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Mini-Con

2015-09-28T05:57:15Z

MWM: /* Robots in Disguise */

{{disambig2|the Transformers type "Mini-Con"|the unit of time "minicon"|Units of time}}
{{disambig2|the Transformers type "Mini-Con"|the "Evil" faction of [[Stentarian]]s mistakenly called "Minicons"|Ammonite}}

[[File:Minicon symbol.png|upright=1.4|thumb|Intentionally designed to look like the letter "M", the Mini-Con symbol is also reflected in the design of Unicron's helmet]]
'''Mini-Cons''' are a race of small, roughly [[human]]-sized Transformers capable of [[powerlinx]]ing with a larger Transformer to impart extra abilities or greatly increase their strength.

Their origins (when explored) vary depending on the continuity in which they appear. In some timelines they are creations of [[Unicron]]; in others, they are creations of the [[Last Autobot]] or the descendants of [[Micronus Prime]]. Others are just... there.

==Fiction==
===Unicron Trilogy===
====Cartoon continuity====
[[File:Street action team.JPG|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
[[Unicron]] created the Mini-Cons to be mindless tools, sent to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] as an agitating element to the Transformers' civil war. The power-enhancing "smart tools" would be unleashed upon the populace, who would snap them up and bond with them, and the war would only get more destructive, as Unicron drank in the negative psychic energies from the death and destruction. Once he'd gathered the power he needed, the Mini-Cons would turn on their supposed masters, incapacitating them, and Unicron would fully awaken to devour the planet and all Transformers on it, eliminating his biggest obstacle to devouring all of existence.

But through a strange warp in space and time that no one really bothered to explain, three [[human]] children from the future—[[Rad White|Rad]], [[Carlos Lopez (Armada)|Carlos]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang (Armada)|Alexis]]—were sent to the Mini-Cons' birthing chamber on Cybertron just seconds before the small robots emerged from their pods. As the Mini-Cons had been designed to form mental bonds with other life forms, when Rad touched the Mini-Con who he knew from the future as [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]], High Wire apparently formed his bond then, with Rad... and through the Mini-Cons' shared "soul dimension", the [[Linkage (dimension)|Linkage]], sentience and free will spread throughout the Mini-Cons, forming "souls", and crippling Unicron's plans drastically.
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====Dreamwave ''Armada'' continuity====
[[File:Mini-cons.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Gotta catch 'em all!]]
Mini-Cons are a second race of Transformer, mostly living in designated sectors by themselves, which left them open to attack when [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] led his Decepticons on capture raids. Through experimentation on prisoners, the Decepticons discovered the Mini-Cons were rewired, their power (disproportionate to their size) could be added to a Transformer through [[Powerlinx]]ing. Mini-Cons are also capable of tapping an extra-dimensional energy source of unknown origin, but are wary of doing this, and most have inhibitors installed to prevent this from happening.

[[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]], a Mini-Con refugee from another dimension, led Cybertron's collected Mini-Cons in tapping that dimension's energies and channeling them into an attack on Unicron which left him stranded on the far fringes of space.

After Unicron's defeat, most Mini-Cons re-established their villages in the Mini-Con sector. When Unicron reappeared ten years later, no one went to fetch the Mini-Cons to battle Unicron again, so it seems likely the Mini-Cons' connection to their extra-dimensional power source was severed.

{{note|There is no indication that Mini-Cons are related to Unicron in Dreamwave ''Armada'' continuity.}}

====Powerlinx and Evolution====
Mini-Cons have the special ability to actually evolve other machines, from transforming simple cars into jet-powered assault vehicles, to upgrading Transformers to have new weapons spring from their body. The nature of Powerlinxing is emphasized more in the Japanese ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Micron Legend]]'' counterpart to Transformers ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]''. Once powerlinked, the Autobot would call out "EVOLUTION!" and a portion of their body would literally reconfigure to become a new weapon. Afterwards, they retained this new ability without the powerlinking of the Mini-Con which granted it. Linking to that Mini-Con again simply enhances their firepower. The Mini-Con is not required in order to use the evolved weaponry afterwards. This has caused some confusion in the Armada viewing audience due to dub issues and the downplaying of the "Evolution" theme. Despite this, the term is used twice in the American series by Megatron.

====Gigantion Mini-Cons====
[[File:GiantCybertronDrillBit.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]

The exact origin of the Gigantion Mini-Cons is questionable as presented within the context of the show itself. The show offers little to nothing on their genesis, merely their function as "little detail" workers whose brains developed similarly to human children because of this (uh, yeah). [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] speculated that they evolved a small stature to adapt to Gigantion like he adapted to the [[Animatron|Jungle Planet]]. In ''Galaxy Force'', they are stated to have existed since ancient times and controlled the larger Transformers. There are even ancient ruins discovered with inscriptions using ''Armada'' Mini-Con model sheets.

The [[Fun Publications]] fiction has linked these Mini-Cons to those of ''Armada'', which simply has them migrating to Gigantion (as well as the other colony worlds) with the Transformers carrying the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s, offering the only definitive origin of those Mini-Cons. This would also make them creations of Unicron. However, this does not fully line up with the fiction, as the Mini-Cons in Armada are shown appearing in the time of Optimus Prime, years after the world colonization—so the matter is left more than a bit vague.
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====Packaging blurb====
Long ago, Mini-Cons fled Cybertron to escape the endless war between Autobots and Decepticons. Many teams were broken up in that war, leaving only a few left living in peace while roaming the universe.<ref>[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]] Armada Series Mini-Con multi-pack packaging blurb.</ref>

====Ask Vector Prime====
In [[Aurex 304.0 Epsilon]], Mini-Cons were the creation of [[Primacron (Armada)|Primacron]]. They sparked a four-way war between the Autobots, Decepticons, [[Omnicon]]s, and [[Destructicon (RID)|Destructicons]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

===Generation 1===
====3H comics====
[[Ramulus]] uses "Mini-Con" as a term of derision, implying that [[CatSCAN]] is timid or insufficiently assertive. {{storylink|Betrayal}}

====''Classics''====
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Mini-Cons were created by the [[Last Autobot]] to cleanse Cybertron of [[Demon]]s and [[Mutant (G1)|Mutants]] before the Autobots returned. {{storylink|The New World}}

====Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
The Mini-Cons of this universe are a sub-set of [[Micromaster#Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Micromasters]], diminutive Autobots who were originally [[Cyberdroid|unable to transform]] until exposed to the energies of a dimensional shockwave. When most of the Micromaster population decamped from Earth under the command of [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] to found their own civilization on [[Micro|Planet Micro]], some elected to remain with the Autobots to help them continue the war. These little 'bots partnered up with larger Transformers, adopting weapon and equipment [[alternate mode]]s (in addition to their vehicular forms) which their partners could wield. Like the Mini-Cons from other universes, they provide their partners with a power-up by connecting to them when in weapon mode. Some of the earliest known include [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] and [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]'s partners [[Neutro|Groundshaker]] and [[Phaser]], {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#Tailgate/G1 Micron Chapter|Tailgate/G1 Micron Chapter}} though many more named warriors would follow as partners of the [[Power Core Combination|Power Core Combiner]]s. {{storylink|Transformers United EX}}

Evidence suggests that Mini-Cons would persist into the [[Beast Era]]: the enigmatic [[Wedge Shape]], as well as several of the combatants involved in the "[[Micron Booster#Micron Booster Ver. 4: Endless Battle - Eternal Prisoner|Eternal Prisoner]]" conflict, professed [[Maximal]] and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] allegiances. {{storylink|Micron Booster|Micron Booster Ver. 4}} Additionally, Mini-Con [[Dragoyell]] is reported to have taken part in the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]. {{storylink|Dragoyell|Dragoyell's bio}}

===Live action film series===
Little is known about the nature of Mini-Cons in this continuity, other than the fact that they're small. Known Mini-Cons include [[Longarm (Movie Mini-Con)|Longarm]], [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]], [[Chopster]], and [[Bomb-Burst (PCC)|Bomb-Burst]].

===Power Core Combiners===
[[Commander (PCC)|Commander]]s had the ability to combine with Mini-Cons, which powered up their abilities in vaguely defined ways.<ref>[[Smolder (PCC)|Smolder]]'s bio, [[Sledge (PCC)|Sledge's]] bio, [[Heavytread (PCC)|Heavytread's]] bio, and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage's]] bio.</ref> Some power ups are given more specific descriptions. [[Huffer (PCC)|Huffer]] became faster, stronger, and smarter. [[Searchlight (PCC)|Searchlight]] got extended operational duration. [[Leadfoot (PCC)|Leadfoot]] became invisible to sensors. And [[Darkstream]] received enhanced maneuverability.<ref>See respective toy bios.</ref>

===Aligned continuity family===
[[File:HuntingSeason Mini-Cons.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Please don't let this be JIBSIR...]]

'''Minicons''' (no dash) are a race of small, human-sized Transformers who are native to Cybertron's two moons. They are descended from [[Micronus Prime]]. Some Minicons are notably inhuman in appearance, with animalistic [[robot mode]]s. Minicons have been known to form partnerships with larger Transformers. Minicons that choose to undergo this process are known as [[Deployer (WFC)|Deployer]]s, and usually transform into additional armor for their partners instead of becoming vehicles.

A few Minicons, such as [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]], appear to have been mass-produced through an unknown process. These "Fixit drones" do not appear to be sentient. {{storylink|Deep Trouble (RID)|Deep Trouble}} Fixit himself reverted to a similarly mindless state after [[Denny Clay]] tampered with his internal workings. {{storylink|The Trouble with Fixit}}

A few Cybertronians appear to display prejudice against Minicons; [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] was known to have despised them, while [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Orion Pax]] associated them with distrust. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}} [[Autobot High Council|Some]] used them to guard prisoners; Fixit's "sentry mode" programming may have been some kind of mandated upgrade.

Known Minicons include:
* [[Autobot High Council|High Councilor]] [[Ratbat (WFC)|Ratbat]]
* [[Frenzy (WFC)|Frenzy]]
* [[Rumble (WFC)|Rumble]]
* [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]]
* [[Ravage (WFC)|Ravage]]
* [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]]
* [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]]
* [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]]
* [[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]]
* [[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]]

[[File:DeusExMachina AMT-Party.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]

A new form of Minicon was created on [[Earth]] when the planet's energon infused the Transformers' weapons with life and transformation ability. These new robots became known as the [[Arms Micron]]s. {{storylink|Arms Micron Theater}}

{{note|The Arms Micron backstory was told specifically in reference to the "partner" Microns packed in with larger toys, but it is assumed that it holds true for all toys called "Arms Microns" regardless of release type.}}
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==Things that are not Mini-Cons==
There have been a number of character or toys that either have Powerlink 'catcher' ports but are not Mini-Cons, or are recolored from Mini-Con molds (often even having the molded-in faction symbol) but who are nonetheless, according to their associated bios or fiction, not actually Mini-Cons.

{{collist|3|
* [[Laserbeak (Cybertron)|''Cybertron'' Laserbeak]] (sometimes)
* [[Search and Destroy Robot]]}}

==Toys==
:Mini-Con toys debuted as the signature element of the ''Armada'' franchise, bringing the "micro [[play pattern]]" back to ''Transformers'' after many years' absence. Much like ''Armada'' itself, the Mini-Cons proved to be a smash hit with fans and kids, and Hasbro scrambled to include them in the subsequent franchises.

:Most Mini-Cons stand around 2" tall, roughly the same size as their [[Micromaster]] predecessors. Most Mini-Cons are considerably more complex, as well; unlike Micromasters, there's no single dominant transformation scheme. With dozens of molds, Mini-Cons cover a wide range of articulation, size, [[alternate mode]]s, and complexity. Aesthetically, their facial designs tend toward the unorthodox.

:Each Mini-Con includes one or more [[Powerlinx]] ports somewhere on their body, a [[5mm post|5mm]] round peg-slot that allows them to be attached to any "[[Bulk]]" figure with a corresponding Powerlinx peg. These pegs were standard-issue on the larger, original-mold ''Armada'' toys, where at least one such peg could be used to activate various gimmicks on each large figure. Toys from subsequent franchises have featured Powerlinx pegs only as a static feature. Due to the center-peg of the Powerlinx port, they are incompatible with normal 5mm posts. Later Mini-Cons (starting with the ''[[Power Core Combiners]]'' series) would sometimes have 5mm holes without the "signature" center-peg.

{{note|Because of the overwhelming number of Mini-Con redecos—we're talking well into the hundreds—the following list is of unique first-use ''molds'' only.}}

===Armada===
====3-pack team molds====
[[File:Armada airmilitaryteam toys.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Air Military Mini-Con Team]]

{{collist|3|
'''[[Adventure Mini-Con Team]]'''
* [[Dune Runner (Armada)|Dune Runner]] (dune buggy)
* [[Iceberg (Armada)|Iceberg]] (snowcat)
* [[Ransack (Armada)|Ransack]] (jeep)

'''[[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Mini-Con Team]]'''
* [[Jetstorm (Armada)|Jetstorm]] (Concorde jet)
* [[Runway (Armada)|Runway]] (supersonic bomber)
* [[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]] (space shuttle)

'''[[Air Military Mini-Con Team]]'''
* [[Gunbarrel (Armada)|Gunbarrel]] (cargo jet)
* [[Terradive (Armada)|Terradive]] (recon jet)
* [[Thunderwing (Armada)|Thunderwing]] (stealth bomber)

'''[[Destruction Mini-Con Team]]'''
* [[Buzzsaw (Armada)|Buzzsaw]] (excavator)
* [[Drill Bit (Armada)|Drill Bit]] (mining vehicle)
* [[Dualor (Armada)|Dualor]] (tank)

'''[[Emergency Mini-Con Team]]'''
* [[Firebot (Armada)|Firebot]] (fire engine)
* [[Makeshift (Armada)|Makeshift]] (VTOL plane)
* [[Prowl (Armada)|Prowl]] (police cruiser)

'''[[Land Military Mini-Con Team]]'''
* [[Bonecrusher (Armada)|Bonecrusher]] (missile transport)
* [[Knock Out (Armada)|Knock Out]] (armored personnel carrier)
* [[Wreckage (Armada)|Wreckage]] (tracked missile platform)

'''[[Race Mini-Con Team]]'''
* [[Dirt Boss (Armada)|Dirt Boss]] (rally SUV)
* [[Downshift (Armada)|Downshift]] (Le Mans racer)
* [[Mirage (Armada)|Mirage]] (Indy racer)

'''[[Sea Mini-Con Team]]'''
* [[Oceanglide]] (solar-powered boat)
* [[Stormcloud (Armada)|Stormcloud]] (speedboat)
* [[Waterlog (Armada)|Waterlog]] (hovercraft)

'''[[Space Mini-Con Team]]'''
* [[Astroscope]] (space station)
* [[Payload (Armada)|Payload]] (rocket transporter)
* [[Sky Blast]] (rocket)

'''[[Street Action Mini-Con Team]]'''
* [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] (skateboard)
* [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] (dirtbike)
* [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] (motor scooter)

'''[[Street Speed Mini-Con Team]]'''
* [[Backtrack (Armada)|Backtrack]] (sportscar)
* [[Oval]] (sportscar)
* [[Spiral]] (sportscar)
}}

====Partner Mini-Con molds====
[[File:Armada Leader1 toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Leader-1]]

{{collist|3|
*[[Incinerator (Armada)|Incinerator]] (partner: [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]])
*[[Refute]] (partner: [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Hoist]])
*[[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] (partner: [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys|Hot Shot]])
*[[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] (partner: [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Supercon Optimus Prime]])
*[[Nightbeat (Armada)|Nightbeat]] (partner: [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]])
*[[Liftor]] (partner: [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]])
*[[Rollout (Armada)|Rollout]] (partner: [[Overload (Armada)|Overload]])
*[[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]] (partner: [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]])
*[[Rollbar (Armada)|Rollbar]] (partner: [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]])
*[[Comettor (Armada)|Comettor]] (partner: [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]])
*[[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] (partner: [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Super Optimus Prime]])
*[[Crumplezone (Armada)|Crumplezone]] (partner: [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]])
*[[Blackout (Armada)|Blackout]] (partner: [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]])
*[[Inferno (Armada)|Inferno]] (partner: [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]])
*[[Wind Sheer (Armada)|Wind Sheer]] (partner: [[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]])
*[[Thunderclash (Armada)|Thunderclash]] (partner: [[Skywarp (Armada)|Skywarp]])
*[[Swindle (Armada)|Swindle]] (partner: [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]])
*[[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]] (partner: [[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Megatron]])
*[[Ramjet (Armada)|Ramjet]] (partner: [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]])
*[[Rook (Armada)|Rook]] and [[Crosswise (Armada)|Crosswise]] (partner: [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]])
*[[Dead End (Armada)|Dead End]] (partner: [[Unicron/toys|Unicron]])
}}

===Micron Densetsu===
*'''Hikari no Unicron''' (campaign prize item)
**''Accessories:'' Chest missile, 6 leg missiles

: The "[[Unicron of Light]]" toy is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Unicron/toys|Unicron]] in an emerald, light green, blue, and white color-scheme. This Unicron was the prize for a lucky-draw contest in Japan.

===Energon===
====3-packs====
{{collist|2|
'''[[Energon Saber]] Team'''
*[[Scattor (Energon)|Scattor]] (Concorde)
*[[Skyboom (Energon)|Skyboom]] (space shuttle)
*[[Wreckage (Energon)|Wreckage]] (supersonic bomber)

'''[[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Mini-Con Team]]'''
*[[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] (hoverboard)
*[[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] (motorbike)
*[[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] (four-wheeler)
}}

====Other====
* Kicker/Highwire 2-pack

===Cybertron===
====Partner Mini-Con====
{{collist|1|
*[[Drill Bit (Cybertron)|Drill Bit]] (partner: [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]])
*[[Stripmine]] (partner: [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Quickmix]])
*[[Heavy Load (Cybertron)|Heavy Load]] (partner: [[Menasor (Cybertron)|Menasor]])
*[[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] (partner: [[Vector Prime (Cybertron)|Vector Prime]])
}}

====3-packs====
{{collist|2|
'''[[Recon Mini-Con Team]]'''
* [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (helicopter)
* [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] (LeMans race car)
* [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (pickup truck)

'''[[Giant Planet Mini-Con Team]]'''
* [[Deepdive]] (submarine)
* [[Longarm (Cybertron)|Longarm]] (double-crane truck)
* [[Overcast (Cybertron)|Overcast]] (military cargo plane)
}}

===Classics (2006)===
[[File:TFC Clear Sky.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Clear Skies Team]]

{{collist|3|
'''[[Demolition Team]]'''
*[[Broadside (Classics)|Broadside]]
*[[Sledge (Classics)|Sledge]]
*[[Wideload (Classics)|Wideload]]

'''[[Dinobot (Classics)|Dinobots]]'''
*[[Knockdown (Classics)|Knockdown]]
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]
*[[Terrorsaur (Classics)|Terrorsaur]]

'''[[Night Rescue Team]]'''
*[[Divebomb (Classics)|Divebomb]]
*[[Firebot (Classics)|Firebot]]
*[[Strongarm (Classics)|Strongarm]]

'''[[Clear Skies Team]]'''
*[[Nightscream (Classics)|Nightscream]]
*[[Steel Wind]]
*[[Thunderwing (Classics)|Thunderwing]]

'''[[Dirt Digger Team]]'''
*[[Dirt Rocket (Classics)|Dirt Rocket]]
*[[Grindor (Classics)|Grindor]]
*[[Oil Slick (Classics)|Oil Slick]]

'''[[Predator Attack Team]]'''
*[[Dreadwing (Classics)|Dreadwing]]
*[[Overbite (Classics)|Overbite]]
*[[Snarl (Classics)|Snarl]]
}}
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===Universe (2008)===
*[[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] (partner: [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys|Hot Shot]])
*[[Nightstick (Cyclonus)|Nightstick]] (partner: [[Cyclonus (G1)/toys|Cyclonus]])

{{note|Nightstick, despite being a [[Nebulan]] [[Targetmaster]], is oddly identified as a Mini-Con on the "[[Battle in Space]]" packaging.}}
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===Power Core Combiners===
[[File:PCC-toy Chopster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Chopster (with Smolder)]]
{{collist|2|
*[[Airlift (PCC)|Airlift]] (partner: [[Skyhammer (PCC)|Skyhammer]])
*[[Backwind]] (partner: [[Searchlight (PCC)|Searchlight]])
*[[Caliburst (PCC)|Caliburst]] (partner: [[Huffer (PCC)|Huffer]])
*[[Chainclaw (PCC)|Chainclaw]] (partner: [[Icepick (PCC)|Icepick]])
*[[Chopster]] (partner: [[Smolder (PCC)|Smolder]])
*[[Groundspike]] (partner: [[Heavytread (PCC)|Heavytread]])
*[[Pinpoint]] (partner: [[Leadfoot (PCC)|Leadfoot]])
*[[Throttler]] (partner: [[Sledge (PCC)|Sledge]])
*[[Waterlog (PCC)|Waterlog]] (partner: [[Undertow (PCC)|Undertow]])}}

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===Prime===
'''Mini-Cons'''
* [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]]

[[File:Prime-toy OP.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|O.P.]]
'''Arms Microns'''
{{collist|3|
* [[Arc]]
* [[Arcee Blade]]
* [[B.2]]
* [[Balo]]
* [[B.H.]]
* [[Bido]]
* [[Bogu]]
* [[Bulkhead Knuckle]]
* [[Bumblebee Sword]]
* [[C.L.]]
* [[Dado (Prime)|Dado]]
* [[Dago]]
* [[Dobo]]
* [[Giza (Prime)|Giza]]
* [[Gob (Prime)|Gob]]
* [[Gora]]
* [[Hades]]
* [[Ida (Prime)|Ida]]
* [[Igu]]
* [[Iro]]
* [[Hades]]
* [[Jayz]]
* [[Jida]]
* [[Jigu]]
* [[L.P.]]
* [[Magi]]
* [[Megatron Cannon]]
* [[Noji]]
* [[O.P.]]
* [[Optimus Prime Blaster]]
* [[Ozu (Prime)|Ozu]]
* [[Pral]]
* [[R.A.]]
* [[Ratchet Spanner]]
* [[S.2]]
* [[Sais]]
* [[Sou]]
* [[Ulma]]
* [[Wheeljack Kunai]]
* [[Wuji]]
* [[Zad (Prime)|Zad]]
* [[Zori]]
}}
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===Generations===
'''[[Mini-Con Assault Team]]'''
*[[Heavytread (Generations)|Heavytread]]
*[[Runway (Generations)|Runway]]
*[[Windshear]]
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===Robots in Disguise===
[[File:Slipstream RID 2015 toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Slipstream]]
{{collist|2|
*[[Beastbox (RID)|Beastbox]]
*[[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]]
*[[Dragonus]]
*[[Ratbat (WFC)|Ratbat]]
*[[Sandsting]]
*[[Sawback]]
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]]
*[[Velocirazor]]
}}

====Partner Mini-Con====
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (partner: [[Drift (RID)|Drift]])
*[[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]] (partner: [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]])

====Other====
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (One Step Changer)
*Fixit (Legion Class)

==Merchandise==
===Attacktix===
[[File:AttacktixMiniConS1.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Goooood.]]
*'''Mini-Con''' (Booster, 2006)

{{attacktix
|ID=TF01
|faction=Autobot
|class=Trooper
|special=Attackback - 4/26 (15%) success ratio
|cost=10
|speed=4
|attacktype=Shooter (small missile)
}}
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: The first assortment of Transformers ''[[Attacktix]]'' figures included a "generic" Mini-Con, based on [[Skyboom (Energon)|Skyboom]]. Each Mini-Con figure has 3 points of articulation, including waist and shoulders; however, their shoulders move together due to their gun. One of the shortest, most squat ''Attacktix'' figures, the Mini-Con is very stable despite its small base.

:Its Special Power, "Attackback", allows a free move and attack for any of your in-play Autobot pieces. Mini-Con is an excellent support figure for [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], whose "Shootback" power allows up to three Mini-Cons to make a free attack.

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[[File:AttackitxMiniConS2.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Eeeevil.]]
*'''Minicon''' (Booster, 2007)

{{attacktix
|ID=TF03
|faction=Decepticon
|class=Trooper
|special=Attackback
|cost=10
|speed=4
|attacktype=Shooter (small missile)
}}
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:An as-yet unreleased redeco of the ''Attacktix'' "Minicon" (''sic'') piece is set for the second series' Booster Packs, though this time as a Decepticon-aligned piece. It features a color scheme not on any incarnation of the actual [[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]]/Skyboom toy, but wouldn't that be neat? The exact details of its Attackback special power are as yet unknown.

: This piece was later characterized as "[[Bunker-Buster]]" in the members-only portion of the [[Fun Publications]] [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] website.

{{canceledattacktix}}
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==Notes==
* During the ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' line, the term "Mini-Con" was also the name of a [[size class]] which consisted of three-packs of small toys (which were also individually referred to as "Mini-Cons"). Other size classes from the ''Armada'' line were named "Super-Con", "Max-Con" and "Giga-Con". However, the name "Mini-Con" was the only one actually used in the corresponding fiction. In the toyline, it was ''also'' used for other small figures of the same size that were available as companion figures with the larger toys. Due to its use in fiction, the name was also carried over into subsequent lines such as ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'', and was used as (part of) the name of a price point again in the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' toyline, the "Mini-Con Class" consisting of two-packs. The later ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' toyline returned to the original three-pack style.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Micron''' (マイクロン ''Maikuron''), '''Mini-Con''' (ミニコン ''Minikon'')
*''Dutch:'' '''Miniteam'''
*''French:'' '''Minican''' (France), '''Minimodus''' (Canada)
*''Korean:'' '''Micron''' (마이크론 ''Maikeuron'')
*''Spanish:'' '''Minimodus'''

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/faction/minicon.htm Mini-Cons at TFU.info]
*[http://www.tfarchive.com/toys/references/mini-cons_microns.php TFArchive's Mini-Con/Micron list, complete up to 2009]

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Mini-Con

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MWM: /* Arms Microns */

{{disambig2|the Transformers type "Mini-Con"|the unit of time "minicon"|Units of time}}
{{disambig2|the Transformers type "Mini-Con"|the "Evil" faction of [[Stentarian]]s mistakenly called "Minicons"|Ammonite}}

[[File:Minicon symbol.png|upright=1.4|thumb|Intentionally designed to look like the letter "M", the Mini-Con symbol is also reflected in the design of Unicron's helmet]]
'''Mini-Cons''' are a race of small, roughly [[human]]-sized Transformers capable of [[powerlinx]]ing with a larger Transformer to impart extra abilities or greatly increase their strength.

Their origins (when explored) vary depending on the continuity in which they appear. In some timelines they are creations of [[Unicron]]; in others, they are creations of the [[Last Autobot]] or the descendants of [[Micronus Prime]]. Others are just... there.

==Fiction==
===Unicron Trilogy===
====Cartoon continuity====
[[File:Street action team.JPG|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
[[Unicron]] created the Mini-Cons to be mindless tools, sent to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] as an agitating element to the Transformers' civil war. The power-enhancing "smart tools" would be unleashed upon the populace, who would snap them up and bond with them, and the war would only get more destructive, as Unicron drank in the negative psychic energies from the death and destruction. Once he'd gathered the power he needed, the Mini-Cons would turn on their supposed masters, incapacitating them, and Unicron would fully awaken to devour the planet and all Transformers on it, eliminating his biggest obstacle to devouring all of existence.

But through a strange warp in space and time that no one really bothered to explain, three [[human]] children from the future—[[Rad White|Rad]], [[Carlos Lopez (Armada)|Carlos]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang (Armada)|Alexis]]—were sent to the Mini-Cons' birthing chamber on Cybertron just seconds before the small robots emerged from their pods. As the Mini-Cons had been designed to form mental bonds with other life forms, when Rad touched the Mini-Con who he knew from the future as [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]], High Wire apparently formed his bond then, with Rad... and through the Mini-Cons' shared "soul dimension", the [[Linkage (dimension)|Linkage]], sentience and free will spread throughout the Mini-Cons, forming "souls", and crippling Unicron's plans drastically.
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====Dreamwave ''Armada'' continuity====
[[File:Mini-cons.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Gotta catch 'em all!]]
Mini-Cons are a second race of Transformer, mostly living in designated sectors by themselves, which left them open to attack when [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] led his Decepticons on capture raids. Through experimentation on prisoners, the Decepticons discovered the Mini-Cons were rewired, their power (disproportionate to their size) could be added to a Transformer through [[Powerlinx]]ing. Mini-Cons are also capable of tapping an extra-dimensional energy source of unknown origin, but are wary of doing this, and most have inhibitors installed to prevent this from happening.

[[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]], a Mini-Con refugee from another dimension, led Cybertron's collected Mini-Cons in tapping that dimension's energies and channeling them into an attack on Unicron which left him stranded on the far fringes of space.

After Unicron's defeat, most Mini-Cons re-established their villages in the Mini-Con sector. When Unicron reappeared ten years later, no one went to fetch the Mini-Cons to battle Unicron again, so it seems likely the Mini-Cons' connection to their extra-dimensional power source was severed.

{{note|There is no indication that Mini-Cons are related to Unicron in Dreamwave ''Armada'' continuity.}}

====Powerlinx and Evolution====
Mini-Cons have the special ability to actually evolve other machines, from transforming simple cars into jet-powered assault vehicles, to upgrading Transformers to have new weapons spring from their body. The nature of Powerlinxing is emphasized more in the Japanese ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Micron Legend]]'' counterpart to Transformers ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]''. Once powerlinked, the Autobot would call out "EVOLUTION!" and a portion of their body would literally reconfigure to become a new weapon. Afterwards, they retained this new ability without the powerlinking of the Mini-Con which granted it. Linking to that Mini-Con again simply enhances their firepower. The Mini-Con is not required in order to use the evolved weaponry afterwards. This has caused some confusion in the Armada viewing audience due to dub issues and the downplaying of the "Evolution" theme. Despite this, the term is used twice in the American series by Megatron.

====Gigantion Mini-Cons====
[[File:GiantCybertronDrillBit.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]

The exact origin of the Gigantion Mini-Cons is questionable as presented within the context of the show itself. The show offers little to nothing on their genesis, merely their function as "little detail" workers whose brains developed similarly to human children because of this (uh, yeah). [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] speculated that they evolved a small stature to adapt to Gigantion like he adapted to the [[Animatron|Jungle Planet]]. In ''Galaxy Force'', they are stated to have existed since ancient times and controlled the larger Transformers. There are even ancient ruins discovered with inscriptions using ''Armada'' Mini-Con model sheets.

The [[Fun Publications]] fiction has linked these Mini-Cons to those of ''Armada'', which simply has them migrating to Gigantion (as well as the other colony worlds) with the Transformers carrying the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s, offering the only definitive origin of those Mini-Cons. This would also make them creations of Unicron. However, this does not fully line up with the fiction, as the Mini-Cons in Armada are shown appearing in the time of Optimus Prime, years after the world colonization—so the matter is left more than a bit vague.
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====Packaging blurb====
Long ago, Mini-Cons fled Cybertron to escape the endless war between Autobots and Decepticons. Many teams were broken up in that war, leaving only a few left living in peace while roaming the universe.<ref>[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]] Armada Series Mini-Con multi-pack packaging blurb.</ref>

====Ask Vector Prime====
In [[Aurex 304.0 Epsilon]], Mini-Cons were the creation of [[Primacron (Armada)|Primacron]]. They sparked a four-way war between the Autobots, Decepticons, [[Omnicon]]s, and [[Destructicon (RID)|Destructicons]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

===Generation 1===
====3H comics====
[[Ramulus]] uses "Mini-Con" as a term of derision, implying that [[CatSCAN]] is timid or insufficiently assertive. {{storylink|Betrayal}}

====''Classics''====
{{noteclassics}}
Mini-Cons were created by the [[Last Autobot]] to cleanse Cybertron of [[Demon]]s and [[Mutant (G1)|Mutants]] before the Autobots returned. {{storylink|The New World}}

====Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
The Mini-Cons of this universe are a sub-set of [[Micromaster#Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Micromasters]], diminutive Autobots who were originally [[Cyberdroid|unable to transform]] until exposed to the energies of a dimensional shockwave. When most of the Micromaster population decamped from Earth under the command of [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] to found their own civilization on [[Micro|Planet Micro]], some elected to remain with the Autobots to help them continue the war. These little 'bots partnered up with larger Transformers, adopting weapon and equipment [[alternate mode]]s (in addition to their vehicular forms) which their partners could wield. Like the Mini-Cons from other universes, they provide their partners with a power-up by connecting to them when in weapon mode. Some of the earliest known include [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] and [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]'s partners [[Neutro|Groundshaker]] and [[Phaser]], {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#Tailgate/G1 Micron Chapter|Tailgate/G1 Micron Chapter}} though many more named warriors would follow as partners of the [[Power Core Combination|Power Core Combiner]]s. {{storylink|Transformers United EX}}

Evidence suggests that Mini-Cons would persist into the [[Beast Era]]: the enigmatic [[Wedge Shape]], as well as several of the combatants involved in the "[[Micron Booster#Micron Booster Ver. 4: Endless Battle - Eternal Prisoner|Eternal Prisoner]]" conflict, professed [[Maximal]] and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] allegiances. {{storylink|Micron Booster|Micron Booster Ver. 4}} Additionally, Mini-Con [[Dragoyell]] is reported to have taken part in the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]. {{storylink|Dragoyell|Dragoyell's bio}}

===Live action film series===
Little is known about the nature of Mini-Cons in this continuity, other than the fact that they're small. Known Mini-Cons include [[Longarm (Movie Mini-Con)|Longarm]], [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]], [[Chopster]], and [[Bomb-Burst (PCC)|Bomb-Burst]].

===Power Core Combiners===
[[Commander (PCC)|Commander]]s had the ability to combine with Mini-Cons, which powered up their abilities in vaguely defined ways.<ref>[[Smolder (PCC)|Smolder]]'s bio, [[Sledge (PCC)|Sledge's]] bio, [[Heavytread (PCC)|Heavytread's]] bio, and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage's]] bio.</ref> Some power ups are given more specific descriptions. [[Huffer (PCC)|Huffer]] became faster, stronger, and smarter. [[Searchlight (PCC)|Searchlight]] got extended operational duration. [[Leadfoot (PCC)|Leadfoot]] became invisible to sensors. And [[Darkstream]] received enhanced maneuverability.<ref>See respective toy bios.</ref>

===Aligned continuity family===
[[File:HuntingSeason Mini-Cons.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Please don't let this be JIBSIR...]]

'''Minicons''' (no dash) are a race of small, human-sized Transformers who are native to Cybertron's two moons. They are descended from [[Micronus Prime]]. Some Minicons are notably inhuman in appearance, with animalistic [[robot mode]]s. Minicons have been known to form partnerships with larger Transformers. Minicons that choose to undergo this process are known as [[Deployer (WFC)|Deployer]]s, and usually transform into additional armor for their partners instead of becoming vehicles.

A few Minicons, such as [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]], appear to have been mass-produced through an unknown process. These "Fixit drones" do not appear to be sentient. {{storylink|Deep Trouble (RID)|Deep Trouble}} Fixit himself reverted to a similarly mindless state after [[Denny Clay]] tampered with his internal workings. {{storylink|The Trouble with Fixit}}

A few Cybertronians appear to display prejudice against Minicons; [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] was known to have despised them, while [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Orion Pax]] associated them with distrust. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}} [[Autobot High Council|Some]] used them to guard prisoners; Fixit's "sentry mode" programming may have been some kind of mandated upgrade.

Known Minicons include:
* [[Autobot High Council|High Councilor]] [[Ratbat (WFC)|Ratbat]]
* [[Frenzy (WFC)|Frenzy]]
* [[Rumble (WFC)|Rumble]]
* [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]]
* [[Ravage (WFC)|Ravage]]
* [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]]
* [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]]
* [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]]
* [[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]]
* [[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]]

[[File:DeusExMachina AMT-Party.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]

A new form of Minicon was created on [[Earth]] when the planet's energon infused the Transformers' weapons with life and transformation ability. These new robots became known as the [[Arms Micron]]s. {{storylink|Arms Micron Theater}}

{{note|The Arms Micron backstory was told specifically in reference to the "partner" Microns packed in with larger toys, but it is assumed that it holds true for all toys called "Arms Microns" regardless of release type.}}
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==Things that are not Mini-Cons==
There have been a number of character or toys that either have Powerlink 'catcher' ports but are not Mini-Cons, or are recolored from Mini-Con molds (often even having the molded-in faction symbol) but who are nonetheless, according to their associated bios or fiction, not actually Mini-Cons.

{{collist|3|
* [[Laserbeak (Cybertron)|''Cybertron'' Laserbeak]] (sometimes)
* [[Search and Destroy Robot]]}}

==Toys==
:Mini-Con toys debuted as the signature element of the ''Armada'' franchise, bringing the "micro [[play pattern]]" back to ''Transformers'' after many years' absence. Much like ''Armada'' itself, the Mini-Cons proved to be a smash hit with fans and kids, and Hasbro scrambled to include them in the subsequent franchises.

:Most Mini-Cons stand around 2" tall, roughly the same size as their [[Micromaster]] predecessors. Most Mini-Cons are considerably more complex, as well; unlike Micromasters, there's no single dominant transformation scheme. With dozens of molds, Mini-Cons cover a wide range of articulation, size, [[alternate mode]]s, and complexity. Aesthetically, their facial designs tend toward the unorthodox.

:Each Mini-Con includes one or more [[Powerlinx]] ports somewhere on their body, a [[5mm post|5mm]] round peg-slot that allows them to be attached to any "[[Bulk]]" figure with a corresponding Powerlinx peg. These pegs were standard-issue on the larger, original-mold ''Armada'' toys, where at least one such peg could be used to activate various gimmicks on each large figure. Toys from subsequent franchises have featured Powerlinx pegs only as a static feature. Due to the center-peg of the Powerlinx port, they are incompatible with normal 5mm posts. Later Mini-Cons (starting with the ''[[Power Core Combiners]]'' series) would sometimes have 5mm holes without the "signature" center-peg.

{{note|Because of the overwhelming number of Mini-Con redecos—we're talking well into the hundreds—the following list is of unique first-use ''molds'' only.}}

===Armada===
====3-pack team molds====
[[File:Armada airmilitaryteam toys.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Air Military Mini-Con Team]]

{{collist|3|
'''[[Adventure Mini-Con Team]]'''
* [[Dune Runner (Armada)|Dune Runner]] (dune buggy)
* [[Iceberg (Armada)|Iceberg]] (snowcat)
* [[Ransack (Armada)|Ransack]] (jeep)

'''[[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Mini-Con Team]]'''
* [[Jetstorm (Armada)|Jetstorm]] (Concorde jet)
* [[Runway (Armada)|Runway]] (supersonic bomber)
* [[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]] (space shuttle)

'''[[Air Military Mini-Con Team]]'''
* [[Gunbarrel (Armada)|Gunbarrel]] (cargo jet)
* [[Terradive (Armada)|Terradive]] (recon jet)
* [[Thunderwing (Armada)|Thunderwing]] (stealth bomber)

'''[[Destruction Mini-Con Team]]'''
* [[Buzzsaw (Armada)|Buzzsaw]] (excavator)
* [[Drill Bit (Armada)|Drill Bit]] (mining vehicle)
* [[Dualor (Armada)|Dualor]] (tank)

'''[[Emergency Mini-Con Team]]'''
* [[Firebot (Armada)|Firebot]] (fire engine)
* [[Makeshift (Armada)|Makeshift]] (VTOL plane)
* [[Prowl (Armada)|Prowl]] (police cruiser)

'''[[Land Military Mini-Con Team]]'''
* [[Bonecrusher (Armada)|Bonecrusher]] (missile transport)
* [[Knock Out (Armada)|Knock Out]] (armored personnel carrier)
* [[Wreckage (Armada)|Wreckage]] (tracked missile platform)

'''[[Race Mini-Con Team]]'''
* [[Dirt Boss (Armada)|Dirt Boss]] (rally SUV)
* [[Downshift (Armada)|Downshift]] (Le Mans racer)
* [[Mirage (Armada)|Mirage]] (Indy racer)

'''[[Sea Mini-Con Team]]'''
* [[Oceanglide]] (solar-powered boat)
* [[Stormcloud (Armada)|Stormcloud]] (speedboat)
* [[Waterlog (Armada)|Waterlog]] (hovercraft)

'''[[Space Mini-Con Team]]'''
* [[Astroscope]] (space station)
* [[Payload (Armada)|Payload]] (rocket transporter)
* [[Sky Blast]] (rocket)

'''[[Street Action Mini-Con Team]]'''
* [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] (skateboard)
* [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] (dirtbike)
* [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] (motor scooter)

'''[[Street Speed Mini-Con Team]]'''
* [[Backtrack (Armada)|Backtrack]] (sportscar)
* [[Oval]] (sportscar)
* [[Spiral]] (sportscar)
}}

====Partner Mini-Con molds====
[[File:Armada Leader1 toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Leader-1]]

{{collist|3|
*[[Incinerator (Armada)|Incinerator]] (partner: [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]])
*[[Refute]] (partner: [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Hoist]])
*[[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] (partner: [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys|Hot Shot]])
*[[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] (partner: [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Supercon Optimus Prime]])
*[[Nightbeat (Armada)|Nightbeat]] (partner: [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]])
*[[Liftor]] (partner: [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]])
*[[Rollout (Armada)|Rollout]] (partner: [[Overload (Armada)|Overload]])
*[[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]] (partner: [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]])
*[[Rollbar (Armada)|Rollbar]] (partner: [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]])
*[[Comettor (Armada)|Comettor]] (partner: [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]])
*[[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] (partner: [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Super Optimus Prime]])
*[[Crumplezone (Armada)|Crumplezone]] (partner: [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]])
*[[Blackout (Armada)|Blackout]] (partner: [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]])
*[[Inferno (Armada)|Inferno]] (partner: [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]])
*[[Wind Sheer (Armada)|Wind Sheer]] (partner: [[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]])
*[[Thunderclash (Armada)|Thunderclash]] (partner: [[Skywarp (Armada)|Skywarp]])
*[[Swindle (Armada)|Swindle]] (partner: [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]])
*[[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]] (partner: [[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Megatron]])
*[[Ramjet (Armada)|Ramjet]] (partner: [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]])
*[[Rook (Armada)|Rook]] and [[Crosswise (Armada)|Crosswise]] (partner: [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]])
*[[Dead End (Armada)|Dead End]] (partner: [[Unicron/toys|Unicron]])
}}

===Micron Densetsu===
*'''Hikari no Unicron''' (campaign prize item)
**''Accessories:'' Chest missile, 6 leg missiles

: The "[[Unicron of Light]]" toy is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Unicron/toys|Unicron]] in an emerald, light green, blue, and white color-scheme. This Unicron was the prize for a lucky-draw contest in Japan.

