's [[crysmagnetal]] to forge "[[Death Tower]]s" that would rip the Earth apart. Punch soon discovered that Scorponok was planning to outfit the Death Towers with energy induction boosters that would magnify their destructive effects, and informed Fortress and the Autobots that the villain was on his way to [[Egypt]] to do so with the Death Tower there. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

====''Unite Warriors''====
Punch and his comrades' involvement in Galvatron's defeat and icy entombment was recounted. {{storylink|Grand Galvatron Chapter}}

===''Super-God Masterforce'' comic===
Punch was among the Autobots on Athenia when the Autobot [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmaster]] [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] was brought to the planet so that Fortress could pass the mantle of Supreme Commander on to him. Unfortunately, this led to an attack by the Decepticons under the command of [[Devil Z]]. {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The Earth-Space Alliance Army}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====''Regeneration One''====
[[File:Punch scorponok grimlock natural selection.jpg|thumb|left|275px|"C'mon, Grimlock! I'm still waiting for my [[Legacy of Rust|series]] to come out!"]]
After more than twenty years of peace between the Cybertronian factions, the restored [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]] invaded Cybertron and began an assault against the Autobots by manipulating their [[CNA]] with a device he dubbed the [[Gene Key]]. He found Punch to be curiously immune to the key's personality-warping effects. Deeming therefore, that the Autobot was superfluous to his plan, Scorponok ordered [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] to execute him. Grimlock however, was not able to go through with the deed. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Three}}
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====''Transformers '84''====
[[File:TF84 CounterpunchReports.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|right|"You can trust me, Megatron!"]]
Intensely loyal to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], Punch was the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]'s premier spy. In his persona of "Counterpunch", he rose to a position of prominence in the Decepticon ranks, even as he was forced to commit horrible deeds against his fellow Autobots.

Before the Decepticons invaded [[Stanix]], Counterpunch was sent to bring [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] to the [[Presidium (facility)|Presidium]] before an explosion by a half-complete [[planetary engine|planetary turbine]] sent Cybertron on a direct course towards the dangerous [[Stellae Cimeterium]]. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 1|Secrets & Lies #1}}

[[File:TF84 PunchReports.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|left|"You can trust me, Optimus!"]]
With an [[asteroid belt]] proving a more immediate threat to Cybertron, Optimus commissioned the starship [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] to clear a path through the rocks, ordering Punch to allow [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] to become aware of this development. At [[Castle Decepticon]], in his Decepticon disguise "Counterpunch", Punch reported this to the tyrant, who'd already known about it thanks to [[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]], before he met Optimus in the [[Badlands (Cybertron)|Badlands]] and informed him of the mission's success. Punch then queried about the purpose of his mission, noting that it seemed as though Optimus wanted the Ark to be attacked. Wearily, Prime revealed that was his intent. With so many of the Autobots' most elite troops aboard one ship, the Decepticons would strike, whereupon Optimus intended to crash the warship on some distant world, hoping that by removing the Decepticon elite, the Autobots remaining on Cybertron would have a fighting chance. Before Optimus left, he issued Punch a final command: Ensure, no matter what, that the Ark would ''never'' be found. {{storylink|Transformers '84 issue 0|'84 #0}}

As Counterpunch began to suspect that [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] had deliberately fired the turbine towards the Cimeterium, [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] ordered him to bring this information to the Autobots. When the starship [[Nemesis (G1)|''Nemesis'']], the Decepticon counter to the Ark, was to launch, Counterpunch informed the irate Megatron of where Shockwave likely was. Observing the ship's launch, Counterpunch bore witness to Shockwave making plans to overthrow Megatron. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 1|Secrets & Lies #1}}

[[File:SecretsAndLies2 StraxusCounterpunch.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2]]
Carrying out Shockwave's new orders, Counterpunch promoted [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] to Regional Liege, giving him command of [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] in exchange for an immediate assault on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. After Optimus had crashed the Ark, Counterpunch communicated with Shockwave. Before the scientist could order Counterpunch to handle Ratbat, he was forced to incapacitate the [[Conehead]]s, whereupon he left the ''Nemesis'' to tie up loose ends. Solar cycles later, whereupon Shockwave was long overdue to return, Counterpunch hailed him again to question him about the delay. As Shockwave began to explain on the rich resources of the primordial [[Earth]], he was attacked by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], interrupting the call. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 2|Secrets & Lies #2}}

After using an [[auto-assembly drone]] to keep tabs on the overfuelled Grimlock, Counterpunch joined Straxus by the [[smelting pool]] where he received the authorization to reactive [[Project Dreadnought]]. Bringing this information to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]], Punch was initially denied a wrecking crew to attack the planetary turbines before [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] introduced him to the newly minted [[Wrecker]]s. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 3|Secrets & Lies #3}}

[[File:SecretsAndLies4 CounterpunchToPunch.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|[[Scene transition|DUN DA DUN DA NAAAAAAA!]]]]
Joining the Wreckers on their inaugural mission, Punch led the group to [[Stanix]] to dismantle Project Dreadnought. As he explained the specifics behind the project's infrastructure, [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] made himself known, scattering the attack force. While [[Twin Twist]] and [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] managed to scuttle away and bore underground, the rest of the group charged the [[combiner]], managing to separate the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], Punch facing off against [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]] until the underground duo planted explosive charges that destroyed Dreadnought.

Returning his attention to Grimlock, Punch watched the Dinobot leader fight a remote controlled Megatron who was channelling [[antimatter]]. While Grimlock managed to pierce Megatron's armor, this only exacerbated the matter/antimatter reaction, creating a gamma wave that shorted out Punch's auto-assembly drone but since Earth didn't blow up, he theorized that Grimlock had managed to deactivate [[Aunty|AUNTIE]], later suspecting, based on Ratchet's reports, that the Dinobot leader had returned to the site of his battle with Shockwave and voluntarily deactivated.

[[File:TF84 CounterpunchVehicle.jpg|upright=1.0|thumb|right]]
Retaking his position at Straxus' side, Counterpunch bore silent witness to Straxus offering the stranded Coneheads a place of power in his new order if they kept silent about the Ark's location, an offer that they readily agreed to. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 4|Secrets & Lies #4}}

Four million years later, in [[1017]], Counterpunch was part of a Decepticon scouting party that was following the Autobot rescue ship ''[[Mantlo]]'' for clues on the Ark. When on [[Earth]], [[Wingspan]] located the Ark forcing the spy to execute the [[Clone (subgroup)|Clone]]. Blaming the death on the Autobots, the Decepticons came to blows with [[Fastlane]] and [[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]]. Despite their numerical superiority and critically wounding Cloudraker, the Decepticons were defeated. As Fastlane carried his brother to the ''Mantlo'' so they could try and reach the Ark, Counterpunch, full of self-loathing, followed his Prime's last command and shot the ship's cockpit causing it to crash out of control into [[Stansham Castle]] where it became buried.

Reflecting on these events, Punch would grimly note that, although he dabbled in secrets daily, war was an awful thing that left no one unsoiled. {{storylink|Transformers '84 issue 0|'84 #0}}
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===''TransTech''===
A Punch/Counterpunch who found his way to [[Axiom Nexus]] wound up in professional sports. He became rivals with his own alter-ego in the ring. During one match up, Counterpunch won after twelve rounds. Punch graciously conceded his defeat. The two of them then took turns answering questions for reporters, switching back and forth between the two modes. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/04}}

===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
[[File:TheTruthWeMake PunchCounterpunch.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Hello, Doctor Banner. FYI: I'll be taking over the body from now on.]]

Before the war, Punch used to be an actor from [[Harmonex]]. When the war began, he was among the first denizens of his city to join the Autobots. The destruction of Harmonex twenty-seven years later drove Punch into a reckless rage, one that ended with the unit under his command massacred. Punch himself was impaled on a girder in the ensuing fight. When he came to, he was approached by Autobot command, who revealed to the wounded soldier that his [[Transformation cog|T-cog]] carried an incredibly rare, one-in-a-trillion mutation that would allow him to assume a second robot form—perfect for the High Command, who were in desperate need of a mole within the 'Cons. Using his acting talents, Punch created Counterpunch to go along with Punch the infiltration expert, and masquerading as these two characters allowed him to bury his grief.

As the war ground on, Punch was stationed at [[Gargoid]], where he began acting increasingly erratic. Eventually, his field commander [[Suppressor (Generations)|Suppressor]] confronted him over the recent Autobot defeat on [[Athenia]] and raised the question over Counterpunch's role in the slaughter—displaying a damning video feed of Counterpunch enabling the attack. This evidence got the Autobot thrown in the brig; while imprisoned, he began hallucinating Counterpunch, who claimed that ''Punch'' had been the lie, a convenient secret identity for the Decepticon and the ''real'' reason why nobody had ever heard of Harmonex. What's more, Counterpunch told him that he'd had enough of maintaining the Punch identity, and that it was time for the Autobot to die.

[[File:TheTruthWeMake DecepticonsShootPunch.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Is this... Mon Dieu!"]]

Counterpunch came to seconds before a Decepticon extraction squad arrived to spring their old friend, and joined in as the team stormed the base and finished off the Autobot garrison. Counterpunch was challenged by Punch's old rival [[Firecracker]], eager to finally finish off the "traitor" in the Autobot ranks. Counterpunch froze up—even after [[Crash Test (G2)|Crash Test]] took the blow for him and finished off the Autobot. The sight of his dead ex-comrade shocked Punch back to life... who declared that no matter ''who'' he was, the Decepticons had killed his friends and he would finish them off. Shooting Crash Test, he was exposed to a volley of fire from the other Decepticons, taking him out. His last thoughts before passing out were of Harmonex. {{storylink|The Truth We Make}}

Punch was taken to [[Paradron]] for repairs and left in [[Lifeline (G1)|Lifeline]]'s care. She managed to save the Autobot's life, as most of the damage was confined to one form. The complications of having two beings inhabiting one body meant that she wasn't able to save his original "Punch" robot mode, leaving him confined to his "Counterpunch" body and vehicle mode. {{storylink|Insight}} {{storylink|The Truth We Make}} In the wake of [[Thunder Mayhem]]'s rampage, [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]], desperate for new recruits, recruited the monumentally confused Counterpunch into the newest iteration of the [[Wrecker]]s. {{storylink|The Truth We Make}}

[[File:LivelyPursuit Wreckers.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"He could be in this very room! He could be you! He could be me!"]]
Their next stop was the jungle world of [[Chicxulania]], where they picked up [[Fractyl]]. Counterpunch fitted the pterosaur Transformer with some new upgrades after the Predacon reformatted himself back into his original jet body. {{storylink|Life Finds a Way}} Fractyl's access to some old Decepticon files allowed them to find a lost experimental base, where they recruited the sociopathic bioweapon [[Toxitron (G1)|Toxitron]]. {{storylink|The Toxic Transformer}} The next two inductees, [[Offroad (CW)|Offroad]] and [[Alpha Bravo]], prompted Impactor and Fractyl to reveal their plan to take down Thunder Mayhem: merging the five Wreckers into a brand new combiner of their own. Once everybody had undergone the augmentation process, the team headed down to a planet infested with [[Mecannibal]]s to put their skills to the test. Their new combined form, [[Wreckage (G1)|Wreckage]], trounced the threat... but then went berserk. Realizing that their combined form was an even worse liability than Thunder Mayhem, Alpha Bravo shot Offroad and then allowed himself to die, depriving the team of their most powerful asset. {{storylink|Foundation and Wreckage Part 1: Deadly Aim|Deadly Aim}}

Impactor was on the verge of quitting after that, but Counterpunch pushed him into following up on a distress signal from Cybertron. They found the Autobot gunner [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] living among the ruins. Bluestreak had been promised by the alien [[Teklaan]]s that they could restore Cybertron through terraforming, but needed some sparks to jumpstart the revival of the Cybertronian race. Bluestreak initially turned over the Wreckers to the Teklaans, but they betrayed him in order to add another spark to their formula. Counterpunch got the Wreckers out of their cell and they attacked the terraforming emitter. With Impactor and Bluestreak incorporated into the mix, Wreckage was reformed and destroyed the Teklaans' systems. {{storylink|Lively Pursuit}}

Counterpunch and the Wreckers received a signal tracking Thunder Mayhem to the planet [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Pandora's Gift}} There they teamed up with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], and the humans and [[Mega Pretender]]s of another reality to battle Thunder Mayhem. The human [[Lisa|Elizabeth]] used her power to channel Wreckage's energies and shatter the [[Matrix of Malice]], forcing the evil combiner apart. Counterpunch and the Wreckers took the Mayhem Attack Squad into custody following that exchange. {{storylink|Finale (OMAM)|Finale}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
During the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], Punch infiltrated the Decepticon Justice Division as Counterpunch and became Megatron's most elite spy. He made his way to the Decepticon capital [[Helex (polity)|Helex]] and, with the help of the locals, assassinated a [[triumvirate]] of Decepticon warlords who had decided to govern the city-state in Megatron's absence.

In the proto-former era, statues of the DJD remain standing at the [[Mandala]], home to the [[Predacon Secret Police]]. The statue of Counterpunch had long been removed, leaving behind a plinth that merely read "''Helex: Never forget''."

[[Wolfang (Predacon)|Wolfang]]'s faction-switching body owed something to Punch's cyberbiology. {{storylink|Trigger Warnings}}

===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material===
With Cybertron's fate sealed and the Autobots gone, the Decepticons followed them closely through space aboard the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' in pursuit of the [[AllSpark]]. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Earthrise|''Earthrise'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/earthrise ''Earthrise'' website]</ref> Using his Decepticon disguise Counterpunch, Punch infiltrated the crew of the ''Nemesis'' only for his cover to be blown by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Escaping the ''Nemesis'' in an escape pod, he made his way to the nearby Disaster Planet, [[Master (planet)|Dominus]] only to be pursued by [[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]]. Luckily for Punch, Barricade's search became troublesome, as he was faced with the planet's disastrous weather conditions. {{Storylink|War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Dominus Criminal Pursuit marketing material}}<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-F1144-Trans-Fall-3/dp/B0855748HF Dominus Criminal Pursuit on Amazon]</ref>
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==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{Note|Punch is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsPunchCounterpunch.jpg|thumb|right|420px|Big gun, little guy.]]
Punch participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a promotional Super Rare character who could be recruited via the Space Bridge. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
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[[File:Punch EarthWars.jpg|right|thumb|500px]]
[[File:Counterpunch EarthWars.jpg|right|thumb|500px]]

*'''Class:''' Special
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 stars
*'''Ability: Covert Operation''' - You go undercover for 10 seconds and throw EMP grenades at defences dealing some damage per second and disabling them for several seconds.
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:punch Punch at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
 
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:counterpunch Counterpunch at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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==Commercial appearances==
[[File:PunchCounterpunchCommercial.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Unfortunately for the Autobots, Counterpunch was TWICE as loyal to the Decepticons.]]
*Within a mechanical room, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] handed Punch an unknown device while [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]] looked on. Saluting, Punch assured Rodimus that he could trust him. He then transformed and drove off, speeding to a rocky area where [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] awaited him. Changing from vehicle mode into Counterpunch, he gave Galvatron the device. Saluting, Counterpunch assured Galvatron that he could trust him. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Punch and Clones|Punch/Counterpunch and Clones commercial}}
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[[File:BotCon2010Promo-PunchCounterpunch.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|He's not a double agent, he just doesn't want to clash with his surroundings.]]
*When [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] gathered Counterpunch and [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] to brainstorm ideas for ultimate weapons, Breakdown suggested they might find what they're looking for at [[BotCon 2010]]. Counterpunch brought this information to the Autobots as Punch, and the Autobots likewise made BotCon plans. {{storylink|BotCon 2010 Promo}}
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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}
[[File:G1toy-Punch.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|One toy, twice the fun!]]
*'''Punch-Counterpunch''' (Doublespy, [[1987]])
**''Takara ID number:'' '''C-111'''
**''Accessories:'' "Twin Mortar Launcher", "Photon Cannon"

:Punch transforms into a blue Pontiac Fiero. He has two distinct robot modes, with separate guns and [[rubsign]]s for each. They have separate arms, but the backs of Punch's torso, legs, and even head are the fronts of Counterpunch's and vice versa. The top of their shared head tilts to disguise the face not currently being used.

:The transformation for Punch's robot mode depicted in the toy's instructions and animation is, in fact, not the intended transformation for the toy. As illustrated in the inset of the image at right, rather than extend all the way, as they do for Counterpunch, the legs are supposed to fold back at the "knee" with Counterpunch's feet folded out 180 degrees to become Punch's own (this, then, gives a purpose to the otherwise-pointless ridges on his feet, which now serve to keep the robot stable). This transformation—depicted in the toy's box art and on the front of his instruction booklet (sans feet)—creates a much smaller robot mode for Punch, more in-line with the proportions of the 1984 and 85 Autobot Cars, that serves to further distinguish him from Counterpunch.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Punch/punch.htm More information on Punch at TFU.info]''
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===''Timelines''===
[[File:Timelinestoy-Punch.jpg|thumb|upright=2.55|Headlights are painted over for extra G1 accuracy!]]
*'''Punch-Counterpunch''' (Deluxe Class, [[2010]])
**''Accessories:'' Pistol, engine supercharger intakes

:One of two [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] [[exclusive]] toys offered in [[2010]], Punch-Counterpunch is a [[retool]]ing of the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|2008 ''Universe'' series]] [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Sunstreaker]]/[[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Sideswipe]] mold, transforming into a ''heavily'' modified {{w|Lamborghini Gallardo}} with customized engine supercharger intakes mounted just behind the roof. This supercharger can form a sort of "jetpack" by attaching to his back in Punch mode, chest armor in Counterpunch mode, or be attached to the pistol to make a larger gun. The pistol can also be mounted on a peg-hole in the robot-mode shoulder.

:Punch-Counterpunch makes use of the mold's two robot-mode configurations as a single toy. His new head replicates the original toy's two-faced "flip-cap" head, hiding the eyes of whichever face he isn't using at the time. (The fists need to be [[Partformer|physically swapped between the two if you ''really'' want to be super-accurate]].) Punch's face now has a mouth as per his "[[The Rebirth]]" model, but retains the toy's separate eyes. His head is very very very tiny, likely to accommodate his fliptop forehead during transformation. Coincidentally, Fun Publications failed to release photos of his robot mode until after the toy was already in buyers' hands.

:Punch went up for pre-order on the Club site on the evening of [[March 26]], 2010 at a price of $59. Despite pictures of his robot modes remaining unseen throughout, all 1800 units sold out by the morning of [[March 29]], the biggest and fastest sell out of a Club exclusive yet. Punch started shipping [[June 15]]. So great was the demand for Punch that a second run of only 300 figures was produced, which went on sale on [[August 11]]. These were limited to one-per-customer, and were only available to customers who had not purchased a Punch previously, but despite these restrictions, they were sold out within only a few hours.