===Energon===
====3-packs====
{{collist|2|
'''[[Energon Saber]] Team'''
*[[Scattor (Energon)|Scattor]] (Concorde)
*[[Skyboom (Energon)|Skyboom]] (space shuttle)
*[[Wreckage (Energon)|Wreckage]] (supersonic bomber)

'''[[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Mini-Con Team]]'''
*[[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] (hoverboard)
*[[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] (motorbike)
*[[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] (four-wheeler)
}}

====Other====
* Kicker/Highwire 2-pack

===Cybertron===
====Partner Mini-Con====
{{collist|1|
*[[Drill Bit (Cybertron)|Drill Bit]] (partner: [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]])
*[[Stripmine]] (partner: [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Quickmix]])
*[[Heavy Load (Cybertron)|Heavy Load]] (partner: [[Menasor (Cybertron)|Menasor]])
*[[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] (partner: [[Vector Prime (Cybertron)|Vector Prime]])
}}

====3-packs====
{{collist|2|
'''[[Recon Mini-Con Team]]'''
* [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (helicopter)
* [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] (LeMans race car)
* [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (pickup truck)

'''[[Giant Planet Mini-Con Team]]'''
* [[Deepdive]] (submarine)
* [[Longarm (Cybertron)|Longarm]] (double-crane truck)
* [[Overcast (Cybertron)|Overcast]] (military cargo plane)
}}

===Classics (2006)===
[[File:TFC Clear Sky.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Clear Skies Team]]

{{collist|3|
'''[[Demolition Team]]'''
*[[Broadside (Classics)|Broadside]]
*[[Sledge (Classics)|Sledge]]
*[[Wideload (Classics)|Wideload]]

'''[[Dinobot (Classics)|Dinobots]]'''
*[[Knockdown (Classics)|Knockdown]]
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]
*[[Terrorsaur (Classics)|Terrorsaur]]

'''[[Night Rescue Team]]'''
*[[Divebomb (Classics)|Divebomb]]
*[[Firebot (Classics)|Firebot]]
*[[Strongarm (Classics)|Strongarm]]

'''[[Clear Skies Team]]'''
*[[Nightscream (Classics)|Nightscream]]
*[[Steel Wind]]
*[[Thunderwing (Classics)|Thunderwing]]

'''[[Dirt Digger Team]]'''
*[[Dirt Rocket (Classics)|Dirt Rocket]]
*[[Grindor (Classics)|Grindor]]
*[[Oil Slick (Classics)|Oil Slick]]

'''[[Predator Attack Team]]'''
*[[Dreadwing (Classics)|Dreadwing]]
*[[Overbite (Classics)|Overbite]]
*[[Snarl (Classics)|Snarl]]
}}
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===Universe (2008)===
*[[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] (partner: [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys|Hot Shot]])
*[[Nightstick (Cyclonus)|Nightstick]] (partner: [[Cyclonus (G1)/toys|Cyclonus]])

{{note|Nightstick, despite being a [[Nebulan]] [[Targetmaster]], is oddly identified as a Mini-Con on the "[[Battle in Space]]" packaging.}}
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===Power Core Combiners===
[[File:PCC-toy Chopster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Chopster (with Smolder)]]
{{collist|2|
*[[Airlift (PCC)|Airlift]] (partner: [[Skyhammer (PCC)|Skyhammer]])
*[[Backwind]] (partner: [[Searchlight (PCC)|Searchlight]])
*[[Caliburst (PCC)|Caliburst]] (partner: [[Huffer (PCC)|Huffer]])
*[[Chainclaw (PCC)|Chainclaw]] (partner: [[Icepick (PCC)|Icepick]])
*[[Chopster]] (partner: [[Smolder (PCC)|Smolder]])
*[[Groundspike]] (partner: [[Heavytread (PCC)|Heavytread]])
*[[Pinpoint]] (partner: [[Leadfoot (PCC)|Leadfoot]])
*[[Throttler]] (partner: [[Sledge (PCC)|Sledge]])
*[[Waterlog (PCC)|Waterlog]] (partner: [[Undertow (PCC)|Undertow]])}}

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===Prime===
'''Mini-Cons'''
* [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]]

[[File:Prime-toy OP.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|O.P.]]
'''Arms Microns'''
{{collist|3|
* [[Arc]]
* [[Arcee Blade]]
* [[B.2]]
* [[Balo]]
* [[B.H.]]
* [[Bido]]
* [[Bogu]]
* [[Bulkhead Knuckle]]
* [[Bumblebee Sword]]
* [[C.L.]]
* [[Dado (Prime)|Dado]]
* [[Dago]]
* [[Dobo]]
* [[Giza (Prime)|Giza]]
* [[Gob (Prime)|Gob]]
* [[Gora]]
* [[Hades]]
* [[Ida (Prime)|Ida]]
* [[Igu]]
* [[Iro]]
* [[Hades]]
* [[Jayz]]
* [[Jida]]
* [[Jigu]]
* [[L.P.]]
* [[Magi]]
* [[Megatron Cannon]]
* [[Noji]]
* [[O.P.]]
* [[Optimus Prime Blaster]]
* [[Ozu (Prime)|Ozu]]
* [[Pral]]
* [[R.A.]]
* [[Ratchet Spanner]]
* [[S.2]]
* [[Sais]]
* [[Sou]]
* [[Ulma]]
* [[Wheeljack Kunai]]
* [[Wuji]]
* [[Zad (Prime)|Zad]]
* [[Zori]]
}}
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===Generations===
'''[[Mini-Con Assault Team]]'''
*[[Heavytread (Generations)|Heavytread]]
*[[Runway (Generations)|Runway]]
*[[Windshear]]

==Merchandise==
===Attacktix===
[[File:AttacktixMiniConS1.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Goooood.]]
*'''Mini-Con''' (Booster, 2006)

{{attacktix
|ID=TF01
|faction=Autobot
|class=Trooper
|special=Attackback - 4/26 (15%) success ratio
|cost=10
|speed=4
|attacktype=Shooter (small missile)
}}
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: The first assortment of Transformers ''[[Attacktix]]'' figures included a "generic" Mini-Con, based on [[Skyboom (Energon)|Skyboom]]. Each Mini-Con figure has 3 points of articulation, including waist and shoulders; however, their shoulders move together due to their gun. One of the shortest, most squat ''Attacktix'' figures, the Mini-Con is very stable despite its small base.

:Its Special Power, "Attackback", allows a free move and attack for any of your in-play Autobot pieces. Mini-Con is an excellent support figure for [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], whose "Shootback" power allows up to three Mini-Cons to make a free attack.

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[[File:AttackitxMiniConS2.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Eeeevil.]]
*'''Minicon''' (Booster, 2007)

{{attacktix
|ID=TF03
|faction=Decepticon
|class=Trooper
|special=Attackback
|cost=10
|speed=4
|attacktype=Shooter (small missile)
}}
{{-}}

:An as-yet unreleased redeco of the ''Attacktix'' "Minicon" (''sic'') piece is set for the second series' Booster Packs, though this time as a Decepticon-aligned piece. It features a color scheme not on any incarnation of the actual [[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]]/Skyboom toy, but wouldn't that be neat? The exact details of its Attackback special power are as yet unknown.

: This piece was later characterized as "[[Bunker-Buster]]" in the members-only portion of the [[Fun Publications]] [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] website.

{{canceledattacktix}}
{{-}}

==Notes==
* During the ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' line, the term "Mini-Con" was also the name of a [[size class]] which consisted of three-packs of small toys (which were also individually referred to as "Mini-Cons"). Other size classes from the ''Armada'' line were named "Super-Con", "Max-Con" and "Giga-Con". However, the name "Mini-Con" was the only one actually used in the corresponding fiction. In the toyline, it was ''also'' used for other small figures of the same size that were available as companion figures with the larger toys. Due to its use in fiction, the name was also carried over into subsequent lines such as ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'', and was used as (part of) the name of a price point again in the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' toyline, the "Mini-Con Class" consisting of two-packs. The later ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' toyline returned to the original three-pack style.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Micron''' (マイクロン ''Maikuron''), '''Mini-Con''' (ミニコン ''Minikon'')
*''Dutch:'' '''Miniteam'''
*''French:'' '''Minican''' (France), '''Minimodus''' (Canada)
*''Korean:'' '''Micron''' (마이크론 ''Maikeuron'')
*''Spanish:'' '''Minimodus'''

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/faction/minicon.htm Mini-Cons at TFU.info]
*[http://www.tfarchive.com/toys/references/mini-cons_microns.php TFArchive's Mini-Con/Micron list, complete up to 2009]

{{groupstub}}

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[[Category:Attacktix]]
[[Category:Beast Wars]]
[[Category:Classics]]
[[Category:Cybertron franchise]]
[[Category:Energon franchise]]
[[Category:Factions]]
[[Category:Generation 1 factions]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:Movie]]
[[Category:Gimmicks]]
[[Category:Mini-Cons| *]]
[[Category:Unicron]]
[[Category:Universe (2003)]]
[[Category:Universe (2008)]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron subgroups]]

Rocketbot

2015-08-08T15:40:54Z

MWM:

{{factions|autobot}}
:''Rocketbot is an [[Autobot]] [[drone]] from the [[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (franchise)|Henkei! Henkei!]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Henkei-toy Rocketbot.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|And I'm going to be as high as a kite by then.]]

'''Rocketbot''' (ロケットボット ''Rokettobotto'') is [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]]'s [[drone]].

==Toys==
===Gentei! Gentei!===
*'''Strafe''' (Deluxe, 2009)

: Rocketbot is a [[redeco]] of the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|2008 ''Universe'']] [[Nightstick (Cyclonus)#Universe (2008)|Nightstick]] mold, transforming into a hand-held blaster cannon. In gun mode, he can also plug into the rectangular sockets in Strafe's wrists when his (Strafe's) fists are left in their vehicle-mode storage positions.

: He was only available with the ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Gentei! Gentei!]]'' [[Strafe (G1)#Gentei! Gentei!|version of Strafe]], which was an exclusive for members of the [[Transformers Basecamp]] web site in Japan, which is itself exclusive to those who own a Transformers-themed Visa credit card. The ordering period for Strafe and Rocketbot ran from [[March 2]]nd through [[April 30]]th in 2009.

: This mold was used to make ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Krunix (SG)|Krunix]] and [[Nebulon (SG)|Nebulon]], [[Vector Oracle]], ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' [[Nightstick (Artfire)|Nightstick]], and [[Tornado]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Cybertron/Strafe/strafe.htm More information on Rocketbot (with Strafe) at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://snakas.web.fc2.com/classic/gentei_strafe.html More images of Rocketbot at Autobase Aichi]''

==Notes==
*Rocketbot is apparently named after Strafe's [[GiG|Italian]] name.

[[Category:Henkei! Henkei! Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 drones]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]

Rocketbot

2015-08-08T15:39:41Z

MWM:

{{factions|autobot}}
:''Rocketbot is an [[Autobot]] [[drone]] from the [[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (franchise)|Henkei! Henkei!]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Henkei-toy Rocketbot.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|And I'm going to be as high as a kite by then.]]

'''Rocketbot''' (ロケットボット ''Rokettobotto'') is [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]]'s [[Drone]].

==Toys==
===Gentei! Gentei!===
*'''Strafe''' (Deluxe, 2009)

: Rocketbot is a [[redeco]] of the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|2008 ''Universe'']] [[Nightstick (Cyclonus)#Universe (2008)|Nightstick]] mold, transforming into a hand-held blaster cannon. In gun mode, he can also plug into the rectangular sockets in Strafe's wrists when his (Strafe's) fists are left in their vehicle-mode storage positions.

: He was only available with the ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Gentei! Gentei!]]'' [[Strafe (G1)#Gentei! Gentei!|version of Strafe]], which was an exclusive for members of the [[Transformers Basecamp]] web site in Japan, which is itself exclusive to those who own a Transformers-themed Visa credit card. The ordering period for Strafe and Rocketbot ran from [[March 2]]nd through [[April 30]]th in 2009.

: This mold was used to make ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Krunix (SG)|Krunix]] and [[Nebulon (SG)|Nebulon]], [[Vector Oracle]], ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' [[Nightstick (Artfire)|Nightstick]], and [[Tornado]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Cybertron/Strafe/strafe.htm More information on Rocketbot (with Strafe) at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://snakas.web.fc2.com/classic/gentei_strafe.html More images of Rocketbot at Autobase Aichi]''

==Notes==
*Rocketbot is apparently named after Strafe's [[GiG|Italian]] name.

[[Category:Henkei! Henkei! Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 drones]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]

Rocketbot

2015-08-08T15:38:56Z

MWM:

{{factions|autobot}}
:''Rocketbot is an [[Autobot]] [[drone]] from the [[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (franchise)|Henkei! Henkei!]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Henkei-toy Rocketbot.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|And I'm going to be as high as a kite by then.]]

'''Rocketbot''' (ロケットボット ''Rokettobotto'') is [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]]'s [[Drone]].

==Toys==
===Gentei! Gentei!===
*'''Strafe''' (Deluxe, 2009)

: Rocketbot is a [[redeco]] of the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|2008 ''Universe'']] [[Nightstick (Cyclonus)#Universe (2008)|Nightstick]] mold, transforming into a hand-held blaster cannon. In gun mode, he can also plug into the rectangular sockets in Strafe's wrists when his (Strafe's) fists are left in their vehicle-mode storage positions.

: He was only available with the ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Gentei! Gentei!]]'' [[Strafe (G1)#Gentei! Gentei!|version of Strafe]], which was an exclusive for members of the [[Transformers Basecamp]] web site in Japan, which is itself exclusive to those who own a Transformers-themed Visa credit card. The ordering period for Strafe and Rocketbot ran from [[March 2]]nd through [[April 30]]th in 2009.

: This mold was used to make ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Krunix (SG)|Krunix]] and [[Nebulon (SG)|Nebulon]], [[Vector Oracle]], ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' [[Nightstick (Artfire)|Nightstick]], and [[Tornado]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Cybertron/Strafe/strafe.htm More information on Rocketbot (with Strafe) at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://snakas.web.fc2.com/classic/gentei_strafe.html More images of Rocketbot at Autobase Aichi]''

==Notes==
*Rocketbot is apparently named after Strafe's [[GiG|Italian]] name.

[[Category:Henkei! Henkei! Autobots]]
[[Category:drone]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]

Controverse

2015-06-19T03:03:17Z

MWM:

{{comicstory
|seriesissue=''Transformers''
|prev=Train Wars
|next=Train Wars 2
|title="Controverse"
|japanese=コントロバース
|romaji=
|image=
|caption=
|publisher=[[Million Publishing]]
|date=[[May 16]], [[2014]]
|published in=''[[Transformers Generations 2014]]'' Vol. 1
|story & art by=[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]]
|continuity=Japanese Generation 1 continuity
}}

'''Transformers from across the multiverse gather to witness the trial of Primacron.'''

==Synopsis==

==Featured Characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
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*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (2)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (4)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] (6)
*[[Crosscut (Autobot)|Crosscut]] (7)
*[[Overdrive]] (8)
*[[Binaltech]] [[Prowl (G1)#Story of Binaltech|Prowl]] (9)
*Binaltech [[Wheeljack (G1)#Story of Binaltech|Wheeljack]] (10)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (11)
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (12)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (13)
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
*[[Tigertrack]] (15)
*[[Stripes]] (16)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (9)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (10)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (20)
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (24)
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (26)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (31)
*[[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]] (32)
*[[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] (33)
{{!}}}

|c2=
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (21)
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (22)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (23)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (25)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (27)
*[[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] (28)
*[[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]] (29)

|c3=
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (3)

|c4=
*[[Primacron (G1)|Primacron]] (1)
*[[Heinrad (BWN)|Heinrad]] (17)
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (18)
*[[Arcee (Energon)|E5]] (19)

'''[[Quintesson]]s'''
*[[Adveraros]] (5)
*[[Quintesson|Quintesson Bailiffs]] (14)
*[[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] (30)

}}

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===

===Transformers references===

===Real-life references===

===Other notes===

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{issuestub}}

[[Category:Generation 1 issues]]
[[Category:Generations book series]]
[[Category:Manga]]

Energon Matrix

2015-06-18T20:47:27Z

MWM: /* Matrix bearers */

:''The Energon Matrix is a device from [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:PrimalLeadershipMatrix1.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|''Mmmmm, Matrixy...'']]
The '''Energon Matrix''' (エネルゴンマトリクス ''Enerugon Matorikusu''), also parsed '''energon matrix''', is a powerful device awarded only to high-ranking members of the [[Autobot]] or [[Maximal]] army, most often of [[Convoy (rank)|Convoy]] rank. During [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s time, there was only one [[Matrix of Leadership]], but by [[Lio Convoy (BWII)|Lio Convoy]]'s time, multiple Matrices had been constructed.

An Energon Matrix contains the courage and the wisdom of Convoys from different generations and amplifies the strength and power of the Convoy who wields it. They can summon the power of the Energon Matrix to energize their body and amplify their natural skills, or they can unleash the power of the Matrix in one magnificent blast. If two or more Convoys do it at once, they can combine the blasts to increase their effectiveness.Also, these are the ONLY basic and important functions of these Matrices, and why these come to be in the possession of [[Convoy (rank)|Optimus Prime like 'Convoy' Transformers]] like Prime himself is a bizzare coincidence.Also, whether these Matrices can match the power of the real Matrix and if so, how were they created, is currently unknown.

Additionally, [[Vector Sigma]] is capable of speaking through [[Big Convoy (BWN)|Big Convoy]]'s Matrix, whether he likes it to or not.

==Matrix bearers==
The following characters are known to have an Energon Matrix (exceptions are specifically noted).

*[[Optimus Primal]] ''(only in Japanese continuity)''
*[[Lio Convoy (BWII)|Lio Convoy]]
*[[Lio Junior]] (a copy of Lio Convoy's)
*[[Big Convoy (BWN)|Big Convoy]]
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Fire Convoy]] ''(see [[#Car Robots cartoon|Car Robots cartoon]])''
*[[Manta Ray (G2)|Marinemaster]]

==Fiction==
===Japanese cartoon continuity===
====''United EX''====
Under the supervision of [[Chip Chase|Professor Chase]], Energon Matrix technology was created as a joint effort between the Autobots and [[human]]kind in the 21st century. The Energon Matrix was developed to power their newly created [[Power Core Combination]] technology, though Professor Chase had reservations regarding what would happen if it fell into the wrong hands. {{storylink|The Mighty Bolt}}

====''Metrowars'' ====
After a brutal attack from [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]], Marinemaster is knocked out and wakes up on [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] and [[Glit (KP)|Glit]]'s operating table with a new body. He rejects the Marinemaster name, as he no longer has an Energon Matrix.{{storylink|Metrowars}}

====''Beast Wars II'' cartoon====
When Lio Convoy and Optimus Primal teamed-up to take down [[Majin Zarak]], they displayed the various functions of their Energon Matrices. Lio Convoy used the power of his Matrix to upgrade his speed by transforming himself into Flash Lio Convoy. Optimus Primal did a similar move by upgrading his strength as Burning Convoy.

After that, they unleashed the power of their Matrices and combined the force into a "Double Matrix Blaster". This move sent a torrent of powerful energy directly into Majin Zarak, killing him. {{storylink|Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!}}

====''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon====
One of the most skillful, yet most anti-social members of the Maximals, [[Big Convoy (BWN)|Big Convoy]], was shown to carry a Matrix. However, Vector Sigma took a more proactive approach with Big Convoy than with most others. After each battle, Vector Sigma would speak through Big Convoy and dispense wisdom to his new recruits who so desperately needed it.{{storylink|Big Convoy, Move Out}} Eventually, this sentimentality rubbed off on Big Convoy and he began dispensing wisdom all on his own.{{storylink|Dinosaur Combiner Magmatron}}

When [[Unicron]] attacked Cybertron and possessed Vector Sigma, ultimately turning Cybertron into his new body, Big Convoy's Matrix proved to be the only thing capable of stopping him. When Unicron briefly exited Vector Sigma to do battle with the Maximals, Big Convoy removed his Matrix and used it to power his Big Cannon, turning it into the [[Matrix Buster]]. Firing a powerful blast of Matrix energy into Unicron, the Chaos-bringer was seemingly destroyed and evicted from Vector Sigma.{{storylink|The Final Battle (BWN)}}

====''Car Robots'' cartoon====
{{note|The following only holds true to the Japanese version of the series, ''Car Robots''. For the English dub, ''Robots in Disguise'', Optimus Prime does not carry an Energon Matrix, but a version of the [[Matrix of Leadership]].}}

[[File:PowerToBurn prime matrix.jpg|left|225px|thumb]]

As leader of the Autobots, [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Fire Convoy]] came equipped with an Energon Matrix. Less a physical object and more an energy that suffused his form, Fire Convoy could call on the power of the Matrix in moments of great emotion, at which point his body would glow with its green light. {{storylink|The Test (episode)|Awaken to Righteousness! Black Convoy}}

[[File:TwoFaces magnus matrix.jpg|right|215px|thumb]]

Unfortunately for Fire Convoy, his brother [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|God Magnus]] was furious at being passed over for the leadership role, and about halfway through Fire Convoy's campaign against [[Megatron (RID)|Gigatron]] on Earth, God Magnus arrived on the planet with the intent to take the Energon Matrix for himself. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (episode)|Enter! God Magnus}} When he attempted to absorb the energy of the Matrix from Fire Convoy's body, however, a bizarre fusion occurred instead, merging the two brothers into [[Omega Prime|God Fire Convoy]] and revealing that the intention had always been for them to ''share'' the Energon Matrix between them. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!|Forced Fusion! God Fire Convoy}} God Magnus later inadvertently used this link to channel the energy of the Matrix into the [[Autobot Brothers|3 Car Robo Brothers]], supercharging them. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus|Stalemate! 3 Car Robo Brothers}}

In the final battle against Devil Gigatron at the [[Earth's core]], [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]] channeled all his energy into God Fire Convoy to give his leader the power boost that he hoped would ensure triumph. The extra energy combined with that of the Energon Matrix and it burst forth, coalescing into the colossal [[Matrix Blade|Super God Sword]], which God Fire Convoy used in an attempt to claim victory. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}

{{--}}

===''Beast Wars'' manga continuity===
====''Beast Wars II'' manga====

After being approved to be a [[Convoy (rank)|Convoy]] by a council, the Maximal who would become [[Lio Convoy (BWII)|Lio Convoy]] received an Energon Matrix. {{storylink|Free the Captured Matrix!}}

During a battle with [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] on the ruined land of [[Japan]], Lio Convoy refused to team up with Galvatron in the name of the Energon Matrix. Galvatron then used [[Angolmois]] to "pollute" Lio Convoy's Matrix, causing him lose his senses and grow into a giant. Lio Convoy violently defeated Galvatron with ease before attacking his fellow Maximals. Optimus Primal showed up and purged his Matrix via a single touch. {{storylink|Free the Captured Matrix!}}

Much later, Lio Convoy used his Energon Matrix to cure the mammoth [[Big Convoy (BWN)|Big]], who was mortally wounded by a ''[[Magmatron|Giganotosaurus]]''. The power of Energon Matrix not only cured him, but made him become a [[Convoy (rank)|Convoy]]-class [[Transformer]]. {{storylink|The Beast Wars "Neo" Begin!!!}}

====''Beast Wars Neo'' manga====
After Big Convoy successfully destroyed Unicron's physical form by stabbing his right eye with [[Magma Blade]], Unicron's essence emerged from his eye and plastered itself on Big Convoy's body, trying to possess him. Big Convoy took the Matrix out from his chest and unleashed its power, sacrificing himself and successfully destroying Unicron once and for all. {{storylink|Return to Zero}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
The energon matrix was the source of life which the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builders of Cybertron]] used to create the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s as proxy armies to continue a never-ending Autobot-Decepticon conflict. After the Builders deemed that enough new lives existed to supply gladiatorial cannon fodder for the [[Games]], they hid the energon matrix in the frame of [[Lio Convoy (BWII)|Lio Convoy]], who became the protege of [[Eject (G1)|Eject]], The Administrator of the Games. Upon explaining the purpose of their rebellion, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] broke Lio Convoy's windshield to reveal it to her fellow rebels, explaining to them and Lio Convoy that it was the key to freeing Cybertron from Builder rule. Thereafter, Lio Convoy interrupted a game in [[Dodecahex]] to publicly expose the Builders' lies, demonstrating his energon matrix as proof that the Builders had squandered their opportunity to create a better world.

After Lio Convoy initiated civil war, Eject avoided the death penalty by proposing a solution to the [[Builder Assembly]]: clone Lio Convoy's [[CNA]] to create an army of energon matrix-infused soldiers. The Assembly approved of this idea. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[File:Optimusprimaltoyultraape.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb]]
* '''Optimus Primal''' (Ultra, 1996/1997/1998)
* '''Burning Convoy''' (Ultra)

:The decoration at the center of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Optimus Primal/toys#FirstUltra|Optimus Primal]]'s chest is an ''ex post facto'' Energon Matrix.
:The [[Spontaneous recoloration|clear-red]] redeco of Optimus Primal, with gold "flame" markings represents Primal after unleashing the energy of his Energon Matrix and becoming Burning Convoy.

{{-}}

{{anchor|LioConvoy}}
[[File:LioConvoyMatrix1.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|"Pssst! Hey, buddy! Wanna buy a McGuffin?"]]
* '''Lio Convoy''' (Ultra, 1998)
* '''Black Lio Convoy''' (Ultra, 1998)
* '''Flash Lio Convoy''' (Ultra, 1998)

:[[Lio Convoy (BWII)#Beast Wars|Lio Convoy]]'s Energon Matrix is built into his left breast and is revealed by opening a panel.
:The Flash Lio Convoy decoration represents Lio Convoy after unleashing his Energon Matrix energy.

[[File:BWII LioConvoy Flash.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb]]

{{-}}

===Beast Wars Neo===
{{anchor|BigConvoy}}
[[File:BWNtoy-BigConvoy-Matrix.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Pimp My Ribcage.]]
*'''Big Convoy''' (Ultra, 1999)
*'''Duel of the Universe: Big Convoy VS Magmatron''' (Vs pack, 1999)
*'''Gold Big Convoy''' (Ultra, 1999)
*'''Blue Big Convoy''' (Ultra, 1999)

: ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (toyline)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' [[Big Convoy (BWN)#Beast Wars Neo|Big Convoy]]'s Matrix is a separately molded piece that can be stored in his chest. It is a red orb with a gold, [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum-metalized]] shell, and it can be held with its [[5mm post|5mm handle]]s. Notably, this is the first removable "Matrix" accessory.

: This was [[redeco]]ed into [[Black Big Convoy]]'s Matrix, ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)#Universe|Nemesis Prime]]'s [[Dead Matrix]], and ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Timelines|Ultra Mammoth]]'s [[Reconfiguration Matrix]].

{{-}}

===Car Robots===
{{anchor|FireConvoy}}
[[File:RIDtoy primes matrix.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb]]
*'''Fire Convoy''' (Super, 2000)
*'''Black Super Fire Convoy ''' (Super, 2000/2001)
*'''Clear Super Fire Convoy''' (Super, 2000)
*'''Black God Fire Convoy''' (Giftset, 2000)
*'''Clear God Fire Convoy''' (Giftset, 2000)

: ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Car Robots]]'' [[Optimus Prime (RID)#Robots in Disguise (2001)|Fire Convoy]] has a little door on his chest that hides a sculpted Matrix. It cannot be removed.

{{-}}
===Robotmasters===
{{anchor|LioConvoyRM}}
* '''Lio Convoy''' (Deluxe, 2005)
* '''Lio Convoy + DVD''' (Deluxe, 2005)

: ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)#Toys|Robotmasters]]'' [[Lio Convoy (BWII)#Robotmasters|Lio Convoy]] is a scaled-down, simplified, all-new, Deluxe-sized Lio Convoy. He retains his Energon Matrix, which is still built into his left breast and is revealed by opening a panel.
{{--}}

==See also==
*[[Matrix (disambiguation)|Other Matrices]]

[[Category:Beast Wars II]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Neo]]
[[Category:Energon|Matrix]]
[[Category:MacGuffins]]
[[Category:Matrices]]
[[Category:Robotmasters]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001)]]

Junkion (RID)

2015-05-07T10:08:55Z

MWM:

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

[[File:Adventure Junkion Packageart.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]

'''Junkion''' (ジャンキオン ''Jankion'') takes out the garbage.

{{TOCclear}}

==Toys==
===Adventure===
[[File:TFAJunkion-stockphotos.jpg|300px|thumb|Can frequently be found in the Trunkion.]]
*'''Junkion''' ([[March 21|3–21]]–[[2015]])
**''ID number:'' '''TED-05'''
:Junkion is a blue and white redeco of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction]]'' [[Junkheap (AOE)|Junkheap]]. Junkion transforms into an "Eco Clean" garbage truck. He includes a chomping claw action feature which can be activated in both modes. As with Junkheap, the paint ops for his eyes are not actually applied to his sculpted eyes.

: His scannable [[insignia]] is on his vehicle-mode trailer. A fake, non-scannable decal has been placed on a clear-plastic guard when the toy is in-package, preventing you from scanning them into the ''Adventure'' app without actually purchasing the toy.

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]

File:Adventure Junkion Packageart.jpg

2015-05-07T09:55:42Z

MWM: ''Adventure'' Junkion package art. {{packagingart}}

''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Adventure]]'' [[Junkion (Adventure)|Junkion]] [[package art]].

{{packagingart}}

Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity

2015-04-17T15:03:42Z

MWM: /*Japanese cartoon continuity*/

{{suite}}[[File:UltraMagnus-G1cartooncontinuity.jpg|thumb|251px|"Autobots? Chap with horns: five rounds, rapid."]]Can '''Ultra Magnus''' deal with an entire page dedicated solely to his role in the [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]? Let's find out!
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==''The Transformers'' cartoon==
{{voiceactor|[[Robert Stack]] (English, ''The Movie''), [[Jack Angel]] (English), [[Show Hayami]] (Japanese), [[Masaki Aizawa]] (Japanese, "The Rebirth")|[[Mario Desmarais]] (Canadian French), [[Holger Schwiers]] (German, 11 episodes), [[Fritz von Hardenberg]] (German, ''The Transformers: The Movie'' + 9 episodes), [[Hannibal Brown]] (American Spanish), [[Gabriele Carrara]] (Italian, season 3), [[Fabrizio Pucci]] (Italian, movie second dub), [[Sergio Di Giulio]] (Italian, movie second dub, only for a line)}}

[[File:TFTM UltraMagnus pointy.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"Uncle Prime wants you!" "Me?" "No, not you, the other guy."]]
Serving as commander of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], Ultra Magnus directed the Autobots’ counter-offensive when the city came under [[Battle of Autobot City|attack]] from [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and the [[Decepticon]]s in the year 2005. After directing [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] to transform the city into battle station mode, he and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] alerted the rest of the city’s occupants to the attack, but they were only able to hold the Decepticons off for so long. During the battle, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] was mortally wounded, and, on his deathbed, passed the [[Matrix of Leadership]] on to Ultra Magnus. Despite his own misgivings, Magnus took possession of Matrix and became the new leader of the Autobots.

[[File:TFTM UltraMagnus dies.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|AGGHHHH—I've been dealt with!]]
Magnus's leadership did not get off to an easy start, when reports came in from the Autobots stationed on Cybertron’s moons of [[Unicron]], a monster planet that was in the process of consuming them. Magnus quickly arranged for the Autobots to head to Cybertron aboard two shuttles, but as they were preparing to depart, they were attacked by Decepticon forces led by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], the upgraded form of Megatron. The Autobots fled into space and were pursued by Galvatron’s troops. In a last-ditch effort to lose the Decepticons, Magnus ordered an emergency separation of the shuttle. After Galvatron destroyed the jettisoned portion of the vessel (and declared the Matrix destroyed), Magnus and his crew landed their craft on the [[Junkion (planet)|Planet of Junk]] for repairs. Facing Galvatron solo, Magnus attempted to open the Matrix, but the talisman did not respond, and Magnus was blown to pieces by the [[Sweep]]s. Thankfully, Ultra Magnus was soon repaired by the native [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] after they befriended the Autobots. Magnus joined the other Autobots in the battle with Unicron on Cybertron and helped drive the last of the Decepticons from their home planet. In the course of the final battle with Unicron, the young Autobot [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] opened the Matrix to destroy the planet-eater, becoming Rodimus Prime. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} Rodimus subsequently took over as [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] from Magnus, and Magnus returned to his much more comfortable role of soldier, operating as Rodimus's [[second-in-command]], regularly giving advice to the inexperienced new leader and trying to draw him out from under the shadow of Optimus Prime.

[[File:G1 FFODPart5 UltraMagnus punch Dirge.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"Death comes to he who cannot deal with me, Magnus." "Oh, fine, I'll deal with you, Dirge." "AAAAAHHHHH!"]]
When the [[Quintesson]]s attacked the first [[Galactic Olympics]], Ultra Magnus, [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] were kidnapped and taken to [[Quintessa]], where they were found guilty in one of the Quintessons’ twisted trials. Dropped into the [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]] pit, they were quickly rescued by their fellow Autobots, but the whole team was then set adrift in space when the Quintessons blew up their planet in an attempt to destroy the Autobots. They eventually made it back to Cybertron, only for their homeworld itself to come under attack by a united Quintesson-Decepticon alliance. Ultra Magnus held off the attackers long enough for Rodimus and the others to make it to cover, dispatching [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] before being faced with Galvatron, who took a few shots at him before deciding he had more important things to deal with. When the Quintessons betrayed Galvatron in order to achieve their true goals, he turned on the aliens, and the invasion of Cybertron was repelled. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}} {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

[[File:KillingJar negative Magnus Marissa.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|I lay down to take a nap and woke up as anti-matter!]]
One evening, Ultra Magnus was contemplating the stars when the Quintessons impersonated [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] in order to abduct him. Having recently renewed contact with their ancient creations, the Quintesson scientists intended to test the Transformers. To that end, Ultra Magnus was forced into a Danger Room scenario, battling a hard-light illusion of Rodimus Prime. He was soon introduced to the other test subjects, [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] and [[Marissa Faireborn]]. Ultra Magnus overloaded the electron bars of their cells with his own body, freeing the captives. A chaotic melee erupted, and Ultra Magnus and Cyclonus began grappling for the right to bring the Quintesson ship to their respective leader, but before the issue could be resolved the craft began plummeting into a [[black hole]]. During a fight for the last escape pod, Magnus was drawn out into space. Astonishingly, it was Cyclonus who saved Ultra Magnus from the void, for it would have been dishonorable to allow such a proud warrior to die anywhere else but on the battle field. Unfortunately, this only delayed the inevitable, as the ship ultimately plunged into the black hole and emerged on the other side in a [[negative universe]]. Only by working together were they able to return through the white hole to their own universe. Magnus and Cyclonus acknowledged their mutual, grudging respect for each other as warriors, but vowed that when they met again, it would be as enemies. {{storylink|The Killing Jar (episode)|The Killing Jar}}

[[File:DarkAwakening Magnus hands.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"Optimus, I know you're upset I gave the Matrix to Hot Rod. But that's no reason to turn into a zombie."]]
Later, Ultra Magnus was on a pleasure flight with Rodimus, Kup, Arcee and the Witwickys when a Decepticon attack forced them to land the ship's lifepod on a remote Autobot funeral barge, launched into space at the end of the war with the deactivated bodies of lost Autobot warriors. The tomb of Optimus Prime was empty, but Optimus Prime himself was miraculously alive. It soon became clear, however, that Prime was not in his right mind, as he fired on Magnus and the others, leaving them to die as the barge began plummeting into a sun. They managed to escape, but barely – the makeshift repairs to their ship led to a crashlanding back on Cybertron. Ultra Magnus and the others soon learned that Optimus Prime had mobilized the entire Autobot fleet to go after the Quintessons and "avenge" their deaths. They caught up to Prime's fleet, and against Prime's orders, Magnus and friends were brought on board. The Quintesson ploy was uncovered, and Optimus Prime regained his senses long enough to spring their trap away from the other Autobots, allowing Magnus and the others to flee to safety. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}}

After a lost Autobot named [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] arrived on Cybertron, Ultra Magnus and the others learned of a Transformer colony world named [[Paradron]] on the other side of a vortex. Its pacifistic people had recently come under Decepticon attack after [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and Cyclonus accidentally discovered the planet. Working with Rodimus, Ultra Magnus assembled an Autobot strike force to liberate the Paradronians and prevent the Decepticons from acquiring the world's vast energon supply. Ultra Magnus took charge of the second mission with back-up from Blurr and Wheelie, but they ran into heavy resistance fire. This forced them to go to Plan 'B' – blow up the planet's energon core, and the entire planet with it. The [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] attempted to stop Magnus and Sandstorm from reaching the core with a seek-and-destroy missile, but Ultra Magnus simply grabbed the missile out of mid-air and threw it back at their attackers. Inside the core, Ultra Magnus took a moment to explore his sensitive side.