:This mold was also used to make ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]''/''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' [[Red Alert (G1)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|Red Alert]] and the [[BotCon 2010]] exclusive [[Breakdown (G1)#Timelines 2|Breakdown]]. This iteration of the mold also inspired the non-toy ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' version of [[Wolfang (Predacon)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Wolfang]].

:Punch features the hole where the light bar would screw in on ''Henkei! Henkei!'' Red Alert on the top of his car mode roof, though it is covered with a rub symbol.

:Anyone looking to buy this figure on the aftermarket be warned, there is a similar-looking [[knockoff]] that's been making the rounds since at least 2014, with the packaging bearing a small "CHMS" logo on it.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Autobot/TFCCPunch/punch.htm More information on TFCC Punch at TFU.info]''
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy Nightbeat.jpg|thumb|right|300px|DEATH BY CHOCOLATE REAL NEAR BY]]

*'''Nightbeat''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)
**''Bag number'': '''40551 50'''
**''Accessories'': Stand brick, scoped pistol

: Part of the fifth assortment of [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] [[Kreon]] [[Micro-Changer]]s, <s>Punch</s> Nightbeat can be rebuilt from robot mode into a car based on Punch's vehicle mode. He sports [[Sideswipe (Kre-O)|Sideswipe's]] helmet.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/Kre-ONightbeat/nightbeat.htm More information on Nightbeat at TFU.info]''
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{{anchor|TFSS}}

===''Combiner Wars''===
[[File:TFSS-5.0-Counterpunch.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I'm the reason there will never be a ''Combiner Wars'' [[Slicer (G1)|Slicer]].]]
*'''Wrecker Counterpunch''' (TFSS 5.0, [[2017]])

:Part of the [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service#Series 5.0 (2016)|Figure Subscription Service 5.0]], ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' "Wrecker Counterpunch" (who doesn't turn into his Punch form) is a retool of ''Combiner Wars'' Deluxe Class [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Wheeljack]] using the mold's alternate head, transforming from a supercar resembling a Lancia Stratos to robot and back! As a ''Combiner Wars'' Deluxe limb he is able to combine with any ''Combiner Wars''-style Voyager Class figure or form one of [[Godbomber#Legends|''Legends'' Godbomber]]'s legs, though he is normally the left arm of [[Wreckage (G1)#Generations|Wreckage]].

:Counterpunch was released along with [[Toxitron (G1)#Toys|Wrecker Toxitron]] and [[Starscream (SG)#Generations|Shattered Glass Starscream]].
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===''Power of the Primes''===
[[File:TF-Generations-Deluxe-Class-Special-Edition-Punch.jpg|upright=2.66|thumb|I heard your wallet is nearby. ''Real nearby.'']]
*'''Punch-Counterpunch''' (Special Edition, [[2018]])
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''PP-44'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[February 23]], [[2019]]
**''Accessories'': [[Prima#PWTSE|Prima Prime]] Prime Master, gun, Prime Armor/Combiner Hand, Prime Master filler/gun

:''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' Punch-Counterpunch is an all-new "Special Edition" Deluxe Class mold that transforms into either robot mode as well as a supercar resembling a 2nd Generation Honda NSX with Volk TE37 wheels. The transformation includes a flip-out helmet and fists for each robot mode, as well as two-way knees, elbows, and a simple rearrangement of [[kibble]]. Instead of the Twin Mortar Launcher and/or the Photon Cannon, Punch-Counterpunch comes with a single orange gun based on his weapon in [[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|''The Headmasters'' cartoon]].

:Like all other ''Power of the Primes'' Deluxe Class figures, he comes with Prime Armor (identical to the one included with [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Jazz]]) with a place for a [[Prime Master#Toys|Prime Master]], [[Enigma of Combination#Generations|Enigma]], or [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix core]] that can transform into a hand or foot for a separate combiner. He also comes with the Prime Master [[Prima#PWTSE|Prima Prime]], which can interact with the figure via the [[Titan Master#Toys|Titan Master]]/Prime Master pegs on the back of his car or the included Prime Armor. In an undocumented (and likely accidental) feature, Prima can be stored folded up inside the driver's compartment in car mode. Punch's gun can also be mounted on either of the Prime Armor's 5 mm holes or mount on the top of his car mode or be clipped under the chassis.

:Unlike all other Deluxes in the subline, Punch-Counterpunch lacks the combiner peg, making him the first non-Combiner Deluxe or Voyager Class figure released in this lineup.

:Punch-Counterpunch also suffers a slight [[misassembly]]: his shoulder joints are installed upside down, making it harder for the arms to tab in properly in vehicle mode. This can be easily repaired without any tools. His box art shows Punch's chest and the gun accessory to be yellow colored, instead of the orange of the actual figure. Also, care must be taken while rolling his vehicle mode as Punch's chest piece and Counterpunch's painted feet are very, '''VERY''' close to the ground. While rolling him on a flat surface is fairly safe, a rough surface can damage both of these areas.

:This set was an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] exclusive in the U.S., initially revealed via preorder listing without any prior announcement from Hasbro. It was also available at general retail in Hong Kong, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore.
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===''War for Cybertron: Earthrise''===
[[File:TF-WFC-GOC-Dominus-Criminal-Pursuit-Punch-Counterpunch.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Counterpunch is (not) the impostor.]]
*'''Dominus Criminal Pursuit''' (Galactic Odyssey Collection, 2020)
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''ER EX-25'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': '''[[May 29]], [[2021]]'''

:Released as part of the "Dominus Criminal Pursuit" 2-pack, this Punch/Counterpunch is a redeco of the ''Prime Wars Trilogy'' Deluxe Class figure, in brighter colors akin to [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]. Other changes include the additional yellow stripe underneath the car doors and the omission of paint detailing on the upper thighs and tires, along with lacking the Prime Master Armor. If one wants, they can make the “spy” part of him more visible by folding down Counterpunch’s insignia (left-over from the Power of the Primes release) if he is in Punch form, and do the same with Punch’s insignia if he is Counterpunch. The Amazon photos of him show him with [[Barricade (IDW)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Barricade]] as both Punch and Counterpunch, at different times. Due to this, it is even possible to mistake the toy for being one transformer, one non-transforming figurine.

:While the set's Amazon listing calls this figure "Punch/Counterpunch", the two robot modes are named in the instructions as "Counterpunch" and "Autobot Punch", suggesting the latter name cannot be [[trademark]]ed without the "Autobot" prefix.

:The "Dominus Criminal Pursuit" 2-pack also contains [[Barricade (IDW)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Barricade]]. Unlike the Power of the Primes release, he is packaged as Counterpunch.

:This two-pack was released as an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] exclusive in the United States initially, but appeared on [[Hasbro Pulse]] on March 5, 2021. This figure was also available at general retail in Hasbro's Asian markets such as Singapore. In Japan, the two pack was released as a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive.
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==Notes==
[[File:TF-Punch-Prototype-Heads.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|MY FACE ACCEPTS ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS.]]
*Punch sports a considerably different prototype face during his first commercial, one that may have served as inspiration for the design of his face used in the 1987 commercial and the American cartoon. Counterpunch is the same, however.
*The Doublespy concept seems to have been kicking around for a while before actually being executed:
**A concept sketch exists that depicts Punch/Counterpunch as a high-tech jet more in line with the 1986+ aesthetic which transforms in a way somewhat similar to the final car version.<ref>[[Transformers Generations|Transformers Generations Deluxe]], p97.</ref>
**Not one but two early patents were filed for a car Doublespy. The first patent depicts a car that can turn into a large robot or split straight across the middle, with the front and back ends of the car each transforming into a separate robot. It uses a car model identical to the final Punch/Counterpunch.<ref>[http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=EPODOC&II=0&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=19860524&CC=JP&NR=S61106187A&KC=A Patent #JP61-106187]</ref>
**The second patent keeps the car as a single unit, however the car now folds along the center from the front bumper to the rear windshield. One robot mode is formed when the car is transformed normally, the other is formed when the car is transformed and folded to reveal a new head, chest, and arms. This model has an identical leg transformation to the final version.<ref>[http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=EPODOC&II=1&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=19880219&CC=JP&NR=S6338484A&KC=A Patent #JP63-038484]</ref>
*At the 2010 [[San Diego Comic-Con]], a Punch/Counterpunch miniseries known as "[[Legacy of Rust]]" was announced.<ref>http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/san-diego-comic-con-33/san-diego-comic-con-2010-idw-publishing-panel-highlights-170274/</ref> However, the miniseries was never released (and with the end of IDW's original G1 continuity, likely never will be), but it's been stated that [[Stuart Moore]] wrote all four issues.<ref>http://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2015/02/27/windblade-returns-in-transformers-combiner-wars/</ref>

===Foreign names===
====Punch====
*''Japanese:'' '''Spacepunch''' (スペースパンチ ''Supēsupanchi''), '''Punch''' (パンチ ''Panchi'')
*''French:'' '''Pugilil''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Spy'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Shuāng Miàn Rén''' (双面人, "Double-faced Man")
*''Russian:'' '''Punch''' (Панч ''Panch'')

====Counterpunch====
*''Japanese:'' '''Counterpunch''' (カウンターパンチ ''Kauntāpanchi'')
*''French:'' '''Contrecoup''' (Canada, "Counterpunch")
*''Italian:'' '''Ultraspy'''
*''Russian:'' '''Vyshibala''' (Вышибала, "Bouncer")

==References==
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[[Category:Double agents]]
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[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Autobots]]
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[[Category:Kreons]]
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[[Category:Power of the Primes Decepticons]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Autobots]]
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[[Category:Super-God Masterforce Autobots]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce Decepticons]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Decepticons]]
[[Category:Timelines characters]]
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:''Abominus is a [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

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

Abominus is the combined form of all five Terrorcons:

*[[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]] (torso)
*[[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]] (left arm)
*[[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]] (left leg)
*[[Blot (G1)|Blot]] (right arm)
*[[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]] (right leg)

{{bigquote|Computron think too much!|The extent of Abominus's personality|"[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1]]"}}

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

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

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

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

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

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Masato Hirano]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:HM3 Headmasters catch Abominus.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
In 2011, the Terrorcons were part of the first wave of Galvatron's siege on Cybertron, hoping to gain control of [[Vector Sigma]]. They formed Abominus to battle [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Later on, Abominus teamed up with his fellow combiners to wage war on their Autobot counterparts. Their victory seemed assured until the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]] swooped in and scattered the Decepticon combiners. They barely survived the encounter. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} On Earth, the Terrorcons intervened on [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]]'s search for the [[Matrix of Leadership]], but [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] kept the Terrorcons busy so that Hot Rod could complete his mission. Even after the Terrorcons formed Abominus, the Headmasters stood against them, and the arrival of Computron swung the odds firmly on the Autobots' side. Abominus was last seen with his head buried in the sand, being kicked in the side by Computron. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}} He would have a brief rematch with Computron when he and numerous other Decepticons joined Galvatron in an attempt to keep the Autobots from stopping [[Metamorphose]]. Abominus and the others failed. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

Abominus once again found himself battling Superion shortly before Cybertron was destroyed by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s bombs. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}} He was also assembled on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] to fight [[Raiden]] and the Headmasters, during Scorponok's scheme to explode the planet and harvest its [[plasma energy]]. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}} On Earth, the Terrorcons united into Abominus to fight Computron for a supply of energy. He fell before his foe's flying feet. For sure. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

[[File:HeadFormation MonsterbotsVsAbominus.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|Kill it with fire!]]
Abominus joined the Decepticons on their space mission to gather energy from throughout the universe. He battled Computron on the [[Twin Star]] planets. {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}} He also helped collect energon on [[Paradise]]. Abominus battled the Autobot [[Monsterbot (G1)|Monsterbot]]s, but was driven off by their flame breath. Or, rather, by their flame breath igniting a cache of energon cubes. (A civilization that uses a highly explosive substance as both food and money. No wonder they've been at war off-and-on for 11 million years.) {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

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

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

=====''Zone'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Yukimasa Kishino]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:AbominusZone1.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|left|John MenasorCain vs. Barack Obamanus, '08.]]
Over fifteen years later, Abominus joined several other powerful Decepticons in an assault on planet [[Micro|Zone]], led by the reborn [[Emperor of Destruction|Dark Emperor]] [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]]. Attempting to steal their [[Energon Z]], the Decepticons proved no match for the [[Micromaster]]s and were driven away. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)#Catalogue story page 1|Zone Project Story}}

Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], [[Emperor of Destruction|Decepticon Emperor]] [[Violengiguar]] gathered together the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]], upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. Abominus was selected to be one of those Generals and was given the rank "Monster General" as well as new power and weaponry to make him an even greater threat than before. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} The Generals managed to school [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]] and the [[Metrosquad]] in the ways of evil, making them more than formidable foes for the Powered Masters. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 7}}

Abominus was sent to the Planet [[Feminia]] to wreak havoc along with [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]]. Together, they destroyed the entire planet and nearly killed [[Star Saber (G1)|Victory Saber]] in the process. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!‎}}
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=====''Generations Selects Special Comic''=====
[[File:Selects Abominus Kills Omega Megatron.jpg|200px|thumb]]
After [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] gained the upper hand on the Terrorcons by absorbing their [[Angolmois Energy]], they panicked and transmitted a request asking their [[Quintesson]] masters to allow them to combine into Abominus. The Quintessons then deployed the flying shield [[Terrorbreaster]], allowing the Terrorcons to unite into the merciless combiner. However, Megatron used his absorbed Angolmois Energy to evolve into Megatron Omega, and promptly attacked Abominus. Unfortunately, Abominus simply shot a hole in the mighty Decepticon leader's chest and tossed him away. {{Storylink|Abominus comic 1}}

[[File:Abominus loses spaghetti.jpg|200px|left|thumb]]
Abominus continued to wreak havoc in [[Neo Scramble City]] while Megatron Omega merely recovered from his injury. [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] ganged up on Abominus, but were split into their individual components by his Angolmois-infused chest cannon. However, the individual [[Autobot]]s retaliated by combining into [[Comperian]] and kicking Abominus... just above his crotch plate. The bestial combiner was conveniently sent flying into fellow [[Decepticon]] combiners [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], allowing Abominus to assimilate their limbs and become the new combiner [[Abomenaticus]].

Abomenaticus thus continued his assault on Comperian until Megatron Omega declared himself the strongest Angolmois user, prompting Abomenaticus to reform into Abominus and divert his attention to the Decepticon commander. However, Megatron Omega effortlessly counterattacked him, causing Hun-Gurrr's [[Hellspark]] to release all of its absorbed [[spark]]s. The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] combiner [[Volcanicus (POTP)|Volcanicus]] valiantly stepped in, using his Angolmois-forged [[Magma Blade (GS)|Magma Blade]] to protect Abominus from Megatron Omega's blast. He then offered a hastily-made alliance with the Terrorcon combiner; agreeing that they defeat Megatron and then have a 1-on-1 brawl. Abominus then threw his Terrorbreaster chestplate at Megatron Omega, slicing off the Decepticon leader's head—at which he just picked up his disembodied head and reconnected it. Abominus and Volcanicus later prepared to enter a portal opened by [[Primus]] on [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s orders. {{Storylink|Abominus comic 2}}
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====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity====
=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
[[File:GreatTransformerWar02cover.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]

Abominus fared poorly in battle with the new Autobot combiner, [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]. The weapon upgrades given to him by Doctor [[Dalton]], the famous scientist, were almost overpowering. The Terrorcons were forced to implement Galvatron's back-up plan, splitting Abominus back into his individual parts and assaulting Computron with [[Cohesive Control Liquid]]. They briefly took control of Computron, but [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] managed to neutralize the control liquid with Dalton's help. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}

=====''Zone'' comic=====
Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], [[Emperor of Destruction|Decepticon Emperor]] [[Violengiguar]] gathered together the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]], upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. Abominus was selected to be one of those Generals and was given the rank "Monster General" as well as new power and weaponry to make him an even greater threat than before. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} The Generals managed to school [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]] and the [[Metrosquad]] in the ways of evil, making them more than formidable foes for the Powered Masters. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 7}}

The Nine Great Demon Generals united to attack planet Feminia, destroying it utterly. Violengiguar next charged his Generals with collecting [[Energon Z]] and the all-powerful [[Zodiac]], which he intended to use to fuel his conquest. [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]], [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], Bruticus, and Abominus attacked planet Zone, defeating the Micromaster teams and stealing their Energon Z core. The Micromasters pursued them into space, only to be stopped by [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] and his energy web. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Zone}}
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====''Transformers in 3-D''====
{{note|''[[Transformers in 3-D]]'' takes place at some point after the events of "[[The Rebirth]]".}}
The Terrorcons and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] intercepted [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s team during the search for [[Metascan Alpha]]. The Terrorcons united into Abominus, but the Autobots ignored them and continued with their mission. A short time later, Abominus came under attack from the [[Destructon]]s and was blasted apart. The Terrorcons began a retreat and found themselves being aided by Ultra Magnus, resulting in Cyclonus agreeing to a truce between the two factions. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

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

Rather than actually attacking his enemies, Abominus began brainlessly smashing his way through the city, till the Technobots combined into [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] and blasted him with [[acid pellet]]s. Computron then bashed Abominus with a steel beam, hitting him so hard that he broke apart into the Terrorcons, who promptly retreated. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}}
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====''Classics''====
{{noteclassics}}
[[File:Piranacon Abominus-At Fights End.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
In the 21st century, the Terrorcons were repaired and rejoined the Decepticons under [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s control. While anticipating an attack from Megatron's loyalists, Bludgeon came to believe that Hun-Grrr had willingly compromised his battle plans. When Hun-Grrr saw Bludgeon and the [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]] approach, he offered then some of the [[Energon star|Energon Star]]s he was munching on. Bludgeon accused the Terrorcon leader of treachery. Hun-Grrr, shocked at their rejection of his snack, and outraged at these false charges, was soon brawling with the Seacons. Both groups continued the fight in combined modes, with [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]] finally stabbing Abominus in the back. The five Terrorcons sunk into [[stasis lock]], and Bludgeon, disgusted, ordered them taken away. Hun-Grrr's defeat, however, merely made Bludgeon blind to the true traitors in his army. {{storylink|At Fight's End}}
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====''Transformers '84''====
[[File:SecretsAndLies4 AbominusWhirlRacknRuin.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
After [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] had become [[Decepticon leader]], he sought to reactivate [[Project Dreadnought]], posting Abominus to defend the control hub in [[Stanix]]. When the [[Wrecker]]s arrived to shut down Dreadnought, Abominus quickly responded only for [[Rack'n'Ruin (G1)|Rack'n'Ruin]] to manage a blow to his face, sending the combiner stumbling back into the solar wind pylon where he was assaulted by the ground forces. Faced with so many small targets, the Terrorcons decombined and fought them individually. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 4|Secrets & Lies #4}}
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Abominus was among the Decepticons forces nestled safely behind [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s force field when the combined forces of the Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] came to stop them from absorbing the [[sun]]. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Constructicons Rising, Part 1|''Galaxies'' #1]]}}

[[File:ConstructiconsRising1 TheAbomination.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|"The mixture could be... an ''abomination''."]]
"Many, many cycles" before the [[War of the Threefold Spark]] a group of Cybertronians discovered the [[Enigma of Combination]] and used its energies to turn themselves into a combiner. However, the group lacked any purpose of unity, which resulted in their Abominus being governed only by the basest impulses of its components. As a result, the giant, which carried with it the Enigma, lumbered across Cybertron in a destructive hunt for energon. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 1}} The Cybertronians of the day tried everything to halt Abominus's rampage, until it became clear the combiner couldn't be stopped, bargained, threatened or reasoned with. {{storylink|Escape Part Three}} Abominus was eventually felled at [[Rivets Field]], where its components were separated and the Enigma buried. Both [[Nominus Prime]] and [[Termagax]] bore witness to the Abomination's reign of terror, with the former being haunted by it. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 1}} {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 3}} {{storylink|Escape Part Three}}

History would later record [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]] as having taken Abominus down single-handed, something he was quick to dismiss. {{storylink|Escape Part Three}}

Shockwave's musings would confirm Abominus was one of only two examples of the Enigma at work since the age of the Primes. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I}}
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==Commercial appearances==
After the Terrorcons' initial assault on [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] was rebuffed, they regrouped and combined into Abominus to tear into Maximus's armament. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Fortress Maximus|Fortress Maximus commercial}}

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

===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
[[File:TF PS2 Abominus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
{{voiceactor|???}}

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

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Abominus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6]]
Abominus participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! Abominus could be recruited to a team if all of his components were at max level. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:Earth Wars Abominus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}
{{charstub}}
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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1abominus toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Nothing says unstoppable anger like a purple chemise and booties.]]
* '''Abominus''' (1987)
** ''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-84'''

: Abominus is formed out of all five Terrorcons. As a [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1986 (Scramble City and Transformers 2010)|Scramble City]]-style combiner, each smaller Terrorcon attaches as limbs into the central body, Hun-Gurrr. He is completed by attaching fists, feet, a large chestplate, and a head, and is armed with Hun-Gurrr's [[Sonic stun-gun|rifle]]. He can also use Sinnertwin's large gun.