{{bigquote|I've never seen anything this beautiful in the entire galaxy. All right, give me the bomb.}}

[[File:Fightorflee Ultramagnus Sandstorm bomb.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Just read the quote. Nothing can top the actual quote.]]
After setting the charges, Ultra Magnus informed Sandstorm that they had only five minutes to evacuate the planet. They breezed by Galvatron on their way out and evacuated to a nearby moon to observe the destruction. With the total annihilation of their planet, Rodimus and Ultra Magnus offered Sandstorm and the Paradronians a home back on Cybertron. {{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}}

One night, while observing the security monitors, Ultra Magnus, Rodimus Prime and Kup were greeted with the startling sight of Cyclonus and the [[Sweep]]s flying away from Cybertron with the former Decepticon [[Octane (G1)|Octane]] in tow. Since Octane had become an independent contractor working with the Autobots, Magnus and the others flew out with the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] to intercept the Decepticon raiding party. They forced the enemy back down to the surface, but let them go after Octane and his secret partner "Cyclonus" let them in on a double-cross. Cyclonus was actually possessed by [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]'s ghost and, after returning to Charr, they manipulated Galvatron into travelling to Cybertron alone, where he was ambushed and nearly captured by Rodimus, Ultra Magnus and the other Autobots. {{storylink|Starscream's Ghost}}

[[File:SurpriseParty Magnus smiling.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Why is this 'Bot smiling? He just farted. And blamed [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]].]]
Ultra Magnus and the other Autobots took a relaxing break from preparations for the first Cybertronian peace conference to prepare a surprise birthday party for their human friend, [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]]. The party was interrupted, however, when the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] staged an assault on the Autobot shuttle bay, hoping to destroy the craft being prepped for the conference's delegates. During the battle, Wheelie took a glancing blow from [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] and was left shaken and disoriented right smack in the middle of the firefight. With no regard to his own safety, Magnus rushed out into the line of fire and took several hits to the back from [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] while shielding the fallen Wheelie with his own body. The Combaticons were driven off, but not before they did some damage to the shuttles. In the aftermath, Ultra Magnus insisted [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] attend to the shuttle first before working on Magnus's own injuries. His demonstrations of bravery and self-sacrifice gave Daniel and Wheelie the idea of planning a surprise party for Ultra Magnus on HIS birthday. Their only question was WHEN exactly the date was. Their search for answers led to the [[Lost Cybertronian Storage Asteroid|Autobot Records Asteroid]]... and trouble. They were taken hostage by Cyclonus and the Decepticons, who set the asteroid on a collision course with the peace conference. Daniel and Wheelie served as living shields to prevent the Autobot defense from blasting the asteroid out of the sky. Instead, Ultra Magnus enlisted Sky Lynx for a raid on the space rock to rescue their friends. They sent the Sweeps packing, and Ultra Magnus went after Cyclonus personally to reprogram the asteroid's flight path. With the Decepticon distracted, Wheelie triggered the self-destruct sequence and the Autobots made it to safety, saving the peace conference. Afterwards, Wheelie and Daniel explained what they had been doing, and the incredulous Ultra Magnus remarked that even he didn't know when his birthday was (apparently the Quintessons had never heard of the Gregorian calendar. Go figure). {{storylink|Surprise Party}}

During an ambassador reception on Cybertron, Daniel Witwicky went missing and couldn't be found. Rodimus assigned Ultra Magnus, [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] and the cassettes to look for him. [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]'s tracking senses helped unearth a lost Quintesson chamber where Daniel and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] had gone. Magnus and the others soon worked out that their missing friends had accidentally travelled to the dimension of [[Menonia]], thanks to an old Quintesson method of banishing criminals to other universes. While in Menonia, Ultra Magnus and the Autobots helped the local "Dragon of the Sun", the [[Golden One]], fight off his treacherous pupil, the exiled Quintesson known as [[Mara-Al-Utha]]. After restoring his kingdom to him, the Autobots were aided in returning to Cybertron by the Golden One. {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}}

[[File:Bigmagnus tinyconst.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|It's not an animation error. They knew the [[Constructicon (Universe)|Micromaster Constructicons]] would be out by 2006.]]
When Galvatron and the Constructicons attempted to turn a moon-sized comet into a guided missile to destroy [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], Ultra Magnus led a team of Autobots to intercept and stop their plans. This team consisted of Blaster, Perceptor, [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]], [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] and maybe Grimlock. And maybe [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. At some times [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. Also, several guys who looked disturbingly like [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] and the corpses of [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] and [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]]. All of whom could change size at will. Anyway, Ultra Magnus confronted Galvatron, who attempted to turn into cannon mode and blast the Autobot. Unfortunately, his character model sheet was drawn pointing off to the right, leaving him unable to turn and fire before Magnus jumped him. Still, Galvatron somehow managed to grapple and wrestle with Ultra Magnus in cannon mode, despite having no noticeable moving parts of any kind. An explosion at the artificial engines the Constructicons had been installing sent the comet hurtling towards a nearby world called [[Eurythma]]. Before it could strike, it was destroyed by an extraordinarily powerful sonic discharge, a [[harmony]] produced by the musical Renaissance [[Eurythman|elf people]] who lived on Eurhythma. The mere backlash of the harmony was enough to knock all the Transformers out of space and down to the planet's surface. When Galvatron and [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] went after the source of the harmony, Ultra Magnus grabbed Blaster and Broadside to help stop him. Lucky he did, because Blaster was the only one who could understand the harmonic speech of the Eurhythmians. Although he did do some ad-libbing... and sometimes Ultra Magnus explained things in Blaster's voice. ANYWAY, Galvatron and Soundwave managed to assemble the three parts of the harmony, and left for Earth to attack Metroplex with it. To counteract their harmonic weapon, Ultra Magnus brought along the Eurhythmian leaders to sing in [[anti-sound]] and cancel out the harmony. Yes, they sang ''anti-sound''. Then, Blaster successfully grabbed Soundwave's crotch, erasing his tapes of the harmony. The moral of this story is... the best way to win the day is through sexual assault and violating the laws of physics. {{storylink|Carnage in C-Minor}}

[[File:Nightmare-planet-ultramagnus-rodimus-gardner.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
Ultra Magnus, Springer and Rodimus were exploring an electromagnetic anomaly in a remote part of Cybertron when the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] staged an attack on the Autobots. Their fight with [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] was interrupted by a Quintesson experiment that turned the nightmares of Daniel Witwicky into substance, solid enough to do serious damage to the Transformers. The Autobots and Decepticons were forced into an alliance to try and escape the strange and ever-changing landscape. Ultra Magnus and [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] were almost eaten by a giant, and they were all assaulted by a many-headed hydra. The Autobots eventually located Danny and freed him from the Quintessons' machines. {{storylink|Nightmare Planet}}

[[File:GhostMachine Magnus with hands on hips.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"Pay attention to me! This is my important face."]]
After Scourge and the ghost of Starscream stole Metroplex's eyes and blew up his brain, Ultra Magnus and Rodimus Prime put Cybertron on full alert in case a follow-up attack occurred. They eventually managed to suss out that the Decepticon duo were working for Unicron, after they noticed the Chaos-Bringer had his eyes back. Magnus assembled a small strike team of Springer, Hot Spot and [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] aboard Sky Lynx to investigate the artificial "moon". The spy mission didn't go too well, however, as the repair work on Unicron had proceeded farther than they had expected: the Dark God expelled them from his head using a blast of electrical fire. Scourge soon alerted the Autobots to Unicron's plan after finding out the entity wanted Cybertron for his new body. Ultra Magnus and his strike team were prepared when Unicron's head touched down on Cybertron to make the connections, and set of a series of energon explosives at the base of Unicron, launching him back into orbit and without any new body to call his own. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (episode)|Ghost in the Machine}}

[[File:BigBroadcast Magnus generator.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Have you seen this new app. on my iPhone?"]]
One day on Cybertron, Ultra Magnus was jovially describing the ongoing construction work on the new [[hyper generator]] to Rodimus Prime...up until the point when he realized Rodimus wasn't listening to a word of it. After giving Rodimus a passionate speech about the mantle of leadership, Magnus was offered a good deal on a slightly used mantle. Luckily for Rodimus, a crisis soon broke out on the Planet of Junk. Ultra Magnus and Rodimus took several soldiers with them aboard [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] to observe what was happening with the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] first hand. They were shot down en route by Cyclonus and the Sweeps, but Ultra Magnus managed to repair the damage to Omega and they continued on to Junk. Chaos raged in the skies over the Junkion homeworld, due to a hypnotic signal arranged by the Quintessons which was stimulating xenophobia and hyper-aggression in all who were exposed to it. Magnus and Blaster located the source of the signal, and then used Blaster's tapedeck mode to broadcast a disruption signal to counter the Quintesson transmissions. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

During the peace conferences between [[Xetaxxis]] and [[Lanarq]], Ultra Magnus, Rodimus Prime and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] did their best to keep the two warring factions from tearing each other apart. Luckily for the Autobots, the two alien species were too busy hating each other to point out how unbelievably hypocritical it was for Cybertronians to be chiding them over centuries of warfare. Whose planet is occasionally blasted out of its own orbit by war, huh Transformer? {{storylink|The Quintesson Journal}}

[[File:DwellerDepths Magnus packing heat.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"I've never seen anything [[Dweller|this horrible]] in the entire galaxy. All right, give me the bomb. What? No bomb? Crap."]]
After unveiling a new [[power core]] on Cybertron, Ultra Magnus caught Galvatron and the Decepticons sneaking into an old utility tunnel. He and a squad of Autobots followed after them, only for both groups of Transformers to get caught in a battle with the Quintessons' old creations, the [[Trans-Organic]]s. These bio-mechanical creatures were dangerous enough individually, but the enormous [[Dweller]] was a threat to them all. It not only drained the power of any Transformer it touched, but also transformed them into energy vampires as well. Ultra Magnus was nearly drained of all his power several times by the creatures but was saved by his fellow Autobots. The monster tried twice to drain Magnus; the first time he was saved by Wreck-Gar; the second time, he fought his way free.

[[File:Dweller-in-the-depths-ultramagnus-rocketlaunch.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|right]]
Battling their way through the Dweller, its zombiefied victims, and Galvatron and his troops, Magnus and Arcee managed to escape to the surface, reporting back to Perceptor. The Autobot scientist conceived of a power surge method which restored the vampiric Transformers to full functionality, and the Dweller was disposed of by launching it and the power core deep into space. {{storylink|The Dweller in the Depths}}

[[File:OnlyHuman human Ultra Magnus.jpg|upright=1.1|left|thumb]]
The Autobots were helping The City of The Future deal with a crime wave, when they received a hot tip on where to find [[Victor Drath]], resident crime lord. Ultra Magnus, Rodimus, Springer and Arcee raced to Drath's mansion... and straight into a trap. Some impressive technology assembled by Drath's associate [[Cobra Commander|Old Snake]] robbed the four Autobots of their robot bodies and displaced them into synthoid human forms. Ultra Magnus found himself sporting some very distinguished gray temples, like [[Mister Fantastic|Reed Richards]] or [[wikipedia:Hal Jordan|Hal Jordan]]. Luckily, the Autobots each found a jumpsuit nearby, perfectly matching their robot color schemes. Tragically, Magnus apparently ignored the matching hat that came with his outfit. Very [[Robert Stack|Untouchables]]. {{storylink|Only Human}}

On an [[isidrite]] survey mission with Sky Lynx and the other Autobots, Ultra Magnus was attacked by an overly manic Galvatron and his soldiers. His frenzied state made Galvatron just as dangerous to his own men as the Autobots — he even batted away a Sweep who attempted to help him against Ultra Magnus. With the Decepticons so disorganized, Ultra Magnus was easily able to lead the Autobots in routing their opponents and making a clean getaway with the isidrite. {{storylink|Webworld}}

When Rodimus Prime was feeling down about his leadership skills, Ultra Magnus was forced to come up with an upbeat, cheery encouragement speech in the middle of a smouldering war zone. Tough job. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon|The Ultimate Weapon}}

After plummeting through a Quintesson [[quadrant lock]], Ultra Magnus landed hard on the planet [[Zamojin (planet)|Zamojin]] with Rodimus Prime, Blurr and Perceptor. The planet's remarkably high density made the simple, club-wielding natives far more of a threat than they ought to have been. {{storylink|The Face of the Nijika}}

Ultra Magnus officiated the unveiling of the Autobots' latest power generator on Cybertron, but, like many of their previous attempts at new energy sources, it was fraught with complications from the start. First, Grimlock nearly blew the entire system by throwing the wrong levers at the opening ceremony. Not long thereafter, Decepticon agents planted anti-electrons in the power generator, causing it to trigger malfunctions in all the Autobots. Magnus and a small group of Autobots had to travel deep underground to disable the power generator's dangerous broadcasting. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[File:CallofthePrimitives Magnus and Springer.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb]]
On a barren moon, Ultra Magnus was engaged in trench warfare with the Decepticons alongside Rodimus Prime, Springer and Blaster when their [[Primitive]] comrades began acting funny. Sky Lynx, the Dinobots, and other bestial Transformers on both sides suddenly abandoned the battlefield, answering a siren call only they could hear. Only moments later, the energy creature known as [[Tornedron]] struck the moon, draining away all of Ultra Magnus's energy and leaving all the Transformers lifeless and inactive. Only through the actions of Grimlock and the Primitives were they eventually reactivated. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

In Japan, Ultra Magnus was present when Hot Rod first recovered after losing the Matrix of Leadership to the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]. For once (hah!), his destiny and honor speech did little to sway the "chosen one", who raced off on his own, glad to be free of the burden of responsibility. Roddy had to learn this lesson for himself. {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}}

[[File:ReturnOptimusPrime1 hate-plague Magnus.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Pull my finger.]]
When the [[Hate Plague]] swept the universe, Ultra Magnus was one of the first infected and was transformed into a raving maniac with a fixation on exterminating Rodimus Prime. Magnus pursued Rodimus through Autobot City, but was subdued by Wreck-Gar, only to wind up infecting the Junkion, who in turn infected Rodimus. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}} Magnus and the rest of the universe were cured of the plague by the resurrected Optimus Prime. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

In 2007, Ultra Magnus helped defend Autobot City from a massive Decepticon assault, which was actually a diversion for the theft of the key to the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]]. Subsequently, Magnus accompanied Optimus Prime on a shuttle to Cybertron. After Prime got the answers he needed from [[Vector Sigma]], he decided to go to [[Nebulos]] and left Ultra Magnus in charge of Cybertron. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} Magnus's tenure didn't go very well, as the selfsame massive Decepticon assault force was attacking the planet. Nonetheless, he and the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] struck at Galvatron, and might well have done him in if [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok's]] reinforcements hadn't arrived. Magnus then ignominiously had his [[power pack]] torn out and slowly began to die from lack of energon. Still, he was able to relay Galvatron's crazed scheme to Optimus Prime and the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] before blacking out.

When Ultra Magnus next awoke, the Golden Age of Cybertron had come anew, and the Decepticons were seemingly defeated once and for all. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

For [[Tommy Kennedy (G1)|Tommy Kennedy]]'s birthday, Ultra Magnus, among other Autobots, presented to the human boy a cake. {{Storylink|Surprise Party#Season 5|Season 5: Surprise Party}}
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==Japanese cartoon continuity==
{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in Japanese continuity as described above, except that events following the movie are moved back to 2010, and "The Rebirth" does not occur. Japanese continuity proceeds to insert several new stories into the gaps in the timeline. Of particular note is Japanese fiction's adherence to Magnus's Tech Spec function of "City Commander"; he is always shown as being in charge of Autobot City on Earth, while the cartoon itself put Blaster in this role.}}

===Masterpiece toy bio===
Before Ultra Magnus becomes a soldier, he was a civil servant who engraved insignia to use the stamp bot in war affected areas.<ref>MP-22's instruction booklet</ref>

===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga===
[[File:FSRLIssue4Magnus01.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|I'm so excited! And I just can't hide it!]]

Ultra Magnus arrived on Earth at some point in the late 1980s, bringing with him a collection of new technological advancements. Magnus came up with the idea of the global underground transport system, the [[Autobot Road]], and was appointed commander of the Autobots' new [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]] project to create a new mobile battle fortress. He made his first actual appearance in the middle of battle to deliver Optimus Prime his freshly-upgraded trailer, now equipped with the "[[Scramble Power Buster]]" cannon. After using the weapon on the Decepticons, Prime and Magnus teamed up to defeat them with their "Double Cross Kick" attack. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 4|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #4}}

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At one point, the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]]s began a smear campaign against the Autobots by disguising themselves as their foes, destroying human cities and leaving behind signed Autobot calling cards. One such card was signed by Ultra Magnus (a forgery, of course). Magnus joined the Autobots in proving their good name, although he and Prime seemed helpeless before the combined might of [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] and [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]]'s "[[Decepticon Trailer Brigade|Decepticon Great Wheel]]" attack. With a little help from [[Kenji]], [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], however, they were able to get the upper hand in the battle, and then promptly kicked the villains out to sea with their "Prime-Magnus Finish Double" technique, which was ''not at all'' identical to their "Double Cross Kick". {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 7|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #7}}

{{note|The manga specifically notes that Optimus Prime looks upon Ultra Magnus as his "kid brother". Although the manga is a supplement to the TV series, this family-dynamic between the two characters was never specifically used in the cartoon.}}
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===Scramble City: Mobilization===
{{voiceactor|[[Banjō Ginga]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Prime magnus scramblecity.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|"This is awkward, but have we ever actually, y'know, met?"]]

The Autobots' Scramble City project continued under Magnus’ direction, concealed within a cavern base. Unfortunately, Decepticon spy [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] was able to penetrate the cavern and learn of the project, leading to a battle between [[combiner]]s from both factions as the Decepticons attempted to destroy the project. During the battle, Scramble City was completed and Magnus ordered it into battle, successfully winning the day. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}
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===''Story of Binaltech''===
While Optimus Prime was fighting the Decepticons on Cybertron in the early days of the 21st century, Magnus was charged with the protection of the Earth, leading to the construction of the full-fledged Autobot City {{storylink|Story of Binaltech, Chapter 1}} and coordinating supply runs to Cybertron. {{storylink|Reality Check}}

After the time-travelling [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] altered history by shunting the Decepticons out of time, the Autobots were left to face the threat of Unicron alone in 2005.{{storylink|Changing Lanes}} Magnus left Earth to join Prime in battling the chaos-bringer, before which he dispatched [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] into the past to restore the timeline.{{storylink|Darkest Hour (prose)|Darkest Hour}}

{{note|The timeline splits in two at this point. To continue reading about the original, unaltered timeline, skip to [[#Kiss Players|the next section]].}}

While battling Unicron, Optimus Prime was badly damaged and, fearing his own death, passed the Matrix of Leadership to Ultra Magnus. Shedding his armor, Magnus ventured inside of Unicron's body and petitioned the Matrix: he knew he was not the [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Chosen One]], but if the Matrix did not allow him to wield its power now, Unicron would destroy them all. The Matrix responded to his pleas, and its power was unleashed, destroying the chaos-bringer. The dimension-hopper [[Overdrive]] then revealed that, thanks to Skids's efforts, the Autobots were all now in an alternate splinter timeline from the "correct" timeline (known as the "BT World timeline"); in the "correct" timeline, it was [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] who received the Matrix and used it to defeat Unicron. Hot Rod said he liked the sound of that, while Magnus sternly told him not to get any ideas. Any revelry the Autobots might have indulged in at that point was cut short, however, as the Decepticon forces returned from their time-shunt. {{storylink|Binal Time}}

The fighting-fit Decepticons took control of Cybertron once more, but were subsequently defeated by the Autobots through the activation of the Quintesson [[large switch|killswitch]]. {{storylink|Kill Switch}} Several months after this victory, Ultra Magnus was stationed at Autobot City, when a time/space-hopping [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] arrived from the "correct" timeline to help save the fading spark of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]. {{storylink|Unfinished Business, Part 1}}

Shortly following the fiasco involving the [[Timaeus Project]], Magnus was part of a team led by Optimus Prime into battle in [[Australia]] to stop the Decepticons' new leader [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]] from creating a synthetic Matrix. When victory was won, Magnus joined the Autobots in rolling out into the sunset.{{storylink|Unfinished Business, Part 4}}

===''Kiss Players''===
[[File:Kiss players 15 go go ultra magnus.jpg|thumb|100px|Toy-accurate to a soulless-eyed fault!]]
When [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] defeated [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] within Unicron in the year 2005, he hurled the Decepticon leader into space, only for him to wind up crashing into Earth, devastating [[Tokyo]]. Consumed by guilt, Rodimus returned the Matrix to Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|A Big Catch Tonight?!}}

For a year, Transformer/human relations were so badly damaged by the Tokyo incident that Cybertronians were entirely forced off Earth by the [[Earth Defense Command]]. Thanks to the efforts of Hot Rod, a briefly-resurrected Optimus Prime and three human [[Kiss Player]]s, the corruption at the heart of the EDC was exposed, and the anti-electron field keeping Transformers off Earth was deactivated. The Autobots returned to the planet, and as his first initiative to try and improve human/Transformer public relations in this time of tentative stability, Ultra Magnus arranged the formation of a singing group made up of members of both species to tour the planet and promote good will and mutual understanding. With the help of [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] as the group's producer, the "[[Kiss Players (singing group)|Kiss Players]]" were born. {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|Kiss Players Position #39}} When the human members of the group disappeared during their performance at [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]], {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 1}} the three cassettes that made up the rest of the group returned to Metroplex to inform Magnus of the strange turn of events. {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 2}}

Magnus continued to serve as Autobot leader over the next three years, until Hot Rod reclaimed the Matrix and resumed his post in 2010.
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===''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers'' manga===
[[File:2010manga tour guide magnus.jpg|left|thumb]]
Ultra Magnus continued to serve as Autobot [[City Commander]], at one point welcoming a group of school children on a field trip to visit the city. When the Autobot City was attacked by Galvatron and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], Ultra Magnus commanded [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] to fight off the fiend. Magnus's commands weren't achieving any results until [[Six-Gun (G1)|Six-Gun]] came along and saved the day. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 3|The Transformers #3}}

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===''The Great Transformer War'' manga===
After the resurrection of Optimus Prime, Magnus continued in his duties on Earth, commanding Metroplex in battle against [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 3|The Great Transformer War #3}}
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===''The Headmasters'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Hōchū Ōtsuka|Yoshitada Ōtsuka]] (Japanese)|[[Juan Zadala]] (Latin American)}}
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By the year 2011, Magnus had taken over full-time command of Autobot City on Earth. A major Decepticon attack in the immediate vicinity of the city led Magnus to take all this troops into action, unaware that the battle was being staged as a distraction to keep the Earth-bound Autobots from reinforcing their fellows on Cybertron, which had simultaneously come under attack by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and his new [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] warriors. During the battle, Ultra Magnus first crossed swords with his new opposite number: [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]], the Decepticons' Ninja Commander, and head of their own Earth-based forces. The pair displayed their fighting styles for each other (Magnus's, apparently, was to shoot the ground ''around'' his enemy's feet, rather than the enemy themselves—great tactics, there, Magnus) and began grappling, until Metroplex and the [[Trainbot]]s arrived to disrupt the battle, allowing some of the Autobots to make it back to the city and on through the [[space bridge]] to the battle on Cybertron. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}}

After the Decepticons had been routed, Ultra Magnus helped co-ordinate the search on Earth for the missing Matrix of Leadership, which was required to bring the unstable Vector Sigma under control. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} While Hot Rod and the newly arrived Autobot Headmasters took the lead in the search, Magnus set up teams to run interference, keeping the Decepticons off their back. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

[[File:Veilofmystery magnus files.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]]

Observing Trypticon apparently moving on an oil refinery, Ultra Magnus and [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] directed Metroplex into action to stop him. They soon discovered that they had been lured into a trap when the Decepticons' newest weapon, the [[Madmachine]], paralyzed Metroplex with an electromagnetic attack. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}} Magnus also witnessed the first attack of the next new Decepticon device, the metal-warping meteorite [[Metamorphose]], when it distorted a survey vessel he was in the process of receiving a report from. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

Receiving word from one of the Autobots' Earth outposts about a new energy discovery, Rodimus Prime came to Earth to learn more. Ultra Magnus was puzzled by his arrival, having heard no such news, and the pair headed out to investigate, only to discover that the entire staff of the outpost had been massacred. The report had been a Decepticon distraction, to keep Rodimus and Magnus occupied while the Decepticon Headmasters sprang a trap for their Autobot counterparts on the planet [[Praum]]. Magnus remained on Earth while Rodimus headed off to aid their comrades. {{storylink|The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery}} Soon after, Magnus informed the Autobots on [[Athenia]] of a mysterious blackmailer who was extorting energy from Earth, {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}} the eruption of a volcano {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}} and the attack of [[buridanka|a carnivorous plant]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

[[File:Sosfromsandra magnus pwns galvy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Whatchagonnado when Magnusmania runs wild on you?]]

When a team of Autobots discovered a Decepticon operation on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], Ultra Magnus ordered the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] to head for the red planet and back them up. Trypticon appeared to stop the high-tech heroes from going far, so Magnus ordered Metroplex to step in a help. Unfortunately, Sixshot then added his firepower to the fight, and Magnus's troops were unable to break away. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}} The Decepticons subsequently retreated from Mars, and Ultra Magnus sent [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Twincast]] to snoop around the Decepticons' Earth base to see if he could find out why. He did not expect the answer to be that they had all left to watch the creation of a gigantic new [[Transtector]] for the Decepticon Headmaster leader, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]! {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

Upon receiving a request for energy aid from the otherdimensional planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]], the Autobots on Athenia had Ultra Magnus arrange for the transport of some of Earth's [[energon cube]] stockpile. A Decepticon attack prevented the Trainbots from taking off with the energon, so after he got done body-slamming Galvatron, Magnus informed Athenia of the raid, and they decided to send a portion of their own stockpiles instead while the Decepticons were occupied. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}
[[File:Ultramagnusdies funeral.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|"Guys, I keep telling you, I'm fine! I didn't turn grey!"]]
After the Decepticons had spent a prolonged period of time in space attacking other planets, they returned to Earth with even greater plans for the planet – Galvatron intended to incorporate it [[Grand Galvatron|into his system]], and Sixshot dedicated himself to wiping out the Autobot resistance. Unwilling to burden the already-occupied Autobot commander [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] with this news, Ultra Magnus co-ordinated the response on his own, but soon came under direct attack from Sixshot himself. Struggling against the [[Six Changer]], he was convinced by the [[Trainbot]]s to inform Fortress, but before any reinforcements could arrive, Sixshot used his secret seventh "Wingwolf" mode to deliver the killing blow to Ultra Magnus, ending the City Commander’s life.

After the furious Headmasters sent the Decepticons fleeing, Metroplex requested that, rather than be fired into space, Magnus’ body be buried on the Earth he had loved so much. In accordance with these wishes, Magnus’ body was loaded into a funeral bier and then submerged in a cave on the Japanese coastline. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}}
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}} {{storylink|Duel on the Asteroid}}}}

===e-Hobby comics===
[[File:GalvatronII-LaserMagnus.jpg|thumb|225px|I'm kinda the buttmonkey of this franchise, aren't I?]]
As he had briefly held the Matrix, Ultra Magnus joined the ranks of the other Autobot leaders whose sparks retained their individuality within the [[Allspark]], but he remained restless knowing that he didn’t belong. Using the cosmic awareness that accompanies joining the Matrix to observe the mortal realm, Ultra Magnus learned, by chance, of the threat posed to the galaxy by [[Galvatron II]] and his massive [[Warworld|Mobile Battle Fortress]]. Determined to set things right, Magnus contacted Optimus Prime via their shared link to the Matrix, and resurrected himself in a similar body using Prime’s [[Reconfiguration Matrix]].

In this new form Ultra Magnus became able to switch between various body types (including his original) at will, similar to Optimus Prime, thanks to his contact with the Reconfiguration Matrix. In addition, he became able to tap into his [[laser core]] to power his blaster and sword.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080117145649/http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/texts/e_gentei/ultramagnus_e.html Ultra Magnus's e-Hobby toy bio] (archive)</ref>

[[File:YoshiokaMagnusBlackConvoyComic01.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|What a jawline!]]

Ultra Magnus immediately set out to counter Galvatron II's invasion and started raising forces of his own. On at least one occasion Ultra Magnus was so thoroughly trounced by Galvatron and his endless puns that he required saving by Optimus Prime in his new [[Black body]]. {{storylink|Hybrid Style Convoy Black Version}}

Later, still with his mouthplate removed from his skirmish with Galvatron II, Magnus stood behind [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] with the rest of the Autobots as Optimus Prime told them of an attack on a [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombian]] cargo ship by a mysterious sea creature. {{storylink|MP-1B Cybertron Commander / Convoy Black Ver.}}
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==Rodimus vs. Cyclonus==
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==''Wings Universe''==
[[File:BattleLines6-UltraMagnus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Can't we just let Magnus be Magnus?]]

Nine million years ago, following the destruction of the Autobots [[Dion]] and [[Magnum]], only one of the two was able to be saved from death. The lucky survivor was rebuilt and renamed "Ultra Magnus" by [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], and the unlucky one perished. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] greeted his old friend and congratulated him on his increase in size. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 6}}

During the [[Battle of Autobot City]], Ultra Magnus led a team which took down [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] after the Decepticon breached [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. They had to retreat when the Constructicons fought back. {{storylink|A Flash Forward}} In [[2012]], Magnus was in charge of Autobot City. As alien ambassadors arrived, he contacted [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] to remind his fellow to go easy on the Autobots who'd been exposed to [[forestonite]]. He also briefed [[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]], [[Rapido]] and [[Sizzle (G1)|Sizzle]] on a break in at [[Quantum Laboratories|Quantum Labs]] and tasked them with tracking down the culprit. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}} Pyro's team returned with the rescued Hi-Q and the news that the blueprints had unfortunately been destroyed. Sizzle also broke the news to Magnus that the "Machine Wars" were coming. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}}

Ultra Magnus was present at the signing of the [[Pax Cybertronia]]. {{storylink|A Common Foe}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 6}}}}

==Notes==
[[File:DiacloneMagnusAnime1.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
* It has been speculated by some fans that, in the animated continuity, Ultra Magnus may have been created from Orion Pax's friend [[Dion]], the same way and at the same time Prime and [[Elita One]] were rebuilt by [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]. For further elaboration, see [[Dion#Who is Dion?|Who is Dion?]].
* In the early [[The Transformers: The Movie promo|promotional trailer]]/test footage for "[[The Transformers: The Movie]]", Ultra Magnus can be seen in alternate [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] sequences in his toy's original ''[[Diaclone]]'' color scheme, indicating the final coloration may have been a late change to the toy. This footage has appeared in various ''Transformers'' DVDs over the years.

==References==
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[[Category:Alternators Autobots]]
[[Category:Autobot leaders]]
[[Category:E-Hobby]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Autobots]]
[[Category:Matrix bearers]]
[[Category:Kiss Players Autobots]]
[[Category:Rulers of Cybertron]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Autobots]]

Tyrest Accord

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{{disambig3|Tyrest}}
The '''Tyrest Accord''' is an agreement between the [[Autobot]]s and the [[Decepticon]]s; it governs the control of Transformer technology, forbidding it from passing into the hands of alien species. Roving free-lance officers such as [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] track down violators of the Accord, bringing them back to the High Justice counsel of their respective faction.

It may be related to the [[Code of Interplanetary Conflict]], and was drafted by [[Tyrest (G1)|Chief Justice Tyrest]].

{{quote|I am a duly-appointed enforcer of the Tyrest Accord. We can do this my way... or the hard way!|Ultra Magnus prepares to lay the smack down|"[[Spotlight: Ultra Magnus]]"}}

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
The Tyrest Accord was brokered early in the war as a result of Tyrest's attempts at organizing peace talks between [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]. While the peace talks failed, the Accord - which, among other things, banned the export of Cybertronian technology to other races - was a success and led to Tyrest being declared Chief Justice. {{storylink|Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|House of Ambus}}

The Tyrest Accord was detailed in an appendix of the [[Autobot Code]]. Paragraph four of subsection 80 of section 19, or 19 (80) 4, was added to the Accord in anticipation of "thought warfare", a type of warfare that never came to be. {{storylink|How Ratchet Got His Hands Back}}

[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] was personally tasked by Tyrest with apprehending violators of the Accord, be they 'bot or 'con. He brought in [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], but ultimately let him go in exchange for information on one of the Accord's worst violators, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Ultra Magnus}}

As is his wont, Magnus cited the Accord as he attacked and apprehended [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] at the [[Stellar Cartography Archive]], {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}} and again when he confronted Bumblebee's Autobot squad on earth after Optimus Prime's resignation and surrender to the [[human]]s. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 1: "New Arrivals, Old Encounters"|New Arrivals, Old Encounters}}

According to [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] had an encyclopedic knowledge of the Tyrest Accord, to the point that he could recite the exact passages of a crime to its perpetrator. Apparently, this drove [[Violator|one criminal]] to commit suicide after two and a half days of listening to Prowl's application of the Accord to his crimes. {{storylink|Bullets}}

Some parts of the Tyrest Accord could be seen as "ambiguous" on the matter of unnecessary cruelty. The [[Wrecker]]s liked deliberately misreading those parts. {{storylink|Zero Point}}

At some point after his disappearance, Tyrest constructed [[Legislator]]s to help enforce the Accord. If the law was broken in their presence, the Legislators would respond with overwhelming (and often lethal) force against the responsible party.

Tyrest possessed a Repository that contained the text of the Tyrest Accord in full. With it, the Chief Justice can edit the Accord at will, adding new sections or rewriting old ones in response to changing situations. One such addition was Section 90, Subsection 16, or preemptive execution. 90 (16) gave Tyrest the power to kill anyone who intended to take action against him. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}}

===''Animated'' cartoon===
The Tyrest Accord was the agreement which ended the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]]. It granted the Decepticons amnesty for their actions during the war, in exchange for their acceptance of exile from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Tyrest Accord''' (ティレスト協定 ''Teiresuto Kyoutei'')

[[Category:Animated history]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 history]]
[[Category:Transformer culture]]

Thunderwing (G1)

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:''Thunderwing is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Thunderwing with matrix.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|And we are dutifully impressed.]]
In a better world, '''Thunderwing''' would be the ideal Decepticon leader. He's fearless, ruthless, and immensely powerful, while uncommonly concerned about the welfare of his fellow Decepticons. For this mindset, Thunderwing gets a high approval rating from his peers, but, sadly, this is not the whole story.

Thunderwing's vice is, simply, obsession. When his mind sets its sights on a who or what that furthers his goals, he will stop at nothing to achieve victory. Slowly but surely, his esteem for his colleagues is replaced by single-mindedness, until finally Thunderwing awakens from his haze, potentially victorious, but either abandoned or surrounded by the bodies of the few friends who tried valiantly to snap him out of it. In these dark moments, the usually noble Thunderwing is as deceitful and two-faced as any halfwit Decepticon.

But what separates Thunderwing from the rest is his sheer power. His [[Pretender]] shell is likely the most powerful ever built, and it forms impenetrable armor around his robot body. Every inch is covered in weaponry, from the electrostatic guns in his shoulders, to the hoses in his chest that emit dangerous gases, to even the rarely-used metal-eating laser beam that fires out of his forehead. In addition to this built-in arsenal, he carries around his signature cyclone cannon, the power of which is increased 50% by the powerpack his shell houses on its back. In jet mode, Thunderwing can unleash a never-ending torrent of plasma charges.

Because of all this, Thunderwing is almost always successful in hunting down his obsessions, though at regrettable costs.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Magnificent Six Megadeath Past.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|No, my visual appearance is not a [[Pretender to the Throne!|continuity error]]. Why do you ask?]]
A handful of Transformers are born with a natural affinity to the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]. Though these special few are usually Autobots, Thunderwing was an exception. Thunderwing felt that the Matrix called to him, and believed that he would become the first Decepticon to possess it. {{storylink|Deadly Obsession}}

''Early on in the war, he served at [[Fort Scyk]]. He became a protege of Fort commander [[Megadeath (G1)|Megadeath]], who saw and encouraged the burning ambition within the lad, grooming Thunderwing as an asset and potential general for when he'd make a bid for leadership. For his part, Thunderwing thought Megadeath was utterly mental but also that he'd be his ticket to the top. He later soured on Megadeath when he viciously tortured the [[Magnificent Six]], which Thunderwing felt was ill-fitting for such valiant enemies, and then Megadeath let himself and the whole of [[Stanix]] get nuked to slag ''anyway''.'' {{storylink|The Magnificent Six!}}

''Four million years later, a vacuum in Decepticon high command allowed a driven Thunderwing to rise quickly from relative obscurity to a command position in the ranks. Thunderwing oversaw an operation that lured the [[Battle Patrol]] into a Decepticon facility in order to capture them and steal [[Micromaster]] technology from the Autobots. The [[Race Car Patrol|Race Car]] and [[Off Road Patrol|Off Road]] Patrols staged a successful rescue operation but failed to stop the Decepticons from making their own Micromasters.'' {{storylink|A Small War!}}

[[File:Thunderwingisapretender.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Thunderwing is a Pretender? The hell you say!]]
''Fourteen months later, to test of his readiness to takeover leadership of the Decepticons, Thunderwing was given a hunting mission: Three Autobot prisoners were released on Earth, and Thunderwing was charged with chasing down and executing them on his own. While [[Playback]] and [[Horsepower (G1)|Horsepower]] did fall before his cyclone cannon, the last runner, [[Hosehead (G1)|Hosehead]], was saved by his fellow Autobots [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] and [[Siren]]. The [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] exploded the fuel core in Playback's corpse at close range to Thunderwing, nearly cooking him alive inside his own impenetrable [[Pretender]] shell. Shrieking in agony, Thunderwing plunged into the nearby surf.'' {{storylink|The Big Shutdown!}}

[[File:AssaultontheArk-Thunderwing.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|This is exactly how cable news pundits are hired.]]
''Thunderwing eventually rose from the waters, his still-cooling shell juxtaposed with the growing intensity of his rage at being beaten. Thunderwing lashed out at everything around him and very nearly destroyed a ship of his fellow Decepticons who had been sent to find him. As a duly appointed officer of the [[Decepticon High Council]], [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] was sent to inform Thunderwing that his bid for leadership was not being rejected outright, but was still under review, and the Councilors had asked that he return to Cybertron. Instead, Thunderwing violently conscripted Ruckus and his team into joining him for an assault on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] in order to get revenge on Hosehead and his ilk.'' {{storylink|Rage!}} ''Thunderwing single-handedly blasted his way into the Ark and confronted [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] directly before Ruckus convinced him to save the fight for another day. Returning to Cybertron, Thunderwing was surprised to learn that the Decepticon High Council was impressed by his initiative and the strength of his vendetta, and so granted him full leadership of the Decepticons of Cybertron.'' {{storylink|Assault on the Ark!}}

''One of Thunderwing's first actions on taking over Decepticon leadership was to abolish [[neutral]] territories, making places such as [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] Decepticon-only establishments.'' {{storylink|Out to Lunch!}} Despite these movements, Lord Thunderwing became displeased with the growing success of the newly-rebuilt [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] and their raiding of [[Decepticon fuel store|Decepticon fuel]] and ammunition depositories. Fearing the Autobot resistance movement was gaining momentum, he ordered [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] and [[Stranglehold]], the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]], to find and kill the Autobot Pretenders. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}

[[File:Thunderwingmindleech.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|This is probably the closest look we'll get at Thunderwing's unpublished character model. [[José Delbo]] was a copier.]]
When the Mayhem Attack Squad failed, Thunderwing became curious when teams of Autobots were subsequently ordered to search an area of space. Trailing a team on [[Pz-Zazz]] which included ''(again)'' Nightbeat, Hosehead, and Siren, he waited until the right moment to blast and capture them. {{storylink|Bird of Prey!}} As Thunderwing's Decepticons began trailing another team of Autobots on [[Cheyne]] ([[Backstreet (G1)|Backstreet]], [[Dogfight]], and [[Override (G1)|Override]]), he subjected the captured first group to his [[Mind Leech]] machine. He learned from these torture sessions that the Autobots were scouring the universe for the lost Creation Matrix. Unfortunately, the second group was no closer to finding the Matrix either, and he left them to their own devices. {{storylink|Kings of the Wild Frontier.}} His obsession with finding the Creation Matrix caused some concerns for the Decepticons under his command, and he even began attacking his own troops when accused of taking his personal quest too far. These outbursts began coming to a head when he found traces of Matrix energy in a [[Klud|sea monster]] on [[Pequod]]. Ruckus made the mistake of questioning his leader's growing obsession, and Thunderwing backhanded him into some equipment (unknowingly shorting out the Mind Leech which held their captive Autobots immobile). While his troops battled the Autobots searching there, he used his affinity for the Matrix to mind-link with the sea monster. Discovering that the Matrix was on [[Cameron]]'s third moon, [[VsQs]], he abandoned the battle, much to the growing frustration of his troops. {{storylink|Deadly Obsession}}

[[File:Thunderwingwhereisthecreationmatrix.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|Obsessed much?]]
As it happened, between the revival of the Klud and the arrival of Thunderwing, the Creation Matrix had become warped. Thunderwing fought intensely with Bumblebee, Jazz, and Grimlock on VsQs, and they were overwhelmed not only by his vastly superior might, but by the strength of his desire to possess the Matrix. However, he and his troops were subdued by a [[Matrixspawn]], a darkly-evolved creature contaminated by the Matrix, allowing Bumblebee and the other Autobots to grab the Matrix and head for their ship. But when the Autobot shuttlecraft later arrived within the Ark, it was Thunderwing who emerged, in full possession of the Creation Matrix, enshrouded in its energies. {{storylink|Dark Creation}}

[[File:AllFallDown-Thunderwingpossessed.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|We are '''power incarnate!''' We are '''unstoppable!''' We are a '''really short Deluxe Class toy!''']]
On board the Ark, Thunderwing savagely beat Optimus Prime, the latter of whom was afraid to return the violence in kind, in fear that the Matrix would be destroyed and their race would be doomed against Unicron. Waves of Autobots stormed against Thunderwing, ending in [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] and others being killed or critically wounded. Quickly, the increasingly-evil Matrix took over Thunderwing, overpowering his thoughts and controlling his actions. After turning his power on his own troops, he had one final moment of clarity at what he had become, but it was too late. He was consumed. Nightbeat, Siren, and Hosehead, who Thunderwing had captured earlier, had escaped their constraints, and after releasing the bay doors, Thunderwing was harpooned to the shuttlecraft. The shuttle self-destructed and Thunderwing and the Creation Matrix were seemingly lost. {{storylink|All Fall Down}}

[[File:G1thunderwingthevoid.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Thunderwing displays that, yes, he has an alt mode just before showing up to die again.]]
The Matrix, however, was made of sterner stuff, and after some time reactivated alongside Thunderwing's body and the Autobot shuttlecraft on the surface of a planet. {{storylink|Out of Time!}} As time passed, and though only the "barest spark of life remained," it healed Thunderwing's body, eventually allowing it to transform and escape. It (they) now hungered for revenge! {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

Thunderwing, completely controlled by the Creation Matrix, arrived on Cybertron just as Unicron had attacked. Through Thunderwing, the Matrix continued to manifest as a frightening demon, which blasted Unicron and buried its tendrils within him. Though Unicron was momentarily stunned, once the Matrix revealed that it was now attempting to be a force of Evil, Unicron ripped the manifestation apart. Unicron has no equal in the arena of evil. Thunderwing's body fell in tatters, and the Matrix casing dropped to the planet below. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}
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====Transformers Comic-Magazin====
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 9|The Transformers' Grand Hour: Headmaster of the Dimensions}}{{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 13|The Energon Trap}}}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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At some point following the battle with Unicron, Thunderwing's remains were recovered and interred in the [[Hall of Silence]] on Cybertron. Twenty-one years later, Optimus Prime departed Cybertron, bound for Earth to end the threat of Megatron. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}} Soundwave seized this opportunity to lead an attack on the Hall of Silence to steal what was left of Thunderwing for Bludgeon, and to gain control of the residual Matrix energy stored in his corpse. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 4}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}} {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}} {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
[[File:Thunderwingg1worldscollide.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|They weren't even trying to color me right!]]
Versions of Thunderwing, [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] from various devoured universes were sent by their master, [[Unicron]], to prepare another universe for his coming. Porting into [[Decepticon Command Headquarters]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Galvatron left Thunderwing and the others on Cybertron to accomplish their task. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}} Though they destroyed all of the Decepticons in their headquarters and established a network of [[space bridge]] portals, this universe's [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] was not amongst their victims. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}}

Traveling to Earth's Decepticon headquarters (but leaving Bludgeon behind on Cybertron to guard the portal), they found it momentarily abandoned, so Thunderwing suggested they hunt down this universe's [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] to learn Megatron's location. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} However, Thrust knew nothing, and they quickly returned to Decepticon Earth headquarters when Thunderwing detected that their space bridge nexus on Cybertron had been breached. Ultimately, Thunderwing and the other servants of Unicron were destroyed when this universe's [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] detonated a bomb in Cybertron's Decepticon Command Headquarters, incinerating them all. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Thunderwingwhathaveyoudone.jpg|thumb|Moral of Stormbringer: Pretenders [[Ruined FOREVER|ruined Transformers]].]]
Seven hundred years ago, during the height of the Autobot-Decepticon war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Thunderwing was a Decepticon scientist who alerted both sides to the damage that the ongoing conflict was doing to their planet and the resultant danger of an impending catastrophic event. According to [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], his warnings were ignored, even by [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]].