:The instructions recommend the limb configuration pictured at the right, however due to their design any of the small Terrorcons (or any of the other Scramble City-style limbs from other combiners) can be used as any limb for Abominus. However, it may be inadvisable to use Sinnertwin as an arm, as the clearance between his chest and connector peg/head is juuuuust a bit too tight, making it very hard to swing down without adding severe stress to the piece. Abominus has a very flamboyant color scheme (consisting of various shades of purple, blue, gray, green, yellow, dark turquoise and white), making him one of the best examples of a [[Neon]] "Generation 1" toy.

: Similarly to [[Superion (G1)#Generation 1|Superion]], Hun-Gurrr's own slender legs lead to Abominus having some disproportionately thin thighs.

: Thanks to Hun-Gurrr's articulation, Abominus is perhaps the most poseable of the Generation 1 combiners. He can swing his legs forward and backward as well as to the side, and also has knees, even if they are a little high. If you follow the configuration for Abominus as per his instructions, his right leg also gets another piece of articulation thanks to Cutthroat's unusual hip swivel (kind of a really high ankle). He also has head articulation thanks to Hun-Gurrr's head rotating 360 degrees.

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

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Decepticon/Abominus/abominus.htm More information on Abominus at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/decepticon/1987/instr_abominus.jpg Instruction booklet for Abominus at Botchthecrab.com]''
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===''Power of the Primes''===
[[File:TF-PotP-Abominus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The Abominable Rage Man.]]
*'''Terrorcon Hun-Gurrr''' (Voyager Class, 2018)
*'''Terrorcon Rippersnapper''' (Deluxe Class, 2018)
*'''Terrorcon Blot''' (Deluxe Class, 2018)
*'''Terrorcon Cutthroat''' (Deluxe Class, 2018)
*'''Sinnertwin''' (Deluxe Class, 2018)

:Part of the ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' subline of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'', Abominus is formed from one Voyager Class Terrorcon and four Deluxe Class Terrorcons. As a ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]''-style combiner, Abominus can also utilize any ''Combiner Wars''-style Deluxe as a limb.

:The Terrorcon [[Enigma of Combination#Generations|Enigma of Combination]] included with Hun-Gurrr can be stored in Abominus's chest, hands or feet. Due to Abominus's unique chest design, the Enigma can also be hidden away beneath the built-in hatch. [[Prime Master#Toys|Prime Master]]s, other Enigmas of Combination, or [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix cores]] can also be stored in any of the aforementioned ports, although the chest hatch cannot conceal them as it can the Terrorcon Enigma due to their thicker shape (though Inferno's redecoed Autobot Enigma can fit just like it would Hun-Gurrr's). Abominus' head sculpt is rather pointedly based on his "Call of the Primitives" appearance, with a pronounced helmet brim, thin face, elongated antennae, and a far more angular "shades" style of visor than the usual G1 character model featured in other episodes.

:Abominus's packaging art uses the combiner's original G1 design, although the actual toy has a modified torso design, which omits the dragon heads from the combiner's knees due to the thighs being formed from Hun-Gurrr's arms instead of his legs, as well as a visibly different chest design. On another note, all of the Deluxe Terrorcons come with Prime Armor/hands from [[Volcanicus (POTP)#Toys|Volcanicus]], although due to the hands being packaged with the limb-forming Terrorcons, cast in a multitude of different colors, Abominus always has different colored hands rather than uniform magenta no matter which hands are used. The combined figure also has an unfortunate tendency to lean forward, though not enough to topple over thanks to his long feet. Speaking of which, the Terrorcons' instructions depict him with Volcanicus's feet, rather than the G1 inspired ones coming with Hun-Gurrr. Also, Hun-gurrr is the only one in the set whose Prime Armour doesn't have the spikes on it.

:''Extreme'' care should be taken when plugging a hand or foot into Rippersnapper's combiner peghole, due to the fact it is molded very thin and easy to break. Should this happen, the peghole's tension will be severely reduced and cause the hands and feet to lose any grip when inserted. Due to this, it is ill-advised to use Rippersnapper as a leg, as Abominus' combined weight puts the most amount of weight against the peghole. The other Terrorcons, including Rippersnapper's retool Blot, thankfully do not share this issue, though [[Sinnertwin]]'s toy sometimes does not have a peg in which to plug in a foot, but due to the fact that he can serve as an arm as well, it is less of an issue.
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===''Generations Selects''===
[[File:TF-Generations-Selects-Abominus.jpg|upright=2|thumb|Yes, but where's the [[Goradora]] redeco?]]
*'''Abominus''' ([[April 17]], [[2021]])
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''TT-GS05'''
**''Accessories'': Individual Terrorcon weapons, Gestalt hands, Gestalt feet, [[Terrorbreaster]]

:''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' Abominus is a redeco of ''Power of the Primes'' Abominus with a couple of new accessories. As you might expect, this version of Abominus features a much more cartoon-accurate coloration: the head is purple with a white face, Abominus' upper legs (formed from the backs of Hun-Gurrr's arms) are grayish-white as opposed to dark gray, stickers adorning Hun-Gurrr from the ''Power of the Primes'' release are gone, and the Terrorcon limbs have more saturated plastic colors. [[TakaraTomy]] also went the extra mile to create the hilariously named [[Terrorbreaster]] piece which appears to fit on Abominus' chest, making it more closely resemble the animation model. Abominus also features new foot and hand pieces cast in uniform magenta, which are mostly recolored from TakaraTomy's ''Selects'' [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacon]]s, with the exception of the new detachable toe pieces and the new small cannons for Hun-Gurrr that double as heel stabilizers for Abominus. Unfortunately, the dragon-head knees are still absent.

:Additionally, Abominus has a new rifle that is also recolored from TakaraTomy's ''Selects'' [[Turtler#Generations|Turtler]] and decked out with a plethora of [[5 mm post|5 mm ports]], allowing for the smaller Terrorcons' guns to be attached to it and form a slightly bigger weapon.

:Originally slated for release on [[March 27]], Abominus's release was pushed back to April 17.
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Caramel===
[[File:Caramel abominus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Abominus''' (1987)
:A soft-rubber figurine of Abominus was available as part of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Milk Caramel]]'' line of "[[candy toy]]s" in yellow, red, or blue. Like all the figures from the ''Headmasters'' assortment, the figure was permanently attached to a flat base that had a rubber stamp of Abominus's face and name on its underside.
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==Notes==
*The colors of Abominus' head vary wildly between different forms of media. In some cases, Abominus has a white-colored head with a purple face and yellow eyes. Other times, he has a purple-colored head with a white face and red eyes. The former is most typically associated with his toys, while the latter is largely used within animation, though there are exceptions to these examples.
*Abominus' 1987 toy instructions depict Cutthroat as his right leg, with Sinnertwin as his left. However, most forms of media depict the "wrong" limb configuration, featuring Sinnertwin as his right leg and Cutthroat as his left, stemming from his original [[package art]]. ''[[Transformers: Earth Wars]]'' depicts the "correct" configuration, while ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'' depicts Cutthroat as his right ''arm'' and Blot as his right leg. [[Abominus (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Abominus]] uses the limb placement from Abominus' original package art.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Abominus''' (オボミナス ''Obominasu'')
*''Italian:'' '''Thundertron'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Qiúyǔguǐ''' (China, 求雨鬼, "Rain-seeking Ghost")
*''Russian:'' '''Oblomius''' (Обломиус, "Failurius")

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Waspinator (BW)

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:''Waspinator is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Waspinatorbw.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Waspinator: chew-toy of fate.]]
'''Waspinator''' (aka '''Wasp''', '''Thrustinator''', or '''Waspscream''') is the universe's whipping boy. If something goes wrong, it happens to him. If something blows up, he's usually at the epicenter of the explosion. He has been blasted, burned, shot down, torn up, crushed, slashed, smashed, bashed, and otherwise reduced to his component parts times beyond counting. Disturbingly, [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] has taken to collecting his severed components.

Waspinator's not the brightest 'bot in the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]. [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] has classified the harebrained Predacon as expendable, much to Waspinator's dismay; he doesn't get much more respect from anyone else, either. His speech quirks don't help: he tends to refer to himself in the third person and to most other people by nicknames like [[Cheetor (BW)|"cat-bot"]] and [[Quickstrike (BW)|"two-head."]] He's also a bit too fond of the letter "Z". (Those prone to witticisms might say he has a "liszzzzp.")

Waspinator may be dumb, but he's not stupid. He has caught on to his lot in life and tries to avoid his fate as often as possible... but fate always finds him. Thankfully, he's almost supernaturally durable and has survived the most devastating and humiliating of defeats.

{{quote|[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] blow up, Waszzpinator must salvage. Waszzpinator blow up, ''nobody'' salvage! Why universe hate Waszzpinator?|Waspinator laments his lot in life|"[[Deep Metal]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Toy bios===
[[File:Optimusprimalvsmegatronwaspinator.jpg|left|thumb|"This new aerobics regimen is great! Work, you abs!"]]

The Waspinator was a fearsome warrior of monstrous appearance, striking fear with the eerie sound of his ominous buzzing. He striked down helpless victims using his secret wing missiles, poisoning them with his cyber-sting. {{storylink|#Toys|Waspinator bio}} He also liked to gang up on his victims with his partner, [[Buzz Saw (BW)|Buzz Saw]]. {{storylink|Buzz Saw (BW)#Toys|Buzz Saw bio}}

When the Maximals located the Predacons' genetics lab, Waspinator was present along with Megatron and Tarantulas to fend them off. Waspinator exchanged blasts with Cheetor before Megatron initiated the lab's self-destruct mechanism, at which point the Predacons retreated. {{storylink|Optimus Primal vs Megatron!}}

When the [[quantum surge]] physically upgraded Waspinator into a [[Transmetal]], his personality remained the same. He, however, found a renewed drive to eliminate the Maximals, accompanied by enhanced speed. {{storylink|#Toys|Transmetal Waspinator Bio}}

The [[Transmetal|Metals]] upgrade did little to stem Waspinator's annoying buzzing, and he still suffered many bouts of violence. {{storylink|#TM1|Metals Waspeeter bio}}
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===Cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Scott McNeil]] (English), [[Kensō Katō]] (Japanese)|[[Zhang Mingliang]] (Chinese), [[Mikhail Tihonov]] (Russian, 2nd dub), [[Ivo Roberto]] (Portuguese), [[Fábio Vilalonga]] (Portuguese, some episodes), [[Diego Sabre]] (Italian), [[Pierre Laurent]] (French), [[Roberto Molina]] (Latin American Spanish, season 1), [[Carlos Íñigo]] (Latin American Spanish, last episodes of season 1, season 2 and season 3), [[Gabriel Gama]] (Latin American Spanish, last 2 episodes of season 3), [[José Padilla]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Holger Potzern]] (German)}}

[[File:BeastWars1 Waspinator robotmode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Remember when Waspinator used to be a threat? Because ''he'' doesn't, the poor guy.]]
Waspinator, part of [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s rogue band of Predacons, landed on an unknown planet with dangerous levels of unstable [[energon]]. To protect themselves from the energon, the Predacons took organic [[beast mode]]s. In Waspinator's case, he now transformed into a large, green wasp. The first conflict between the stranded Predacons and their Maximal pursuers came when the Maximal [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] stumbled across Waspinator. In a stark contrast to his later career, he actually proved to be a serious threat and had the advantage over the inexperienced Cheetor, pinning the young Maximal down in a canyon. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}}

The Predacons pursued the Maximals and interrupted a fight between [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]. When a stray shot exposed a cache of energon atop a nearby mountain, the Predacons headed for it. Waspinator was teamed with [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] for the first time, in an attempt to slow the Maximals down. They were chased off by a missile from Primal and rejoined the others for a mountaintop battle, wherein Cheetor attempted to have a rematch with Waspinator. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 2)}}

Waspinator helped [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] and Terrorsaur install some perimeter defenses around the Predacon base. {{storylink|The Web}} When Cheetor ended up in the Predacon base through some sort of freak teleportation system, Waspinator and Scorponok tried to kill him, but only succeeded in blowing themselves up with their own missiles. Little did Waspinator know that he would be blown up numerous times in the adventures to come. {{storylink|Equal Measures}}

[[File:ChainOfCommand Waspinator gets shot up.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"...and here we see a wild Waspinator in its natural state."]]
Waspinator was part of an attack on the Maximals at the [[Standing Stones]]. He survived that battle, but when an [[Vok probe|alien probe]] appeared at the circle, he and Megatron attempted to take possession of it, and a pulse of energy zapped them. They turned up, badly damaged, back at the Predacon base. After repairs, Megatron sent Waspinator and Scorponok to guard the circle. The Maximals soon turned up to try and extract Primal from the probe. Waspinator attempted to sneak up on [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], only for the Maximal to see his reflection on the probe and ventilate him with a chaingun. Waspinator fell backwards against a standing stone, activating a sequence which freed Primal from the probe. {{storylink|Chain of Command (BW)|Chain of Command}}

After Terrorsaur managed to slag Megatron and take leadership of the Predacons, Waspinator and Scorponok promptly fixed Megatron. {{storylink|Power Surge (episode)|Power Surge}} When a [[stasis pod]] crashed, Waspinator and Terrorsaur went directly to the ''Axalon'' and ambushed Optimus Primal when he emerged to look for the pod. Though they succeeded, Dinobot dropped a huge rock on Waspinator, and Terrorsaur had to help his fellow. Waspinator was still healthy enough to report to Megatron, who sent the pair to capture the pod. On the way, they managed to slow down the Maximals by destroying an ice bridge, but by the time they reached the pod, [[Tigatron]] had already been activated. The new Maximal fought them off. {{storylink|Fallen Comrades}}

[[File:Better Mousetrap Waspinator.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Wazzzzpinator not want to know "who'zzzz there?"]]
In one of Waspinator's few victories, he managed to retrieve the stasis pod which gave birth to [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. When Terrorsaur again deposed of Megatron, Waspinator seemed happy to follow his fellow Predacon. {{storylink|Double Jeopardy}} Perhaps that was why he was subsequently assigned with Blackarachnia and Terrorsaur to deliver a [[sonic emitter]] to a location below the ''Axalon''. Dissatisfied with the task, he went to fly around for a bit and mutter to himself, only to give away their position accidentally. Though he returned to the other two Predacons, they were discovered by Tigatron, who destroyed the sonic emitter. {{storylink|A Better Mousetrap}} After Primal was inadvertently turned into a berserker by Scorponok's [[cyberbee]], Waspinator attempted to track down Optimus in the Predacon base, but found himself pulled through a wall and blasted. {{storylink|Gorilla Warfare}}

Waspinator acted as bait for the first test of [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]'s [[Transformation Lock Lens|transformation lock lens]]. The test was a success, but Waspinator was slagged by Tigatron. {{storylink|The Probe}} He was later one of the trio who mounted a mock revolt against Megatron to fool the Maximals. The Predacons concealed themselves in a crevasse (where Waspinator apparently spent his nights cuddling Tarantulas like a soft toy) while the Maximals repaired the ''Axalon''. They were discovered by Dinobot, who dropped a large rock on Waspinator and Terrorsaur. Though the latter survived to battle on, Waspinator apparently didn't. {{storylink|Victory (episode)|Victory}}

[[File:DarkDesigns Waspinator is nuts.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Dancing Queen Bee]]
When [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] had his personality program converted to that of a Predacon, he started surreptitiously taking out the various Predacons. He swung a cargo crate into Waspinator, giving him a concussion. As a result, Waspy flew around in a daze, claiming to be the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] as well as the great [[Ben Yee|Wonko the Sane]]. This dementia was apparently reversed when Cheetor later got annoyed at his yammering and shot him down. One of Waspinator's stray shots subsequently hit the [[Transmuter (BW)|Transmuter]], causing it to explode. {{storylink|Dark Designs}}

Terrorsaur and Waspinator were hanging around outside the Predacon base during Megatron's experiment to create a [[Clone One|clone of Dinobot]]. {{storylink|Double Dinobot}} The pair attacked Cheetor when the young Maximal was protecting a stasis pod. Cheetor managed to lure Waspinator into flying over an energon geyser, frying his circuits. {{storylink|The Spark}} Perhaps a sign that they hadn't learned their lesson, Waspinator and Terrorsaur attacked Tigatron, only to be blasted by the defense system of a strange [[Brigadoon|flying island]]. Though injured, they were able to return to base to report the find, just in time before Terrorsaur fainted on top of Waspinator. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 1}} Following another bout of repairs, the duo headed back for the island, only to run into Primal and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], who were headed in the same direction. Eventually, they did each the island... only for Blackarachnia to trick them into triggering the island's defenses again, resulting in them both being blasted. Waspinator blamed the "pterodactyl idiot" for this. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 2}}

Tigatron was ambushed on his way to another stasis pod by Waspinator, who managed to get a drop on the tiger. Waspinator's victory was short-lived, as [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] promptly shot his wings off, and he crashed to the ground. {{storylink|Spider's Game}} Waspinator and Terrorsaur stole the ''Axalon''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> [[rectifier coil]], forcing the Maximals remain in their beast modes. Once the Maximals had gone feral and wandered off into the jungle, the Predacons mounted a hunting expedition. The Maximals were able to overcome their programming block, and during the subsequent fight, Rhinox swatted Waspinator out of the air with a ''tree,'' as if it were a baseball bat {{storylink|Call of the Wild}}

[[File:Possession Waspinator.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Give him an orange parka and call him Kenny.]]
After an apparently victorious battle, Waspinator and Scorponok returned to base. However, the Maximals they had attacked were not dead, merely blinded, and Waspinator was soon sent out again, teamed with Terrorsaur, to eliminate them. Unfortunately, even four blind Maximals were more than enough match for them, and both Predacons were sent packing. {{storylink|Dark Voyage}} Things continued to go badly for Waspinator, as during a violent storm, he was possessed by the immortal [[spark]] of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. It took a major [[energon]] explosion to dislodge Starscream's immortal [[spark]] from Waspinator's body. It also had the after-effect of giving Waspinator a headache in his ''whole body''. {{storylink|Possession}}

Waspinator was part of a diversionary attack while Tarantulas tried out his new weapon, an [[energon discharge virus]]. Later on, the Predacons attempted to stop the Maximals getting the antidote and were blasted by Rhinox's enormous fart. {{storylink|The Low Road}} Waspinator teamed up with [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] and Terrorsaur for a fight, only to be roundly trounced by Tigatron. The trio were later able to defeat Dinobot, with Waspinator dealing the final blow, but Optimus Primal turned up and blew both him and Terrorsaur away with one shot. {{storylink|Law of the Jungle}}

[[File:OtherVoices1 robonoogie.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"Wazzzzpinator having flashbacks to grammar zzzzzchool!"]]
Waspinator caught Tarantulas stealing a [[transwarp cell]] from the ''Darksyde'', but he was unable to stop the spider from leaving, as Tarantulas tossed him a bomb and locked the door behind him. Trapped inside, Waspinator was soon in a multitude of separate pieces. {{storylink|Before the Storm}} Recovered and ready to take revenge on Tarantulas, he was instead sent by Megatron to secure a new [[Bio-Dome|alien site]]. Unfortunately, once he got there, he encountered Rattrap, who saw him off with a "robonoogie" and a kick to the unmentionables. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 1}} He retired to the ''Darksyde'', where the Predacons monitored the situation with the [[Planet Buster]] weapon which had been revealed from the planet's second moon. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 2}}

[[File:ComingFuzors1 Waspinator cubed.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Rube-ik's Cube]]
After the Planet Buster was destroyed, the strange energies of a [[quantum surge]] saturated both ships. Waspinator lost control of his hoversled and was tipped into one of the restoration pools. Bathed in the regenerative fluids, he was prevented from becoming a [[Transmetal]]. He and his newly upgraded leader mounted an attack on the ''Axalon'', but once Waspinator faced a similarly upgraded Cheetor, he soon retreated. {{storylink|Aftermath}} Waspinator was the first to realize that the seemingly unknown planet on which they'd landed was, in fact, [[Earth]]. Dinobot had made the same realization and stole into the ''Darksyde'' to retrieve both of Megatron's disks. Waspinator proposed the two work together to steal the disks, and much to his surprise, Dinobot agreed... and threw him into the security shield. Waspinator was crushed into a cube by the disks' security contraption, leaving Dinobot free to steal the disks unharmed while Waspinator crawled away to the [[CR chamber]] using two fingers.

He got himself repaired in time to join Megatron's forces on the battlefield, where they outnumbered Dinobot, Cheetor and Rattrap. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)}} He was teamed up with new recruit [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] to attack the ''Axalon'' by air. After asserting his authority over the [[Fuzor]], he was promptly knocked out of the air by Cheetor. After piercing Sentinel's defenses (and shooting Dinobot in the crotch), he joined the other Predacons as they prepared to finish off the Maximals for good... but was the first victim of a reborn Transmetal Optimus Primal. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)}} {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)}}

Waspinator and [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] were tasked with constructing a new jamming tower. They constructed it successfully, but while Waspinator proudly reported their success to Megatron, Inferno playfully knocked the tower over on him. {{storylink|Tangled Web}} Another of Waspinator's rare victories came when he shot Silverbolt from behind, causing the Maximal to crash into Dinobot, effectively taking both out. While Inferno took off with Dinobot's prone form, [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] refused to help Waspy carry Silverbolt. A short time later, Rattrap mimicked Quickstrike's voice, tricking Waspinator into picking up a gas mine, and Waspinator's victory was no more. {{storylink|Maximal, No More}}

Waspinator and the rest of the Predacons installed shield generators around another alien site, but the [[Metal Hunter|alien construct]] which appeared zapped everyone, sending him into stasis lock. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}} Megatron took control of the construct and restored all of the Predacons to working order. Waspinator and Inferno retrieved transwarp cells to give the ship transwarp capability. They were later sent out to defend the construct against the Maximals. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 2)}}

[[File:BadSpark Waspinator defeated.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Not quite what "stick the landing" means.]]
Sent with Blackarachnia to claim another pod, Waspinator didn't last long before he was shot down by Cheetor and landed head first. {{storylink|Bad Spark}} He also took part in the attack on the valley where the [[anthropoid]]s were living, but his contribution ended when Dinobot stuffed him head-first into [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]]'s main cannon and Rampage exploded. {{storylink|Code of Hero}}

As by Megatron's calculations, the [[transwarp wavefront]] from the Planet Buster explosion would soon be reaching [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the Predacons mounted an attack on the ''Axalon''. The Maximals received reinforcements in the form of Predacon covert agent [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], whose [[transwarp cruiser]] saw the Predacons off. Waspinator was subsequently given a new solo mission by Megatron, and he departed when the Maximals next attacked. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}} Just as he arrived at his [[Mount St. Hilary|destination]], Blackarachnia accidentally hit him with her hoversled, knocking him apart. Waspinator once again started gathering himself together. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}}

Waspinator pulled himself together in time to aid Megatron's escape, after the Predacon leader badly damaged [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. He, Megatron and Inferno headed for the ''Axalon'', but Cheetor and Primal caught up with them, and Waspinator was downed by one shot from Cheetor. {{storylink|Optimal Situation}} After Inferno was blown to bits while attacking the Maximal base, Megatron sent Waspinator to salvage him. Waspinator was less than happy, complaining that no one ever salvaged ''him.'' {{storylink|Deep Metal}} He was able to get the drop on Silverbolt when the Maximals were attempting to salvage [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]], and he happily flew off with the module. He was so excited, he figured Megatron would give him a vacation for this.

{{Quote|Waspinator having good day! Not get shot once!}}

[[File:Waspinatorigor.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Igor needs to file his nails.]]
Sadly, he didn't get very far before Silverbolt and Rattrap caught up, blasting him out of the air so they could reclaim Sentinel. {{storylink|Changing of the Guard}} After Megatron developed [[cyber raptor]]s, Waspinator and Tarantulas were sent out with a group of them to attack Cheetor and Blackarachnia. The Maximals soon discovered that destroying the raptors' control components sent them wild, and Waspinator was stomped into the ground by an out-of-control dinosaur. {{storylink|Cutting Edge}} Another of Waspinator's increasingly few victories came when he managed to snatch a stasis pod from under the Maximals' noses. He acted as lab assistant as Megatron utilized the [[blank]] [[protoform]] contained in the pod, plus a [[transmetal driver]], to create a new [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]]. Unfortunately, even this victory was short-lived, as a short time later, the device Megatron was using exploded, and Waspinator was caught in the blast. After getting repaired, he made his way to where Megatron was interrogating [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]]... only to be blasted by his own trigger-happy leader. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 1}}

After Megatron discovered that Cheetor had upgraded himself into a [[Transmetal 2]], he sent Waspinator and Dinobot out to find and capture the kitty. The pair located him in a cave, but as Dinobot began to move in, Waspinator asserted his own leadership...and was shredded by Dinobot. Following another bout of repairs, Waspinator rejoined the hunt, and they eventually found Cheetor again. Waspinator was offhandedly slagged by the Maximal while trying to sneak up. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 2}}

[[File:Go with the Flow Waspinator Una.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"Oh, Waspinator want to renegotiate contract..."]]
Requiring someone organic to complete the [[disruptor cannon]], Megatron sent Waspinator and Inferno to pick up a anthropoid. Waspinator was able to capture [[Una]], but she did quite a bit of damage to him on the flight back. On reaching the mountain hideout, Waspinator reported success and promptly collapsed into a collection of parts. At some point, he got repaired and was able to join in the pursuit of Rattrap and Una as they escaped. He was hit in the face by mud, sending him out of control, crashing into first Inferno, then Dinobot, and allowing the Maximals to escape. The three Predacons were called back to the mountain, where Megatron attempted to use the disruptor cannon, which promptly exploded. {{storylink|Go with the Flow}} Waspinator's next glorious mission was an attack on the Maximal base. Unfortunately for him, his expected backup wasn't there, and he was swatted by Optimus Primal. It had all been a ploy to draw Primal out so that Tarantulas could deliver a device to take control of the Maximal leader. {{storylink|Master Blaster}}

During Quickstrike's trial for betraying Megatron, Waspinator was his defense attorney. He didn't do a very excellent job of defending his client as he wanted to see him get punished. However, before Quickstrike's sentence was cast, the ''Darksyde'' was destroyed at [[Tigerhawk]]'s hands. In retaliation, Megatron ordered the Predacons to attack, but Tigerhawk summoned a tornado that swooped up Waspinator, Inferno, and Quickstrike. Waspinator looked on the bright side that he had company this time. {{storylink|Other Victories}}

With their base gone, Megatron sent Waspinator, [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] on an errand to find a new base, which was really nothing more than pointless busywork while Megatron went to do more important things. As the trio staked out an early [[human]] tribe that had taken up residence in a series of caves, Waspinator decided he'd finally had enough and ripped off his [[insignia|Predacon symbol]], declaring himself out of the Beast Wars.

[[File:Waspinatorhappyatlast.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Wazzzzpinator happy at last! ...until the [[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|next series]].]]
{{quote|I said '''no!''' [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Dragon-Bot]] command '''you,''' [[Second-in-command|Sub-Commander]] [[Inferno (BW)|Kiss-Butt]]! Dragon-Bot not command Waspinator! Not any more! Waspinator sick of being evil! Sick of being Predacon! And Waspinator especially sick of getting blown to '''scrap''' all the time! Sooo, Waspinator '''quit!''' As of '''now,''' which means [[Inferno (BW)|Ant-Bot]] and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Two-Head]] can just pucker their mandibles and plant [[Kiss|big, wet, juicy one]] right here on Waspinator's big...fat..stripy...}}

At this point, Waspinator was interrupted by getting blown to scrap by Inferno and Quickstrike. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}}

His parts recovered by the anthropoid tribe, Waspinator remained on Earth while all the other surviving Transformers set off for Cybertron, and led the tribe, declaring that he was finally... happy. He also was shown to have salvaged [[Quickstrike]] and [[Inferno(BW)]]’S parts {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}

For a bit, at least.
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====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Scott McNeil]] (English), [[Kensō Katō]] (Japanese)|[[Yu Zhenbo]] (Chinese), [[Victor Covarrubias]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Vittorio Stagni]] (Italian), [[Thomas Nero Wolff]] (German), [[Jean-Marc Delhausse]] (French)}}

[[File:Wazzpithrust TheCatalyst.jpg|thumb|''Bug to be wiiii-iii-ild!'']]
Waspinator grew bored of being a god to the anthropoids and started flicking rocks at their heads. The anthropoids he had ruled over grew tired of his presence and evicted him from their settlement by catapulting him from a tree. After this, Waspinator returned to Cybertron, which "took forever". Once home, his spark was removed and used to power the [[Vehicon general]] [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]]. He ''loved'' being a cool biker-bot as he now got respect and was finding [[Blackarachnia (BW)|chicks]] dig the new brooding bad boy schtick!

It turned out that Waspinator had a secret infatuation with Blackarachnia: influences from his inner spark caused Thrust to save her life several times. She thought this was because he carried ''[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]]'s'' spark. {{storylink|Revelations Part I: Discovery|Discovery}} She later tried to bring his original mind back and discovered, to her disgust, that she'd spent all her effort getting Waspinator back. Poor Waspinator was rather upset to find Blackarachnia no longer wanted to "go steady" with him, and briefly had a punch-up with a revived Silverbolt over her honour. {{storylink|The Catalyst}}

[[File:Wazzpinator.jpg|left|thumb|Why [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] hate Wazzzzpinator?]]

Following Blackarachnia's unambiguous rejection of him (''there's'' gratitude for you!), Waspinator remained in the "background" and let Thrust run the show, and nobody ever expressed interest in reformatting Thrust to free Waspinator. In the final battle, [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] used an [[Spark extractor|extractor]] to remove Waspinator's spark from the body shell. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. II: When Legends Fall|When Legends Fall}} After Cybertron's [[technorganic]] reformatting (thanks to Optimus Primal, through the cost of his and Megatron's lives) Waspinator returned in his [[beast mode]] with Thrust's head, now the size of a standard wasp. He complained to Rattrap about how much he wanted glory and power and never gets what he wants... at which point Rattrap swatted him away. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future|Seeds of the Future}}
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====Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
[[File:Atari meets optimus primal.jpg|125px|thumb|Even in this series, Waspinator gets shot at.]]

=====Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base=====
Waspinator was witness to [[Predacon computer|NAVI-ko]] being sent through [[unspace|transwarp]] to acquire [[Yokohama Convoy|Nemesis Prime]] for the Predacon forces. {{storylink|Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base}}

=====''Cloud''=====
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=====''Beast Wars Diorama Story''=====
Soon after his encounter with Starscream, Waspinator was part of an initially ordinary skirmish between the Maximals and the Predacons. {{Storylink|Optimus Primal Chapter}} He personally attacked Cheetor with his Beebee Shot, but the cheetah countered with a Laser Shot. {{Storylink|Cheetor Chapter}} Waspinator struck with another Beebee Shot. {{Storylink|Waspinator Chapter}} The battle was later joined by Transformers from [[Movie timeline|another universe]]. The Decepticons allied themselves with the Predacons, while the Autobots did the same with the Maximals. {{Storylink|Tigatron Chapter}} After the alternate [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] arrived, {{storylink|Gimlet Chapter}} the two allied forces faced off against one other in one last strike. {{Storylink|Motorarm Chapter}}

=====''15 Go! Go!''=====
The time-traveling [[human]] [[Atari Hitotonari]] and the [[Sparkbot]] [[Star Dust]] witnessed a battle between Waspinator and Optimus Primal. However, the two interlopers could not be seen by either of the warriors. {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 2}}

=====''Legends'' comic=====
Following the [[Great Transformation]], Waspinator overheard the Maximals talking about the [[Legends World|Legends Universe]], a dimension where they were all fictional characters. Believing he was a popular enough character to become a powerful ruler in this world, he decided to go there with Rattrap, who was searching for Rhinox. Reformatted into his original Earth mode by Cheetor, Waspinator traversed dimensions and located the Legends version of himself, intending to take control of the local Predacons at [[Tera-Kura Co.]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Rattrap)|Bonus Edition Rattrap}} His takeover of the company was successful thanks to these Predacons being tiny and easy to bully, but he hadn't enjoyed his position for long before the ghost of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] appeared and possessed him again. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Waspinator)|Bonus Edition Waspinator}} Waspinator's body was made to attack [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] until Rhinox appeared and rammed him so hard that his head flew off and Starscream's ghost was expelled. He then returned home with Rattrap and Rhinox. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Rhinox)|Bonus Edition Rhinox}}
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====3H comics====
{{voiceactor|[[Scott McNeil]] (English)}}
[[Antagony (BW)|Antagony]] threatened to blast Waspinator if Megatron did not back down. Waspinator's warranty had expired, but it didn't matter as Antagony accidentally wasted her last shot when she sneezed. Do we even need to guess what happened to Waspinator? {{storylink|Visitations}}

Later, to his credit, Waspinator was the only Predacon aside from Megatron to not be paralyzed in fear at the sight of a [[Unicron]]-possessed [[Windrazor (BW)|Windrazor]]. Of course, Waspinator had just been blown up for the umpteen millionth time. None of the Maximals expressed satisfaction. They always got Waspinator. Always. {{storylink|Paradox}}

{{note|Although [[3H Productions]] folded before the ''[[Primeval Dawn]]'' comic could be concluded, [[Dan Khanna]] revealed that the unproduced ending of ''Primeval Dawn'' would have concluded with Waspinator traveling with a victorious [[Primal Prime]]'s team through the transwarp portal built by the undead [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] to present day Cybertron, thus explaining how Waspinator was able to return to Cybertron to become [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]].}}

After the reformatting of Cybertron, Waspinator came under the command of [[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]]. His tiny size and great speed made him an excellent scout and messenger, and he reported to Galvatron that the invading Quintessons had entered a particular canyon that the Predacons had booby-trapped. He seemed very giddy to have a commander who actually found him useful for once. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

Later, Waspinator was part of a team of [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]] sent to rescue victims of [[Unicron]] who had been transported to an isolated, icy planetoid. He didn't really know what he was doing there and neither did [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (who wasn't sure why they hadn't just whacked him on principle). When [[Sunstorm (Universe)|Sunstorm]] attacked, the Beast Warriors were luckily warped to the passing Autobot ship ''OTFCC'' before being wiped out. During the later battle, Waspinator was blasted his own side after he happily admitted he liked "[[Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom]]". {{storylink|Voice Actor Drama}}

====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity====
Waspinator served under [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] at the tail-end of the Great War. Though the Tripredacus Council sought to let hostilities between the Autobots and the Decepticons die out after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] both fell in combat, Megatron had more aggressive plans. His squadron attacked [[Tigatron]] when he approached them to broker peace between the two factions. Waspinator wound up getting smushed when an [[Airazor (BW)|enemy soldier]] threw another [[Terrorsaur (BW)|flier]] into him, which sent Waspinator tumbling underneath [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]'s foot as the gestalt stepped down. {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}}

As [[Magmatron]] surveyed the timestream, he witnessed several key moments during the Beast Wars. Among those moments was Starscream's possession of Waspinator's body. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

====Waspscream continuity====
Later, [[Primax 208.06 Zeta|a divergent timeline]]'s Waspinator was possessed by the immortal spark of Starscream of [[Primax 206.15 Gamma]] after the latter's defeat at the hand of the Maximals. When the Quantum Surge hit prehistoric Earth, Starscream was able to influence Waspinator's transmetalization so that the Predacon's third mode would resemble Starscream's own original fighter jet mode. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #4}}

This time around, Starscream permanently took over Waspinator's body, and killed the Maximals before seizing leadership of the Predacons for himself. On returning to Cybertron, 'Waspscream' was [[Reformatting|reformat]]ted into a [[technorganic]] body by the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] which Starscream used to battle against Megatron for control of Cybertron's stolen sparks. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#August 16, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 16/08/2015}}

The two of them bickered constantly over control of the shared body, their two distinct voices audible to whoever was in earshot. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #4}}

====''Mini Mayhem!''====
Waspinator and Erector were walking along when they came across Grimlock, Jazz, and Shockwave, discussing the upcoming nomination for the [[2011]] [[Transformers Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]]. The trio mistook Erector for Bumblebee, and so spared him any ridicule, but verbally tore in Waspinator, insisting he stood no chance against them. Waspinator countered that he was once ruler over all "fleshie-bots," but the other 'bots wouldn't hear any of it, and walked off in a huff. {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}

====Hall of Fame bio====
Before taking on a wasp form, Waspinator was known as '''Wasp'''. He, along with the other Predacons, stole the Golden Disk from the [[Hall of Records]]. {{storylink|Transformers Hall of Fame}}

====''Timelines''====
While [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], his [[Dinobot (BW)|lieutenant]], and [[Scorponok (BW)|another underling]] stole a Maximal relic, the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], the Predacon who would later name himself Waspinator stole a ship from [[Predacon Transwarp Research Center D-F]] with the help of [[Terrorsaur (BW)|an accomplice]]. {{storylink|Theft of the Golden Disk}}

[[File:Waspinatordawn.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Waspy is mi kopilot, but hoo on Sibertron is mi spelcheker?]]
The two had a contest to name the ship, but "Waspinator" lost, and thus the stolen ship was dubbed the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]''. "Waspinator" believed ''Buzzerbot'' would have been a better name. For reasons known only to [[Primus]], Megatron agreed.