[[File:Thunderwing stormbringer.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Y'know, Thunderwing, Al Gore was content with just making a slide show.]]
Subsequently, Thunderwing took action on his own, subjecting himself to a "polydermal grafting" process of his own design, one that had previously been summarily rejected by [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] as "unnatural" and "ill-conceived". This process of grafting tissue culled from living subjects onto a Transformer to create an armored symbiotic carapace somehow also appears to have made him the avatar of the very apocalypse he had warned against. The process drove Thunderwing insane but made him invulnerable; even the combined might of the Autobots and Decepticons couldn't stop him. In the end, he was swallowed whole by Cybertron itself, leaving the planet completely uninhabitable. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}}

When [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] went missing, Megatron assigned Bludgeon to dig into his research and find out what he'd been doing. An indeterminate time later, Thunderwing's resting place was discovered by a group of Decepticons led by Bludgeon, who planned to continue where Thunderwing left off. {{storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}} The project was completed in the present day, using a combination of "[[Ore-13|Ultra-Energon]]" (culled from Shockwave's research) and a set of imprinted commands. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}} Thunderwing was thus resurrected and immediately departed for [[Nebulos]], following Bludgeon's plans to sacrifice that world to restore Cybertron somehow. There, Thunderwing was engaged by the Decepticon Infiltration team in place, which did not want to see Nebulos completely destroyed. After Thunderwing totaled [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]], [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]], [[Skullcruncher]], and [[Roadgrabber]], the survivors, [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]], [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]], and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], abandoned the planet, leaving Thunderwing alone. However, after the destruction of Bludgeon's control harness, Thunderwing changed course—back towards Cybertron. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3|Stormbringer #3}}

[[File:Thunderwingidwultramode.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Ultra mode" puts all that wing kibble to use!]]
There, he was attacked by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]], the [[Wrecker]]s, the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], and reprogrammed [[Centurion droid|Centurion drones]]. Jetfire revealed that enough punishment would eventually cause Thunderwing to drain most of his [[energon]] reserves. However, Thunderwing revealed a third "[[Super Mode|Ultra]]" robot configuration. Thanks to the Wreckers, the Decepticons, the instability of Ultra Energon, and a speech/salvo combination from Optimus Prime, he was stopped dead in his tracks. His inanimate form was taken into custody by the [[Autobot]]s. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4|Stormbringer #4}}

[[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] would later steal Thunderwing's body from [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]'s detail of Autobots, in service of [[Nova Prime|his master]] in the [[Dead Universe]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Galvatron}} Since the Dead Universe Transformers can only spend a limited amount of time in the land of the living, they programmed Thunderwing to guard the cave entrance to the [[Nega-Core]] on planet [[Corata-Vaz]]. He easily batted away Hound's crew and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]], but did not pursue them, as his programming seemed to keep him on a leash that only included the cave entrance. It did, however, allow [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] the time he needed to escape. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus}}

[[File:SpotlightSideswipe ThunderwingVSWreckers.jpg|left|275px|thumb|The Wreckers return to star in '''''“Nothing Can Stop The Thunderwing! Part III”'''''.]]
The [[Wrecker]]s later attempted to penetrate Thunderwing's defenses and reach the Nega-Core, but apparently had no more success than Ultra Magnus and company. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}}

Jetfire came up with the idea to try and take control of Thunderwing using Bludgeon's (apparently repaired) control harness. This alerted [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], who activated Bludgeon (now under his control) to put a stop to it. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}}

While Jetfire managed to halt Thunderwing in his tracks for a brief time, a visit from the Jhiaxus-controlled Bludgeon forced Jetfire to focus on other, more pressing issues. While the Wreckers were successful in disabling the Nega-Core, Thunderwing once again began to advance on them. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

{{Note|Due to the truncated nature of the [[Revelation (IDW)|Revelation]] mini-series, the end result of this battle was not shown, but as all of the Wreckers appeared later on, Thunderwing was presumably disabled along with the other guardians when Jhiaxus was defeated. It's never exactly clarified what happened after that, but Simon Furman would later suggest that Thunderwing was executed.}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
Thunderwing was captured by the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s after being cornered and making an unsuccessful attempt to defend himself with what turned out to be a dud bomb. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 3}}

===''United''===
[[File:FierceFightingonPlanetNebulos-Thunderwing.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Thunderwing was so disappointed he later [[Transformers United|painted his arms gray]].]]
Thunderwing originated from another universe, where he was said to have possessed the Matrix and nearly defeated the Autobots. {{storylink|#United 2|''United'' Thunderwing bio}}

As Decepticon leader, Thunderwing had a [[nano-virus]] released that afflicted most Autobots save those with [[Nebulan]] partners, tricking them to go to [[Nebulos]] for an anti-virus so they could be ambushed and their partners taken! His minion [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] botched the mission though. Thunderwing chewed him out and decided he needed to take a more active role... {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
During the Great War, Thunderwing almost destroyed [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], but was defeated and placed in a state of dormancy. Years later, [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] came up with a plan to revive Thunderwing and destroy the Autobots once and for all. The [[Wrecker]]s traveled to Cybertron in an attempt to stop Bludgeon and [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]], but failed. Both the Autobots and Decepticons were forced to cooperate as Thunderwing proved uncontrollable, and they eventually wore him down until he ran out of [[Ore-13|Ultra Energon]]. {{storylink|Stormbringer (Legends)|Stormbringer}}

Sometime later, Thunderwing had become more amenable. He, [[Axer (G1)|Axer]], and [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] accompanied [[Nova Prime|Nemesis Prime]] on a mission to defeat Nemesis's former self, Nova Prime. {{storylink|Prime Evil}} He led a team of Decepticons including [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzai-Tron]] and Bludgeon in a raid on an Autobot [[Sun-Farming facility]]. Despite the Autobots putting up more resistance than expected, Thunderwing and his men triumphed, conquering the facility and sending the Autobots packing. {{storylink|Revelation (Legends)|Revalation}}
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Thunderwing toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You passed this up when you saw it in the stores. Then [[Simon Furman|Furman]] had to come along.]]
*'''Thunderwing''' (Mega Pretender, 1989)
**''Accessories'': Pretender shell, 2 heat-seeking laser blasters, [[cyclone rifle|cyclone cannon]]

:Thunderwing's inner robot transforms into a rather simple Cybertronic shuttlecraft. His [[Pretender]] shell also transforms into a starship mode of its own. The inner vehicle can be attached underneath the nose of the larger vehicle to create a combined starship mode. The inner robot is relatively generic in appearance (as with most Pretenders) while his outer Pretender shell resembles an alien warrior with Japanese [[wikipedia:Oni (folklore)|Oni]] influences. The inner robot carries a small "cyclone cannon" laser, while the shell is armed with two large laser blasters. All three of his guns can be mounted on his shell's vehicle mode. The large laser blasters can be mounted on the jet two different ways, either perpendicular or parallel to the wing undersides.

:Unlike fellow Mega Pretenders [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]] or [[Vroom (G1)|Vroom]], parts do not need to be removed and rearranged in order for Thunderwing to achieve any of his modes.

:This mold was [[retool]]ed to make [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Black Shadow]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Decepticon/Thunderwing/thunderwing.htm More information on Thunderwing at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/gallery/g1-1989/thunderwing/2362/1/ Image gallery of Thunderwing at Seibertron.com]''
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/decepticon/1989/instr_thunderwing.jpg Instruction booklet for Thunderwing at Botchthecrab.com]''
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===Generations===
[[File:Generationstoy-Thunderwing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Matrix obsession sold separately.]]
*'''Thunderwing''' (Deluxe, 2010)
**''Accessories'': 2 missile launchers, 2 missiles, recon drone

:Part of the fifth wave of ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Deluxe class toys, Thunderwing's alternate mode is a fighter jet loosely based on an [[United States Air Force#F-22 Raptor|F-22 Raptor]], with different wings but retaining the F-22's characteristic zigzag patterns sculpted on the hull. He transforms into a robot that looks like the original Thunderwing toy's Pretender shell. The nose of the jet can detach and become a separate aerial drone, while the two missile launchers can detach from the wings and become handheld weapons or clip together into one massive gun. The middle section of the sculpted missiles on the sides of the guns are also compatible with [[C joint]] accessories. Thunderwing's colors seem to be inspired by his color scheme in the latter end of the Marvel run, considering his green arms. There is also an homage to [[Don Figueroa]]'s design in ''Stormbringer'' with Thunderwing's face and feet.

:At [[BotCon 2010]], the [[Hasbro]] design team noted that they had wanted to make the aerial drone unit transform into a robot but were unable to do so (presumably for budget reasons, though they didn't go into that detail).

:The toy is slightly mistransformed in packaging, with the chest section that conceals his head in jet mode in its robot mode position.

:This sculpt was retooled to make ''Generations'' [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Sky Shadow]] and [[BotCon 2012]] [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]]. Thunderwing's [[instructions]] initially depicted him with Sky Shadow's head and chest. A [[Variant|running change]] version of the instructions depicts Thunderwing's own head, but keeps Sky Shadow's chest unchanged.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/Thunderwing/thunderwing.htm More information on ''Generations'' Thunderwing at TFU.info]''
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===United===
[[File:Unitedtoy-Thunderwing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Sometimes Hasbro beats Takara to media accuracy.]]
*'''Thunderwing''' (Deluxe, January 2012)
**''ID number:'' '''UN-26'''
**''Accessories'': 2 missile launchers, 2 missiles, recon drone

:The ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' release of Thunderwing decos his robot mode to approximate the colors of the original toy rather than his Marvel appearances. It achieves this by changing the green plastic on his arms for gray and the green plastic on his thighs and waist side armor for black plastic. The clear orange plastic is now a clear cherry red, the light green and dark green paint is a hi-gloss forest green, and the blue paint is slightly darker. His light gray plastic is now a cream color. Last but not least the purple plastic is a very light purple on this release.
:The soft-plastic spikes on United Thunderwing's arms are much softer than either his Generations counterpart or [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Sky Shadow's]].
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==Notes==
[[File:Thunderwingisdeath.jpg|250px|thumb|Like that cannon he always carries around? Too bad, the toy ain't got it.]]
[[File:Thunderwingg1catalog.jpg|250px|thumb|<strike>Also available in Violent Violet.</strike>]]
*Thunderwing only transformed out of his humanoid shell mode once in the entire United States run of the Marvel Comics series. Even then, it was into his non-combined shell-only jet mode, leaving no hint that he had an inner robot mode at all. The only time we see his inner robot mode is in his first appearance, the Marvel United Kingdom story, "[[The Big Shutdown!]]".
*Thunderwing's Marvel Comics appearances give him a four-barreled hand weapon that's completely fabricated, as it's not based on any of the toy's three guns. As with the melee weapons [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Stranglehold]], and [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] use in the comic, his four-barreled cannon likely originated from his unpublished [[character model]].
*A phenomenon [[Straxus (G1)|seen]] [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|often]] in the Marvel United States material, Thunderwing suffered from color scheme shift. At first, he appears in colors that approximate his toy's layout as best as the printing process allowed. Suddenly, in his biggest, most memorable appearances in [[Dark Creation|#65]] and [[All Fall Down|#66]], much of his blacks, grays, and blues were replaced by light greens. As a side effect of this phenomenon, since covers are colored in advance of the interiors, #66's cover featured a blue-armed Thunderwing with a green-armed Thunderwing inside.
*Hasbro [[stock photography|photography]] of Thunderwing shows some plastic color differences from the final product. His shell's arms are the same purple as his guns instead of gray, and his inner robot's thighs are that purple as well, instead of the final toy's black. Black paint is applied to the shell's thighs differently, and the inner robot's forearms seem to be painted light gray. Additionally, the smaller robot is incapable of toting either of the larger guns in jet mode, as the peghole isn't large enough.
*Speaking of pegholes, both of Thunderwing's large guns have [[5mm post]]s with holes in the center that can function very much like [[Powerlinx]]able pegs, which means one can store [[Mini-Con]]s on them, if one so desires.
*Fitting with [[Don Figueroa]]'s method of making all of his robot designs able to be easily turned into toys (until [[The Transformers (IDW)|recently]], anyways), IDW Thunderwing's Ultra Mode is telegraphed by his kibble. An image in the ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]'' trade paperback's sketch section shows exactly how he transforms into it.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Thunderwing''' (サンダーウイング, サンダーウィング,<ref>Japanese translation of ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron]]''</ref> ''Sandāuingu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Léi Yì Wáng''' (China, 雷翼王, "Thunderwing King")
*''French:'' '''Aérofoudre''' (Canada, "Aerolightning")

==References==
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[[Category:Armada Decepticons]]
[[Category:Decepticon leaders]]
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Matrix bearers]]
[[Category:Pretenders]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]
[[Category:Royalty]]
[[Category:Scientists]]
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]
[[Category:United Decepticons]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Decepticons]]

Thunderwing (G1)

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:''Thunderwing is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Thunderwing with matrix.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|And we are dutifully impressed.]]
In a better world, '''Thunderwing''' would be the ideal Decepticon leader. He's fearless, ruthless, and immensely powerful, while uncommonly concerned about the welfare of his fellow Decepticons. For this mindset, Thunderwing gets a high approval rating from his peers, but, sadly, this is not the whole story.

Thunderwing's vice is, simply, obsession. When his mind sets its sights on a who or what that furthers his goals, he will stop at nothing to achieve victory. Slowly but surely, his esteem for his colleagues is replaced by single-mindedness, until finally Thunderwing awakens from his haze, potentially victorious, but either abandoned or surrounded by the bodies of the few friends who tried valiantly to snap him out of it. In these dark moments, the usually noble Thunderwing is as deceitful and two-faced as any halfwit Decepticon.

But what separates Thunderwing from the rest is his sheer power. His [[Pretender]] shell is likely the most powerful ever built, and it forms impenetrable armor around his robot body. Every inch is covered in weaponry, from the electrostatic guns in his shoulders, to the hoses in his chest that emit dangerous gases, to even the rarely-used metal-eating laser beam that fires out of his forehead. In addition to this built-in arsenal, he carries around his signature cyclone cannon, the power of which is increased 50% by the powerpack his shell houses on its back. In jet mode, Thunderwing can unleash a never-ending torrent of plasma charges.

Because of all this, Thunderwing is almost always successful in hunting down his obsessions, though at regrettable costs.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Magnificent Six Megadeath Past.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|No, my visual appearance is not a [[Pretender to the Throne!|continuity error]]. Why do you ask?]]
A handful of Transformers are born with a natural affinity to the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]. Though these special few are usually Autobots, Thunderwing was an exception. Thunderwing felt that the Matrix called to him, and believed that he would become the first Decepticon to possess it. {{storylink|Deadly Obsession}}

''Early on in the war, he served at [[Fort Scyk]]. He became a protege of Fort commander [[Megadeath (G1)|Megadeath]], who saw and encouraged the burning ambition within the lad, grooming Thunderwing as an asset and potential general for when he'd make a bid for leadership. For his part, Thunderwing thought Megadeath was utterly mental but also that he'd be his ticket to the top. He later soured on Megadeath when he viciously tortured the [[Magnificent Six]], which Thunderwing felt was ill-fitting for such valiant enemies, and then Megadeath let himself and the whole of [[Stanix]] get nuked to slag ''anyway''.'' {{storylink|The Magnificent Six!}}

''Four million years later, a vacuum in Decepticon high command allowed a driven Thunderwing to rise quickly from relative obscurity to a command position in the ranks. Thunderwing oversaw an operation that lured the [[Battle Patrol]] into a Decepticon facility in order to capture them and steal [[Micromaster]] technology from the Autobots. The [[Race Car Patrol|Race Car]] and [[Off Road Patrol|Off Road]] Patrols staged a successful rescue operation but failed to stop the Decepticons from making their own Micromasters.'' {{storylink|A Small War!}}

[[File:Thunderwingisapretender.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Thunderwing is a Pretender? The hell you say!]]
''Fourteen months later, to test of his readiness to takeover leadership of the Decepticons, Thunderwing was given a hunting mission: Three Autobot prisoners were released on Earth, and Thunderwing was charged with chasing down and executing them on his own. While [[Playback]] and [[Horsepower (G1)|Horsepower]] did fall before his cyclone cannon, the last runner, [[Hosehead (G1)|Hosehead]], was saved by his fellow Autobots [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] and [[Siren]]. The [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] exploded the fuel core in Playback's corpse at close range to Thunderwing, nearly cooking him alive inside his own impenetrable [[Pretender]] shell. Shrieking in agony, Thunderwing plunged into the nearby surf.'' {{storylink|The Big Shutdown!}}

[[File:AssaultontheArk-Thunderwing.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|This is exactly how cable news pundits are hired.]]
''Thunderwing eventually rose from the waters, his still-cooling shell juxtaposed with the growing intensity of his rage at being beaten. Thunderwing lashed out at everything around him and very nearly destroyed a ship of his fellow Decepticons who had been sent to find him. As a duly appointed officer of the [[Decepticon High Council]], [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] was sent to inform Thunderwing that his bid for leadership was not being rejected outright, but was still under review, and the Councilors had asked that he return to Cybertron. Instead, Thunderwing violently conscripted Ruckus and his team into joining him for an assault on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] in order to get revenge on Hosehead and his ilk.'' {{storylink|Rage!}} ''Thunderwing single-handedly blasted his way into the Ark and confronted [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] directly before Ruckus convinced him to save the fight for another day. Returning to Cybertron, Thunderwing was surprised to learn that the Decepticon High Council was impressed by his initiative and the strength of his vendetta, and so granted him full leadership of the Decepticons of Cybertron.'' {{storylink|Assault on the Ark!}}

''One of Thunderwing's first actions on taking over Decepticon leadership was to abolish [[neutral]] territories, making places such as [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] Decepticon-only establishments.'' {{storylink|Out to Lunch!}} Despite these movements, Lord Thunderwing became displeased with the growing success of the newly-rebuilt [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] and their raiding of [[Decepticon fuel store|Decepticon fuel]] and ammunition depositories. Fearing the Autobot resistance movement was gaining momentum, he ordered [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] and [[Stranglehold]], the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]], to find and kill the Autobot Pretenders. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}

[[File:Thunderwingmindleech.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|This is probably the closest look we'll get at Thunderwing's unpublished character model. [[José Delbo]] was a copier.]]
When the Mayhem Attack Squad failed, Thunderwing became curious when teams of Autobots were subsequently ordered to search an area of space. Trailing a team on [[Pz-Zazz]] which included ''(again)'' Nightbeat, Hosehead, and Siren, he waited until the right moment to blast and capture them. {{storylink|Bird of Prey!}} As Thunderwing's Decepticons began trailing another team of Autobots on [[Cheyne]] ([[Backstreet (G1)|Backstreet]], [[Dogfight]], and [[Override (G1)|Override]]), he subjected the captured first group to his [[Mind Leech]] machine. He learned from these torture sessions that the Autobots were scouring the universe for the lost Creation Matrix. Unfortunately, the second group was no closer to finding the Matrix either, and he left them to their own devices. {{storylink|Kings of the Wild Frontier.}} His obsession with finding the Creation Matrix caused some concerns for the Decepticons under his command, and he even began attacking his own troops when accused of taking his personal quest too far. These outbursts began coming to a head when he found traces of Matrix energy in a [[Klud|sea monster]] on [[Pequod]]. Ruckus made the mistake of questioning his leader's growing obsession, and Thunderwing backhanded him into some equipment (unknowingly shorting out the Mind Leech which held their captive Autobots immobile). While his troops battled the Autobots searching there, he used his affinity for the Matrix to mind-link with the sea monster. Discovering that the Matrix was on [[Cameron]]'s third moon, [[VsQs]], he abandoned the battle, much to the growing frustration of his troops. {{storylink|Deadly Obsession}}

[[File:Thunderwingwhereisthecreationmatrix.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|Obsessed much?]]
As it happened, between the revival of the Klud and the arrival of Thunderwing, the Creation Matrix had become warped. Thunderwing fought intensely with Bumblebee, Jazz, and Grimlock on VsQs, and they were overwhelmed not only by his vastly superior might, but by the strength of his desire to possess the Matrix. However, he and his troops were subdued by a [[Matrixspawn]], a darkly-evolved creature contaminated by the Matrix, allowing Bumblebee and the other Autobots to grab the Matrix and head for their ship. But when the Autobot shuttlecraft later arrived within the Ark, it was Thunderwing who emerged, in full possession of the Creation Matrix, enshrouded in its energies. {{storylink|Dark Creation}}

[[File:AllFallDown-Thunderwingpossessed.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|We are '''power incarnate!''' We are '''unstoppable!''' We are a '''really short Deluxe Class toy!''']]
On board the Ark, Thunderwing savagely beat Optimus Prime, the latter of whom was afraid to return the violence in kind, in fear that the Matrix would be destroyed and their race would be doomed against Unicron. Waves of Autobots stormed against Thunderwing, ending in [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] and others being killed or critically wounded. Quickly, the increasingly-evil Matrix took over Thunderwing, overpowering his thoughts and controlling his actions. After turning his power on his own troops, he had one final moment of clarity at what he had become, but it was too late. He was consumed. Nightbeat, Siren, and Hosehead, who Thunderwing had captured earlier, had escaped their constraints, and after releasing the bay doors, Thunderwing was harpooned to the shuttlecraft. The shuttle self-destructed and Thunderwing and the Creation Matrix were seemingly lost. {{storylink|All Fall Down}}

[[File:G1thunderwingthevoid.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Thunderwing displays that, yes, he has an alt mode just before showing up to die again.]]
The Matrix, however, was made of sterner stuff, and after some time reactivated alongside Thunderwing's body and the Autobot shuttlecraft on the surface of a planet. {{storylink|Out of Time!}} As time passed, and though only the "barest spark of life remained," it healed Thunderwing's body, eventually allowing it to transform and escape. It (they) now hungered for revenge! {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

Thunderwing, completely controlled by the Creation Matrix, arrived on Cybertron just as Unicron had attacked. Through Thunderwing, the Matrix continued to manifest as a frightening demon, which blasted Unicron and buried its tendrils within him. Though Unicron was momentarily stunned, once the Matrix revealed that it was now attempting to be a force of Evil, Unicron ripped the manifestation apart. Unicron has no equal in the arena of evil. Thunderwing's body fell in tatters, and the Matrix casing dropped to the planet below. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}
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====Transformers Comic-Magazin====
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 9|The Transformers' Grand Hour: Headmaster of the Dimensions}}{{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 13|The Energon Trap}}}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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At some point following the battle with Unicron, Thunderwing's remains were recovered and interred in the [[Hall of Silence]] on Cybertron. Twenty-one years later, Optimus Prime departed Cybertron, bound for Earth to end the threat of Megatron. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}} Soundwave seized this opportunity to lead an attack on the Hall of Silence to steal what was left of Thunderwing for Bludgeon, and to gain control of the residual Matrix energy stored in his corpse. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 4}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}} {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}} {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
[[File:Thunderwingg1worldscollide.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|They weren't even trying to color me right!]]
Versions of Thunderwing, [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] from various devoured universes were sent by their master, [[Unicron]], to prepare another universe for his coming. Porting into [[Decepticon Command Headquarters]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Galvatron left Thunderwing and the others on Cybertron to accomplish their task. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}} Though they destroyed all of the Decepticons in their headquarters and established a network of [[space bridge]] portals, this universe's [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] was not amongst their victims. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}}

Traveling to Earth's Decepticon headquarters (but leaving Bludgeon behind on Cybertron to guard the portal), they found it momentarily abandoned, so Thunderwing suggested they hunt down this universe's [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] to learn Megatron's location. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} However, Thrust knew nothing, and they quickly returned to Decepticon Earth headquarters when Thunderwing detected that their space bridge nexus on Cybertron had been breached. Ultimately, Thunderwing and the other servants of Unicron were destroyed when this universe's [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] detonated a bomb in Cybertron's Decepticon Command Headquarters, incinerating them all. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Thunderwingwhathaveyoudone.jpg|thumb|Moral of Stormbringer: Pretenders [[Ruined FOREVER|ruined Transformers]].]]
Seven hundred years ago, during the height of the Autobot-Decepticon war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Thunderwing was a Decepticon scientist who alerted both sides to the damage that the ongoing conflict was doing to their planet and the resultant danger of an impending catastrophic event. According to [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], his warnings were ignored, even by [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]].

[[File:Thunderwing stormbringer.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Y'know, Thunderwing, Al Gore was content with just making a slide show.]]
Subsequently, Thunderwing took action on his own, subjecting himself to a "polydermal grafting" process of his own design, one that had previously been summarily rejected by [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] as "unnatural" and "ill-conceived". This process of grafting tissue culled from living subjects onto a Transformer to create an armored symbiotic carapace somehow also appears to have made him the avatar of the very apocalypse he had warned against. The process drove Thunderwing insane but made him invulnerable; even the combined might of the Autobots and Decepticons couldn't stop him. In the end, he was swallowed whole by Cybertron itself, leaving the planet completely uninhabitable. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}}

When [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] went missing, Megatron assigned Bludgeon to dig into his research and find out what he'd been doing. An indeterminate time later, Thunderwing's resting place was discovered by a group of Decepticons led by Bludgeon, who planned to continue where Thunderwing left off. {{storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}} The project was completed in the present day, using a combination of "[[Ore-13|Ultra-Energon]]" (culled from Shockwave's research) and a set of imprinted commands. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}} Thunderwing was thus resurrected and immediately departed for [[Nebulos]], following Bludgeon's plans to sacrifice that world to restore Cybertron somehow. There, Thunderwing was engaged by the Decepticon Infiltration team in place, which did not want to see Nebulos completely destroyed. After Thunderwing totaled [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]], [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]], [[Skullcruncher]], and [[Roadgrabber]], the survivors, [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]], [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]], and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], abandoned the planet, leaving Thunderwing alone. However, after the destruction of Bludgeon's control harness, Thunderwing changed course—back towards Cybertron. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3|Stormbringer #3}}

[[File:Thunderwingidwultramode.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Ultra mode" puts all that wing kibble to use!]]
There, he was attacked by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]], the [[Wrecker]]s, the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], and reprogrammed [[Centurion droid|Centurion drones]]. Jetfire revealed that enough punishment would eventually cause Thunderwing to drain most of his [[energon]] reserves. However, Thunderwing revealed a third "[[Super Mode|Ultra]]" robot configuration. Thanks to the Wreckers, the Decepticons, the instability of Ultra Energon, and a speech/salvo combination from Optimus Prime, he was stopped dead in his tracks. His inanimate form was taken into custody by the [[Autobot]]s. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4|Stormbringer #4}}

[[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] would later steal Thunderwing's body from [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]'s detail of Autobots, in service of [[Nova Prime|his master]] in the [[Dead Universe]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Galvatron}} Since the Dead Universe Transformers can only spend a limited amount of time in the land of the living, they programmed Thunderwing to guard the cave entrance to the [[Nega-Core]] on planet [[Corata-Vaz]]. He easily batted away Hound's crew and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]], but did not pursue them, as his programming seemed to keep him on a leash that only included the cave entrance. It did, however, allow [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] the time he needed to escape. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus}}

[[File:SpotlightSideswipe ThunderwingVSWreckers.jpg|left|275px|thumb|The Wreckers return to star in '''''“Nothing Can Stop The Thunderwing! Part III”'''''.]]
The [[Wrecker]]s later attempted to penetrate Thunderwing's defenses and reach the Nega-Core, but apparently had no more success than Ultra Magnus and company. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}}

Jetfire came up with the idea to try and take control of Thunderwing using Bludgeon's (apparently repaired) control harness. This alerted [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], who activated Bludgeon (now under his control) to put a stop to it. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}}

While Jetfire managed to halt Thunderwing in his tracks for a brief time, a visit from the Jhiaxus-controlled Bludgeon forced Jetfire to focus on other, more pressing issues. While the Wreckers were successful in disabling the Nega-Core, Thunderwing once again began to advance on them. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

{{Note|Due to the truncated nature of the [[Revelation (IDW)|Revelation]] mini-series, the end result of this battle was not shown, but as all of the Wreckers appeared later on, Thunderwing was presumably disabled along with the other guardians when Jhiaxus was defeated. It's never exactly clarified what happened after that, but Simon Furman would later suggest that Thunderwing was executed.}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
Thunderwing was captured by the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s after being cornered and making an unsuccessful attempt to defend himself with what turned out to be a dud bomb. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 3}}

===''United''===
[[File:FierceFightingonPlanetNebulos-Thunderwing.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Thunderwing was so disappointed he later [[Transformers United|painted his arms gray]].]]
Thunderwing originated from another universe, where he was said to have possessed the Matrix and nearly defeated the Autobots. {{storylink|#United 2|''United'' Thunderwing bio}}

As Decepticon leader, Thunderwing had a [[nano-virus]] released that afflicted most Autobots save those with [[Nebulan]] partners, tricking them to go to [[Nebulos]] for an anti-virus so they could be ambushed and their partners taken! His minion [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] botched the mission though. Thunderwing chewed him out and decided he needed to take a more active role... {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
During the Great War, Thunderwing almost destroyed [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], but was defeated and placed in a state of dormancy. Years later, [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] came up with a plan to revive Thunderwing and destroy the Autobots once and for all. The [[Wrecker]]s traveled to Cybertron in an attempt to stop Bludgeon and [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]], but failed. Both the Autobots and Decepticons were forced to cooperate as Thunderwing proved uncontrollable, and they eventually wore him down until he ran out of [[Ore-13|Ultra Energon]]. {{storylink|Stormbringer (Legends)|Stormbringer}}

Sometime later, Thunderwing had become more amenable. He, [[Axer (G1)|Axer]], and [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] accompanied [[Nova Prime|Nemesis Prime]] on a mission to defeat Nemesis's former self, Nova Prime. {{storylink|Prime Evil}} He led a team of Decepticons including [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzai-Tron]] and Bludgeon in a raid on an Autobot [[Sun-Farming facility]]. Despite the Autobots putting up more resistance than expected, Thunderwing and his men triumphed, conquering the facility and sending the Autobots packing. {{storylink|Revelation (Legends)|Revalation}}
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Thunderwing toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You passed this up when you saw it in the stores. Then [[Simon Furman|Furman]] had to come along.]]
*'''Thunderwing''' (Mega Pretender, 1989)
**''Accessories'': Pretender shell, 2 heat-seeking laser blasters, [[cyclone rifle|cyclone cannon]]

:Thunderwing's inner robot transforms into a rather simple Cybertronic shuttlecraft. His [[Pretender]] shell also transforms into a starship mode of its own. The inner vehicle can be attached underneath the nose of the larger vehicle to create a combined starship mode. The inner robot is relatively generic in appearance (as with most Pretenders) while his outer Pretender shell resembles an alien warrior with Japanese [[wikipedia:Oni (folklore)|Oni]] influences. The inner robot carries a small "cyclone cannon" laser, while the shell is armed with two large laser blasters. All three of his guns can be mounted on his shell's vehicle mode. The large laser blasters can be mounted on the jet two different ways, either perpendicular or parallel to the wing undersides.

:Unlike fellow Mega Pretenders [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]] or [[Vroom (G1)|Vroom]], parts do not need to be removed and rearranged in order for Thunderwing to achieve any of his modes.

:This mold was [[retool]]ed to make [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Black Shadow]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Decepticon/Thunderwing/thunderwing.htm More information on Thunderwing at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/gallery/g1-1989/thunderwing/2362/1/ Image gallery of Thunderwing at Seibertron.com]''
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/decepticon/1989/instr_thunderwing.jpg Instruction booklet for Thunderwing at Botchthecrab.com]''
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===Generations===
[[File:Generationstoy-Thunderwing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Matrix obsession sold separately.]]
*'''Thunderwing''' (Deluxe, 2010)
**''Accessories'': 2 missile launchers, 2 missiles, recon drone

:Part of the fifth wave of ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Deluxe class toys, Thunderwing's alternate mode is a fighter jet loosely based on an [[United States Air Force#F-22 Raptor|F-22 Raptor]], with different wings but retaining the F-22's characteristic zigzag patterns sculpted on the hull. He transforms into a robot that looks like the original Thunderwing toy's Pretender shell. The nose of the jet can detach and become a separate aerial drone, while the two missile launchers can detach from the wings and become handheld weapons or clip together into one massive gun. The middle section of the sculpted missiles on the sides of the guns are also compatible with [[C joint]] accessories. Thunderwing's colors seem to be inspired by his color scheme in the latter end of the Marvel run, considering his green arms. There is also an homage to [[Don Figueroa]]'s design in ''Stormbringer'' with Thunderwing's face and feet.

:At [[BotCon 2010]], the [[Hasbro]] design team noted that they had wanted to make the aerial drone unit transform into a robot but were unable to do so (presumably for budget reasons, though they didn't go into that detail).

:The toy is slightly mistransformed in packaging, with the chest section that conceals his head in jet mode in its robot mode position.

:This sculpt was retooled to make ''Generations'' [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Sky Shadow]] and [[BotCon 2012]] [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]]. Thunderwing's [[instructions]] initially depicted him with Sky Shadow's head and chest. A [[Variant|running change]] version of the instructions depicts Thunderwing's own head, but keeps Sky Shadow's chest unchanged.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/Thunderwing/thunderwing.htm More information on ''Generations'' Thunderwing at TFU.info]''
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===United===
[[File:Unitedtoy-Thunderwing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Sometimes Hasbro beats Takara to media accuracy.]]
*'''Thunderwing''' (Deluxe, January 2012)
**''ID number:'' '''UN-26'''
**''Accessories'': 2 missile launchers, 2 missiles, recon drone

:The ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' release of Thunderwing decos his robot mode to approximate the colors of the original toy rather than his Marvel appearances. It achieves this by changing the green plastic on his arms for gray and the green plastic on his thighs and waist side armor for black plastic. The clear orange plastic is now a clear cherry red, the light green and dark green paint is a hi-gloss forest green, and the blue paint is slightly darker. His light gray plastic is now a cream color. Last but not least the purple plastic is a very light purple on this release.
:The soft-plastic spikes on United Thunderwing's arms are much softer than either his Generations counterpart or [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Sky Shadow's]].
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==Notes==
[[File:Thunderwingisdeath.jpg|250px|thumb|Like that cannon he always carries around? Too bad, the toy ain't got it.]]
[[File:Thunderwingg1catalog.jpg|250px|thumb|<strike>Also available in Violent Violet.</strike>]]
*Thunderwing only transformed out of his humanoid shell mode once in the entire United States run of the Marvel Comics series. Even then, it was into his non-combined shell-only jet mode, leaving no hint that he had an inner robot mode at all. The only time we see his inner robot mode is in his first appearance, the Marvel United Kingdom story, "[[The Big Shutdown!]]".
*Thunderwing's Marvel Comics appearances give him a four-barreled hand weapon that's completely fabricated, as it's not based on any of the toy's three guns. As with the melee weapons [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Stranglehold]], and [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] use in the comic, his four-barreled cannon likely originated from his unpublished [[character model]].
*A phenomenon [[Straxus (G1)|seen]] [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|often]] in the Marvel United States material, Thunderwing suffered from color scheme shift. At first, he appears in colors that approximate his toy's layout as best as the printing process allowed. Suddenly, in his biggest, most memorable appearances in [[Dark Creation|#65]] and [[All Fall Down|#66]], much of his blacks, grays, and blues were replaced by light greens. As a side effect of this phenomenon, since covers are colored in advance of the interiors, #66's cover featured a blue-armed Thunderwing with a green-armed Thunderwing inside.
*Hasbro [[stock photography|photography]] of Thunderwing shows some plastic color differences from the final product. His shell's arms are the same purple as his guns instead of gray, and his inner robot's thighs are that purple as well, instead of the final toy's black. Black paint is applied to the shell's thighs differently, and the inner robot's forearms seem to be painted light gray. Additionally, the smaller robot is incapable of toting either of the larger guns in jet mode, as the peghole isn't large enough.
*Speaking of pegholes, both of Thunderwing's large guns have [[5mm post]]s with holes in the center that can function very much like [[Powerlinx]]able pegs, which means one can store [[Mini-Con]]s on them, if one so desires.
*Fitting with [[Don Figueroa]]'s method of making all of his robot designs able to be easily turned into toys (until [[The Transformers (IDW)|recently]], anyways), IDW Thunderwing's Ultra Mode is telegraphed by his kibble. An image in the ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]'' trade paperback's sketch section shows exactly how he transforms into it.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Thunderwing''' (サンダーウイング, サンダーウィング, ''Sandāuingu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Léi Yì Wáng''' (China, 雷翼王, "Thunderwing King")
*''French:'' '''Aérofoudre''' (Canada, "Aerolightning")

==References==
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[[Category:Armada Decepticons]]
[[Category:Decepticon leaders]]
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Matrix bearers]]
[[Category:Pretenders]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]
[[Category:Royalty]]
[[Category:Scientists]]
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]
[[Category:United Decepticons]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Decepticons]]

Salvvatan VIII

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[[File:SpotlightMetroplex SalvvatanVIII.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]

'''Salvvatan VIII''' is a planet in [[Salvvatan System|the same star system]] as [[Salvvatan VI]]. It does not appear to be inhabited, because if it was, someone probably would've noticed the seemingly abandoned [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] city on its surface.

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
One of the buildings in the Cybertronian city was in fact [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], hiding in solitude on Salvvatan VIII whilst safekeeping a mysterious object. When the [[Throttlebot]]s escaped from the nearby [[Orvus Base]], they detected Cybertronian life signs on the planet and crash-landed near the city in search of help. They found it completely void of people, yet full of [[energon]], but were attacked by [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] before they could bother investigating. The battle with Sixshot caught Metroplex's attention, and after dealing with Sixshot, the giant [[Autobot]] announced that his position was compromised and relocated to another planet. {{storylink|Spotlight: Metroplex}}

===''The AllSpark Almanac''===
The Salvvatan System was part of the [[Autobot Commonwealth]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Salvvatan VIII''' (サルバタン8 ''Sarubatan 8'')

{{DEFAULTSORT:Salvvatan 8}}
[[Category:Animated planets]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 planets]]

Salvvatan VI

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[[File:SpotlightMetroplex SalvvatanVI.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Not to be confused with Salwatan VI.]]

Located two planets down from [[Salvvatan VIII]] in the [[Salvvatan System]], '''Salvvatan VI''' is notable for having the [[Autobot]] space station [[Orvus Base]] orbiting it.