After escaping [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the ''Darksyde'' was intercepted by the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' and the ''[[Chromia 10]]'', but after an intense space battle, only the ''Darksyde'' and the ''Axalon'' remained. Megatron ordered "Waspinator" to ''excecute'' their planned [[unspace|transwarp]] jump, opening up a portal which both ships entered. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

Two weeks after [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] was reborn on [[Earth]], Waspinator fought to defend an orbital weapon from the Maximals. Waspinator was defeated by Airazor. {{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}

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====''TransTech''====
In one alternate world, when [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] possessed Waspinator, his spark mutated the Predacon, granting Waspinator the Decepticon's longevity and the ability to travel through time. Much later, after Cybertron became a technorganic world, Thrust and Waspinator were not fused into a small technorganic insect, but into a full-on technorganic Transformer that merged the two both physically and mentally. Shortly after being reformatted, he somehow got separated from his native universe, ending up in [[Axiom Nexus]]. He met up with [[Heinrad (TransTech)|Heinrad]], and Thrustinator's chronal phase from Starscream helped Heinrad master his own time abilities. In return for aid in "fixing" the past, Heinrad promised to Thrustinator that he would be returned to his home universe. {{storylink|Timeless}}

Thurstinator was next sent to a prehistoric post-[[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] Earth to stabilize the damaged timeline by removing the "anomaly": [[Packrat]]. Surprising Packrat by not showing up on [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]]'s scans for Predacon intruders, Thrustinator offered to take Packrat to a Cybertron. When Packrat declined in favor of staying to break into the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', Thrustinator disabled Packrat with a [[circuit stunner]] and opened a multiversal portal to [[Axiom Nexus]]. {{storylink|Collections}}

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After the descent of the [[Shroud]], Thrustinator and Heinrad watched as [[Rhinox (TransTech)|Rhinox]] solemnly deactivated his monitors; by the time Rhinox turned around, they had warped away without a word. {{storylink|Epilogue Two}} When [[Axiom Nexus News|ANN]] intern [[Miss-Q]] tried to reach out to the two time travellers for insights on the convoluted temporal mechanics of [[Primax 496.22 Alpha]], they were nowhere to be found. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2016/03/24}}

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====''Wings Universe''====
When the Star Seekers broke out of prison following their capture by the [[Cybertronian Knight]]s in 2984, [[Tornado]] managed to grab a significant portion of the prison database. Among the files was surveillance footage of Waspinator in his cell, scrawling what appeared to be random patterns on the wall. However, [[Cannonball (G1)|Captain Cannonball]] recognized that the drawings were star charts to the Star Seekers' next goal: the immortal spark of the infamous Decepticon [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]! {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur}}

===''Beast Wars Metals'' manga===
Waspinator alerted Megatron to the arrival of a new [[stasis pod]]. Megatron, in no shape to go after it, angrily swatted him away. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 2|Beast Wars Metals #2}}

Later, after Megatron was dismembered by the lunatic [[Jaguar]], Waspinator recovered his severed (but still functioning) head. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 3|Beast Wars Metals #3}} Following Megatron's instructions, Waspinator carried his head to the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', where Megatron intended to kill the slumbering [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. Blackarachnia intervened, kicking Megatron's head out of Waspinator's hands and into a lava pool. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 5|Beast Wars Metals #5}}

===''Legends'' anthology===
The Predacons crashed on Earth in [[Mexico]] around 1,000 BC. Acting on Megatron's orders, Tarantulas and Waspinator enslaved the local [[Natiltec]] tribe, who saw Waspinator as some sort of "wasp-god", and forced them to mine energon. Silverbolt mounted a heroic rescue, struggling with Waspinator as the humans escape. The Natiltec later immortalised the event on a cave wall, which was uncovered some three thousand years later by a team of archaeologists. {{storylink|Fire in the Dark}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[The Hunting Party (IDW)|Spotlight: Thundercracker]]; [[Homecoming (IDW)|''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' #19]] (modern era)
[[File:TheHuntingParty-Waspinator.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|This is how you know it's the real Waspinator.]]
During the early days of the war, Waspinator served under [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] as part of a [[Titan Hunter|team]] sent to find the lost [[Titan (group)|Titan]], [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. On the two-hundred-and-thirty-eighth day of this grueling campaign, Waspinator and his colleagues destroyed a [[Nibarian]] outpost because they believed it was between them and their quarry. A hunch from [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]] led them further to a planet inhabited by [[Urtuskian]]s. As Waspinator and the other Decepticons started obliterating the primitive outpost, believing Metroplex was underneath (and also because it was fun), their team was caught up to by a team of [[Autobot]]s who had been trailing them. Waspinator was the first casualty of this battle, blasted from behind and left stunned. {{storylink|The Hunting Party (IDW)|The Hunting Party}}

Waspinator carried on as a Titan Hunter, even after Bludgeon and Thundercracker were no longer with the team. When the hunters at last found a Titan, Waspinator managed to be the one to deliver a mortal blow—much to his misfortune. The Titan panicked and opened a [[space bridge]], flinging itself and Waspinator through time and space. Eventually, after the Titan's functions had ceased, Waspinator managed to take control of it and was able to use its space bridge-generating power to return to reality. Long afterwards, when Waspinator was drowning his sorrows at a seedy bar somewhere within the universe, he found himself confronted by his old superior, Bludgeon, and [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]. Upon hearing Waspinator's tale, Jhiaxus convinced the hapless Decepticon to join his party, seeing that his titan-controlling ability could be useful. The group went to [[Gorlam Prime]], where Waspinator pretended to be chased by the [[Pretender Monster|Monstructor Six]] so as to lure [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] and his friends into coming to his "rescue." The ploy worked, and as Pax and the others struggled to hold off [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]], Waspinator said he had been brought to the planet to do something "terrible" and made the former Autobot leader realize that the ancient ruins beneath Gorlam Prime's surface were a slumbering Titan. When Pax awakened the Titan to battle Monstructor, Waspinator made his move and connected himself to the Titan so as to take control of it like he had in the past. Under Jhiaxus' orders, Waspinator forced the Titan to teleport to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Homecoming (IDW)|Homecoming}}

[[File:DarkDawn-Waspinator.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"Ooh...Wazzpinator working for important Decepticon. Maybe Wazzpinator not get damaged this time."]]
Guiding the Titan to [[Crystal City]], {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}} Waspinator was quick to pledge allegiance to Jhiaxus's ally, [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]], who used [[Ore-14]] to transform the Titan into the undead [[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]]. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} When the combined forces of [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]]'s Autobots and [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]]'s Decepticons attacked Crystal City to put a stop to their plans, Shockwave had Waspinator relinquish his stinger, recognizing that the weapon had forged Waspinator's link to the Necrotitan when he had used it to deliver its killing blow. While Waspinator's limited intelligence had been unable to make much sense of the link to the giant's mind, Shockwave used the weapon to much greater effect, taking direct control of the Necrotitan and using it to scatter their attackers. {{storylink|Finest Hour: Dark Cybertron Chapter 5|Finest Hour}} Shockwave then tasked Waspinator with bringing the useful body of [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] to his chambers, but [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] took over this duty as he didn't trust "modern" Cybertronians. Waspinator accompanied him, carrying Megatron's legs, only to be knocked out when Megatron revealed himself to still be alive. {{storylink|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|The Dead Are Not Enough}}

[[File:BlackPlanet-Waspinator.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|"''Sigh''...why doezz Wazzpinator bother?"]]
As Waspinator had already served his purpose by providing the Necrotitan, Shockwave punished him for letting Megatron escape by ordering [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]] to execute him, but Metalhawk resisted his control and spared the bug. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}} The two spied on Shockwave as he revealed the disastrous end goal of his plan, after which they were approached by [[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]] who teleported them out to warn the other Transformers. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} As the Autobots and Decepticons formed a group to oppose Shockwave, an unwilling Waspinator was dragged along thanks to his knowledge of Crystal City's layout. As soon as they were teleported into Shockwave's lair, however, he was impaled by Bludgeon and left on the sidelines to lament his lot in life. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}}

Six months after the battle with Shockwave, a recovered Waspinator was drinking at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] when [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] stopped by. {{storylink|A 'Bot and Her City}} At some point he had located and gotten thrown out of [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]]'s [[Regenesis]] mine within Metroplex, and following an attempt on Windblade's life, he commented that she shouldn't have been snooping around in Metroplex either. When this comment caught the attention of Windblade, he assumed she wanted to hurt him and tried to flee, only to be taken down by [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]]. Windblade herself proved more sympathetic to Waspinator's plight and comforted the paranoid 'bot until he agreed to show her the mine. {{storylink|A Long Way Down}} Their investigation into the mine eventually got them captured by Starscream, but fortunately Chromia, [[Blurr (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Blurr]], and some other neutrals broke them out of jail. {{storylink|Windblade issue 3|Windblade vol. 1 #3}}

[[File:WorldOfTomorrow-WaspySkyByte.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|EVERY NOW AND THEN I FALL APAAAARRT]]
Waspinator later partied it up at Maccadam's some time after [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]]'s reactivation, sharing a song with [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]]. {{storylink|The World of Tomorrow}} After a disastrous first contact with [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]], Waspinator was one of the Decepticons who went to the colony to help the locals. He was confused to find the locals were glad to see him and even asked ''why'' they were being nice to him. {{storylink|The Possible Light}} When [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] and [[Devastator (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Devastator]] attempted to force the Cybertronians off Caminus, Waspinator was the first to see him coming (and to run away). His contribution to the battle was mainly to run around screaming, but he managed to avoid getting stepped on, impaled, or blown up, which is a pretty good outcome for him. {{storylink|Mistakes and Mayhem}} After the battle was over, Waspinator and [[Sparkstalker]] helped repair the damage to Caminus, earning the Decepticons respect from the Camiens. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}} He was then caught up in the [[Combiner Wars (event)|combiner war]] between Devastator, [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], and [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] and was urged to get to safety by Chromia. {{storylink|All That Remains}} Once the situation finally cooled down and an alliance between Cybertron and Caminus was brokered, Waspinator attended a "Not the End of the World" party at Maccadam's where he danced with [[Octane|Tall]] and [[Tankor (BM)|Fat Tankor]]. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 4|Windblade vol. 2 #4}}

Waspinator was later minding his own business on the street when he was almost run over by [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]]. {{storylink|An Uneventful Night}} He then got caught up in a bar fight started by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] at Maccadam's, and commented that he hated weekends. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}}

When Starscream announced "[[Chosen One Day]]", Waspinator decided to relax in a pool of energon. {{storylink|Choose Me}}

Following [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]]'s appointment to head of the [[Cybertronian Security Force]], Waspinator joined the organization. {{storylink|Desperate Measures (Transformers vs. Visionaries)|Desperate Measures}} As [[Earth]] prepared to formally join the [[Council of Worlds]]. Waspinator was part of the security detachment during the build-up to the official ceremonies. {{storylink|First Strike issue 1|First Strike #1}} Things quickly went wrong, and in the wake of the [[Iron Ring]]'s attack and [[Merklynn]]'s subsequent betrayal, Cybertron was colonized by a handful of [[Prysmosian]]s based out of the subterranean city of [[New Prysmos]]. {{storylink|First Strike issue 6|First Strike #6}} Waspinator was among the Cybertronians posted to guard the checkpoints in and out of the alien city. {{storylink|Desperate Measures (Transformers vs. Visionaries)|Desperate Measures}}

Waspinator inadvertently joined the cast of [[Starscream: The Movie (film)|''Starscream: The Movie'']], where he portrayed a student at the [[Jhiaxian Academy of Advanced Technology]] that the fabulously wealthy and humble Starscream chose as the mascot for his rallying cry against social injustices. Poor Waspinator had just wanted to sample the craft services. {{storylink|Starscream: The Movie (comic)|Starscream: The Movie}} After Windblade revealed to Cybertron that [[Liege Maximo]] had been freed during the recent [[Titan (group)|Titan]] attack, Waspinator joined Blurr and [[Tankor (BM)|Fat Tankor]] in saving the cityspeaker from an angry Carcerian, and encouraged her to run for office. When she won the subsequent election, Waspinator flew joyously above the victory party. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

[[File:DesperateMeasures-Thrustinator.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Wazzpinator hate FunPub homages!"]]
When the villainous [[Darkling Lord]] [[Virulina]] made her play for leadership and took over New Prysmos, Waspinator was the only Transformer unlucky enough to be present for the coup and was captured by her forces. Magically shackled and paraded before Virulina, Waspinator offered her his services so that she could wage war against the other Cybertronians... but Virulina had other plans, and used her [[magic]] to transform him into a monstrous biomechanical steed instead. {{storylink|Desperate Measures (Transformers vs. Visionaries)|Desperate Measures}} She subsequently called upon Waspinator for her final battle against [[Leoric]]; he obediently grappled with Leoric's lion form, but was forgotten when Virulina opted to finish off her foe up close.

Their battle was cut short when Wheeljack's anti-magical "bomb" detonated in the core of Cybertron; its energies combined with the magic of the [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]] and raised New Prysmos to the surface of Cybertron while returning Waspinator's body to normal. Returning to Iacon, Waspinator was examined by Wheeljack and [[Breakdown (IDW)|Breakdown]], who concluded that while some Prysmosian magic still lingered in his systems, the best cure was to head to Maccadam's for a drink. {{storylink|The Curtain}}

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===''Kre-O'' cartoon===
As the Decepticons set up to make [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] a grilled cheese sandwich, Waspinator helped out by putting a giant bib on their leader. When [[Wheeljack (G1)#Kre-O|Wheeljack]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)#Kre-O|Cliffjumper]] invaded the work site, Waspinator helped surround the interlopers, only to be pelted with molten cheese and caught in a net by the other Autobots. {{storylink|Quest for Energon, Part 2}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:KreO-webcomic-4-Thrustinator.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
Thrustinator witnessed Megatron's humiliating temper-tantrum over his lack of "[[Skeletron|See-Through Power]]". {{storylink|Wheeljack's Bizarre Invention! Optimus Power Up!?}}

Thrustinator was part of a massive Decepticon invasion force intended to ruin the Autobots' picnic. However, [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] plowed through them with his truck and left them scattered... and then left. Returning to the scene after.. ''ahem'', taking care of some pressing business, Optimus gathered up the still-wiped-out Kreons, bound them up on a flatbed trailer, and took them to the picnic. {{storylink|Emergency! Hurry to the Base, Optimus!}}

On Megatron's orders, Thrustinator tickled the [[Constructicon (Kre-O)|Constructicons]]' feeties as "special training" to rid them of their weakness to tickling. {{storylink|A New Menace! The Giant Soldier Devastator Appears!}} He was hanging around in the background when [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]] recruited [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] into the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], {{storylink|New Military Unit Combaticon! Bruticus, Combine!}} was present when the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] were unleashed upon the Autobots, {{storylink|Behemoth Combination! But They're Cute? The Predacon Unit}} worked for [[Bludgeon (Kre-O)|Bludgeon]] during the discovery of the [[Red Bucket]]. {{storylink|Treasure Competition! Defeat with Block Power!}} and helped repaint a captured [[Metroplex (Kre-O)|Metroplex]] into Metrotitan. {{storylink|Two Giant Bases! Everybody Getting Along, Come On, Fight!}}

As Waspinator, he helped construct Megatron's solar power tower, only to be buried in blocks when it ended up wrecked. {{storylink|Megatron's Ambition!? The Solar Tower Is Built!}} After being blown apart by a crazed [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], a Thrust-looking Kreon was rebuilt into Thrustinator. {{storylink|Enter the New Emperor of Destruction!? Stop Galvatron's Rampage!}}

===Legends World===
A resident of the [[Legends World]], Waspinator attended [[Transformers Celebration 2014]] where he bought some ''Transformers'' toys. {{storylink|Legends Bonus Vol.}} A huge ''Transformers'' fan and employee of [[Tera-Kura Co.]], {{storylink|Legends Vol. 13#Rivals! Tera-Kura Co.!|Rivals! Tera-Kura Co.!}} he claimed to know everything about ''Transformers'' but also refused to talk about ''anything else'', even with clients. After an incident where he hung up on a client who didn't want to talk ''Transformers'', his boss [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] broke him into pieces. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 13#Buzz Buzz Buzz, Wasps Flyyy|Buzz Buzz Buzz, Wasps Flyyy}} At one point, Waspinator was standing behind [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] in line at [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s toy shop. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 1|Bonus Edition Vol. 1}}