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
When Orvus Base was attacked by [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]], the [[Throttlebot]]s escaped in search of help. As they went straight to Salvvatan VIII, it would seem they found no life signs on VI. {{storylink|Spotlight: Metroplex}}

===''The AllSpark Almanac''===
The Salvvatan System was part of the [[Autobot Commonwealth]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Salvvatan VI''' (サルバタン6 ''Sarubatan 6'')

{{DEFAULTSORT:Salvvatan 6}}
[[Category:Animated planets]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 planets]]

Orvus Base

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:''Orvus Base is a space station from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:SpotlightMetroplex OrvusBase.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]

'''Orvus Base''' is an [[Autobot]] research facility in orbit around the planet [[Salvvatan VI]]. Aside from the scientists who work on unknown top-secret research, the station is crewed by the six [[Throttlebot]]s, who are charged with protecting the research data in case the [[Decepticon]]s come for it.

Oh, and [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]].

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] attacked Orvus Base in an attempt to steal the results of the Autobots' research, easily sneaking past its security systems and killing nearly everyone on board. The Throttlebots managed to grab the data, take a shuttle off the station and flee to [[Salvvatan VIII]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Metroplex}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Orvus Base''' (オーバス基地 ''Ōbasu Kichi'')

[[Category:IDW Generation 1 locations]]
[[Category:Space stations]]

Turmoil

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:''Turmoil is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Turmoil MainPic.jpg|thumb|250px|[http://vimeo.com/1929867 When his fearful shears he plies, he'll cut you down to cir-cum-ciiiiise!]]]
'''Turmoil''' is a commander in the Decepticon forces, in charge of a battle cruiser with at least a dozen crew members. Blunt and taciturn, he prefers to let his ginormous arm-cannon do the talking for him. This philosophy lends him a surprising degree of stealth, since remaining quiet can allow a talkative enemy to unintentionally reveal all sorts of things—his location, for instance.

Turmoil once had a second-in-command named [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] who renounced all factions and tried to leave. Unfortunately, he seemingly perished before Turmoil himself could have the pleasure of destroying him. It would be quite a surprise indeed for Turmoil to hear his traitorous voice again.

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Long ago, when Turmoil still had two hands and answered to [[Gigatron (G1)|Gigatron]], he and his second-in-command [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] crash-landed their ship on a remote planet. While Turmoil was fretting about get off the planet, Deadlock pointed his attention towards a nearby temple. {{storylink|Drift - Empire of Stone issue 2|Empire of Stone #2}} The two went on to slaughter the monks residing there and discover the [[Stone Army]] within. {{storylink|Drift - Empire of Stone issue 3|Empire of Stone #3}}

[[File:TurmoilKillOnSight.jpg|thumb|150px|left]]
Turmoil later came to command an entire ship of Decepticons but Deadlock was becoming increasingly problematic. Things came to a head when, during one battle with the Autobots on [[Dabola]], Deadlock ignored Turmoil's orders to not fire unless fired upon. Even though this action resulted in Decepticon victory, Deadlock's peers hated Deadlock so much that they tattled and turned on him once they returned to the ship. Turmoil had prepared to execute his wayward second-in-command when Deadlock freed himself and escaped the ship in a pod. Infuriated, Turmoil put out word that Deadlock was banished and should be killed on sight. {{storylink|Drift issue 1|Drift #1}}

In the modern era, Turmoil and his crew docked their ship on some alien world, the cruiser damaged but holding several [[Autobot]] prisoners. This stop ended up being a lethal mistake. While the locals bore some degree of hostility towards [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronians]], the real danger came from two coincidentally convergent attacks.

One was carried out by a solitary warrior, Drift (formerly Turmoil's second-in-command, Deadlock). He paid some local Cybertronian-haters for access to the docking platform, then used his firsthand knowledge of the ship to get past its security systems. As he did so, the other attack commenced, to his surprise as much as anyone's: [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], [[Twin Twist (G1)|Twin Twist]], [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], and [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] blasted their way through the side of the ship, intent on freeing their imprisoned comrades. The squad didn't recognize Drift, but they accepted his help as he led them straight to the brig, where they found the other members of their individual groups ([[Triple Changer]]s, [[Jumpstarter]]s, etc.)

[[File:Turmoil and the Minion.jpg|thumb|250px|"We're not doing Madame Chao's; the service is terrible." "But takeout, you say!" "Yeah, but why should I give my business to— Moishe, dainum."]]
Meanwhile, Turmoil had gathered his troops and prepared to storm the brig, but they found that the door had been relocked with new block-programs. At first one of his soldiers tried to undo them within the system, but Turmoil silently ordered him away from the door. On the other side, he could hear Perceptor talking to the other Autobots while continuing to hack the ship's computer. Turmoil blasted a massive hole through both the door and Perceptor's chest, then waltzed right in.

As the battle erupted, Turmoil recognized the voice of his old subordinate Deadlock. Condemning the traitor, he blasted at him and ended up sending him and Kup flying through a wall, away from the fight. Turmoil did not follow them, but his choice to stay in the battle was a poor one, as all of the other Autobots ended up escaping anyway.

[[File:Turmoil pinned by Drift.jpg|thumb|left|150px|So envision it, the big boom, rubble raining down, chaos, mayhem below!]]
Attempting to salvage a shred of victory, Turmoil tracked Drift and Kup to what appeared to be the engine room, where Drift had just finished sabotaging a key piece of equipment. Turmoil fired at them, sending Kup flying through a wall ''again'' (this time through an open hatch leading outside), but Drift remained to continue the fight. Dodging his shots, Drift pinned Turmoil to a wall with his two short swords and lectured him on how degraded the Decepticons had become. Turmoil scoffed, saying that the Autobots would never accept an outcast like Drift. Turmoil then dared Drift to kill him, claiming that doing so would prove that Drift was nothing more than he had been before.

In a debatable moral victory, Drift declined to kill him on the spot, trusting in his sabotage to do the job instead. Drift raced back to the brig to retrieve the fallen Perceptor, then exited the cruiser just as it erupted in a massive fireball. {{storylink|Spotlight: Drift}}

Unbeknownst to the Autobots, Turmoil managed to survive the destruction of his cruiser and was contacted by [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]], who provided him with a new ship and instructed him to gather data from a [[Regenesis]] missile he had sent to the planet [[LV-117]] in the distant past. On arrival, Turmoil's crew found that the missile had evolved the native lifeforms into technological geniuses, but were ignorant to the fact that it had also caused the entire planet to [[Time travel|travel through time]] and that they had been sent thousands of years into the past just by landing there. As they began enslaving the natives, a time-jumping [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]] suddenly appeared, and Turmoil tried to get him to surrender by taking [[Varta|one of the aliens]] hostage. This only served to enrage Pax, who attacked Turmoil and crushed one of his eyes before disappearing with the alien. The Decepticons later left LV-117 with their new slaves, returning to their own approximate time in the process. {{storylink|Syndromica (2)}}

Turmoil had the aliens build a time-bending machine within his ship, allowing it to move laterally through time and cloak itself by traveling in a dimension imperceptible to normal eyes. Once the Decepticons received a signal telling them that Cybertron was alive and peaceful again, they returned home, but not before executing the slaves so that the Autobots wouldn't find out about them. On Cybertron, he promised the Autobot government he'd share his secretive technology. When [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]] objected to his presence remembering the events on Dabola, Turmoil told him the massacre was executed by his former second-in-command, now the Autobot Drift. Suspicious about the technology, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] snuck aboard the ship to investigate and found out its true origin as well as the grisly fate of the enslaved aliens, but Turmoil ambushed him and shot a hole through his chest. Wheeljack quickly encased him in containment field and escaped from the ship with Metalhawk's help, after which [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]]'s forces stormed it and took Turmoil into custody. {{storylink|Interference Patterns}}

When [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] stopped by the Autobots' prison to pay a visit to [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]], he ignored Turmoil's demands to be released. {{storylink|City on Fire}} Shortly thereafter, the Decepticon forces stormed the prison to free Megatron, and Turmoil taunted Starscream for being a coward who wouldn't even help his new Autobot friends. He was then released alongside all other Decepticon prisoners. {{storylink|The Verge}} When freed, Megatron ordered his Decepticons to conquer Cybertron once and for all, putting Turmoil in charge of the attack force. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} Turmoil led his forces through [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], killing Autobots and [[NAIL]]s alike, until they met with resistance in the form of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. {{storylink|Plan for Everything}} When Metalhawk rescued Starscream from Megatron's clutches, Turmoil chased them down, blew Metalhawk's arm off and prepared to finish them off, disgusted that they were hiding like cowards instead of acting like true warriors. In response, Starscream proved that he was in fact the superior warrior by attacking Turmoil with the blade on Metalhawk's severed arm, using it to cut off his cannon-arm before embedding it in his skull, killing him. {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}}
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==Notes==
*[[Casey Coller]] created the initial designs for Turmoil, which [[Alex Milne]] "tweaked" for inclusion in the comic.<ref name="turmoil">[http://caliber316.deviantart.com/art/Turmoil-Decepticon-Commander-178881877 Turmoil on Casey Coller's deviantART page]</ref>
*Unpublished design sketches reveal that Turmoil transforms into a big ol' tank with some sort of spiky plow on the front.<ref name="turmoil" />

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Turmoil''' (ターモイル ''Tāmoiru'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

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Coll

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:''Coll is an [[alien]] from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:SpotlightCliffjumper Coll.jpg|thumb|200px]]
'''Coll''' is a young alien boy from [[Мир]] who hasn't quite gotten the hang of speaking yet. He lives on a small farm with his older sister [[Kita (G1)|Kita]], who takes care of him ever since their parents died of illness.

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
When Coll and Kita met the [[Autobot]] [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] near their home, he hid behind his older sister while staring at the stranger with wide-eyed curiosity. Coll quickly warmed up to Cliffjumper, calling him "Autosmot" and curiously inspecting his [[energon]] converter. Soon, the alien robot was living with him and Kita and helping out with their farm.

One day, while Coll was playing by himself, a [[Decepticon]] ship landed near the farm in search of Cliffjumper. He assumed its occupants were Autosmots as well, and obliviously looked on as one of them prepared to execute him for just being there. He was saved thanks to Kita interrupting the Decepticons, only to end up being shot herself. The horrified Coll would have been killed himself if it wasn't for Cliffjumper shielding him from the enemy and carrying him and his sister to safety. However, despite the Autobot's efforts, Kita succumbed to her injuries and died before Coll's eyes.

After watching Cliffjumper bury his sister, Coll was adopted by a local couple, and waved goodbye to the Autosmot as he left the planet. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cliffjumper}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Coll''' (コル ''Koru'')

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[[Category:IDW Generation 1 aliens]]

Kita

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{{disambig2|the Generation 1 character|the ''Animated'' character|Kita (Animated)}}
:''Kita is an [[alien]] from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:SpotlightCliffjumper Kita.jpg|thumb|200px|Cute. Purple. Doomed.]]
'''Kita''' is a young woman of an unnamed [[Transformer]]-sized alien species from [[Мир]], who have not yet reached the stars. She and her little brother [[Coll]] live the simple life on a farm in the middle of nowhere, having lost their parents to an unspecified disease.

Like the rest of her race, Kita is peaceful to the point of naïveté, believing that anyone who hurts other people is evil, no matter what their reasons are.

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
One day, Kita and Coll stumbled upon a stranger near their farm, who introduced himself as an [[Autobot]] named [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]. Much more curious than scared, Kita peppered the alien with questions before inviting him back to her farm, where Cliffjumper explained that he was hiding on their planet as [[Decepticon|bad people]] were looking for him. In accordance with her race's philosophy, Kita figured that if Cliffjumper was a good guy, then he would naturally never ever hurt anyone. This was met with awkward silence from Cliffjumper's side.

Much to Kita's joy, Cliffjumper decided to live with her and help out at the farm during his time in hiding. As time went by, she grew attached to him, wishing that he wouldn't have to leave someday. However, one day, the "bad people" in search of Cliffjumper arrived at the farm, where they threatened Coll. Kita ran to her brother's rescue, only to be captured herself and used as a hostage to lure Cliffjumper out. She pleaded that the Autobot was a peaceful person who only wanted to find his friends, but the Decepticons corrected her: Cliffjumper was a cold-blooded assassin who had killed just as many people as they had. Cliffjumper admitted that they were telling the truth, shocking Kita and bringing her to tears.

Unfortunately, the Decepticons never had any intention to let their hostage go — shortly after Cliffjumper showed up, they shot the despairing Kita in the back and tossed a grenade at her and Coll. Cliffjumper saved the siblings from the explosion and carried them to safety, but it was not enough to save Kita, who soon died from her injuries. After avenging her death, Cliffjumper buried Kita next to her parents and arranged for a pair of locals to take over her farm and adopt Coll. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cliffjumper}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Kita''' (キタ ''Kita'')

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Piston (mechanic)

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:''Piston is an [[Autobot]] from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Piston spotlight blurr.jpg|250px|thumb|If he spent more time socialising, and less playing his Nintendo DS, Blurr might remember his name...]]
'''Piston''' is a member of [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]'s pit team, though his hard work is often overlooked by his supercilious boss who prefers to hang out with [[Fasttrack (IDW)|other racers]]. Despite the fact that Blurr can't even remember his name, Piston remains cheerful and upbeat.

{{quote|Friend of yours?|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{quote|His name is Piston.|[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]|''[[Spotlight: Blurr]]''}}

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Piston dead spotlight blurr.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Piston broke.]]
Piston and his colleagues helped Blurr to the top of every championship of the [[Cybertronian sport|Cybertronian races]], though they received little credit when Blurr celebrated without them at [[The Circle]]. Shortly afterwards, the racetrack was destroyed and [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]] called an end to the races, so Piston signed up to join the [[Autobot]]s. He tried to persuade Blurr to come with him, but the racer was more interested in partying.

Piston was part of an Autobot squad that included [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus]], sent to intercept [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]]'s [[Decepticon]]s intent on assassinating Zeta Prime. Sadly, Piston was killed in the subsequent battle. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blurr}}
{{-}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Piston''' (ピストン ''Pisuton'')

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Piston (mechanic)

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{{disambig2|the Autobot from the IDW comics|the other Autobot from the IDW comics|Piston (Wrecker)}}
:''Piston is an [[Autobot]] from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Piston spotlight blurr.jpg|250px|thumb|If he spent more time socialising, and less playing his Nintendo DS, Blurr might remember his name...]]
'''Piston''' is a member of [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]'s pit team, though his hard work is often overlooked by his supercilious boss who prefers to hang out with [[Fasttrack (IDW)|other racers]]. Despite the fact that Blurr can't even remember his name, Piston remains cheerful and upbeat.

{{quote|Friend of yours?|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{quote|His name is Piston.|[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]|''[[Spotlight: Blurr]]''}}

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Piston dead spotlight blurr.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Piston broke.]]
Piston and his colleagues helped Blurr to the top of every championship of the [[Cybertronian sport|Cybertronian races]], though they received little credit when Blurr celebrated without them at [[The Circle]]. Shortly afterwards, the racetrack was destroyed and [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]] called an end to the races, so Piston signed up to join the [[Autobot]]s. He tried to persuade Blurr to come with him, but the racer was more interested in partying.

Piston was part of an Autobot squad that included [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus]], sent to intercept [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]]'s [[Decepticon]]s intent on assassinating Zeta Prime. Sadly, Piston was killed in the subsequent battle. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blurr}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Piston''' (ピストン ''Pisuton'')

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Fasttrack (IDW)

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:''Fasttrack is a [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] racer and later a [[Decepticon]] in the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Fasttrack idw.jpg|upright=1.05|thumb|"I like to think of Primus like with giant eagles wings, and singin' lead vocals for Lynyrd Skynyrd with like an angel band and I'm in the front row and I'm hammered drunk!"]]

'''Fasttrack''' is an athlete who, in the [[Golden Age|Golden Age of Cybertron]], would compete against and also pal around with the then-champion, [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]. But his life would take a drastic turn, come the war.

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Before the war, Fasttrack showed up on a screen displaying one of his many races. {{storylink|Iron in the Blood}}

After yet another race came to an end with Blurr the victor and Fasttrack apparently coming in second, Fasttrack visited his rival as he underwent maintenance. While Blurr's assistant [[Piston (mechanic)|Piston]] fawned over his boss's record-setting win, Fasttrack boasted that it wouldn't last long. But the challenge was clearly a friendly one, as he and Blurr high-fived and headed to [[The Circle]] for celebratory drinks. Shortly after they arrived, Fasttrack pointed out two bots sitting in the corner, getting fried off the "[[Simultronic]]s" machine by their table. Blurr quickly dismissed them, and the two continued to get loaded off of [[energon]].

The next day, after the race track was bombed by terrorists, Fasttrack and Blurr were told by their manager that all races were officially cancelled by order of [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]]. Neither was amused at this, to say the least. The two went their separate ways, and Blurr resisted attempts at recruitment by both the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s. Fasttrack, however, was seemingly not so immune.

When he and Blurr next crossed paths, it was in a battle: A Decepticon assassination team was making its way to the citadel in an attempt on Zeta Prime's life, and an Autobot squad tried to stop them. The still-unaligned Blurr was caught in the middle due to sheer bad timing, but he was pulled out of the line of fire by [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]. As it happened, both Piston and Fasttrack lay deactivated behind the Autobots' bulwark, Piston having joined the Autobots and Fasttrack having become a Decepticon. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus]] used Piston's sacrifice to spur Blurr into helping the Autobots get a message to Zeta Prime. Fasttrack's death, however, went entirely unmentioned. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blurr}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Fasttrack''' (ファストトラック ''Fasutotorakku'')

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[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Decepticons]]

Simultronic

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:''Simultronic is a drug-simulator from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Spotlight Blurr simultronic.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
Reality inside Reality, that's what '''Simultronic''' means to its users. A drugging sensation applied through wires that are to be attached to the head component, Simultronic is both a way for [[Transformer]]s to escape this [[Slag (slang)|slagging]] world and to seriously mess up their [[Processors|central processor]].

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[The Circle]] had recently installed a simultronic machine per table to entertain the customers with. [[Fasttrack (IDW)|Fasttrack]] pointed them out to [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], but the latter was unimpressed, believing no one in their right mind could turn to such material when life was so great.

Irony kicked in a short time later, when Blurr returned to The Circle to drink away the end of his career. Picking a lone table to feel bad at, he considered hooking himself up to the simultronic device after all. Luckily for him, the [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|local Decepticon scout]] approached and told him only losers do drugs, offering the champion a spot amongst [[Decepticon|others of his kind]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blurr}}

Simultronic suites could also be found on [[Hedonia]]. {{storylink|Cybertronian Homesick Blues}}

===Animated===
Simultronics were among the drugs known to be used by [[Beachcomber (Animated)|Beachcomber]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Simultronic''' (サイマルトロニック ''Saimarutoronikku'')

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The Circle

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:''The Circle is a Cybertronian nightclub from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Spotlight Blurr The Circle exterior.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb]]
When the sun sets on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], there is only one place the rich and famous like to go; '''The Circle''', the hippest joint on the whole planet, where the [[energon]] flows freely and only the elite of the city's population are allowed to enter.

That is, until a [[Great War (G1)|civil war]] breaks out.

{{--}}
==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Spotlight Blurr The Circle interior.jpg|left|upright=2.2|thumb]]
After another win at the race track, [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]'s race crew suggested they'd go celebrate it. Blurr fully agreed to that and announced that The Circle was the place they'd be going, ditching his crew simply with the fact that they would never be allowed to enter the establishment.

Blurr arrived at The Circle with his colleague [[Fasttrack (IDW)|Fasttrack]] and was welcomed by a crowd of fans. Walking the red carpet through them, the two racers sat down at the bar. Fasttrack pointed out two glitchheads at one of the tables who were getting themselves high on [[Simultronic]]. They both laughed at how anyone would want to escape all this, and quickly ordered another round.

When civil war broke out across the planet, the club was left deserted by its once clientele. Blurr found it in this state when he came to drown his disillusion with energon. Giving the Simultronic machines a second thought, Blurr was spared further downfall when [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|a Seeker]] approached him and voiced his opinion that only the weak would turn to that sort of thing. Naturally, Blurr asked who he was and got treated to a [[Decepticon]] recruitment speech until the Seeker left to assist in an assassination attempt on [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]]. Blurr exited The Circle himself too some time later, without a goal. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blurr}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Circle''' (サークル ''Sākuru'')

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Monstructor (G1)

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{{disambig2|the evil Decepticon combiner|his heroic counterpart|Monstructor (SG)}}
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:''Monstructor is a [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Monstructorg1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|DE...COM...POSE!]]
Beneath the gibbous moons of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], in the great dark spaces of the sunless void, far beyond the realms of man's childish reachings, does the great dread '''Monstructor''' have his origin. A being that seems instinct with some fearful and unnatural malignancy, his form like a robot and a deep great shadow at once, his very presence is said to drain light and life from the world around him, feeding his ancient hunger. A palpable cloak of dread follows his movements, and the very sight of his summoning and formation has driven sane beings beyond the bounds of madness. All living things, mechanical or organic, decay and die at his merest touch.

Monstructor is the channel for an evil beyond the darkest Decepticon imagination, and far beyond the puerile concerns of the insignificant beings who make up his composite form. He longs for the day, foretold in darkness, when he shall be split asunder no longer, and will rise one final time, free to travel the stars, from world to world, extinguishing all life sparks, ravening for delight.

Monstructor's body is the combined form of six [[Pretender Monster]]s:

*[[Icepick (G1)|Icepick]]
*[[Birdbrain]]
*[[Bristleback]]
*[[Scowl]]
*[[Slog (G1)|Slog]]
*[[Wildfly]]

{{bigquote|All that lives '''burns''' for Monstructor.|Monstructor|"[[Black Horizon, Part 2 of 2]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' continuity===
[[File:Monstructor-blackhorizon1.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Smashy=funny!]]
The Pretender Monsters, as individuals, had attacked the inhabitants of the undersea Autobot [[Arc II|base]]; later, they confronted an attacking [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] force as Monstructor. The titan proved unstoppable at first, his energy-leeching fields draining enemy equipment and causing at least [[Windmill (G.I. Joe)|one pilot]] to instantly age before crashing.

Monstructor's triumph never came to completion, though, as the Joe [[Laser Squad]] targeted his head module, causing it to explode. The combiner robot collapsed into a shower of unconscious Decepticons. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 2 of 2}}
{{-}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Monstructor-idw1.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Now, it's time to panic.]]
Monstructor was the first gestalt Transformer. Created by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] under the direction of [[Nova Prime]] as a twisted take on "[['Til all are one|'til all are one]]", he was intended to be the ultimate fusion of mind and body: a vast amount of intellect combined with unparalleled strength. Unfortunately, his six components were driven into insanity by the merging process, and became monsters. [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] saw Monstructor for the uncontrollable abomination he was and took him down, though the clash between the two titans caused the destruction of Nova's capital, the [[Crystal City]]. After Nova Prime departed [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', Omega locked Monstructor's components in a dimensionally-displaced prison to live out the rest of their horrid existence. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}} {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things}} A contradictory report places Monstructor among the spectators of a gladiatorial match between [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] and [[Cy-Kill (G1)|Cy-Kill]], suggesting that he may have briefly escaped, or that his imprisonment did not come until later than suggested. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}}

Eventually, the "Monstructor Six" escaped their dimensional prison and tracked down and attacked Omega Supreme in their combined form. Fortunately, Omega had knowledge of Monstructor's weak spot, and was able to inform the visiting [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]], who blasted the vulnerable point and defeated him. Despite Omega Supreme's protestations about the dangers of gestalt technology falling into Decepticon hands, Prime had them taken into custody in an attempt to repair their shattered minds. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}} The six were taken to the prison colony [[Garrus-9]], but were soon sprung by [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzai-Tron's]] [[Decepticon Secret Service]] {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}, only for the ''Decepticons'' to lose them too when Monstructor was activated and then carried off by minions of the [[Dead Universe]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}} [[File:MonstructorArceeBanzaiCombat.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|An epic battle that takes place over the length and breadth of this single panel.]] Placed under the mental control of Jhiaxus, Monstructor was then installed on the planet [[Rotan]] as guardian of the [[Nega-Core]] the Dead Universe Transformers required for their [[Expansion]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} The surviving members of Decepticon Secret Service (backed up by [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]) engaged him in a vicious battle, while the Autobots snuck in behind him using a [[space bridge]] and disabled the Nega-Core. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

Reacquired by the Decepticons at some point over the next year, Monstructor fell under the extremely dubious command of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]. Monstructor attempted to capture [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]], but was forced to disassemble after a pinpoint shot to his weak connector port. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 15|Lost & Found}} [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] used data acquired from Monstructor to further [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]]'s research on combiners, resulting in the creation of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Shockpoint}}

Monstructor resurfaced several years later, as part of a trap set for the Autobots on the frigid world of [[Arduria]] by Bludgeon. Pretending to be frozen, Monstructor ambushed Optimus Prime (now "Orion Pax") and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] when they came to the planet in response to a fake distress call sent out by Bludgeon. His weak spot removed by his new leader, Monstructor seemed unbeatable, but once Bludgeon rescued Jhiaxus from the Autobots' [[Ark-27|ship]], the combiner broke off the fight, splitting into his components and departing with his masters on their mission to locate the remaining [[Regenesis]] missiles. {{storylink|Syndromica (1)}} Their next target was the time-displaced world of [[LV-117]], where Jhiaxus and Monstructor ended up in a point in time close to the destruction of the planet. The [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] from this time period released a [[Chaosteros]] and [[Arachnosaur]] to attack the Decepticons, but Monstructor ripped the two creatures apart then followed Jhiaxus off the planet after he had secured what he came for. {{storylink|Syndromica (2)}}

Bludgeon and Jhiaxus next lured Orion Pax and company to [[Gorlam Prime]], where Monstructor attacked them and destroyed their ship, tricking Pax into awakening a dormant [[Metrotitan (body-type)|Metrotitan]] to fight the combiner. Once Jhiaxus had used [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] to take control of the Titan for his own needs, the Decepticons left for Cybertron, with Monstructor straddled on top of their ship. {{storylink|Homecoming (IDW)|Homecoming}} Arriving on Cybertron, they joined up with Shockwave and returned to him the collected Regenesis ores needed for his master plan. Monstructor was tasked with restraining [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] while Shockwave used him as a link to the Dead Universe. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} He was then sent into battle to defend Shockwave until the plan was finished, but before he could attack [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] he found himself faced with another combiner—Devastator. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} The two giants duked it out with no clear victor in sight until the starship ''[[Lost Light]]'' joined the fight, straight up ramming Monstructor and knocking him into pieces, allowing the Autobots to subdue his components. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}} Despite this, the Monstructor Six managed to escape, as [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] would later note that Monstructor was still at large. {{storylink|The World of Tomorrow}}
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
====''Regeneration One''====
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[[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] prepared for the arrival of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s invasion of Cybertron by having [[Wingthing (G1)|Wingthing]] alert the Neo-Decepticon cells to get ready, while he himself prepared to deploy Monstructor. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}} When [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] deployed [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] to take out Bludgeon's [[Blitz Engine]]s, Soundwave ordered Monstructor to take out Omega Supreme. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Four}} As the invasion was halted by [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]]'s defeat of Bludgeon and the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'s annihilation of the ''[[Warworld]]'', Omega Supreme utterly destroyed Monstructor. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Monstructor toy.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Pretend that you fear me. Then remember that it isn't pretend.]]
*'''Monstructor''' (1989)

:Monstructor is formed by combining all six individually-carded Pretender Monsters. Much like the earlier Transformer combiner teams, he requires the attachment of separate accessories —his head, waist, fists and feet— to complete his [[robot mode]]. However, unlike earlier combiners, the separate pieces can all be stored on the individual team members; they fit on the backplates of the Pretender shells. As his individual components are not much larger than a Micromaster, Monstructor is the smallest of the Generation 1 combiners, standing about the same height as regular toys like Hot Rod... yes, even shorter than the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (franchise)|Micromaster Six-Teams]]' combined forms.

:Monstructor was the final Generation 1 combiner released by [[Hasbro]], and the only one to not be released in a [[giftset]] in any market.

:This set of robot molds was also used to make [[Dinoking (Victory)|Dinoking]], the [[Dinoforce]]'s combined form.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Decepticon/Monstructor/monstructor.htm More information on Monstructor at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*Monstructor is one of the few Generation 1 toys that has no boxart. The closest he got is that his [[mold]] buddy [[Dinoking (Victory)|Dinoking]] does have boxart.
*In early solicitations from Hasbro, Monstructor was called "Titanus."
*The IDW interpretation of Monstructor uses Slog's arms as an extra pair of Tyrannosaurus-esque appendages, horrifyingly reminiscent of the [[Beast (G1)|Beast]]. Only so much cooler.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Monstructor''' (モンストラクター ''Monstorakutā'')

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[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Pretenders]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]

Ore-8

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'''Ore-8''' is a variety of [[energon]] grown on [[Tsiehshi]]. It is yellow in color, emits damaging radiation, and highly explosive.

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
An ore of energon, designated Ore-8, was seeded on Tsiehshi by [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] as part of his [[Regenesis]] project. Over time, it grew to cover the planet and attain its unique properties. {{Storylink|Shockwaves}}

Later, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Outback (G1)|Outback]] crash-landed on the planet. After Outback died in an accident, Kup was driven insane by the Ore-8 littering the planet. Such was his insanity that he attacked and killed rescue parties sent by his fellow Autobots, who were restricted by what they could do thanks to their radiation suits and avoiding an explosive chain reaction of the crystals. [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] was eventually recruited, as his force field allowed him to walk on the planet without a radiation suit. Kup was rescued, but the effects of the Ore-8 radiation remained. {{storylink|Spotlight: Kup}}

When Kup's body and mind were healed, [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] created a [[cy-gar]] that emitted a synthesized version of the Ore-8 radiation to keep Kup sane. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 15|Everything in Its Right Place}} It was lost in a later skirmish, causing Kup to begin reverting to his addled state. {{storylink|The Transformers: Infestation issue 1|The Transformers: Infestation #1}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ore-8''' (オーア8 ''Ōa8'')
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[[Category:Energon]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 substances]]
[[Category:Intoxicants]]

Ore-8

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[[File:SpotlightKup Ore-8.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
'''Ore-8''' is a variety of [[energon]] grown on [[Tsiehshi]]. It is yellow in color, emits damaging radiation, and highly explosive.

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
An ore of energon, designated Ore-8, was seeded on Tsiehshi by [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] as part of his [[Regenesis]] project. Over time, it grew to cover the planet and attain its unique properties. {{Storylink|Shockwaves}}

Later, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Outback (G1)|Outback]] crash-landed on the planet. After Outback died in an accident, Kup was driven insane by the Ore-8 littering the planet. Such was his insanity that he attacked and killed rescue parties sent by his fellow Autobots, who were restricted by what they could do thanks to their radiation suits and avoiding an explosive chain reaction of the crystals. [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] was eventually recruited, as his force field allowed him to walk on the planet without a radiation suit. Kup was rescued, but the effects of the Ore-8 radiation remained. {{storylink|Spotlight: Kup}}

When Kup's body and mind were healed, [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] created a [[cy-gar]] that emitted a synthesized version of the Ore-8 radiation to keep Kup sane. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 15|Everything in Its Right Place}} It was lost in a later skirmish, causing Kup to begin reverting to his addled state. {{storylink|The Transformers: Infestation issue 1|The Transformers: Infestation #1}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ore-8''' (オーア8 ''ōa8'')
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[[Category:IDW Generation 1 substances]]
[[Category:Intoxicants]]

Tsiehshi

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'''Tsiehshi''' is a planet, covered with yellow [[Ore-8]] crystals that emit dangerous radiation and are quite explosive.

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Tsiehshi was one of the planets seeded with an ore of [[energon]] by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s [[Regenesis]] project. Over time, this ore developed into an expansive system of "crystals of pure destruction" that covered the planet. {{Storylink|Shockwaves}}

Later, the [[Autobot]]s [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Outback (G1)|Outback]] crash-landed on the planet. Outback eventually died in an accident and Kup was driven insane by the Ore-8 radiation. The other Autobots subsequently found their lost comrade and sent several rescue parties, only to have them be killed by a paranoid Kup. Eventually, [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]], with his special skills, was brought in to recover Kup. However, the scars of Kup's experience on the planet remained even after his departure. {{storylink|Spotlight: Kup}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Tsiehshi''' (チーシ ''Tīsi'')

[[Category:IDW Generation 1 planets]]

Cy-gar

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[[File:IDW Kup's non-cigar.jpg|375px|thumb|Clearly, it's Outback's thumb.]]

A '''cy-gar''' is a device used to deliver a dose of its contents to a Cybertronian through the mouth. Millions of cycles ago, they were used to deliver a poison willingly consumed by the user because of some perceived benefit.

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
To suppress [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]'s flashbacks of slagging everyone on [[Tsiehshi]], Kup was given a cy-gar that fed him a synthetic version of the planet's [[Ore-8]] energy. [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], who helped develop the special cy-gar, was assigned to Kup's unit with a supply of cy-gars to provide to Kup when needed. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 15|Everything in Its Right Place}}

When Commander [[Sparkplug Witwicky#IDW Generation 1 continuity|Daniel Witwicky]] asked him what was with his "[[cigar]]", he inquired as to what a cigar ''was''. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}}

===''Recordicons''===
Police commissioner [[Garboil (SG)|Garboil]] used a cy-gar. {{storylink|Recordicons|Recordicons #5}}

==Notes==
*When [[Casey Coller]] was reading [[Shane McCarthy]]'s script for "[[Spotlight: Blurr]]", the artist visualized Kup taking after the wartime comic book hero Sgt. Rock.<ref>[http://caliber316.deviantart.com/art/Sgt-Kup-108838249 Casey Coller's Deviantart account]</ref> Because this was awesome, Kup was introduced in ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' chomping on a cigar-like object. An in-fiction explanation was later [[retcon]]ned for it by [[Nick Roche]] in the ''All Hail Megatron'' Coda story, "[[All Hail Megatron issue 15|Everything in its Right Place]]".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''cy-gar''' (シーガー ''sīgā'')

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Generation 1 technology]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass technology]]

Kimia Facility

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:''The Kimia Facility is an Autobot-manned space station from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:AHM15 Kimia.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95]]

Located far from the battle lines of the Cybertronian civil war, the '''Kimia Facility''' aids the Autobot war effort with cutting-edge scientific research and weapons development. While much of their work is entirely in the realm of the theoretical, they regardless manage to develop mature technologies at a sufficient rate to keep the Autobot forces well-equipped. Often their creations are field-tested by the [[Wrecker]]s commando team.

Rooms onboard Kimia include [[Room 113]] and the [[Exit Rooms]].

In addition to being a place for inventing weapons, Kimia Facility is in ''itself'' a weapon—if needed the entire station can be transformed into an enormous [[particle cannon]].

The staff includes:
{{collist|3|
*[[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]]
*[[Atomizer]]
*[[Brainstorm]]
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]
*[[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]]
*[[Downshift (G1)|Downshift]]
*[[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]]
*[[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]]
*[[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]]
*[[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]]
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]
*[[Pointblank (G1)|Pointblank]]
*[[Rad]]
*[[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]]
*[[Rung (G1)|Rung]]
*[[Skyfall (G1)|Skyfall]]
*[[Slamdance (G1)|Slamdance]]
*[[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]]
*[[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]
*[[Tripwire (G1)|Tripwire]]
}}

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] relayed their findings regarding the [[Pretender]] technology [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] had been attempting to utilize, and in a collaborative research effort the scientists of the facility were able to create a stable version of it. The process proved critical to safely entering the [[Dead Universe]] without being trapped there as other Cybertronians had. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}}

Later on, [[Brainstorm]] worked with [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] at the facility to further adapt the cerebro-interface used in the Pretender process. This breakthrough resolved the technological incompatibility [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] experienced with modern upgrades, and allowed the facility to construct a new body for the old veteran. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 15|Everything in Its Right Place}}

[[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]] spent most of his "military career" in his workshop on Kimia, creating various weapons including [[glass gas]], [[cerebro-sensitive bullet]]s, and even [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s personal rifle. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}}

An [[Ethics Committee]] oversaw Kimia's weapons, and included [[Xaaron]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (briefly) and [[Animus]]. They approved of new weapons or banned them under the [[Non-Conventional Weapons Act]], the latter making the weapon's use a war crime under the [[Tyrest Accord]]. Such weapons banned included cerebro-sensitive bullets {{storylink|Bullets}} and the ban was ''very'' respected by the [[Wrecker]]s! {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 2|Last Stand of the Wreckers #2}}

[[File:ChaosPartOne Kimia cannon.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Following Ironfist's death as part of the Wreckers, he was honored with a statue within Kimia Facility. {{storylink|Zero Point}} Xaaron, who found Kimia dull, later left the facility with Perceptor to rendezvous with Optimus Prime and his unit. As Skyfall's recent suicide {{storylink|Bullets}} had left Kimia with a spare workshop, he offered [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] a chance to work there. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1}} It turned out he had chosen the right time to leave, as [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] and an army of [[Sweep]]s attacked Kimia while he was gone, murdering many of the Autobots on board the station before bringing it into orbit above [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] on orders from [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]. Galvatron promptly ordered the Sweeps to transform it into its weapon form and fire at Cybertron's surface. {{storylink|Chaos Part One: Lamentations}}

Though they didn't know what Galvatron had to gain from burrowing into the planet with a laser, Optimus Prime and his Autobots decided to put a stop to it. [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] led the Autobot fliers in an attack on Kimia and Trailbreaker attempted to block its blasts with a force field, but when nothing seemed to work, [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] prepared to ram the station using [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]'s rocket mode. Little did anyone know [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] and [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] had survived the Sweep attack and were still on board, where they managed to place explosives on the cannon's power couplings and destroy Kimia Facility from the inside before Galvatron could reach his goal. {{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers}}

[[File:DinobotHunt repurposed Kimia.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
With Galvatron's defeat, Cybertron was "reset" to a primordial state, wiping out all traces of the Cybertronian civilization. The only Transformer-made structure remaining on the planet was the wreckage of the Kimia Facility, crashed where [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] once lay, which was used as the headquarters for [[Autobot High Command]]. The defeated Decepticons were imprisoned in the barrel of its particle cannon. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} Parts of Kimia survived its destruction intact, including Ironfist/Skyfall's laboratory which was indeed taken over by Wheeljack. The sturdy cannon barrel was briefly used to shield the [[NAIL]] population from mysterious explosions occurring in the area. {{storylink|Stick Together}} Wheeljack later came up with a theory that some forgotten device within Kimia could be responsible for shielding the Autobots from the mind-warping interference that covered the rest of Cybertron. {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt}}

After the Decepticons were granted increased freedom, all of them moved out of Kimia's barrel except [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]], [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and their loyalists. When [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] had them captured, he also had [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] collapse the barrel from the inside in order to cover up their disappearance. {{storylink|The End of the Beginning of the World}} The main complex used as the Autobot headquarters was destroyed by [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] when Megatron made his move to conquer Iacon. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Kimia Facility''' (キミア機関 ''Kimia Kikan'')

[[Category:Generation 1 weapons]]
[[Category:Iacon]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 locations]]
[[Category:Space stations]]

Ark-17

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:''The ''Ark-17'' is an [[Autobot]] starship from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Ark-17.jpg|200px|thumb|Yawn. Another one.]]
The '''''Ark-17''''' is one of a fleet of numbered Autobot starships designated ''Ark'', with the primary function of science vessel. They are presumably named after the first legendary lost ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]''.

Her crew includes:

*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]
*[[Siren]]
*[[Sizzle (G1)|Sizzle]]
*[[Pincher]]<ref>[[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]]'s [[Autopedia]] entry from [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #5]]</ref>

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] used the ''Ark-17'' as a platform from which he launched his operation to rescue [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]. The ship housed seemingly endless hordes of [[Autobot]]s that Springer threw at the crazy and powerful Kup. Eventually, [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] rendezvoused with the ''Ark-17'', and he easily rescued the old coot. {{storylink|Spotlight: Kup}}

Sometime later, [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] had hatched a plan to boost Autobot morale by rebuilding and rehabilitating Kup using [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]'s [[Pretender]] technology that [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] had perfected. To maintain Kup's mental stability, it was agreed that he would never be told what he did to the ground teams from ''Ark-17'', and survivors such as Siren and Sizzle were sworn to silence. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 15}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ark-17''' (アーク17 ''Āku17'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Autobot starships]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 starships]]

CR chamber

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The '''CR Chamber''' is a device for medical treatment or adding new alt modes to the Transformers of various factions.

It is ''not'' a [[Maximal Torture Chamber|torture chamber]].

It ''is'' [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator's]] best friend.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars'' cartoon===
{{quote|I'm getting sick of waking up in the slagging R chamber}}
{{quote|Better that than the scrap heap.|[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]|"Other Visits (Part 2)"}}
[[File:FallenComrades CR chamber wireframe.jpg|thumb|left|240px]]
After [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and his crew crashed on [[Earth]], they used their CR chambers to give themselves [[beast mode]]s. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}} After [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] were zapped by an [[Vok probe|alien probe]], they required recuperation in the Predacon '''restoration chambers'''. Dinobot likewise ended up in the CR chamber, and when he recovered consciousness, he mistook it for a [[Maximal Torture Chamber]]. {{storylink|Chain of Command (BW)|Chain of Command}} During the landing of a [[stasis pod]], the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s scrapped Optimus, and he had to spend an extended period in the CR chamber. Dinobot was able to access Primal's [[core consciousness]] and communicate with the big ape while he was still undergoing repair. {{storylink|Fallen Comrades}}

[[File:Possession CR chamber interior.jpg|thumb|150px]]
The Maximals scanned Optimus in the CR chamber after he was hit by a rage-inducing viral mine. He busted his way out of the chamber. {{storylink|Gorilla Warfare}} [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] dumped Dinobot in the CR chamber after the latter was injured while warning the Maximals about a Predacon trap. {{storylink|Victory (episode)|Victory}} It was used again to repair some of the Maximals who were blinded by an [[energon]] explosion. {{storylink|Dark Voyage}} After the [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]-led conquering of the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' Optimus came up with a plan that had Dinobot put in the CR chamber, so Optimus could later bust him out so they could retake the ship. {{storylink|Possession}}

The chamber proved unable to do anything to cure [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]'s [[energon discharge virus]], and was blown apart by his explosive sneezes. {{storylink|The Low Road}} Megatron had a modified restoration chamber that he commonly relaxed in like a sort of hot tub, and even had a [[Rubber Ducky|rubber ducky]] to go with it. Nobody dared ask him why. {{storylink|Before the Storm}}

[[File:Aftermath Waspinator CR chamber.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|Total uses of the CR Chamber: Like, a zillion.]]
Following the destruction of the [[Planet Buster]], both the ''Axalon'' and ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'' were hit with a [[quantum surge]]. Dinobot and Rhinox were protected from its effects by the CR chambers they were in, and likewise Waspinator had fallen into a recovery tank at the time and was similarly unaffected. {{storylink|Aftermath}} Waspinator had to spend more time in the CR tank after being compressed into a cube by the security system protecting the [[Golden Disk (disambiguation)|Golden Disk]]s. He was not happy about the fact he had to drag himself to the tank. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)}} [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] subsequently spent time in the Maximal CR chamber after being captured. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)}} For some reason the Maximals eschewed use of the chamber to reattach Rhinox's arm after a Predacon attack. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}} He ended up in there anyway, along with Dinobot, after the Maximals were blasted by [[Metal Hunter|another alien structure]]. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 2)}}

[[File:DeepMetal CR chamber.jpg|thumb|200px]]
The CR chamber was one of the pieces of the ''Axalon'' salvaged after the ship's destruction and installed in the cavern housing the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], though it required a new door with a vertical window and a new hydraulic opening system. [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] was repaired in it soon after he landed on Earth. {{storylink|Deep Metal}} [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] refused to use the CR chamber during his metamorphosis into a [[Transmetal 2]], which raised the other Maximals' suspicions. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 2}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
Shockwave ordered that some of Megatron's earth-based Decepticons spend the trip back to Cybertron in the CR chambers in order to heal their battle wounds and download the principles of Shockwave's new world order into their processors. Starscream called it brainwashing. {{storylink|New World Order}}

Ultra Magnus has a habit of getting into battles with his fellow Autobots and then sending them to the CR chambers for repairs, namely Trailbreaker {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} and the Dinobots {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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Cryogenic regeneration, commonly referred to as CR, is a technology used by Autobots to recover from traumatic injuries. The process most commonly involves the total submersion of an Autobot in a liquid-filled tank for unknown periods of time. The more extensive the injury, the longer the period of regeneration required.

[[Rotorstorm (G1)|Rotorstorm]] was tossed into a CR chamber by [[Whirl (G1)|Jetstream]] the night it was installed at the [[Iaconian Aerial Academy]] after the latter beat the former into a pulp. {{storylink|Bullets}}

Beachcomber spent time in a CR chamber after a cerebro-shell inside his processor burned itself out during a failed assassination attempt on Blaster. Perceptor was uncertain of the likelihood of Beachcomber's recovery due to the severity of the damage. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

Stranded on a primitive planet, Wheelie lost his left arm during an encounter with a [[chaosteros]]. After retrieving the arm in a rather unpleasant spot, Wheelie lamented the absence of a CR chamber and had to reattach the arm himself. {{storylink|Spotlight: Wheelie}}

In order to protect the Dynobots from high levels of energon on the surface of [[Earth]], Slag used the CR chambers aboard the [[Skyfire (ship)|Skyfire]] to grow the synthetic equivalent of mammalian flesh. The Dynobots then took on the robotic forms of dinosaurs wrapped in this flesh and went down to the surface to kick Shockwave's skidplate. {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}

During an intense battle in the countryside of [[Brasnya]], Megatron punched into Optimus Prime's chest and nearly crushed his spark casing. After Megatron retreated, Prime commented that he would need "CR time" in order to recover from that specific injury. {{storylink|Escalation issue 6|Escalation #6}}

Sunstreaker was placed in cryogenic regeneration by Ratchet in order to repair damage done after Scorponok shot him through the chest, and also to repair changes made to his physiology from Scorponok's Headmaster process. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 5|Maximum Dinobots #5}}

Megatron was placed in a CR chamber after his defeat at the hands of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|All His Engines}}

On [[Delphi]], there was a secret tunnel behind a CR chamber. {{storylink|How Ratchet Got His Hands Back}}

==Notes==
*The abbreviation "CR" varied from continuities as the following shows:
**'''Beast Wars:''' Creation/Restoration<ref>''[[Beast Wars Universe]]''. Note that it is labeled as '''C/R Chamber''' in the book.</ref><ref>There is also a similar device named '''C/R Tank''' for [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]. (Which is itself sometimes called a CR Chamber, as in "[[The Trigger, Part 1]]".)</ref>
**'''Dreamwave:''' Cryonic Regeneration<ref>CR Chamber/Stasis Pod article in ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' #8</ref>
**'''IDW:''' Cryogenic Regeneration<ref>''[[Spotlight: Shockwave]]''</ref>
*The inclusion of the CR Chamber in ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' was a necessary writer's invention, as the smaller cast on both sides needed a reliable explanation for the way they recovered from the massive amounts of damage that either side's members often took, including being dismembered, decapitated, crushed, and in at least one instance, almost completely incinerated.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''CR room''' (All Hail Megatron, CRルーム, ''CRrūmu'')

==See also==
*[[Recharging chamber]]

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Beast Wars technology]]
[[Category:Generation 1 technology]]

Hunter O'Nion

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:''Hunter is an Autobot-allied [[human]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Hunter ONion.jpg|250px|thumb|Yeah, and the first part is "Hoon-Tear". Alright.]]
If you crossed ''[[Don Messick|Scooby-]][[Frank Welker|Doo]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Casey Kasem|Shaggy]] with ''The X-Files''<nowiki>'</nowiki> [[Fox Mulder]], '''Hunter O'Nion''' is who you'd get. With scruffy ginger hair, a green "Alien Death Ray" T-shirt and a VW Kombi van, you'd be forgiven for writing him off as some hippie slacker, but Hunter O'Nion (that's Oh-Nigh-On, not ''un-yun''; he's a little sensitive about his last name) is really a modern-day questing knight. He runs the ''[[Mechatopia.com]]'' website, a repository for information about the presence of gigantic extraterrestrial mechanoids on Earth, and is willing to personally scour the back-roads of continental North America for further evidence.

If there's one problem with Hunter, it's that he's not the most sensitive of people; also, in his drive to uncover the truth, he can get very blunt and direct when someone who may know more than they let on gets evasive—even if that someone has good reason to dissemble.

A chance encounter with [[Verity Carlo]] in Arizona, though, gives him more than he could have wished for: Not only does he achieve personal contact with an actual alien robot in disguise, he's dropped right into the middle of a covert war. The question is, now that Hunter's found his proof, what will he do with it?

{{bigquote|We're-I'm... SUNSTREAKER! And I'm out!|Hunter comes to grips with his new abilities|[[Devastation issue 6|''Devastation'' #6]]}}

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Hunter's family was shattered when he was eight—his father died and his mother descended into alcoholism as a result. His sister left when she was old enough, while he stayed until his mother's death. The only thing that kept him going was "a dream of something else, something bigger". {{storylink|Hail and Farewell}}

{{note|Due to the emergence of ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'', the canonicity of the above information is in question; see [[#Hail and Farewell|Hail and Farewell]] below.}}

After picking up Verity Carlo in the North American desert, he was surprisingly thrust into the war between the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 0|Infiltration #0}} After being rescued from a Decepticon assault by [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]], he offered assistance to the Autobots in an... "unofficial" capacity, spying on an abandoned Decepticon base before it was destroyed by [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], under orders from [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 1|Infiltration #1}} {{storylink|Infiltration issue 2|Infiltration #2}} {{storylink|Infiltration issue 3|Infiltration #3}} {{storylink|Infiltration issue 4|Infiltration #4}} {{storylink|Infiltration issue 5|Infiltration #5}} Hunter saved Verity's life with the help of [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] and at great physical risk. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6}}

After this mission, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] ordered that Hunter and the other humans be sent home. However, as the Autobots escorted them away from the Autobot base, a [[Machination]] assault team attacked. It appears that Hunter and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] were killed by the Machination {{storylink|Escalation issue 1|Escalation #1}}, but upon examination of Sunstreaker's husk, Ratchet discovered that it was a fake. {{storylink|Escalation issue 2|Escalation #2}} Meanwhile, Hunter was being operated on by the Machination, his body becoming the host for mysterious implants. {{storylink|Escalation issue 4|Escalation #4}} [[Abraham Dante]] presented Hunter to a pleased, mysterious, and damaged Transformer (later revealed to be [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]) who ordered mass-production to begin. Dante, gesturing to a wall of headless Sunstreaker bodies, implied that Hunter may still play a role in the Machination's "new world order". {{storylink|Escalation issue 6|Escalation #6}}

[[File:Devastation5 THOK!.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"I SAID 'OH-NY-ON', OKAY?"]]
The Machination subjected Hunter to an extensive regimen of brainwashing, after which Dante was informed that the boy was a blank slate, an organic machine that they could do with as they wished. Quality control for this process was apparently lacking, as Hunter was able to retain his own thoughts through a mantra of useless science fiction trivia. Skulking unseen through the Machination facility, Hunter was surprised to discover the severed but still functioning head of Sunstreaker, begging him for death! {{storylink|Devastation issue 2|Devastation #2}} In order to fight back against the Machination, Hunter submitted himself to the process of becoming a Headmaster, which Sunstreaker warned would hurt. A lot. (It did) {{storylink|Devastation issue 3|Devastation #3}} {{storylink|Devastation issue 4|Devastation #4}}

[[File:HunterSkorponok.jpg|200px|thumb|Followed by tea time, nap time, play time, and bed time.]]
Hunter emerged a Headmaster, finding his physical abilities greatly enhanced, and immediately headed for one of the Machination's [[Sunstreaker clone]] bodies. {{storylink|Devastation issue 5|Devastation #5}} Just as a freshly restored Scorponok, head of the Machination, broke through a wall to kill him, Hunter was able to transform to Sunstreaker's head. The clone body attached the new head, transformed to vehicle mode, blasted a hole in the wall, and escaped. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}

Hunter, now carrying all of Sunstreaker's mind, began running raids on Machination facilities in an attempt to track down Sunstreaker's real head. Unlike Scorponok, the pair still existed as distinct individuals, and were both set on breaking up their partnership once they found a way to set everything right. At one facility in Massachusetts, Hunter found data relating to "[[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]", and, hoping it would be a lead, they headed for Dallas. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 1|Maximum Dinobots #1}} Hunter later wondered if they shouldn't head for [[Fallon]] instead, given that's where the Dyno/Dinobots actually were, but Sunstreaker argues that by retrieving his head, they'll be able to disable all the Headmasters at once. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2|Maximum Dinobots #2}}

[[File:Hunter reunion.jpg|left|250px|thumb|And Hunter lived happily ever af—[[Shane McCarthy|OH WAIT]].]]
When they arrived in Dallas, seeing that the facility was far bigger than anything they had come across before, Hunter realized they needed a plan and forced Sunstreaker to sit it out while they watched and waited, citing that he was the more level-headed of the pair and that it was nice to just be Hunter O'Nion every now and then. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 3|Maximum Dinobots #3}} When the time came, he reconnected with Sunstreaker and barged into Machination Central to find his head (stopping to talk with a damaged Hot Rod and slagging a couple of his clones). Hunter disconnected after Scorponok found them and blasted a hole in Sunstreaker's chest. Reluctantly and remorsefully, Hunter severed the connection to Sunstreaker's original head, deactivating him. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 4|Maximum Dinobots #4}} {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 14|Uneasy Lies the Head}} Hunter, however, stayed conscious and survived the rest of the battle. He accompanied Sunstreaker aboard the ''[[Ark-32]]'', where the comatose Autobot was put into a [[CR chamber]] for heavy repairs. Sunstreaker's original head was reattached, and his battered body was rebuilt into a [[Sunstreaker (G1)#Universe (2008)|slightly different form]]. Ratchet claimed that "though physically separated, Sunstreaker's spark sustained him". Ratchet was able to minimize the mental link between Sunstreaker and Hunter, but he was afraid to try removing Hunter's implants, and the human was left feeling like half of himself was missing. However, he still enjoyed a happy reunion with Verity and [[Jimmy Pink|Jimmy]]. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 5|Maximum Dinobots #5}}

[[File:Hanging Hunter.jpg|150px|thumb|"Help! Scooby Doo, where are you?!"]]
Eventually Ratchet did successfully sever their link, but the Headmaster experience had left deep wounds on Sunstreaker's psyche. He turned his back on Hunter and never wanted to speak of the incident again. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} In fact, Sunstreaker eventually helped Starscream in a plot that, while intended to result in [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron's]] death, had the side-effect of banishing the Autobots from Earth. Sunstreaker had hoped that all the humans would die under Decepticon rule, but Hunter's actual fate was arguably worse: He was victim to [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]'s experiments, half-dissected in a lab. Numerous cables streamed in and out of his torso; even his right eye socket had a tube coming out of it. His expression was of slack-jawed horror, and he looked very much like Sunstreaker did under the Machination's experiments. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 8|All Hail Megatron #8}} Somehow Bombshell was able to use Hunter's hybrid body to create a "hub" that helped the Decepticons find the Autobots and deactivate their defenses. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}}

When the Autobots returned to Earth and fought the Decepticons, Bombshell taunted Sideswipe by claiming to have toyed with Sunstreaker's mind using information gleaned from dissecting Hunter. After the battle ended with the Decepticons driven away, Sideswipe found Hunter in Bombshell's lab, still attached to the machinery and barely alive. Sideswipe turned off the life-support and allowed Hunter to expire. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}}
{{-}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|Vs.}}}}

====Hail and Farewell====
{{note|Due to the abrupt cancellation of several related stories and the emergence of ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'', the following events cannot occur in the mainstream timeline, if they are [[canon]] at all.}}
Two years after meeting the Autobots and becoming a Headmaster, Hunter went back to his house with Sunstreaker. As Hunter gathered a few effects, he reminisced on his scattered, mostly-dead family, and on how much had happened to him. He had been to other planets, even another dimension. He'd fought Scorponok, allied with the Dinobots, and faced a planetary Decepticon invasion. And now he wasn't just Hunter; he had become one with Sunstreaker in both mind and body. As he converted back to Sunstreaker's head, he mused that it was true what they said about never being able to go home again. {{storylink|Hail and Farewell}}

==Notes==
* Even [[Nick Roche]] loved Hunter! <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIkqheta3GE Nick Roche interview with Moonbase Two]</ref>
{{bigquote|If me or [[James Roberts|James]] do a story on Earth, we're going to have Verity and Jimmy and Hunter's corpse, like [[Wikipedia:Weekend at bernie's|Weekend at Bernie's]].|Nick Roche, talking about Hunter at a comic signing in Dublin}}
* As a character, Hunter was clearly meant for a bigger and better destiny than he ended up receiving. Writer and creator [[Simon Furman]] set him up as an audience-surrogate, the eyes through which the world of the Transformers was revealed. The affable young protagonist in over his head, Hunter's tale began to reflect the [[Wikipedia:Monomyth|archetypal heroic journey]], particularly the belly-of-the-whale experience of being kidnapped and experimented upon, which he escaped by bravely subverting his captors with his newfound powers and emerging as the first Autobot-human hybrid. A hint of Furman's designs was seen in the flash-forward "[[Hail and Farewell]]" [[Transformers: Mosaic|Mosaic]], which showed Hunter acknowledging that he and his world had changed irreversibly, listing a series of grand accomplishments, and achieving a literal and figurative union with his own elevated state. Unfortunately, all of this would be cut short (and the flash-forward entirely negated) by a [[Shane McCarthy|new writer]] who decided it would be cooler <ref>[http://boards.idwpublishing.com/3/viewtopic.php?t=6022&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=180 Interview with Shane McCarthy]</ref> to make both Hunter and his partner in mythic ascendancy suffer protractedly and die.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Hunter O'Nion''' (ハンター・オナイオン ''Hantā Onaion'')

==References==
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[[Category:Headmasters]]

CR chamber

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[[File:Crchamber-bw.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Sure, it fixes you up, but it still looks like a toilet.]]
The '''CR Chamber''' is a device for medical treatment or adding new alt modes to the Transformers of various factions.

It is ''not'' a [[Maximal Torture Chamber|torture chamber]].

It ''is'' [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator's]] best friend.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars'' cartoon===
{{quote|I'm getting sick of waking up in the slagging R chamber}}
{{quote|Better that than the scrap heap.|[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]|"Other Visits (Part 2)"}}
[[File:FallenComrades CR chamber wireframe.jpg|thumb|left|240px]]
After [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and his crew crashed on [[Earth]], they used their CR chambers to give themselves [[beast mode]]s. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}} After [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] were zapped by an [[Vok probe|alien probe]], they required recuperation in the Predacon '''restoration chambers'''. Dinobot likewise ended up in the CR chamber, and when he recovered consciousness, he mistook it for a [[Maximal Torture Chamber]]. {{storylink|Chain of Command (BW)|Chain of Command}} During the landing of a [[stasis pod]], the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s scrapped Optimus, and he had to spend an extended period in the CR chamber. Dinobot was able to access Primal's [[core consciousness]] and communicate with the big ape while he was still undergoing repair. {{storylink|Fallen Comrades}}

[[File:Possession CR chamber interior.jpg|thumb|150px]]
The Maximals scanned Optimus in the CR chamber after he was hit by a rage-inducing viral mine. He busted his way out of the chamber. {{storylink|Gorilla Warfare}} [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] dumped Dinobot in the CR chamber after the latter was injured while warning the Maximals about a Predacon trap. {{storylink|Victory (episode)|Victory}} It was used again to repair some of the Maximals who were blinded by an [[energon]] explosion. {{storylink|Dark Voyage}} After the [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]-led conquering of the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' Optimus came up with a plan that had Dinobot put in the CR chamber, so Optimus could later bust him out so they could retake the ship. {{storylink|Possession}}

The chamber proved unable to do anything to cure [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]'s [[energon discharge virus]], and was blown apart by his explosive sneezes. {{storylink|The Low Road}} Megatron had a modified restoration chamber that he commonly relaxed in like a sort of hot tub, and even had a [[Rubber Ducky|rubber ducky]] to go with it. Nobody dared ask him why. {{storylink|Before the Storm}}

[[File:Aftermath Waspinator CR chamber.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|Total uses of the CR Chamber: Like, a zillion.]]
Following the destruction of the [[Planet Buster]], both the ''Axalon'' and ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'' were hit with a [[quantum surge]]. Dinobot and Rhinox were protected from its effects by the CR chambers they were in, and likewise Waspinator had fallen into a recovery tank at the time and was similarly unaffected. {{storylink|Aftermath}} Waspinator had to spend more time in the CR tank after being compressed into a cube by the security system protecting the [[Golden Disk (disambiguation)|Golden Disk]]s. He was not happy about the fact he had to drag himself to the tank. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)}} [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] subsequently spent time in the Maximal CR chamber after being captured. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)}} For some reason the Maximals eschewed use of the chamber to reattach Rhinox's arm after a Predacon attack. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}} He ended up in there anyway, along with Dinobot, after the Maximals were blasted by [[Metal Hunter|another alien structure]]. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 2)}}

[[File:DeepMetal CR chamber.jpg|thumb|200px]]
The CR chamber was one of the pieces of the ''Axalon'' salvaged after the ship's destruction and installed in the cavern housing the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], though it required a new door with a vertical window and a new hydraulic opening system. [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] was repaired in it soon after he landed on Earth. {{storylink|Deep Metal}} [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] refused to use the CR chamber during his metamorphosis into a [[Transmetal 2]], which raised the other Maximals' suspicions. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 2}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
Shockwave ordered that some of Megatron's earth-based Decepticons spend the trip back to Cybertron in the CR chambers in order to heal their battle wounds and download the principles of Shockwave's new world order into their processors. Starscream called it brainwashing. {{storylink|New World Order}}

Ultra Magnus has a habit of getting into battles with his fellow Autobots and then sending them to the CR chambers for repairs, namely Trailbreaker {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} and the Dinobots {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
{{picsneeded}}
Cryogenic regeneration, commonly referred to as CR, is a technology used by Autobots to recover from traumatic injuries. The process most commonly involves the total submersion of an Autobot in a liquid-filled tank for unknown periods of time. The more extensive the injury, the longer the period of regeneration required.

[[Rotorstorm (G1)|Rotorstorm]] was tossed into a CR chamber by [[Whirl (G1)|Jetstream]] the night it was installed at the [[Iaconian Aerial Academy]] after the latter beat the former into a pulp. {{storylink|Bullets}}

Beachcomber spent time in a CR chamber after a cerebro-shell inside his processor burned itself out during a failed assassination attempt on Blaster. Perceptor was uncertain of the likelihood of Beachcomber's recovery due to the severity of the damage. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

Stranded on a primitive planet, Wheelie lost his left arm during an encounter with a [[chaosteros]]. After retrieving the arm in a rather unpleasant spot, Wheelie lamented the absence of a CR chamber and had to reattach the arm himself. {{storylink|Spotlight: Wheelie}}

In order to protect the Dynobots from high levels of energon on the surface of [[Earth]], Slag used the CR chambers aboard the [[Skyfire (ship)|Skyfire]] to grow the synthetic equivalent of mammalian flesh. The Dynobots then took on the robotic forms of dinosaurs wrapped in this flesh and went down to the surface to kick Shockwave's skidplate. {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}

During an intense battle in the countryside of [[Brasnya]], Megatron punched into Optimus Prime's chest and nearly crushed his spark casing. After Megatron retreated, Prime commented that he would need "CR time" in order to recover from that specific injury. {{storylink|Escalation issue 6|Escalation #6}}

Sunstreaker was placed in cryogenic regeneration by Ratchet in order to repair damage done after Scorponok shot him through the chest, and also to repair changes made to his physiology from Scorponok's Headmaster process. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 5|Maximum Dinobots #5}}

Megatron was placed in a CR chamber after his defeat at the hands of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|All His Engines}}

On [[Delphi]], there was a secret tunnel behind a CR chamber. {{storylink|How Ratchet Got His Hands Back}}

==Notes==
*The abbreviation "CR" varied from continuities as the following shows:
**'''Beast Wars:''' Creation/Restoration<ref>''[[Beast Wars Universe]]''. Note that it is labeled as '''C/R Chamber''' in the book.</ref><ref>There is also a similar device named '''C/R Tank''' for [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]. (Which is itself sometimes called a CR Chamber, as in "[[The Trigger, Part 1]]".)</ref>
**'''Dreamwave:''' Cryonic Regeneration<ref>CR Chamber/Stasis Pod article in ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' #8</ref>
**'''IDW:''' Cryogenic Regeneration<ref>''[[Spotlight: Shockwave]]''</ref>
*The inclusion of the CR Chamber in ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' was a necessary writer's invention, as the smaller cast on both sides needed a reliable explanation for the way they recovered from the massive amounts of damage that either side's members often took, including being dismembered, decapitated, crushed, and in at least one instance, almost completely incinerated.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''CR room''' (CRルーム ''CRrūmu'')

==See also==
*[[Recharging chamber]]

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Beast Wars technology]]
[[Category:Generation 1 technology]]

Polyhex

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[[File:Darkmount.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb]]
'''Polyhex''' is a [[Polities of Cybertron|settlement]] that lies in the northern half of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where it is surrounded by the [[Rust Sea]],<ref>[[Letters page (Marvel UK)|Grim Grams #162]]</ref> the [[Tagan Heights]], [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and [[Nova Cronum]]. The fortress [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] serves as its capitol. Polyhex is in charge of Cybertron's satellites and home to the Cybertron network command hub.<ref>[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]</ref> It tends to fall into [[Decepticon]] hands, which add such scenery as [[smelting pool]]s and [[Gladiatorial combat|gladiatorial facilities]].<ref name=kickoff>[[Kick-Off (G1)|Kick-Off's toy bio]]</ref>

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:TheSmeltingPoolUS17.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb]]
*'''Locations'''
**[[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]]
**''An unnamed [[Polyhex Decepticon stronghold|Decepticon stronghold]]''
**The/A [[smelting pool]]
**The [[Dead End (place)|Dead End]]
**''[[Decepticon fuel store]]s''
**[[Ratbat's offices]]
**An [[Autobase]]
**The [[Spanner (G1)|original]] [[space bridge]]
**The [[Titanium Turnpike|Polyhex Toll Plaza]]

''Polyhex was one of the regions that became most involved in the war, confrontations between the Autobot army and Decepticon forces following up on one another virtually without pause.'' {{storylink|The Magnificent Six!}} One such case documented was the [[Armornecking Incident]], in which the Autobot [[Getaway]] saved his team from a Decepticon attack by using the security system of the Polyhex Toll Plaza to the [[Titanium Turnpike]] to his advantage. {{storylink|The Transformers Universe|Getaway's ''Universe'' profile.}}

Presumably during the [[Cybertron: The Middle Years!|"middle years"]], [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] gained rule over Polyhex as Lord High Governor. From [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]], he practiced ruthless control over his domain with the support of some of the most skilled Decepticons: [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]], [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], [[Octane (G1)|Octane]], [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. In response to the dwindling energy reserves of Cybertron, Straxus issued a campaign to hunt down the region's [[Neutral]]s, the [[Empty|Empties]], to have them melted down for raw materials in the [[smelting pool]]. [[Harvester unit]]s were employed to fetch and transport the (not necessarily dead) bodies the Decepticons shot down.

[[File:The Smelting Pool! The Dead End.jpg|left|upright=1.85|thumb]]
In Earth year [[1985]], [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] saved [[Telus and Rotorbolt's buddy|one Empty]] when he was waiting for [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]] in the [[Dead End (place)|Dead End]], the Empties' home. Scrounge meanwhile had infiltrated Darkmount in search for the abducted neutral scientist [[Spanner (G1)|Spanner]] and obtained information that the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] crew lost four million years ago was still alive and on [[Earth]]. Trying to reach Blaster, Scrounge was captured in the Dead End by [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] and on orders of Straxus thrown into the smelting pool. Blaster, with the assistance of the [[Cybertron Seven|rest of the Polyhex Autobase]], came looking for him there based on information acquired from [[Wheezel (G1)|one of the Empties]] that had witnessed Scrounge's capture. He found him, but though Scrounge could pass on the information, he could not be saved anymore. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}} Spanner had been abducted in order to build a [[space bridge]] for Straxus' troops to be able to travel to Earth. Additionally, Straxus had gone so far as to have the space bridge constructed from the scientist's own body. This last fact was unknown to the Autobots when they decided they had to destroy the device. Blaster was assigned to plant explosives on the space bridge and blow it up while [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and the others would distract the Decepticons by digging their way to Darkmount's power supply chamber and blowing the fortress up from the inside. Perceptor's group was successful, but Blaster had been taken aback when he learned the space bridge was alive and hesitated too long. The Decepticons came to stop him, followed by the Autobots who came to rescue him. In the subsequent fight, the Autobots ended up on Earth, the Decepticons remained stuck on Cybertron, Straxus was ''seemingly'' destroyed and the space bridge needed extensive repairs to be used again. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}}

''Some time after, the [[Wrecker]]s, a group of Autobots that operated from the nearby [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], initiated a plan called [[Operation: Volcano]] that was designed to result in the destruction of Polyhex's deadliest Decepticons. The operation was kicked in motion when the Autobots leaked false information to a [[Autobot traitor|rotten element within their ranks]] and tricked him into Polyhex, where he was discovered by Shrapnel. As expected, he handed the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] the information in exchange for his life. Futily so, but the bait that would goad the Decepticon targets to Iacon territory had been cast. [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]], who had followed the traitor to Polyhex, reported back on the first phase's success. Ten [[Units of time|cycles]] later, the trap was about to close on the Decepticons when suddenly they received a [[communicube]] from [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]. He ordered them to return to Polyhex immediately, prepare the space bridge and sent the Insecticons to Earth pronto, thus unknowingly saving their lives.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

[[File:Polyhex Decepticon stronghold whole.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb]]
''Straxus somehow had survived the incident at the space bridge, albeit only as a head on life support, and returned to Polyhex. He relocated his headquarters to [[Polyhex Decepticon stronghold|another stronghold]], where Megatron also ended up after accidentally being teleported to Cybertron through the space bridge. As was to be expected, the two Decepticon leaders did not get along, with all due consequences for the factions rate of success.'' {{storylink|...The Harder They Die!}} ''When Megatron's plan to have [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] killed by [[Wrecker|his own soldiers]] failed due to intervention of [[Outback (G1)|Outback]], he took it out on the stronghold and its inhabitants. Straxus's ally [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] had it known how much he disapproved of Megatron's presence, but Straxus ensured him he was working on [[Project Re-Birth|getting rid of the old warlord]].'' {{storylink|Under Fire!}} ''Nonetheless, the situation worsened for the Decepticons when Optimus Prime and Outback had fled to the Dead End and Optimus's plea to the Autobots to save Outback caused him to be recognized as the Autobots' long lost leader.'' {{storylink|Distant Thunder!}} ''With the assistance of the Cybertronian Autobot leaders, Optimus led raids on five [[Decepticon fuel store]]s in as many days. Tired of all that had gone wrong since Megatron's arrival, Straxus initiated the plan A of his scheme by forcefully swapping bodies with his rival. But he had underestimated Megatron's strength of mind, and the two ended up sharing a body that did not know who he was. Ratbat noticed this shortly before the Autobots launched a sixth attack on a transference station, in reality a distraction to allow Optimus Prime and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] easier access to the Polyhex stronghold to defeat Megatron. Seeing the two Autobots and mentally unstable more-Megatron-than-Straxus positively wrecking the stronghold, he ordered to have them all teleported to Earth by means of the space bridge. In doing so, Ratbat succeeded Straxus as Decepticon leader,'' {{storylink|Resurrection!}} ''while Straxus's mind gave up on taking over Megatron and separated from him to travel to a hidden room in the stronghold where he had prepared a plan B. {{storylink|Two Megatrons!}}

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Ratbat's reign saw a steady if burdened cooperation with the Earth-based Decepticons through means of the space bridge. From Polyhex, Ratbat sent materials and reinforcements such as ''the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] and'' {{storylink|Prey!}} [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and in return received fuel from Earth. However, the amount of fuel sent wasn't enough to so much as compensate for the usage of the space bridge, prompting Ratbat to pull the plug on the whole endeavor. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}} Ratbat subsequently came up with a plan of his own to acquire Earth's fuel more efficiently, for which he had a shipment sent via space freighter—slow, but energy-cost-effective. The operation came into trouble when the [[Freighter pilot|pilot]] failed to contact Cybertron despite making it to Earth, in response to which Ratbat summoned the [[Triple Changer]]s to [[Ratbat's offices|his office complex]]. Briefing them on the situation, he ordered the Triple Changers to use the space bridge to get to Earth, find out what had gone wrong and fix it. {{storylink|Crater Critters}} Upon receiving report that a [[Scraplet]] infestation was to blame, Ratbat invested in the capture of the [[Throttlebot]]s, who had been plaguing the Decepticons for a while with small-time raids on their fuel storage depots. Rather than executing them, he had them brought to his offices and forced them to accept to travel to Earth and destroy the threat with corrosives. {{storylink|The Cure!}}

Meanwhile, Megatron lay deactivated in the Dead End [[Gone but Not Forgotten!|after he had blasted himself through the space bridge]]. With time, his internal circuitry restored his body, but his mind remained a long way from home. Roaming the Dead End in a less than optimal state, he did try to assert his identity, but the Empties believed him to be just one of the nuttier among their numbers. Eventually, Megatron stumbled upon two Autobots cornering the Decepticon [[Blackjack]], who recognized Megatron immediately. That, coupled with the sight of the hated Autobot [[insignia]], brought Megatron back to sanity. He murdered the two Autobots and followed Blackjack out of the Dead End. {{storylink|The Resurrection Gambit!}} ''During their travel, Megatron found Straxus's old base, and within it, he learnt of [[Project Re-Birth]], prompting a detour to [[Helex]] to tie up the loose ends from Straxus's existence.'' {{storylink|Two Megatrons!}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
By the time of Earth year [[2006]], Polyhex was the location of a [[Time-jump mechanism|time travel device]] that [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] used to pursue [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and company to Earth, [[1986]]. {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

====''Regeneration One''====
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After twenty-one years of peace and prosperity on Cybertron, [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] recruited and commanded his Neo-Decepticon insurgents out of [[Fort Scyk]] in Polyhex, from which they launched their first strike against the [[Unified Cybertron Alliance]]. {{storylink|Counterpoint}} [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] would later contact Soundwave there to request that he retrieve [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]'s remains from the [[Hall of Silence]] as a power source for his [[Blitz Engine]]s. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 1}}

{{note|Fort Scyk's subsequent appearances in "[[Natural Selection, Part Three]]" and "[[Destiny, Part Three]]" give its location as the [[Badlands (Cybertron)|Badlands]], either due to an error or because Polyhex and the Badlands are synonymous in ''[[The Transformers: Regeneration One|Regeneration One]]''.}}
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===Toy bios===
At an unknown point in time, the [[Software Wars (G1)|Software Wars]] occurred in Polyhex. [[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]] fought in them and became the battle-hardened Autobot as he is known as due to his experiences then. {{storylink|Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle's toy bio}}

[[Kick-Off (G1)|Kick-Off]] trained in the grease pits of Polyhex while being held there as a captive. {{storylink|Kick-Off (G1)|Kick-Off's toy bio}}

The city had a Toll Plaza that did ''really nasty'' things to people who couldn't pay the toll. [[Getaway]] led some Decepticons there in the [[Armornecking Incident]], knowing he could pay the toll but they couldn't; this allowed him to turn the tables on them. {{storylink|Getaway|Getaway's toy bio}}

===3H comics===
*'''Locations'''
**[[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]]
**An unnamed canyon
**The [[grease pits]]
During the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], the Decepticons captured Autobots to fight for their entertainment in the grease pits of Polyhex. [[Tap-Out (G1)|Tap-Out]] was one of the many forced into the role of gladiator. {{storylink|Tap-Out (G1)|Tap-Out's toy bio}}

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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
*'''Locations'''
**The Ultracons' base.
**The [[grease pits]]

During the [[Border Wars]], [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s [[Ultracon]]s had their base of operations located in Polyhex. {{storylink|Escalation}}

For an unspecified time in the war, [[Kick-Off (G1)|Kick-Off]] was imprisoned at Polyhex and forced to fight in the grease pits. He ended up having to kill his best friend in one of the matches. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|Kick-Off's ''More Than Meets The Eye'' profile}}

===''Timelines''===
*'''Locations'''
**[[Gladiatorial combat|Gladatorial pits]]

The [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] [[Buzzclaw (G1)|Buzzclaw]] used to be a fighter in the [[Gladiatorial combat|gladatorial pits]] of Polyhex. {{storylink|Buzzclaw (G1)|Buzzclaw's toy bio}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] hailed from Polyhex and may have spent his days as a clockmaker there. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations}} There was also a [[Polyhex Minor]]. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}}

During a heavy battle on Cybertron when [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] was still a fresh commander, he ordered the Autobots to reposition at Polyhex in the east. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 13|Old Ways}}

The Polyhexian border was notorious for its ongoing aerial skirmishes, which was why [[Rotorstorm (G1)|Rotorstorm]] was posted there. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1|Last Stand of the Wreckers #1}}

===Live-action film series===
Polyhex exists and is surrounded by [[Praxus]], [[Perihex]] and the area where the [[space bridge]] is located. {{storylink|Risk}}

Several [[Battle of Polyhex|battles]] took place there, which [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] took part in. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Switching Gears|Switching Gears}}

At some point it was ruled over by the [[Fifth Baron-Warlord of Polyhex]]. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Battle Mountain|Battle Mountain}}

===Shattered Glass===
*'''Locations'''
**[[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]]
**A unnamed university

Before the war, the streets of Polyhex were home to the young Cybertronian drifter named [[Goldbug (SG)|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|Goldbug (SG)|Goldbug's toy bio}} Furthermore, Polyhex possessed one of Cybertron's most prestigious universities, where [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]] gave math classes. {{storylink|Megatron (SG)|Megatron's toy bio}} When the [[Autobot]]s started to annihilate anyone not willing to join them, Megatron rose from the fires of the city-state and morphed the survivors into an effective counterforce. Polyhex was subsequently rebuilt to function as the [[Decepticon]]s' base. {{storylink|Shattered Glass}}

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===''Exodus''===
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Located opposite the ruins of [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]], Polyhex was bombed by [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s followers, causing a cliff to collapse, taking a few homes with it, including that of the renowned artist [[Chromatron]]. Cybertron's Satellite Command Center was located at Polyhex, and it was also where [[Autobot High Council|High Councilor]] [[Ratbat (WFC)|Ratbat]] was from and gathered most of his support, so it was no surprise it fell in the third battle of the civil war after he went over to the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus}}

===''Prime'' Cartoon===
[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and his comrades remembered a battle in Polyhex and used a plan they used in the battle against [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] on [[Earth]] during one of the Decepticon's crazy schemes. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}
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==Merchandise==
*'''RISK TRANSFORMERS CYBERTRON Battle Edition''' (2007)
:Polyhex is one of the purple zones on the board.

==Notes==
*Polyhex was introduced in the Marvel comics as a [[Polities of Cybertron|province]] rather than a city-state. However, after the first couple of appearances, it became referred to as just Polyhex rather than "province of Polyhex", while no other locations ever were specified as provinces. For ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'', [[Simon Furman]] established Polyhex as an Orbital Torus State along with almost all city-states featured in the Marvel comics.
*Polyhex was the second city and generally named area on Cybertron put in the [[canon]], preceded only by the Autobot capital [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. This made it the first Decepticon specific region ever written about and as such it shone in the early Marvel comics next to Iacon, though it was passed by as its Decepticon equivalent by first [[Helex]], then [[Alignment|sort of]] [[Kolkular]] and since the [[Dreamwave Productions]] series, [[Kaon]]. ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' is the only continuity to return the Iacon vs. Polyhex vibe.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Polyhex''' (ポリヘックス ''Porihekkusu'')

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://transfans.co.uk/comics_guide_detail.php?id=190&page=9 Transformers #162 Letters Page on Transfans.co.uk]

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Insecticon swarm

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:''The Insecticon swarm is a [[Decepticon]] abomination of science from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:AHM7 Swarm.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Hasbro]], will we get these as [[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]? Pleeeeease?]]
The '''Insecticon swarm''' is a horde of horribly mutated [[Insecticon clone|insect-like]] robots created by the Decepticons, stalking about the surface of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] looking for victims to devour.

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
The swarm were a side-effect of the Decepticons' attempts to create the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], and their existence was seen as horrific torture by [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]. The process created one successful Insecticon for every ''thousand'' swarm clones, with the swarm growing to be three thousand strong {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} before being dumped to scamper around on Cybertron.

[[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]] stated he and his crashed crew were lucky to avoid the swarm. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5|All Hail Megatron #5}} Bowing to narrative effect, two of the swarm chose that very day to walk over to the Autobots' temporary base, allowing [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] to show how cool and violent they were. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}}

The Autobots retreated to a fallback position, {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} needing only to destroy a bridge to keep the swarm at bay. The swarm took out [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], forcing [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] to sacrifice himself manually blowing the bridge. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 8|All Hail Megatron #8}} {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 14|Uneasy Lies the Head}}

During the time the Autobots managed to revive [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]], {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 9|All Hail Megatron #9}} the swarm managed to locate another bridge and besiege the Autobots. Although emboldened by the return of their [[Prime (rank)|leader]], the swarm's sheer numbers began to whittle the Autobot defenses down. Surrounded, outnumbered, and out-gunned, the Autobots were facing imminent death at the hands of the swarm.