After being beaten again for playing with toys during work hours, Waspinator was approached by a bashful Megatron who asked to see him after work. Believing his boss was hitting on him, he protested that he didn't swing that way, unaware that Megatron just wanted to learn more about ''Transformers'' and impress [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 14#President Mega's Requests|President Mega's Requests}} Agreeing to be Megatron's personal ''Transformers'' teacher, Waspinator taught him various Transformer names through use of a song and provided him with material to study on the train. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 14#President Mega's Studies|President Mega's Studies}} When [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] attacked [[Tokyo]] with [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] and [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]], Waspinator recognized the latter two as [[Wrecker]]s from a [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|UK ''Transformers'' comic]], interrupting Tankor's own claims that they were from an [[w:Special Armored Battalion Dorvack|'80s mecha anime]]. He was promptly chased off by the annoyed Tankor. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 4|Bonus Edition Vol. 4}}

During a subsequent lesson, Waspinator attempted to teach his boss about Roadbuster and Whirl's origins, but didn't get far since Megatron was distracted by fantasies about what British Transformers must be like. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 15#Whirl and Roadbuster Now on Sale, Buzz|Whirl and Roadbuster Now on Sale, Buzz}} Waspinator celebrated [[Christmas]] with his sons, [[Buzz Saw (BW)|Buzz Saw]] and [[Venin]], and suggested the readers reward themselves with some ''Transformers'' purchases in the upcoming year. {{storylink|Merry X'mas!!}} Waspinator and Rattrap were present when [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] arrived in the Legends World, explaining Transformers were fictional in their world and breaking it to him that he wasn't as popular as he hoped. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 6|Bonus Edition Vol. 6}} When Megatron was acting weird during [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]]'s job interview, Waspinator explained that the president had been watching [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|the third movie]] the day before. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 16#The Results of Mega-chan's Studies|The Results of Mega-chan's Studies}} Unlike Blackarachnia, he went home when the workday was over instead of sticking around to do more work. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 16#Widow-chan at Work|Widow-chan at Work}}

When Rhinox was turned into Tankor one day, Waspinator and Silverbolt similarly woke up in the bodies of Thrust and Jetstorm, respectively. Seeing a kinship between them, Tankor asked the two if they'd join him in turning the world into a paradise of [[The Transformers (franchise)|original ''Transformers'']], but Thrust countered that [[Buzz Saw (BW)|his]] [[Venin|kids]] didn't know anything about characters from 30 years ago and that it's better to have lots of versions of ''Transformers'' for everyone to enjoy. Their refusal angered Tankor, and a battle broke out between the three Vehicons. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 17#I'm Tankor, dana!|I'm Tankor, dana!}}

When [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] appeared in the Legends World, Waspinator initially mistook her for [[Nijika]] from ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (franchise)|Transformers 2010]]'' and, to Megatron's frustration, was the only one to understand her explanation about the Legends World's status as a [[Zamojin (species)|Zamojin]] creation. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 12|Bonus Edition Vol. 12}} His nerdy knowledge came in handy again when Tera-Kura was invaded by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|another Megatron]], as he was able to teach his own Megatron everything there was to know about the newcomer's history. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 13|Bonus Edition Vol. 13}} He was present at [[Tokyo Toy Show]] 2015 where he witnessed [[Scourge (RID)|Black Convoy]] causing trouble. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Scourge)|Bonus Edition Scourge}} A third Megatron known as [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Armada Megatron]] later showed up and started stealing [[Mini-Con]] toys from everyone, including Waspinator. After Rattrap had chased the villain away, Waspinator claimed a stolen [[Dragoyell]] belonged to him, and not Rattrap. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Armada Megatron)|Bonus Edition Armada Megatron}}

Waspinator later bothered the "original Megatron" after he'd assumed the position of chairman of Tera-Kura Co. {{storylink|LG13 Megatron Sequel#Widow-chan's Usual Day|Widow-chan's Usual Day}} President Megatron invited him and all other employees out for a night on the town after work, but no one showed up. {{storylink|LG14 Ultra Magnus Prologue#The Autumn Megatron Festival Chapter|The Autumn Megatron Festival Chapter}} Waspinator was present at the show floor where Tera-Kura unveiled their latest product, [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird Shadow]], to the public. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 15|Bonus Edition Vol. 15}} He was at the office when Chairman Megatron recruited new employee [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]], {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 16|Bonus Edition Vol. 16}} as well as when Blackarachnia was thinking about her life working under her idolized Megatron. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 17|Bonus Edition Vol. 17}}

Waspinator watched with envy when Armada Megatron began stealing all the world's Transformers toys, and was shocked to learn that he and the other toy nerds were empowering the [[Zamojin (species)|Zamojin]] with their desires. He celebrated when Megatron gave up the toys, and was quick to try and claim a [[Unicron of Light]] for himself. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 18|Bonus Edition Vol. 18}} When the [[Drift (G1)#Cloud|Deadlock]] of [[Cloud World]] showed up, Waspinator was the only fan hardcore enough to recognize him from ''[[Transformers Cloud]]'', which he taught the others about. He and the others were then sent to Cloud World themselves when [[SARA]] messed up. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Deadlock)|Bonus Edition Deadlock}} The next interdimensional visitor to run into Waspinator was the ''original'' Waspinator from [[Primax 1097.01 Alpha|another dimension]]! Meeting his counterpart outside of Tera-Kura Co., Waspinator offered to introduce him to President Megatron. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Rattrap)|Bonus Edition Rattrap}} This turned out to be a mistake, as the much larger and stronger Waspinator proceeded to take over the company and force its employees into servitude. Megatron rightfully blamed his own Waspinator. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Waspinator)|Bonus Edition Waspinator}}

When Chairman Megatron was seemingly killed protecting his employees from [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], Waspinator commented that he must have been influenced by his time as a good guy in his G-2 days. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 20|Bonus Edition Vol. 20}} After his company merged with the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], forming the "Decepticon Tera-Kura Co.", Waspinator was included on a chart showing its employees. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 22|Bonus Edition Vol. 22}} He later attended a meeting during which Chairman Megatron scolded the Headmasters. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 23|Bonus Edition Vol. 23}} When the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]] were introduced, Waspinator compared their voices to those of other Transformers. {{storylink|LG-26 Scourge Prologue}} He helpfully put a Decepticon logo on [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] when the Autobot joined their company. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 31|Bonus Edition Vol. 31}}

Waspinator was part of a crowd that cheered for [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] after he drove off [[Devil Z]], and was presumably the only person there who knew their savior wasn't Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 35|Bonus Edition Vol. 35}} At work, he was among the unlucky employees that an enraged Devil Z took out his anger on, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 36|Bonus Edition Vol. 36}} and got thrown around by a telekinetic [[Apeface]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 38|Bonus Edition Vol. 38}} When a [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] attacked Tokyo, Waspinator correctly identified it as the Scorponok from "[[The Rebirth]]" and not ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]''. {{storylink|LGEX Headmaster Set Chapter}} He was present when the [[Dimensional Patrol]] searched the Legends World for the [[Commando (RID)|Combatrons]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Scourge 2)|Bonus Edition Scourge 2}}

When [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]]'s body turned into that of [[Magna Convoy]], Waspinator explained who Magna Convoy was. Even he didn't know which universe Convoy came from, however, so he borrowed [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]'s [[10.2 ultra-drill|ultra-drill]] to summon [[Delta Magnus]] and interview him on the matter. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Magna Convoy)|Bonus Edition Magna Convoy}} Waspinator was among the employees charged with hiding [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]] during an attack on Tera-Kura, but failed to protect it from [[Full-Tilt (G1)|Full-Tilt]]. {{storylink|LG43 Trypticon Mobilization Chapter: Decepticon Civil War|Decepticon Civil War}} When [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] was revived, he transformed into a monstrous mobile base mode that Waspinator couldn't identify from any previous fiction. He soon got other things to worry about, however, as Trypticon gobbled him up and used him as a power source. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|Bonus Edition Vol. 43}} He later cheered for G1 Megatron after he was elected mayor of the rebuilt [[Akihabara|Neo Akihabara City]]. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Prologue}}

When Waspinator identified another visitor as ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]], the blocky Decepticon was annoyed and yelled at him about wanting to deliver his own introduction, though Waspinator held fast that introducing obscure characters was his job. During the ensuing invasion of evil [[Kreon]]s, Waspinator disappeared and was replaced by [[#Kre-O online manga|Kreon Thrustinator]]. {{storylink|Transformers Legends Special Chapter|Special Chapter}} During [[White Leo]]'s attempt at turning the Legends inhabitants into his new army, Waspinator was given suitably obscure [[Beastformer]] armor and did his duty by informing everyone who [[Doublecross]] was. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 51|Bonus Edition Vol. 51}} He later explained to a confused Rattrap that [[Minerva (G1 robot)|Minerva the robot]] was a separate character from [[Minerva (human)|Minerva the human]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 56|Bonus Edition Vol. 56}} By the time the [[Clone (subgroup)|Autobot Clones]] arrived in the Legends World, people had come to rely on Waspinator's knowledge so much they went straight to him to identify them. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 58|Bonus Edition Vol. 58}}

Waspinator was among those who huddled behind [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]'s force field when three out-of-control mutant [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]] attacked the city, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 62|Bonus Edition Vol. 62}} and was around Tera-Kura Co. fell back into the hands of Beast Megatron. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 63|Bonus Edition Vol. 63}} He witnessed [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] repair the city after it was devastated by Windblade. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 66|Bonus Edition Vol. 66}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[File:Derailment Waspinator.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|left]]

Wasp was a member of the [[Darksyder]]s serving Megatron in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. He acted as a contact for the independent procurement specialist named [[Bisk (BWU)|Bisk]], picking him up at [[The Way Of All Things]]. Wasp presented Bisk to Megatron to activate his next "quest". {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}}

During the [[Vehicon Apocalypse]], Wasp and his associates were holed up in [[Darksyder Logistics Headquarters]] in Iacon. The siege was proving costly, and Megatron had his pet scientist [[Leatherhide (Universe)|Leatherhide]] draft up a solution. Needing a test subject for the [[Esau]], [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] and [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] held Wasp up to one of the faltering barricades, and a [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] managed to grab and infect him. As Wasp was reformatting under the virus, however, Leatherhide and [[Labrat]] blasted him with the Esau, resulting in a hybridized Waspinator design. Not only was he more powerful, Waspinator was also hooked into the Vehicon hive mind, able to call off their attackers. {{storylink|Derailment}}
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===2021 ''Beast Wars'' comic===
One of Galavar's operatives, Waspinator was part of his crew chosen to lead an assault on the Vos shipyards, stealing a suitable transwarp capable ship while destroying any capable of following them. Waspinator was the pilot for the stolen ship, while Tarantulas worked on cracking its transwarp drive. As he did, the ship came under attack from a Maximal vessel assigned to intercept them, though it didn't manage to before Tarantulas could unlock the drive. The ship warped to a destination of Galavar's (now renamed Megatron) choosing, followed by the Maximals, who in desperation rammed the stolen vessel. Despite Waspinator's best efforts, the ship went out of control and fell onto the planet below, crashing face-first into a cliff, with Waspinator being smashed to pieces. The ship's computer sensed an abundance of energon on the planet, and to protect its new crew from over-exposure rebuilt them in new, organically coated forms using alternate modes based on the local fauna. Once repaired, Waspinator joined his crewmates as Megatron laid out his plans. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 1}}

===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material===
[[File:WFC-Kingdom-Waspinator-art.jpg|thumb|right]]
The Predacons traveled across time to find the [[AllSpark]] and change the fate of Cybertron. While battling the [[Maximal]]s on pre-[[Ice Age]] Earth, both sides were joined by the Autobots and Decepticons, their epic battle changing their combined destinies forever.

Waspinator's function was an explosives expert, and he [[trans-scan]]ned into a wasp. His [[stinger (weapon)|stinger blaster]] and [[flight]] were his powers and weapons, and his core traits were his accident-proneness, childlike mind, and sulking. Waspinator's message from the future was that he should try not to fall into pieces in the face of danger. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Kingdom|''Kingdom'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/kingdom ''Kingdom'' webpage]</ref>

During the collective battle, Waspinator teamed up with [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] and the Decepticon [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] in pursuit of [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and the Autobot [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Battle Across Time Collection marketing material}}<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08TM6TDF7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Battle Across Time Collection on Amazon]</ref>

In a possible destiny recorded on the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|''Voyager'' Golden Disk]], Waspinator was present when [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] became a Maximal. {{storylink|Source:Golden Disk destinies|''Kingdom'' Golden Disk cards}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (N64)===
[[File:N64Waspinators.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[[Neon]] Camo Waspinator and Transmetal [[Buzz Saw (BW)|Buzz Saw]]! In stores now!]]
[[File:TMWaspinator-Render.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Full Metal Yellowjacket]]
{{voiceactor|[[Scott McNeil]] (English), [[Kensō Katō]] (Japanese)}}

[[Transmetal]] Waspinator joined his fellow Predacons in distributing various one-on-one beat downs to the Maximals. Eventually he got fed up, quit, and became god to early humanity. He did this after ''kicking everyone's ass''. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)}}

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

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===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (PS)===
{{voiceactor|[[Scott McNeil]] (English), [[Kensō Katō]] (Japanese)}}
{{Storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)}}
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===''Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars''===
Megatron was capable of summoning Waspinator forth to the battlefield in his attempts to acquire the super-powerful [[Energon Quartz]]. {{storylink|Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Warriors' Strongest Decisive Battle|Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Waspinator, alongside Blackarachnia and Terrorsaur, happened upon an impact crater containing a large stasis pod marked with a red "X". Also finding Silverbolt at the scene, the Predacons fought with Maximal, until what was within the pod was accidentally let loose... From within emerged the monstrous [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]]! After being separated by the fight from Blackarachnia and Silverbolt for a time, Waspinator contributed to Rampage's defeat, just in time for Megatron to arrive at the scene. {{storylink|When Sparks Fly}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsWaspinator.jpg|thumb|left|upright=2.2|"Wazzzpinator has <s>plans</s> tacticzzzz."]]
Waspinator participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Rare character who first appeared in the "Beast Wars: Episode 1" event, and could be recruited by collecting 160 units of Cybermetal, and 95 units of Transmetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
[[File:Waspinator-Forged-to-Fight.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Waszzpinator is a real threat now! Waszzpinator hazz nuke!]]
Waspinator was one of the Predacons pulled from [[Beast Era|his universe]] by the [[Quintesson]]s and forced to fight. He eventually joins the Commander. There are at least a few of him flying around!{{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:Waspinator_Earth_Wars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75]]

*'''Class''': Air
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Ability: '''Call the Swarm: Summon wasps in the area that deal 52.0 damage and slow enemy attacks by 25%, then shoot stingers up to 8 times for 58.9 damage each
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:waspinator Waspinator at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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==Toys==
{{main|Waspinator (BW)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Waspinator (BW)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
[[File:Waspinator render.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|]]
*It is unclear just ''how'' Waspinator traveled from prehistoric Earth to future Cybertron in ''Beast Machines'', presumably under his own power. Perhaps if he somehow managed to reach escape velocity and traveled to Cybertron at sub-light speed, it would have taken long enough that he would have "caught up" to the main timeframe. A concrete explanation would have been provided in the "[[Primeval Dawn]]" comic, with Waspinator (among many other Earth-bound characters) traveling back to Cybertron via transwarp portal. However, the bankruptcy of [[3H Productions|3H]] meant these final issues were never fully written, much less published, and all we really know about [[authorial intent|what they were going to say]] came from message board posts from author [[Dan Khanna]].{{fact}} Since the material was never completed or published, fans [[personal canon|may not necessarily accept them as storyline facts]] and could thus leave the mechanics of Waspinator's return an unsolved mystery. [[Bob Skir]] said in 2013 that it's a story he'd like to tell, joking Waspinator's journey must have been "worthy of Homer".<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DaZTNszyGU Moonbase 2 interview with Bob Skir], 1:27:39 to 1:30:09</ref>
*Ever wonder ''why'' Waspinator became the whipping boy of ''Beast Wars''? Early in the series, his buzzing, drawling method of speaking frustrated story editors [[Larry DiTillio]] and [[Bob Forward]], as they found it was taking up too much time out of the episodes. To get around this, but still meet with the requirement that he appear regularly, they took to blasting him to bits so that he wouldn't ''have'' to talk! Of course, this only wound up endearing him to the writers and the fans, and his frequent brushes with destruction became a running gag done for fun, rather than a script requirement.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040529221638/http://www.infinitefrontiers.0catch.com/AutoAssembly/BobForward.htm Auto Assembly interview with Bob Forward]</ref>
*He only surfaces twice in ''Beast Machines'' because his character would clash with the darker tone.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DaZTNszyGU Moonbase 2 interview with Bob Skir], 1:32:41 to 1:33:01</ref>
*Waspinator was originally chosen by [[Hasbro]] to be one of the characters killed off for the second season of the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon to help make way for new characters ([[To sell toys|read: product]]). However, Forward and DiTillio convinced them to spare Waspinator on the grounds of his popularity with the online fan-base, so [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] took the plunge alongside [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] instead.
**His popularity was shown again when he won the [[Transformers Hall of Fame]] 2011 fan vote, beating ''three'' iconic 1984/5 characters ''and'' a [[Erector (G1)|guy with an entendre for a name]].
*Waspinator was originally slated to appear in the very first [[Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)|''Beast Wars'' video game]], and even had a character model built. However, he was ultimately unused and only appeared in footage taken from the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon.
*Waspinator is the inspiration for [[Buzzer-Bot]] from ''[[Transformers: Go-Bots (franchise)|Go-Bots]]'' and [[Wasp]] from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]''.
*According to Waspinator's profile in ''[[Beast Wars Universe]]'', he likes flying and nectar.
[[File:Nemesis1 Waspinator's tongue.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Waspinator's special tongue, there is no other like it!]]
*Waspinator has a yellow [[tongue]] in [[robot mode]].
*While Waspinator ''usually'' refers to other characters by nicknames, he is fairly consistent about calling Megatron and Optimus Primal by their real names. ([[Nemesis Part 1#Quotes|Fairly.]]) He also refers to Inferno by name at least twice, and Tarantulas at least once.
*Waspinator is the only member of the Beast Wars [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] lineup who was there from the beginning and remains alive for the entire course of both shows.
*He also has the honor of having the last line in ''Beast Wars'', and just barely misses the last line in ''Beast Machines''.
*Waspinator never once makes a proper landing while in his beast form.
*Technically, Waspinator's [[beast mode]] is that of a female wasp, given that males do not possess a stinger.
*In the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', Waspinator retained his verbal tic of making a buzzing noise while speaking, but it was rendered differently. Instead of stressing syllables of certain words to make a buzzing noise, he would end and punctuate sentences with ''bun'', which is the Japanese onomatopoeia equivalent for "buzz".
*In the 2021 ''Beast Wars'' comic, Waspinator's Cybertronian body is retooling of his [[Waspinator (BW)/toys#Timelines|2006 BotCon toy]] with a helmet poached from his ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Animated]]'' counterpart [[Wasp]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1357035373184962561 Josh Burcham on twitter]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Waspeeter''' (ワスピーター ''Wasupītā''),<ref>This particular [[romanization]] was first used on a Japanese ''Beast Wars'' [http://www18.tok2.com/home/jackhama/transformers/bwtcard_1/img/015.jpg trading card], and later reappeared in the opening sequence for the Japanese version of the PlayStation [[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)|''Beast Wars Transmetals'']] game.</ref> '''Waspinator''' (ワスピネーター ''Wasupinētā'')
*''Bulgarian:'' '''Osinator''' (Осинатор)
*''French:'' '''Bizznator''' (cartoon), '''Bourdon''' (Canadian Deluxe toy packaging, "Bumblebee") <ref>The first Deluxe Beast Wars toy was released in Canada with the name "Bourdon", however the Transmetal toy packaging changed the name, using the one from the cartoon dub made in France, "Bizznator".</ref>
*''Italian:'' '''Punginator''' ("Stinginator")
*''Korean:'' '''Waspinato''' (와스피나토 ''Waseupinato'', 와스피네이토 ''Waseupineito'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Húfēng''' (Taiwan, 胡蜂, "Wasp"), '''Cāngyíng''' (Taiwan, 蒼蠅, "Fly"), '''Huángfēng''' (China, 黄蜂, "Wasp")
*''Polish:'' '''Osator''' ("Wasp-tor")
*''Russian:'' '''Ospinator''' (Оспинатор, "Waspinator")
*''Spanish:'' '''Waspinator''' (Spain), '''Avispanator''' (America, "Wasp-nator"), '''Avispón''' (toy, "Hornet")

==References==
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:''Apeface is a [[Decepticon]] [[Horrorcon (G1)|Horrorcon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:G1 Apeface boxart.jpg|upright=1.75|thumb|I will not hesitate to beat you to death with my own arm.]]
'''Apeface''' is a strong presence in any situation. He's loud, rude, obnoxious, and intimidating to everyone he meets. He dominates those around him with his attitude and fearsome countenance. There's some debate among his fellow Decepticons about how much of his behavior is an act, a gruesomely effective psychological tactic to control others and force them to fold under his demands. Others just think he was built that way. Whatever's going on inside Apeface's cerebral-circuitry, he's not saying. The only one he really gets along with is [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]].