And then this happened:
[[File:Omega Arrives in AHM.jpg|thumb|center|300px|We were important to the plot, honest!]]
{{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}}

With Cybertron still overrun by the swarm three years later, it was posited by [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] that they had to be exterminated before the planet could be restored. {{storylink|Ironing Out the Details}}

[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] made it his mission to exterminate the swarm, though eventually he was overwhelmed by sheer numbers and requested Alpha Trion's assistance. The mysterious bot ordered Ironhide to retreat. As the swarm followed close behind Ironhide, both camps ran into [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], who proceeded to stomp on the buggers. Alpha Trion later reported there were still rogue colonies of the swarm across Cybertron and charged Ironhide to exterminate them as well. {{storylink|Iron in the Blood}} {{storylink|Any Old Iron}}

Together with a repaired Sunstreaker, Ironhide found that if you separate a member from the swarm, they can be easily domesticated. This is how they got their new pet, [[Bob (IDW)|Bob]]. By the time the two got off Cybertron, most of the swarm was gone and replaced with a [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|new menace]]. {{storylink|Space Opera Act 2: Out of the Silent Planet}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
As the Autobots prepared a ship so that they could return to Earth, the Insecticon swarm attacked, but was driven off by [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] and his team. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron (Legends)|All Hail Megatron}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''swarm''' (スワーム ''suwāmu'')

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Trion (ship)

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{{disambig3|Trion}}

:''The ''Trion'' is an [[Autobot]] starship from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:AHM5 Trion.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|It crashes. Surprise?]]

The '''''Trion''''' is a fine ship, top of the line in the Autobot fleet, and bristling with weaponry, advanced shield generators, and sophisticated interfaces that allow its crew to jack into the ship itself for maximum maneuverability. This gem of Cybertronian craftsmanship was deemed at its most useful in the hands of a [[Kup (G1)|sweaty-toothed madman]] and his hand-picked crew.

The ship is crewed by:
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (commander)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]]
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (communications officer)
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]
*[[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]]
*[[Drift (G1)|Drift]]

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Kup first got his hands on the ''Trion'' after assembling his crew aboard a [[Wrecker]] ship. {{storylink|Spotlight: Drift}} Shortly afterwards, the ship's communications were cut off from all other Autobots, and couldn't even reach the [[Autobot Orbital Command Hub|Command Hub]]. The crew did, however, catch a distress signal from [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]], and went to save him from [[Decepticon]] attack. As the Decepticons fled aboard the ''[[Torment]]'', the Autobots followed in the ''Trion''. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 15|Lost & Found}}

The chase ended with the ''Trion'' led into a Decepticon ambush and rendered helpless as a result of its command codes having been sold to the enemy by an Autobot traitor. Outnumbered and outgunned, it was forced to crash-land on the desolate and abandoned planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Once there it was largely inoperable, used as a base of operations by Kup's crew as they searched for aid. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5|All Hail Megatron #5}} Roadbuster and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] took one of its cannons to use as a defensive turret against the [[Insecticon swarm]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}}

Several years after Kup's crew left Cybertron by other means, a resurrected [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] came across the wreckage of the ''Trion''. After taking out a few [[Insecticon swarm]] members living in it, he found that the ship still had energy left... energy he could use in his fight against the swarm. Ironhide activated what remained of the ''Trion''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> weapons and turned them on the Insecticons, successfully destroying dozens of the creatures. Unfortunately, many of them dodged the ship's weapons fire and made it inside to Ironhide, who responded by activating the self-destruct system. As Ironhide ejected to safety, the ''Trion'' disappeared in a mighty explosion that served to destroy a large chunk of the swarm. {{storylink|Any Old Iron}}

==Notes==

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Trion''' (トライオン ''Toraion'')

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The Fallen

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[[File:HeatScramble-TheFallen.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The levitation trick gets The Fallen all The Ladies at parties.]]

If the [[Thirteen|first Transformers]] were [[Primus]]'s disciples, then '''The Fallen''' is his Judas. At the dawn of time, he was '''Megatronus''', one of a brotherhood of vastly powerful beings dedicated to the well-being of their world. But The Fallen would gain his current moniker by turning against his brother [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]s and his purpose to pursue his own ends, also earning the moniker "the first Decepticon" in the process. His frightening form is a metal cage for primal, burning forces of [[Unicron|chaos]], giving him the appearance of a living furnace. These cauldron-like forces purged him of what empathy and morality remained; all that remains now is hatred and purest rage.

The Fallen is immensely powerful. He commands mystic, entropic arts, and when at full strength he can un-make creation at his focused will. He is rarely defeated; at best he is contained, where he waits with eternal patience for the chance to unleash his dark powers once again. Though he has at times been imprisoned between dimensions, this rarely lasts. When his power is at its height The Fallen can open [[space bridge]]s and travel between dimensions and realities at will.

If there is any reprieve, it is that there is only one of him. Like his brothers, The Fallen is a [[multiversal singularity]],<ref>[[Forest Lee]], [[BotCon 2009]]</ref> meaning that in all of the vast [[Continuity|multiverse]], he has no alternate-universe doppelganger. He may appear different in different realities but that is merely surface, it is always the same singular force of eldritch evil beneath. In several realities he is the originator of the [[Decepticon]]s, the catalyst that prompted [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] to claim power for himself rather than the greater good. While the exact details of his past are complicated beyond the understanding of mortals,<ref>See [[Hasbro Q&A/July 2009: Answers|Hasbro Q&A/July 2009: Answer #3]] for more information.</ref> two things remain consistent: He is bad news, and he's on fire.

{{quote|You... you're from ''before''. Aren't you?|[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] on The Fallen|"[[Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation]]"}}

==Origins==
As explained in more detail in the appropriate sections below, The Fallen has been given different origin stories in several of the different continuities in which he has appeared. At first glance, these may seem to be in conflict, but they are simply another facet of his nature as a singularity. The Fallen and other beings of his type do not experience reality in the same manner as lesser, linear beings. With the complicated loops and twists of time and dimension, he is quite capable of possessing different origins in the different realities he enters and still remaining one singular entity. To paraphrase Walt Whitman: Does he contradict himself? Very well, then he contradicts himself. He is large. He contains multitudes.

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Thefallen.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Ah, you know it's funny, these people, they go to sleep, they think everything's fine, everything's good... They wake up the next day and they're on fire.]]

When Primus and Unicron first battled as planets, Primus created the first 13 Transformers to assist him in planet mode. The Fallen's original purpose as one of the 13 was to oversee entropy, the orderly dissolution of all things in preparation for the next creation. But the concept of destruction fascinated him too much, and he lost sight of the goal of rebirth and the necessity of restraint. His investigations into the dark sciences led him to Unicron, to whom he gave himself.<ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/toys/titanium/the-fallen/1126/2/9/ Fallen's ''Titanium Series'' on-package bio]</ref> Corrupted by Unicron, the Fallen then tried to sabotage his creator's body. This attempt ended in failure, and "The Fallen" fled to his master, but there was little refuge to be found: They were both sucked into a [[black hole]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide}}

Approximately 7 million years before the 21st century, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] were lost in a [[space bridge]] accident. This accident weakened the barrier between reality and [[underspace|the dimension]] in which The Fallen was trapped, allowing The Fallen to eventually break free and return to Cybertron. The Fallen set about initiating the "[[Unbinding]]", to precipitate the return of Unicron, and spent years, if not millennia, subtly manipulating the Autobots and Decepticons, causing them to splinter into multiple sub-factions that engaged in a constant series of escalating conflicts.

[[File:Thefallenseeksfour.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Hey, The Fallen, ever heard of Tums?]]

As the time for the Unbinding drew near, the Fallen recruited a [[Chaos Trinity|trio of Decepticon outcasts]], [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]], and [[Bugly (G1)|Bugly]], who hungered for a command of [[Dark science|the occult]]. The Fallen promised them all manner of dark powers in exchange for serving him. Leading his three followers to the [[Well of All Sparks]], hidden within Cybertron, he explained that the Unbinding required four particular Transformers, who would function as "angles in the geometry of dissolution", and named [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] as the first. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}}

The Fallen and company proceeded to construct a strange machine within the Well of All Sparks in preparation for the Unbinding. Unfortunately, Bludgeon and friends got impatient for more than The Fallen's praise and demanded a more tangible reward: the arcane power he had promised them. The Fallen responded by grabbing Bludgeon’s head and giving him a mere glimpse of what he sought: images of a fiery vortex, demonic faces, stabbing swords and a human skull engulfed Bludgeon. The Fallen stated that this was but a peek inside a dark door he would fully open if they served him well. This left Bludgeon suitably inspired to begin hunting down their targets.

[[File:Thefallengrimlock.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Someone should tell Grimlock this more often.]]

Bugly and Mindwipe leaked information to draw the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] out into combat with [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], while Bludgeon hatched a plot to snare both Grimlock and [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. {{storylink|Escalation}} Bludgeon, Bugly, and Mindwipe ambushed Jetfire as he attempted a cross-faction meeting with [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. When Grimlock crashed the party earlier than they expected, however, The Fallen himself had to intervene and caught Grimlock’s blazing energo-sword in his bare hand. {{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}}

Grimlock took one punch from The Fallen yet still got back up, so The Fallen grabbed him by the shoulders and unleashed a huge blast of energy that put the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] leader out cold. Shocked by the display, Jetfire surmised that The Fallen predated the Golden Age, which impressed The Fallen, but he still knocked Jetfire out cold. He dragged Grimlock and Jetfire away and commanded his followers to gather the third angle while he handled the fourth. The Fallen singlehandedly abducted [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] from his well-guarded holding cell in Autobot headquarters, shrugging off attacks by some of the Autobots' best warriors and causing their weapons to corrode away into uselessness with a mere gesture. Bludgeon's team, meanwhile, succeeded in acquiring [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] from the Protectobots.

[[File:Fallenmoreonfire.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|The Fallen somehow sets himself ''more on fire''.]]

All four angles were strapped to the device in the Well of All Sparks. Launching into full B-movie villain mode, The Fallen theatrically monologued to the awakening Jetfire that they were casualties in the war of the Gods, and would be used to break the Seal of Primus, after which "all chaos will follow". {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}}

The Fallen continued his villainous monologue, apparently directing it not at Jetfire but at Primus himself, as the four Transformers' unique sparks were drained to unlock the Seal of Primus. A combined army of forces from several factions defeated the Chaos Trinity and penetrated The Fallen's operation. By the time they reached the door, The Fallen was satisfied that the Transformers were too late, until Jetfire arranged a force-field to surround the Seal. The Fallen was further impressed that Jetfire understood enough to try to contain the Seal, but his distraction cost him victory: the God of Light himself was subsequently roused from his slumber where he saw The Fallen. With a gesture of his radiant hand, Primus engulfed his wayward creation in a torrent of searing energy that was then sucked back into the Seal of Primus. {{storylink|Conflagration}}

{{note|The Fallen would've returned in a one-shot story entitled "[[The Enemy Within]]", when in the present, Jetfire discovers Shockwave broke the Seal for his cloning experiments. The Fallen's essence escaped and corrupted [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], and following his death, passed into Jetfire. Dreamwave's bankruptcy meant the story was never published.}}

===''Cybertron'' comic===
[[File:Vectorprimeut.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Back, and to the left.]]
[[Vector Prime (Cybertron)|Vector Prime]]'s reminiscences of his mission and history included standing with his fellow 13 original Transformers, The Fallen's silhouette visible in their ranks. {{storylink|Vector Prime: In the Beginning}}
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===''Kre-O'' comic===
When [[Predaking (Kre-O Decepticon)|Predaking]] attacked Autobot City, the Fallen, in an adorable Kreon body based on his Titanium body, could be seen standing next to [[Sky-Byte (Kre-O)|Sky-Byte]]. {{storylink|Behemoth Combination! But They're Cute? The Predacon Unit}}

===Live-action film series===
====IDW ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics====
[[File:Defianceissue4-creation.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.85|Look [[Prima (G1)|familiar]]?]]

According to what The Fallen told [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] as part of the latter's recruitment, The Fallen and his brothers were the first creations of the [[AllSpark]]. The planet that would become [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was mostly barren, but as the AllSpark gradually shaped Cybertron around them and gave The Fallen and his brothers power beyond measure, the AllSpark became depleted. They learned that the its power could be replenished by harvesting the energy of stars, but they were unable to locate new stars to suit their purposes, despite their amazing ability to travel between dimensions using triangular "[[sarcophagus|sarcophagi]]". {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}}

The Fallen believed the AllSpark spoke only to him, telling him of a grander destiny than that of his brothers. He was its "chosen one." {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 4|Tales of the Fallen #4}} The AllSpark granted The Fallen a race of [[Transformer|workers]] that had a power of their own: They could change their forms! Some, called "[[Seeker (ROTF)|Seekers]]", could even change into interstellar crafts that could locate stars for them. The [[Dynasty of Primes]], as the entities and their descendants were known, would then come and build a harvester which would destroy the star and send its power to the AllSpark. The Dynasty tempered their search with the rule of sparing stars with inhabited worlds, but The Fallen believed that the Dynasty's compassion would ultimately doom the Cybertronians to inevitable extinction. As he sought a way to fix this problem, The Fallen came to think evil thoughts. What if there were no other Primes to share the AllSpark with? What if its power was his alone? {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}}

[[File:JetfireROTF-TalesoftheFallen.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I'm trustworthy!]]

The Fallen began to court some Transformers to his side. He selected a small number of the [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]] drones to do his bidding in private, ultimately in service of subverting the Dynasty of Primes in favor of his own agenda. He called this group the Decepticons. [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]], The Fallen's most trusted and capable Seeker, began to unwittingly harvest the stars of inhabited star systems; the two would scan a system together, but The Fallen would report that his search areas were devoid of life. This practice got The Fallen and Jetfire into trouble with the other Primes, and so The Fallen began to sow seeds of mistrust in Jetfire. He claimed the Primes' refusal to sacrifice life to save their own planet would be its downfall, and that an army must be readied in case the Primes betrayed them all. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 3|Tales of the Fallen #3}}

[[File:TalesoftheFallen4-theyshallpay.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Yummy yummy I've got hate in my tummy!]]

The Fallen attempted to build a Star Harvester on his own, powered by a counterfeit [[Matrix of Leadership]] he had constructed. However, it was unstable, and the resulting explosion infused The Fallen with power he had never known. He now burned with dark, unimaginable powers from within. The Fallen, feeling a darker sense of purpose that complemented his darker powers, traveled from world to world to world, killing scores of organisms and assimilating their technology, and leaving the dry husks of planets in his wake. He evolved, and during his ascension he planned for the eventual battle with his brothers. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 4|Tales of the Fallen #4}}

As Jetfire joined the Decepticons, The Fallen took them to a planet named Earth, and they built a [[Star Harvester]] to claim the [[Sun]]. However, it, too, harbored life: The Fallen was building the harvester there to either bait his brothers into taking action (while he was prepared to kill them all) or to remain in limbo. Either way, he won! Jetfire finally turned against his master, just as the remaining Primes arrived, falling into the traitor's trap. The Fallen warped Jetfire and his other underlings away and faced his brothers alone. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 3|Tales of the Fallen #3}}

[[File:TalesoftheFallen4-notlikethis.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Ever since he was a child, he was hated by triangles.]]

The battle between The Fallen and the other Primes was costly. They did not expect The Fallen to have so much power, and one by one they fell by his wretched hand. He had "expanded [his] consciousness—absorbed the mental mass of a hive intelligence seventy trillion strong, probed the neural functions of creatures that swim in unrefined thought..." Since last they met, he was "so much more" than they were. The Fallen was able to grab weapons from his stockpile through personal dimensional portals, and one by one he murdered his brothers until there was only one Prime left to oppose him. With one last desperate gamble, the final Prime fled, and he and The Fallen warped from location to location; The Fallen thought this Prime was merely stalling, but he was gravely mistaken. The final Prime had gathered up the bodies of his defeated brothers, and when at last he had collected them all and The Fallen was weak from overteleportation, he used their combined lifeforce to banish The Fallen forever. The Fallen was trapped through a sarcophagi to another dimension, where he crashed into a desolate landscape, swearing revenge. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 4|Tales of the Fallen #4}}{{storylink|Foundation issue 2}} Back on Earth, the harvester was covered by the [[Human|natives]] with a pyramid. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}}

Knowledge of this was lost through the ages, and the Dynasty of Primes became little more than a myth. Eons later, a mysterious pylon was found buried on Cybertron by modern-day Transformers and delivered to Megatron's private quarters. Unbeknownst to them all, this was the sarcophagus of The Fallen, and upon activation, it healed the grievously-wounded Cybertronian military leader and established contact between him and its prisoner. Filled with a new resolve to destroy those who sought out the AllSpark, Megatron's optics were tinted red by the encounter. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 2|Defiance #2}} In the aftermath of Megatron's ruthless battle against a band of aliens seeking the AllSpark, The Fallen further counseled him to seize control of Cybertron to make way for The Fallen's return. He also told him that [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]] sought the AllSpark for himself, and Megatron immediately decided that Optimus and his followers deserved to be killed for this transgression. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}}

[[File:Defiance4 Megatron TheFallen.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|left|All right, who changed the thermostat!?]]

But simply taking the planet would not be enough. The Fallen also ordered Megatron to build a [[Nemesis (Movie)|space cruiser]] to seek out the Matrix, which he said was a prerequisite to his return. As the ship's construction came to an end, The Fallen told Megatron the story of his origin (recounted above) and his plans regarding the harvester on Earth. The Fallen ordered Megatron to put his sarcophagus on the ship and then stay behind to fight Optimus's forces and safeguard the AllSpark. [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and a majority of the Decepticon soldiers crewed the ship.
Meanwhile on Cybertron, civil war raged between Optimus's Autobots and Megatron's Decepticons, a war which eventually led to the AllSpark being launched into space. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}}

The ''Nemesis'' came across the AllSpark's energon signature, to Soundwave's disbelief. The Fallen began speaking to Soundwave just as a [[Ark (DOTM)|ship]] crashed into the ''Nemesis'', and disappeared once more through a portal. After landing the ship on a dead planet, Soundwave was commanded to pursue the ship via the portal — that The Fallen recognized as a [[space bridge]] — it left behind. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 1}} Later, Megatron found the abandoned ''Nemesis'' during his pursuit of the AllSpark. He once again spoke with The Fallen, who was furious that Megatron had taken this detour. He ordered him to resume the chase immediately, confident that the Cube would guide them to the harvester. Megatron obeyed, leaving the sarcophagus in the barren wreckage. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}}

Thousands of years later, Soundwave returned, having recovered a space bridge [[pillar]] from the Autobot ship. The Fallen informed Soundwave of Megatron's visit, and Soundwave deduced Megatron was one of the Cybertronians rumored to held captive by the humans, prompting him to return. The Fallen then used the pillar to warp space and time, leaving his prison at last... {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}
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====''I Can Read''====
[[File:TheFallen-RiseoftheDecepticons.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|I can has face?]]
[[File:TheFallen-thrownintospace.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Maybe Prime doesn't want your stupid face!]]
The Fallen is the most powerful and evil of Decepticons, but he has been asleep for ages. But now he's woken up, and he has designs on Earth! Will he and Megatron be too powerful to defeat? {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons}}

The Fallen flies towards Earth. Since he feeds on energy, he is more powerful than even Megatron! He plans to absorb the energy of the Sun.

Thankfully, Optimus Prime and his Autobots are here to stop him. Ultimately, The Fallen is thrown through a portal leading into outer space. {{storylink|I Am Optimus Prime (ROTF)|I Am Optimus Prime}}
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====''Transformers: The Movie Universe''====
The original Transformers, all of them Primes, were united by a directive that safeguarded all life, and as such they refused to utilize the harvester on the inhabited Earth. One of their number, however, decided "I want Energon!" and slaughtered his brothers so he could harvest the Sun. He threw away his original name and became the Fallen. In the end, he slaughtered all of his brethren, but they were still able to imprison him in a pocket dimension and save the Earth. In the process, his appearance had changed to a terrifying, cage-like exostructure burning with chaotic energies from the universe's creation, forces that had purged him of all morality. Since his body was never meant to contain the unholy power flowing through it, he had to steadily vent that energy to ensure his own continued existence. This created the visual effect of a constant fiery nimbus.

While effectively harmless to the universe outside his prison, his powers remained vast: He could generate space bridges spontaneously, as well as focus his energies into discrete blasts that could unmake creation itself. Were he ever able to escape, he would be a supremely powerful danger. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe|The Movie Universe}}

====Titan Comics ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics====
The worst of the worst, he makes Devastator look like a puppy with a bad tummy! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|#3's Contents section}}

Legend has it that the first seven Transformers were created by [[Primus]], but the Fallen believes them to be creations of the AllSpark. Their task was to harvest Energon for the AllSpark without endangering alien life, but the Fallen cared nothing for the [[Human|puny meatsacks]] of Earth and tried to harvest the Sun! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|The Fallen Profile}} His duped servant Jetfire watched in horror as the Fallen imprisoned the other six Primes! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Jetfire Profile}} However, the Primes still managed to sacrifice themselves to hide the Creation Matrix, key to the AllSpark, while the Fallen was imprisoned in a pocket dimension on one of Saturn's moons... until Megatron released him! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|The Fallen Profile}}

[[File:Titan1 FallenStarscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Behold my <s>resting</s> mighty hand!]]

The sinister figure of the Fallen made contact with [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] soon after Megatron's death, using him to organise the Decepticon army and lay the groundwork for his return, his... revenge! He ordered Starscream and his forces to go to Cybertron and await further instruction, and promised that once the Matrix was found, [[Earth]] would ''burn''! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Training Day}}

But then that fool Starscream allowed [[Skids (ROTF)|two]] [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Autobots]] to escape to Earth with vital intelligence! Luckily, the Fallen had agents there, and despatched [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]] to deal with them. He angrily warned Starscream not to fail again, grrrr! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Dogfight!}}

However, due to his imprisonment, the Fallen could only communicate with his generals and not Ransack directly... and so [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], his Earth-side operative, secretly began to take his ''own'' actions! But in an act of cosmic irony, the very twins the Fallen wanted killed ended this treacherous scheme. Ransack intended to inform the Fallen {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}} [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|but failed]]...

{{note|The following events occur in the Law and Disorder continuity.}}

The Fallen suffers from iron barnacles in the folds of his armour... and if YOU are an Autobot sympathiser, you will be forced to clean them out! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.7|#7's Law and Disorder}}
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====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Tony Todd]] (English), [[Banjō Ginga]] (Japanese)|[[Bert Franzke]] (German), [[Gabriel Pingarrón]] (Latin American-Spanish)}}

[[File:TheFallen-ROTFwithPrimes.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.95|''Ocupado!'']]
Nineteen thousand years ago, The Fallen accompanied [[Dynasty of Primes|his brother Primes]] to [[Earth]] in an attempt to harvest the [[Sun|star]] it orbited. Just as they had completed construction of the [[Star Harvester]], however, The Fallen discovered [[Human|a primitive race of hunters]]. The Primes invoked their rule of the sanctity of life and refused to activate the harvester, but The Fallen despised the humans as simple insects and attempted to activate the Harvester. A great battle took place, but ultimately, The Fallen was defeated and the remaining Primes hid themselves and the [[Matrix of Leadership]], and The Fallen's harvester was concealed within a pyramid in [[Egypt]]. The Fallen dispatched the [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seekers]] to locate the Matrix, but they proved unable and he eventually abandoned them. The Fallen became known as the first [[Decepticon]], and he became the master of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], leader of the faction. He employed Megatron in the pursuit of the [[AllSpark]], but after Megatron's defeat at [[Mission City]], the AllSpark was reduced to a mere fragment.

[[File:TheFallen-ROTFNemesis.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|What is thy bidding, my master?]]

Upon Megatron's revival he traveled to the ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'', where The Fallen stayed in a life-support chair while [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] oversaw the creation of a new army of Decepticons. Prostrating himself before the Fallen, Megatron said that he had failed his master and their race by allowing the AllSpark to be destroyed. Amused by his disciple's misinformation, The Fallen revealed that the cube was merely a vessel, while the knowledge within the AllSpark was instead placed within the mind of the human who had challenged Megatron, [[Sam Witwicky (Movie)|Sam Witwicky]]. With the knowledge within Sam's mind, they could find the Star Harvester and the Matrix needed to activate it. Megatron asked permission to avenge himself and reclaim the AllSpark, but The Fallen asked for patience, though he could understand his desire, as The Fallen himself hungered to return to the wretched planet where his brother Primes had betrayed him. The Fallen also explained that the only threat to him was the last surviving Prime, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]]. Since Optimus would protect Sam, The Fallen ordered Megatron to capture the boy and draw out the Prime.

Megatron's mission was partially successful: although the boy escaped, Optimus came to defend him and died in the process. The Fallen sensed his death and was very pleased, knowing that the time to strike was now. When the Decepticons traveled to the Earth's surface in [[transition form|re-entry mode]]s, The Fallen accompanied them, destroying an [[United States Navy#U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)|aircraft carrier]] as well as attacking several cities. As the aircraft carrier sank into the ocean, The Fallen quietly intoned that revenge was finally his. The Fallen tapped into Earth's communication network, and announced the presence of the Transformers on Earth on worldwide television, demanding the "human hive" hand over Sam or be destroyed.

[[File:ROTF Fallen headchop.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|Can't. Take. Our. Sun. Unless you got buns, hon! And, oh man, he don't.]]
Unfortunately, Sam was in Egypt hunting for the [[Matrix of Leadership]] after being told it might be able to revive Optimus. He succeeded, but moments after Prime's resurrection, The Fallen appeared amongst the assorted NEST troops, scattering the soldiers, pinning Optimus and stealing the Matrix. He then teleported to the now uncovered harvester, and as he inserted the Matrix into the machine, he declared that his brothers had failed as he now claimed the Sun. While it charged, the humans attempted to destroy the harvester with their heavy weapons. Unimpressed with their display, The Fallen demonstrated his considerable power by destroying the attacking military forces with telekinesis, then raised a blockade of debris to prevent an air strike. However, a super-powered Optimus Prime, now fused with [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]], destroyed the harvester and attacked The Fallen, sending them both falling to the ground below.

[[File:TheFallen-ROTFfacegotten.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Bali mangti kali ma, mukti degi kali ma, kali ma, kali ma, KALI MA!"]]

Enraged, The Fallen commanded Optimus to join his brothers in death and two engaged in a fierce duel, but it quickly became apparent that Optimus was strong enough to face The Fallen. Megatron attacked Optimus in an attempt to help his master, but was quickly overpowered and knocked out. The Fallen counterattacked Optimus, managing to rip off Prime's left rocket thruster and strike him in the face with it. However, Optimus eventually managed to impale The Fallen through the shoulder with his own spear, then demanded his face, tearing it off. The Fallen tried to flee, but Optimus Prime punched through his chest and ripped out his spark core, finally killing The Fallen.

Afterwards, a wounded and horrified Megatron fled with Starscream, and the Autobots and their allies declared victory. {{Storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{note|The [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|novelization]] and [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation|comic adaptation]], based on early drafts of the script, provide more backstory for The Fallen, such as his hunt for the descendants of his brother Primes, and his promise to Megatron that he would make him a Prime—something Optimus exposes as a lie during their final battle, as one can only be born a Prime, leading Megatron to abandon his teacher.}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[Nexus Prime (Classics)|Nexus Prime]] claimed that Megatronus, in collusion with [[Liege Maximo (G2)|Liege Maximo]], began a war between the Thirteen and the tribes each Prime led. He broke a promise to [[Solus Prime (G1)|Solus Prime]] and betrayed [[Prima (G1)|Prima]]. A notable figure in the war was Megatronus's former underling, [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]. In the end, the war forced eleven of the Thirteen to leave [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and Megatronus chose another planet to reside on. His location was later discovered by [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]], who seeded the planet with one of his [[Regenesis]] ores. {{storylink|The Crucible}}
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===Transformers ''Generations'' 2013===
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==Games==
===Transformers: Battle for the Matrix===

{{Note|Battle for the Matrix is a simplified retelling of the events of [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]. It can be played from the perspective of either Bumblebee or Optimus Prime. The final battle is against Megatron and the Fallen at the [[Star Harvester]].}}
[[File:The Fallen battleforthematrix.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Behind you!]]
The Fallen tried to defend the Sun Harvester from some Autobot attackers. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle for the Matrix}}
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===''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game===
:''Voice actor:'' [[James Arnold Taylor]]
[[File:ROTF 360PS3PC TheFallen.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|I shall light this holy ring, release its cleansing flame, and burn a path into the divine beyond!!! ...Wait, what game is this again?]]
====Xbox 360/PS3/PC====
=====Decepticon campaign=====

With Optimus Prime seemingly defeated, The Fallen and the Decepticons journeyed to Egypt, where he uncovered the Star Harvester from inside the Great Pyramid of Giza and commenced his plans to destroy the Sun. However, the last of the Primes had survived his battle with Megatron and now revealed to the enraged Decepticon leader that The Fallen had betrayed him. The Fallen's promise to Megatron that he would make his student a Prime would never be fulfilled, as Primes were born, not made. Megatron demanded what he had been promised, but the Fallen, disgusted with the creature that he no longer needed, attacked. Righteous indignation fueled Megatron through this battle, and ultimately, he ended The Fallen's mastery over the Decepticons by impaling him through his head and letting the corpse fall into the depths of the Star Harvester. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)}}

=====Autobot campaign=====

Optimus Prime had survived his battle with Megatron and merged with the parts of Jetfire, and now this new, powered-up form faced the might of The Fallen at the Great Pyramid. Optimus's ancestor mocked this young upstart who dared to face his elder, telekinetically throwing debris at the Autobot, summoning great bursts of energy from the ground, and unleashing an army of Decepticon drones. However, Optimus Prime's new armour more than enabled him to survive this onslaught, and as he rained energy slugs into The Fallen, the ancient Cybertronian called out to Megatron for help, but to no avail, for his student had since learned of The Fallen's treachery. Optimus ended The Fallen's reign of terror by impaling him through his head and letting the corpse fall into the depths of the Star Harvester. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)}}

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===Transformers Autobots/Decepticons===
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===Revenge of the Fallen (mobile game)===
The Fallen sent [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and some Decepticon forces to [[Shanghai]] to retrieve a fragment of the [[AllSpark]]. Starscream returned successful, and The Fallen sent him to NEST HQ as a diversion. The Fallen himself used the AllSpark shard to resurrect [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] as part of the ongoing plan to gain possession of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] so they could reactivate the "[[Star Harvester|Great Machine]]". The Fallen sent Megatron to [[Egypt]], but when the other Decepticons fell, he himself put in an appearance. The Fallen was confident that [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] had worn himself out fighting Megatron, however Optimus channeled the power of the Matrix into a single blast, destroying The Fallen. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Glu)}}

====Wii/PS2====
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==Toys==
===Titanium Series===
[[File:Thefallentitanium.JPG|thumb|upright=1.66|Hey, Stegmutt! Mister The Fallen is ON FIRE!]]
*'''Fallen''' (6-inch Cybertron Heroes, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Display stand
: Instead of being based on his comic appearance, the Fallen toy is loosely based on [[Don Figueroa]]'s design for pre-[[Earth]] [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] as seen in ''[[The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration]]'' and ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]'', though obviously with The Fallen's head and deco. He transforms into a Cybertronic tank. Sadly his tank form doesn't hold together well, nor does he have actual hands, just blocks with holes in them. His side-mounted cannons can peg into his forearms in robot mode, or be held in his fists. He wears a faction symbol of his own effigy. The Fallen is, by a fraction of an inch, the tallest (and the bulkiest) of the 6" Titanium Series figures.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Unicron/TheFallen/thefallen.htm More information on The Fallen at TFU.info]''
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===Revenge of the Fallen===
====Legends Class toys====
[[File:ROTFtoy-TheFallenLegends.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''*high-pitched helium voice*'' "I am The Faaallllleeeen!"]]
*'''The Fallen''' (Legends, 2009)
:Part of wave 3 of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Legends Class toys, The Fallen transforms from robot mode to a Cybertronian Destroyer. For whatever peculiar reason, his legs are sculpted backwards, with the front (kneecaps and all) being on the back and vice versa. This is ''not'' a factory assembly error, however, as swapping the legs makes him impossible to transform, so it can only be chalked up to miscommunication somewhere along the line. As with all wave three Legends figures, the photo on the back of the figure's packaging shows a mistransformed robot mode, where the vehicle nosecone is not folded up against his back.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/LegTheFallen/thefallen.htm More information on Legends The Fallen at TFU.info]''
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[[File:ROTF Legends TheFallen Lawson.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|What, how dare they make me so small?! I was worshipped as a ''GOD!'']]
*'''Soundwave / EZ Collection The Fallen''' (2009)
:Available exclusively at the Lawson's convenience store in Japan (and the only way to obtain this figure via TakaraTomy), this version of Legends class The Fallen is the same as the Hasbro release, despite earlier pictures showing different [[paint operation]]s. The Deluxe-class Preview Soundwave it comes with is unchanged from the regular release.
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====Voyager Class toys====
[[File:ROTFtoy-TheFallenVoyager.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Smokin'!]]
*'''The Fallen''' (Voyager, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RD-10'''

:Part of wave two of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Voyager Class figures, The Fallen transforms from a robot into a "Cybertronian Destroyer" mode. The robot mode features several "slide-out energy absorption panels" on his head and arms which can either be deployed or hidden. In addition to that [[Mech Alive]] feature, his feet are spring-actioned so that when the toy is not standing on a surface (in other words, in jet mode), the toes ball up together. Setting the robot back down on a flat surface will splay the toes open again.

:There are rubbery connectors that attach his arms to his torso that increase accuracy to his visual portrayal in the live-action film, but this restricts his arm movement severely.

:There are at least two features to the toy not addressed on his instructions: first, the panels over the robot's forearms, which can be moved forward to cover the hands in vehicle mode; secondly, curved spikes which are normally in line with the upper legs can be rotated to point forward.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TheFallen/thefallen.htm More information on Voyager The Fallen at TFU.info]''
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[[File:ROTFtoy-GatheringattheNemesis.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Hi, I'm the same!]]
*'''Gathering at Nemesis''' (Toys "R" Us-exclusive box set, 2009)
: This version of The Fallen comes with a [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#GatheringNemesis|silver Voyager Class Megatron]] from the first movie toyline. [[Soundwave (ROTF)#GatheringNemesis|Soundwave]] was [[redeco]]ed predominantly in blue as an homage to the [[Soundwave (G1)|original Soundwave]]. The Fallen has no color differences compared to the original release.
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[[File:ROTFtoy-TheFallenVoyagerorange.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|CAUTION: HOT]]
*'''The Fallen''' (Voyager, 2009)

: A Target-[[exclusive]] redeco of The Fallen in black and orange (with translucent red) was released just before Thanksgiving weekend 2009 along with two other Target-exclusive Transformers sets. The fire-like deco likely homages The Fallen's beginnings as a creature perpetually aflame. He was packaged in a clear hexagonal package in robot mode, and his original Voyager Class packaging bio was used again, unaltered.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TargetTheFallen/thefallen.htm More information on Target The Fallen at TFU.info]''
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*'''The Fallen Blazing Edition''' (2010 Tokyo Winter wonder Festival exclusive)

: This version is very close to the Target-exclusive redeco, but with translucent plastic instead of opaque.
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====Robot Replicas====
[[File:ROTFtoy-TheFallenRobotReplica.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Yes! We come from France!]]
*'''The Fallen''' (Robot Replica, 2009)
:This nonconvertible figurine of The Fallen boasts several points of articulation, a faithful replication of the robot mode, and little else. Like the Voyager Class toy, the forearms can be attached to the struts leading from his torso (here via a tiny balljoint), severely restricting his arm poseability, but increasing accuracy to his film design.

: Because he doesn't have an [[Alternate mode|alt. mode]] in the film, this technically makes him an almost-perfect replica of his CGI appearance.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/RRTheFallen/thefallen.htm More information on Robot Replica The Fallen at TFU.info]''
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===Transformers (2010)===
*'''The Victory of The Fallen''' (K-mart exclusive multi-pack, 2010)
[[File:TF2010toy-VictoryofTheFallen.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Some victory for The Fallen would be novel!]]
:An orange and black redeco of his Legends Class toy, ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers]]: [[Hunt for the Decepticons]]'' The Fallen is part of a [[Kmart]]-exclusive Legends 5-pack that includes redecoes of Legends Class [[The Fallen#Transformers (2010)|The Fallen]], [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Legends Class toys 3|Megatron]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#VictoryFallen|Optimus Prime]], [[Jetfire (ROTF)#Legends Class toys 2|Jetfire]], and [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Legends Class toys 3|Starscream]].

:The set included a "Most-Wanted Decepticons" collectors card that featured The Fallen. It provided a code to enter into the "[[Hunt for the Decepticons]]" website to reveal the end of the story set up on the back of the package. Surprise, it's just the live-action film's ending, with no victory for The Fallen whatsoever. There is no truth in advertising!