As a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]], he is [[Binary bonding|binary bonded]] to [[Spasma]]. Sucks to be Spasma.

{{quote|Yuck! Noble Autobots make me wanna puke!|Apeface is ever-eloquent|"[[The Rebirth, Part 2]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Dick Gautier]] (English), [[Masaki Aizawa]] (Japanese)|[[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German, ''The Rebirth, Part 1''), [[Gerd Wiedenhofen]] (German, ''The Rebirth, Part 2''), [[Francis Lax]] (European French, ''The Rebirth, Part 1''), [[Georges Atlas]] (European French, ''The Rebirth, Part 2'')}}
[[File:Rebirth1 Apeface jumps Wide Load.jpg|left|upright=1.35|thumb|I'm gonna bearhug this guy to death!]]
Apeface was part of a massive Decepticon attack on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], creating a distraction while members of their group stole the [[Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber]]. Apeface was first into battle, shrugging off [[Wideload (G1)|Wideload]]'s blasts, pouncing on the [[Throttlebot]], and hurling him through the air. When a group of Autobots managed to secure the key, Apeface was among the Decepticons who pursued them to the planet [[Nebulos]], where he took great delight in trouncing [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]], laughing and clapping as he slammed the old Autobot off a cave wall. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}

The defeated Kup and several other Autobots were taken prisoner by the Decepticons for interrogation; Apeface was sickened by their nobility as each insisted that they be the one tortured to spare their comrades. The other Autobots soon arrived to rout the Decepticons and rescue their comrades, having increased their power by bonding with native Nebulon rebels as "[[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]." [[File:RebirthPt2 apeface robotmode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35]] The evil Nebulon rulers, the [[Hive (G1)|Hive]] approached the Decepticons to propose they bond with them to become Headmasters too, and [[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus]] agreed, with one caveat: only the animal-form Decepticons would surrender their heads. Speaking for the group, Apeface voiced his dissent, but was quickly silenced by a blast to the chest from Cyclonus. Apeface was subsequently binary bonded to [[Spasma]], whose claim that he was going to be the boss in their partnership Apeface immediately took issue with. The Decepticons engaged the Autobots in battle again—during which Apeface and Snapdragon strafed [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] in their jet modes—and succeeded in stealing the key from them. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}

Apeface returned to Cybertron with the other Decepticons aboard Hive leader [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]]'s new giant city-robot [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], where he joined [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] and [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] in mauling [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. The Autobots pursued with their own giant robot [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], whose overwhelming firepower brought Apeface and Snapdragon crashing out of the air. Outmatched, Apeface and the other Decepticons fled into space aboard Scorponok. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}
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===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Yūji Mikimoto]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Horrorcons first app.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5]]
Apeface and Snapdragon were loyal followers of Scorponok on the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]]. Before the Headmasters of Evil abandoned Master to join the Decepticons, the duo were captured and banished into the depths of space by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] and his allies for their crimes. Sometime later, they were found and recruited into the Decepticons by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], who called them to the Decepticon base on the planet [[Chaar]] ahead of his impending plan to begin raiding planets across the universe. Apeface and Snapdragon's old Headmaster comrades didn't recognize the pair, mistakenly believing that the Autobots were attacking them; a brief battle between them ensued, until Galvatron arrived to laugh at them for being such dunces and pointed out the Horrorcons' Decepticon symbols. The two new arrivals then accompanied [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] to [[Shangri-La Island]], where the six-changer posed as Galvatron for the peace talks with [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]]. Fighting broke out after the Autobots traveling with Spike learned Galvatron was a fake, but despite his fierce chest-pounding, Apeface was defeated by the Autobot Headmasters. The mission had served its purpose, however: the distraction had kept the Autobots busy long enough for the Decepticons to depart on their energy-raiding mission. {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}}

[[File:Horrorcons Daros.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
Apeface and Snapdragon joined back up with Galvatron as he travelled from world to world and quickly became his favorite warriors. When they invaded the beehive world of [[Hive (planet)|Hive]], Galvatron took Sixshot and the Horrorcons with him, and just told the other Headmasters to keep a light on for them. {{storylink|Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!}} They were also active on the [[Twin Star]] planets, searching in vain for more energy on Sperity when the Autobot Headmasters arrived. Apeface managed to get in a little brawling, though, so the trip wasn't a total waste. {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}} On [[Daros]], Apeface and Snapdragon were Galvatron's guests as he met with the corrupt governor, and later joined Sixshot in a fight with the Headmasters. They were doing okay until [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and friends pulled out a 50 foot gun. It...didn't go well after that. {{storylink|Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!}} On the [[Pirate Planet]], the Horrorcons helped the [[Clone (subgroup)|Decepticon Clones]] recover the skull key from [[Fastlane]] and [[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]]. Apeface was also involved in Galvatron's efforts to use the key and raid the pirates' pyramid. {{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}}

[[File:Horrorcons Doublecross.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5]]
As the Decepticons returned to Earth, Apeface and Snapdragon began working for Sixshot on Earth. They were assembled alongside the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] and [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s to attack an Autobot energy facility in [[Florida|Miami]]. The duo fought the [[Monsterbot (G1)|Monsterbot]] named [[Doublecross]], although he was almost too busy arguing with himself to notice. They later traveled to Autobot City and picked a fight with [[Raiden]], preventing him from entering the battle between Sixshot and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] that led to the Autobot City Commander's death. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} Sixshot continued to employ Apeface and Snapdragon's services on Earth, as the Decepticons unleashed five simultaneous attacks on Autobot outposts on the planet. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

As Scorponok abandoned Earth in favor of conquering [[Master (planet)|Master]], Apeface was one of his many troops seen attacking the planet's fortifications. After the Autobots arrived on Master, Apeface and Snapdragon were triple-teamed by the new [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]s. Perhaps not considering the Horrorcons worthy of exerting their new powers, [[Pointblank]] and the Targetmasters spent the whole battle unarmed and in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], and still royally smacked the chips out of the two Decepticons. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}} When the Decepticons kidnapped [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], the Horrorcons stood guard outside the [[Scorponok (G1)|MegaZarak]] base. [[File:Horrorcons Trio Formation.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]] In vehicle mode, Chromedome and Danny zoomed right past them and up the ramp into the headquarters. Considering the rescue mission continued unmolested from then on, apparently Apeface and Snapdragon decided it was just a sudden wind that knocked them on their skidplates. {{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}} Later, while Scorponok was finishing the final touches on his [[Zarak Shield]], Apeface and Snapdragon went with Sixshot on a diversionary patrol to keep the Autobots busy. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} They also battled the Autobots on the asteroid [[Pallas]] while MegaZarak was undergoing repairs. {{storylink|Duel on the Asteroid}}

Apeface and Snapdragon returned to Earth with Scorponok for his final scheme to annihilate the planet using towers made of [[crysmagnetal]]. As the Decepticons finished preparations for their fourth tower in Egypt, Apeface received a communication from Soundblaster, who had spotted the Battleship Maximus approaching them from the Alps. Weirdwolf's trio was the first to intercept the battleship and engage the enemy, but Apeface and Snapdragon were quick to follow. Unfortunately, [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] was leading his men in [[Trio Formation|a rather bizarre and unstable totem pole maneuver]], which only got worse after the Horrorcons hopped on top of [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]. At that point, Fortress simply hit the gas, causing the "tower of power" to topple over the side. Apeface was also present at the final battle between the Autobots and Decepticons at the North Pole. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

====''Legends'' comic====
In [[2021]], Apeface and the rest of Scorponok's troops were battling Fortress's Autobots in space when Scorponok decided to detonate a nearby [[black hole]] despite its proximity to his own soldiers. As a result, their [[transtector]]s were infected with [[blackball]]s and ceased to exist, forcing the Headmasters to travel to the [[Legends World|Legends Universe]] in search of new bodies. {{storylink|Headmaster Chapter Prologue}} Spending time without a transtector, however, caused Apeface to grow tired of having to rely on them. Recalling the extensive training he'd undergone to be able to control a larger body, he redirected those efforts towards becoming stronger in his base form and learned to master the [[telekinesis]] that other Headmasters neglected. Upon commanding the power to move objects with his mind, fire shockwaves and bolster his physical strength, he moved to overthrow [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and take over [[Tera-Kura Co.|Decepticon Co.]] only to be met with resistance from [[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]]. He was defeated and contained after Laserbeak and Megatron forced him onto the [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] transtector and short-circuited it, but continued his training in captivity. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 36|Bonus Edition Vol. 36}}

Having learned to transform into a forklift, Apeface was let out and allowed to use this new mode to move [[energon cube]]s. Megatron suggested to the similarly bodiless [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] that he learn from Apeface, but he refused. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 40|Bonus Edition Vol. 40}} He was among the Decepticon Headmasters who plotted to rebuild [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and rebel against Megatron. {{storylink|LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter}} When they attacked their former office, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], in order to steal his [[transformation cog]], Apeface was seen fighting with [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]. {{storylink|LG43 Trypticon Mobilization Chapter: Decepticon Civil War|Decepticon Civil War}} He later bore witness to [[Devil Z]] taking over Scorponok's BlackZarak transtector and attacking the Legends World, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Grand Maximus)|Bonus Edition Grand Maximus}} and was present when the returned Scorponok took back control of his forces. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One}}

===''TV Magazine'' comic continuity===
====''The Headmasters'' comic====
[[File:HMmanga5 apeface vs chromedome.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25]]
Apeface and Snapdragon searched for a weapon of unbelievable power known as the [[Charge Arrow]]. Equipped to fire only a single shot, the Charge Arrow was still highly coveted due to its ability to harness countless amounts of energy. They located it at the [[Tower of Omega]] on a distant planet, but were opposed by [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]]. Chromedome tried to wield the Charge Arrow against the Horrorcons, but to their delight he failed to make it work properly. Filled with a sense of triumph, Apeface and Snapdragon mercilessly beat the Autobot Headmaster before advanced on Daniel. Seeing his friend in trouble, Chromedome summoned the [[burning justice]] necessary to wield the Charge Arrow, and fired the projectile straight at Apeface, nailing him between the eyes. The incredible energy released by the arrow consumed the two Horrorcons, and they fell in a burning crash off the side of the tower. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 5|The Headmasters #5}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' comic====
Apeface and the Decepticons united behind [[Devil Z]] on Earth to conquer the planet and defeat the Autobots once and for all. {{Storylink|The Battle Begins! The Earth-Space Alliance Army}}
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===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
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[[File:Skullcruncher scorponok apeface doomsday for nebulos.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Apeface was among [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]]'s crew of Decepticons. He participated in a raid on an Autobot city, ending in its ruin and the capture of several of its inhabitants. As the Decepticons marched their prisoners towards their doom at the [[smelting pool]]s however, they were ambushed by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]] and his entourage, forcing them to abandon their captives and retreat. {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}}

Following their Autobot foes' departure for the planet [[Nebulos]], the Decepticons received a subspace call from [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]], sent out to enlist the Autobots' enemies in ridding his planet of their presence. Once the Decepticons traveled to the alien world, they met with the [[Nebulan]]s, who they considered beneath their notice. {{storylink|Broken Glass!}} ''During the meeting, Apeface became lost in thought, wondering on how those he would meet on this new world would react to his ugly appearance, and even uglier actions.'' {{Storylink|Doomsday for Nebulos}} Apeface joined his leader in his demand to the Nebulans for them to turn over the Autobots' heads, and stormed the city of [[Koraja]] to seize them. {{storylink|Broken Glass!}} ''As if in answer to Apeface's earlier ponderings, [[Stylor]] immediately noticed the Decepticon's poor hygiene and disgusting habit of spitting-while-talking upon his initial approach.'' {{storylink|Stylor's Story}} The Autobots retaliated, and unleashed their new creations, the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]. Unable to compete against the upgrated Autobots' newfound might, Scorponok was forced to call his troops to retreat. {{storylink|Broken Glass!}} {{storylink|Stylor's Story}}

[[File:LoveandSteel horrorcons.jpg|left|thumb]]
Apeface and his pal Snapdragon had fun terrorizing the natives in the city of [[Splendora]] alongside the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] until they were easily dispatched by two Autobot Headmasters. Though Scorponok berated the two for their failure, this latest defeat proved enough for him to reconsider the merits of the Headmaster process. Soon, Apeface was one of six Decepticons who underwent [[binary bonding]] with the organic Nebulans to become a Headmaster. He became bonded to [[Spasma]], improving his battle prowess significantly. The Decepticons faced off against Fortress Maximus's soldiers once more, this time Apeface pouncing on the Autobots' leader himself. Though Maximus batted him away almost immediately, Apeface proved instrumental in securing a Decepticon victory; he downed an incoming Nebulan transport, and while the Autobots busied themselves rescuing the passengers, the Decepticons positioned themselves to outflank their enemies and bring them down. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}} Apeface and the others continued to terrorize Nebulos, one of their subsequent missions taking them to the [[Mercury Gardens of Melanossus]], where he helped in slaying many [[generic|Autobots]]. Those few that survived the slaughter were forced to flee back into Nebulos's swamps. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

''When the Autobot Headmasters attempted to rescue the Autobot Targetmasters from the Decepticons, their evil counterparts were sent out after them to feign a defeat, and lure them into an ambush helmed by Scorponok. During the initial fight, Apeface and Snapdragon chased Highbrow through the air, until the latter was shot down by Chromedome. The rest of the group were shortly thereafter "defeated," allowing Scorponok to eventually corner the Autobots within the [[Fortress of Despair]].'' {{Storylink|Worlds Apart!}}

[[File:AllintheMinds apeface jetmode.jpg|thumb|upright=2]]
''Apeface later joined Scorponok and watched his faux duel with Fortress Maximus; a diversion set-up so that the Decepticons could steal a fuel convertor. Once Triggerhappy had secured the device, the duel was brought to a premature end, and Apeface helped Snapdragon fly Scorponok to safety.'' {{storylink|The Final Conflict}}

{{note|The events in this UK story differ in significant ways to the [[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]] mini-series.}}

The Decepticons soon left for Earth, pursuing Fortress Maximus's Autobots yet again. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}} The Decepticons met the Autobots on Earth and were defeated in battle. {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}}

[[File:Apeface smackdown.jpg|left|upright=1.5|thumb|He'll beat you with the oily end.]]
''Apeface and Snapdragon were brought by Scorponok as back-up for a mission to lure and trap the Autobot [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] so that he could be hypnotized by [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]. When Highbrow managed to wound Scorponok, the two Horrorcons entered the scene, firing on Highbrow from above in their jet modes. Highbrow thought to lose them in the maze of the surrounding forest, but Apeface, just dumb enough to fail to recognize his own lack of maneuverability, tried to give chase. He smashed into one tree after another, until a head-on collision with one knocked him out of the chase.'' {{storylink|All in the Minds!}}

Scorponok's crew later entered conflict with [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s crew over the potential ownership of the [[Underbase]]. During the battle, Apeface learned a valuable truth about himself: while he wasn't ''quite'' willing to rip off his own arm and beat someone to death with it, he was also not one to ignore an opportunity when it presented itself. [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] wound up being on the receiving end of the beat-down after having thus disarmed the Horrorcon. {{storylink|Cold War!}} Apeface later attacked the Autobots who joined the battle; the Horrorcons went off to attack Fortress Maximus, only to be shot off by [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]. {{Storylink|Dark Star}}

[[File:TheVoid apeface banana.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25]]
Apeface stood in a Decepticon audience demanding an explanation for Scorponok accepting [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] back into the Decepticon ranks. {{storylink|The Primal Scream}} When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] surrendered to Scorponok on Earth, Apeface was quite amused, considering it a regular comedy show. Until Kup punched him in the face. That shut him up. {{storylink|Surrender!}} Apeface was teleported to Cybertron along with countless other Transformers, where he somehow found a tasty [[banana]] to keep himself occupied while [[Xaaron|some stupid Autobot]] yammered on about [[Unicron/Generation 1|dark gods]] and [[Primus|creators]] and stuff. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} When the aforementioned dark god showed up at Cybertron a short while later, Apeface wasn't so amused. Like countless others, he fled in a panic. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} After the apocalyptic battle, Apeface's ruined form was seen among the dead. {{storylink|Still Life!}}
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===''The Transformers in 3-D''===
[[File:ApefaceGrunk01.jpg|upright=0.85|left|thumb|GRUNK!]]
Ape Face {{sic}} was one of the last few Decepticons remaining behind on [[Tau-Ursa]] when the Autobots arrived. He was investigating a crashed spaceship when he found a voice recording. Deducing that if the tape spoke it must be important, he resolved to take it to [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]].