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/KMLegTheFallen/thefallen.htm More information on "Victory" The Fallen at TFU.info]''
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[[File:TF2010toy-TheFallen.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|You'd be blue, too, if you had a removable face!]]
*'''The Fallen''' (Voyager, 2010)
**''Accessories:'' Staff

:The Fallen is a blue and teal [[redeco]] and [[retool]] of Voyager Class ''Revenge of the Fallen'' The Fallen, with new (and more [[Show-accuracy|movie-accurate]]) hands and head. The new face is removable, revealing a skull beneath, allowing for "give me your face" reenactment possibilities. The new head also has a much greater range of motion compared to the original. He is the first toy of The Fallen to come with the "[[Command Staff]]" he wielded in the film, which necessitated the hand remolds so he could hold it. The staff folds in half and pegs underneath the toy in vehicle mode.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/TheFallen/thefallen.htm More information on "blue" The Fallen at TFU.info]''
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==Merchandise==
===Missile Mania Board Game===
*'''The Fallen'''
: The Fallen is one of eight characters featured in the [[Missile Mania]] board game, represented by a small standee adorned with artwork of the character.
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===7-11 Slurpee tie-in merchandise===
[[File:ROTFmerchandise-TheFallenstraw.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|''Great'' Transformers tie-in merchandise or the ''greatest'' Transformers tie-in merchandise?]]
*'''The Fallen'''
: The Fallen will help you uncreate your Slurpee with this Slurpee straw topper figurine! Comes attached to a straw in a baggie and is available at your local 7-11 while supplies last!
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===Burger King===
[[File:ROTFmerchandise-BurgerKingTheFallen.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Flame grilled to perfection]]
*'''The Fallen Flip-Out''' (2009)
:An embossed [[Temporary Decepticon base|plastic Decepticon insignia]], which flips up into a flat representation of The Fallen with some shoulder articulation. The Fallen, naturally, has flames behind him.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/BKTheFallen/thefallen.htm More information on Burger King The Fallen at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=242&itemid=14653 More information on The Fallen at Toy News International]''
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===Robot Heroes===
[[File:Robotheroesmegatronfallenprimejetfireironhide.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Whoa, who ordered the extra-large The Fallen?]]
*'''Battle for the Fallen''' (box set, 2009)
:This ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' box set of figures comes with The Fallen, Megatron (tank mode), Optimus Prime and [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] combined, and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] (truck mode). He is twice as large as a regular ''Robot Heroes'' figure, and has simple swivel joints in his arms and face.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/RHTheFallen/thefallen.htm More information on ''Robot Heroes'' The Fallen at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
[[File:Fallenpatlee.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|I'm The Fallen, and I can't get up!]]
*The Fallen design was created by [[Pat Lee]], his first (and only) original Transformers character. ([[Simon Furman]] created the concept, see next item.) The early design concept not only lacked The Fallen's characteristic mouthplate, but differed incredibly from the final product. Envisioned as a medieval, ancient-looking Transformer, he glowed like a furnace, though he was not depicted as being perpetually on fire until [[Andrew Wildman]] penciled his appearances in ''[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages]]'' and the colorists caught on.
*The Fallen was also used to recycle some of Simon Furman's unused [[Last Autobot]] plans.[http://www.camphortree.net/tf/tidbits/otfcc2004.txt]
*When questioned about him constantly being aflame, ''[[War Within (comic)|War Within]]'' writer Simon Furman stated that The Fallen is always on fire "because it looks cool."
[[File:Thefallentank.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|The Judasmobile.]]
*The Fallen's ''[[War Within]]'' [[alternate mode]], a tank, though designed, was never used in-fiction. Similarly, The Fallen is said to have ''no'' alternate mode in IDW's ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics, and he does not actually transform in the film.
*Very little of The Fallen's backstory was given in his first fictional appearances, leaving much of ''The Dark Ages'' somewhat confusing on its own. Helpful inserts from the ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' profile books and DK's ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'', published around the same time, spelled out more. Eventually, the packaging profile printed on his Titanium figure gave the rest. Oh, and then years later, he was the titular villain of a summer blockbuster film.
* The proper treatment of his name, with its capital-T "The", is established both in the comics and the ''Ultimate Guide''. The one dissenting source is his on-package [[bio]], which simply calls him "'''Fallen'''" (as in, "'''Fallen''' forgot his real name long ago"). The reason for this awkward treatment is unknown, though the usual culprits behind toy-name oddities - [[trademark]] issues - are suspected.
* The Fallen can speak Spanish.<ref>Fanclub-exclusive Mini Mayhem strip, March 19, 2007</ref>
*During [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2008, in an interview on July 25th, [[Simon Furman]] claimed that ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'' would feature a character called the Fallen, which was a character they created for Dreamwave's ''The War Within: The Dark Ages''.<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17412 Simon Furman confirms The Fallen is a character in an interview with Comic Book Resources (Fallen details removed)]</ref> Three days later, [[IDW Publishing]] writer [[Chris Mowry]] corroborated the claim in an interview with MTV Splash Page, calling "The Fallen" the main villain of the film.<ref>[http://splashpage.mtv.com/2008/07/28/exclusive-transformers-2-prequel-comic-gives-inside-scoop-on-2009-movie/ MTV Splash Page interviews Chris Mowry (Fallen details removed)]</ref> Less than a week after this, however, [[Michael Bay]] reiterated that everything leaked to that point was part of their misinformation campaign and that only a handful of people involved with the production of ''Revenge'' had seen the script, contradicting IDW's interviews where their representatives confirmed that they had the script.<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showpost.php?p=44729&postcount=2 A post made by Michael Bay on his forum]</ref> Curiously, on August 5th 2008, after a fan posted on Michael Bay's forum pointing out the contradiction, all references to The Fallen were removed from the aforementioned interviews, as well as any references to IDW Publishing having the script.
*Voice actor [[James Arnold Taylor]] was originally cast as The Fallen in the film version of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' (which led to him getting the same role in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|Revenge of the Fallen: The Game]]''), but was replaced by [[Tony Todd]] in the final edit of the film, to his disappointment.
*Along with James Arnold Taylor, [[Leonard Nimoy]] (the voice of [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|G1 Galvatron]]) was considered to be the voice of The Fallen himself. However, [[Michael Bay|the director]] was worried that he would have paid him too little money. So, Nimoy, who wanted to be in Transformers since his role as Galvatron, was nixed. Nimoy finally played another Transformer when cast as [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]''.
[[File:TheFallen-ROTFstaff.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Give him the stick! Don't give him the stick!]]
*The Fallen's "Command Staff" (also known as the "Void Scepter"<ref>[http://www2.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/cybertronian-database.cfm#/characters/the-fallen The Fallen's bio at Hasbro.com]</ref>) seemed to be a later addition to the film, as the staff made no appearances in secondary fiction and was not included with The Fallen's original toy releases. The later Voyager class figure includes said staff, and the toy's hands were retooled to be able to hold it.
*[[Paul Ozzimo]] and [[Josh Nizzi]] designed Earth modes for The Fallen to take on in ''Revenge of the Fallen'', but like many of the Decepticons he does not assume one in the finished film. Ozzimo clarified on his website he was to turn into a [[Wikipedia:Aurora (aircraft)|Aurora]] stealth bomber, the alleged modern replacement for the [[Jetfire (ROTF)|SR-71 Blackbird]].
*Various on-package [[Hasbro]] [[bio]]s for the Fallen in the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' toyline utilize the derogatory term "flesh slugs" for humanity; the term originally appeared in the same manner in the 1980s ''[[Inhumanoids]]'' cartoon, based on another toyline by Hasbro.
*The Fallen was originally going to be ''huge'' in ''Revenge of the Fallen'': the novelization describes him as making Optimus look like an infant, and ''Defiance'' issue 4 depicts him as about the size of a pyramid. In the finished film, Fallen is only slightly bigger than Optimus and Megatron, and ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe]]'' clarifies he is 42 feet tall. And then at BotCon 2010, it was revealed the Primes were originally "rightfully huge"...
*Michael Bay doesn't actually like the Fallen, calling him "kind of a (expletive) character".<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2010-06-11-Transformers11_ST_N.htm?csp=usat.me USA Today, "Next 'Transformers' is due for a switch"]</ref>
*In early drafts of ''Revenge of the Fallen'', the Fallen doesn't appear in person until the climax, communicating with Megatron aboard the ''Nemesis'' via an interdimensional window. This led to the [[sarcophagus]] storyline in the comics, where only discovering the harvester's location would free him. When dropped from the film to give the character more screentime, it led to a massive plot hole that was only finally resolved by [[John Barber]] in the [[Convergence chapter 4|fourth chapter]] of ''[[Transformers: Convergence|Convergence]]''.
* A mock-up of a Dreamwave-based The Fallen toy in the form of a ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' [[Onslaught (WFC)#Generations|Onslaught]] redeco was shown in ''[[Transformers Generations 2014]]'' Vol. 1 as one of ten potential exclusives for Vol. 2. It would have featured the [[Ruination (FOC)|Ruination]] head in combiner mode, but ultimately only claimed 5% of fan votes in the poll to determine which of the ten would be produced.<ref>[http://millionhero.sblo.jp/article/101898683.html Poll results at Hero-X]</ref>

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===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''The Fallen''' (ザ・フォールン ''Za Fōrun''), '''Fallen''' (toy, フォーレン, ''Fōren'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Duòluò Jīngāng''' (墮落金剛, "Corrupted Vajira")

==References==
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Machination

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:''The Machination is a [[human]] organization in the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Machination logo.png|250px|thumb|Dial M For Machination]]
The '''Machination''' is a secret organization on Earth, devised by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] as his latest effort in the advancement of outlawed technologies. They keep Scorponok's damaged head in a lab, while working to develop [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster technology]]. As with Scorponok's [[Zarak Consortium|previous efforts]] on [[Nebulos]], the Machination maintains various front organizations to mask its core activities.

They have offices in [[Dallas]], Texas, laboratories in [[Tampa]], Florida, and an operations base in [[Detroit]].

Members include:
*[[Abraham Dante]] — leader (as the head of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]])
*Mister [[Drake]] — high-ranking field agent
*Mister [[Creel]] — field agent under Drake
*Mister [[Jolly]]
*Mister [[Kloss]] — a mole working within rival organization, [[Skywatch]]
*Mister [[Reese]] — one of several Headmasters piloting a Sunstreaker clone body
*Mister [[Stoker]]
*Miss [[Svenson]]
*Mister [[Weiss]]

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Mister Stoker, agent of the Machination, investigated a secret [[Decepticon]] base in [[Oregon]]. He took a number of pictures of the installation, and stored them on his [[SM-40]] palm computer. The Decepticons attempted to acquire the computer, killing Stoker in an attempt to steal it, but it eventually fell into [[Autobot]] hands instead. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 0|Infiltration #0}} An agent placed in an [[Arizona]] police department reported Stoker's death to Mister Dante. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 2|Infiltration #2}}

Mister Drake arrived at the Machination's [[Dallas]], [[Texas]] offices (where they operated under the auspices of "[[Epsilon Holdings]]"), and was greeted by Mister Dante, Miss Svenson, and Mister Jolly. Jolly briefed him on the recent Transformer activity, noting that the visitors had sped up their plans, and so must the Machination. And, thanks to Stoker's computer, Drake had a homing signal at his disposal. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 4|Infiltration #4}} Later, Drake and his field team followed the signal to the shores of [[Lake Michigan]], where they witnessed a number of Autobots plunge into the water, en route to their [[Ark-19|secret base]]. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6}}

Some time later in southwest Michigan, an RV sat idle. Inside, Mister Drake and his Machination field unit trained and waited for their encounter with the Transformers.

Meanwhile, [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] were assigned to return the humans, [[Verity Carlo|Verity]], [[Hunter O'Nion|Hunter]], and [[Jimmy Pink|Jimmy]], to civilization. Upon surfacing, however, the two were immediately detected by the Machination. Drake and his team pursued the two Autobots on the highway outside [[Lebanon]], [[Missouri]], unleashing several drone buggies to stop traffic (by blowing up civilian cars). While Ironhide, carrying Verity and Jimmy inside, managed to extricate himself, it appeared that Sunstreaker and Hunter were blown up by Drake's forces.

Later that day, [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] sought out Sunstreaker's corpse at an impound lot in [[Springfield]], Missouri. They were immobilized by the Machination's weapons, but [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] reclaimed Sunstreaker's husk. As [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]] examined the remains back at base, however, he discovered that it wasn't Sunstreaker at all, but a fake. The humans who staged the altercation on the highway might have still had Sunstreaker and Hunter in their possession.

Ratchet, Jimmy, and Verity discovered two probable locations to search for their missing comrades. Along with Ironhide, they decided to defy Optimus Prime (behind his back) and investigate.

Verity and Jimmy broke into an auto parts store in [[Fort Wayne]], [[Indiana]], beneath which was a hidden manufacturing plant. Just as Verity noticed a strange business card, emblazoned with only an "M", the room filled with gas and the two passed out. Ironhide and Ratchet worked to rescue them. Ratchet sped away just as the local police showed up, but Ironhide and two police cars were caught in a fiery explosion. The secret facility had self-destructed, destroying any trace of its origins. But no one was yet aware that the unconscious Verity, safe inside Ratchet, held onto the "M" business card.

Meanwhile, Hunter, not knowing where he was, was being prepared for an unknown surgery.

Later, in another mysterious Machination factory, in [[Tampa]], [[Florida]], Dante spoke with a shadowy, severely damaged Transformer (possibly just a head). Dante informed the Transformer that the most recent test subject had not rejected the implants. The Transformer was eager to "proceed to a full test transformation."

Later still, Dante escorted Hunter, post operation, to the shadowy Transformer, announcing that Hunter had "successfully assimilated the upgrade." When Hunter asked what was to become of him, Dante gestured to a wall lined with headless Sunstreaker bodies. "You could still play a part in the Machination's new world order," Dante said. {{storylink|The Transformers: Escalation|Escalation}}

Soon, the Autobots discovered that the SM-40 had been used to track them, and that the Machination had set up surveillance around their craft. This was what allowed the organization to coordinate the attack that led to Sunstreaker's capture. Optimus Prime resolved to move the ''[[Ark-19]]''.

[[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]] and Wheeljack's search for their missing comrade turned deadly as they were surrounded by a pack of Sunstreaker replicas which not only shared his appearance, but his armament. Worse still, these constructs could assume robot form and detach their heads, one of which did so and revealed the Machination agent piloting it. The agent announced that he was a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] and the next stage in both human and Cybertronian evolution. Meanwhile, Hunter escaped Machination brainwashing only to discover the suffering, but still-living severed head of Sunstreaker—the Machination Headmasters were logged into his mind, using his knowledge to hunt and attack other Autobots.

However, that had its disadvantages. Sunstreaker's actual inner knowledge of modern Autobot technology was quite limited, as he never bothered to read Wheeljack's memos and announcements. Hot Rod and Wheeljack managed to hold their own against the Machination's creations. In fact, the Headmaster clones failed to match up to Hot Rod's abilities even with numerical superiority. Meanwhile, Hunter used the group's technology to turn himself into a Headmaster, melding his consciousness with Sunstreaker's, possibly causing the apparent weakening of the clones. With the escape of their captives and Hot Rod handily defeating Headmaster clones in one-on-one combat, the Machination weren't doing very well {{storylink|The Transformers: Devastation|Devastation}}

The Machination also had [[Kloss|an agent]] planted within [[Skywatch]]. The agent sabotaged the reactivation of [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], causing him to go berserk and escape. The Machination tracked Grimlock across the countryside (not a difficult feat); Scorponok approached him and offered an alliance, intending to stall Megatron's plans long enough for the Machination's own plans to reach fruition. Grimlock refused; and so, back at the Machination's [[Detroit]] base, Scorponok and Dante planned to further sabotage Skywatch's efforts to reactivate and control the remaining four Dinobots. {{storylink|Spotlight: Grimlock}} Their grand scheme was to ensure a massively destructive event that Skywatch would get canned for, at which point the Headmasters would "save the day"—and a grateful U.S. government would give the Machination defense contracts to protect America from Transformers, a first step in asserting dominance over Earth. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2|Maximum Dinobots issue 2}}

While continuing his search for the real Sunstreaker, Hot Rod came upon a wrecked Sunstreaker clone; he deduced that its destruction was "the price of failure." {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}}

The Machination eventually found Grimlock's buried ship in [[New Zealand]], and ordered a group of Sunstreaker Headmasters to draw him out. They did and after a brief skirmish, they were able to beam him to Fallon, Nevada. When Skywatch learned that "Thunder Lizard-1" had returned, they sent his former crew out to stop him, unaware that Machination really had true control over the other Dinobots. Hot Rod tracked down their base {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 1|Maximum Dinobots #1}} and got a vicious beating for his troubles, while the Machination ensured the Dynobots went on a destructive rampage and an army of Headmasters were en route to "save" Fallon. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2|Maximum Dinobots #2}} When the Machination's control of the Dynobots was lost, they sent in an army of Headmasters to annihilate everyone. They may have succeeded if not for the timely arrival of the [[Monsterbot]]s. This bemused Hot Rod, and Scorponok ordered him terminated, but Hot Rod managed to set his guards ablaze and escape the compound. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 3|Maximum Dinobots #3}} As Hot Rod broke out, Sunstreaker broke in to find his real head. He was caught by Scorponok though, who blasted him through the chest, but Hunter was able to escape. Before he could be found by Scorponok, the Monsterbots began blasting the compound, taking out the defenses. Scorponok ordered a recall of all Headmasters to attack the Dynobots, but Hunter was able to sever the connection of Sunstreaker's head, disabling all the Headmasters. A furious Scorponok began to take revenge but was thrown into battle with [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]], who wanted the same thing. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 4|Maximum Dinobots #4}} Shockwave eventually gained the upper hand but allowed Scorponok to retreat gracefully. Scorponok caught Hot Rod trying to sever the connection with his real head, so he thought he'd take out his frustrations by squeezing the life out of Hot Rod. The timely arrival of the Dynobots prevented that, and Swoop severed the connection himself, rendering Scorponok helpless. Just then, Ultra Magnus arrived, responding to an S.O.S. from Hot Rod. He wouldn't allow Scorponok to be killed, but took him into custody. He also ordered the Machination stripped and all technology removed. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 5|Maximum Dinobots #5}}

One year on, the U.S. government had used the Machination as scapegoats for the Transformers, passing it off that the group had built and operated all the robots people had seen. The public believed this ([[All Hail Megatron issue 1|except when they forgot the Transformers existed ever]]). {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 2|All Hail Megatron #2}}

==Notes==
[[File:ZarakMachination.jpg|200px|thumb|This looks familiar]]
*The connection between the Machination and the [[Zarak Consortium|Cranium]] was first hinted at in [[Escalation issue 5|''Escalation'' #5]], where it was seen that the exterior of the facility in Tampa, Florida closely resembles the exterior of the Cranium's building (as seen in ''[[Spotlight: Ultra Magnus]]'').
*''[[The Transformers Continuum|Continuum]]'', IDW's own (poorly researched) recap of the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW ''Generation 1'' continuity]] up to that point, completely ignores the existence of the Machination, instead attributing all their actions to [[Skywatch]]. [[Andy Schmidt]], the writer of ''Continuum'', admitted that this and other changes were ''intentional'', in order to ''simplify'' things, because he hoped to attract new, younger readers who would be confused by the presence of two different organizations with mostly human members.<ref name="tformersint">[http://tformers.com/article.php?sid=12679 TFormers interview with Andy Schmidt]</ref> Uh.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Machination''' (マシネーション ''Masinēshon'')
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The Transformers: All Hail Megatron

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'''''The Transformers: All Hail Megatron''''' is the second major "act" of [[IDW Publishing]]'s [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|ongoing comic universe]], intended to serve as a "soft reboot" of IDW's increasingly complicated storylines and create a jumping-on point for new readers following the truncated ending of the previous collection of mini-series and one-shots. It marks a radical shift in tone and content in the ongoing story, showing a victorious Decepticon army on Earth while the Autobots are defeated and on the run throughout the universe.

Lasting from 2008 to 2009, the series ran for sixteen issues (including four "Coda" issues of short stories), with a small handful of vaguely-associated ''[[The Transformers: Spotlight|Spotlight]]''-series tie-ins. A standalone sketchbook and preview comic, "[[Focus on: Decepticons!]]", may be considered "All Hail Megatron #0".

The first advertisement for the series was simply a red Decepticon symbol on a black background with "Swear Allegiance 2008" written in red. Follow-up ads used the visual style of post-revolutionary Communist propaganda. The first details of the series were revealed on the trashy Australian tabloid current affairs programme ''Today Tonight'' on [[January 16]], 2008.

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* [[Focus on: Decepticons!|Focus]]
* [[All Hail Megatron issue 1|#1]]
* [[All Hail Megatron issue 2|#2]]
* [[All Hail Megatron issue 3|#3]]
* [[All Hail Megatron issue 4|#4]]
* [[All Hail Megatron issue 5|#5]]
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* [[All Hail Megatron issue 14|#14]]
* [[All Hail Megatron issue 15|#15]]
* [[All Hail Megatron issue 16|#16]]
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== Overview ==
[[File:AHM1 decepticons attack.jpg|left|thumb|225px]]
One year after the events of ''[[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots|Maximum Dinobots]]'', a traitor in the [[Autobot]] ranks has given the [[Decepticon]]s the means to conquer the Autobots, win the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], and do as they will on the unprotected planet [[Earth]]. The Decepticons conquer [[New York City]] and hold the population hostage, and the [[United States military]] proves unable to stop them. The attack spreads to other cities around the globe as well.
[[File:Slowmotionmoviewalkahm5.jpg|thumb|Kup's team provide one of the book's more iconic images.]]
Meanwhile, the Autobots are in a sorry state on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] in critical condition, the [[Matrix of Leadership]] in Decepticon hands, and a traitor suspected in their ranks. Tensions and tempers flare. The arrival of a second group commanded by [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] finally provides them with the [[energon]] needed to repair Optimus Prime, as well as more information about the betrayal, but the coming of the [[Insecticon swarm|Insecticon Swarm]] drives the combined Autobot forces onto the defensive. During a running battle with the Swarm, [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] reveals that ''he'' was the traitor and sacrifices himself to save the others. However, another reason for the betrayal is that [[Hunter O'Nion]] is now a captive of the Decepticons...

The Decepticons question their place now that the war is apparently over; [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] begins to doubt [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]'s goals and secretly teams up with some Decepticons in another bid to overthrow Megatron. A rebellion soon ensues.

The Autobots are saved from the Swarm by the timely arrival of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], who transports them to Earth. A pitched battle with the Decepticons follows. It is revealed that Sunstreaker betrayed the Autobots due to [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] messing with Hunter. The Decepticons are driven off; the intervention of a disgruntled [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] prevents the European Union from nuking New York City, though he pays for his "betrayal". Megatron is severely damaged by the combined efforts of Optimus Prime and the humans. The captive Hunter is euthanized by [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], and everyone angsts.
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==Production==
{{quote|I read everything that had been put out by IDW and there's no disrespect of what Simon's done coming from me. I grew up reading Simon Furman books and still have those big format TF comics in my back room. There's no way I'm going to spit on anything that man's done.|[[Shane McCarthy]]<ref>[http://oneshallstand.com/articles/shane-mccarthy.html Shane McCarthy's January 2009 interview with OneShallStand.com to the question of retcons and continuity errors in All Hail Megatron]</ref>}}
[[File:ShaneMcCarthy.jpg|left|thumb|Series writer Shane McCarthy.]]
Writer [[Shane McCarthy]] pitched ''All Hail Megatron'' in direct response to a request from IDW for a tale that would change the whole direction of the line in hopes of regaining some of the ground lost as [[Simon Furman]]'s run had wound on. Specifically featuring a cast made up almost entirely of 1984-1986 characters for their high recognizability, the series was originally intended as only six issues, [[Chris Ryall]] requested its expansion to twelve.<ref>[http://tformers.com/article.php?sid=11723 Shane McCarthy podcast interview]</ref> Similar to a tactic DC Comics had employed after its series ''[[Wikipedia: Infinite Crisis|Infinite Crisis]]'' two years prior, McCarthy jumped the entire IDW universe forward one year in time in order to present a story that could shock readers with its sudden, dramatic differences, the product of unseen changes that occurred within the "missing year". Originally, the series was slated to be issues #35–46 in the IDW overarching "sub-numbering" scheme,<ref>[http://boards.idwpublishing.com/3/viewtopic.php?p=64272#p64272 Chris Ryall on the IDW forums, explaining the original sub-numbering plan]</ref> leaving Furman twelve issues set during the "missing year" to wrap up any loose ends he could (though in the end, only nine issues were published across ''[[Revelation (IDW)|Revelation]]'' and ''[[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots|Maximum Dinobots]]''). Ultimately, however, the sub-numbering was dropped before release of the series.<ref>[http://boards.idwpublishing.com/3/viewtopic.php?p=81142#p81142 Chris Ryall on the IDW forums again, dismissing sub-numbering altogether]</ref>

[[File:AHM 06 CoverA.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Drift on the cover to [[All Hail Megatron issue 6|issue #6]].]]

Unlike Furman's ongoing series of mini-series and inter-connected ''[[The Transformers: Spotlight|Spotlight]]'' issues, ''All Hail Megatron''<nowiki>'</nowiki> twelve-issue run is almost entirely self-contained, with the only supplemental issues coming in the form of ''[[Spotlight: Jazz]]'', featuring a framing story set during the events of the main series, and ''[[Spotlight: Drift]]'', providing some backstory for McCarthy's original character [[Drift (G1)|Drift]]. This new Autobot made his debut in the pages of ''All Hail Megatron'' proper, and his introduction was heavily hyped by the company, garnering the character quite an infamous reputation as a polarizing figure in the fandom and marking him as one of the most distinctive elements of McCarthy's tenure on the brand for good or for ill. A small handful of other ''Spotlights'' were published while ''All Hail Megatron'' was running, but had nothing to do with the story; regardless, they would go on to be collected with ''Jazz'' and ''Drift'' in a trade paperback labelled as the third volume of the ''All Hail Megatron'' story.

Drift was not all that set the fandom's sensibilities ablaze: the abandonment of not just Furman's storyline, but nearly all of the unique elements (discussed in more detail below) he had introduced into IDW continuity, also sat ill with many readers. Whether planned or in response to this, with issue #7, ''All Hail Megatron'' abruptly began referring back to several of these elements (including what seemed a very hasty explanation for why Cybertron was habitable again), and soon, it was announced that a four-issue mini-series, ''All Hail Megatron: Coda'', would follow the main twelve-issue series and feature stories set between Furman and McCarthy's runs that would deal with the assorted dropped concepts and continuity glitches. This idea ultimately fell through; instead, the four "Coda" issues were appended to the end of the series as issues #13-16, and mostly featured stories set after ''All Hail'', paving the way for the upcoming [[The Transformers (IDW)|ongoing series]].<ref>http://ryalltime.blogspot.com/2009/04/hailing-frequencies-still-open.html</ref>
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==Creative team==
[[File:AHM 01 CoverB.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Hutchison's cover to [[All Hail Megatron issue 1|issue #1]].]]
Shane McCarthy wrote all twelve issues of the main series, which were predominantly illustrated by [[Guido Guidi]] and colored by [[Josh Burcham]]. A short lead-in time coupled with personal and family sickness meant that Guidi was not able to illustrate every issue, so [[Casey Coller]], [[E. J. Su]], [[Robert Deas]] and [[Emiliano Santalucia]] stepped in to provide back-up lineart, while Deas also helped with coloring. The "B" variant covers for each issue were drawn by [[Trevor Hutchison]] in the style of [[Soviet Union]] propaganda posters.

Each of the four "Coda" issues was split into two eleven-page stories, written and drawn by several different creators. These opened with an Optimus Prime and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] story by returning fan-favourites Simon Furman and [[Don Figueroa]] in issue #13, which saw Figueroa debut the new "skeletal" art style he would then employ as artist of the soon-to-debut ongoing series, and the first tale by incumbent ongoing writer [[Mike Costa]], centred on Starscream with art by [[Chee Yang Ong]]. Issue #14 added an epilogue to Sunstreaker's story by the returning McCarthy and Santalucia, while line editor [[Andy Schmidt]] planted the seeds for [[Infestation (IDW)|future]] [[The Transformers: Heart of Darkness|stories]] with his contribution to issue #14, covering the return of [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]], with art by IDW cover contest winner [[Andrew Griffith]]. Issue #15 was dedicated to explaining character transformations; while [[Denton J. Tipton]] and Casey Coller dealt with [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s change from scientist to sniper, writer-artist [[Nick Roche]] returned to the character of Kup with a story that bridged Roche's earlier ''[[Spotlight: Kup]]'' with ''All Hail''. Written with some assistance from [[James Roberts]], this story transformed the "Rocherts" team into fandom darlings, resulting in their collaboration on the ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'' mini-series and defining the character of [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] for the IDW universe. Lastly, issue #16 saw Mike Costa set up further plot points for the ongoing in a [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] story with art by Guidi, while Chee returned to illustrate a Bumblebee story in #16 by [[Zander Cannon]], paving the way for the [[The Transformers: Bumblebee|''Bumblebee'' mini-series]] the pair would soon produce.
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==Discrepancies==

{{bigquote|I knew from day one that this was going to piss some people off.|Shane McCarthy on fan reaction to the changes in ''All Hail Megatron''<ref>http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18585
Comic Book Resources article on Shane McCarthy and All Hail Megatron</ref>}}
[[File:AHMSeekers.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4|The Seekers' reversion to older F-15 alternate modes stood out as strange.]]
As noted above, ''All Hail Megatron'' has some odd discontinuities with the preceding storylines. Before ''All Hail'', IDW's Transformers universe had very much been the vision of one creator—Furman—and was written very tightly, with most stories across different publications interrelating and forming a complex, unfolding tapestry. To then see so much of this ignored or thrown out as another creator took the reigns of the universe proved aggravating to fans, and garnered ''All Hail'' an especially negative reputation at the time. As time has gone on and more and more creators have contributed to the IDW universe, making their own changes to what has gone before them, hindsight has seen ''All Hail''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s changes stand out far less in the grand scheme than they did when they first occurred, but as one of the more controversial aspects of a series that lasted an entire year, we here dedicate some space to noting the major offenses.

Most visibly, several characters were redesigned into their original Generation 1 forms; though done in the name of recognizability,<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/comics-16/botcon-2009-idw-publishing-panel-167766/ Botcon 2009 IDW Publishing Panel report]</ref> for characters like the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], who had previously been given modern alternate forms in earlier stories, this stood out as especially technologically incongruous and illogical. On the flipside, characters such as [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] were updated into new forms based on their concurrently-available ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' toys, at Hasbro's request.<ref>[http://boards.idwpublishing.com/3/viewtopic.php?t=4855&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=225 Discussion on ''All Hail Megatron'' #4 preview, with Guidi joining in]</ref> This mix-and-match approach to design would only increase with the onset of the ongoing series, as artistic freedom resulted in characters changing designs from issue to issue, depending on artist.
[[File:AHM7 megs rips out matrix.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|The Matrix had a sudden introduction into IDW continuity.]]
Virtually all of the new technologies Furman introduced during his run such as [[Ore-13|Ultra-Energon]], the [[Magnificence]], and [[holomatter]] avatars were entirely discarded, with [[Pretender]] technology only getting a late-on nod in Kup's "Coda" story, its conveyance of ultimate power seemingly completely forgotten by the time of Perceptor's "Coda" tale, given the depiction of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] therein. The [[Matrix of Leadership]] was promptly retconned in as a key factor in IDW's history, despite not appearing in [[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|the story depicting the war's origin]] (years later, James Roberts's "[[Chaos Theory Part 1|Chaos Theory]]" would expand and explain this glitch), while the paucity of energon that drove the backstory of Furman's new vision seemed a thing of the past. The creation of the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s is a major plot point in ''All Hail'', despite two of the team's members previously appearing in ''[[Spotlight: Blaster]]'' and ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron: Origin]]'', while past depictions of IDW's eloquent [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] were ignored in favor of instating his monotone speech patterns from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]].

Despite their initial remit of trying to ''fix'' glitches, the four ''Coda'' issues did not fare too well on the continuity front, immediately doing away with Starscream's change in heart from the main story's conclusion and partially re-writing a scene from Furman's Sunstreaker and Hunter story to skew it in another direction. It was Andy Schmidt's Galvatron story from #14 that proved most chaotic, full of legitimate ''errors'' rather than conscious changes, as the writer mixed up which of the [[Dead Universe]] Transformers could survive in the living universe longer than their comrades,<ref>http://boards.idwpublishing.com/3/viewtopic.php?t=6553&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0</ref> and invalidated an [[All Hail Megatron issue 6|earlier reference]] to [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] as a modern-day Decepticon (a nixed plot point that would have seen him presented as the Decepticon equivalent of Kup<ref>[http://tformers.com/article.php?sid=11723 McCarthy on Scourge]</ref>) by presenting him as another of the Dead Universe legions. This story also mistakenly reiterated Cyclonus's "patriotic" personality, which was dismissed as a facade in ''[[Revelation (IDW)|Revelation]]'', but [[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|future stories]] would continue to run with this depiction of the character as it proved far more interesting.
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==Motion comic pitch==

In 2012, a motion comic version of ''All Hail Megatron'' was pitched to [[IDW Publishing]] by Sideshow Productions. The pitch (adapting a scene from the first issue) featured [[Daniel Ross]] as [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]], [[David Sobolov]] as [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] and [[Michael Bell]] as [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. IDW rejected the pitch and the motion comic went unproduced.<ref>http://ceron.jp/url/www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm7291277</ref>

==Notes==
* A persistent rumor among fans is that the series was originally conceived as an ''[[The Transformers: Evolutions|Evolutions]]'' title—a parallel universe, and the decision to incorporate it into the existing IDW storyline came later. However, no statements from the creators have backed this up, and the writer himself has claimed that it was never meant to be a reboot.<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php/topic/48377-all-hail-megatron-1/page-4#entry985562 Shane McCarthy on the Allspark.com, confirming continuity]</ref>
* [[Titan Books|Titan]] reprinted the series and some of the covers in their [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|''Revenge of the Fallen'' comic]], in issues 1–8, making up titles for each chapter from the fourth part onwards. When plans changed, requiring the story to be cut-off with issue #8, they hacked up, edited, and pasted together [[:File:Titan AHM cutandpaste.jpg|three pages into one page]] and told readers to buy the trade paperbacks to get the whole story.
* [[Guido Guidi]] made modernized designs for at least two characters which were eventually not used. The characters were [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], who would have turned into a modern microcassette recorder — which reporters still use today — and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] who was cut from the series due to "[[Spotlight: Wheelie]]".
<gallery>
File:Unused AHM Soundwave.jpg|A modern alt mode? ''GET OUT.''
File:Unused AHM Wheelie concept.jpg|Me Wheelie say, it lucky day when not used for AHM... ay.
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== Collections ==
* '''Volume 1 TPB:''' ([[February 18]], [[2009]]) ISBN 1600103715 / ISBN 978-1600103711
:Collects issues 1–6
:Bonus material includes a cover gallery (not including the sketch covers). Also included is an art gallery consisting of [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] in both Cybertronian modes, and sketches of Cliffjumper, Perceptor, Soundwave, Ratbat, Frenzy, the Constructicons and Devastator.

* '''Volume 2 TPB:''' ([[September 16]], [[2009]]) ISBN 1600105246 / ISBN 978-1600105241
:Collects issues 7–12
:Bonus material includes a cover gallery and a 2-page art gallery featuring sketches of Reflector, Frenzy, Kup and Hot Rod.

* '''Volume 3 TPB:''' ([[October 28]], [[2009]]) ISBN 1600105416 / ISBN 978-1600105418
:Collects the ''[[The Transformers: Spotlight|Spotlight]]''s: [[Spotlight: Blurr|Blurr]], [[Spotlight: Jazz|Jazz]], [[Spotlight: Drift|Drift]], [[Spotlight: Cliffjumper|Cliffjumper]] and [[Spotlight: Metroplex|Metroplex]].
:Bonus material includes a cover gallery, a 1-page art gallery featuring the [[Throttlebot]]s and new cover art by [[Trevor Hutchison]].
{{note| Volume 3 is actually the fifth volume of ''[[The Transformers: Spotlight|Spotlight]]''s, but presented as a collection of ''All Hail Megatron'' for marketing.}}

* '''Volume 4 TPB:''' ([[January 13]], [[2010]]) ISBN 1600105920 / ISBN 978-1600105920
:Collects issues 13–16
:Bonus material consists of a cover gallery.

* '''All Hail Megatron: Earth War:''' ([[July 19]], [[2010]]) ISBN 1600108164 / ISBN 978-1600108167
:Collects issues 1–12
:[http://www.sfbc.com/pages/nm/product/productDetail.jsp?skuId=1065621274|link Science Fiction Book Club] exclusive softcover

* '''Complete All Hail Megatron HC:''' ([[July 27]], [[2011]]) ISBN 1600109551 / ISBN 978-1600109553
:Collects issues 1–16, [[The Transformers: Spotlight|Spotlight]]''s: [[Spotlight: Blurr|Blurr]], [[Spotlight: Jazz|Jazz]], [[Spotlight: Drift|Drift]], [[Spotlight: Cliffjumper|Cliffjumper]] and [[Spotlight: Metroplex|Metroplex]]

* '''''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Five]]:''''' ([[December 14]], 2011) ISBN 978-1613770528
:Collects issues 1–16

===Covers===
<gallery>
File:All Hail Megatron TPB vol1.jpg|Volume 1
File:All Hail Megatron v2.jpg|Volume 2
File:AHM v3.jpg|Volume 3
File:All Hail Megatron v4.jpg|Volume 4
File:AHM earthwar tpb.jpg|''Earth War''
File:Allhailmegatronhc.jpg|The Complete ''All Hail Megatron''
File:IDWCollection5.jpg|The IDW Collection, Volume 5
</gallery>

===International Printings===

====Spain====
All Hail Megatron was translated and released in Spain by [[NORMA Editorial]].

'''Volume 1'''
*ISBN 978-84-679-0069-9

'''Volume 2'''
*ISBN 978-84-679-0164-1

====Japan====
The Complete All Hail Megatron was translated and released in Japan by Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions.

'''The Complete All Hail Megatron''' (トランスフォーマー:オール・ヘイル・メガトロン)
*ISBN 479687514X
*ISBN 978-4796875141
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==References==
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''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Adventure]]'' [[Greejeeber (Adventure)|Greejeeber]] [[package art]].

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''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Adventure]]'' [[Roadblock (Adventure)|Roadblock]] [[package art]].

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''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Adventure]]'' [[Roadblock (Adventure)|Roadblock]] [[package art]].

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Greejeeber

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{{disambig2|the Aligned Decepticon|the ''Car Robots'' Combatron|Rollbar (RID)}}

:''Greejeeber is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|''Transformers Adventure'']] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Adventure Greejeeber Package art.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
The hotheaded '''Greejeeber''' (グリジバー ''Gurijibā'') is inordinately proud of his strength, being a master of many martial arts techniques, including [[Crystalocution]]. What better way is there to prove how tough he is than to take down the [[Autobot]]s' strongest member, the [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobot]] [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]?

Unfortunately, his effectiveness is hindered by his repeated partnership with the lumbering [[Roadblock (Adventure)|Roadblock]]. The two really don't get along.

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==Toys==
===Adventure===
*'''Gregevor''' {{sic}} (Deluxe, [[March 21]] 2015)
**''ID number'': '''TAV 08'''
**''Accessories'': Rifle

: Part of the initial wave of ''Adventure'' product, Greejeeber is a [[redeco]] of [[Strongarm (RID)#Warrior|Warrior-class Strongarm]], transforming into an off-road truck. His rifle can be mounted in both robot and vehicle mode using 5mm ports.

: His scannable [[insignia]] is on his robot-mode right chestplate. A fake, non-scannable decal has been placed on a clear-plastic guard when the toy is in-package, preventing you from scanning them into the ''Adventure'' app without actually purchasing the toy.

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*'''Grimlock VS Gregevor''' {{sic}} (Vs set, [[March 21]] 2015)
**''ID number'': '''TAV VS02'''
**''Accessories'': Rifle

: Greejeeber was also sold in a two-pack with [[Grimlock (WFC)#VsPack|Grimlock]].

: Both toys are identical to their individual releases, right down to still having a fake, non-scannable insignia to prevent pre-purchase scanning into the game app.
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==Notes==
* Greejeeber's packaging [[romanization|romanizes]] his name as "Gregevor". To English-speakers, this incorrectly reads as "grehgehvor", with short e's and hard g's. Thus, this wiki is sticking with the previously-established romanization.
* Greejeeber is, obviously, an [[homage]] to the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Car Robots]]'' [[Rollbar (RID)|character of the same name]]... because both series were called "''Robots in Disguise''" in the [[Hasbro]] markets, you see!

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:''Roadblock is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|''Transformers Adventure'']] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:Adventure Roadblock Package art.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]

'''Roadblock''' (ロードブロック ''Rōdoburroku'') is a powerful Decepticon fighter who typically teams up with [[Greejeeber (Adventure)|Greejeeber]] on missions, but why they do so is anyone's guess. The pair really don't work well together, as Roadblock is slow both physically and mentally, which quickly gets on Greejeeber's nerves.

He's backed up by his tiny partner [[Targetmaster (Adventure)|Targetmaster]], though frankly those two don't get along either, Roadblock seeing the diminutive blaster-bot as a lesser life-form.

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==Toys==
===Adventure===
*'''Roadblock''' (Deluxe, [[March 21]] 2015)
**''ID number'': '''TAV 07'''
**''Accessories'': Targetmaster

: Part of the initial wave of ''Adventure'' product, Roadblock is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' [[Scoop (G1)#Generations|Autobot Scoop]], transforming into a payloader. He comes with his partner, [[Targetmaster (Adventure)|Targetmaster]] who transforms into his gun. Targetmaster can be hand-held or mounted on any of the [[5mm post|5mm holes]] on Roadblock's armor.

: His scannable [[insignia]] is on the top of his scoop bucket.
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==Notes==
* Roadblock is an [[homage]] to the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)| Generation 2]]'' [[Auto Roller]] [[Roadblock (G2)|of the same name]].
* Although the original Scoop mold came with two Targetmaster partners, Roadblock only has one. Why? Who knows?

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[[Category: Toy-only characters]]

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''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Adventure]]'' [[Roadblock (Adventure)|Roadblock]] [[package art]].

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''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Adventure]]'' [[Greejeeber (Adventure)|Greejeeber]] [[package art]].

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:''Venin is a [[Decepticon]] [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Legends webcomic xmas Waspinator.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33]]
'''Venin'''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> preferred method of attack is to pierce the armor of his enemies with his stinger and move out of range while his poison attacks their systems from the inside and [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm's]] rain corrodes them from the outside.

==Fiction==
===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
Venin and [[Buzz Saw (AOE)|Buzz Saw]] were the sons of [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], with whom they celebrated [[Christmas]]. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#Christmas|Christmas}} When [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] tried to convert him into a [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] fan, Waspinator-turned-[[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] refused on behalf of his kids, telling Tankor they had no idea who the [[Optimus Prime (G1)|original Optimus Prime]] was. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#I'm Tankor, dana!|I'm Tankor, dana!}}

==Toys==
===Generations===
[[File:TFGenerations Legends Acid Storm.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Unfortunately, he can only fire his gun mode off once before dying.]]
*'''Acid Storm with Venin''' (Legends Class, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' 2 cannons

:Part of the seventh wave of 2012-onwards ''Generations'' Legends Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Venin is a [[redeco]] of [[Waspinator (BW)#Generations|Waspinator]]. His coloring seems to be an homage to the G1 Pretender [[Bugly (G1)|Bugly]] or the [[Insecticon (G1)|G1 cartoon Insecticons]]. He comes with [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]]. Venin can transform into a purple insect, a robot with [[C joint|3mm-compatible]] hands, and a gun with a [[5mm post|5mm handle]]. He has an [[autotransformation]] feature that folds up his wings when his gun barrel is extended.

:Compared to Waspinator, many of Venin's plastic parts are considerably softer, giving him a much less solid feel.

:This sculpt is also used to make [[Movie Advanced Series]] [[Buzz Saw (AOE)|Buzz Saw]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/GenVenin/venin.htm More information on Venin at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*Venin was originally designed with the colors of Deluxe Insecticon [[Venom (G1)|Venom]], back when Acid Storm was going to be Thundercracker <ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/96686-generations-legends-targetmaster-moulds/?p=2517377 Joe Kyde's comment on allspark.com]</ref> but the colors were changed sometime between then and production, presumably to match his new partner.

==References==
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[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
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File:Legends webcomic xmas Waspinator.jpg

2015-03-22T18:23:54Z

MWM: Waspinator, with his sons Venin and Buzz Saw, from "Transformers Legends" Bonus Chapter: Christmas. {{art|art=Hayato Sakamoto}} {{comicinterior|type=manga|source=[[Transfor...

[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], with his sons [[Venin]] and [[Buzz Saw (AOE)|Buzz Saw]], from "[[Transformers Legends (comic)|Transformers Legends]]" Bonus Chapter: Christmas.
{{art|art=[[Hayato Sakamoto]]}}
{{comicinterior|type=manga|source=[[Transformers Legends (comic)|Transformers Legends]] webcomic|owner=TakaraTomy}}
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[[Category: Images by Hayato Sakamoto]]

Roadblock (RID)

2015-03-22T13:24:25Z

MWM: Created page with "{{faction|decepticon}} {{disambig3|Roadblock}} :''Roadblock is a Decepticon from the ''Transformers Adventure'' port..."