At this moment he was attacked by [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] who were intent on keeping him from escaping with the information. The triple changer loudly declared his intention to smash them (with a mighty cry of "GRUUUNK!"), and after knocking them to the ground similarly announced he was transforming into jet mode. He was too slow however, and Blurr seized his arm, prising the tape from his hand before escaping. This made him mad. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}
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===Ladybird Generation 1 books===
[[File:DecepticonsAtPole Apeface and Skullcruncher.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
The Decepticons, including Apeface, went to [[Nebulos]] in search of energy. When they found that there was an endless supply of cosmic energy available at the pole, they moved [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] there. The Autobots soon attacked, and Apeface and [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] were sent out to mount a defense, only to find that the ice under their feet was melting and slippery thanks to the Autobots' lasers. A few moments later, the whole base sank. {{storylink|Decepticons at the Pole}}

Aware that the Autobots were up to something, Apeface's first instinct was to destroy whatever it was. [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] soon determined that the Autobots had built an [[oil]] pipeline, and had Apeface and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] tear up a part of it. The Decepticons proceeded to lay in wait and attempted to ambush [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] when the pair repaired the pipe. The Autobots managed to get away however, when the Decepticons slipped over on the spilled oil. {{storylink|Autobots Strike Oil}}
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===''TransTech''===
[[File:GoneTooFar apeface.jpg|left|thumb| Oh Banana.]]
Apeface was one of countless "offworlders" residing in [[Axiom Nexus]]. He was enjoying a nice banana. {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Primus: All Good Things|Transformers: Robots in Disguise Annual 2012]]

[[File:BeforetheDawn apeface.jpg|thumb]]
After the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], Apeface was among a Cybertronian crowd recruited by [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] to pressure [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] into revealing one of his secret discoveries below ground on Cybertron. Later underground, they witnessed a [[Titan (group)|Titan]] declare that Starscream was the Cybertronian destined to unite their whole race. He and the other Cybertronians celebrated afterwards with Starscream. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}}

When [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] returned from the wild, Apeface and the Decepticons started to riot in the streets in celebration. {{storylink|City on Fire}} [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] led a group of them to the Autobot prison, where Apeface took out [[Jetfire (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jetfire]] and helped free Megatron. {{storylink|The Verge}} Led by Megatron and aided by [[Devastator (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Devastator]], the Decepticon army then prepared to conquer Cybertron once and for all. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} It didn't go so well for Apeface, who was instead smashed by [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] when he arrived to battle Devastator. {{storylink|Plan for Everything}}
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
[[File:FormFollowsFunction apeface demolishor.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5]]
Apeface and [[Demolisher]] found the humbled former Autobot leader [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] standing over the defeated resistance fighter [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and, assuming him to be responsible, praised him for a job well done. Praise from the two lowlifes didn't make Hot Rod feel much better, but rather steeled his resolve to return to the Autobots, which he did after tossing Apeface and his buddy into the nearest [[smelting pool]]. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}}
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===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
[[File:PoweroftheTitanMasters apeface.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|If you look to your left, you'll be able to observe a wild Apeface in its natural habitat.]]
Apeface was an ancient [[Titan Master]], and part of a group of Decepticons dispatched to [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Eukaris]] in the hopes of ambushing [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] and [[Grimlock (G1)|Clobber]]. Apeface's wild war whoop blew their cover, allowing the two Autobots the opportunity to counter-attack. {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}

Similar to [[Blunderbuss]], Apeface could grant the power of [[Size changing|mass-shifting]] to another bot. {{Storylink|Apeface#Generations|''Titans Return'' Apeface online bio}}
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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
When the Decepticon-Hive alliance developed Headmaster technology, Spasma and Apeface became one of the first Headmaster duos, escalating the conflict on Nebulos with their power. {{storylink|A Brush With Infamy–Prologue}}

===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material===
[[File:Siege-Apeface-art.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6]]
Apeface was a [[Cybertronian military insignia|Ground Force Espionage Raider]], whose function was a saboteur. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Siege|''Siege'' webpage}}<ref name=Siege>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/siege ''Siege'' website]</ref> During the war for Cybertron, rumors were spread of possible [[Energon]] reserves in [[Kalis]], home to the subsurface fusion reactor that powered most of Cybertron's key locations. The Autobots eventually discovered signs of sabotage made by Apeface. {{storylink|Source:Teletraan-1 Data Files|''Siege'' Teletraan-1 Data Files}}<ref name=Siege/>
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===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|''[[Transformers Valentine's Day Special]]''}}
[[File:WeHaveDeceivedYou-GoTime.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|So let your arms hang down and waddle all around. Like a dreadful mighty killer. A big black wild gorilla.]]
Apeface was a gladiator, and fought [[Lugnut (TF 2010)|Lugnut]] at some point. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Swindle's|Swindle's}} However, when [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] shut down the old arenas and made [[gladiatorial combat]] illegal, Apeface attempted to take the sport underground with his sparring partner [[Tap-Out (Universe)|Tap-Out]]. Frustrated by the lack of interest in their illicit matches, however, Apeface called it quits and walked out on Tap-Out mid-fight. {{storylink|Transformers Valentine's Day Special}}

At some point afterwards, Apeface fell in with the [[Decepticon|Ascenticon]] movement. He joined fellow ex-gladiator [[Clench (G1)|Clench]] as part of a coordinated terrorist attack on the [[Senate]] itself and easily overpowered [[Senate Guard]] members [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]] and [[Chainclaw (G1)|Chainclaw]]. The pair then joined up with [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] and flushed [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]'s response unit out of the building. Once they had taken the Senate, he and Clench joined Strika as she announced to the crowds outside that the Ascenticons—now the Decepticons—had triumphed. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: We Have Deceived You|We Have Deceived You}}

Along with [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]] and Clench, Apeface joined "[[Strika's Heavies]]" and shot at [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]'s group when they broke into the Senate to rescue Sentinel Prime and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]]. {{storylink|War World: Prime|Prime}} Apeface had some growing pains with the veteran Heavies, as [[Heavywait]] openly called [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] the greatest Triple-Changer on Cybertron. When Apeface took exception to that, Blitzwing bluntly remarked that Apeface's three modes just weren't very good. As the Heavies lay siege to the [[Forge Pyramid]] and the Autobots waiting within, Apeface delivered a non-lethal shot in the back to Blitzwing, just to be ornery. {{storylink|War World: Titans|Titans}}

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==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Commercial horrorcons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25]]
*Apeface and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] were created by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] deep in the canyons of Nebulon. Set loose, the Horrorcons proceeded to try out all three of their modes before wrecking up some nearby rock formations. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Horrorcons|Headmaster Horrorcons commercial}}
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==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{voiceactor|[[Walter Roberts]] (English)}}

====Autobot story====
[[File:TFPS2 apeface.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
While searching for the [[Jewel of Mystery]] in the [[Lazalt Ruins]], the Autobots were ambushed by Apeface. Stating that while the Autobots were clever to have gotten so far, he was going to give them a welcoming party they would not forget. Apeface then jumped down from a stone wall, landed in front of the Autobots, and transformed from gorilla mode to [[robot mode]]. The Headmaster told the Autobots to come closer, promising to be nice. When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] told him that the Autobots had no time for play, a fight broke out. When it was over, Optimus could see that Apeface had been clearly defeated and stated that it was enough. Apeface could see that he was in a bad situation and decided to flee, Apeface transformed to jet form and flew off. He had a rematch against the Autobots before they reached [[ELTA]], taking them on after [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]. He lost again.

====Decepticon story====
During the quest for the [[Zel Quartz]] on the world of [[Zel Samine]], if the Decepticons made a second visit to the [[Lazalt Ruins]], they would be approached by Apeface, who [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] had forgotten was on the planet. Happy to see his comrades again, Apeface joined up with them. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

{{Note|Apeface was playable character in the Decepticon campaign, unlocked during the second playthrough.}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:TFLegends apeface.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
Apeface and [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] pursued a group of Autobots to Earth with the aim of obtaining the [[Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber]], however the Autobots saw them off with the help of the [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]]. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Earth Defense Command}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}
[[File:G1 Apeface toy.jpg|thumb|Not a bad toy for a guy whose Spanish name is "Wimpus".]]
*'''Apeface with Spasma''' (Headmaster Horrorcon, [[1987]])
**''Takara ID number'': '''D-99'''
**''Accessories:'' Sonic Boomer Gun, Electro-shield/fin, [[Spasma#Toys|Spasma]] Headmaster partner

:''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' Apeface turns into both a cybertronic jet and a robotic gorilla. Unlike [[Snapdragon (G1)#Toys|Snapdragon]], Apeface's fighter jet mode only looks vaguely like an Earth jet, with his robot limbs hanging off the back of the vehicle in an obvious fashion. His Headmaster partner, Spasma, can ride inside the jet's cockpit. He can mount guns on either side of his vehicle mode, but for some reason only comes with one gun while Snapdragon came with two.

:As Apeface is a triple changer, Spasma similarly has triple functions, forming both the robot mode face and the gorilla mode face. This [[beast mode]] has a relatively wide range of articulation for a ''Generation 1'' beast, but has some minor problems with balance, which limits poses. Apeface's gorilla mode can be placed on all fours, but that results in his head staring at the ground. On the other hand, the naturally curved hook shape of his gorilla fists allows him to hang from a string or anything else it can snag.

:In robot mode, like all Headmaster toys, Apeface has a flip-down panel on his chest which covers a spring-loaded mini-[[Tech Spec|Tech-Spec]]-meter which gives readouts for Speed, Strength, and Intelligence. The tumblers are activated when Spasma (or any other Headmaster unit) is plugged into his neck socket. Apeface is very back-heavy due to most of the fighter jet mode ending up on his back. The jet's vertical stabilisers detach to form a shield that can be held in Apeface's hands or attached to his shoulder.

::*''[http://tfu.info/1987/Decepticon/Apeface/apeface.htm More information on Apeface at TFU.info]''
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===''Titans Return''===
{{anchor|Generations}}
[[File:TF-Titans-Return-Apeface.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Call me a wimp again, and I'll take over your bodies.]]
*'''Apeface''' (Titan Master, [[2016]])
**''Accessories:'' Gorilla accessory

:Part of the second wave of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Titan Master]]s, Apeface can transform from a small robot into an toy-based Apeface head compatible with any Deluxe-or-larger ''Titans Return'' figure. He is packaged with a gorilla accessory which Apeface can ride in robot mode, and which can also transform into a [[5 mm post]] gun for larger figures to wield, or combine with Apeface to form a jet. Apeface, the gorilla, and their combined jet form are based on Apeface's original Generation 1 robot, gorilla, and jet modes respectively.

:As with all Titan Master vehicle accessories, care must be taken with the gun mode's handle: the handle fits tightly in many 5 mm-compatible closed hands, and combined with the handle's lack of metal pin running through the joint, removing it by force causes the handle to pop out of the joint.

:Apeface was reissued for the fifth wave of Titan Masters alongside [[Swoop (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Ptero]], [[Overkill (G1)#Generations|Overboard]], and the new [[Ramhorn (G1)#Titans Return|Ramhorn]].

:His vehicle was redecoed as ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Weirdwolf (G1)#Legends|Weirdwolf]]'s [[Rarigo#Legends|Rarigo]] accessory and again as [[Convobat#Legends|Convobat]]'s [[Ape X Arms]] accessory. Apeface's Titan Master would've been redecoed as Skyfall's head for the BotCon 2017 "Action on Hydrus Four" set and [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Jetfire (Armada)#Armada|Jetfire]]'''s Titan Master that never came to be.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/TRApeface/apeface.htm More information on ''Titans Return'' Apeface at TFU.info]''
{{TRApefaceMold}}

===''Legends''===
[[File:Legends LG38 Condor Apeface.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb]]
*'''Condor & Apeface (Laserbeak & Apeface)'''<ref>The packaging says "コンドル&エイプフェイス" (Condor & Apeface) in Japanese, but the accompanying English subtitle is "Laserbeak & Apeface".</ref> ([[December 28]], 2016)
**''ID Number'': '''LG38'''

:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Apeface is a redeco of ''Titans Return'' Apeface with a gray body and purple head and arms, and features some additional paint details on his arms and face(s). He was only available in a two-pack with [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#Legends|Condor]], and does not include the gorilla accessory. As a redeco of the Titan Master figure, Apeface is also compatible with any of the vehicle partners from that line, though the head mode face's toy-based sculpting leads to creepy separate red optics.

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===''War for Cybertron: Siege''===
[[File:WFC-Siege-Voyager-Apeface.jpg|thumb|300px|Who you calling a wimp now?]]
*'''Apeface''' (Voyager Class, [[2020]])
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''WFC-S50'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SG-46'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[February 22]], [[2020]]
**''Hidden message code'': '''TURBOWORM'''
**''Accessories'': "SA Sonic Boom Blaster," "EM Electro Shield," [[Titan Master]] [[Spasma#War for Cybertron: Siege|Spasma]]

:''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' Apeface transforms from robot to gorilla to jet. He includes the "SA Sonic Boom Blaster" and "EM Electro Shield," a gun and a shield forming his jet tailfins, respectively, both compatible with the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]]. He also comes with Spasma, who can form his robot and gorilla heads and pilot his jet mode. Apeface also features "battle damage" paint applications on his front shoulders, nosecone, and legs, as well as multiple hardpoints all over himself and his weapons to accommodate "Fire Blasts" from the [[Battle Master]]s assortment, which can be used to simulate blaster fire or explosions. Because of design limits, Spasma only forms the top half of Apeface's gorilla head, while the lower half is a separate piece attached to Apeface himself. Apeface is also the only Voyager class figure in the ''Siege'' line without a waist swivel.

:The jet mode instructions say to seat Spasma in the rear hatch, behind the wings, but in an undocumented feature it is possible to sit Spasma folded upright in the gorilla lower head so he can fit inside the main cockpit. Forming the gorilla mode or jet mode requires fairly intricate tab work, with the instructions being of little use. Make sure the clip beneath the gorilla lower head fastens around the hinge at the base of the jet cockpit. Due to this intricate tabbing system, Apeface's white plastic is actually super-dense nylon, which is necessary to prevent the tabs from breaking.

:Spasma is not named anywhere in this toy's packaging or instructions, only named such by the toy's [[Hasbro Pulse]] listing. The Titan Master is referred to as "Apeface's head" in the instructions.

:Due to reusing the ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' system, Apeface can use any Titan Master or [[Prime Master]]. If one chooses, Apeface's robot mode head can be swapped with the [[#Titans Return|above ''Titans Return'' figure]] or [[#Legends|below ''Legends'' figure]], leaving his original head for his gorilla form. However, as Apeface does not have the additional spring-out parts that Voyager-sized ''Titans Return'' figures had, his robot mode head has the optical illusion of appearing to be quite small for his body when it is not.

:The tooling that made Apeface compatible with other Titans Masters also led to packaging mistakes, as the Spasma Titan Master (which uses each side for a different face) needs to have its head rotated 180 degrees to connect to the robot form. This step was omitted in packaging causing many early releases to have the Apeface head bouncing around loose in the packaging. The packaging mistake did not negatively affect the actual toy.

:Care should be taken when plugging his EM Electro Shield into his back in gorilla and jet mode, as the peg's diameter is just so that plugging it into the corresponding port would be a very snug fit. Additionally, said port is quite deep, which can make the shield extremely difficult to remove if pushed in too far. Owing to these issues, several fans have reported the shield's peg easily breaking after plugging it into the port and later attempting to remove it. This issue can be addressed by either sanding down the peg so that it does not fit as snugly in the port, or inserting a drill bit into the port and manually twisting it slightly to scrape away some of the plastic inside to widen said port. It is also worth noting that if [[#Spasma| is pushed too far into the bottom piece of his gorilla mode head, it becomes difficult to remove.The easiest option is to leave Spasma slightly loose in Apeface's ape mode port, reducing the issue.

:Though designated for a first quarter 2020 release, Apeface unsurprisingly reached U.S. store shelves in late 2019.
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==Merchandise==
===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W4RaiderApeface.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Raider Apeface, Espionage-Commando''' (2019)
**'''Wave 4: War for Cybertron: Siege II'''
**''Rarity: '''''CT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T28/T52'''
**''Stars: ''10

:Raider Apeface, Espionage-Commando is one of 52 character cards released as part of Wave 4 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]], War for Cybertron: Siege II. In order to depict the [[Triple Changer]] nature of the character, Raider Apeface, Espionage-Commando is a folding card, with both Alt Modes depicted when the card is folded in half, and Bot Mode depicted when the card is unfolded.

:The card's Bot Mode artwork is reused from the ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' Apeface toy, while both Alt Modes receive original artwork, with lines by [[Dan Khanna]] and colors by [[Alex Tarca]].

:Raider Apeface, Espionage-Commando is notable as being the first character in the game with the <nowiki>''Beast''</nowiki> trait.
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==Notes==
*One of the many confusing glitches in ''[[The Rebirth]]'' is the fact that, while Krunk and Spasma were clearly designed to transform into both the robot and animal heads of their partners, the Horrorcons retained their beast mode heads even when their Nebulan partners were separated from them.
*In the Japanese ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'' series, Spasma does not exist as a separate entity from Apeface; like all Headmasters, the large robot is just a lifeless [[Transtector]] body controlled entirely by the head unit. However, Apeface's head unit is ''still'' called "Spasma" when separated from the larger robot body, even though it's the same guy!
*Apeface was the only character to use the word "puke" in the entirety of the original ''Transformers'' cartoon. That's got to be some kind of feat, right?
*In the Latin American Spanish dub, he calls himself "El gorila invencible" (the invincible gorilla).

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Apeface''' (エイプフェイス ''Eipufeisu''), '''Spasma''' (スパズマ ''Supazuma'', see above)
*''French:'' '''Gorillo''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Majompofa''' ("Ape Jaw")
*''Italian:'' '''Tagor'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Yúan Mìen''' (Taiwan, 猿面, "Ape Face"), '''Yuanhou''' (China, 猿猴, "Ape")
*''Spanish:'' '''Wimpus''' (Latin America)
*''Russian:'' '''Gorill''' (Горилл ''Gorilla'')

==References==
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[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Saboteurs]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce Decepticons]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Decepticons]]
[[Category:Titan Masters]]
[[Category:Titans Return Decepticons]]
[[Category:TransTech Decepticons]]
[[Category:Triple Changers]]
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